Video Game News and Miscellany
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Dealer's choice. I'm up for L4D2, Vermintide, or whatnot... I'm not certain how much our game list intersects.
In before someone says "You can't get real surround sound with headphones"
I don't care, I love surround sound headphones.
When I'm coming from barely having 2 channels (loose wire), having 7.1 is phenomenal.
GasBandit
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I think L4D2 is the only one we all have in common.
But just for information's sake, you can go to https://steamcompanion.com/games/ and put in your profile number, and it will let you compare your library for matches with up to 8 friends. Good for finding "what can we all play?"
But just for information's sake, you can go to https://steamcompanion.com/games/ and put in your profile number, and it will let you compare your library for matches with up to 8 friends. Good for finding "what can we all play?"
figmentPez
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You can't get real surround sound with only two ears! Upgrade your damn wetware if you don't want to be a noob.
Oh no. Oh NO.
They did it. They finally did it. Everyone's DeviantArt OCs are canon.
They did it. They finally did it. Everyone's DeviantArt OCs are canon.
figmentPez
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For anyone else who was interested in the changes to Steam trading cards.
In short, it's not a drastic change. To prevent "fake games" from being used as trading card mills, they're making it so that cards only drop after a game reaches a "confidence metric" that proves it's a game that has legitimate player interest. Anyone who played the game before that point will then get the card drops they would have.
Seems like a reasonable change to me, especially if it also fixes the problem of not getting trading cards if you play a game before the developer adds them. I was worried they'd change the system so that I could no longer sell cards. Although, I suppose the system as a whole may decline with less fraudulent activity fueling it, but who knows. I enjoyed "free" money for games, but I'll live if the cash cow dries up.
In short, it's not a drastic change. To prevent "fake games" from being used as trading card mills, they're making it so that cards only drop after a game reaches a "confidence metric" that proves it's a game that has legitimate player interest. Anyone who played the game before that point will then get the card drops they would have.
Seems like a reasonable change to me, especially if it also fixes the problem of not getting trading cards if you play a game before the developer adds them. I was worried they'd change the system so that I could no longer sell cards. Although, I suppose the system as a whole may decline with less fraudulent activity fueling it, but who knows. I enjoyed "free" money for games, but I'll live if the cash cow dries up.
GasBandit
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It's a shame, but at least for me, Uplay still means "no buy." The first one didn't require it, by some miracle, so here's hoping the second one also ducks that axe.
I've only got one ear
GasBandit
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Remember last year when Squad, the dev house behind Kerbal Space Program, started hemmorhaging talent (including the original KSP devs) under rumors of horrid working conditions? Well, turns out the castoffs have been hired by none other than Valve, who's put them to work on something they'll tell us all about "soon."
So... happy ending there?
So... happy ending there?
Half-Life 3 confirmed.
We'll never hear from them again.
GasBandit
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Turns out the Combine were in league with the Deep Space Kraken all along.
GasBandit
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Squad says "no, no, we've still got the CORE developers of KSP!" Gaming world narrows eyes in doubt.[DOUBLEPOST=1495560297,1495559908][/DOUBLEPOST]So there's a fan effort underway to remake the old Lithtech engine Duke3d clone game Blood under the Unity engine. The first demo for it is now available to download. Or, you can just watch some gameplay footage here:
http://www.moddb.com/games/blood-fan-remake/news/blood-remake-development-update-120517
GasBandit
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Man, I started scanning the faces from the right, and for a moment I thought we were getting some sort of Crossed videogame.
GasBandit
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Putting aside the fact that it's yet another memory-resident program I don't want but have to use to play a game I own, in days gone by it would fuck up your data - both saves and game assets. I hear they've fixed that shit now, but it's bad enough the realities of PC gaming require me to use steam. I refuse to have any more parasitic bullshit running on my system than is absolutely necessary. Origin? Nope. Uplay? Forget it. Even only used battlenet because I got dragged there kicking and screaming to play Overwatch with people (and now that I don't any more, I don't have it either).
Basically, my tolerance for DRM/Launcher programs is only big enough to accomodate one, and steam gets that. I don't even fucking use GOG galaxy - I just download the games directly from GOG's website like some kind of troglodyte.
figmentPez
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I'm intrigued. I really loved the story in FC2, and though I was less impressed with FC3 and FC4, they've generally been at least interesting in their examination of violence as a an issue with lots of gray areas, and complex moral repercussions.
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/fin...oving-forward-square-enix-recruiting-urgently
Ha ha ha ha, holy shit. The FF7 remake is only JUST beginning production in earnest. WHY DO THEY KEEP LETTING TETSUYA NOMURA DIRECT GAMES? This shit isn't coming out until the next-NEXT generation consoles.
Ha ha ha ha, holy shit. The FF7 remake is only JUST beginning production in earnest. WHY DO THEY KEEP LETTING TETSUYA NOMURA DIRECT GAMES? This shit isn't coming out until the next-NEXT generation consoles.
Because he's likely the most senior director still working for the company from that era. Sakaguchi left the company ages ago. Tatsuke is over in the mobile divison (though he's helping out on FF12's HD remake). Kitase JUST got done with FF15 and he's still working on DLC for it, isn't he, but he's going to be a producer. Tabata is mobile only. Yoshida is doing the Stormblood DLC for FF14 (coming out next month, but he'll likely be doing stuff for it for at least 2 years), alongside Komoto (who also did FF11). Toriyama hasn't done shit since Mobius. Minagawa's doing FF12 HD remake too.
Basically, it's Nomura directing and Kitase producing. But hey, think of it this way: if Nomura is FINALLY moving forward on THIS game, it probably means Kingdom Hearts 3 is almost done
So... looks like it's going to be as advertised: You're going up against a militant religious cult that has taken over a small town, helping to form the resistance that frees the people from their tyranny. The big thing this time is you can ALWAYS decide how you want to tackle a challenge; you're not pegged into a single approach anymore so you can deal with missions however you want.
Insert Django Unchained gif of Leonardo DiCaprio "you had my curiosity, now you have my attention."
So . . . the game gets harder in later levels, like most every other game ever. Woot!
Some games hit their difficulty peak midway through and then become super easy the rest of the way thanks to your equipment and/or abilities.
Like Far Cry 3.
GasBandit
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Or, say, Mega Man 2, where the game is hard until you decide to beat Metal Man, and the rest of the game is a cakewalk.