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tylerh1701 said:
I understand your frustrations about trophies. Vig made it sound like he's not going to even bother with Spelunky because it doesn't have a platinum, which makes no sense and is stupid. He clearly enjoys similar games and should definitely check it out.

I don't understand why you got to lump us all under one "All hail trophies" label when we all treat trophies differently. You should be more direct with your comments in the future. I actually agree with you on this one, but the way you worded it still made it sound like everyone who likes trophies is stupid and pissed me off.
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I did word it in a way that seemed to group everybody into the all-hail trophies category. That was poor wording. Also I don't mean to say anyone is stupid for having that all-in on trophies mindset. It's just not something I can comprehend. Just like I can't comprehend somebody loving lemon meringue pie. Ick.

 
There are a couple of things about Steam that makes achievements a bit more of a pain. The first is the whole trading cards thing; a lot of games give you trading cards for spending time in the game, up to a certain number of cards specified by the game itself. The cards can be used to craft badges and level up your Steam account. Alternatively you can sell them. I've always sold mine and I'm sure I passed $50 in card sales a while back. Not a bad feature to add to games people are going to buy anyway...but it does mean that time in game becomes inflated because people just idle in games (or use a program that simulates it) in order to get the cards. 

There's also the greenmangaming store. If you tie your Steam account to them, they give out timed rewards for getting achievements in certain games. For example if you get a specific achievement in BL2 within the next 3 days you'll get $.80, which you can then use to buy Steam games. I bought $120 worth of games at great sale prices with this approach...until I got banned from GMG for using a program to trigger Steam achievements.  :D/

Anyway...just pointing out that Steam achievements are fairly devalued because of some systems in place that make gaming them common and desirable. 

 
Vigilante said:
Just don't make it the tournament game unless we do Crunchewy's Daily Challenge idea, OK?
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I wouldn't win that trophy challenge. I'm doubting I'll ever get 100% at this point. It's hard as hell. But the DC challenge is awesome and we should do that! At some point, at least.

 
handsomepete said:
ding ding ding

whenever my 17 year old has friends (boys or girls) over they're all like 'what the fuck is that under the tv? xbox? does it have netflix?' even the self proclaimed 'gamer/nerd' boyfriend wasn't sure if it was a playstation/xbox/nintendo console (it's a ps3). I have to assume tyler is 200% correct.

edit - I did once get the 'I think my dad has one of those' comment.
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So who is worse, the drug dealer boyfriend or the gamer boyfriend who doesn't know what a ps3 looks like? I bet the drug dealer one could at least identify different drugs on sight.

 
In all seriousness, if all you had was the sniffles and a sore throat then whoever told you to go to the doctor is dumb. 

Allergies mess with me in the spring and the fall so I have to pay close attention to how bad I get.  If it turns into an infection I typically go to the doctor.  'Tis the curse of the Ohio Valley. 

 
black flag would be an awesome game if it wasn't for the stupid missions in between. someone really needs to rip this off for a real pirate game.

 
Last Tinker canceled for Xbox One due to low PS4 sales and a smaller install base:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/02/the-last-tinker-cancelled-for-xbox-one

What's interesting is that it was announced for Xbone before PS4, but somehow the PS4 version got out first, and now the Xbone version isn't coming out at all.

Always sad (to most people) when studios are struggling and have low sales, but The Last Tinker doesn't sound like it lived up to the potential it had.  Apparently they when the lazy route on the platforming (making it AC-like instead of normal 3D platforming) and I think $20 is asking a bit much for something like that in this day (though apparently it's on sale for $15 for PS+ which I had no idea, wonder if it's one of those "permanent" sales).

 
tylerh1701 said:
Last Tinker canceled for Xbox One due to low PS4 sales and a smaller install base:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/02/the-last-tinker-cancelled-for-xbox-one

What's interesting is that it was announced for Xbone before PS4, but somehow the PS4 version got out first, and now the Xbone version isn't coming out at all.

Always sad (to most people) when studios are struggling and have low sales, but The Last Tinker doesn't sound like it lived up to the potential it had. Apparently they when the lazy route on the platforming (making it AC-like instead of normal 3D platforming) and I think $20 is asking a bit much for something like that in this day (though apparently it's on sale for $15 for PS+ which I had no idea, wonder if it's one of those "permanent" sales).
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Blah Blah Blah Blah PS4 Exclusive! Wa Wa Wa Wah Wa. Yeah for exclusives! This has free plus game written all over it now.

 
Not to get all sentimental or anything, but i just want to thank everyone for the positive thoughts lately. I've been really down on my luck between being sick, missing a ton of school, and most likely losing my job soon unless certain things work out. This thread has been helping me try to stay positive through all of this. I really appreciate that.
 
let me reiterate this one more time.  nobody buy let's fish!  please, spend your money on anything else.  christ, even donate it.

now to start working on this let's fish platinum.  cuz i'm dope and do dope shit.

 
jkam said:
Blah Blah Blah Blah PS4 Exclusive! Wa Wa Wa Wah Wa. Yeah for exclusives! This has free plus game written all over it now.
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They'll pair it up with Knack for a really killer month. And that kind of slap isn't given by hand, just ask Tyler.

 
endergeek123 said:
Not to get all sentimental or anything, but i just want to thank everyone for the positive thoughts lately. I've been really down on my luck between being sick, missing a ton of school, and most likely losing my job soon unless certain things work out. This thread has been helping me try to stay positive through all of this. I really appreciate that.
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Look at this guy with his feelings. Get that shit outta this thread
 
there, that should be much less confusing now.  phew! 

my wife is definitely a hippie though even if she's loath to admit it sometimes. 

 
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I think it's really funny that normal conversation just continued through whatever the fuck tyler and I were just doing.  I don't know why frisky ever got annoyed with us.

 
PS4 Exclusives mentioned today if someone wants to start a master list:

Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Knack

The Last Tinker

Spreadsheet?

 
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handsomepete said:
I always launch a grenade near the first and second 'bubbles' and then hide until the fliers are close enough to get taken out with an emp or two. pick at the others while you're waiting and there's usually not too much left after that. the wave 2 bogey is awfully tame compared to the pair unfortunately - you can kind of run around the back corner concrete bumper on the higher tier and just pick at him as he flies up and comes down to melee over and over again.
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I wish the explosive grenades were sticky grenades or I had the option to manually detonate them early, easily by pressing in R3 and L3 like the det charges, part of the reason I never used them in the campaign is they are so bouncy that they never stop where I want them to stop. The only way I could ever use them was to slow down time and shoot them with my rifle, but even that isn't 100% reliable as there is enough spread on the shot than it can miss the grenade as it falls and once it gets behind an obstruction that's not an option..

 
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jkam said:
What's with these indie devs wanting to put their games out on such a failure of a console? First Shovel Knight (at least that's on the 3DS) and now this game. PS4, PS3, Vita. Done.
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In the post mortem from the shovel knight devs they said it's because there isn't much competition on the wiiu and 3ds stores and they have a much more likely chance of people on those consoles shelling out for a 15 dollar indie game rather than waiting for a sale or ps plus. I don't know if this actually makes up for the smaller user base, but that was their reasoning.
 
munkywawa said:
I think I've finally gotten it straight who's Tyler and who's Pete. Now if only I could find out who the fuck MildObstruction is...
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fun fact - I apparently have to contact cheapy to switch my username to my psn name since I used it for a temp account when I got rogue banned. otherwise I would've done it by now.
 
So what does Nintendo do next to not be a failure? Fusion...some sort of handheld\console hybrid and concentrate on 1 platform or just make the next console kick ass and powerful?

 
endergeek123 said:
In the post mortem from the shovel knight devs they said it's because there isn't much competition on the wiiu and 3ds stores and they have a much more likely chance of people on those consoles shelling out for a 15 dollar indie game rather than waiting for a sale or ps plus. I don't know if this actually makes up for the smaller user base, but that was their reasoning.
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With most games I'd agree but Shovel Knight had some really good buzz and I think that game sold via word of mouth more than anything. I can't imagine it not doing well on other superior platforms.

 
jkam said:
So what does Nintendo do next to not be a failure? Fusion...some sort of handheld\console hybrid and concentrate on 1 platform or just make the next console kick ass and powerful?
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Hard to say. Nintendo is the kind of company that will disappear in the blink of an eye, or come out with another fluke like the Wii and blindside everyone. As a company they have always been fairly secretive about what is really going on, and I believe they have some very strange policies in house of sort of ignoring failures and pretending it isn't happening until it is too late. Which is why every gamer paying attention has said a million things they should do fix things and they keep doing the opposite. I don't want to see them fail and I really hope that they can get in a better position, but if the next console doesn't have the power to get the third party devs back it will be another secondary console for most people. In my case I have my PS4 for everything I want to play and my WiiU for the occasional Nintendo exclusive that comes out.

 
Context: My last name is Pipp, and my friends and almost everybody have called me pipp throughout my whole life and to this day. So, hearing about that game is pretty amazing, and I need it to come out for sony..though I'll probably get the kids a wii u for xmas, so I'd get it anyways.
 
jkam said:
With most games I'd agree but Shovel Knight had some really good buzz and I think that game sold via word of mouth more than anything. I can't imagine it not doing well on other superior platforms.
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Oh for sure. Shovel Knight is fantastic and I would go as far as calling it one of my favorite games this year. It would have done great on any platform. It could be as simple as what the devs like though. I know Edmund is still fighting to get Isaac on a Nintendo console because Nintendo is so close to him, even though the game probably won't sell nearly as well as on Sony consoles and he probably doesn't need those Nintendo sales. Could be similar for the Shovel Knight devs. I'm hoping that they are at least considering it at this point

 
CrazyDiamond84 said:
You're not using excessive periods yet so no...and you're talking packers, so again, no.
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I THOUGHT my ears were ringing last night.

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