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Artifact Foundry - State of the Beta - Steam News
We've been trying a ton of different things with game design over the past year or so, and have been developing and testing the game in public since April. Everything has been in flux. As the design has begun to settle down some, we're ready to enter the tightening phase: teaching the game...
According to investor call several days ago, CDPR basically push through cert with the promise to fix everything before launch and Sony/MS took their words.
I doubt either will give them the benefit of the doubt next time.
That's how bridges collapse and plains crash. 'We will fix everything just sign the papers now NOW right now plz!!!!!!!'
Ms and sony took the risk now it's time to pay.
That's depressingly accurate. I think it's really about that in the end, and it's pretty shameful that people are going "Oooh, burn!" when they are being granted a right that's been standard on PC for ... a decade I think, only as an exception.
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Ah yes, today's "Images that precede unfortunate events" tweet.
After all of those warehouse sittings I wouldn't be surprised if it came in pieces...
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On the topic of CDPR while I'm at it, I'm not sure about all that goodwill. My view is that it's a complicated situation. As far as I'm concerned, CDPR stopped being a PC darling with TW3, where console visual target parity was a topic they stonewalled the community about (which is not the same as a downgrade, for the record). Anything from then was appreciated as them doing the right thing, but there was always this undercurrent of "They are one of the big ones now" where even their heartfelt thanks were taking the shape of high-budget CGI videos.
That's not to say I don't appreciate what they do, C77 is an amazing game in my view, and they keep on raising the bar for every game they make. This one has deep flaws, but I think many critics are downplaying a lot of the incredible things it does. But even before C77's release, I never got the impression that CDPR had customer's priorities at heart. They still do innovate (while not innovating at all in other areas) and I appreciate anyone pushing the boundaries in this formula-smitten industry.
Then there's this pressure from investors who appear to be assholes that would make Piranhas look tame and orderly by comparison. For better or worse, even if they deliver really incredible games - in my opinion anyway - they are now serfs to the mechanics and economics of quarterly returns. Any good intention they might have has to be checked against an irate bean-counter, and its odds are mighty long at this point.
That's not to say I don't appreciate what they do, C77 is an amazing game in my view, and they keep on raising the bar for every game they make. This one has deep flaws, but I think many critics are downplaying a lot of the incredible things it does. But even before C77's release, I never got the impression that CDPR had customer's priorities at heart. They still do innovate (while not innovating at all in other areas) and I appreciate anyone pushing the boundaries in this formula-smitten industry.
Then there's this pressure from investors who appear to be assholes that would make Piranhas look tame and orderly by comparison. For better or worse, even if they deliver really incredible games - in my opinion anyway - they are now serfs to the mechanics and economics of quarterly returns. Any good intention they might have has to be checked against an irate bean-counter, and its odds are mighty long at this point.
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Im soon done with CP2077, just have some side stuff left I wanna do and the last act.
Until I give it a score, Im gonna say that Im happy I was only excited for the game, not hyped.
Until I give it a score, Im gonna say that Im happy I was only excited for the game, not hyped.
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Funny how Valve avoided a whole refund debacle simply by having a well-made refund system.
I have zero doubts that if Valve didn't have a refund system in place, they would also have (rightfully) caught a lot of shit.
MS has a better refund system than Sony, but still has some shenanigans from what I've read.
I have zero doubts that if Valve didn't have a refund system in place, they would also have (rightfully) caught a lot of shit.
MS has a better refund system than Sony, but still has some shenanigans from what I've read.
Finally I get to see how it ends! Thank you!
I feel like I wanna get Paradise Killer, heard so much good about it, but I already have far too many great looking indie games I have not played on my list that I own.
I actually deliberately went looking for it a while ago to see if it even existed.
Just had pizza for dinner
Now for some DnD~ (Note to self get back into Psychonauts)
Now for some DnD~ (Note to self get back into Psychonauts)
Community - MetaSteam | November 2020 - There Was a Title Here. It's Gone Now.
Im playing that Mario 64 PC port for some nostalgic gaming. Its nice re-visiting the castle. The camera though! im constantly fighting it.
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I was kinda correct I would say
Having just played a bit of SC 3.12... After so much time playing C77, I have to say : damn is the IQ clear as day, there's definitively something to be said for how grainy and grungy C77's image is. And holy crap can nothing do justice to how it feels to fly through a nebula.
Wow at that Cyberpunk news.
Still believe the best option would have been to cancel the PS4 and Xbox One version a year or two ago. I mean they must have known the terrible state it was in, and at some point you can just make some basic calculations on how many things you have in an average location in the game, and how hard it would be to get it to run normally on those old consoles.
Of course, the biggest issue here is that Sony still can't be arsed to get a normal refund system in place.
Still believe the best option would have been to cancel the PS4 and Xbox One version a year or two ago. I mean they must have known the terrible state it was in, and at some point you can just make some basic calculations on how many things you have in an average location in the game, and how hard it would be to get it to run normally on those old consoles.
Of course, the biggest issue here is that Sony still can't be arsed to get a normal refund system in place.
I think one issue here is that as a PC gamer you can reduce in game settings or simply revisit the game later if you wish when you have have better hardware. As a console player, you're out of luck.
This made me laugh. Sorry, not sorry.
You gotta feel bad for whichever devs were put on those console ports and fucking KNEW they were gonna be shit and were told to shut up and ship anyway. That must suck, knowing you're gonna get destroyed but being told everything is fine.
Finally releasing out of early access, been waiting for years. Still Q2 2021 though.
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Steam :: HellSign :: Launch Announcement
As many of you have been asking for years, we’re pleased to finally announce the release of HellSign! Thank you! It’s been 5 years since the conception of HellSign, a labor of love, with countless sleepless nights and the help of an amazing community, it has transformed into the game you see...
Yep, can't wait. It's on my list of EA games I'm waiting for launch to really get into.Finally releasing out of early access, been waiting for years. Still Q2 2021 though.
Steam :: HellSign :: Launch Announcement
As many of you have been asking for years, we’re pleased to finally announce the release of HellSign! Thank you! It’s been 5 years since the conception of HellSign, a labor of love, with countless sleepless nights and the help of an amazing community, it has transformed into the game you see...
No, it's really not "shit" at all.Community - MetaSteam | November 2020 - There Was a Title Here. It's Gone Now.
Im playing that Mario 64 PC port for some nostalgic gaming. Its nice re-visiting the castle. The camera though! im constantly fighting it.
I was kinda correct I would say
Salty console gamers and people who expected GTA combine to make the online discourse exceedingly silly though.
(Edit: interestingly enough, I half expected to not like the game as much because they were going for the GTA aspect too hard, which I really don't care for at all. Well, clearly they didn't, which is good for me and perhaps less so for others)
I mean, hopefully they took it as a challenge even if they knew going in it was a fool errand. See what kind of experiments you can come up with to make it playable and we'll go from there kinda thing. I doubt CDPR is going to be firing anyone over this, even if fingers will be pointed
So we're in Arkham knight territory now (for xbox i mean).
I'm just curious, what are the games in the New and Trending for your region/country?
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First one is Riddle JokerI'm just curious, what are the games in the New and Trending for your region/country?
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no discount after 12 months ...
and to add insult to injury - it's 50% off on egs right now
fuck 'em
It's showing as 50% off here. Maybe Steam did not updated all regions?
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The Settlers Online - Settlers Online Steam Removal - Steam News
The Steam Client will no longer be supported by 31.12.2020
Ubisoft can't figure out how to put Unity app on Steam...
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... and you bought it too soon!You spoke too soon, lash
I'm just curious, what are the games in the New and Trending for your region/country?
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Huh Spellbreak is on Steam now.
I'm just curious, what are the games in the New and Trending for your region/country?
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For my 'region'
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - We've hit 5000 Recommended Reviews! - Steam News
An Omnissian thank you from us to you.
I really like everything about that post. Just all-around good feels.Also
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - We've hit 5000 Recommended Reviews! - Steam News
An Omnissian thank you from us to you.store.steampowered.com
I want a Mando game, where you travel the Galaxie, upgrade your armor and do cool heists/bountys with interesting characters in the spirit of GTA V, RDR2 and CP 2077.
Microsoft Designing Its Own Chips for Servers, Surface PCs
Microsoft Corp. is working on in-house processor designs for use in server computers that run the company’s cloud services, adding to an industrywide effort to reduce reliance on Intel Corp.’s chip technology.The world’s largest software maker is using Arm Ltd. designs to produce a processor...
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More competition for AMD and Intel.
I wonder when Google and Amazon will start designing their own chips?
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