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Mor

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I suspect the Epic contract comes with a clause not to discuss steam openly and when or if exclusivity ends.
Nah, we have seen some of the deals with AAA (Crytek in caso you are interested) and there is no such thing, however most decide not to do it because of potential double dippers on the same platform, you know? that's like a fantasy for them, buy on console, buy on PC and buy again because Steam.
 

Stone Ocean

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Being vague about exclusivity is often just a way to get people to double dip, yes.

Ubisoft is an anomaly because they excplicitly announced it was a multi game partnership, plus we all knew they wanted an excuse to funnel people into uPlay anyways.
 
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Li Kao

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I would be a little surprised if it was a year. KH is not exactly FF level but I would think SE would ask for quite the check for 1 year.
But you never know.
 

Arsene

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Considering Quantic Dream’s games were announced as 12 months but none of them actually had a full year of exclusivity (11, 10 and 6 months were the actual exclusivity lengths) I have trust issues when it comes to the exclusivity lengths of multi-game deals Epic signs.

Like Kingdom Hearts is a Disney IP and one of Square Enix’s biggest series’. A year long exclusivity on the entire fucking series definitely isn’t cheap. Especially knowing Square Enix. Genuinely wonder if its gonna be a full year deal.

Square never does permanent exclusive deals. They definitely won’t sign a full exclusivity deal on a massively profitable series when a Steam release and a GamePaas PC deal (which no doubt will happen eventually) are just lying there.
 

Nabs

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^ the xbox store reviews are absolutely horrible, but I guess that's kind of expected when it's available for free via gamepass. People don't have to do any research before downloading a game, and they can just play a few seconds before deleting and forgetting. (not even talking about the racist ones)
 

Stone Ocean

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I bought very little this sale, I'm still full from the winter haul

CODE VEIN - Season Pass
Way of the Samurai 4
Mirror
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
INDIANA JONES® AND THE EMPEROR'S TOMB™
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Muse Dash
Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments
 

fantomena

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I almost bought some early access games like Solasta, but decided not to, I just don't like when ea games go up in price.
 

EdwardTivrusky

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What else did you all purchase from the Sale?
I thought i hadn't done too badly then remembered there were two expensive purchases in my haul this year.
I'll end up playing the hell out of them though so i'm not too bothered but i will be limiting my spending for a while until i've finished some games in my backlog.

Crazy Machines 3 - Free key with Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds: Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle (Europe)
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
Space Court
Swarmlake
SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE
Girls' civilization 2 VR
Pathologic 2
Pathologic 2: Marble Nest
Pathologic 2: Soundtrack
Pathologic 2: Art Book
Pathologic Classic HD
Earth Analog
Valheim
Overlord Ultimate Collection
DSGTTGH - Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs

Hidden Object Bundle:
Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City
The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom
The Secret Order 7: Shadow Breach
Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil
Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime
Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance
 

Alextended

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Can I play a game while a family sharing account is playing another game from my library or will that boot them? Googling says no but it might be outdated?
 

fokkusu

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I only got Mafia Def Ed from Humble price mistake

Seems like a nice remake. Played the original back in the day in almost one sitting. Damn when you are young you can play until 4 am and go to school no problem. Now when you are adult no way that can be done :p
 

Tizoc

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How does offline work for steam client if using family share? Like I have it installed on another device but say I run it offline.
 

Alextended

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Thanks, didn't wanna start a game and boot my bro from his session. That's pretty shit then. I'm reading on google they also "fixed" the going offline work around or whatever? I guess Steam still contacts home, if it can, even if you set it to offline mode? But what if I actually disconnect this PC from the internet beforehand?
 

Nabs

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Nice little bundle

This is a wonderful bundle.

Neverwinter Nights EE, The Walking Dead A New Frontier, Dirt Rally 2.0 (pay extra for GOTY Edition), Lethal League Blaze, Blazing Chrome, Road Redemption, Streets of Fury, and Dark Devotion.

Lethal League Blaze and Dirt Rally 2.0 for 5 alone would be a steal.
 
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Line

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I really don't agree with this. Because the way this part of the critique is written it implies that e.g. JRPGs which make you press "X" a lot during standard battles (a whole lot of them) actually provide meaningful gameplay, and that having to press that "X" 1000 times while only thinking about what you are doing 5 of those times is somehow better than not having to press it.
I very much agree. Especially for Final Fantasy, a lot of older JRPGs (and modern ones) are completely menial, hammering Attack for fastest results.
Those were not good times. A lot are still stuck in that model.
However, as much as I don't consider pressing a button to attack meaningful, I can only call worse a system where you don't even have to do it. And Final Fantasy is still struggling to this day to make inputs worth a damn. It's not FF7R that fixes it, in the opposite way.

There are lots of games where the actual execution is not the most interesting part of the gameplay, and many in which it is in fact tedious. Making a game focused more on setup/planning (and perhaps intervening in exceptional circumstances) is not in and of itself a bad thing at all, especially if it serves to reduce or eliminate repetitive tedium which would set in otherwise. In my opinion, the only issue with FF12's system is that it didn't go quite far enough in terms of flexibility with what the Gambit "language" allowed you to describe. But I still enjoyed it a lot.
While yes, it removes "tediousness"... it does so in the worst way possible: it doesn't fix the lack of engagement or lack of thought, it simply removes even more player agency and brainpower.
It's not the AI system that is at fault, it's even very commendable for a game with active combat.
But considering that you already don't need to think a lot in the FF model, and even less with the "new" system, to the point where going afk is not only viable but arguably preferable in longer fights....

The main issue being that if it's about removing the random battle grind... why is it still here? It's not like instantly crushing enemies is a new thing. Earthbound did it, among many others that I can't think of.
The entire combat is not even needed if you can just walk in a direction and things die. Hell, I'm sure it's only because the game is old that it doesn't posses autowalking to the next story point.
Because all of FF12 is pretty much F2P MMO distilled, a succession of story scenes and a game that almost plays itself, where even getting new gear is filling up bars, one of gils and one of LP. Not even hidden chests, or boss rewards, just... grinding stuff. While you are half afk.

As much as I don't like the annoying unlockable weapons in FFX, or the bullshit that is Excalibur 2 in FFIX, it at least was... an objective.
The Zodiac Spear in FF12 is just ridiculous, not even talking about the ploy to sell guides in the original, but in the Zodiac Age version you have to .... grind your way to it. Or grind until the 1% chance happens.
And it's probably the most representative of the game, where they don't want to give you a unique experience and challenging gameplay, but for you to come back to a form of tediousness that is probably unparalleled in the entire franchise.

Same here. The writing in the localized English version of FF12 is far more interesting and enjoyable to read than in any other game in the series, to me at least.
And that's what hurts the most. The game would be fun, if it bothered to give the player some reason to follow through. If I only wanted story, there's no lack of visual novels on Steam? :shrugblob:
Had they wanted to remove the boring stuff from the series, they would have shortened the time to kill, or straight up removed useless encounters. They gave even more HP to everything and added A LOT of mobs everywhere.
They would have shortened and simplified dungeons and open areas, and especially towns. They massively extended them, making the mob density particularly frustrating (and just going from shop to shop takes longer than any other FF - point becoming moot with fast forward of course, but still there).
They could give you automatic regeneration after battles. They didn't, and made save/healing points scarce, and items only available at select locations (one thing that FFXIII did do right in all its faults, it must be said).
They could avoid an extreme amount of back and forth for story beats and the very, very frequent loadings screens, it wasn't the beginnings of CD technology and the bloody thing loads more than a PS1 (well, maybe not, FFIX exists...).
They could have started it all with fast movement speed, but definitely didn't. Sure it got better with cheats, but then, that can apply to anything.

They could have made something great.
Visuals, soundtrack and world design certainly are. But I have a hard time believing that they made the gameplay of the game with the thought in mind to remove the more annoying elements of the franchise.
If they did, it ended up worse.
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Li Kao

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Mmh, I was finalizing my Bose Companion 2 series 3 order with a 3 months plan. 3 month plan is minimum 100 euros, the product is 99.95. Ok then, fuck you, I will buy the cheap Logitech Z207 from Amazon and you can suck my dick with your rules :shrugblob:
I'm really not in the mood.
 

texhnolyze

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Nobody seems to know the answer..

Will this update stay free even if we buy the game later after it's live, or should we buy now before that? The current sale will end in an hour.

 

Mor

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Nobody seems to know the answer..

Will this update stay free even if we buy the game later after it's live, or should we buy now before that? The current sale will end in an hour.

I think this will probably be a "Redux" situation in which you will probably buy the game and get this updated version for free, however, there are no details about this yet.
 

MegaApple

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Nobody seems to know the answer..

Will this update stay free even if we buy the game later after it's live, or should we buy now before that? The current sale will end in an hour.

Its not paid, rather free for all. They didn't say they will ask money for it.
You can wait for later to get it.
 
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“2020 was a record year for Remedy’s financial performance, as revenue increased 30% to €41.1M and operating profit increased 103% to €13.2M – all this despite the absence of a major new game launch"
 
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Panda Pedinte

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More news about Endless Dungeon :blobeyes:
 

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What else did you all purchase from the Sale?
Celeste
Ceville
Foundation
Hook
klocki
NABOKI
oO
Oxenfree
Pharaoh + Cleopatra
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Refunct
Scroll Set
SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE
SUPER BUILD
Swarmlake
The Ball
The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff Pack
The Sims 4 Snowy Escape Expansion Pack
Unravel Two
Up Left Out
Valheim
Way of the Samurai 3
Way of the Samurai 4
Zork Anthology
 

Li Kao

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When you plug an headphone and you have to rotate the fucking cable for minutes before it output sound in the two ears, is that... not normal because duh, but a frequent issue ? Is it only on cheap headphones ? Where is the issue, cable ?
 

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EdwardTivrusky

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When you plug an headphone and you have to rotate the fucking cable for minutes before it output sound in the two ears, is that... not normal because duh, but a frequent issue ? Is it only on cheap headphones ? Where is the issue, cable ?
Could be the socket is worn, could be the jack-plug is worn, could be the cable is worn.
Try it in a different device and see how it is.
 
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Li Kao

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Man, the more I think the more I tempted to buy peripherals. I have no money, so... stop thinking ?
Fucking life.

To be precise, Bose Companion 2 series III / Blue Yeti and a good headphone.

Could be the socket is worn, could be the jack-plug is worn, could be the cable is worn.
Try it in a different device and see how it is.
Same thing on PC and Ipad. But fuck, it has barely been used, talk about cheap Sennheiser :confounded-face:
 

EdwardTivrusky

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I've heard good things about the Antlion Mod Mic if you don't need a desk mic and would prefer a headset type mic.
 
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Ascheroth

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Nice little bundle

It's been a while since I bought a Fanatical bundle, but this one, this is one is nice indeed!
Holy toledo, thanks for listing this! I actually had Neverwinter in my Steam cart since it was 5USD or 75% off. I technically have an old boxed version of NN, but having the updated would be nice.
Same, I have an old physical collection that included NWN + DLCs, Baldur's Gate 1 +2 and Icewind Dale 1 + 2. Good times.
Never going to play NWN Enhanced most likely, but I still want to have it sitting in my library, ha. :steam_pigblanket:
 

Li Kao

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I've heard good things about the Antlion Mod Mic if you don't need a desk mic and would prefer a headset type mic.
You know me by now, a mic ? What for ? I can't talk to real people on the Internet. But I would like to change that, hard as it will be.
And uh, I know that in my case, a small cheap mic will do, but man the Blue Yeti design is so good. So 'Good Night & Good Luck' :blobdrool:

For reference, so good :blobdrool: :blobdrool: :blobdrool:
 
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