Community MetaSteam | October 2020 - Out of Stock & Out of Money

[Dandy]

I think the only thing I am buying this month is Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access.

Seeing Monkey Island as the monthly retro warms my heart. One of my favorite games of all time. I've played through it at least 5 times. I had asked for LOOM for Christmas, and it came in a dual pack with Monkey Island. I thought it looked terrible, but after beating LOOM by the end of Christmas day, I decided to play it... And it was amazing. Me and my 2 brothers spent the next month playing it every day after school, slowly making our way through the puzzles. So many good memories. And the music is AMAZING.

I think the best way to play it is with the original art, but with speech using the Ultimate Talkie Edition builder:

Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Editions

Build DOS and ScummVM versions out of the Monkey Island Special Editions

gratissaugen.de

 

[dummmyy]

Great OP lashman...scary, so uh...I'll see you guys in november

 

[lashman]

scary, so uh...I'll see you guys in november

nooooooo

 

[MJunioR]

lashman always delivers, great thread!

shame that this month isn't keeping up with it as it's awfully hot around here

 

[lashman]

TURN THE AUDIO ON!!!

 

[PhaZZe]

Thanks lashman for this thread, as always amazing!

 

[Doctor Ironic]

I’m like Batman, I’ve never killed anyone. Except for 7 of the 9 theatrically-released films I’ve been in.

Doctor Ironic's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ Achievement Progress

37 of 81 (46%) achievements earned:

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[QFNS]

New thread smell, etc etc. Great thread lashman

Probably nothing for me unless the sales get nuts. Gotta keep dying in Spelunky 2.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Nice thread lashman

I tried to do the pacifist DX:MD achievement but then I got frustrated and I ended killing some enemies

 

[warp_]

saving up all my game spending for next month did some checking and i've only bought three games this year, an unusual low for me...gonna spoil that in six weeks though lol.

looking forward to star wars reviews though i don't plan to pick it up unless there's a quick price drop.

 

[Dekunator]

Can someone please explain to me how it's already October? I'm going to be 30 years old in a few weeks

 

[dummmyy]

I'm going to be [UWSL]30[/UWSL] years old in a few weeks

You'll fit right in @ MetaCouncil!

 

[Kvik]

Get the achievement: Pacifist​

You completed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided without killing a single soul. Bosses are people, too.​

Oh hey, I already have that!

Kvik's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ Achievement Progress

22 of 81 (27%) achievements earned:

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Lucky!

And thanks for the OT as always, Lash!

 

[YourFriendMaynard]

Boy the discourse about PS5/NextBox

the amount of wastoids burning their money on a demon souls machine or WHATEVER





This also goes for the people who are buying that 3090

Not head hurt for those people but gooooood god i need these games to lay off the extra strength cocaine for a couple of months

holy shit

 

[Routa]

October?

Time to get scared!

 

[inky]

Can someone please explain to me how it's already October? I'm going to be 30 years old in a few weeks

Welcome to the old people club

 

[ISee]

Okay, okay
You got me with that one. Well done!

 

[madjoki]

lashman

Where's the sequel, Squeenix?

 

[QFNS]

oh hey, I have this achievement for once. DXMD is good, and I hate that they aren't making more. FINISH THE FUCKING STORY!!!

 

[Nabs]

I need to play Deus Ex one day. I've played the beginning a million times.

 

[NarohDethan]

I need to play Deus Ex one day. I've played the beginning a million times.

Same lol

 

[Tizoc]

I think the only thing I am buying this month is Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access.

Seeing Monkey Island as the monthly retro warms my heart. One of my favorite games of all time. I've played through it at least 5 times. I had asked for LOOM for Christmas, and it came in a dual pack with Monkey Island. I thought it looked terrible, but after beating LOOM by the end of Christmas day, I decided to play it... And it was amazing. Me and my 2 brothers spent the next month playing it every day after school, slowly making our way through the puzzles. So many good memories. And the music is AMAZING.

I think the best way to play it is with the original art, but with speech using the Ultimate Talkie Edition builder:

Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Editions

Build DOS and ScummVM versions out of the Monkey Island Special Editions

gratissaugen.de

I got the talkie editions all set up. I need to share them with my friend at leasst so he can experience it again, and maybe show it to his young kid to see the cool games that left a mark on him.

 

[Tomasety]

iREC - iREC price and publisher changes - Steam News

Hello dear players, Since the publisher of game is changed, we are looking to make iREC paid again This changes should be done on the middle of October Thanks all for support and feedback!

store.steampowered.com

From P2P to F2P to P2P again due Publisher change

 

[Cacher]

I need to play more western games in general, but these long-ass Japanese games have occupied the majority of my gaming time. Dumped over 100 hours on both Cold Steel 1 and 2 in the past few months and I am tackling Yakuza 0 now. Probably going to be a 100+hour game as well. Looking at all the details on the street is already so much fun for me so progress is slow.

 

[Le Pertti]

The year is almost done and it feels like I haven't done anything ! I came to France partly because the summer is so much longer than in Sweden.... But why does it feel it's super short here too!?T_T

Think this years Halloween game is going to a replay of the first resident evil.

It is that in November?

 

[NarohDethan]

The year is almost done and it feels like I haven't done anything ! I came to France partly because the summer is so much longer than in Sweden.... But why does it feel it's super short here too!?T_T

Think this years Halloween game is going to a replay of the first resident evil.

It is that in November?

Man I wanna go to Finland

 

[bobnowhere]

Something must be broken with card drops atm, idled about 130 odd cards over night, got 7 foils. Should be about 1 in 100, less than 1 in 20.

Only 1, for Unrailed, was "worth" more than 1 dollarydoo.

 

[curi0usBystander]

New thread, nice.

This year is going to fast

 

[Deku]

Hello and good morning new thread!

 

[Le Pertti]

What is the title reference to by the way?

 

[PC-tan]

What is the title reference to by the way?

RTX 3070? Since that comes out this month and will very likely be sold out seeing what's happened with the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090

I wonder if Valve has some of these in their office.

 

[LEANIJA]

I need to play Deus Ex one day. I've played the beginning a million times.

Same lol

The original? Yeah, same. HR und MD I played loads of times however.
Edit: and even "The Fall" I played through, for some reason.

 

[708]

Great thread as always lashman

 

[eonden]

Lets take a look at simpler games this time in "Discoveries in Discovery Queue"!

Zentrails

Zentrails is just a simple program that allows you to create simple geometrical designs and customize it. Just making Zen trails in the sand...

Zen Trails is a relaxing, simple sand box in which you can do only one thing: draw lines. When you press play, the lines rotate to create beautiful designs.
There are no puzzles, no objectives. It's simply an environment in which you can create beautiful spirographs, set to the most zen-inducing music and visuals.

Footsies Rollback Edition

A simple 2D fighter for anyone who wants a bit of depth but not too much

FOOTSIES is a simple 2D ground-based fighting game that both new and experienced players can pick up and enjoy right away. While the game controls and mechanics are simple, FOOTSIES retains the fundamental feeling of the fighting game genre where spacing, hit confirm and whiff punish are keys to achieve victory.

Breakpoint

Geometry wars, but with an axe. A twin stick shooter that moves outside of the shooter... and gets into a slasher!

We mixed elements from classic arcade games with modern sensibilities to bring you Breakpoint: a challenging top-down score chaser featuring melee weapons that explode.
In a twist on the twin-stick formula, you have no ranged attack. Instead, slice, crush, and blast your way through the swarm. Push your weapons to their breakpoint to unleash a devastating explosion on your enemies. Break, charge, and break your weapons again as you fight to stay alive.

Cloud Gardens

A beautiful puzzle game about retaking decaying environments for nature.

In Cloud Gardens players must harness the power of nature to overgrow lo-fi scenes of urban decay and manufactured landscapes. By planting seeds in the right places, they’re able to create small overgrown dioramas of brutalism and beauty, salvaging and repurposing hundreds of discarded objects to create unique structures for nature to reclaim.
Players can dive into a relaxing sandbox mode with no goals, where they are simply left to delight in their own creativity and create beautiful scenes, or take on a “campaign” of six chapters, where the task is to strike a balance between nature and the manufactured by covering each scene with salvaged objects and lush vegetation.

 

[PC-tan]

lashman thank you for listening to my request about the September thread. I guess it's time to wake up now

 

[Alexandros]

After much thought I decided to remove a few former EGS exclusives from my wishlist. Phoenix Point, The Outer Worlds, the Outer Wilds, Hades, Control. Initially I planned on maybe buying them down the line when they drop to a few dollars but I have a ton of other games on my list and I realized that I just don't care enough about these titles anymore to overcome by dislike of their developers and publishers' business decisions.

 

[Ascheroth]

I think the majority of my month will just be playing Genshin Impact

 

[Le Pertti]

Alexandros I fully understand you. I'm going on a case by case basis, I'm very forgiving for the games that do EA only at EGS. So Hades is the only one I've bought.

 

[bobnowhere]

The only EGS first game I've bought was Borderlands 3 for like 60% at GMG. Played Outer Worlds via gamepass and picked up a few via Humble Monthly. I operate on the proviso that I'm not buying anything EGS on steam until they are the same price on steam, or cheaper, as the cheapest, including timmy bucks, that they were/are on EGS. Played Control on PS4.

 

[Le Pertti]

Oh right forgot about Borderlands 3! I did get that too.

 

[Joe Spangle]

Terrific new thread lashman Thanks very much

Might have a go at Monkey Island, haven't played it for many years.

 

[Kyougar]

 

[Li Kao]

Thanks for the great new thread, lashman

I should probably finish playing Man of Medan one of these days... like, before the new one comes out

Oh, and I actually have the Pacifist achievement in Mankind Divided! Got it all the way back in April 2017!

Man of Medan would make sense this month, Humble. Just saying !

 

[Stevey]

Great thread lashman

Winter is nearly here, best time of the year.

Gonna pick up Amnesia

 

[FunnyJay]

New month, new thread! Great work as usual lashman

 

[KainXVIII]

So one sw game ruined by disney, one virtual-only democracy dream and one transphobic horror game? Poor baby October indeed, but at least we got new Larry! /s
And obligatory -

PS - retro achievement

 

[LEANIJA]

I think the best way to play [Monkey Island]s with the original art, but with speech using the Ultimate Talkie Edition builder:

Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Editions

Build DOS and ScummVM versions out of the Monkey Island Special Editions

gratissaugen.de

Thanks for mentioning this, I looked for an option to do this years ago when the MI 1 SE first came out. I never understood why they didnt enable using the original art + the new voiceovers, especially since I thought (and still think) that the new art ist ghastly.. Thankfully they did so for MI2 SE*, but they never changed the limitation of MI1, as far as I know.

* and thankfully the new art in MI2 SE was better too..

DXMD is good, and I hate that they aren't making more. FINISH THE FUCKING STORY!!!

Indeed! Its sad that Square doesnt seem to grasp that Deus Ex will never be a mainstream game that sells tens of millions (and they never seemed to get that with the Hitman series either). They left "The Fall" story unfinished (probably forgivable), and now the MD story as well... its a shame.

 

[BO7AMMOOD]

I’m like Batman, I’ve never killed anyone. Except for 7 of the 9 theatrically-released films I’ve been in.

Doctor Ironic's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ Achievement Progress

37 of 81 (46%) achievements earned:

steamcommunity.com

That Moon Knight ďialogue is one of the best pieces of writing that I've ever read

 

[Li Kao]

That Moon Knight ďialogue is one of the best pieces of writing that I've ever read

After a little googling, I'm so fucking sad this isn't the original dialog !

 

[bobnowhere]

Man of Medan would make sense this month, Humble. Just saying !

I'm guessing one of Greedfall or more likely A Plague Tale
Something from Humble themselves, probably Crying Suns, it's been a year.
Man of Medan is a good bet as advertising for the upcoming follow up.
Some sort of crafting thing like Breathedge
Ex-EGS looking for another cheque: Observation, Operencia or Close to the Sun