Community MetaSteam | August 2021 - Openness Is Its Superpower

[r3n4ud]

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I keep open ending a new account every time they do this lol

Gonna lose track of the accounts one day

 

[Theswweet]

I won't lie, the character designs do nothing for me.

Yeah... I can't blame you for that. It's unabashedly furry, and not even trying to sugar-coat it.

 

[Cacher]

Pre-ordered Tales of Arise on steam

It has been years since my last preorder for games. Don't fail me, Bamco.

 

[r3n4ud]

I won't lie, the character designs do nothing for me.

Christ ya, totally agree with you :/

to be honest, the characters freak me out a little

 

[fantomena]

Pre-ordered Tales of Arise on steam

It has been years since my last preorder for games. Don't fail me, Bamco.

Bamco:

 

[ZKenir]

I'll be there day one for tales of arise, probably gonna get the ultimate edition, but I'll decide in september

 

[Tomasety]

DiRT Rally 2.0 Game of the Year Edition -90% - €3.99 - "New historical lowest price" - Never bundled

 

[dex3108]

Psychonauts 2 month yay, looks at the price

 

[lashman]

Psychonauts 2 month yay, looks at the price

yeah, no joke ... i'm so glad i backed it back then ... otherwise there's no way i'd be able to play it at release

 

[r3n4ud]

Psychonauts 2 month yay, looks at the price

80$ here in Canada yeeeeeeesh

 

[fspm]

Pre-ordered Tales of Arise on steam

It has been years since my last preorder for games. Don't fail me, Bamco.

Last one was Dark Souls 1?
Still can't get over how great that port was.

 

[Swenhir]

I just remembered that carrier command 2 comes out in 10 days. Between this and highfleet... Must. Resist.

 

[Shahem]

Great thread ! May August bring us some positive gaming news.

 

[PC-tan]

This post got me looking into my DS/3DS collection and I discovered that I actually bought Chrono Trigger at some point. No map or poster as far as I can tell, unless it's inside the box.

This was years ago when none of this stuff was ever expected to land on Steam. Now this version has been superseded by both the Steam and iOS versions.

Incidentally I also found sealed NDS copies of Ghost Trick and GTA Chinatown War,s and it occurred to me that I rebought all 3 of these games on iOS. Mildly amused that iOS of all platforms is where these games are preserved for now.

If at some point you think about selling some games in your collection, let me know since I might be interested in buying some. Seeing how I spent a lot of time on the DS/3DS but since I didn't have a lot of money at the time I had to skip out on a lot of games.

 

[Lashley]

Gonna be a good month!

Also, is City of Gangsters just similar to Empire of SIn?

I wanted to ask, how is the Dark Souls Remastered PC port?

 

[hersheyfan]

Fairly light month for my tastes, which I'm actually thankful for after the sheer brutality of the back half of July (Ys, Ace Attorney, Fuga, Samurai Warriors 5, The Forgotten City). Just Psychonauts 2 for me this month!

Thanks for the effort on the thread, lashman!

I'm glad that other folks are enjoying Fuga, but man. It's still not doing so hot...

I did my part, I bought the deluxe on Steam too, despite fully intending to play on Xbox. It's just not a game with mass market appeal I guess... its really great though!

Btw, I recall you made a thread on it on the other site a couple months back, which is what brought Fuga to my attention. Thanks for that, I really appreciate it! You got a couple sales out of me, at least.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I wonder if I'll grab anything this month. Maybe just Grime if it turns out neat.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Psychonauts 2 month yay, looks at the price

Game pass? And wait for a sale afterwards if you want to own it?

 

[Lashley]

Game pass? And wait for a sale afterwards if you want to own it?

This is my plan

 

[MJunioR]

Gonna be a good month!

Also, is City of Gangsters just similar to Empire of SIn?

Not from my point of view. I feel like City focuses more on management and logistics, while Empire focus on its combat and its management features aren't really that well developed or complex.

 

[Aaron D.]

Gonna be a good month!

Also, is City of Gangsters just similar to Empire of SIn?

Outside of the similar theme, not particularly.

EoS has a thin strategic layer with XCOM-like combat.

CoG is all about the strategic layer with a focus on production chains & management. I got a strong board game vibe from the demo.

 

[Lashley]

Appreciated, might end up getting City of Gangsters then

 

[Dinjoralo]

So hyped for Psychonauts~

 

[dex3108]

Game pass? And wait for a sale afterwards if you want to own it?

Nah as i said before i don't like subscriptions because they are basically a timer and i hate those. i will buy it when i can and play it then at my own pace.

 

[lashman]

Nah as i said before i don't like subscriptions because they are basically a timer and i hate those. i will buy it when i can and play it then at my own pace.

yup ... the way i usually play games is - i install them on release ... play a few hours ... and then not touch them again for a few years

gamepass is SOOOOO not for me it's not even funny

 

[kio]

CoG is all about the strategic layer with a focus on production chains & management. I got a strong board game vibe from the demo.

How similar did it feel to the old Gangster games (assuming you played those)?

 

[Vantr]

Thanks for the thread lashman!

Looks like a light month for me. Psychonauts 2 is $99.95 AUD and that is pretty steep.

 

[Yoshi]

 

[Ascheroth]

Oh god there's an avalanche of interesting stuff coming out this month but I have zero time to pick up any of them.
Btw, lashman the Toodee and Topdee link points to GRIME

 

[lashman]

Thanks for the thread lashman!

you're welcome

Btw, @lashman the Toodee and Topdee link points to GRIME

oooooooops

 

[Mor]

Due to certain conditions, this week I won't being able to do the weekly top seller analysis, however, next Sunday I will do both last week, this week and of course next week but here you have the chart.

 

[Aaron D.]

How similar did it feel to the old Gangster games (assuming you played those)?

Gangsters: Organized Crime

Become a made man as you vie for power in a Chicago-like town during the prohibition era.

www.gog.com

Don't have much experience personally, but reading Steam forums for CoG, many are saying it's a true spiritual successor to 98's G:OC.

 

[ScreamingTrees]

Watched all of this, found it interesting. I never played the return of the Jedi game for some reason but played a lot of the other two on the SNES. A friend of mine got the games and I kept borrowing them.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

I wanted to ask, how is the Dark Souls Remastered PC port?

Some people like the original version with Dsfix more than the Remastered version, I think it's fine and iirc supports 60fps without any issue.

Due to certain conditions, this week I won't being able to do the weekly top seller analysis, however, next Sunday I will do both last week, this week and of course next week but here you have the chart.

Mini Motorways made to the top 10! It must be a success as the game is cheap.

 

[mirSprit]

Hi
Thanks for sharing
happy to be here

 

[Kyougar]

oh man, I checked the steam download folder setting and had a big question what "Kostenlos" ("free of charge") in that context means. Free to play titles?
...
...
...

They fucking mean "Frei" ("free") as in the available space on the drive!

 

[Arc]

Due to certain conditions, this week I won't being able to do the weekly top seller analysis, however, next Sunday I will do both last week, this week and of course next week but here you have the chart.

The Ascent did really well considering it's a day one Game Pass release.
I also find it funny Hitman 2 almost certainly outgrossed Hitman 3 this week.

 

[Routa]

That rules. W's soundtrack is so good
Shame you ran into a roadblock

Sucks to hear that you are not enjoying it

The W soundtrack is awesome. I could have that on repeat all day


Luckily, the weird robot part only ended up being about an hour long. I was able to get by it, and now I'm back to the normal dungeon crawling which is legitimately great and delightful.

 

[Tomasety]

Mini Motorways made to the top 10! It must be a success as the game is cheap.

I'm glad to see Mini Motorways on the top 10 chart. Some interesting facts:

1) Very good game and reviews are very well received.

2) Price point - Extremely good and following Valve suggested regional pricing - These two things together are really important. Bonus, discount (10%) only applied to past Monday and part of past Tuesday

3) Owner estimation - The result of above conditions

4) Previous developers work helped Mini Motorways to get the game more exposure and hype along Rock Paper Shotgun seal of approval

 

[Knurek]

I won't lie, the character designs do nothing for me.

Just think of it as a Japanese version of Moomins.

 

[Joe Spangle]

Lovely new thread lashman thanks very much

 

[lashman]

Lovely new thread lashman thanks very much

i'm trying my best ... so thank you!

 

[Routa]

i'm trying my best ... so thank you!

 

[ZKenir]

Is lashman the anime girl in that gif?

 

[lashman]

i hate you all

 

[Routa]

i hate you all

I just thought it was a cute gif, sorry

 

[lashman]

I just thought it was a cute gif, sorry

 

[Parsnip]

I wanted to ask, how is the Dark Souls Remastered PC port?

It's fine. It looks a bit weird on spots with the new lighting though. Most of the metal armor has lost their sheen and have a duller look, I don't think they re-authored any of those assets for the new lighting. Or if they did and it's a deliberate choice, I think it was the wrong choice. Anyway that's just my personal opinion.
Otherwise it's still pretty barebones but has resolution option that works and the few obvious 60fps bugs from the original are fixed and it runs better in general, probably due to better multicore support.

 

[fantomena]

Nah as i said before i don't like subscriptions because they are basically a timer and i hate those. i will buy it when i can and play it then at my own pace.

 

[Lashley]

It's fine. It looks a bit weird on spots with the new lighting though. Most of the metal armor has lost their sheen and have a duller look, I don't think they re-authored any of those assets for the new lighting. Or if they did and it's a deliberate choice, I think it was the wrong choice. Anyway that's just my personal opinion.
Otherwise it's still pretty barebones but has resolution option that works and the few obvious 60fps bugs from the original are fixed and it runs better in general, probably due to better multicore support.

Appreciated, gonna get it when I get paid