Community MetaSteam | September 2023 - The galaxy awaits
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nice thread Mor thanks very much.
got back from holiday yesterday. A week in Cornwall. It rained.
Now back to Baulders Gate 3.
got back from holiday yesterday. A week in Cornwall. It rained.
Now back to Baulders Gate 3.
Can't wait for Remastered Legendary Anniversary Edition
Was this expanded edition new one or just restock? The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Expanded Edition)
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Thank you Mor 
Semi busy month this time for me for a change:
Starfield (I'll probably give it a go on game pass first, my slight cynicism paid off it seems)
Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
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Semi busy month this time for me for a change:
Starfield (I'll probably give it a go on game pass first, my slight cynicism paid off it seems)
Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
Anonymous Code
As should Anonymous;Code
aww godzilla so cute
That Wandering Sword game looks really interesting, and it looks a lot like Octopath Traveller
My copy was delivered to my door today!
Got mine last week and the JRPG one a couple months back. They're such fantastic books.
Polish devs are the best, that looks insane. Hilarious how they just took Sapkowski's mug and used it for the character of Wodnik.
Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
Extreme violence, gore, mutilation and worse on PSX-style characters.
Slightly less cum this time sorry.
This comment isn't a bash on Starfield just a remark
Since it's unavoidable to escape the discourse around this game, I noticed that everyone was praising the graphics and saying how pretty the game is. I decided to check it out on twitch and while the textures seem mostly fine, if somewhat unremarkable for the most part, the whole thing is extremely monochromatic, eveything is grey or piss yellow/brown. Feels like something plucked straight from the late 2000's and I don't get the appeal.
Since it's unavoidable to escape the discourse around this game, I noticed that everyone was praising the graphics and saying how pretty the game is. I decided to check it out on twitch and while the textures seem mostly fine, if somewhat unremarkable for the most part, the whole thing is extremely monochromatic, eveything is grey or piss yellow/brown. Feels like something plucked straight from the late 2000's and I don't get the appeal.
Wait Cocoon is out this month? For some reason I thought it was a next year game. 
Also yeah, Volition hasn't made a successful game in a decade, at some point this was going to go down whether they had been Embraced or not. So I can't say I haven't been expecting this for a while now. With or without the Saudi money Embracer deal, the new Saints Row was their last shot. Whether that's due to the studio itself or Deep Silver mismanaging them is anyone's guess. Maybe it's a bit of both. In cases like this I always wonder how much of the Volition people loved is still even in there.
I hope everyone there lands on their feet though, and it's a shame to lose such a historic studio too.
With Gearbox Publishing getting some layoffs too, it does make me wonder just how much Embracer ends up restructuring in the end. Their whole company structure is such that there are a lot of positions that a person looking to cut expenses might consider overlapping with the parent company (or parent of a parent in some cases) and thus redundant. How has Saber's games been doing? I feel like I don't hear from them outside of 4A/Metro, so in that sense it wouldn't shock me if Saber was to cease as well and all of the studios under it moved to some of the other subsidiaries. Same with Deep Silver, just feels like it might just cease to exist and have all of its operations moved to Plaion/Koch. Coffee Stain group is small and doing great by all accounts, maybe they'll move the Deep Silver studios under that management or something.
Also yeah, Volition hasn't made a successful game in a decade, at some point this was going to go down whether they had been Embraced or not. So I can't say I haven't been expecting this for a while now. With or without the Saudi money Embracer deal, the new Saints Row was their last shot. Whether that's due to the studio itself or Deep Silver mismanaging them is anyone's guess. Maybe it's a bit of both. In cases like this I always wonder how much of the Volition people loved is still even in there.
I hope everyone there lands on their feet though, and it's a shame to lose such a historic studio too.
With Gearbox Publishing getting some layoffs too, it does make me wonder just how much Embracer ends up restructuring in the end. Their whole company structure is such that there are a lot of positions that a person looking to cut expenses might consider overlapping with the parent company (or parent of a parent in some cases) and thus redundant. How has Saber's games been doing? I feel like I don't hear from them outside of 4A/Metro, so in that sense it wouldn't shock me if Saber was to cease as well and all of the studios under it moved to some of the other subsidiaries. Same with Deep Silver, just feels like it might just cease to exist and have all of its operations moved to Plaion/Koch. Coffee Stain group is small and doing great by all accounts, maybe they'll move the Deep Silver studios under that management or something.
The opening seemed really half-baked to me. Like 5 mins in you find the plot device and then another 5 mins later some dude show up like "Here, take my ship and go find my buddies. They have the main quest." I felt like it could've used a bit more of a narrative setup or build-up or something. Oblivion, Skyrim and Fallout 3/4 all had openings that were way more engaging. This one seemed kinda rushed and I can't help but wonder if it's because of all those "I played Skyrim for 500 hours and never touched the main quest" players. Maybe the quick inciting incident is meant to try to hook the player ASAP. Or maybe they're just trying to get the intro out of the way so those players can move on and do their own thing lol.
Once I got to Constellation and started talking to NPCs I was enjoying myself way more but by then I was pretty sleepy and needed to go to bed. Hopefully it'll be more engaging tonight when I get back into it. I'm expecting a Bethesda RPG and so far it seems to be exactly what the game delivers.
knowing how weird VNs can get and reading the description I think there's genuinely a non zero chance that that games plot could end up being "Hitler was predestined to do the things he did, Hitler froze his sperm before he died, 36 years in the future his son born from that sperm is struggling against being predestined to do some genecide like his father was"
which would just be....yikes
some quotes from the description that lead my thoughts in that direction:
The part where the complete stranger just gives you his ship makes no sense. They should've made you accompany him, and then something happens and you have to take the controls, etc.
Yeah when I got 'the main quest' I had the equivalent of 'did my disc skip over a certain part of the movie' moment.
That Mimimi news is sad,
I get why but its sad. A good dev leaving the business.
I get why but its sad. A good dev leaving the business.
Gotta say, the Steam Deck has been such a great addition to video games for me.
Take my ship, I'll stay here on this random planet to mine for you
Very natural and fantastic storytelling
Portability.
Access to my PC games, the ease of Steam cloud saves, mods and emulating games.
Pretty much Steam in my hands.
Thank you for all your work Mor!
I dislike the clunky confusing UI on Starfield in general and hate that there is no local minimap. Not sure if I have the patience or desire to get used to it.
Don't play games to be annoyed by them, no matter how "big" the game is.
I might just put it in the "Play it Later" pile and go back to BG3.
I dislike the clunky confusing UI on Starfield in general and hate that there is no local minimap. Not sure if I have the patience or desire to get used to it.
Don't play games to be annoyed by them, no matter how "big" the game is.
I might just put it in the "Play it Later" pile and go back to BG3.
SAG-AFTRA Gears Up For Possible Strike Against Video Game Industry As Board Approves Authorization Vote By Guild Membership
The guild’s national board has voted unanimously to send a strike authorization vote to members in preparation for upcoming bargaining with video game companies.
deadline.com
Good, fuck them up Nanny! You just know that videogame executives will be first in line for finding ways to screw their workers.
SAG-AFTRA Gears Up For Possible Strike Against Video Game Industry As Board Approves Authorization Vote By Guild Membership
The guild’s national board has voted unanimously to send a strike authorization vote to members in preparation for upcoming bargaining with video game companies.
That was a good game. I played it on PSP when it was translated. Kind of an easier Falcom game (at a least in hard, I don't do nightmare), but if you have played Ys you know what it's about.
Valve got new intern. They released update to the Steam Chat mobile app on Android that fixed notifications and image upload XD
I think the premise is pretty dumb, but the staff list is insane (in a good way.)
This either ends up a cult classic, or a black mark on their records.
I need some help with CPU over clocking. I want to OC my Ryzen 5 2600 to at least 4.0GHz. Originally I wanted to aim for 4.2GHz but I don't think that would be possible.
4.05GHz seems to be the most reasonable from what I read online that I might be able to safely boost all of my cores.
4.05GHz seems to be the most reasonable from what I read online that I might be able to safely boost all of my cores.
So I pirated Starfield just to check it out a little bit before the standard edition is out and so far it makes me feel great I ordered the standard edition and didn't let fomo get to me.
It's the worst peforming game so far I've played on my PC ever.
The exporation which is the best part of a BGS game feels dull so far and the space exploration is very dissapointing. Gonna see what happens next week when the game is out and later when big mods starts popping up.
It's the worst peforming game so far I've played on my PC ever.
The exporation which is the best part of a BGS game feels dull so far and the space exploration is very dissapointing. Gonna see what happens next week when the game is out and later when big mods starts popping up.
It still annoys me that chat is its own app and not part of the Steam app.
I kinda prefer it separate. Means I don’t have to have chat on certain devices, but may want the Steam app for the store and such.
Like my iPad mini, which I want to be completely free of chat/social apps, but still able to shop on.
SAG-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry
The media artists union SAG-AFTRA has voted to expand its ongoing Hollywood strike to encompass the games industry.
www.eurogamer.net
Here's a random thing. A user remake of Zelda II with a ton of major enhancements / gameplay changes / new areas and secrets.
I've never seen one quite like this before. It's not a rom hack but a remake.
I've never seen one quite like this before. It's not a rom hack but a remake.
Man am I happy to have this place to talk calmly and rationally about games, this community is like an island in a vast sea of toxicity.
I love it here!
No, Lashman isn't in the corner of my room with a gun pointed. What do you mean?
lashman is cool with all the discourse
except anime, he will gave you thrown into the gulag
Will Lashman like Netflix One Piece since it TECHNICALLY isn't anime?
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