STEAM!

[Bendu]

My new toys arrived.

 

 

The Steam controller is really something you need getting used to it.

[Keyrock]

I posted pictures of mine in the hardware section, I'll link to the post here. 

[Keyrock]

Wow, I didn't expect the Steam Controller to work this well as a mouse. I mean, it's not as comfortable as my trackball for getting around my desktop, but it's shockingly competent.  The haptic feedback is really neat.  It's subtle, it kinda hard to describe, but it feels "right", for lack of a better word.

 

Edit:  I just tried the controller in Wasteland 2 a game that does not have an already existing official Steam Controller setup and made one myself .  it was easy and intuitive and the controller config is really robust, quite impressive.  I made a scheme that works pretty well for me and uploaded it to public space.  If you want to check it out, it's called "Wasteland 2 - Keyrock 1".  I'll tinker with it some more in the future.

 

Edit 2: Tried it in Q.U.B.E., a first person puzzle game.  I can get a decent setup, one I could live with if mice and keyboards didn't exist, but no way can I see this controller replacing m&kb for FPS.  Th config utility for the controller is really great and you can dial that trackpad in pretty well, but it's never going to be as precise as a mouse, that's just not happening.  Any isometric game, on the other hand, I can see this controller working great, especially one that's turn-based or one that you can pause.  I'm not sure how well it would perform under the time pressure of RTS, but I don't play RTS anyway, so I won't be the one to test that theory.  But games like Civ, Age of Wonders, RTwP RPGs, turn-based RPGs, I think this controller will work really well with those.  I played Wasteland 2 with the controller, using it like m&kb, not using the xbox controller setting for it, and after a bit of getting used to the controller (it didn't take long), I was quite comfortable with it and honestly didn't miss m&kb very much.  

Edited October 16, 2015 by Keyrock

[HoonDing]

Bought Sacred 3 with money from selling those stupid badges.

 

Thx Gaben

[Oerwinde]

Bought Sacred 3 with money from selling those stupid badges.

 

Thx Gaben

At 10 cents each I never get enough to buy anything.

[Bendu]

Edit:  I just tried the controller in Wasteland 2 a game that does not have an already existing official Steam Controller setup and made one myself .  it was easy and intuitive and the controller config is really robust, quite impressive.  I made a scheme that works pretty well for me and uploaded it to public space.  If you want to check it out, it's called "Wasteland 2 - Keyrock 1".  I'll tinker with it some more in the future.

Thanks for that! Gonna check it out.

[Keyrock]

 

Edit:  I just tried the controller in Wasteland 2 a game that does not have an already existing official Steam Controller setup and made one myself .  it was easy and intuitive and the controller config is really robust, quite impressive.  I made a scheme that works pretty well for me and uploaded it to public space.  If you want to check it out, it's called "Wasteland 2 - Keyrock 1".  I'll tinker with it some more in the future.

Thanks for that! Gonna check it out.

 

I've tweaked it a bit since first uploading it (it's still called the same name).  I basically have all the stuff I commonly use with the exception of the hotkeys to select each individual character and the hotkeys to use items; there just aren't enough buttons on the controller to map F1-F7 and number keys 1-0 and do all other basic functions.  Pretty much everything else I use is there, though:  Mouse movement, left and right click, camera zoom, camera rotate, camera pan, stand, crouch, reload, swap weapon, select group/deselect group, char sheet, log book, map, escape, and enter.  I'll likely mess with it some more, maybe adjust the sensitivity of the "mouse" movement a bit.

[Rosbjerg]

So, I gotta admit I'm kinda impressed by the new Steam sale, using a choose-your-own-adventure to apply filter bubbles to their ever increasing game library is quite ingenious. Making a sales platform and user interface into a game is an interesting idea.

[melkathi]

I liked it as well. They put some effort into it once more.

[Cyseal]

Bought Sacred 3 with money from selling those stupid badges.

 

Thx Gaben

How do you like S3? I see it has the worst score on Steam.

[Keyrock]

So, I gotta admit I'm kinda impressed by the new Steam sale, using a choose-your-own-adventure to apply filter bubbles to their ever increasing game library is quite ingenious. Making a sales platform and user interface into a game is an interesting idea.

It is pretty neat. 

[Nordicus]

Decided to post here because this is not exactly gaming news.

 

Apparently throughout this spring, Titan Quest has gradually been heavily patched. Multiplayer, compatibility, Steam workshop support, optimization, old bugs previously left to fanpatches to fix, and there even are quality of life improvements, and even game balance changes! The patch notes even tell why a working skill was changed

 

Calculated Strike:

+ Empowered arrows pierce through all targets

 

Calculated Strike - Lucky Hit:

- Activation chance increased to 44%

- Physical Damage increased by 100% and does an extra 6 per level

- Pierce Damage modifier increased by 20% per level

- Now does 100% increased Bleeding Damage and over 3 seconds

|Lucky Hit was very weak considering that only one effect may or may not activate on every 4th hit. The piercing arrow is an

|added boon to make bows a little more useful to classes other than Hunters, which may become a theme with other LMB skills.

Edited June 5, 2016 by Nordicus

[Rosbjerg]

Interesting, might be time to boot that old gem up again.

[Nordicus]

Probably not gonna spend much money this sale aside from buying copies of multiplayer games for my friends so my old MMO group can have something to play together

[Bartimaeus]

I still hate this newer format of Steam Sale...

[Oerwinde]

I still hate this newer format of Steam Sale...

 

Refunds killed the old style. Though they could meet halfway

[apolloooo]

i miss flash sales already :<

[Oerwinde]

Yeah, they could still do that, just do it for games that don't have a discount. People aren't likely to buy games without a discount during a major sale, so if they limit some titles to an 8 hour period of sale price that would be fine.

[Rosbjerg]

I still hate this newer format of Steam Sale...

 

What do youmean- the thematic style?

[Labadal]

Probably that there are no dailies and such.

[Vaeliorin]

Personally, while I enjoyed getting extra discounts from a flash sale, I hated having to check Steam every 8 hours to see what they were (and possibly needing to play a demo to see if something was worth buying) more.

 

Not that I've bought anything in this sale, though I've got my eye on Dark Souls II and Dragon's Dogma.

[Oner]

Bought Wolfenstein: The New Order. Then promptly asked for a refund. Can't install it because of region locking. >.>

[redneckdevil]

Bought witcher 3 and the expansion pass for 40 some dollars. Went with the bundle and since I already had the first 2, it gave me just the 3rd one at an even cheaper discount. Also a shooter game on my lunch break, super cheap and reminded me of old school doom. Something black edition

[marelooke]

Bought witcher 3 and the expansion pass for 40 some dollars. Went with the bundle and since I already had the first 2, it gave me just the 3rd one at an even cheaper discount. Also a shooter game on my lunch break, super cheap and reminded me of old school doom. Something black edition

 

Painkiller Black Edition I'll wager.

 

Been wondering if a 50% discount is enough to grab Fallout 4 and how well integrated the DLC are, if they' re not very I might just grab the base game, if they are then I" ll hold off until a sale on the "GOTY edition" probably...

[redneckdevil]

 

 

Bought witcher 3 and the expansion pass for 40 some dollars. Went with the bundle and since I already had the first 2, it gave me just the 3rd one at an even cheaper discount. Also a shooter game on my lunch break, super cheap and reminded me of old school doom. Something black edition

Painkiller Black Edition I'll wager.

 

Been wondering if a 50% discount is enough to grab Fallout 4 and how well integrated the DLC are, if they' re not very I might just grab the base game, if they are then I" ll hold off until a sale on the "GOTY edition" probably...

Yes that's the one! Hopefully it's fun, it looks it.

 

Some advice. If ur going into fallout 4 for rpg, then just go with base game right now or save ur money and don't buy. If ur going into fallout 4 for minecraftyness, then get all the dlc.