Community MetaSteam | June 2022 - It's Hot Outside! Sit and Play Some Videogames.

[「Echo」]

Wow, Hashimoto Shinji has retired from Square-Enix. End of an Era,

Not sure if good or bad, but for better or worse, he was the guy with the balls to pitch Kingdom Hearts to Disney execs lol.

Have a good retirement!!

 

[AHA-Lambda]

New thread!

 

[lashman]

Wow, Hashimoto Shinji has retired from Square-Enix. End of an Era,

 

[PC-tan]

Wow, Hashimoto Shinji has retired from Square-Enix. End of an Era,

Not sure if good or bad, but for better or worse, he was the guy with the balls to pitch Kingdom Hearts to Disney execs lol.

Have a good retirement!!

So if I become a Disney exec I could pretty much kill KH?


I know have a new life purpose.

 

[MegaApple]

Hashimoto Shinji

He was involved in all Squaresoft game since PS1 era i.e. peak Squaresoft
He has been with the company through all its highs and lows

Mad Respect

 

[ezodagrom]

Spark 3 got a new trailer, it's sad that this indie game that doesn't even have a release date yet looks alot more polished than Sonic Frontiers, which is supposedly releasing later this year.

 

[lashman]

 

[Lashley]

 

[Parsnip]

It really is quite absurd to see stuff like 900% over Valve suggested price in there. Like I'm sure Valve's suggestions aren't perfect but jeez.

 

[NarohDethan]

When Meta is expecting KH this month.

 

[Knurek]

It really is quite absurd to see stuff like 900% over Valve suggested price in there. Like I'm sure Valve's suggestions aren't perfect but jeez.

I sure hope Valve stops letting devs change the recommended pricing per region. Want to sell to Argentina at 900% surplus? Sure, but euro and dollar prices are increased accordingly. Let's see all those gatekeeping jerks cry a river when they have to pay $900 for a indie game.

 

[Lashley]

I sure hope Valve stops letting devs change the recommended pricing per region. Want to sell to Argentina at 900% surplus? Sure, but euro and dollar prices are increased accordingly. Let's see all those gatekeeping jerks cry a river when they have to pay $900 for a indie game.

Would be good if they did this, but let's be honest, they never will.

 

[lashman]

Would be good if they did this, but let's be honest, they never will.

yup, never gonna happen (sadly)

 

[Aaron D.]

Back from Switzerland! Man what a beautiful country. Had a wonderful trip.


Got a chance to dig into Keplerth after I settled in. Somehow managed to drop 8 hrs. in on my first playthrough, lol.

SUPER enjoying it so far. The loop is great. The RimWorld-esque presentation feels like a warm blanket. Combat is simple but fun. Gene-spicing your character for unique builds is addictive as heck with a ton of options for customization.

It's certainly "one of those", but damn it's a good genre entry.

Speaking of, I absolutely love China & surrounding region takes on established Western formulas in the strat/sim/mgmt genres. More often than not, I've noticed that they build off the foundation and then blow it out with far more systems and depth. It's pretty crazy how detailed the feel compared to their Western equivalents. It's a really neat sub-genre. Recent examples...

XCOM 1 & 2 - Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
Factorio - Dyson Sphere Program
RimWorld - Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Crusader Kings - Plebby Quest (the only "lite" one of the bunch)
Stardew Valley - Immortal Life
Terraria / Crashlands - Keplerth
Harvest Moon - My Time At Portia / Sandrock
Project Highrise - Lobotomy Corporation

At this point I'm a pretty big fan and will always give releases of this type a closer look upon discovery.

 

[lashman]

Back from Switzerland! Man what a beautiful country. Had a wonderful trip.

that's great to hear! and welcome back!

 

[Arc]

Do you guys have any expectations for tomorrow's State of Play?

Personally, I'd love to see an FFXVI trailer, I feel like that game got announced ages ago.

FWIW, I'm expecting something Resident Evil related. Every platform currently has RE games on sale which seems to be more than a coincidence. Whether it's something as mundane as RE8 DLC or something as massive as RE4 Remake, who knows?

Also if HL Alyx gets announced for the PS VR 2, it's either today or probably never.

Would be good if they did this, but let's be honest, they never will.

Valve has always been hands off, but they're probably scared of negative PR and being portrayed as bullies if they put their foot down. It sucks poorer regions get hosed.

 

[Durante]

Would be good if they did this, but let's be honest, they never will.

Sadly, realistically, the only thing it would do is to actually provide a broad incentive for publishers to leave Steam.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I sure hope Valve stops letting devs change the recommended pricing per region. Want to sell to Argentina at 900% surplus? Sure, but euro and dollar prices are increased accordingly. Let's see all those gatekeeping jerks cry a river when they have to pay $900 for a indie game.

Not Valve's fault if publishers dislike money. People are just not going to buy those games and/or pirate them, their loss.

 

[lashman]

Sadly, realistically, the only thing it would do is to actually provide a broad incentive for publishers to leave Steam.

yup, and that's exactly why they never will

Not Valve's fault if publishers dislike money. People are just not going to buy those games and/or pirate them, their loss.

also this, yes

 

[Tomasety]

Back from Switzerland! Man what a beautiful country. Had a wonderful trip.


Got a chance to dig into Keplerth after I settled in. Somehow managed to drop 8 hrs. in on my first playthrough, lol.

SUPER enjoying it so far. The loop is great. The RimWorld-esque presentation feels like a warm blanket. Combat is simple but fun. Gene-spicing your character for unique builds is addictive as heck with a ton of options for customization.

It's certainly "one of those", but damn it's a good genre entry.

Speaking of, I absolutely love China & surrounding region takes on established Western formulas in the strat/sim/mgmt genres. More often than not, I've noticed that they build off the foundation and then blow it out with far more systems and depth. It's pretty crazy how detailed the feel compared to their Western equivalents. It's a really neat sub-genre. Recent examples...

XCOM 1 & 2 - Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
Factorio - Dyson Sphere Program
RimWorld - Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Crusader Kings - Plebby Quest (the only "lite" one of the bunch)
Stardew Valley - Immortal Life
Terraria / Crashlands - Keplerth
Harvest Moon - My Time At Portia / Sandrock
Project Highrise - Lobotomy Corporation

At this point I'm a pretty big fan and will always give releases of this type a closer look upon discovery.

Such great post. Thank you so much for the comparison game list. I was awared of all of them but now you have just made me to wishlist more games I cant afford

Truly, from my heart, you are such a great curator. Can't say no to Aaron seal of approval!!!

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Is this the newer engine?

 

[Shahem]

What ?

 

[r3n4ud]

Is this the newer engine?

Cool beans... now, where's mah NHL

 

[Sobatronix]

What ?

OMG NOW I AM HYPED AOUDIOUW)=U=UADSOPJSA

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Uncharted release date and pre-orders probably starting today. Maybe announcement of their next game, Ghost of Whatever or Returnal

 

[Sobatronix]

That caught me off guard, I thought it would be a third party event.

 

[yuraya]

Is this the newer engine?

It should be. Its usually only the first one or two FIFA/Madden games on a new engine that doesn't make it over to PC. They must have moved their main dev teams from the old consoles by now.

 

[Stone Ocean]

What ?

God damn it Nvidia

 

[Shahem]

I guess Nvidia are "excited" about third party games on PC...

 

[lashman]

 

[fantomena]

Don't have any expectations from any games showcase.

 

[Lashley]

What ?

Uncharted release date.

 

[Shahem]

Uncharted release date.

I thought this was a third party only event ? I would not mind though.

 

[Lashley]

I thought this was a third party only event ? I would not mind though.

they're showing their own stuff, PSVR 2 etc

 

[Shahem]

they're showing their own stuff, PSVR 2 etc

I mean it would certainly make sense but I'm not counting on it. Happy to be proven wrong of course.

 

[toxicitizen]

Call of Duty returning to Steam might be the one thing I care about even less than Ubisoft. At least Ubisoft has some Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy games I sorta want to play.

 

[lashman]

Call of Duty returning to Steam might be the one thing I care about even less than Ubisoft. At least Ubisoft has some Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy games I sorta want to play.

yeah, release Crash and THPS or gtfo

 

[Dinjoralo]

I am at the least more excited for Playstation's showcase than for Xbox's.

 

[NarohDethan]

Is this the newer engine?

PC page has same cover art as PS4 sooooo who knows.

 

[inky]

New thread, yay

- EA always releases the crappiest version of Madden and FIFA on PC. It's disgusting.

- Nice to see Call of Duty back on Steam. Blizzard games next pls.

 

[fantomena]

Well CoD on Steam will be making Valve an obscene amount of more money, so they are sure happy.

 

[Lashley]

PC page has same cover art as PS4 sooooo who knows.

lmao, get fucked EA

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Genuinely never thought CoD would come back, good to see

Do you guys have any expectations for tomorrow's State of Play?

Personally, I'd love to see an FFXVI trailer, I feel like that game got announced ages ago.

Disappointment

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

 

[CommodoreKong]

I remember Queen talking about Activision games coming back to Steam last year including Wow Classic I wonder if we'll see everything back up on Steam.

 

[ezodagrom]

3rd PSO2 NGS region on June 8th.

 

[toxicitizen]

Disappointment

Yeeeep. I'm not gonna get my hopes up based on any leaks and rumors. If there's a big reveal that I care about, great! But I'm not expecting anything, not even new PC port announcements.

 

[Mor]

CommodoreKong well, looks like it's coming true (what you posted on ERA from here xD) if it happens and you want to bump it, please credit InquisitorAles and Arsene (he's on ERA) as they helped me with that ^^

 

[Censored]

OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK releases this june 16th

 

[prudis]

I am at the least more excited for Playstation's showcase than for Xbox's.

if it was real showcase , than maybe ... this one is said to be State of PSVR2 + 3rd party