Community MetaSteam | August 2021 - Openness Is Its Superpower

[EdwardTivrusky]

I really doubt anyone thought that Elshaddai was going to be a huge seller. It's a passion project for nostalgia gamers and "odd game" youtube videos.
It's the kind of game that gets people talking about the company and will get coverage pretty much everywhere.

I wasn't expecting it to be £10 but those prices are super high, i'll probably get it at launch for the discounts. I wouldn't pay the full non-dicount price for it though. I wonder if there's a licensing reason the prices are so high?

 

[ezodagrom]

Now all it needs is some mods to replace the entirely too smooth blue gradient with something else and the button icons could be more fitting as well and we are in business.

There is this mod to change the blue background to a darker shade of blue (though seems like this one only fully works with FF1, the creator of the mod is still working on 2 and 3), colored icons and buttons icons mods:

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[Cacher]

New shiny indies

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

So, that's 5PM (17:00) in actual useful time. BST.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

New shiny indies

only a day after the ID@Xbox showcase coming up in a few hours, nice.

 

[derExperte]

A couple more games I'm interested in are releasing later today (and even more tomorrow and the day after). Biggest one is of course Lawn Mowing Sim.

 

[beep boop]

Nope.

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Lame! But good to know, thanks

Thought of getting Astalon: TotE on Switch, but then I remembered both my joycons are busted, and it's currently on sale on Humble, so I might as well grab in on PC.

 

[r3n4ud]

A couple more games I'm interested in are releasing later today (and even more tomorrow and the day after). Biggest one is of course Lawn Mowing Sim.

I’m allllll over Button City and Cutting Lawns

 

[Cacher]

only a day after the ID@Xbox showcase coming up in a few hours, nice.

I just read the PR announcement of ID@Xbox and surprising to find out that RPG Time will be shown during the stream. Exciting!

 

[Stone Ocean]

New shiny indies

Can't wait to be disappointed at no Silksong yet again

 

[ISee]

A turn based, sci-fi, post apocalyptic strategy game with mechs & mech customization. I like what I see here.
Definitely something to keep an eye on.

 

[prudis]

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

I am surprised that there isn't a Fleshlight API yet. Those 3D games on itch would sell millions of copies once that hits the market.

 

[Cacher]

.

Reminds me of this classic quote from our Queen

 

[prudis]

I am surprised that there isn't a Fleshlight API yet. Those 3D games on itch would sell millions of copies once that hits the market.

google Vstroker

 

[Wok]

I'm sorry for the long tweets but I think they are worth the content giving the current behaviour on regional pricing.

I think it is a case of people making a profit by selling trading cards.

You are guaranteed to sell your cards for at least 4 cents each (there are buy orders for this amount), then you receive 2 cents per card, so the 3 cards will net you at least 6 cents in total, which is the price of the game. Maybe more profit than that could be made in the past.

The reasoning for this is rather simple. 0,06€ in ARG and the game has Steam trading cards so I assume people just try to get the game for "free" technically by selling the cards back in the market.

Beaten by Tomasety! Once the arbitrage is gone, like cards going for 3 cents instead of 5-6 cents, then the sales will stop. If the dev wants to stop the sales faster, he could price the game for 0.09 € instead of 0.06 €.

like the zombie game is selling for 7 ARS ... it , thats like price of a random card ... how is it so supsicious 1k aegiw people would buy it when its bascially profit for anyone who buys it and sell its cards

This.

 

[MJunioR]

Rogue Company Season 3 is up and goddamn these cosmetics are gonna bankrupt me

 

[Nabs]

Windjammers 2 open beta starting tomorrow. I still don't get why they didn't give us WJ1 while we waited... it's been a while.

 

[dex3108]

C&D in 3, 2, 1...

 

[bobnowhere]

Even with people abusing the system, 95% of all units coming from Argentina seems utterly absurd.
Maybe a botting system buying cheap games for cards?

Yeah, the numbers are so absurdly large you'd think everyone, everywhere would be at it. Talked about here, Era, RB etc... but it's not.

 

[Aaron D.]

A couple more games I'm interested in are releasing later today (and even more tomorrow and the day after). Biggest one is of course Lawn Mowing Sim.

Save your Mundane Job Simulator (tm.) money for Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 instead which drops tomorrow.

The 4-year gap between releases has allowed the dev to blow out the stops with new features, expanded systems and refinements.

Regarding IPs that see iterative sequels, it's legit one of the most impressive leaps I've seen in a long time.

 

[madjoki]

Elden Ring Minimum Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 8 GB
• OS: Windows 7 SP1
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

Elden Ring Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 12 GB
• OS: Windows 10
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 3072 MB

RIP 64GB Steam Deck

 

[dex3108]

 

[Alexandros]

Elden Ring Minimum Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 8 GB
• OS: Windows 7 SP1
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

Elden Ring Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 12 GB
• OS: Windows 10
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 3072 MB

RIP 64GB Steam Deck

Eh, it's only a cheap SD card short, it's fine. The CPU and GPU requirements bode very well for Steam Deck's status as an Elden Ring portable.

edit: wait, are they fake?

 

[QFNS]

I had to google to figure out what Black Myth: Wu Kong was so my reaction was just confusion, lol.

 

[xxr]

Elden Ring Minimum Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 8 GB
• OS: Windows 7 SP1
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

Elden Ring Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 12 GB
• OS: Windows 10
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 3072 MB

RIP 64GB Steam Deck

I doubt this is anything close to being accurate.

 

[Shahem]

Those are false.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Tormented Souls for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC launches August 27; demo available now for PS5 and PC

Tormented Souls will launch both physically and digitally for PlayStation 5, and digitally for Xbox Series and PC via Steam on August 27, publisher PQube and developers Dual Effect and Abstract Dig…

www.gematsu.com

Yisssss

 

[NarohDethan]

Elden Ring Minimum Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 8 GB
• OS: Windows 7 SP1
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

Elden Ring Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• CPU SPEED: Info
• RAM: 12 GB
• OS: Windows 10
• VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
• PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
• VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
• FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
• DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 3072 MB

RIP 64GB Steam Deck

150 GB are they fucking insane.

Also, bummer at no Tales of Arise demo on PC

 

[manchego obfuscator]

...so there will be a (Chinese?) indie game with extremely impressive visuals shown at the ID@Xbox showcase? Cool, I guess


seriously, this and Scarlet Nexus, what's with the lack of PC demos from Bamco

 

[prudis]

seriously, this and Scarlet Nexus, what's with the lack of PC demos from Bamco

if ti was just Arise , my guess would be .... them not anting to order another denuvo licence for demo ... but iirc Scarlet was without denuo

 

[Routa]

What's this game about?

It’s a crossover game between the Gundam, Ultraman and Kamen Rider franchises with said characters trying to solve why their worlds merged.

It plays out as a first-person grid-based dungeon crawler with turn-based combat.

 

[r3n4ud]

Save your Mundane Job Simulator (tm.) money for Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 instead which drops tomorrow.

The 4-year gap between releases has allowed the dev to blow out the stops with new features, expanded systems and refinements.

Regarding IPs that see iterative sequels, it's legit one of the most impressive leaps I've seen in a long time.

Ohh, I don’t think you have to worry about derExperte not picking up CMS tomorrow lol

 

[dummmyy]

C&D in 3, 2, 1...

Clown shoes lol

 

[derExperte]

Played first one on Amiga back in the day. Too confusing for my young brain. The lack of a manual due to... slightly shady reasons ifyouknowwhatImean probably didn't help.

Bundle with VR (and OST) costs the same as game alone, mistake?

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Ohh, I don’t think you have to worry about derExperte not picking up CMS tomorrow lol

Yepyep. Looking at my wishlist August is too wild (about 40 releases, damn), so I'll actually have to pick and choose. But CMS21 is indeed an almost guaranteed purchase. Because cars.

 

[Li Kao]

When is this ID@Xbox ?

 

[manchego obfuscator]

When is this ID@Xbox ?

it's going on now but honestly you might as well just read a recap and watch the trailers later, the pacing is terrible

 

[lashman]

but honestly you might as well just read a recap and watch the trailers later, the pacing is terrible

as is always the case with MS showcases (other than maybe E3)

 

[r3n4ud]

Played first one on Amiga back in the day. Too confusing for my young brain. The lack of a manual due to... slightly shady reasons ifyouknowwhatImean probably didn't help.

Bundle with VR (and OST) costs the same as game alone, mistake?

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Yepyep. Though looking at my wishlist for August (about 40 releases, damn) I'll actually have to pick and choose. I guess. Maybe. But CMS21 is indeed an almost guaranteed purchase. Because cars.

You’re a goddamn good guy in my book

 

[NarohDethan]

I've been gaming more these three past days than ever, I hope I can maintain this pace.

 

[fspm]

So region switching wasn't the case as expected

Wow, any other #Gamedev #Indiedev getting totally hosed by all the people switching their store location to Argentina to get cheap regional pricing?

Sell your masterpieces for $5000 each buddy

 

[dex3108]

 

[manchego obfuscator]

looks very pretty, but it doesn't seem like the game this is a sequel to (which didn't get an English localization) was particularly good, so I have low expectations

 

[derExperte]

Let's gmooooowwwwww!

But get ready for some terrible regional prices.

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[NarohDethan]

Is Skyrim SE playable without any mods? im too lazy to download that shit tbh

 

[kio]

A lot of style but not a lot of substance. The voice acting, sound effects and sound mixing are terrible.

 

[Readher]

Is Skyrim SE playable without any mods? im too lazy to download that shit tbh

Playing Bethesda games without mods seems pretty pointless, but that's just my opinion.

 

[Alexandros]

Tomasety I published my review of Chernobylite (it's in english). I really liked it.

CHERNOBYLITE | Ragequit.gr

Ένα ιδιόμορφο κράμα FPS, RPG, survival, management και... Mass Effect 2 που, σαν από θαύμα, πέτυχε!

ragequit.gr

 

[derExperte]

Seeing Garden Story under Popular Upcoming. I know it could just be due to an old, no longer valid release date they entered once upon a time, but you never know...

 

[r3n4ud]

Let's gmooooowwwwww!

Picked it up at Greenman, shit, it’s 8$ cheaper over there for me