Community MetaSteam | July 2020 - Blood on the Horizon

Status
Not open for further replies.

fantomena

MetaMember
Dec 17, 2018
9,842
26,491
113
Which is better, Far Cry 4 or Far Cry 5?
4. 5 was an utterly snoozefest for me. It's a miracle I managed to play through it. I had to use different cheats to get through it. It wasn't bad, just completely and utterly uninteresting.

I bought New Dawn long time ago on sale and have yet to find an interest in playing it because of 5.
 

Mor

Me llamo Willy y no hice la mili, pero vendo Chili
Sep 7, 2018
7,109
26,224
113
sony only have themselves to blame for that
Yeah, I'm sure the fact that 6 Far Cry games are almost occupying more than half of the top 10 and the usual top 10 is 10 places down doesn't have any impact :p
 

ZKenir

Setting the Seas Ablaze
May 10, 2019
3,444
9,811
113
What's the reason for having only one save slot? Is it so it can emulate an mmorpg game?
That's not really something new, Hollow Fragment (which is the first game) has no manual save either, the game saves on changing location (which you do pretty frequently).
Lost song saves as you sleep in the inn and Hollow Realization has autosaves as well (haven't played these yet, wanna go through HF first when time allows)
 

ISee

Oh_no!
Mar 1, 2019
3,220
8,306
113
Which is better, Far Cry 4 or Far Cry 5?
I prefer five over four, but five was my first game that I played on a high refresh rate display. So, I'm biased.
But both are UBI open world games. You run around liberate camps and gather resources. Five is a bit more streamlined.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Alexandros

fantomena

MetaMember
Dec 17, 2018
9,842
26,491
113
Couldn't find the GOG thread here so I ask here:

I decided to downlaod Ultima 7 (VII), but I can't and that's what confuses me. Ultima VII Complete Edition are in my GOG Galaxy 2, but install button on it is greyed out. It also don't show up in my GOG library on the website nor searching for it on the website, but googling the GOG page the game up and says "owned".
 

MonthOLDpickle

我會打敗你!!
Oct 31, 2018
1,704
2,072
113
Taiwan
Couldn't find the GOG thread here so I ask here:

I decided to downlaod Ultima 7 (VII), but I can't and that's what confuses me. Ultima VII Complete Edition are in my GOG Galaxy 2, but install button on it is greyed out. It also don't show up in my GOG library on the website nor searching for it on the website, but googling the GOG page the game up and says "owned".
Do they still have that GOG downloader thing? If so turn it off. Or try the client.
 

fantomena

MetaMember
Dec 17, 2018
9,842
26,491
113
I like GOG Galxy 2 as it has a lot of options for the library and stuff, but the client feels like it's hold back with ducktape. Crashing issues, library issues, sync issues etc.

EGS on the other hand is stable in the way that it doesn't crash, but it lacks so many features (which I guess is the reason it doesn't crash) and it is slow and laggy which is amazing considering how small my library is on EGS compared to my Steam library.

Using Steam after using GOG Galaxy 2 and EGS makes me feel Steam is running on black magic.

Sure there are things I want Valve to do better, but it's so fascinating to have an installed library of 50 games or so and the amount of features, yet the Steam client is neither slow or laggy or rarely ever crashes.

So far there are only 2 things that made Steam slower or freeze up for some seconds which is when I want to load up my uncategorized/not-installed library of thousand games which means that Steam must load up all the library game pictures and when I had game icons enabled so when I scrolled down quickly Steam froze, so I disabled game icons.

Edit: Installing Alpha Centauri on GOG made Galaxy 2 crash.

Edit 2: Jesus christ, Alpha Centauri is stuck at 551mb/570mb. Is GOG getting their servers and client codes from the MS Store?
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: LEANIJA and Swenhir

beep boop

MetaMember
Dec 6, 2018
2,170
4,558
113
The one thing that slows down Steam consistently for me is opening up the tab with all my collections. Presumably because it loads artwork to display on each category. Though, I also have over 70 categories and I don't want use the simplified library, which does load them smoothly.
 

AHA-Lambda

MetaMember
Oct 9, 2018
2,844
7,350
113
I vote 'fuck that noise'.
If you want to replay them, that's fair, but if it's just to have them on steam, I'm sure there will be other sales.
:cat-heart-blob:
this. It’s a fairly pointless reason if I were to be blunt I’m afraid 😕
 

Li Kao

It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.
Jan 28, 2019
7,867
15,893
113
this. It’s a fairly pointless reason if I were to be blunt I’m afraid 😕
Oh to be fair again, that's a thing we all did at one point or another I think. I just genuinely want our friend to avoid doing the same 'mistake'. Or doing it with full knowledge of the relative pointlessness of it. That is if he indeed has access to the games via other means.

I did a voice of reason post. Damn, am I getting old.
 

EdwardTivrusky

Good Morning, Weather Hackers!
Dec 8, 2018
7,395
12,479
113
Couldn't find the GOG thread here so I ask here:

I decided to downlaod Ultima 7 (VII), but I can't and that's what confuses me. Ultima VII Complete Edition are in my GOG Galaxy 2, but install button on it is greyed out. It also don't show up in my GOG library on the website nor searching for it on the website, but googling the GOG page the game up and says "owned".
I had a quick look and there seems to be a problem/conflict with Ultima VII Complete Collection and Ultima VII with the Expansions. I cannot install Ultima VII Complete either. Someone mentions a workaround in this thread but i haven't tried it yet or done more than skim the thread tbh.

GOG - Ultima VII Complete Collection Install Issue
 

Li Kao

It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.
Jan 28, 2019
7,867
15,893
113
So how bad is SAO Re Hollow Fragment ? Is it the first one to play chronologically ?
 

fantomena

MetaMember
Dec 17, 2018
9,842
26,491
113
About 2h15 min till Death Stranding is out. Connected my PS4 controller so Im ready. I don't do pre-loads, so I will start downloading when the game is out, but I have fairly fast Internet so shouldn't take much time, I guess 1-2 hours to download.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Li Kao

Cacher

MetaMember
Jun 3, 2020
4,667
14,055
113
Started Tacoma. Tried the first AR session in the personnel quarter and I am already in love. Such a unique take in story-telling. .
 

LEANIJA

MetaMember
May 5, 2019
3,218
7,860
113
Austria
4. 5 was an utterly snoozefest for me. It's a miracle I managed to play through it. I had to use different cheats to get through it. It wasn't bad, just completely and utterly uninteresting.

I bought New Dawn long time ago on sale and have yet to find an interest in playing it because of 5.
That is pretty much exactly my experience with FC5 and ND... I didnt use cheats but it took me a long time to play through it because it was so utterly boring (for the most part). As always with FC, my favourite part was taking over hostile outposts.
 

AHA-Lambda

MetaMember
Oct 9, 2018
2,844
7,350
113
Oh to be fair again, that's a thing we all did at one point or another I think. I just genuinely want our friend to avoid doing the same 'mistake'. Or doing it with full knowledge of the relative pointlessness of it. That is if he indeed has access to the games via other means.

I did a voice of reason post. Damn, am I getting old.
agreed. I’m also saying so as I’ve done the same on the past certainly 😕
 
  • Love
Reactions: Li Kao

Joe Spangle

Playing....
Apr 17, 2019
2,455
8,324
113
About 2h15 min till Death Stranding is out. Connected my PS4 controller so Im ready. I don't do pre-loads, so I will start downloading when the game is out, but I have fairly fast Internet so shouldn't take much time, I guess 1-2 hours to download.
Whats the file size for Death Stranding?
 
  • Eyes
Reactions: Li Kao
OP
lashman

lashman

Dead & Forgotten
Sep 5, 2018
31,987
90,096
113
Would it hurt steam to give us a proper count down, instead of "two hours, but it could also be three, or maybe closer to one"?
JaseC has been begging them to fix it for YEARS now :p

guess Gaben just doesn't like Australians or something (can't say i'm surprised, though :p)
 
  • Toucan
Reactions: BO7AMMOOD and ISee

prudis

anime occult member
Sep 19, 2018
10,305
26,951
113
The Kingdom of Beer and Porn
twitter.com
meanwhile at techland

Ola Sondej: Dying Light - Hellraid is a game mode that’s based on the currently-on-hold project. While it contains locations and assets from the original Hellraid project, it is more of a fun introduction into dark fantasy in the Dying Light universe.
..
The two games are very different from each other. We decided to use some of Dying Light’s gameplay mechanics, implement those of Hellraid’s that wouldn’t interfere with the overall experience, and which fit well. Our end goal is to build a different world within Dying Light - the dark fantasy setting, the enemies, the weapons.
..
OS: The original Hellraid team is currently working on different projects within Techland - Dying Light 2, our unannounced fantasy RPG, and Dying Light which is still receiving regular updates - including Dying Light - Hellraid.
..¨
OS: Never say never, but the game currently remains on hold. Right now we don’t have any plans in terms of working on Hellraid as a standalone title, as we’re fully focused on developing Dying Light 2.
...
OS: We don’t think of Dying Light - Hellraid as the final DLC and we plan to continue our support for Dying Light.
 

Stallion Free

I <3 Achievements
Apr 17, 2019
278
873
93
Maryland, USA
steamcommunity.com
If that Tomb Raider thing is more than just a bundle of the existing games, I might be in.
I'm not expecting a remaster, but a modern controller support and achievements would go a long way.
Yeah, I would be thrilled to get native basic resolution options + anti-aliasing options built in and achievements. For the 360 era trilogy just throw in achievements and the exclusive 360 DLC for Underworld.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Parsnip and lashman

Wok

Wok
Oct 30, 2018
4,923
13,188
113
France

Plus:
[UWSL][UWSL]Play Death Stranding with DLSS In The Cloud On GeForce NOW[/UWSL][/UWSL]

GeForce NOW is NVIDIA's game streaming service that taps into the thriving PC ecosystem by delivering real-time gameplay from world-class NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud. And with the launch of DEATH STRANDING, the game is available to play on GeForce NOW with support for DLSS 2.0.

Playing PC games on GeForce NOW provides members with instant access, and the latest Game Ready Drivers for the best performance. And since you’re playing on high-performance GPUs in the cloud, even gamers on low-powered hardware can now play at amazing levels of fidelity.

Using the GeForce NOW app on PC, Mac, SHIELD TV, and Android devices, gamers can play their favorite PC titles already purchased from popular digital stores like Steam, Epic Games Store and Uplay. And because these are real PC games, GeForce NOW members experience their titles the way you intended, with and against millions of other PC players, at 1080p 60 FPS.

For further details about GeForce NOW, or to sign-up for a Free or limited-time-only Founders account, head here.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.