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It's referring more to games like Gone Home, where you walk around an area and look at various things, items, scenery etc, and get told a story through environmental interactions. I love them, but they're not exactly known for deep gameplay mechanics.

Blood Ties is far closer to something like Gone Home then the rest of ROTR, so if you were looking for more ROTR, it's not surprising that it didn't meet your expectations.
Indeed. I am totally fine with diversity though. It's just not work for me in RoTR case, sadly.
 

dex3108

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My prediction for RDR2 PC is April announcement, September release. Add possible delay to 2020. And then E3 announcement as launch title for next-gen consoles in 2020.
 

Lashley

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My prediction for RDR2 PC is April announcement, September release. Add possible delay to 2020. And then E3 announcement as launch title for next-gen consoles in 2020.
Isn't MS doing away with console generations? So the xbox one X release would theoretically work on xbox scarlet or whatever
 

Mivey

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My prediction for RDR2 PC is April announcement, September release. Add possible delay to 2020. And then E3 announcement as launch title for next-gen consoles in 2020.
That would match their behaviour for GTA V, which was released in April 2015, when it launched on November 2014 on PS4/XboxOne.
 

Knurek

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My prediction for RDR2 PC is April announcement, September release. Add possible delay to 2020. And then E3 announcement as launch title for next-gen consoles in 2020.
No, no, fam.
It will surely release on PC after the next-gen version.
Rockstar would love you all to triple-dip.
The real question though - will there even be a Steam version this time?
 

UltraJay

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If you're not a story-only guy, then yeah, you won't like Blood Ties. It's basically a walking simulator.

As someone who loves walking simulators, I loved it, and it's probably the only thing of any value in the entire rebooted trilogy.
Weren't there puzzles and stuff to unlock too?

I actually didn't know that the Blood Ties DLC also could be launched in VR. It gets many things right, including allowing you to use full locomotion and putting the flashlight in one of your hands. Interacting with stuff isn't as direct as just picking stuff up, more like Skyrim VR and Fallout VR where you just point at stuff, but that is understandable with a normal game ported to VR. The menu is ginourmous and it was actually kinda cool seeing the map so big, but looking at (especially rotating) artifacts could have been better. The rotation is wonky on the trackpads but I mainly just wanted to take them into my hand to check them out up close. I guess the whole "rotate to discover hidden thing on the opposite side" wasn't a thing they could feasibly port to motion controllers. I still would have liked it as an option just for viewing.
 

SunDimension24

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Oct 27, 2017
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Isn't MS doing away with console generations? So the xbox one X release would theoretically work on xbox scarlet or whatever
Yeah I wonder about that as well. Microsoft and Sony would be crazy to cut backwards compatibility with the growth of digital and trying to keep people in their ecosystems (Though time will tell) So i wonder when next gen consoles come out, will you be able to use the PS4/XB1 disk in the systems and it will unlock 4K textures, special graphical settings and framerate options that are pushed through a patch. Then they will release a special PS5/XB2 version in stores that will have all that stuff on the disk already and a bunch of online cash for RDR2 online and special costumes to get people to buy the disk version again until they slowly faze out the PS4/XB1 version and just have the PS5/XB2 version and has a "Works on PS4/XB1 as well" Blurb on the bottom.
 

dex3108

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Isn't MS doing away with console generations? So the xbox one X release would theoretically work on xbox scarlet or whatever

R* will find way to earn more money even with backwards compatibility.

No, no, fam.
It will surely release on PC after the next-gen version.
Rockstar would love you all to triple-dip.
The real question though - will there even be a Steam version this time?

They won't wait that long and they always can find the way to sell game to console users.
 
Oct 26, 2017
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https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/9pqmy6/red_dead_redemption_2_coming_to_pc_in_2019/

Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC in 2019, according to retailer

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Why would retailers get info this far out though?
I mean, russian retailers knew about this since the last E3, so
 

TheLetdown

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The first pasta-worthy Era post? From the CSGO pro caught cheating thread.

We have put these people on pedastals, have expected them to perform superhuman feats time and time again. At some point, this is what they must do to survive. This is our doing. Blood is on our hands.

This is why companies have transitioned from cheats and instead offer microtransactions—you can still cheat, but at a cost. They are just trying to teach us real world lessons. Yet gamers still want to live in fantasy land where you should be able to cheat whenever you want just because.

Next time a big developer does something you don't like, take a deep breath and shut up. They are doing it for your own good. Be thankful.

Thank you. Ubisoft. Thank you, EA. Thank you, Warner Bros. Rockstar, please follow their example—the world is watching, and we still have a lot to learn.
 

Teeth

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I have to wonder how Steam's DAU numbers would be if Valve wouldn't count all the pirate shared accounts.
On Polish version of Ebay searching for Cuphead (sorry Teeth ) results in shitton of listings offering access to a shared Steam account with the game - starting from €0.8.
One of the listings even offers to add the game to your account, provided you send the seller your Steam login and password and disable Steam Guard (lol).

Meh, if we worried about stuff like that, we sure wouldn't have released a DRM free version on GoG.

It's not that I want or am cool with people profiting off of shared or pirated versions, but at this point, the downsides of doing something about it far outweigh the positives.
 

GuitarGuruu

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Oct 26, 2017
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Woo just saw .Hack GU was on sale for a pretty good price and I'm in. Loved the original trilogy but never played these ones.
 

dex3108

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I am close to 52 games done but i still have one thing that i am not sure what to do about. This year i finished Hearts of Stone DLC for W3 and The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC for AC Origins. They were both took me 10+h to finish but they are DLCs. I finished games like Last Day of June or Little Nightmares that both combined take less time to finish that each of those DLCs. So i don;t know should i counted them as +1 game finished or not :/
 

1-D_FE

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Oct 27, 2017
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My prediction for RDR2 PC is April announcement, September release. Add possible delay to 2020. And then E3 announcement as launch title for next-gen consoles in 2020.

I mean, if Sony surprise launched the PS5 in 2019, then absolutely 2020 is earliest. And I suspect if XBox 4 launched in 2020, PC would then get pushed to 2021. Rockstar has clearly established patterns we're working with here.
 

The Cellar Letters

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Got $2 buckaroos for that TF2 thing, thanks!
I didn't get a notification that it was in my inventory which is kinda weird. It just appeared.
 

.exe

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Oct 25, 2017
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I just have to idle TF2 and get items? Actually I may actually play a few rounds it has been about a decade since I played.

Also, hot take, TF2 > Overwatch.

Not even idling, just booting it up nets you the items. May take a few logins.

And I would tend to agree with that hot take. Used to almost exclusively play medic and there's still nothing as satisfying as a well-timed ubercharge.
 

arts&crafts

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Oct 25, 2017
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Not even idling, just booting it up nets you the items. May take a few logins.

And I would tend to agree with that hot take. Used to almost exclusively play medic and there's still nothing as satisfying as a good ubercharge.

Yea I would also medic, something satisfying about playing "support" in competitive games. I would always play medic in BF too. Anyways, installing now. I see the boxes are already down to $1.70 cad! gotta get on it quick.

Edit. It is mind blowing how much money valve makes for themselves by doing nothing. Give everyone free virtual item and then everyone sells said free virtual item valve get $0.30. Multiply this by the 5,000,000 people I gave the item too lets say and they just made $1.5M! It is truly brilliant.
 
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The Cellar Letters

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If you're into spooky things, keep an eye on Visage. It takes admitted inspiration from P.T., RE7 and Amnesia but the first early access chapter is genuinly promising and showcases how the game can hopefully keep shaping its twisted identity even further.

Gameplay isn't much more complicated than having the patience to roam around the house discovering items, light puzzles and keeping your (in-game) sanity straight. Sounds standard and familiar but Visage excels in the scary atmosphere it builds, locks you in and maintains it. Sound design is disturbing and subtle, the house keeps morphing ever so slightly and you'll be seeing things...maybe purposely or because of your own mind. There's this trust to let your imagination play tricks on you without heavyhanded loud noises or sudden jumps.

The sanity mechanic, essentially your health, to avoid darkness isn't too obnoxious to completely distract you from the main objective of exploration. You absolutely need to search your surroundings for keys and such and to become aware of certain mechanics or options - while there isn't direct hand holding, a path and a story do exist. It's certainly not an pointless haunted house.

Finally the game is running on UE4 so the visuals sell the scary setup even further. Not to mention the planned VR support.

On a scale from 1 to PT how scary is it? It looks really cool
 

Madjoki

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Edit. It is mind blowing how much money valve makes for themselves by doing nothing. Give everyone free virtual item and then everyone sells said free virtual item valve get $0.30. Multiply this by the 5,000,000 people I gave the item too lets say and they just made $1.5M! It is truly brilliant.

And you need $2.5 key to actually open the item :P
 

UltraJay

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Oct 25, 2017
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Australia
I can't see to play the Halloween pack in Hitman. I have episode 2 that was released for free a while back but when I try to click on the icon for the Halloween pack in the in-game store it just brings up the DLC list with those 3 items (2 of them unpurchaseable).

I'm about to early charge my Humble monthly to get all the episodes then buy the GOTY bundle to pick up the last pieces of extra content and THEN see if it works.

It just seems like it is expecting it to show up in the DLC list but NONE of the individual episodes do, you can't buy them separately anymore.
 

Unseen

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Regarding Visage.

Yeah for a single, reasonably paced chapter I think it can certainly get up there similar to P.T. It's neat! There are total four chapters planned for the full release, so hopefully in due time the price will feel bit more reasonable.

Admittedly the inventory management is clunky clumsy. FreezePeach is correct there's a long way to a fully fleshed product.
 

The Cellar Letters

lmayo
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Oct 25, 2017
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Regarding Visage.

Yeah for a single, reasonably paced chapter I think it can certainly get up there similar to P.T. It's neat! There are total four chapters planned for the full release, so hopefully in due time the price will feel bit more reasonable.

Admittedly the inventory management is clunky clumsy. FreezePeach is correct there's a long way to a fully fleshed product.
Okay I'm prob gonna snatch it. I imagine the price will go up at some point in the future. Plus, Haunting of Hill House has put me in the mood for some spooky ghost shenanigans.
 

matimeo

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I am close to 52 games done but i still have one thing that i am not sure what to do about. This year i finished Hearts of Stone DLC for W3 and The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC for AC Origins. They were both took me 10+h to finish but they are DLCs. I finished games like Last Day of June or Little Nightmares that both combined take less time to finish that each of those DLCs. So i don;t know should i counted them as +1 game finished or not :/

I sort of like the idea of counting DLC as it's own thing if it's longer than one or two hours. I beat Horizon 3 back when it first launched and waited to get my gaming laptop to try it on PC and currently I'm playing thru the hot wheels expansion. Might give me motivation to go back and tackle dlc from past games I really enjoyed.
 

1-D_FE

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Oct 27, 2017
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Bleh. I thought you were guaranteed to get something decent from TF2. The case I got was the war paint thing and definitely not worth the hassle over a couple cents.
 
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