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Steam Weekly Top Ten March 7th 2016
These are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
1.Tom Clancy's The Division
2.Stardew Valley
3.Far Cry Primal
4.Fallout 4 Season Pass
5.Far Cry Primal
6.Rise of the Tomb Raider
7.Factorio
8.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.SUPERHOT
10.The Culling
Steam Weekly Top Ten February 19th 2016 - 02/29/2016 09:48 AM
Alrighty, a new week. Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve: 1.Fallout 4 Season Pass2.Tom Clancy's The Division3.XCOM 24.DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition5.Count...
Steam Weekly Top Ten February 23 2016 - 02/23/2016 10:18 AM
These are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve, look what's at the top again: 1.Fallout 4 Season Pass2.Tom Clancy's The Division3.XCOM 24.DARK SOULS III Deluxe Editi...
Steam Weekly Top Ten February 15 2016 - 02/15/2016 10:17 AM
A new week, a new list. XCOM2 is on top, and it seems GTA5 is making a come-back. Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve: 1.XCOM 22.Grand Theft Auto V3.Firewat...
Steam Weekly Top Ten February 9th 2016 - 02/09/2016 10:32 AM
This is the top ten for this week, XCOM 2 anyone ? Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve: 1.XCOM 22.XCOM 2: Pre-Order3.XCOM 2: Digital Deluxe Pre-Order4.Ameri...
Steam Weekly Top Ten Ferbruary 1st 2016 - 02/01/2016 10:37 AM
A new week, a new list - these are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve: 1.Tom Clancy's The Division2.Rise of the Tomb Raider3.The Witness4.Rise of the Tomb Raider ...
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#5240997 Posted on: 03/07/2016 12:20 PM
Brilliant to see Factorio in the top ten, bought the game way back before it hit Steam and have been following it's progress ever since, great wee game.
Brilliant to see Factorio in the top ten, bought the game way back before it hit Steam and have been following it's progress ever since, great wee game.
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#5240998 Posted on: 03/07/2016 12:23 PM
1.Tom Clancy's The Division
2.Stardew Valley
3.Far Cry Primal
4.Fallout 4 Season Pass
5.Far Cry Primal
6.Rise of the Tomb Raider
7.Factorio
8.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.SUPERHOT
10.The Culling
Saved everyone a click.
Not sure if I am surprised The Division is number one or not. It seemed like such a vapid experience in the beta. Get behind cover, throw a few grenades, time your fire bursts, move onwards to the next cover-point and repeat until everyone is dead. I think we've all done that enough in video games over the last 20 years, and this game offers nothing new.
Maybe I need to understand why this style of repeatable gameplay is desirable and popular.
Some people are easily entertained. Nothing wrong with that.
1.Tom Clancy's The Division
2.Stardew Valley
3.Far Cry Primal
4.Fallout 4 Season Pass
5.Far Cry Primal
6.Rise of the Tomb Raider
7.Factorio
8.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.SUPERHOT
10.The Culling
Saved everyone a click.
Not sure if I am surprised The Division is number one or not. It seemed like such a vapid experience in the beta. Get behind cover, throw a few grenades, time your fire bursts, move onwards to the next cover-point and repeat until everyone is dead. I think we've all done that enough in video games over the last 20 years, and this game offers nothing new.
Maybe I need to understand why this style of repeatable gameplay is desirable and popular.
Some people are easily entertained. Nothing wrong with that.
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#5241002 Posted on: 03/07/2016 12:38 PM
SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT . . . .
Ohh man it's ingrained in my brain.
SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT . . . .
Ohh man it's ingrained in my brain.
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#5241040 Posted on: 03/07/2016 02:38 PM
Just that it's the lowest common denominator of gaming, which refuses to innovate.
When the setting/environment of a game could be interchangeable with any other without affecting the game mechanics, the mechanics become meaningless and inconsequential.
So, you could change New York, to Paris, or Moscow, or Mars, or Pluto and the game would be exactly the same, just perhaps that your character would wear different clothes.
I'll go farther and say you could change the time also, so it could be Victorian England, Medieval Europe, Futuristic Australia.
And now let's go sci-fi and have it set in a world where robotic dinosaurs rule the planet, or dystopian future where genetically engineered humans have infected everyone but them.
All of the above, and yet there I am, hiding behind cover and throwing grenades and timing shots for when other characters or players pop their heads up behind cover and I hit the trigger button.
It's vapid gameplay mechanics, no matter how one chooses to dress it up - and by appealing to the lowest common denominator of tastes, you avoid and sidestep any chance of innovation.
Games by committee and spreadsheets calculate nothing but themselves.
Some people are easily entertained. Nothing wrong with that.
Just that it's the lowest common denominator of gaming, which refuses to innovate.
When the setting/environment of a game could be interchangeable with any other without affecting the game mechanics, the mechanics become meaningless and inconsequential.
So, you could change New York, to Paris, or Moscow, or Mars, or Pluto and the game would be exactly the same, just perhaps that your character would wear different clothes.
I'll go farther and say you could change the time also, so it could be Victorian England, Medieval Europe, Futuristic Australia.
And now let's go sci-fi and have it set in a world where robotic dinosaurs rule the planet, or dystopian future where genetically engineered humans have infected everyone but them.
All of the above, and yet there I am, hiding behind cover and throwing grenades and timing shots for when other characters or players pop their heads up behind cover and I hit the trigger button.
It's vapid gameplay mechanics, no matter how one chooses to dress it up - and by appealing to the lowest common denominator of tastes, you avoid and sidestep any chance of innovation.
Games by committee and spreadsheets calculate nothing but themselves.
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1.Tom Clancy's The Division
2.Stardew Valley
3.Far Cry Primal
4.Fallout 4 Season Pass
5.Far Cry Primal
6.Rise of the Tomb Raider
7.Factorio
8.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.SUPERHOT
10.The Culling
Saved everyone a click.
Not sure if I am surprised The Division is number one or not. It seemed like such a vapid experience in the beta. Get behind cover, throw a few grenades, time your fire bursts, move onwards to the next cover-point and repeat until everyone is dead. I think we've all done that enough in video games over the last 20 years, and this game offers nothing new.
Maybe I need to understand why this style of repeatable gameplay is desirable and popular.