Community MetaSteam | August 2019 - The Darqest Place Can Shine With A Mecha-President

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Trisolarian

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I think you cannot take advantage of this price without an Apple device, because the game will be available for $7 for iPhone and iPad.
So, isn't Android excluded?
For this game yes. Other games by the publisher are on Android.
 
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You're always ahead Lashman :steam_gp_corgi:

Anyway, I'm hyped for it but dunno if I will pick it day one, depending on how Bamco price NNKR it might have to wait.
 
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Mivey

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That entire article/interview is basically just the guy trying to trap them and then go
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it's the job of an interviewer to ask difficult questions, it's not supposed to be PR piece. None of the questions was out of line, and if anything it's dumb how that Valve employee/representative was avoiding actual answers.
 
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Trying to figure out which of these games i want to play and which of these i want to buy (Of course i am talking about gamepass, what do you think? :sneaky: )
I've already bought Man of Medan and have Game Pass ready to go for Gears 5. Other than that I'm gonna actually try to get some of my backlog played instead of getting anything new.
 

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"Irresponsibly uncurated" my ass. And the good old "anti-Chinese sentiment" gets trotted out yet again to downplay people's concerns. The rest of the questions are fine and I don't think the anwers were that bad, although the interviewer comes across a tad too happy about Valve having to adhere to China's censorship policies.
 
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Heh, here one of the owners of the dev studio making FG2 (left one, right one is founder of Deck 13 -> Surge 2) talks about 'silver gamers' and how they're trying to appease ppl with less time and willingness to dig deep without taking away complexity (German only, channel's totally worth subbing to):

their Epic vs Steam talk is refreshingly neutral and pro-consumer. Especially because they are devs themselves.
Especially Björn from Piranha Bytes.
 
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now if only they did that with all the other interviews they do ... like EGS ... crunch ... basically talking to ANY big publisher ... THQ ...
I'm not saying they are consistent about it, but i'm not gonna call them out when they decide to actually not be a pushover once in a while.
 
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Ignoring the Tweet, the interview itself is pretty awful. Like the journalist has no idea how to conduct an interview and seems to be unprepared/ignorant:

  • the interview isn't structured well; it's hard to follow it;
  • he has no idea about Steam's history with Chinese players/partners nor what Steam China is about;
  • he doesn't understand (or ignores) that there are NDAs which prohibit an interviewee from talking about stuff that's in development; especially if it's something delicate like dealing with Chinese authorities;
  • he's trying to spin it into something about EGS (Tencent; exclusivity; curation).

Or maybe he's just deliberately trying to make his interviewee look bad which backfires in this case and just makes it seem like he has no idea what he's doing.

Or let me rephrase that: he was trying to get a "Gotcha!"-moment in the interview but fails miserably.
 
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Is it the "harsh" interview? It is not the same author, and I fail to see which question was difficult.


Edit: It seems so. Such a valiant job to ask them whether they would follow Chinese laws, and they said yes.

 
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I'm not saying they are consistent about it, but i'm not gonna call them out when they decide to actually not be a pushover once in a while.
What you should be thinking though is "why give Valve such a hard time when everyone else gets a free pass? What is your agenda?" That's why it's been pointed out and also why it's infuriating.
 

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There is just not enough drama for the gaming media nowadays. They are too scared to attack publishers over actual terrible stuff since it will hurt their future coverage...so they just stick to Valve, EGS and other pc gaming stuff for clickbait.

It will all change next year when the normal console war bs returns. All the coverage will be about counting pixels in a PS5 screenshots and other ridiculous shit that brings in views.
 

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Well according to people:
So, like, everyone?

If Tencent gave Papa Tim green light to work in China he would be performing private lapdances for the Pooh. Same goes for everyone in the industry starting with console manufacturers, why focus on Valve?
 
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There is just not enough drama for the gaming media nowadays. They are too scared to attack publishers over actual terrible stuff since it will hurt their future coverage...so they just stick to Valve, EGS and other pc gaming stuff for clickbait.

It will all change next year when the normal console war bs returns. All the coverage will be about counting pixels in a PS5 screenshots and other ridiculous shit that brings in views.
Ah yes the endless cycle of the death of PC gaming.
So, like, everyone?

If Tencent gave Papa Tim green light to work in China he would be performing private lapdances for the Pooh. Same goes for everyone in the industry starting with console manufacturers, why focus on Valve?
See:
I too don't know how to conduct a legal business without abiding the local laws.
 

Mivey

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What you should be thinking though is "why give Valve such a hard time when everyone else gets a free pass? What is your agenda?" That's why it's been pointed out and also why it's infuriating.
Oh, I'm very much aware of the bias. Even the tweet by the editor talks about "irresponsible lack of curation" and clearly shows on which side they are standing on. But that doesn't mean I have to hate everything they are doing. It might not have been a well research or prepared interview, but I will never be angry about an interview being critical. At worst, it was pointless, but ideally it can bring about new insights. Whereas an interview that just asks mellow questions is always pointless, and at worst acts as free advertising.
 

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Got my Gears 5 Xbox pad and it's glorious.

Top 3 now looks like this:

1. Sea of Thieves LE

2. Dawn Shadow (even though I got way over 100€ I still regret selling it)

3. Gears 5 LE


:photoblobheart:

Now let's wait and see if the G5 DLC code will sell for stupid prices like the SoT one did. Or still does.... oh crap, people are paying 100€ now. F%§& my lack of patience. And an auction of a new and sealed SoT HDD + DLC ended around 300 bucks. Good thing I unpacked mine and sold both items separately for a fraction.
 
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Got my Gears 5 Xbox pad and it's glorious.

Top 3 now looks like this:

1. Sea of Thieves LE

2. Dawn Shadow (even though I got way over 100€ I still regret selling it)

3. Gears 5 LE


:photoblobheart:

Now let's wait and see if the G5 DLC code will sell for stupid prices like the SoT one did. Or still does.... oh crap, people are paying 100€ now. F%§& my lack of patience. And an auction of a new and sealed SoT HDD + DLC ended around 300 bucks. Good thing I unpacked mine and sold both items separately for a fraction.
Quick question, is the Xbox One controller on PC backwards compatible with any game that supports XInput?
 

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Oh, I'm very much aware of the bias. Even the tweet by the editor talks about "irresponsible lack of curation" and clearly shows on which side they are standing on. But that doesn't mean I have to hate everything they are doing. It might not have been a well research or prepared interview, but I will never be angry about an interview being critical. At worst, it was pointless, but ideally it can bring about new insights. Whereas an interview that just asks mellow questions is always pointless, and at worst acts as free advertising.
Oh I agree with you about critical questions. I wasn't at all clear but I didn't mean that everybody should get a free ride when most already do.
 
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Comes out tomorrow. Anyone picking this up?
Pre-ordered it from GMG, since they had a decent discount (and included the pre-order bonuses).

I'm not sure when I'll get to it, though (Remnant: From the Ashes recently launched, and I'm also yet to play it, and will be playing it first).
 

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Some Knife of Dunwall screens I took.


Final mission is insane. Best method I've seen online is to use the sound from hitting with my sword to initiate enemy's movement cycles. Has to be the oddest thing I've seen in this game far as programing of enemies goes lol.
 
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