PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch

tuxfool · Mar 13, 2019

Annubis said:
I should start selling my services as a Kickstarter golden idol.

- 100% success rate in everything I backed.
- No bullshit in anything I ever backed.
- Products always came out with extra as opposed to what was promised.

Pay me a sum which includes the cost of backing the Kickstarter and I will back it with you and bring you great luck*

You're golden until you're not. I don't have a clean record, but I'm on a 95% pass fail margin. And the 5% I knew were clear gambles. It really isn't difficult to make sensible crowdfunding decisions.

dex3108 said:

But why?

You're likely to get better quality+flexibility out of any other solution. Their solutions work, but they're far from impressive.

ezodagrom · Mar 13, 2019

eonden said:
I guess Sega

Anyone but Sega. ;_;

I feel that Gearbox is very likely to go EGS exclusive though (thankfully I don't care about their games).

eonden · Mar 13, 2019

ezodagrom said:
Anyone but Sega. ;_;

I feel that Gearbox is very likely to go EGS exclusive though (thankfully I don't care about their games).

Sega, Square or Bamco.

Probably Paradox too lol.

Chairmanchuck (另一个我) · Mar 13, 2019

ezodagrom said:
Anyone but Sega. ;_;

I feel that Gearbox is very likely to go EGS exclusive though (thankfully I don't care about their games).

Gearbox has 2K though and I wonder if they would want to leave Steam. NBA2ks biggest supporters are Chinese. I think 60% of the sales come from China and EGS is blocked in China.

Deleted member 44371 · Mar 13, 2019

fspm said:
Not really, plenty of ms's games on steam which changes nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Not true. most recent releases are missing:

- forza 7
- forza horizon 4
- crackdown 3
- halo wars 2
- age of empires remastered
- minecraft
- state of decay 2

Mifec · Mar 13, 2019

Ollolol said:
Our beloved Galyonkin shiting on their future customers:

Imagine being this much of a bootlicking smoothbrain. Imagine living like this.

SuikerBrood · Mar 13, 2019

marzoo said:
Not true. most recent releases are missing:

- forza 7
- forza horizon 4
- crackdown 3
- halo wars 3
- age of empires remastered
- minecraft
- state of decay 2

Halo Wars 2 ;)

Lashley · Mar 13, 2019

Mifec said:
Imagine being this much of a bootlicking smoothbrain. Imagine living like this.

About 60% of ERA is like this on gaming side

Mifec · Mar 13, 2019

Lashley said:
About 60% of ERA is like this on gaming side

Every single republican is too and every single fan of a big corp. I was just being kind to era users here.

datamage · Mar 13, 2019

derFeef said:
I wonder how Tim Sweeny feels today.

Ge0force · Mar 13, 2019

Tizoc said:
I think the latest Windows Update did something to game performance.
Before the update, Testament of Sherlock Holmes ran fine in Fullscreen, but after this update, the FPS drops to 30 FPS.
I had to go Windowed+Borderless windowed to get it borderless fullscreen and for the FPS to be normal again.

Anyone know what's specifically causing this odd situation? I've updated my NVidia card to latest one too.

https://www.techspot.com/news/79110-latest-windows-10-update-causing-issues-gaming-performance.html

Lashley · Mar 13, 2019

Yeah, never update Windows

Mifec · Mar 13, 2019

People on crackwatch saying en masse how they're gonna buy Halo on Steam and how they don't wanna pirate it. (obv some still will)

Like Gaben said, piracy is a service problem.

Gabbo · Mar 13, 2019

eonden said:
Probably Paradox too lol.

I doubt it. Paradox has been incredibly successful with it's current model, a lot of which rests on good will and DLC. I would be rather surprised to see them make the move.

zkylon · Mar 13, 2019

Rockin' Ranger said:
But she's got that really cool cube phone.

lol that she does

Igniz12 said:
That is the only good campaign out of a bad bunch which isn't exactly much praise for the campaign itself. I liked that there is no AI companion to lug around and the pacing felt better but the same structural problems remain.

Wait till you get to the mother of all turret sequences. Not only is it dull as bricks but goes on for way too long on top of that...ungh.

i think chris' is my favorite one cos it doesn't have any bad stealth or bad puzzling, but the other campaigns are fine, and the AI isn't necessary or annoying, they kind of are just there to every now and then run to the door you already tried to open by yourself

it's kinda good to remember than not that many years ago this was way more aimless capcom, with games like re6 that (while charming) were kind of a mess, putting devil may cry or dead rising in the hands of people that took them in directions that didn't have the right personality and not even spelling their own name right. hell even during this "golden" period they've fucking put advertising on street fighter characters so they're still fucking ass weird

Igniz12 · Mar 13, 2019

Toddhunter said:
Would need to be $20-$30 at least. Although I guess some would give it a go if Microsoft gave them $10 or so.

Google to sell the halo collection too?

Oh....oh. I thought Halo was a good series? Is it not? I was finally gonna see what the fuss was all about.

Gevin · Mar 13, 2019

Igniz12 said:
Oh....oh. I thought Halo was a good series? Is it not? I was finally gonna see what the fuss was all about.

Better than Half Life don't @ me

Anno · Mar 13, 2019

I think Ebba straight out said Paradox isn't looking to limit their markets on the most recent earnings call. For whatever that's worth. Considering how I've made sure to buy keys directly from them and pay Steam nothing just to support Paradox despite things like the Workshop being the only reason I'd play their games I would drop them so quickly if they ever tried.

Also am I totally making this up or do you need to use UE4 to get the spiffy developers cut on the EGS? For some reason I thought that was the case.

Deleted member 32374 · Mar 13, 2019

Gevin said:
Better than Half Life don't @ me

Not better than half life, @'ing you.

Just different.

Gevin · Mar 13, 2019

jkm23 said:
Not better than half life, @'ing you.

Just different.

All games are different :P

Igniz12 · Mar 13, 2019

Mifec said:
Imagine being this much of a bootlicking smoothbrain. Imagine living like this.

I mean whoever said that is not wrong. The fact that so many people are willing to say fuck it and blow through all their goodwill to force people to buy their game on an inferior platform says it all.

Unless I am mistaking that quote it is basically saying: Game developers/publishers are not your friend.

spineduke · Mar 13, 2019

Mifec said:
People on crackwatch saying en masse how they're gonna buy Halo on Steam and how they don't wanna pirate it. (obv some still will)

Like Gaben said, piracy is a service problem.

Theres hardly any difference between a cracked game and its EGS equivalent. Both don't have cloud saves, controller support, mod workshop support, and so on. You get a bit of DRM and thats it.

Deleted member 32374 · Mar 13, 2019

Gevin said:
All games are different :P

Some are different right and some are different WRONG!!!!!!! (just like opinions....)

I think Halo now plays better on a controller than it would on a KB+M.

Andres · Mar 13, 2019

InquisitorAles said:
You guys keep forgetting about this pub and taking them as granted, so no wonder they accepted Epic moneybags. Again, I really hope I'm wrong about this one, but thankfully GDC is next week so we won't need to wonder any longer.

One overlooked publisher I can think of, who had one of their games added to Epic, is Klei. I would personally find that heart breaking if they decided to make exclusive deals with Epic but they are a publisher who I notice don't get much attention here but have so many PC titles people play.

I would be fine with it being Gearbox personally. I never enjoyed the Borderland series and everything else they've done since.

spineduke · Mar 13, 2019

Andres said:
One overlooked publisher I can think of, who had one of their games added to Epic, is Klei. I would personally find that heart breaking if they decided to make exclusive deals with Epic but they are a publisher who I notice don't get much attention here but have so many PC titles people play.

I would be fine with it being Gearbox personally. I never enjoyed the Borderland series and everything else they've done since.

I'd be so upset if its Klei, was really looking forward to their Griftlands.

Katonix · Mar 13, 2019

texhnolyze said:
Vampyr is at historical lowest on Steam. Hmm...

Played it on PS4 3 months ago, the gameplay is so bad its almost unplayable.

Aeferis · Mar 13, 2019

Katonix said:
Played it on PS4 3 months ago, the gameplay is so bad its almost unplayable.

Not true. The gameplay is on par with other AA productions and it's most certainly playable, since I played it. You'll most likely overlook its flaws if you like the setting and idea behind the game... or won't if you don't.

Hamchan · Mar 13, 2019

Ollolol said:
Our beloved Galyonkin shiting on their future customers:

The Epic Game Store and the people running it are so hostile to consumers. I have no idea why some are still supporting them if they're not on the dev side.

Tizoc · Mar 13, 2019

Ge0force said:
https://www.techspot.com/news/79110-latest-windows-10-update-causing-issues-gaming-performance.html

I dont find that update file tho. I updated to the one that want up today.

Veidt · Mar 13, 2019

Jawmuncher said:
The titles to watch out for are definitely going to be stuff like that going forward. For example something like say Divinity: Original Sin 3 would be right up there in the sort of titles Epic could afford and what they'd garner would push hardcore players to check them out.

I find this one highly doubtful. Larian is in a really great place right now and they've always been about options (multiple stores, DRM free versions, MacOS support) and engaging directly with their community. The Original Sin games have been massively successful, don't see them burning all that goodwill with this sort of move. The reaction the EGS has received so far will certainly impact how a lot of developers look at this sort of move in the long run.

Epic will likely focus on approaching established studios that aren't self-sustainable at the moment, such as Yager or Sumo Digital (Sumo is already 500+ people nowadays and their latest projects haven't done very well). Basically companies with high burn rates that need to rely on publisher contracts to stay in business due to their size, in those cases any cash advances and sales guarantees they can get will be more than welcome. It also helps if they're working with UE4, which is actually the case with both of those companies.

.exe · Mar 13, 2019

Igniz12 said:
I mean whoever said that is not wrong. The fact that so many people are willing to say fuck it and blow through all their goodwill to force people to buy their game on an inferior platform says it all.

Unless I am mistaking that quote it is basically saying: Game developers/publishers are not your friend.

'The most remarkable thing about the whole EGS movement is that gamers, who have all gotten used to developers/publishers owing them something, are surprised to see that unpleasant aggressive assholes with hysterical demands are sometimes told to fuck off anyway.'

Sounds like an entitled gamers rant to me.

Andres · Mar 13, 2019

Wonder how long it will be till "and you can buy it on your preferred storefront" becomes a selling point. It's certainly earned MS a lot of good will by Phil saying choice matters.

Rosenkrantz · Mar 13, 2019

Igniz12 said:
I mean whoever said that is not wrong. The fact that so many people are willing to say fuck it and blow through all their goodwill to force people to buy their game on an inferior platform says it all.

Unless I am mistaking that quote it is basically saying: Game developers/publishers are not your friend.

Nah, he basically said "nobody owes you anything, so shut the fuck up and know your place".

Deleted member 1759 · Mar 13, 2019

Ollolol said:
Our beloved Galyonkin shiting on their future customers:

Hektor · Mar 13, 2019

Cant wait for Sergey to call this another mistranslation by angry resetera bots.

It's like they're provocing to have an image as bad as possible

Feeling dirty for having supported steamspy for many years.

Mifec · Mar 13, 2019

DMC5 seems to be selling meh, except on PC :(

Hektor · Mar 13, 2019

Hektor said:
Cant wait for Sergey to call this another mistranslation by angry resetera bots.

It's like they're provocing to have an image as bad as possible

Feeling dirty for having supported steamspy for many years.

OH.

.exe · Mar 13, 2019

Still sore about that one, I see.

I get the feeling he thinks that Russian is some mystical language that only a few people speak.

Ge0force · Mar 13, 2019

Hektor said:
OH.

What a cunt.

Deleted member 3897 · Mar 13, 2019

Epic are evil assholes and Phoenix Point devs are giving the middle finger to the backers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PhoenixPoint/comments/b0kk4k/everything_wrong_with_the_current_situation/

stan423321 · Mar 13, 2019

Maybe we can talk sense into Galyonkin if we manage to form an English parody of Russian curse-speak?

ezodagrom · Mar 13, 2019

lashman posted this in the other forum, I guess it's all but confirmed that Gearbox is going EGS exclusive:

Nabs · Mar 13, 2019

Is the AMA happening soon? Wait, why do they need an AMA? Just release an FAQ with the answers you're willing to give. They're only going to answer things that will make Epic look like heroes anyway.

Q: How much is Epic paying you?
A: Can't say, but lets just call it Fuck You Money.

Q: Why can't backers get the Steam keys we were promised?
A: Because we didn't ask. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ezodagrom said:
lashman posted this in the other forum, I guess it's all but confirmed that Gearbox is going EGS exclusive:

He's already got some really great responses from people. No crying, just hard facts. He'll ignore them all, because he's not actually looking for an answer. He's just trying to make the rest of us look silly.

Hektor · Mar 13, 2019

Shoutout to InquisitorAles for a surprise cameo in this Twitter thread.

bmdubya · Mar 13, 2019

Valkerion said:
Ok PC era, this cheap $10 blue tooth mouse is pissing me off with its randomly not reading inputs or movements.

Should I bite the gamer bullet and get a Razer Deathadder or is there some other recommended mousing device these days.

I have a Mionix Castor. Been using it for the past few years and I absolutely love it.

Chairmanchuck said:
Honestly. I really wonder how the people on Era always "justifying" it by saying: "Well. Its just business. Good decision for the dev if they get so much money!" would feel if a game they are looking forward to is exclusive for 1 year for another console:

"Oh. Nier 3 is exclusive to Xbox for 1 year. Great moneyhat by MS! Securing Taros future! Can't feel bad for him!"
"Oh. The next No More Heroes is timed exclusive for 1 year for Sony! GREAT! SUDA51 needs all the money they can get!"

There are PlayStation fanboys that still shit on Rise of the Tomb Raider to this day because it had one year exclusivity on Xbox One. They just want to shit on Steam and Valve any chance they get.

Deleted member 42 · Mar 13, 2019

ezodagrom said:
lashman posted this in the other forum, I guess it's all but confirmed that Gearbox is going EGS exclusive:

I'd wait for the reveal to try and jump on that

Remember that it's a 2K game too, and they've been pretty upfront about not being down with this. Stranger things have happened, though?

Serpens007 · Mar 13, 2019

Does a Dualshock 4 work wirelessly with any bluetooth adapter ?

.exe · Mar 13, 2019

Hektor said:
Shoutout to InquisitorAles for a surprise cameo in this Twitter thread.

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Deleted member 32374 · Mar 13, 2019

Welcome to platform wars in the PC gaming space. Wonderful isn't it?

Also, just would like everyone to know that my Razor Death Adder 3.5G will be EIGHT years old in a few months. Still works.

(buy razer mice)

Nabs · Mar 13, 2019

Maybe they're doing another season of that Telltale Borderlands game with the other devs they paid off.

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