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Very ok with shorter games. It takes me forever to get through longer games nowadays.Be careful that the game is short!
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Well then Ubi better design an UbiOS so that no unnecessary background processes interfere with their immaculately coded games that clearly aren't the problem
Absolutely disgusting. I bet you guys add intense chromatic aberration and bloom to your games as well.
Don't even reply to me, filth
I got your back.
Let me post some unfiltered pixels to restore some semblance of taste around here.
Still looking for a good place to pre order Fatal Frame. Come on through GMG.
I just read the biggest insult on this forum.add intense chromatic aberration and bloom to your games as well.
Fuck chromatic aberration and bloom! Motion blur, too!
I finally finished Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, and I'm holding myself from starting a new game. I'm not going to say the game was perfect, far from it, some places performance wise were pretty bad, I was hit by some bugs though nothing major.
Now I'm in the mood to play another CRPG, maybe the first Pillars of Eternity
Nice to see Inscryption doing well.
Now I'm in the mood to play another CRPG, maybe the first Pillars of Eternity
This week
Nice to see Inscryption doing well.
This is what I got a few months agoYeah I spent like 3 weeks to decide what will it be. Here is the one now that I ordered.
I designed it this way so that way it can match the mechanical keyboard that I got around the same time.
I bought a new controller recently, too.
I actually set out to buy a spare Steam Controller in case my original goes kaputt. Even though it's built like a tank, I used it every day and it must be 5 years old and counting by now.
Sadly, the second-hand prices on Ebay is rip-off territory. It used to be $50 like new. Now it's $50 without the dongle and usb cable lmao. I wasn't even able to buy the liquidated stock during its sale a few years back because Valve insisted on EBGames as their distribution partner.
I actually set out to buy a spare Steam Controller in case my original goes kaputt. Even though it's built like a tank, I used it every day and it must be 5 years old and counting by now.
Sadly, the second-hand prices on Ebay is rip-off territory. It used to be $50 like new. Now it's $50 without the dongle and usb cable lmao. I wasn't even able to buy the liquidated stock during its sale a few years back because Valve insisted on EBGames as their distribution partner.
I got myself one of those sparkly blue Xbox controllers not too long ago.
I'd probably go back to my 8Bitdo one if I could use the screenshot button in Xbox mode.
I'd probably go back to my 8Bitdo one if I could use the screenshot button in Xbox mode.
Picked up the Monster Train DLC since it received a small discount. It changes the game so much and in some ways it feels easier. I really like the new clan, probably my second favorite.
I never got far, only covenant 10. Game was way too addicting, which is why I shelved it for awhile.
I regret not picking up a Steam controller, especially when they were liquidated. It probably would have been more a supplemental controller rather than my main, which is why I hesitated at the time. I still hope Valve iterates and makes a new one to go along with the Deck (for optional control while it is docked) or for folks to use on its own.
I never got far, only covenant 10. Game was way too addicting, which is why I shelved it for awhile.
I regret not picking up a Steam controller, especially when they were liquidated. It probably would have been more a supplemental controller rather than my main, which is why I hesitated at the time. I still hope Valve iterates and makes a new one to go along with the Deck (for optional control while it is docked) or for folks to use on its own.
I got myself one of those sparkly blue Xbox controllers not too long ago.
I'd probably go back to my 8Bitdo one if I could use the screenshot button in Xbox mode.
I bought the regular black one since it was like 30$ cheaper than the others on Amazon. I'm kinda cheap lmao
WFH is the freaking best. Fuck commuting for 2+ hours a day in overly packed subways/buses.
It really is. My recent move cemented this decision for me. I plan to never step into an office again.
And I hope the Great Resignation is the start of workers making quality of life a priority.
I started my first job out of college recently. So far I have been going through training and I am at home for that. Eventually I am going to be placed at a client and I may or may not be able to continue wfh but I'll find out eventually.
Good stuff coming
Good stuff coming
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I should have said that I already
solved most of the puzzles in the room including the cuckoo clock (how random was THAT). I figured it all had something to do with progression, but the rewards haven't helped all that much.
I just want to be able to experience what everyone else is spoilering!
WFH is great.
Sadly, my company lost the contract (we were 20 companies, and got steadily downsized the last month, next month there will only be 4 left) and I will be out of work end of month :[
The new views are mostly brought by the discovery queue.
There is a small peak of "direct views" at the start. It is hard to pinpoint what is the reason for what is observed. It could be that the algorithm picked the purple signal ("direct navigation") and boosted it (with the "discovery queue").
What is the reason for the purple signal? It could be due to a streamer playing the game, and then a small surge of page impressions, along with purchases and reviews, hence why there were additional reviews in the following days.
If the dev means that the game reached the threshold of "10 legit Steam reviews" in total, then I understand the situation better: Steam may not recommend games in the discovery queue if there are very few reviews, and 10 sounds like a possible hard-coded threshold. As soon as the threshold is reached, your game is part of the cool club of games featured in the discovery queue.
Good to know: get 10 people to purchase your game asap. Do not send keys to your family members and friends! Make them pay!
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Here's hoping you'll land on your feet sooner than later. The pandemic is far from over and being out of a job is stressful enough without existential dread hanging over us.
Worked from home for month and a half, returned to the office. Between being in the same environment and my boss treating it as I am always available I decided it's not for me. Having clear cut between work and personal time and space is better in my opinion. On top of that 20-30min walks to and from work help me maintain my health.
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Especially because I worked for the Corona/Vaccination hotline
I am currently looking for the names of the 4 companies that are left and trying to apply there. It's not like there is not enough to do, just yesterday, in the evening shift, I did 142 calls in 8 hours. Corona isn't over, on the contrary, it is picking up again in Germany and I can't fathom why the health ministry would downsize so much.
The company I work for offered a market research WFH employment but I declined that because it is only 20 hours. A few days later the secretary of the company CEO called me and asked when I was available for a chat with the CEO, dunno what that is about. maybe for other projects, but normally, CEO's don't try to recruit/hold employees directly instead of HR or Supervisors.
Especially because I worked for the Corona/Vaccination hotline
I am currently looking for the names of the 4 companies that are left and trying to apply there. It's not like there is not enough to do, just yesterday, in the evening shift, I did 142 calls in 8 hours. Corona isn't over, on the contrary, it is picking up again in Germany and I can't fathom why the health ministry would downsize so much.
The company I work for offered a market research WFH employment but I declined that because it is only 20 hours. A few days later the secretary of the company CEO called me and asked when I was available for a chat with the CEO, dunno what that is about. maybe for other projects, but normally, CEO's don't try to recruit/hold employees directly instead of HR or Supervisors.
Good luck mate, hope it works out for you.
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A question for those that have been following, or have been planning to buy Super Robot Wars 30:
I'm not very familiar with the series, so just to confirm, this is a "disconnected" game (story-wise), that gathers different franchises, right?
In a way, this is kind of like King of Fighters, a game that combines various SNK properties. Or, is it connected to any other games?
I didn't buy SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS, a similar game, because unless it changed since then there were certain units, and worse of all in-game quests, that were pre-order/early buyer exclusive, which is insanely shitty.
I'm hoping this commemorative game is a good jumping point, since I'm under the impression that it's a stand-alone game.
thanks
I'm not very familiar with the series, so just to confirm, this is a "disconnected" game (story-wise), that gathers different franchises, right?
In a way, this is kind of like King of Fighters, a game that combines various SNK properties. Or, is it connected to any other games?
I didn't buy SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS, a similar game, because unless it changed since then there were certain units, and worse of all in-game quests, that were pre-order/early buyer exclusive, which is insanely shitty.
I'm hoping this commemorative game is a good jumping point, since I'm under the impression that it's a stand-alone game.
thanks
I believe it's just a cross over game with no connection from any of the worlds that the characters are from.A question for those that have been following, or have been planning to buy Super Robot Wars 30:
I'm not very familiar with the series, so just to confirm, this is a "disconnected" game (story-wise), that gathers different franchises, right?
In a way, this is kind of like King of Fighters, a game that combines various SNK properties. Or, is it connected to any other games?
I didn't buy SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS, a similar game, because unless it changed since then there were certain units, and worse of all in-game quests, that were pre-order/early buyer exclusive, which is insanely shitty.
I'm hoping this commemorative game is a good jumping point, since I'm under the impression that it's a stand-alone game.
thanks
But since I haven't played the previous games in the series I might be wrong
I have tried the demo of The Last Campfire. It is much better than I was expecting in terms of optimization, graphics and story-telling.
The following dialogue has been screen-captured in French.
Puzzles are on the easy side. That being said, this one took me longer than I would be comfortable to admit.
The following dialogue has been screen-captured in French.
Puzzles are on the easy side. That being said, this one took me longer than I would be comfortable to admit.
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This made me laugh a bit:
My OCD wants me to buy it just because, but it's really bad right?
You really should get it just to finish your collection. It's definitely not perfect but you can feel the love even if it doesn't all work out.
The SP isn't terrible as a weekend thing either (Just know to use the melee for the brainer instead "charge" move). There might actually be a small base playing, recently the PS4 version has been seeing some activity.
TIL the winner in the "best student game" at IGF 2021 was released on Steam in December last year.
42 reviews, 100% positive
42 reviews, 100% positive
What ? Reviews from games activated from a key doesn’t count on Steam ?
How to make sure I never bother, SMH.
How to make sure I never bother, SMH.
Endless Legend is another exemple. CTD on launch if Afterburner is in the background.
I need to charge my DS4 with faulty USB just to try to coop this with my mother. I’m no snob, but her current diet of free to play mahjong games is saddening me.
It's pretty crazy. I've seen a bunch of videos on youtube where Spongebob & Patrick rap popular rap songs and it's funny as hell.
In the future, voice actors could license a model of their voice. They would record enough lines so that the model is satisfactory, and get the money without working any more through the attached license. If the producer of a game wants a higher quality voice or a more personalized tone, they could hire the voice actor for this specific gig, but it would be much more costly that it is the case today. I believe there is a solution that would make everyone happy, maybe even happier than they currently are.
For instance, when it comes to translation, automated tools are good enough for many use cases, but they do not beat a human-made work by a professional translator. Google-translated card games are the worst! However, some action games can get away with a machine translation, and it is nice that customers get to play a game in their language, e.g. some Chinese games which would otherwise be barely playable for non speakers. If devs are okay with a low-quality translation, AI is fine. If they have higher ambitions for their game, or if the text matters (card abilities, story, etc.), they will go with a human-made work.
It should be roughly the same with voice actors, except that they have the exclusivity on their unique voice, contrary to translators.
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For instance, when it comes to translation, automated tools are good enough for many use cases, but they do not beat a human-made work by a professional translator. Google-translated card games are the worst! However, some action games can get away with a machine translation, and it is nice that customers get to play a game in their language, e.g. some Chinese games which would otherwise be barely playable for non speakers. If devs are okay with a low-quality translation, AI is fine. If they have higher ambitions for their game, or if the text matters (card abilities, story, etc.), they will go with a human-made work.
It should be roughly the same with voice actors, except that they have the exclusivity on their unique voice, contrary to translators.
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Oh, Steam has a "Social Deduction" tag for those of you who like the "Werewolf" style game as they are kinda called now. Mostly they involve things i am bad at, basically conversations, memory and logical deduction and inference from conversation points but obviously they vary. I loved watching a Gnosia playthrough but i could see where i would be dreadful at the game and games like it.
They also put Among Us and Project Winter in there for example so it's not all dialog analysis VN type games.
They also put Among Us and Project Winter in there for example so it's not all dialog analysis VN type games.
I bought and beat Adios on Xbox and thoroughly enjoyed it, I highly recommend you pick it up on Steam if you're into short narrative games (maybe next sale?). Great concept and great dialogue
I'm basically ending up playing Call of Cthulhu and Vampire The Masquerade tabletop RPGs because there aren't enough good games with those settings and I'm craving for more
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I'm not really into the sanity system unfortunately, it... disturbs me a little. BUT you are in for a treat in terms of sheer content for CoC.I basically ending up playing Call of Cthulhu and Vampire The Masquerade tabletop RPGs because there aren't enough good games with those settings and I'm craving for more
Vampire is more of a mess with the different lines, and surely not that big in supplemental material, but still another quite rich offering.
I should have said that I alreadyI guess I'm just bad?solved most of the puzzles in the room including the cuckoo clock (how random was THAT). I figured it all had something to do with progression, but the rewards haven't helped all that much.
In that case, here are some much more specific gameplay tips.
Sounds like you haven't cleared the 3rd boss yet, so I'll try to avoid spoiling anything past that.
First off, boss gimmicks.
For the prospector, the goal is to kill the pack mule during the first phase so you have a truckload of cards to use in the second. If possible, you want some empty spaces on your side of the board when the first phase ends so you can immediately start playing things.
The angler is the one that spooks me the most, since the second phase can get out of control fast. Ideally, you want a high cost, powerful card in your hand when the first phase ends. He'll slot in bait buckets across from your existing cards, so you want to sacrifice all of them to drop a huge fatty and kill him before he gets a chance to do anything. During the first phase, make sure you're drawing Squirrels on the turns where he threatens to hook things (unless he's trying to hook a near-dead creature, then it might be best to let him).
I think they trapper may be the easiest once you understand his gimmick. The goal is to suicide cards into all 4 traps, but to do so slowly (otherwise he'll often just kill you before you restock). If you've upgraded Squirrels to Bees, they can be used to set off traps, which is really helpful for preserving your stronger cards. If you set off all 4 traps, you'll have 5 pelts to trade during the second phase, and it should be smooth sailing from there.
Other tips:
Try to avoid spending items until you hit your first backpack event so you can get a free pack rat. In addition to being pretty useful, pack rats are also a rare, and for reasons you may not have seen yet, having a lot of rares in your deck will pay off later.
Once you have the squirrel head wood carving (or the insect head, if you've upgraded to bees), meeting the wood carver and looking for body carvings is a great idea. While not everything you'll find is good, certain sigils are absolutely busted when applied to squirrels/bees. Things like undying, triple blood, the sigil that grants a worker ant on play. Get a good one and you can win the run right there.
During the early fights, never accept a peace branch and always focus on getting as much overkill as you can. Getting a stash of teeth early makes visiting the trapper very rewarding, since cashing in 2-3 golden pelts will make your deck way stronger. Only ever buy golden pelts though. The hare and wolf pelts are just going to lead to a more clogged deck.
Unless you get a way to generate lots of bones easily, you typically want only a couple of bone based creatures, but you do want some. They can help generate momentum in tight spots when you don't have much to sacrifice.
Mantis God is insane. If you can increase one's attack power at a camp fire, you can steal fights left and right, since a 2-attack Mantis God will deal 6 damage on turn one. It's strong in boss fights too.
Certain rares are much stronger in the early game, like Ouroboros and Geck. If you see these near the start, take them (unless it's a choice between them and a Mantis God). Late game, you can probably pass on them.
Some fights can run long enough to make you run out of cards if your deck is too slim, so trying to keep deck size as small as possible isn't a great strategy. That means you also can't really rely on just one super-card to win, so try to make sure you're not putting all your eggs in one basket. (This is why a woodcarving that buffs squirrels/bees is so strong. It's consistent.)
This last tip I didn't even figure out during my playthrough, and it seems way busted. But if you're really stuck, maybe it could help. Apparently, if you visit a campfire and repeatedly send up a poisonous creature, like an adder, then when it gets eaten, it'll kill all the people around the campfire. Apparently this lets you use all future campfires 5x each with no risk of losing your creature. Seems nutty when applied to stuff like Mantis God.
First off, boss gimmicks.
For the prospector, the goal is to kill the pack mule during the first phase so you have a truckload of cards to use in the second. If possible, you want some empty spaces on your side of the board when the first phase ends so you can immediately start playing things.
The angler is the one that spooks me the most, since the second phase can get out of control fast. Ideally, you want a high cost, powerful card in your hand when the first phase ends. He'll slot in bait buckets across from your existing cards, so you want to sacrifice all of them to drop a huge fatty and kill him before he gets a chance to do anything. During the first phase, make sure you're drawing Squirrels on the turns where he threatens to hook things (unless he's trying to hook a near-dead creature, then it might be best to let him).
I think they trapper may be the easiest once you understand his gimmick. The goal is to suicide cards into all 4 traps, but to do so slowly (otherwise he'll often just kill you before you restock). If you've upgraded Squirrels to Bees, they can be used to set off traps, which is really helpful for preserving your stronger cards. If you set off all 4 traps, you'll have 5 pelts to trade during the second phase, and it should be smooth sailing from there.
Other tips:
Try to avoid spending items until you hit your first backpack event so you can get a free pack rat. In addition to being pretty useful, pack rats are also a rare, and for reasons you may not have seen yet, having a lot of rares in your deck will pay off later.
Once you have the squirrel head wood carving (or the insect head, if you've upgraded to bees), meeting the wood carver and looking for body carvings is a great idea. While not everything you'll find is good, certain sigils are absolutely busted when applied to squirrels/bees. Things like undying, triple blood, the sigil that grants a worker ant on play. Get a good one and you can win the run right there.
During the early fights, never accept a peace branch and always focus on getting as much overkill as you can. Getting a stash of teeth early makes visiting the trapper very rewarding, since cashing in 2-3 golden pelts will make your deck way stronger. Only ever buy golden pelts though. The hare and wolf pelts are just going to lead to a more clogged deck.
Unless you get a way to generate lots of bones easily, you typically want only a couple of bone based creatures, but you do want some. They can help generate momentum in tight spots when you don't have much to sacrifice.
Mantis God is insane. If you can increase one's attack power at a camp fire, you can steal fights left and right, since a 2-attack Mantis God will deal 6 damage on turn one. It's strong in boss fights too.
Certain rares are much stronger in the early game, like Ouroboros and Geck. If you see these near the start, take them (unless it's a choice between them and a Mantis God). Late game, you can probably pass on them.
Some fights can run long enough to make you run out of cards if your deck is too slim, so trying to keep deck size as small as possible isn't a great strategy. That means you also can't really rely on just one super-card to win, so try to make sure you're not putting all your eggs in one basket. (This is why a woodcarving that buffs squirrels/bees is so strong. It's consistent.)
This last tip I didn't even figure out during my playthrough, and it seems way busted. But if you're really stuck, maybe it could help. Apparently, if you visit a campfire and repeatedly send up a poisonous creature, like an adder, then when it gets eaten, it'll kill all the people around the campfire. Apparently this lets you use all future campfires 5x each with no risk of losing your creature. Seems nutty when applied to stuff like Mantis God.
Halo is looking pretty gewd. Not a next gen classic or anything but surely well made and like it's gonna be fun. Glad the video is all gameplay, not talk PR crap.
Dont be scared everyone! I changed my profile pic.
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New content coming soon to Curious Expedition 2:
Since launch, the game has received continuous support, with plenty of new content, and new modes, being added to the game for free.
Great stuff.
It's one of the games I've enjoyed the most this year, and I find it well worth the price tag. Especially since it's highly replayable, and the addition of new content is the perfect excuse to dive back in, and play a few more games.
By the way, in case anyone is interested the game is currently on sale for a few more hours:
Since launch, the game has received continuous support, with plenty of new content, and new modes, being added to the game for free.
Great stuff.
It's one of the games I've enjoyed the most this year, and I find it well worth the price tag. Especially since it's highly replayable, and the addition of new content is the perfect excuse to dive back in, and play a few more games.
By the way, in case anyone is interested the game is currently on sale for a few more hours:
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