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PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch
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Because vaguely sarcastic news articles aren't half the big deal you guys make them out to be and it would be insane for them to do so. Places like PCgamer and RPS still cover far more steam games than any outlet.
Why is Eurogamer even on the shitlist now exactly? They made an offhand comment about curation in an article and you folks are acting like they stabbed your mothers.
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Tons of blocked stuff or typically can't buy it on steam, but activate it on steam basically buy from local shops then activate it on steam.
Because
1) Subjective opinion in a factual news reporting article is bad.
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2) Because they're applying bias - against Steam (lack of curation bad) but not Epic (a fully curated store means Epic act as gatekeepers to any potential success on the store by picking and choosing "winners").
I dunno how to feel about S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2
I really liked where they were going with the RPG elements of CoP. The stealth stuff felt very Thief-like, and there was also weapon/equipment degradation system right out of Diablo. The choice/consequence system was cool as well- hearing about anOther stalker taking credit for your exploits and then confronting him was a good idea- as we're the in-game "achievements" (Alpha Protocol also had "perks" that worked the same way, giving you Stat boosts and discounts or extra stuff)
So there's potential for things to be interesting. During the exclusivity announcement hubbub I also visited that forum where the 4A dev posted lashing out at the fans. The old timers on that forum were joking about having access to early S2 builds, implying 4A were gonna be working on them.
I quite like 4A's output and Exodus (managed to snag a Steam pre-order on that last day) gives me a lot of that old vibe in its open areas. If GSC and 4A were to work together on that somehow (I'm not sure what GSC is these days, tbh- since Vostok games is still off doing its multi-player thing with Survarium and now Fear the Wolves), it might be something interesting.
Or it might be a half-baked mess best left forgotten. Who knows.
Right now I'm just hoping Epic stays the hell away from The Sinking City, as that's another Uki dev I want to support with a full-price purchase.
I really liked where they were going with the RPG elements of CoP. The stealth stuff felt very Thief-like, and there was also weapon/equipment degradation system right out of Diablo. The choice/consequence system was cool as well- hearing about anOther stalker taking credit for your exploits and then confronting him was a good idea- as we're the in-game "achievements" (Alpha Protocol also had "perks" that worked the same way, giving you Stat boosts and discounts or extra stuff)
So there's potential for things to be interesting. During the exclusivity announcement hubbub I also visited that forum where the 4A dev posted lashing out at the fans. The old timers on that forum were joking about having access to early S2 builds, implying 4A were gonna be working on them.
I quite like 4A's output and Exodus (managed to snag a Steam pre-order on that last day) gives me a lot of that old vibe in its open areas. If GSC and 4A were to work together on that somehow (I'm not sure what GSC is these days, tbh- since Vostok games is still off doing its multi-player thing with Survarium and now Fear the Wolves), it might be something interesting.
Or it might be a half-baked mess best left forgotten. Who knows.
Right now I'm just hoping Epic stays the hell away from The Sinking City, as that's another Uki dev I want to support with a full-price purchase.
Wow busy day for Steam in the EraNews, and although all the news was positive or neutral, those threads took a turn fast.
But anyways, Is Division 2 playable almost completely solo? I dont mind matchmaking for "dungeons" but can i grind good gear and stuff like Diablo all single player? I am not a huge multiplayer guy but I liked Division 1.
But anyways, Is Division 2 playable almost completely solo? I dont mind matchmaking for "dungeons" but can i grind good gear and stuff like Diablo all single player? I am not a huge multiplayer guy but I liked Division 1.
1. C'mon. This is entertainment news. It is extremely common to editorialize and show opinion. And let's be clear, there's been a handful of articles linked here that got whining about the fact they were lukewarm and basic (as in, just reported the news and didn't editorialize), and didn't take Epic to task for their Sin of the week.
Examples like this: https://news.avclub.com/netflix-cancels-one-day-at-a-time-after-three-seasons-1833300005
Have clear editorializing. It's in the nature of entertainment reporting frankly, this isn't reporting from the frontlines of a war (though there's been more than a few famous moments where reporters editorialized while reporting the news in that regard).
2. I'd argue they're simply not showing bias for steam rather than bias for Epic. Though let's say PCgamer or whoever comes out with a screed against what Epic is doing. Surely all the hysterical posters in here won't quote that article 17 times praising them for that new "bias"
Let's drop the act of being concerned with the sanctity of ethical news reporting. Nobody buys it. It's always a bad tactic by every group it's been used by.
Answer me this,
Why is some random site the only site to get a direct response from Valve? While all of these other sites all only just now decide to talk about that and Epic's full response after some third less known site has more information.
Good to hear, I loved the beta. My only issue with Division 1 was the loot was all pretty bad and you had to group up in the dark zone to get it.
Just because it's accepted practice, doesn't mean we should accept it.
The sad fact is, it is about ethics in reporting. But GG fucked over everyone who ever thought the gaming media could/should be better.
Baba is You is great, even the first two worlds had a few real head scratchers I got stuck on for 20-30 minutes but there's at least some build up to the more complicated solutions in each area.
This game is brain training for my glorious return to Stephen's Sausage Roll which I dropped so fast
This game is brain training for my glorious return to Stephen's Sausage Roll which I dropped so fast
Bleeping Computer are actually a fairly large website. Definitely don't count as "random".
Thing is, their entire thing is computer security. They've been running it for years and are generally pretty good with examining things. They also have nothing to do with the gaming media. It doesn't surprise me that the second there is a security problem in games, it'll be a website like that which actually asks questions and tries to contact Valve.
Because we know the gaming media won't do anything like that.
What exactly are you insinuating in this response?
Because Bleeping Computer might not be known to you, but they are FAR more tech oriented than sites RPS, and thus are far more likely to do in depth reporting than the site that names their reviews Wot I think and gives Bestest Bests to their favaorable reviews. They are not a small website either.
The old adage of "don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity / incompetence / negligence" comes to mind.
FWIW, the last time I really looked at a game story on Bleeping Computer, was when they wrote about FSLabs adding a Chrome password extractor into their Flight Sim mod: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...er-embeds-password-stealing-tool-in-game-mod/
Something else the mainstream press barely covered, might I add. In the OP to my thread I added all the outlets I could find which covered it. You can see how few it was.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/fl...ator-x-add-on-which-extracts-passwords.24340/
Something else the mainstream press barely covered, might I add. In the OP to my thread I added all the outlets I could find which covered it. You can see how few it was.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/fl...ator-x-add-on-which-extracts-passwords.24340/
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You're right in the bolded. I posted this a couple of hours ago in the Epic/Steam info thread:
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[Gaming media] should be doing what the actual media does and getting an analyst/ex-industry member or someone with known technical knowledge to shed light on things. Random example from the Washington Post:
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It shouldn't be a hard ask, but it is... through either the website's stupidity, incompetence or negligence. :/
Calling folks armchair detectives and conspiracy nuts goes a bit past being vaguely sarcastic, now, doesn't it?
And other than DF, Eurogamer hasn't been worth visiting in years.
I personally don't understand the impact of this other than what OP is telling me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/b1ji81/one_of_the_biggest_and_most_impactful/
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/b1ji81/one_of_the_biggest_and_most_impactful/
No.
The whole oft-regurgitated "all competition is great for consumers" bullshit that has been going on for weeks across various gaming media in most any article touching on the issue -- without ever actually adopting a consumer-focused perspective or providing any investigation into the actual measurable effects of the existing behaviour on the consumer experience -- is proof enough of that. And many outlets don't stop there, but also belittle anyone bringing up legitimate concerns at every chance they get.
Nothing highlighted this more to me than RPS taking the entire Epic spyware story and turning it into "These people are just buying into racist conspiracy theories about Tencent and China".
Oh, and lets not forget our old favourite - "Hyper toxic pro-consumer"
I asked this earlier, and I'll ask it again:
Is there a single English gaming publication which covers these things properly? Even obscure ones? I haven't been able to find a single one.
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In an another timeline, Epic has launched their store with the same features as Steam and instead of moneyhatting games, lying, spying on consumers and pissing them off, is trying to convert fortnite players to paying consumers by offering them cosmetics when purchasing a game on their store.
I mean, I generally like what I've read from them but I've not seen anything posted about these things on their website?
I think I've seen an RPGfan guy post in threads on Era about them though, so that's cool.
God damn Ubisoft, are the AMD codes hardware locked? Anyway for me to buy a 2nd hand key cheap or am I stuck full price on Ubi since they wont sell on any other store now?
If you're outside the US you can use the 20 Uplay percent coupon if you have the points.
Cdkeys have it too, though looks like EU region. Not sure how restrictive Uplay is on that though. IIRC they weren't before but it's been years + it's a online only game, where I think the ones I did it on were single player.
Ah cool, I am in Canada so I suppose I can get the 20% off. Thanks.
Ah, well, not sure if it works there, just know it works in the EU and not in the US.
I see the thing at the top when I am on the divison store page to get 20% off but it also says "excludes new releases" in the fine print. But why would they advertise it if isnt? we will see.
So I've noticed in The Division 2 moving the camera with my mouse causes very noticeable stutter. See the video. I do a lap with my KB&M, then the character stops as I pick up my gamepad and repeat the lap.
You'll see with the gamepad there's no stutter.
I've tried changing polling rates, DPI and sensitivity.
I have mouse acceleration disabled in windows.
I have the mouse smoothing options in TD2 off.
Any ideas from here?
Is it anything to do with my cheap mouse? I don't see this issue listed in reviews, or online.
Playing with gamepad now as it's too much, but I'd much rather use KB&M. Cheers!
You'll see with the gamepad there's no stutter.
I've tried changing polling rates, DPI and sensitivity.
I have mouse acceleration disabled in windows.
I have the mouse smoothing options in TD2 off.
Any ideas from here?
Is it anything to do with my cheap mouse? I don't see this issue listed in reviews, or online.
Playing with gamepad now as it's too much, but I'd much rather use KB&M. Cheers!
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So, about Myst: Should I play through realMyst Masterpiece Edition or stick to the OG Myst (also ME)? (I have Myst ME through GOG, and I bought realMyst on Steam but might get a refund.)
Which is better?
Which is better?
Wasn't a recent Windows update supposed to be causing issues with mice in certain games? Maybe it's that.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windo...se-performance-in-certain-games.413820.0.html
It was already updated so if you haven't updated Windows in the past couple days, might be worth trying that.
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So Myst takes place over a series of screens. You click to go between screen and screen. The perspective is fixed, and you can just go from static screen to static screen. It was released in the mid-90s.
Myst Masterpiece edition is the updated port of Myst that improves the resolution and dithering, while keeping the same basic engine. It was released circa 2000. It's not really a huge upgrade. There's no reason to go back to OG Myst of course, but it's fine.
RealMyst turns the game into a full 3D game that you can freely walk through. In addition, it adds a new segment of game called Rime (sorry, I don't want to give any more details). It represents a fairly small amount of content, but not zero, and I think it's an improvement. It was released a little bit after Myst Masterpiece. It's a better version, but both performance and stability weren't great.
RealMyst Masterpiece Edition ports RealMyst, including Rime, to Unity. It upgrades the models and textures to match Myst's original art style a little better.
If you don't have any of the games and want to buy one, I'd buy RealMyst Masterpiece edition. I haven't played it myself, but it's considered pretty definitive. If you already own RealMyst, well, I'd play RealMyst rather than paying to upgrade. If you own just old-school Myst... honestly, it's a bit old at this point. Get one of the RealMyst variants.
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Watching this video, it's crazy that Valve has cancelled more than 30 games in the past 15 years.
Ayyy lmao. Just ship something
I find it funny that in an alternative universe, Arkane would have likely been bought out by Valve. Probably better than being forced by Bethesda to make some live service title.
Ayyy lmao. Just ship something
As long as it's not Artifact
I find it funny that in an alternative universe, Arkane would have likely been bought out by Valve. Probably better than being forced by Bethesda to make some live service title.
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I tried Steam Link Anywhere last night. I have 100/25 Mbps optic fiber connection and i tried to use Steam Link Anywhere on 25/5 Mbps ADSL connection but on 2.4GHz. And it works but with few issues. I can manage to keep input latency to 1ms or below but video latency is above 60ms. And you can play games but stutter is main issue. It happens every few seconds. But I think that things would be better with 5GHz connection.
Arkane has had an amazing run over the last few years. Under Valve they would have probably managed to publish a single game.... maybe.
Nah, if it was like separate studio inside Valve they would work independently so they would keep their own pace.
They'd maybe only release one game, but imagine the intricate and complex hats they'd have made.
Turtle Rock cites Valve Time as one of the reasons they went independent again. Not surprised that a parent company's culture would seep into their subsidiaries.
I don't know. They only had one self-published game and from 2011-2015 it took 4 years to develop Evolve under a publisher and the "totally not L4D" is also under WB.
I'm really bad at character action games but I'm enjoying V's extremely detailed smirking animations in Devil May Cry 5.
And god the song that plays during the last minute/credits of Hellblade is abysmal, goofy and so immersion breaking for a game that hasn't had modern sounding music to that point.
Most importantly, play Vampire the Masquerade for the retro you cowards
And god the song that plays during the last minute/credits of Hellblade is abysmal, goofy and so immersion breaking for a game that hasn't had modern sounding music to that point.
Most importantly, play Vampire the Masquerade for the retro you cowards
Yeah, I checked that page yesterday and it's already gone.So, has the possibility to link your Steam account to Epic been removed or am I missing something?
So, has the possibility to link your Steam account to Epic been removed or am I missing something?
I'm half expecting Sweeney to say that the past couple of days have been fake news and Epic has never supported account linking with Steam. :p
I'm giving Vampyr a whirl, since I never got round to it last year. It's really interesting, even if the combat is a little off. I've only just gotten to
I feel bad since I don't actually need the XP yet anyway, but after skipping the initial tutorial on "Embracing" I kind of needed to figure out the consequences myself.
Pembroke Hospital and I've already eaten one of the patients (not Clay Cox).
I feel bad since I don't actually need the XP yet anyway, but after skipping the initial tutorial on "Embracing" I kind of needed to figure out the consequences myself.
They're like kids. Too much proud to accept anything Valve is offering.
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