What if PC media is on Epic's side because they're excited that a lack of user reviews and a smaller curated store means that their opinions will be relevant again, after Steam reviews, curators and endless releases rendered them irrelevant?
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I did the maths
I spent $132 for 12 months of Humble monthly, so far I redeemed 19 keys so
that's $7 per game.
Getting the new monthly for AC Origins only, that makes each game gotten for $6.60, which is still a neat deal IMO
I'll wait though, Humble need to reveal more stuff ot further entice me, but I think I'll grab this new Monthly eventually.
Granted this is being very simplistic, but really on an investment of $132? Yeah I'm getting my money's worth, and I have at least 6-7 more bundles from my year sub. If I get at least 2 games I want in the next 6 months at least, that'd be 19+12 = 31
132/31 = $4.30 per game
Still a good deal to me
I spent $132 for 12 months of Humble monthly, so far I redeemed 19 keys so
that's $7 per game.
Getting the new monthly for AC Origins only, that makes each game gotten for $6.60, which is still a neat deal IMO
I'll wait though, Humble need to reveal more stuff ot further entice me, but I think I'll grab this new Monthly eventually.
Granted this is being very simplistic, but really on an investment of $132? Yeah I'm getting my money's worth, and I have at least 6-7 more bundles from my year sub. If I get at least 2 games I want in the next 6 months at least, that'd be 19+12 = 31
132/31 = $4.30 per game
Still a good deal to me
I didn't get those bundles though so it's a good get for me :3
I'm not diving to the Era thread, but is Valve being blamed for the EU / publisher pricing issue?
Valve only recommends the price
The publisher is the one who sets it, they don't have to follow Valve's recommended pricing.
Oh, I know; I just assumed the pitchforks were going wild on Era with misinformation.
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I'm a bit torn on the next month bundle. I skipped Origins, but I love Odyssey, but Origins after Odyssey is probably like a big step backwards from what I've read... on the other hand, the rest of the bundle is still probably worth it since there's so much I'm interested in.
I want to commend all my fellow peeps, for keeping it together in this crazy Epic times. Y'all keeping it together like this and it makes me proud to be a part of it
PS please let GOG (rose hair) into the group.
PS please let GOG (rose hair) into the group.
Yeah wouldn't any of us to miss out on that hentai game :VAT LEAST use "hide until liked" ... don't leave it out in the open for bots, geez
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there's just not much to argue about if we all agree on something
hence those threads and topics tend to fizzle out quickly, lol 
naturally
I admit all this epic stuff has made me crazy cynical, listening to the new beastcast and them talking about satisfactory just sounded like an ad, how they emphasized egs exclusivity.
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Yeagh
Reminded me of the Did you know gaming episode on Langrisser (sp), which ended up being an ad for the mobile game.
They also tell a few times when something is only on Steam.
Satisfactory looks really neat. Could be a great coop game. Hope it releases outside of the EGS once Early Access is done.
The latest episode of the Crate & Crowbar podcast had some interesting bits on Epic's talk at GDC, if you're looking for a nice change of pace Monooboe
Also true :')
Also true :')
Yeah I've started to listen to create and crowbar again! I'm very gone back a few months so will get to the latest soon .
All released.
Steam reviews are surpringly good. Not my style of game but for a lower price I might've taken a chance.
Another take is that some never got over that whole Gamergate drama, somehow came to associate the whole of PC gaming and thus Steam with those folks, now see PC gamers fighting against EGS (or customers opening their mouths about anything) and going 'oh GG is back'. While completely ignoring (more likely being unaware of) Sweeney's own political leanings.
Thankfully the German sites I visit have been way more neutral and even handed but then I always had the impression that they're more critical, having given even absolute classics harsh reviews and are a bit less prone to pure hype.
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It's even worse on Twitter. People are just parotting the nonsense comments from gaming journalists. Do yourself a favor and stay away there.
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If I'm thinking of this as objectively as I can I really think it's just their ignorance and lack of knowledge on games and the industry overall showing with this.
Seriously for most major outlets if you were doing a jeopardy style show about games with them most of us would probably crush them. They know next to nothing about the industry and seem completely unaware of most things that are discovered on the internet (whether it's on twitter or reddit). Speaking solely about steam vs EGS now how many of them have gotten basic facts about the two stores wrong? How many chose to parrot Epic's press release about Metro Exodus sales without any understanding of what that 2.5x number actually meant? Did any of them check steamspy for last light sales like we did? No they just assumed it meant it did amazing.
Our (almost entire) media is lazy and incompetent. Calling them bloggers is a more accurate description of them.
edit: After writing this I suddenly remembered that string of embarrassing tweets from journalists that was posted on PC era the other day. Stuff like John Walker, a long time PC writer, not even understanding how steam keys and 3rd party retailers work. And he's celebrated for supposedly being good at his job by his peers and many RPS users. This is the media we have.
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honestly, it's probably this in most cases
Teeth suggested pretty much the same thing a few days ago
Valve issue bizarre response to Euro Commission complaints
Valve have issued a public statement after the European Commission claimed the distributor and several publishers illegally enforced region locks within the EU.
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I don't get it, do I have it ass backwards or does the "journalist" there have it so? See my comments as Alexios there for my questions.
No reason, review bombing inc.
I got it free on orlygift but plenty of people bought it in a bundle and were revoked too: otaku bundle #37, daily indie game deal...
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Valve just needs to develop a great shlooter and take down Fortnite. Problem solved.
No reason, review bombing inc.
I got it free on orlygift but plenty of people bought it in a bundle and were revoked too: otaku bundle #37, daily indie game deal...
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Daily indie game and Orly both source their keys from Otaku tho. And Otaku went under and didn't pay devs soo probaly due to that.
Half-Life IP based shlooter with steam trading/market. Why not indeed?
Bonus points sending out to compete with Bl3 on EGS.
If hl3 was more open world and stuff to loot? It's actually what I want!XD
Played some SF 30th ann. collection online with a friend and my scrubby ass started out slow but eventually yeah I recalled some tricks. Man are SF3 and Zero 3 rather 'strict' with their inputs. You really need to focus on recovery time from attacks @_@
I only stuck with Gouki in Z3 because he was easy for me to use, though I need to just follow up every tornado kick of his with a standing Hard punch due to how silly that game's juggle system is :V
I only stuck with Gouki in Z3 because he was easy for me to use, though I need to just follow up every tornado kick of his with a standing Hard punch due to how silly that game's juggle system is :V
Damn, why doesn't the dev say it before revoking key then, it's understandable, he's only gonna get bad publicity from this...
Grabbed classic ZX Spectrum game, dirt cheap too (proper port, not emulation)!
But i have more nostalgic feelings about sequel, hope its also will be released on Steam.
But i have more nostalgic feelings about sequel, hope its also will be released on Steam.
Which outlet is even left at this point?
The last time they did this it was the same keys as before, except the big ones were gone (e.g. mafia 3).
For Mutant Road Zero, what difficulty should it be played on? I vaguely remember people saying something about normal being somewhat hard and hard being too hard?
Your allegiance is weird, that's why I'll be the one throwing a bunch of insults towards people I don't know trying to show how my billionaire cool dood is cooler than your billionaire meme guy and could probably beat him in a fight too. Or something. Cos that's mature, unlike you. Cower @ my debate skillz, you fanboy! I still can only trash talk the things you support rather than say anything the things I support do better, but whatever, that stuff's not needed on the internets.
People don't have to like Steam but reducing what it's achieved to that kind of shit talk hot takes? That's considered professional and journalistic and unbiased? Is the whole debate just a meme for clicks to these people, did this guy simply hope for a tweetply by Gabe to feel important or what the heck is going on, lol.
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You can change the difficulty mid-game. I don't think they are very well balanced. If I'm not mistaken the recommended and default is "hard", where you units heal to half health and abilities do not refresh between fights - only after a certain amout of kills. In this difficulty the game relies heavily (way too much in my opinion) on you picking isolated enemies and trying to stealth kill them without alerting everyone else. On the other hand "Normal" can get way to easy specially if you have good guns.
So... probably pick Hard (the middle one) and remember to upgrade your silent weapons. If you find frustrating, change to Normal.
I'm not 100% sure. The only ones I could find were these:
Pfft! Too easy! - -------------- in 'IRON MUTANT' mode (Any difficulty).
Still too easy!!! - -------------- in 'IRON MUTANT' mode on VERY HARD.
QA have suffered! - ------------ in 'IRON MUTANT' mode on VERY HARD without losing a crew member.
Iron Mutant is the mode with permadeath and no manual saves.... so.... not something I would try.
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If anyone is in the mood for something a bit different, BLACK BIRD (by Yoshiro Kimura's new studio, the man behind games like Little King's Story, Chulip, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, and more) is currently on sale:
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No reason, review bombing inc.
I got it free on orlygift but plenty of people bought it in a bundle and were revoked too: otaku bundle #37, daily indie game deal...
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Gogobundle went bust before the paid devs for the last few bundles that they ran so the various devs have been revoking all keys over the last few months. The freebies are probably people buying the gogobundles/otakubundles on mass to drive traffic through giveaways. Pretty sure that's how DiG runs are well, buy a mass of bundles and separate the games out for peanuts.
Punishing the buyers for the sins of an intermediary isn't the smartest play for the long term success of your business but Valve doesn't seem to care when keys get revoked.
Well, at least the feature is working correctly lol
I personally dont engage in review bombing but at least people are voicing their concerns, even if it comes as crass.
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