Community MetaSteam | December 2020 - Empire of Doom

[Cacher]

Finished Far Cry 5. What an ending lol.

Spoiler

It is not as bad as I heard. A pretty good twist, actually. Eden's Gate keep telling people the end is coming and they need to prepare for it, but it is easy to imagine that no sane person would believe in such bullshit, including the players. I do understand why players were so angry towards this ending as it feels like a giant waste of time when the bombs starting to drop. Meanwhile, if the developers would have incorporated New Dawn and make it as ACT 2 of this main game, I can imagine people blowing their mind and praising it as a modern classic.

 

[texhnolyze]

Yuru Camp is getting a game release, PC included.

Laid-Back Camp -Virtual- Lake Motosu and Fumoto Campsite announced for PS4, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android - Gematsu

 

[gabbo]

I do not own yakuza 7 either
Lashman revealing the true colours of this forum's rich and priviliged through this challenge!

I'd like to jump on the no-Yakuza 7 train if I could, since I'm riding the retro train straight to 'going to complete' town.

 

[PC-tan]

New month, New thread... Let's Dance!

True Intellectuals know that sharks are better than dogs.

 

[MegaApple]

"THE ROCK SMMMMEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLSSSS ANOTHER FANTASTIC OT!!!! "

 

[ISee]

Thank you lashman
As always a beautiful thread and the Tizoc shout out made me giggle.


On a personal note: It snowed during the night.
Need to wake up the dog and force him on a long morning walk.

 

[Deku]

Hello new thread!

Looks like that Yogscast is breaking the annual Humble Jingle bundle tradition by not doing a Humble bundle. They started a new bundle on Tiltify instead

Tiltify - Livestream Fundraising

What's in the bundle:
Extras & DLC:
Displate 42% off code
Surgeon Simulator 2 DLC Cosmetic
Pox Nora Starter Bundle
Path of Exile "Demon King Portal Cosmetic"
Don't Starve Reign of Giants DLC
War of the Overwold Yogscast Worker Skin
Call of Duty Endowment C.O.D.E Challenger Pack
Among Us Pet Bundle

Full games:
Colony Survival
Dicey Dungeons
Prison Architect
Starbound
For the King
Darksburg Going Rogue
Dream Daddy
Rise of Industry
Sokpop #6
The Battle of Polytopia
Tooth and Tail
Brunch Club
Drawful 2
This War of Mine
Purrfect Date
Element TD2
War for the Overworld
Faeria
Windscape
Dead in Bermuda
Away Journey to the Unexpected
Sunless Sea
Waking
Pixel Galaxy
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Farming Simulator 17
Shoppe Keep
Orc Must Die 2
Fishing Adventure
Don't Starve
Cheap Golf
Safety First
Transistor

 

[Le Pertti]

No shenmue as retro game.

 

[sk2k]

Nice new thread.

Is Remnant: From the Ashes a Soulslike or can a "casual" gamer like me enjoy it?

 

[texhnolyze]

Nice new thread.

Is Remnant: From the Ashes a Soulslike or can a "casual" gamer like me enjoy it?

Yeah, it's a more casual Soulslike. There's a prequel coming out later today which looks like even more casual than Remnant.

 

[sk2k]

Yeah, it's a more casual Soulslike. There's a prequel coming out later today which looks like even more casual than Remnant.

Chronos looks good. I think i will try that first.

 

[MegaApple]

Yeah, it's a more casual Soulslike. There's a prequel coming out later today which looks like even more casual than Remnant.

Perfect World already increased the regional pricing for Remnant.
THQNordic will increase it even further.

 

[texhnolyze]

Perfect World already increased the regional pricing for Remnant.
THQNordic will increase it even further.

Was it recent? The only time they increased the price for me was just before the game is out. They increased it by almost 100% of the original price. Now at 50% off, the game is only a dollar cheaper than the original price.

I still refuse to buy the game due to this. Screw them.

 

[FunnyJay]

Happy December everyone!

 

[Ascheroth]

Genshin Impact won the Best Game of the Year Google Play award

Best Game of 2020 - Android Apps on Google Play

Enjoy millions of the latest Android apps, games, music, movies, TV, books, magazines & more. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices.

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Any title crowned Best Game has to exceed expectations and deliver compelling, accessible, genre-defining experiences. Thankfully, this year’s winner does all this without missing a beat. Our Best Game of 2020 is:

Genshin Impact

Bound through rolling fields and bustling cities, soaking up majestic views from towering heights. The vast open world of Teyvat is yours to explore as you gather a team of intrepid travelers and search for knowledge on commanding the elements. Genshin Impact blew us away with its sheer scale and ambition. Recruit characters and fight together in a richly detailed, utterly beautiful world. Combat is fast and fluid, with each fight a spectacle to behold. Quite simply, this is the best game we’ve played this year.

 

[BlueOdin]

Nice new thread lashman

Don't know if I'll get Cyberpunk right away. The more they showed of the game the worse it looked to me what they do. At this point I also expect Elon Musk to be in the game and say something like „Lets do a Cyberpunk“ while his Harambe song plays in the background. Not to mention all the transphobia around the marketing and company.

Also doesn’t help that I am currently still playing Demon's Souls and still have to finish Yakuza: Like a Dragon. And I don’t want my butt hurting from all the gaming

 

[Ascheroth]

Excuse to post some OST:

something relaxing:

 

[Wok]

Trying some software.

 

[Ge0force]

Thanks for the great thread lashman

 

[Joe Spangle]

Thank you for the terrific new thread lashman
Empire of Sin looks like it could be pretty good.

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[Theswweet]

Is it too late to say it's a new thread smell?

Also, play Shiren the Wanderer!

 

[Arsene]

One of my favorite parts of the Steam Awards is how Valve puts “review a nominated game” as one of the badge challenges. It leads to a shit ton of people leaving positive reviews for games they like. This primarily applies to GaaS and 2020 releases though

The fun part for me is looking at games review counts and scores skyrocket. It even causes a lot of these titles to have their overall review percentage raised, which I don’t think you’ll see any dev complain about lol. Im a big fat nerd I know.

Reviews in general are an increasingly popular feature as well. 2 years ago there was only a handful of games with 100k+ reviews and now theres a ton, and there are a ton more at 50-90k+ as well. Very interesting watching its growth

Also sidebar congrats to Relogic on hitting 500k “counted” reviews on Terraria with a 97% positive rating. Well deserved for a fantastic dev team.

 

[madjoki]

One of my favorite parts of the Steam Awards is how Valve puts “review a nominated game” as one of the badge challenges. It leads to a shit ton of people leaving positive reviews for games they like. This primarily applies to GaaS and 2020 releases though

The fun part for me is looking at games review counts and scores skyrocket. It even causes a lot of these titles to have their overall review percentage raised, which I don’t think you’ll see any dev complain about lol. Im a big fat nerd I know.

Reviews in general are a increasingly popular feature as well. Like 2 years ago there was only a handful of games with 100k+ reviews and now theres a ton, and there are a ton more at 50-90k+ as well. Very interesting watching its growth

I'm sure some indie dev will complain because no one wanted to nominate his game.

 

[Arsene]

I'm sure some indie dev will complain because no one wanted to nominate his game.

“Valve adds yet another feature that benefits only big devs and screws over indies” they cry as Phasmophobia, Hades, Among Us, and Fall Guys get tens of thousands of reviews in the last month.

 

[Mor]

Im a big fat nerd I know.

Are you suggesting we are not?

 

[Le Pertti]

Are you suggesting we are not?

I can confirm that I am one at least!

 

[Tizoc]

It looks like everyone but me has played Yakuza 7 so it became the monthly challenge.

I do not own yakuza 7 either
Lashman revealing the true colours of this forum's rich and priviliged through this

Thank you lashman
As always a beautiful thread and the Tizoc shout out made me giggle.


On a personal note: It snowed during the night.
Need to wake up the dog and force him on a long morning walk.

Nani?
goes yo read yhe first post

 

[Hektor]

Wasteland 3 done. Was fun, though also another disappointing case of "we focused on the console version".
The dialogue trees were stripped down to almost nothing and the UI occasionally felt a bit insulting to use on PC, mostly the worldmap that was clearly designed for players using analogue sticks for the car. The game is also vastly more combat heavy than it's already combat heavy predecessor.

All in all it's fun, but it can hardly pass as a CRPG anymore, it's better approached as an XCOM style game.

 

[Tizoc]

Oi, i put more than an enough effort on making these highlights threads than lashman's fight against capitalism :v

 

[Li Kao]

This OT was great, one could say as per usual. Not sure about the games, but you gotta appreciate the diversity on offer.
lashman

On a personal note: It snowed during the night.
Need to wake up the dog and force him on a long morning walk.

Damn, as a southern French man, I have nearly forgotten what snow is like

edit - Wishlist at 150 by the way

 

[Swenhir]

Thank you for the terrific new thread lashman
Empire of Sin looks like it could be pretty good.

[Hidden content]

Covidsmas

Joke's on COVID. No need to self-isolate when your entire family is filled with abusers and narcissists. I have been training, spending Christmas alone for years, I am readier than the most ready of lockdown-hardened veterans.

 

[lashman]

cough @lashman

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Nice thread, btw.

Yay, new thread! Thanks @lashman!

"THE ROCK SMMMMEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLSSSS ANOTHER FANTASTIC OT!!!! "

Thank you @lashman
As always a beautiful thread and the @Tizoc shout out made me giggle.

Nice new thread.

Nice new thread @lashman

Thanks for the great thread lashman

Thank you for the terrific new thread @lashman

This OT was great, one could say as per usual. Not sure about the games, but you gotta appreciate the diversity on offer.
@lashman

thank you all ... you're the bestest!!!

It looks like everyone but me has played Yakuza 7 so it became the monthly challenge.

i'm sorry ... i forgot

Nani?
goes yo read yhe first post

[...]

Oi, i put more than an enough effort on making these highlights threads than lashman's fight against capitalism :v

 

[ISee]

There are so many reactionary emojis now that I'm constantly pressing the wrong ones.

 

[fantomena]

Are you suggesting we are not?

Not me

Well, I have more muscles than I had 4 years ago, but before that I have been skinny my whole life, so when I started excerising about 4 years ago it was just me building my muscles up.

 

[Li Kao]

About Cyberpunk...
I think I am not what you would call woke. Not a bigot, my god, not hateful, but not perfect. I will play Cyberpunk, I have very little doubts about that.
But still, it's incredible how their PR and creative choices have sucked the joy out of this release. It's still the biggest game of the year, maybe of multiple years, but it's not a party anymore.

I will resist quoting Umberto Eco here, sparing you a paragraph that could be seen as saccharine but so true nevertheless.

 

[Joe Spangle]

Not me

Well, I have more muscles than I had 4 years ago, but before that I have been skinny my whole life, so when I started excerising about 4 years ago it was just me building my muscles up.

Ive been skinny my whole life too! although now that im in my 40's coupled with a lot of beer over this lockdown year ive put on some mass. Need to convert it to muscle.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Are you suggesting we are not?

Hey I'm a small, slightly out of shape because fuck this pandemic, nerd

 

[Mivey]

Wasteland 3 done. Was fun, though also another disappointing case of "we focused on the console version".
The dialogue trees were stripped down to almost nothing and the UI occasionally felt a bit insulting to use on PC, mostly the worldmap that was clearly designed for players using analogue sticks for the car. The game is also vastly more combat heavy than it's already combat heavy predecessor.

All in all it's fun, but it can hardly pass as a CRPG anymore, it's better approached as an XCOM style game.

Honestly, I like the change in the dialogue system. I really didn't like what they were going for in Wasteland 2. From how terrible the interface looked, to how the topic-based structure makes the NPCs feel more like walking wikipedia entries. There's few games that were good at that, like Morrowind. Most of the time it just ends up making the world feel even less interesting, at least for me. At least everytime I got a dialogue option in Wasteland 3, I know it's something custom and unique for that particular character.
The combat focus is true, though it's hard to really know how much that dominates play time, as I'm still near the beginning of the game. And honestly, I like the XCOM style system, I feel focused on the strengths of the game, and cut down on a lot of pointless fat.

 

[Mor]

Not me

Well, I have more muscles than I had 4 years ago, but before that I have been skinny my whole life, so when I started excerising about 4 years ago it was just me building my muscles up.

Don't take the comment too seriously xD

It was a joke based on the fact that we are all a bit nerd-y

 

[fantomena]

Don't take the comment too seriously xD

It was a joke based on the fact that we are all a bit nerd-y

I know.

 

[Mivey]

Don't take the comment too seriously xD

It was a joke based on the fact that we are all a bit nerd-y

Being nerdy is a-ok. But I think everyone can profit from more physical exercise. I started going to the gym regularly this year, and it's great. You simply feel better about literally everything, the process itself becomes strangely satisfying, and it's super healthy to boost. It really sucks my country couldn't avoid a second lockdown. I miss the gym.

 

[Joe Spangle]

Being nerdy is a-ok. But I think everyone can profit from more physical exercise. I started going to the gym regularly this year, and it's great. You simply feel better about literally everything, the process itself becomes strangely satisfying, and it's super healthy to boost. It really sucks my country couldn't avoid a second lockdown. I miss the gym.

I'd agree with that. I've been trying to do just basic Calisthenics whilst stuck at home and it does give you a good feeling. Must be endorphins or something. Natural high.
Im also a nerd.

 

[Li Kao]

I... may finally play Dragon Age II. Soon. Maybe.
I blame Stevey

Community - What are you currently playing?

Anybody remember this thread? Well, an ebay search alert went off the other day and here we are: I have the coming week off and people probably think I'll be playing a next gen console all week (which I definitely won't since I didn't get one), instead I think my gaming lineup will include...

metacouncil.com

 

[Le Pertti]

I agree about exercise, I've been lifting weights at least three times a week and my arms are getting bigger and if feels great. Just need to get rid of all my fat also.T_T

 

[Tizoc]

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thank you all ... you're the bestest!!!





i'm sorry ... i forgot

Hey if you think your copy pasta skills are good enough to get these highligjt threads out before a month starts, i am down for seeing your efforts

 

[fantomena]

Immortals Fenyx Rising is getting far more praise than I expected, my 1 month of Ubi+ is ending on the 8th, so I will be taking my time with that game until CP2077 arrives.

 

[PhaZZe]

My brother new PC is here, im so happy for him, he has a 5700xt and now a ryzen 5800x

Also, as always, amazing work lashman , thanks for doing the steam thread! <3

 

[Swenhir]

Gyms are a great idea but they are kind of shot with COVID. Enclosed space with tons of people breathing hard.... Yeah, no.

 

[Le Pertti]

Gyms are a great idea but they are kind of shot with COVID. Enclosed space with tons of people breathing hard.... Yeah, no.

Getting my own weights was the best thing I could do! While going to the gym is a great motivator, being able to do it at home saves so much time!

 

[Mor]

Being nerdy is a-ok. But I think everyone can profit from more physical exercise. I started going to the gym regularly this year, and it's great. You simply feel better about literally everything, the process itself becomes strangely satisfying, and it's super healthy to boost. It really sucks my country couldn't avoid a second lockdown. I miss the gym.

ABSOLUTELY, in my case I take very long walks in some remote areas I like to visit, it might be 2 straight hours of walking and it feels absolutely amazing.