Community MetaSteam | April 2021 - So NieR Yet So FAR

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We’re excited to announce that the critically acclaimed hit Metro Exodus will be featured in May’s Choice lineup, available starting May 4th at 10am PT. Next month will also feature Darksiders Genesis, Hellpoint, and 9 more games for a total value of $260.
Don’t wait for May! For a limited time, new customers can sign up for Choice and get 3 months for only $9/month. Join by May 4th to lock in your discount and get access to April Choice now.
 

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I played A Short Hike and it's lovely!

I could use something longer though, so now I'm looking for a relaxing open world game that could last for 30-50 hours. Any suggestions? :coffee-blob:

RDR2, Horizon, Assassin's Creed Valhalla?
RDR2 and Valhalla are good if you want something to do with your hands when you listen to podcasts.

Horizon is pretty great. Outstanding visual design. Exploring the open world aspect is actually fun due to the large number of meaningfully different enemies to discover in the world and the interesting combat system which is quite complex for the genre.

If you can wait until may 18th, consider Days Gone. A great open world game let down by a too difficult and hostile beginning section, which will presumably be much better balanced in the PC version due to better controls.
 
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EDIT: Hol up, this a discount coupon for 3 months of hamble choice for $9 per month so 3 months for $27 :thinking-face:
There ARE a few games in this current month that interest me but I dunno, I'd rather use the discount for just the new bundle happening next week.

So I'll just play the waiting game and see if Hamble'll give me a discount for the new choice when it goes up :devilish:
 
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Anyone familiar with these games?

Fanatical has them super cheap right now.
Cheap anime games with a banging soundtrack are my weakness.
 

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Has a demo and if you back their Kickstarter you'll get an early access key a week after the Kickstarter is done.

 
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Seeing what Chinese development teams under 100 hell under 50 people are capable of doing last few years really puts things into perspective regarding overblown AAA studios. And before someone mentions working conditions there are issues but from what we saw past few years all AAA studios already are exploiting Chinese studios while still releasing buggy games with lack of creativity. By going indie or making games for themselves instead being outsourcing studio they still have better chance for decent life and work conditions.
 

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Don’t wait for May! For a limited time, new customers can sign up for Choice and get 3 months for only $9/month. Join by May 4th to lock in your discount and get access to April Choice now.
Yeah, ok. It seemed like the expiration date for the offer implied you needed to get the current bundle to activate it. The current bundle's numbers must've been abysmal. When I paused they offered me a 4$ off coupon (which is usually enough to get me to reconsider) but this time I turned them down and I imagine I can't be the only one.

Who could've thought a bundle headlined by Shenmue 3 would do poorly?!?

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Also, I'm kind of annoyed rn. When I unpaused, from what I could tell, it looked like the one-time 4$ coupon was going to be used instead of the 3 months one. I repaused until I could figure out how to change it and repausing voided the 3 months one. -_- I sent a support ticket but I have a feeling they're gonna tell me to go fuck myself lol.
 
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Anyone familiar with these games?

Fanatical has them super cheap right now.
Cheap anime games with a banging soundtrack are my weakness.
I bought the bundle just for the soundtracks since I already got the games from a long time ago. Back when IndieRoyale was still around :)
 
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Anyone familiar with these games?

Fanatical has them super cheap right now.
Cheap anime games with a banging soundtrack are my weakness.
Thanks for this. All I know is the first game I couldn't get to work and requires a patch. The second game has an Ikaruga style polarity system and the third game is very touhou. All three have story character dialogue.
 
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A tale in 2 images

So what exactly would be the point of the NFT bs?

I'm trying to imagine some weird future where there will be a steam inventory system but without steam. But I don't even know how all that would work.
 

Kyougar

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Seeing what Chinese development teams under 100 hell under 50 people are capable of doing last few years really puts things into perspective regarding overblown AAA studios. And before someone mentions working conditions there are issues but from what we saw past few years all AAA studios already are exploiting Chinese studios while still releasing buggy games with lack of creativity. By going indie or making games for themselves instead being outsourcing studio they still have better chance for decent life and work conditions.
Word.

And it's just not brand new games with new engines and "Hollywood-looking" CGI that's holding development back in the west and Japan.
Even something as simple as reusing assets and engines where you "just" have to develop a new story or continue one takes 2 or 3 years somehow.

I don't understand why some devs of games with great gameplay don't release more Story DLC. I would love me some more Battletech DLC, or even a Battletech 2. What does harebrained schemes even work in since Battletech in 2017 and 3 DLC after that?

"But Kyougar! Developing is not as easy as you make it sound like there are [...]"
points at eastern European and Chinese devs who make one smash hit after another.


Think back to the late 90's and early 2000's Shit was changing at a greater pace technological (2d to 3d, graphic accelerators, Internet, many devs coded their own engine, etc.) than what we have available today.
But they pumped out so many games, Square released 5 Final fantasy (one of which was an mmo) in 6 years from 97 to 2002. And those where no Cod yearly release dreck. they are one of the best games in the franchise.
 

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Oculus Quest 2 64GB for 350€ Y/N?

My desperation to play Beat Saber is higher than my desperation to get laid

And ye i know you need a forkbook account for those, ugh
I'd do it. The alternatives are just way too expensive.
 

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Oculus Quest 2 64GB for 350€ Y/N?

My desperation to play Beat Saber is higher than my desperation to get laid

And ye i know you need a forkbook account for those, ugh
I said friend to get me 256GB one just in case XD but apparently Quest games are not that big and you can always play PCVR versions (especially now that they introduced AirLink).

Word.

And it's just not brand new games with new engines and "Hollywood-looking" CGI that's holding development back in the west and Japan.
Even something as simple as reusing assets and engines where you "just" have to develop a new story or continue one takes 2 or 3 years somehow.

I don't understand why some devs of games with great gameplay don't release more Story DLC. I would love me some more Battletech DLC, or even a Battletech 2. What does harebrained schemes even work in since Battletech in 2017 and 3 DLC after that?

"But Kyougar! Developing is not as easy as you make it sound like there are [...]"
points at eastern European and Chinese devs who make one smash hit after another.


Think back to the late 90's and early 2000's Shit was changing at a greater pace technological (2d to 3d, graphic accelerators, Internet, many devs coded their own engine, etc.) than what we have available today.
But they pumped out so many games, Square released 5 Final fantasy (one of which was an mmo) in 6 years from 97 to 2002. And those where no Cod yearly release dreck. they are one of the best games in the franchise.
Issue with DLCs is that they don't sell nearly as much as main game. But that was before when there were not GaaS models. I wonder how things are going now when developers and publishers are stretching game life to multiple years.
 
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Mor

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both hurt a lot :crying-face:



Ok, about what you were talking about PS5 games on PC, IMHO it's a when not an if, I don't think any of us think they will come after 12 months (except maybe some exceptions) however, I think it will follow the same PS4 scheme but the further we go to the future, the smaller will be the exclusivity window, again, just an opinion.
 
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Oculus Quest 2 64GB for 350€ Y/N?

My desperation to play Beat Saber is higher than my desperation to get laid

And ye i know you need a forkbook account for those, ugh
nah fam ... fuck facebook ... get an odyssey+ (or a reverb g2 if you can afford one)
 
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Any idea why paper/packaging manufacturer would be suing Valve for breach of contract?

"Almost" posted to wrong thread


 

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Yeah, sadly I'd say the visual design is its only outstanding aspect.
(It's by no means a bad game, mind you, but I found it quite formulaic)
No kidding. Been playing it for a few hours, and they really took their entire quest design from Witcher 3 (which itself wasn't terribly original in the way it used "detective vision" to resolve everything). The actual combat and open world itself seems interesting so far, though. I like how it encourages stealth and planning.
Could see this getting boring after some time, but at leat in these early hours it's still really fun. It helps how stunning the world is.
 

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Persona 5 Strikers has sold 1.3 million copies. It was at 500k back in December 2020 before the western release so the western version has probably sold around 800k units. Probably ~200k of those were on Steam.
 
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Clouded Leopard are quick at work. But no Japanese text so I need to wait for NISA version.
 

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Indie plug time.

I picked up this rail shooter on a whim earlier this month. Had some problems with the controls, but they just got patched, and now that I've been able to play properly, I can say it's great.


It's Star Fox with only dogs, but faster and more frantic, and with a bit more anti-capitalist sentiment. You fly through a bunch of stages where the massive corporation WOOFER has been up to no good, and shoot down loads of enemy vehicles. It's got a nice rhythm to it, thanks to the interplay between your offensive resources. Killing enemies builds Instinct, which can be cashed in for a slow-mo free-aim mode that lets you clean up smaller enemies and shoot down oncoming missiles. Then, with the energy pickups dropped by those enemies, you can power your subweapons to launch missiles, bombs, or a laser, building back Instinct.

Compared to Star Fox, it feels overwhelming. Since you have so much firepower at your disposal, the game throws a ton of enemies at you to compensate. Once the game starts really leaning into the homing missiles, you end up needing to not only consistently make use of instinct and your subweapons, but also prioritize shooting down missiles while deflecting basic attacks and dodging undeflectable ones. It's a lot, but it's a satisfying kind of pressure.

Its also in a bundle with the dev's previous game, Broken Reality, which is a fantastic (and mostly chill) vaporwave collectathon, so maybe get both. :money-mouth-face:
 

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Clouded Leopard are quick at work. But no Japanese text so I need to wait for NISA version.
Isn’t this a Japanese/Korean/Chinese release though? Not just Chinese/Korean like their other Steam ports. They uploaded a Japanese trailer and the tweet even states Japan and Asia
 
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Isn’t this a Japanese/Korean/Chinese release though? Not just Chinese/Korean like their other Steam ports. They uploaded a Japanese trailer and the tweet even states Japan and Asia
Oh right, you are correct. But there's still chance that the Japanese version is exclusive to Japan (like Dragon Quest XI S did). Hopefully I am wrong.
 
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