Community MetaSteam | August 2021 - Openness Is Its Superpower

[Li Kao]

Gloomwood demo was... there. Presented super early like it was, difficult to not ask oneself : why not simply replay Thief.
It wasn't horrible, mind.

Oh, and Jason Smith has liked a tweet I made about how incredifantabulous Cultic demo is. I'm pleased.

 

[prudis]

Overall, I would say that it is best to keep the slider to the left for "popularity": popularity must be correlated with good ratings, so the list looks nicer overall.

SNKRX is great

 

[thekeats1999]

I usually just use wemod. Tends to be kept up-to-date. Plus there was never any reason to pay.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

I been playing this during the free trial period with my wife on the Switch. It runs like complete ass on the switch. Wife is really into it and this has finally shown her that FPS does indeed matter.

 

[Avern]

How's the Capcom Arcade Collection port? I see it has very negative reviews due to the pricing which is fair, but is like the port bad?

It's... fine. Mostly.

There are a lot of minor problems, but they're unlikely to bother you unless you're very familiar with the originals, or if you're trying to play for score or something.

IIRC, it uses the RE Engine as a wrapper around MAME. That works fine for most games in the collection, but for some it introduces a bunch of extra input delay (RIP GigaWing). I guess there's also some sort of licensing issue related to MAME's sound emulation (not available for commercial licensing or something like that), so the sound emulation had to be redone, and it's not as accurate as you'd get from just playing the games in MAME. I think there were bugs with the auto-fire feature in some games too, but that might have been patched (I haven't been paying attention).

 

[Stone Ocean]

Gloomwood demo was... there. Presented super early like it was, difficult to not ask oneself : why not simply replay Thief.
It wasn't horrible, mind.

Classic Thief is kinda stinky by today's standards. I want a modern Thief 4 since we never got one.

 

[Prodigy]

😈

 

[NarohDethan]

It's... fine. Mostly.

There are a lot of minor problems, but they're unlikely to bother you unless you're very familiar with the originals, or if you're trying to play for score or something.

IIRC, it uses the RE Engine as a wrapper around MAME. That works fine for most games in the collection, but for some it introduces a bunch of extra input delay (RIP GigaWing). I guess there's also some sort of licensing issue related to MAME's sound emulation (not available for commercial licensing or something like that), so the sound emulation had to be redone, and it's not as accurate as you'd get from just playing the games in MAME. I think there were bugs with the auto-fire feature in some games too, but that might have been patched (I haven't been paying attention).

Thank you for your impressions I'll try to get them on sale.

 

[prudis]

 

[Stone Ocean]

"What if Earthbound and Hylics had a baby"

Sure why not

 

[Wok]

Top Releases of July 2021

We're back with another round of popular monthly releases. With this list, we'll be looking at the Top 20 products released in July.

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tl;dr:

All three FINAL FANTASY classics made the cut this month, with more planned in the future. Other top JRPG releases this month include Monstrum Nox and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

Mini Motorways brings a minimalist strategy simulation. Starbase features a massive multiplayer open world building game. Swords of Legend Online takes MMO and adds action RPG to the mix.

Congratulations to the teams who are releasing on Steam for the first time:

Top Releases of July 2021

We're back with another round of popular monthly releases. With this list, we'll be looking at the Top 20 products released in July.

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[prudis]

final update of Loot Castle

It has been more than five years since “Lost Castle” was released on the PC platform in 2016. Since then, we have gained much support and honest feedback from our fans. It is a great honor for us to have your support and care.

 

[Mor]

Top Releases of July 2021

We're back with another round of popular monthly releases. With this list, we'll be looking at the Top 20 products released in July.

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tl;dr:

Visualization!

 

[Anteater]

all the porn is doing really well here

 

[Wok]

I have bought the Council for cheap (5€ with the Choice discount) from Humble Store. I remember enjoying the first episode, which is some kind of janky TellTale game with a skill tree.

Buy The Council - Complete Season from the Humble Store

The Complete Season of The Council grants you access to all 5 episodes.Receive exclusive access to episodes 2-5 two days before their official release.The Council is an episodic game like no other. Delivering a fresh new take on the Narrative Adventure, your choices and character growth truly...

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I am tempted by the DLC of Trine 4 for 3.20€, but I have not finished the base game yet. Not super reasonable.

Buy Trine 4: Melody of Mystery from the Humble Store

In Trine 4: Melody of Mystery, there's trouble brewing at the Astral Academy once again. All the students are cursed, trapped in enchanted slumber and unable to wake up. With a mysterious spirit on the loose, released accidentally by the kind and guileless Cornelius Crownsteed, it's best to call...

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I will wait for a Humble Choice for this one.

Do I need to play the VR one Rhombus of Ruin?

I would if I could. Plus, it is super cheap (1.60€ with the Humble discount).

Buy Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin from the Humble Store

**Note: This game is a VR-only experience and requires a VIVE or Oculus headset** Once again players will assume the role of Raz, an intrepid young psychic and now fully fledged member of the Psychonauts — an elite group of international psychic secret agents! The story picks up exactly where it...

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[PhaZZe]

This vs WeMod? :S

 

[lashman]

This vs WeMod? :S

definitely this

 

[r3n4ud]

Spoiler

Cripes my Top 10 reads one-note, lol.

Do you like Mundane Sims, PDX or WRPGs?

Been on holiday this past week traveling through Quebec City & Montreal.

Really enjoyed both stops but didn't realize how much courtesy French I needed to brush up on.

Ah man, hope you enjoyed my neck of the woods

 

[PhaZZe]

definitely this

but why, sorry dont tried to be mean, but why is better? they have more games o more support?

 

[lashman]

but why, sorry dont tried to be mean, but why is better? they have more games o more support?

yes, for both

and i don't think wemod has a lifetime thing?

 

[r3n4ud]

but why, sorry dont tried to be mean, but why is better? they have more games o more support?

Much more trainers for sure

yes, for both

and i don't think wemod has a lifetime thing?

Yearly subscription

 

[tetel]

Visualization!

Your visualization is missing the best title on the list though

By the way, has anyone seen any news regarding No Straight Roads for Steam?

 

[Wok]

This is the next game by the devs of The Final Station.


The playtest is live.

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales - The Bookwalker Playtest is now Live - Steam News

Immerse yourself in the mysterious world of books in our new Steam Playtest

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[NarohDethan]

Funny bug I found on Quake during the start up videos, I unplugged my usb headphones and the screen froze :v

 

[prudis]

This is the next game by the devs of The Final Station.

could be cool

 

[708]

One of my wishlists for Steam is Valve baking in something akin to Cheat Engine into Steam with a sharing system similar to Workshop.
And devs could stop you from getting achievements or playing multiplayer if you have them installed.
It's probably never happening though.

 

[Mor]

Your visualization is missing the best title on the list though

By the way, has anyone seen any news regarding No Straight Roads for Steam?

I don't include F2P games if that's what you mean

And no, I haven't heard anything about No Straight Roads but I think Arsene did, will tag just in case.

 

[Arsene]

Your visualization is missing the best title on the list though

By the way, has anyone seen any news regarding No Straight Roads for Steam?

Apparently the lead dev said on twitch that it wasn’t happening. No idea when this was though. Things could always change ofc

 

[lashman]

Apparently the lead dev said on twitch that it wasn’t happening. No idea when this was though. Things could always change ofc

amazing

 

[NarohDethan]

Who's getting Aliens Fireteam?

 

[tetel]

I don't include F2P games if that's what you mean

Great Ace Attorney is what I meant (unless I'm blind).

 

[ScreamingTrees]

I would if I could. Plus, it is super cheap (1.60€ with the Humble discount).

Buy Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin from the Humble Store

**Note: This game is a VR-only experience and requires a VIVE or Oculus headset** Once again players will assume the role of Raz, an intrepid young psychic and now fully fledged member of the Psychonauts — an elite group of international psychic secret agents! The story picks up exactly where it...

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I already own it I bought it when I had vr headsets from Oculus but never got around to playing it. Gave my headsets (rift and quest) back to Oculus for a refund when the Facebook requirement came in.

I'll ask my friend if he'll let me borrow his headset for a while to play it so.

 

[fantomena]

Ah fuck me. Not sure what to do. Not liking the notion of paying for cheats, would rather donate.

 

[lashman]

Ah fuck me. Not sure what to do.

 

[Lashley]

It's legit worth it

 

[LEANIJA]

I don't like posting deals that don't have a decent discount so I had got many doubts and the game reviews didn't help either, anyways I opted for posting it since the difference was not small from previous historical lowest price

OUTRIDERS - 47% - 31,97€

Hmm, I liked what I played in the trial but I'll wait longer...will surely go on more sales, and first Valve needs to fix Proton & EAC.

I really dont wanna boot up Windows again.

cheat engine stuff

anyone know a cheatengine equivalent for Linux, btw?

 

[Pommes]

anyone know a cheatengine equivalent for Linux, btw?

This would be interesting for me to

 

[Arulan]

anyone know a cheatengine equivalent for Linux, btw?

I don't know much about it, but this might be what you're looking for.

GitHub - scanmem/scanmem: memory scanner for Linux

memory scanner for Linux. Contribute to scanmem/scanmem development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Mor]

Great Ace Attorney is what I meant (unless I'm blind).

FUCK, it's in my non-uploaded version hahaha

Fixing at the moment, hell, I even added it to my tweet

 

[Aaron D.]

Ah man, hope you enjoyed my neck of the woods

It was a great time.

Did a few walking tours (standard for everywhere I visit), hit a few art museums (see walking tours) and ate like a king.

Really lucked out in QC as one of the restaurant owners suggested stops in his town as well as Montreal and all of them were banger hits.

Had fun exploring the annual Mural Festival spots, man there's some talented artists out there. Love how much the city respects street art.

 

[r3n4ud]

It was a great time.

Did a few walking tours (standard for everywhere I visit), hit a few art museums (see walking tours) and ate like a king.

Really lucked out in QC as one of the restaurant owners suggested stops in his town as well as Montreal and all of them were banger hits.

Had fun exploring the annual Mural Festival spots, man there's some talented artists out there. Love how much the city respects street art.

Sounds like you had a great time! Happy to hear it.. uhh, read it lol

 

[Ge0force]

all the porn is doing really well here

I never expected to see more porn on Steam than on OnlyFans

 

[BoosterDuck]

I wonder if tim schafer will be able to make good games anymore if phil spencer reigns in on his financials

 

[Amzin]

I tried to get into WeMod once to try and futz around with resource issues in AC: Odyssey and think literally everything was behind a paywall, so I kinda double-fudged it with CE. I'm always tempted by a lifetime membership to anything but honestly, can't think of the last time I couldn't either mod or just use CE for simple count changes, and that's only for games that really push it (the upgrade-to-level costs in AC: Odyssey were just obnoxiously high).

Sadly even the best trainer can't solve a lot of core design issues, like GRIMEs too far by a factor of 2-3 checkpoints.

 

[Lashley]

I wonder if tim schafer will be able to make good games anymore if phil spencer reigns in on his financials

He'll have more money to use than they did before MS bought them

 

[Digoman]

I never expected to see more porn on Steam than on OnlyFans

Given all the "headaches" adult content can bring, I'm thinking Valve sees a lot of money from them.

But imagine how more it would sell if you could hide these games from your public profile?

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

Is there any problems or things i should know with getting the CheatHappens deal through WCCFTech?
I've heard of them so i know they're legit but do CheatHappens have deals themselves i should wait for?

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Digoman Have a look at "Magic Borderless", people have been moaning for years that steam counts Magic as the playtime not the game name itself but i'd see that as a win in some circumstances.

I'm not sure if Steam still shows the game in recently played though. It's been ages since i used Magic Borderless.

 

[Gintaro]

Apparently the lead dev said on twitch that it wasn’t happening. No idea when this was though. Things could always change ofc

Ahh thats sad, was looking forward to buy it on Steam to support a local studio from my country

 

[Parsnip]

For the little cheating I do free wemod has been fine for me. Sometimes I look at cheatengine tables too. But it's so rare that actually paying for any of it wouldn't be worth it.

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

Yeah, i'm leaning towards just keeping Free WeMod and using text editors/hex editors or SaveEditOnline to mess about with save games for most other games as i normally do now. I don't tend to use CheatEngine much as my AV seems to REALLY dislike it so it's random if it works or not and i'm not used to it so i find messing about with the CheatTables a bit awkward.