Literally dozens of Wii U sales will be lost thanks to this.
We're going to get Bayonetta on PC this way before Sega finally get around to porting them, aren't we?
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Literally dozens of Wii U sales will be lost thanks to this.
We're going to get Bayonetta on PC this way before Sega finally get around to porting them, aren't we?
More_Badass
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Here's a review/impressions of Subnautica I wrote a few months back. Game has gotten several major updates since then
In short: yes, it's totally worth it and it's my favorite in the genre. And that's coming from someone tired of the craft/survive/explore genre
I doubt anyone would disagree if you said the open world-crafting-survival genre has become over-saturated in recent years. From zombie-infested cities and frozen woodlands to apocalyptic wastelands and everything in between, we've built shelters, faced dangerous nights, and crafted gear across a plethora of locales and scenarios. Subnautica adds a new depth to the genre, quite literally, as you explore and survive in the sprawling depths of an alien ocean.
Subnautica's settings is easily its strongest element. There's a sense of wonder and mystery and beauty here that forest, cities, and other terrestrial places can't capture. Awakening in an escape pod after your larger spaceship crashes, you climb out and are welcomed with only an expanse of blue in all directions. The only way to survive is to plunge downwards into the aquatic landscape, catching sealife for food and gathering debris and materials to craft new gear and upgrades. What a world awaits you: kelp forests swaying in the current, bio-luminescent growths along the walls of dark deep caves, swarms of weird fish twisting through the water, coral tunnels and reefs, and more. But this beautiful environment is not void of danger.
Bone sharks swim among the kelp, the aggressive leviathan waits near the smoking crash site, and other aggressive lifeforms thrive throughout Subnautica's biomes. Luckily, with the right materials, you'll be well equipped to descend deeper and brave unexplored areas. Air tanks allow to stay underwater for longer, fins let you swim faster, knives and high-tech equipment like the stasis gun provide more effective means of defense. Lights, beacons, dive reels, air pipelines; the array of equipment to be constructed is varied and grows with each update.
It's an engaging cycle; new equipment allows you to explore more of the world (a reward by itself), thus acquiring new and better material and having access to better gear to explore deeper. In my opinion, the fact that every piece of equipment has a direct tangible effect, from faster movement or more air, makes crafting and collecting material more tolerable than in similar games. Once you're constructing bases on the sea floor or building submersibles, Subnautica really opens up, as you establish footholds in deeper terrain.
UnderWaterTree
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The Dear Leader
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The more progress this gets the more the loud the "just buy a fackin wii u" and "c&d when?!?" crowds get.
Are there really a "C&D when ?!?" crowd?
Because that is pretty dumb, emulators are completly legal to make.
Kurt Russell
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The Dear Leader
Banned
There's always a few that don't understand emulation, they think the only way to play emulated games is from downloading an iso illegally or something.
Just a little side note, that game does drop below 60fps (which it is also locked to) quite often when there is a bit of stuff going on. Just so people are aware of that.
And that was on my PC with a 970 and i7 4770K@4.3GHz.
Still a fun game, but the drops are annoying.
I think this only happens when you get hit and is deliberate. I saw a dev explaining that somewhere in the game's steam forums. Not sure if that is what you mean. I'm on an i5 4460, r9 280 and have noticed no slowdown other than that.
This is a board wherein people feel personally threatened when you say something negative about corporations they have no affiliation with. What do you think?
Bought instantly after your post. Thanks for the impressions! I was probably going to buy it anyway because I couldn't see it let go. The game just looks very cool and love its art style. And based on what I read, it really seems like something new and refreshing. Keeping an eye on Undertale too. Thanks for those impressions.
R3TRODYCE
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And just when I thought I was done buying things I see this...My wallet...
rainking187
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Is anyone else doing daily deals the way Ubisoft is?
The only thing I'm confused about here is how people without a Wii U expect to be able to dump Wii U games in the first place without owning one... unless that's not what's happening.
Suikoden Ii is on sale on PSN. If you have a Vita, do it! Even if just to make Arthea happy. 
LurkerPrime
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Suikoden Ii is on sale on PSN. If you have a Vita, do it! Even if just to make Arthea happy.
50% off is no 75% off.
PSPlus is such a downer. Every time I'm on PSN it's there explaining to me why I'm a second-class PSN user.
All hail Steam's "everyone is second class" mentality.
$5 for Suikoden II is still a great price.
Excuse me if this is considered common knowledge or off-topic, but how does one get oneself invited to the NeoGAF Steam group? My Steam ID is psn_tiemenmeijer and I'd like in.
I should really pull myself away from these sales though. ._. I've already bought more games than I'll play anytime soon and I just keep looking for more.
I should really pull myself away from these sales though. ._. I've already bought more games than I'll play anytime soon and I just keep looking for more.
The Dear Leader
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Just go buy whatever Wii U game you want and dump it on your PC. It just saves you the embarrassment and cost of buying an actual Wii U.
EDIT: Unless Wii U games use some proprietary format that can't be dumped, but that's unlikely.
AcademicSaucer
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I bet many things related to the Wii U OS are copyrighted.
LurkerPrime
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A link to your Steam page would be ideal. I'm guessing you're on this list somewhere, but your SteamID is nowhere to be found.
So, go to your profile preferences and set a custom ID for yourself, then link it here.
Steam > Profile > Edit Profile > Custom URL
Everyone should just put the link in your profile, it's easier that way.
Everyone should just put the link in your profile, it's easier that way.
It was actually in my profile, I just forgot that I added it
Nope, there's no Horizons as thing you can buy individually. They decided to attach Elite Dangerous to every Horizons purchase so if you buy Elite Dangerous now, your only option later on is to buy Elite Dangerous + Horizons as a bundle. They currently offer 25% discount on the bundle for users who own the original game but they emphasized that the promotion is for limited time only (effectively bringing the price down to a high price expansion level.. until the promotion runs out).
Bubbavelli
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I bought bulletstorm yesterday and its pretty good. Although, i probably shouldnt rotate it with Wolfenstein because the physical act of shooting just feels too good in The New Order. To the point where bulletstorm feels a lil off and the shooting kinda flat.
PS: whats everyone issue with gfwl?
PS: whats everyone issue with gfwl?
not a snarky comment, i generally wanna know. Sure its kinda annoying to log in twice but it seems to make some's blood boil
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The personal apology from Gaben made me so happy I'm going to see It's a Wonderful Life AGAIN!
Large Professor
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Suikoden Ii is on sale on PSN. If you have a Vita, do it! Even if just to make Arthea happy.
I need this game on steam (or ios/android).
The Dear Leader
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When GFWL breaks on you, you'll understand, it's about the most archaic, ass backwards client out there were the smallest thing can just totally screw everything up. GTAIV was a nightmare with GFWL.
Corvo Jensen
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then you are a good man
arts&crafts
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Is it region locked? I would love a copy for that price. I am in CAD.
LurkerPrime
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Ok, invites away.
To get a game running--I think it was Dark Souls 1--I had to uninstall the version of GFWL that came with the game and install one that I had sitting on my hardrive from some time ago. Finding the newest version on their website was, a) impossible; and b) didn't work, either.
GFWL: not even once.
eot
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Launch CS, go into a server, bring up the console, type "status" then find your nick in the list it outputs
I would imagine most are asleep, bigz.
Although Jase is up pretty late, usually.Hero Prinny
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gaf help, I can't complete my purchase on steam with paypal, everytime i get to the paypal part and try to confirm the purchase it crashes the tab (and all other steam tabs i got open too)
Nope. Australia is ROW.
Funkyhamster
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Not sure if this is off-topic, but I got Arkham Knight for free back in July, and I just noticed that all of the Arkham games got added to my Steam library. Apparently WB said they would add them at some point in December, but I had no idea until the games popped up in my library. Did they just get added for everyone, or have they been there for a while? I searched and didn't see any threads about it.
Damn, that's $20 at my store. I guess I should look for a copy.
arts&crafts
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Earlier this month.
Still annoyed they didn't add them as gift-able copies that I could give to friends, since I already had all the Arkham Games on steam thanks to them being bundled dirt cheap several times.
LurkerPrime
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It was part of their "sorry BAK's port is hot garbage" compensation/response thing. IIRC they decided this after the effort to fix the port was abandoned some months ago.
So people have known for a while... but, like... if you preordered BAK/owned BAK that early, you probably had all of them to begin with, so for a lot of people it was an empty gesture. I, for instance, got Batman Arkham: Blackgate for free--that's it.
So, yeah. People knew, it's just... not much of an event. Like everything revolving around Batman: Arkham Knight.
Corvo Jensen
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yea it was a while back, nice surprise for me
dave is ok
aztek is ok
The fact that the others have been bundled or dirt cheap before is what's keeping me from buying Arkham Knight (as well as the shitty port)
uncredited male
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One more card needed for the holiday badge. I think I will just sell them though. That is over $1.60. Bank.
Well gwfl was going to be shut down some time ago but it never happened. Once it is shut down however, Bulletstorm won't run, even in single player mode. So that's the biggest problem.
Jaded Alyx
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At least a couple weeks or so.
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