GodisaGeek: "The most exciting thing is, there’s no need to wait until later in the year to own a Steam Box; there are a few options available right now."
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
Definition of a SteamBox:
Non PC Gamer Definition = an easy way for a PC illiterate individual or Non PC Savvy person to get into PC Gaming that's familiar to the ease of use of a console.
PC Gamer Definition = a way to FINALLY rid ourselves of that Evil Entity Know as Microsoft from OUR PC Gaming Way of Life....Long Live Valve, Long Live Valve, Long Live Valve!
I really enjoyed Windows XP and I Love Windows 7 but I want NO part of Xbox Live or Microsoft charging me $$$$$ to download DirectX or having DirectX updates exclusive to future Windows OS!
They can Kiss my asterisk!
Gabe Newell and Valve has once again done the impossible and pushed PC Gaming to unbelievable creativity and Freedom.
Microsoft upon release of the Steambox is COMPLETELY relieved of it's PC Gaming duties and any control that Microsoft THOUGHT they had on PC Gaming will be DEAD.
PC Gamers...we have a Voice and we are FREE of control from any ONE corporation!
For those who don't understand......
Many Games run on DirectX which is owned by MS. OpenGL is the same thing as DirectX but it's a NON-Profit program. DirectX only comes with windows and MS has already done the Greedy thing of tying in new DX versions with New OS...example DX10 only worked on Vista although it was clear that DX10 could work on XP
MS has done this AGAIN with DX11 only on Win7 and DX11.1 only on Win8 and soon many have predicted that MS would just charge gamers $$$$$ for DirectX straight out!
Steambox eliminates Microsoft altogether. Valve/Linux and their Geniuses have made a program that takes a DirectX game and wraps it all up in Linux and allows a DirectX game to run on a NON WINDOWS machine with the same and or better performance than a Windows machine!
Now Microosft has NO bearing on PC Gaming anymore and if MS wants to charge Developers to use DirectX well I'm sure they will all QUICKLY switch to OpenGL which a lot are doing anyway thanks in part to Nvidia and AMD!
For me and millions of other PC Gamers this a GREAT Thing and I'm sure Valve or Linux will allow regular PC's to get a hold of that wonderful program thus allowing PC's to be free of MS too. (I already have Windows and OSX on my PC and some have Linux as well as Windows and OSX)
I just really want to be able to play PC Games with NO interference from MS.
There are plenty of Compact PC's on the Cheap that you can buy right now, like on ibuypower, they have a new compact PC called Revolt, and the 600 dollar SKU can and WILL out perform the next Xbox and Playstation.
There really isn't any Excuse guys, PC gaming is more accessible than ever.
I just recently started gaming on pc and I never thought the graphics were that much ahead of consoles until I witnessed it for myself! Final Fantasy 14, Tera, Far Cry 3 and hitman absolution have all made me a true believer. 360 will still be my primary console but I'm not sure how much longer I will fell that way.
Build your own and save money without having to buy Windows. Otherwise the X51 looks cool. Not that small though.