Community MetaSteam | July 2020 - Blood on the Horizon

[Trisolarian]

I don't really know what Im doing in Outer Wilds. Im just doing stuff and hopefully Im progresing to something.

You're doing it.

Lotta starts and stops in progress with this game.

My gameplay loop was as follows

1. Get on the ship
2. Go to the last place I found something of interest
2.1 Die getting there
3. Retrace my steps
3.1 Die retracing my steps
4. Get a little bit farther/more info
4.1 Die while doing so
5. Get stuck/confused/can't solve a puzzle through either gap in cognition, knowledge or execution
5.1 Die during puzzle or while unlocking new area
6 Accept death/Go balls out to investigate something

Every time.

Spent 30 hours on this game, eventually youtubed the ending.

Hours 5-25 were magic. First five and last five were painful.

 

[xinek]

Wanna be further damned?
Buy Monster Train.

I see you playing this a lot -- how do I win? I am terrible at this game. It's literally embarrassing.

 

[Li Kao]

Trisolarian Meta Coop is still very much a thing. Having read your exploits on sea of thieves with your brother, I'm not sure if I want to experience them

Tizoc bought sole days ago but life keeps getting in the way

 

[Mor]

So what the hell happened to this game. EGSclusive for a year and then disappeared from all stores and suddenly appear only on Origin.

They are self-publishing and releasing it everywhere, should be up on Steam and GOG too soonish.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I just got into the Hyper Space test through Twitch. Now to never actually play it.

 

[Nabs]

Choice in less than 24 hours. Time to engage in wishful thinking speculate about what will be in it!

Honestly, no idea beside the "usual suspects" that might show up:
Vampyr, Bloodstained, or some other Game Pass games, or some previous Epic Freebies, or some Devolver stuff or some old-ish Humble Published games. Probably another repeat from a previous headliner again.

While I'd like to see Katana Zero, it'll probably be Ape Out from Devolver.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I hope Shadow Warrior 2 and Void Bastards is part of the new Humble Choice tomorrow. I wonder what will be the secret game that everyone receives?

 

[kio]

I hope I'm wrong but considering the monthly will be revealed while the steam sale is still going I don't expect anything spetacular...
And, at the risk of sounding like an entitled Gamer(tm), looking at the recent trend I wonder what will be the big repeat this time.

 

[Shahem]

From Reddit :
Death Stranding being bundled with RTX cards.

Clearing up inventory before the 3000 line.

 

[gabbo]

I hope Shadow Warrior 2 and Void Bastards is part of the new Humble Choice tomorrow. I wonder what will be the secret game that everyone receives?

Why Shadow Warrior 2?

 

[Mor]

From Reddit :
Death Stranding being bundled with RTX cards.

Clearing up inventory before the 3000 line.

It's kind of funny how HZD was bundled with AMD ryzen and DS with NvidIA RTX cards hehe

Fun fact too: both will feature Ansel

 

[Snakethesniper]

Remember my (little) rant a few weeks back about Zero Time Dilemma and how disappointing it was?

I AM SORRY KOTARU UCHIKOSHI!

I finished AI the Somnium Files.
Without the gameplay elements, it would have been a Visual Novel masterpiece.

The story was great
The characters were awesome
The english Dub was awesome (not something that I say very often for Japanese games)
The twist was great
The facial emotional Animation was awesome
The lip-synch was aw...ful
The sexual jokes were great and miles more "adult" in it's subject matter and delivery than anything else in regards to Japanese fanservice
The hidden object clicker portion was great and its switch between ecchi/funny descriptions and serious descriptions was good.
Didn't care about the main gameplay portion (the dream sequences)

Ever 17 > AI the Somnium files. >> Remember 11 >>> VLR >> 999 >>> Never 7 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Zero Time Dilemma.

I played it long time ago but from what I remember there was one thing that bummed me :

spoiler

the first swap with the villain. From what I remember there was no really motivation for the villain to use the machine in the first place, only wanted to try it? something like that?

I might remember wrong

 

[Nabs]

I hope Shadow Warrior 2 and Void Bastards is part of the new Humble Choice tomorrow. I wonder what will be the secret game that everyone receives?

HZD secret game.

 

[Futaleufu]

I played the first stage of Doom 2016 and so far the game feels so bland.

 

[Shahem]

It's kind of funny how HZD was bundled with AMD ryzen and DS with NvidIA RTX cards hehe

Fun fact too: both will feature Ansel

And perhaps DLSS as well.
HDR is confirmed for Death Stranding PC at least. Hopefully it applies to Horizon.
Not that I have an HDR monitor at the moment but in a few years....

 

[Kyougar]

I played it long time ago but from what I remember there was one thing that bummed me :

spoiler

the first swap with the villain. From what I remember there was no really motivation for the villain to use the machine in the first place, only wanted to try it? something like that?

I might remember wrong

Spoiler

Yeah, there was one swapping I was confused about. That was when the villain in his own body swapped with #89 (past Date) and they lost their memory.

 

[GrrImAFridge]

Jaseeeeeeeeeee ... you're alive!

And perhaps DLSS as well.
HDR is confirmed for Death Stranding PC at least. Hopefully it applies to Horizon.
Not that I have an HDR monitor at the moment but in a few years....

Now that Nvidia supports integer scaling (i.e. non-awful 108p -> 4K scaling, as 1080p divides evenly into 4K), I'd like to move on from 1080p60. I'm hoping LG's upcoming 27GN950 (4K + 144Hz + HDR600 + Gsync) has a relatively decent price.

 

[lashman]

accurate

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Anime + golf:


2020 just keeps getting worse. I hope a comet hits us and ends this whole thing.

 

[MJunioR]

I played the first stage of Doom 2016 and so far the game feels so bland.

Good luck going forward if not even the first levels get you. Dropped that game after some hours and won't be coming back to it anytime soon.

 

[inky]

Look closer friends, that's JaseC's evil twin! You can't fool me.

 

[gabbo]

Look closer friends, that's JaseC's evil twin! You can't fool me.

CaseJ has come to rule Metacouncil?

 

[TioChuck]

Hey! Pangya is pretty good.

 

[BlueOdin]

Is this the darkest timeline?

 

[Knurek]

Look closer friends, that's JaseC's evil twin! You can't fool me.

You mean it's the famous CaseJ?

 

[GrrImAFridge]

Look closer friends, that's JaseC's evil twin! You can't fool me.

CaseJ has come to rule Metacouncil?

You mean it's the famous CaseJ?

You might say you're... on the case.

 

[Snakethesniper]

Spoiler

Yeah, there was one swapping I was confused about. That was when the villain in his own body swapped with #89 (past Date) and they lost their memory.

Yeah exactly that!

 

[Kyougar]

Yeah exactly that!

was probably the ZTD memorial script. ZTD as a whole made no sense!

 

[Snakethesniper]

The game certainly won't make an attempt to hold your hand (it's kind of the staple of SaGa series) and the difficuly is steep for beginners. What I can suggest is to consult the in-game encyclopaedia from the main menu often, since it will have all the information you need, and it will be constantly updated as you progress through the game.

Secondly, don't be afraid to explore and experiement (yes, you can even try the enemies marked as "hard" early on to test your strategies). Remember that positioning and formation is important. Try to get as many skill glimmer early on, and don't hoard your materials. Spend it.

Enjoy my personal 2019 GOTY and Mondo is best boy!

Hey thank you! Yeah I tend to hoard materials and stuff if I don't know what to do with them.
I'll try going around and try different stuff! I'm already reading everything when unlocked, but like you said, you have to blindly unlock it first

 

[beep boop]

I've been completely enthralled with BallisticNG since picking it up! What a fantastic game. Makes me want to dig out my PSP for a few rounds of Wipeout Pulse as well.

 

[lashman]

great news

 

[Kvik]

Yeah I tend to hoard materials and stuff if I don't know what to do with them.

There is plenty of materials on every map so you don't even have to grind. Upgrading Urpina's gear and one or two of your retinue should be enough to progress, although those serpents early on can give you trouble if you don't have the counter skill yet.

 

[BoosterDuck]

seems my only option to preorder Star Wars Squadrons is on Steam since every key store activates on Origin

 

[toxicitizen]

All in all, I made about 55 bucks on the market. Not bad at all considering it mostly came from bundle purchases made over the last year.

Combined with the one time discount, I ended up only paying about 25 bucks for Death Stranding. Didn't really feel tempted to get anything else since I'm still in the middle of P4 and there's Horizon seemingly coming in the very near future. Besides, I don't play all that much these days so it's much easier to only buy the stuff I really want to play immediately.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

Is there a way to see what dlc you don't have is on sale?

I tried steamdb and gg deals for the dlc and its..not really working. gg deals shows me like 10 dlc which is a lie with how many games I have that I don't have dlc.

steamdb is just a lot and even with filters still show me stuff I own.

 

[Futaleufu]

Is there a way to see what dlc you don't have is on sale?

I tried steamdb and gg deals for the dlc and its..not really working. gg deals shows me like 10 dlc which is a lie with how many games I have that I don't have dlc.

steamdb is just a lot and even with filters still show me stuff I own.

I ended up creating a tag for my game list "Pending DLC on store" and doing it manually, including wishlists.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

I ended up creating a tag for my game list "Pending DLC on store" and doing it manually, including wishlists.

Tag on steam?

 

[texhnolyze]

Anime + golf:


2020 just keeps getting worse. I hope a comet hits us and ends this whole thing.

But Pangya is a game from the 2000s. I played it when I was still in mid-school, I believe.

It's actually pretty fun and requires quite a bit of skill and calculations.

 

[Futaleufu]

Tag on steam?

Advanced Filtering or "Collections"

 

[Tizoc]

I see you playing this a lot -- how do I win? I am terrible at this game. It's literally embarrassing.

Learn how your units work and what abilities are good to upgrade
Try this for starters
1. Use green champ and get the rejuvenate power for it. Ally is red
2. Always stack heal on regens on it. Give multi strike to red ally units and put them on the other 2 floors woth green champ at front and center
3. For green champa gettone unit that sweeps and give it quick along woth + atk. The unit with 25 atk and quick but 3 hp is good to have too. Puy all 3 on bottom floor. I like to upgrade this 3rd unit with multistrike and an hp boost of 25 hp
4. red units should get 1 hp boost and 1 atk upgrade be it multi strike
5 for upgrasi g magic spells, decide what should get + 10 magic power. If u have Vent spell, it works perfect because you get a free 10 dmg spell for 0 ember. Furthermore Holdover used woth a simple heal+regen spell does wonders
6. NEVER BE AFRAID to try risky stuff or give up a unit or two. Note that during battle if u do 'quit to main menu', it restarts the battle! Rach battle has pre determined cards and how they are ordered ;3
7. If u unlocked umbra. put its champ at top floor and let him grow fat with Morsels. Have any ally units on lower floors and have them try to tank and whittle at enemy Hp
It may take time to fully learn patterns but eventually the first 3 battles become easier to understand and the next 3 up to Fel.

Some beginner tips~

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

The Outer Wilds is really, really good.


That is all.

 

[ISee]

seems my only option to preorder Star Wars Squadrons is on Steam since every key store activates on Origin

One of the reasons I had to buy Doom Ethernal through Steam, lol.
25€ discount to play the game through Bethesda Launcher, after my "excellent" FO76 and Rage 2 experience wasn't good enough.

I played the first stage of Doom 2016 and so far the game feels so bland.

Good luck going forward if not even the first levels get you. Dropped that game after some hours and won't be coming back to it anytime soon.

I had a lot of fun with Doom 2016, some levels were well made like the foundry. Combat felt fast, exciting and didn't bore me till the end.
Can't say the same for Doom Eternal though. Despite trying to evolve and giving more options it felt restricting because it forced you to kill certain enemies in certain ways. Levels looked great but lacked the opens in exploration that some Doom 2016 levels had, with maybe one exception.

 

[Durante]

great news

Interesting, last time I checked they somewhat underestimated TOCS (not in a way that makes a qualitative difference, mind you). I wonder if it will go up, down or stay the same with the new methodology.

 

[FunnyJay]

Yesterday evening was all about gaming for me!

I fired up Valkyria Chronicles 4 after buying it in the Steam Summer sale and played the first mission and started on the second.
Feels just like returning to VC1, which was a really great game in my opinion.

After that, I spent several hours working away on the GDI campaign in C&C Remastered. I'm actually nearing the end now, closing in on the final missions, after wisely turning down the difficulty to casual. I don't have the patience or the time for those long, drawn out stalemates anymore.

I really hope they remaster Tiberian Sun/Firestorm and Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge (and hopefully bundle them together again) now, seeing how popular this remaster seems to have become.

 

[Tizoc]

xinek
The most important thing about Monster train is changing up tactics
Do not settle on just one for too long
Doing some drastic changes can help in a more successful run
Using other clans helps too as mains or allies
Just find the right set of cards and upgrades and you will do good

 

[Mor]

Welp, Sakura Wars on PC will happen for sure, wording wording

 

[Futaleufu]

I had a lot of fun with Doom 2016, some levels were well made like the foundry. Combat felt fast, exciting and didn't bore me till the end.
Can't say the same for Doom Eternal though. Despite trying to evolve and giving more options it felt restricting because it forced you to kill certain enemies in certain ways. Levels looked great but lacked the opens in exploration that some Doom 2016 levels had, with maybe one exception.

Now I've played two stages, the second one was marginally better than the first one.
The biggest problem with Doom 2016 is the lack of weapon feedback: the shotgun sucks, the plasma gun is kind of decent, the chainsaw so far has been the best implemented weapon. The gameplay devolves in kiting and taking enemies one by one. Other arena FPSs like Painkiller, Hard Reset, Shadow Warrior and Serious Sam have better stage design, enemy encounters and weapon design. Ammo conservation, which is a big part of older arena FPSs is meaningless here. Were it not for the upgrade points it would be pointless to search for secrets.

I'll probably complete it anyway, but I have this feeling that the emperor has no clothes.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Shadow Warrior 3 announcement inc

 

[C-Dub]

Welp, Sakura Wars on PC will happen for sure, wording wording

Sega Japan have clearly reached a point where games that began development as PS4-only games several years back are guaranteed to get post-release ports going forward.

I just hope they've already made the move to simultaneous multiplatform releases for games earlier on in development. I feel the overtures Xbox has been making (or how receptive Sega have been to them) indicates this is the case - I don't see them porting a game to Xbox Series S/X and not doing a PC port at the same time.

At this point it seems silly to throw all your eggs in PlayStation's basket when even the platform holder isn't doing that. I'm also secretly hoping that PC gains some more ground in Japan as more than an MMO-machine. I feel Japanese games on PC would be significantly better if they had a domestic audience as there'd be discussion closer to home about what it takes to make a competent PC game. I feel companies like Square Enix especially need a kick up the arse sometimes.

It'd also be a massive boon to the Japanese indie game scene if domestic audiences were regularly playing on PC, discovering new and interesting games, and contributing to the platform with mods, community fixes and so on.

 

[BlueOdin]

Time for more Wang [UWSL]I still need to play Shadow Warrior 2 at some point[/UWSL]