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agreed, it's actually pretty good
doesn't matter ... the expansion will be like 6 months late anyway (if we're lucky)
Community MetaSteam | April 2019 - "Objection!" the One Finger Fatality
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It is certainty a lot better then the average story about EGS these days, but still raises some red flags for me, like spending way too much time talking about the Chinese conspiracy angle. And it misses the biggest reason behind most complaints: It is not just the lack of a specific feature... it is that everything Epic has done so far is to lure developers, to the detriment of the consumers. "Don't like people bad mouthing your game? Don't worry, opt-in reviews and no forums!"
Why People Are So Mad About The Epic Games Store
For more than a decade, Steam has dominated the PC gaming market. More than 100 million people have amassed vast game collections on Valve’s platform, not to mention friends and communities. Now Epic is trying to muscle in on Steam’s turf, and a certain segment of PC game players are remarkably...kotaku.com
Nathan Grayson wrote this, and it seems to be a relatively fair assessment of the EGS situation, at least IMO.
Still, it is not the only article/opinion that at least tries to give a more "balanced" view recently... so ... some progress I guess?
In happier news: Thanks to everyone that "bullied' me into buying Supraland. I'm very impressed with it. Great art style, rewarding puzzles and very polished. And contrary to my inital fears: a lot of content. Highly recommended if anyone wants a exploration/puzzle/metroidvania with some light combat.
I really don't think it was a good article. It has several gems in it like this
It's the same kind of poorly researched and heavily slanted article we would have expected from Grayson.
It's valve's fault that people are upset at poor Epic. Everything was fine until Valve dared explain why Metro was being pulled. He then goes on and actually writes an entire section about "Valve's idea of what's fair".
Ahhh the "just another launcher" rhetoric. A statement so profoundly idiotic that even Era has started warning and banning people for using it.
Last but not least you have the summary at the end. According to this there's no real major problems with EGS, just some small inconveniences and the rest are batshit conspiracy theories.
It's the same kind of poorly researched and heavily slanted article we would have expected from Grayson.
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told you it was good!
I read it. He throws little jabs at Valve basically everywhere he can, but it's actually not as bad as you'd think given the name in the byline.Why People Are So Mad About The Epic Games Store
For more than a decade, Steam has dominated the PC gaming market. More than 100 million people have amassed vast game collections on Valve’s platform, not to mention friends and communities. Now Epic is trying to muscle in on Steam’s turf, and a certain segment of PC game players are remarkably...
Nathan Grayson wrote this, and it seems to be a relatively fair assessment of the EGS situation, at least IMO.
It's still a pretty mediocre piece in my opinion, but it's admittedly markedly better than all the stupid shit that people like Imran Khan and Dan Stapleton are saying. So, I suppose that's progress of a sorts?
And you were very right.told you it was good!
At first when I was playing and the upgrades started coming way to fast I thought to myself: "Ok, this appears to be a very interesting short game that I will be done with in 2 hours or so". I'm now 8 hours in and like I said, seriously impressed with the quality and quantity of content. Nothing is too obtuse and I don't think I have found a single bug, which is particularity impressive for a low budget game that has several physics based puzzles.
Again, highly recommended if anyone is on the fence.
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News - Liberated (interactive dystopian graphic novel) - coming Q2 2020
Publishers Walkabout Games and L.INC, and developer Atomic Wolf have announced Liberated, an interactive dystopian graphic novel game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in 2019. Liberated is an interactive dystopian graphic novel that unfolds on the pages of a comic book. The...
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Interactive graphic novel is such a fancy way of saying Visual Novel. .
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yep but from the video its more of a comic book with platformings sections :-D
Mostly yeah, I don't think many of them had any balance.. Ichimonji is great but I think people are sleeping on Nightjar Reversal, it's my favourite skill by far, closes gaps and creates distance between foes.
OMG that Konami picross game is so damn addicting! I realise that I might not have a healthy way with puzzle games like that and I think I might need to stop playing them. It happens every time.XD
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gotta love all this competition
Finally beat Owl (Father) in Sekiro. Now onto the next area and hopefully I can beat it this week so I can return to Dragon Quest XI.
Sekiro really gets you pumped when you beat a boss that you were stuck at for a while. Combat system is so good.
Sekiro really gets you pumped when you beat a boss that you were stuck at for a while. Combat system is so good.
Agreed. It may not be as bad as his previous horrible hot takes but in my opinion it is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at damage control, both for Epic and for him as a journalist.
Why People Are So Mad About The Epic Games Store
For more than a decade, Steam has dominated the PC gaming market. More than 100 million people have amassed vast game collections on Valve’s platform, not to mention friends and communities. Now Epic is trying to muscle in on Steam’s turf, and a certain segment of PC game players are remarkably...
Nathan Grayson wrote this, and it seems to be a relatively fair assessment of the EGS situation, at least IMO.
Am I missing something? While he addresses some valid concerns, most of the article is shitting on Valve, even holding them responsible for people's outrage because of their message on the Metro Exodus store page. Followed by a huge preach why Steam is actually unfair. He even calls Origin "competition for Steam" because EA pulled Battlefield from Steam.agreed, it's actually pretty good
Here's his conclusion:
The hate for the Epic Store stems from a variety of concerns. Some of them, like the store’s threadbare feature set, are legitimate, even if they don’t merit this degree of response. Other concerns, however, are conspiracy or conjecture, and all of the anger has been amplified by the megaphone of Steam’s own longtime rhetoric and structural issues.
This reads like another Pro-Epic PR publishing to me.
Edit: beaten by Derrick.
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well, i mean ... it's not perfect ... but he's getting there ... definitely much better than previous articles
small steps, small steps
I still think we need to start our own MetaGamer news company.
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oh god, noI still think we need to start our own MetaGamer news company.
Yep, things are changing, very slowly. I suspect the Dangerous Driving thing really showed off the complete ridiculousness of a game the benefits from social interaction being on a bare bones store. One of the best things about steam, and consoles, is the leaderboards. I can see how hopeless I am at Hitman 2 compared to BernardoOne and get a nice sense of accomplishment in Pinball Fx3!
I actually don't think the devs cared that much in what state Dangerous Driving was on EGS, they probably realised that there wouldn't be that many sales and they already got their money hat. I'm not saying that they don't care about their game, more that they concentrated on consoles.
But Tim told me that the extra money would result in better games and trickle down to me eventually. You can't be seriously suggesting that developers not caring about how many copies they sell breeds complacency?
Thank the heavens that the publishers can get an additional £11.99 from each copy now.
gotta love all this competition
got this baby for really cheap from a friend today...
that will be a pretty nice boost over my GTX1060 that I used for the last two years
it even has two years of warranty left...
that will be a pretty nice boost over my GTX1060 that I used for the last two years
it even has two years of warranty left...
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News - Forager - launches April 18
Forager will launch for PC on April 18 for $19.99, publisher Humble Bundle and developer HopFrog announced. Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by exploration, farming and crafting games such as Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda. Gather, collect and manage resources. Craft useful items &...
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Tbh it sounds more like we're lowering our standards. Yes he's above all those wankers on Twitter. But only slightly.
Because trickle down economics aren't real and better revenue shares aren't passed on to the consumer, it will probably cost 60€ just like the ps4 retail version.
Hope it's good tho, I've been looking forward to it.
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Sorry, I thought it was no longer valid, since only the new code has been showing on their website and emails.
In japan the PS4 digital costs ¥7,776 so I suspect it will also be full-price in the West on digital platforms. I think there will be a launch discount but not much.
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Oh my ban got extended to a month and they wiggled a threat in too. Imagine a whole month for a smug anime face?
Why they so mad?
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I hope I'm wrong but I fully expect a £50 situation like Danganronpa v3
I'm sure streaming a visual novel to a handheld / phone / tablet device should not prove hard, unless you lack a comfortable device that is.
She probably felt the aura of smugness laughing into her soul.Oh my ban got extended to a month and they wiggled a threat in too. Imagine a whole month for a smug anime face?
Why they so mad?
FUCK KONAMI for not releasing the game in Europe tho.
EDIT: Oh wait, they actually did! Installing ATM.
Noooope.
Noticed a comment parroting the Eurogamer line about using Spotify being 'ingenious'. Ohmy..
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Don't mind me, just gonna clear up the first trial then idle for cards.
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