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PC Gaming ERA | December 2019 - A Monument To All Your Sins
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Ah that explains it, I thought Sweeney had said something outrageous again.
Maybe that modular downloads thing Sony's pushing with PS5 will finally set developers on the right track and this will become standardized.
Maybe.
Shame the thread will be the usual regulars when the giveaway ends
Maybe JaseC can help me here but if I remember correctly Steam had that option open to developers for years and almost nobody used it.
A Mortal Kombat used it, it was shit.
The Valve implementation is quite shitty too, so it would need to be heavily improved.
It sounds like it needs a bit of work which is fine. Prob not a day 1 Gamepass download though
If you have some elements from a pack, steam makes it cheaper, but I think you dont't get the full discount compared to buying everything using the bundle.
That bundle discount does not work with every bundle, I guess that's why he's asking.
It was MKX that attempted to use it and yes, it was a complete shit-show.
Mind you, MKX was a complete shit-show even if we ignored the issues with downloading it, so I wouldn't draw too many conclusions about the viability of modular downloads from that experience.
Is this true though? For example, DS3 bundle with dlcs costs the same even if you have the main game or one of the dlcs. I've noticed the same with a few other publishers, but can't remember them now.
Didn't MK used it for play while you are downloading it? I am talking about option to pick what to download. Few games on Steam are using it for various localization files for example.
Right, Infinite is next year. This is all still so weird- a major release tied to the next generation console launch just being on steam like nbd.
Y'know, I was against The Bureau: XCOM Declassified when it was first announced, but honestly? It's an OK cover-shooter with a really interesting story. After its torturous development, it's kinda amazing that it ended up as good as it is.
My initial hatred of its existence was reactive and embarassing. It is a good reminder (to me, at least) of the dangers of fandom.
My initial hatred of its existence was reactive and embarassing. It is a good reminder (to me, at least) of the dangers of fandom.
Yeah, language options are there in the settings for games.
COD has it already (you have a different app for SP and for MP). You just need to remember to allow Steam to download while you are playing (off by default).
'Tis the nature of the beast, I'm afraid.
I'm wondering, how many people here took advantage of BF deals to stack up on Gamepass time?
I managed to grab a $37 XB Gold sub that I converted into 15 months of GP Ultimate.
After looking at the recent Autumn seals and how much I would be spending otherwise I've concluded that this was probably the best deal I've found in ages.
Oh, in the cases I've encountered got a discount (a Dishonored 2 bundle and a Danganronpa bundle are the ones I remember getting lately).
Guess there's the option of refunding the individual game and getting the bundle if you change your mind before starting to play then.
throwing our hopes and dreams away at the altar of Giftbot is a sacrifice we all must make.
The Bureau would be a legit good / great game if managing your allies didn't feel so useless a lot of the time. Half the challenge was in babysitting them. Well, and it probably needed a bit more variety toward the end of the game.
I feel like we've seen so many attempts at the "party members in real time" stuff that just fizzles out. Really want someone to nail it someday. They go too far into dumb weaklings or invincible NPC territories.
I feel like we've seen so many attempts at the "party members in real time" stuff that just fizzles out. Really want someone to nail it someday. They go too far into dumb weaklings or invincible NPC territories.
Right now, the MCC package is not a bundle that gets cheaper once you get a game that is part of it(those bundles work by having a discount over the combined value of the items in the package and there is no discount over the total value of the games right now). But that might change once all the other games get a price, as currently only Reach has it.
It's like whenever any restaurant does a free promo, lines for days
I mean if you want to get your own thread to page 1, you could just do a giveaway with these strange settings.
Yeah, for sure. The squaddies need to be autonomous but also tactically significant, so that you aren't managing them every second, but when you do it makes a difference. A lot of The Bureau (and other cover-based shooters with squads) boils down to either micromanaging them so they survive, or using them as meat shields to cover you. You never feel like a team the way you should.
The only game I can think of that did it well (and it wasn't even a shooter) is Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It sorta pokemonified them, by making training a big factor of their effectiveness. Really smart game.
Thanks for linking this! As a huge fan of XCOM, very curious to know how this pans out. Saved the link to watch after work :)
I'm happy to report that Reach MP feels way better than in the Beta flights. Playing on European servers makes a huge difference in responsiveness.
Infinite & Black Ops 3 are single app and decission on done by DLC (like MKX, but everything is on by default).
My suggestion is to just get https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12695/Grim_Dawn_Definitive_Edition/
Instead of Halo, way better
Instead of Halo, way better
Exploiting the Alienware PC Gamepass giveaway is still the best. You could get 3 years of PC gamepass for free. Then use $1 if you need GPU to convert it to that.
Thanks for the info, makes sense since the other games don't have a price tag. If all of them will have the same price the pack is a good deal though (as if getting all thos Halo isn't good enough :P).
I really want one of these games to actually nail that balance, but it does seem like a really difficult task. Designing a good user interface is probably a big part of it. Maybe with good voice commands (or possibly something like hand signals in VR, though I think that's still a ways off), you could have a better system that doesn't require you to navigate menus to issue orders.
The Bureau seemed okay, but I lost interest after a while and never finished it. It definitely wasn't terrible as terrible as it's reputation would make you believe, but it just isn't good enough to be worth a strong recommendation.
Price is gonna be 10$ for each game (and 5 for ODST). MCC is gonna stay the same price (so basically you get a "free" game by buying it all at once).
Game would probably be better if they went with original idea (FPS) or with going with TPS without tactical gameplay. Game had interesting lore and story but gameplay wasn't there.
Well just main menu halo theme is better than all of half life franchise so I guess you are right.
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