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Steam Account – Best Game Genres of All Time

Posted on April 27, 2016May 20, 2016 by James Young

Genres in the past few years have been quite redundant. People rarely notice that they are playing the same thing over and over again. It is like being trapped in a labyrinth, and they don’t even know it.

A player with favorite genre does not mean that they do not play other genre. It is just most of the time, they stay in their comfort zone – favorite genre.

Steam Account: MOBA

This list is not complete without multiplayer online battle arena! This genre suddenly sprouts like wild grass, and suddenly became popular. Unlike, first person shooter and RPG, these genres took the hard road to attain popularity, while MOBA suddenly sprout and ‘BOOM!’ instant popular.

Basically, MOBA is a battle of ten players with 5 players on each team, to strategies and destroy the enemy’s nexus/tree of life/frozen throne.

No doubt, the game is fun to play, it has balanced mechanics. It is a game people love to play multiple times. However, the community is not as good. The community is purely made out of salt, no oxygen. This genre has it toxicity to finest.

FPS

First Person Shooter has been in existence for a long time. Counter strike and call of duty are the core games of this genre. For narrative buy steam games like of call of duty, for competition play counter strike.

RPG/MMORPG

When we say Role Playing Game, final fantasy is the first thing that comes to mind. They changed how people look into the genre and bring innovation to the proper development of RPG games. Almost all RPG games are based on final fantasy.

MMORPG on the other hand is not focused in the narrative, but making their players subscribe or milking money out of them.

Discuss what you think about the renowned genres with steam account users in the community of people with high steam account value!

Game Recs | Get These Games on your Steam Account!

Posted on February 17, 2016May 20, 2016 by James Young

What’s up, gamers? For today’s article, I want to feature a couple of games on my list – both those I’ve played and those I’ve been meaning to – that you can get on your Steam account. This post’s long overdue and was supposed to be up a few days ago before Valentines’ – because what better way to spend just another day than to play some games? Right? RIGHT? – but anyway, let’s just get on with the list, shall we?

Guns and Tears for Steam Account Users

FPS games these days rarely pack a good story, but I’ve a few guns-blazing, action games to recommend that: (1) tells a great story, and (2) isn’t Call of Duty (sorry COD fans; there won’t be any CODs here).

BioShock: Infinite.

Words can’t give enough justice to how beautiful this game is. Expect tears and post-game depression / hangover once you beat BioShock: Infinite. Seriously. BioShock 1 was a canvas of pretty colors already, but the third installment is literally the magnum opus!

Far Cry 3.

Guns, pirates, psychopath antagonists, and a violent island with a myriad of possibilities – if you like all these, then Far Cry 3 is the game for you. You don’t have to play the first two Far Cry games to understand Far Cry 3 as it stands on its own. I’d include Far Cry 4 on my list, but it was up to me, I’d say FC3 was – is – tons better than FC4. Just saying!

Fallout 3 / Fallout 4. I’ve always been into post-apocalyptic themed games with steampunk-ish themes. Fallout caters to my need for post-apocalypse goodness. In Fallout, you scavenge for items in a highly volatile environment. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and you do what you gotta do to survive. Both games are wonderful, so make sure to get them.

Action, Horror, Survival for Steam Account Users

Tomb Raider. It’s got mixed reviews, and to be honest, I almost didn’t pick up the game because most of the reviews I read were bad, but I’m glad I didn’t! Tomb Raider is a reboot of the classic TR games we used to play back in the day, only more badass and action-packed. Lara can get a bit annoying because she tends to come off as whiny, but who are we to judge her? She’s facing off against crazy cult followers and Oni for the first time after wall!

Dying Light. Personally haven’t played Dying Light yet, but this has been on my list ever since its first teaser. Dying Light combines parkour (who would’ve thought?) and the zombie apocalypse in an open-world adventure. Though not necessarily an FPS game as it focuses more on survival and melee, it’s still chock-full of action! Just make sure you don’t run around at night – it gets scarier and more dangerous!

Alien: Isolation. Literally a survival simulation, Alien: Isolation is for hardcore gamers who enjoy feeling tense and afraid, and dying over and over again. This game is probably not for everyone, but it is a great title to pick up if you’re feeling a bit masochistic. Great thing about it is that it plays like a movie!

Stealth is Wealth for Steam Account Users

Now, another personal favorite: stealth games. I have quite the soft spot for assassination games; however, I never really got into Assassin’s Creed.

Dishonored. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. For one, it’s steampunk-themed. And second, it’s an assassination game with a solid storyline which I cried over. What could be a better combination? Dishonored has a pretty awesome MC too, and the gameplay is just as A+ as its visuals. Dishonored 2 is coming soon, so you might want to get this pronto for your Steam account value.

Hitman. Enter a world of assassination! There’s a new Hitman game coming soon for Steam account users! I haven’t played any of the games, but I will undoubtedly pick up a copy once it’s out. Anyway, Hitman is exactly as it’s named. In Hitman, you get to play as a bald badass who assassinates people!

Life is Strange | Review for Steam Account Holders

Posted on February 9, 2016May 20, 2016 by James Young

Life is Strange is a five-part episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix, available on Steam for Steam account users. It sets out to revolutionize story-based choices and consequences games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us. Find out if the game is worth playing in the article below!

Play as Max Caulfield on your Steam Account

Enter Max Caulfield, a shy and awkward photography student attending art school in her old hometown. The game starts when Max seemingly wakes up – or snaps back into reality – from a “dream” during her Photography class. Life for Max turns a dramatic, strange turn when she witnesses a tough-talking punk girl shot to death in the school bathroom. Turns out this girl is actually her childhood friend, Chloe. Max spontaneously develops time-rewind powers shortly after, and helps Chloe escape unharmed for the second time.

Time Travel and Decision-Making for Steam Account Users

Time travel is the central focus of Life is Strange’s gameplay, letting you reverse time to test out different responses to the simplest to the toughest of decisions, or sneak into a locked room and then rewind to erase any evidence of your intrusion. It’s a simple idea that’s easy to grasp and fun to experiment with, with results ranging from to horrifying. In terms of how much your decisions mean in the end, Life is Strange falls somewhere between The Walking Dead and Dragon Age, such that your choices do have a major impact on events that happen throughout the game and are mentioned later on, but the final decision happens the way it does no matter what decisions you’ve made. Only the framing and the conversations around your decisions change. When you’re not time-turning, you generally interact with different objects in the environment and have conversations with different people to get the full story behind Arcadia Bay.

Final Thoughts for Steam Account Users

Teenagers can connect to Max and relate so much to this game. Being a teenager is rough – you’re experiencing a lot of things for the first time, some of them crappy, and some make you feel like you’re only good at screwing up. Life is Strange tries to bottle that turmoil and self-discovery within the school-days drama where a teenage girl suddenly develops time-reversal powers and struggles to use them responsibly.

Life is Strange suffers from a few problems itself – taking on too much and not knowing how to deal with it, coming to a rather predictable conclusion that lets the rest of the season down. Still, between a sweet friendship, a vibrant world, time-manipulating gameplay that works well throughout, and emotional moments that latch onto your heartstrings and tear you apart inside, it’s clear that there’s something special about Life is Strange.

What do you think, gamers? Will you get the game and increase your Steam account value? Let us know what you think!

Tales of Zestiria | Review for Steam Account Users!

Posted on February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by James Young

Tales of Zestiria is a Japanese role-playing game, and is the fifteenth main entry in the Tales series, developed by Bandai Namco Studios and tri-Crescendo, and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released on January 22, 2015 in Japan on the PlayStation 3. For western release, it was also ported to PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows for Steam account users. It was released on October 16 in Europe and Australia, and October 20 in North America. Find out what we think about the game in the article below!

Gameplay Mechanics | Tales of Zestiria for Steam Account Users

As with the previous Tales games, the game uses a variation of the action-based Linear Motion Battle System, with additional elements including a navigable open world, and the ability for certain characters to fuse into a single entity in battle to deliver powerful attacks.

New special abilities for characters are gained by performing side-quests for creatures called Normins scattered through the land. Equipment assigned to characters can be given special skills, with one piece of equipment having four skill slots. Certain combinations add additional effects produced by equipment. Some equipment types can only be obtained by fusing two different accessories. There is also a local four-player multiplayer feature.

Another great feature is the availability of items such as outfits, weapons, and armor that can be bought and sold at shops across the land. Using a certain shop enough levels it up, unlocking higher-tiered items.

Characters are fully voiced, in either English or Japanese, as with Tales of Graces and Tales of Xilia. A changeable second character accompanies the lead character, and story-relevant or trivial conversations can be started with them. Characters all have unique Support Talents, which range from locating treasure chests to monitoring a characters health, which can be leveled up along with the characters.

Open World Exploration | Tales of Zestiria for Steam Account Users

The most interesting thing about this game is that the main world employs an open world layout, in contrast to previous entries in the series. We also have our fair share of skits – extra conversations between characters that can be either dramatic or comical. During exploration of the field area between locations and while a specific Seraph character is assigned, the player can execute special commands such as slicing through minor obstacles, smashing large obstacles, temporarily shielding themselves from enemy view, igniting special lights in dungeons, or teleporting across gaps.

Players visit various regions under the control of Lords of the Land, which require the protection of the Seraphim. Ensuring this protection gives the player access via the Lords of the Land to abilities such as warping between save points for a certain fee. Other abilities including various abilities and bonuses unlocked by completing certain objectives in battle and establish further Normin. The player can increase these boons by leveling up the strength of the protection through battles in the area. Players can rest characters at inns, restoring their health and magic meters as well.

Final Thoughts | Tales of Zestiria for Steam Account Users

Tales of Zestiria is – without a doubt – beautiful. The character design, the voice acting, and the relationships between the characters is just lovable. Not as memorable as that of the older Tales’ games, but it lives up to expectations, and could be worth picking up for its beauty. Our only problem is that the combat system can be a bit too complicated and hard to understand, plus we have to deal with the awful battle camera most of the time.

Still, Tales of Zestiria is a refreshing game to play if you’re in need of next-gen JRPGs for your consoles / PCs. Steam account users who have been fans of the Tales games will surely enjoy this latest entry while waiting for Tales of Berseria. Though it feels like a poorly ported game on the console, a few technical problems shouldn’t get in the way of enjoying the story Sorey and his companions have to offer! Get this game now and try it for yourselves to increase your Steam account value!

To Burn in Memory | Review for Steam Account Holders

Posted on February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by James Young

To Burn in Memory is an ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction game for IFComp 2015. Explore a city that never existed, and uncover its secret history through the memories of a woman that lived its darkest moments. Find out more about this game here, Steam account holders!

Free-to-Play Indie Game on your Steam Account

You read that right! You can download this game now to increase your Steam account value. The game was released last October 1^st 2015 under Orihaus. To Burn in Memory tells the tale of a city that never existed, filled with secret history, uncovered through the memories of those caught in the chaos of Europe spiraling into war. It features a fully original soundtrack by the author, with illustration and graphic design maestro Johannes Poell.

Thoughts about the Game for Steam Account Holders

This hypertext game allows you explore a ruined city stuck in time – or abandoned by time – or abandoned by the world at large. Either way, it’s all the same. The era this city exists in shares similarities with early twentieth century Europe, and certain characters are mentioned as being French and German and so on. Fantastical elements play a large role. There are clocks that don’t tell time as we would tell it.

The gameplay involves poking around, finding keys, unlocking doors, opening safes, and gaining entrance to new areas. Sometimes you can activate memories that reveal how the city came to be. Despite the focus on memories and exploration though, you won’t really be able to visualize what was going on or what the city even really looked like. The text is written in an abstract, verbose style that often aims for higher marks than it can hit. And when it doesn’t hit them, it produces confusion. You have to be an extremely skilled writer to pull off a style like this.

To Burn in Memory for Steam Account Holders

The game’s opening references Umberto Eco, but it is more directly reminiscent of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, which is an Italian book from 1499 about a man wandering a dreamscape. Almost the entire book is dedicated to explaining the architecture of buildings in the dream, and the text will go on for pages lavishing elaborate philosophical descriptions on columns and fountains. At times, it may be a bit suffocating to read, and while To Burn in Memory is not nearly as overwrought, it does share Hypnerotomachia’s interest in allegorical architecture. Both these texts also prefer complexity for its own sake, for its flavor.

Hypnerotomachia is a famously beautiful book, and To Burn in Memory also has a very lovely physical design. But they sit heavily in your gut and are hard to digest. As such, beautiful as the storytelling may be, this game may not be for everyone. What do you think? Will you be getting the game for your Steam account?

Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster: Review for Steam Account Users

Posted on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 by James Young

Finally, the popular prequel to the original Resident Evil game gets a remastered version for Steam account users! RE: Zero takes you back to the nightmare from the 2002 release and transforms it with new HD visuals, improved sound, widescreen support and an optional modernized control system and more. It’s the best way to experience the story of what really happened before the iconic mansion incident that was the catalyst for the entire Resident Evil saga. But does is it really live up to the expectations of its fans? Find out more below!

Plot Summary for Steam Account Users

The story takes place in 1998. Unusual murders have been rampant on the outskirts of Raccoon City. S.T.A.R.S, the city’s Special Forces division, sends the Bravo Team to investigate. One rookie cop member named Rebecca Chambers stumbles upon the Ecliptic Express, a train stopped dead on the tracks, after being split up with the other members of the team. Inside the train, she meets Billy Coen, a death row convict and ex-navy Lieutenant.

Throughout the game, steam account users need to switch between the characters – Rebecca and Billy – in order to proceed with the story.

Gameplay for Steam Account Users

Basically, Resident Evil 0 plays just like the traditional Resident Evil games. Multiple characters with intersecting stories isn’t new to the franchise, but Resident Evil 0’s protagonists are on a different level. You are able to swap between them at any point in the game, and they have differing skillsets that require doing often. This ensures that you have a secondary character that can back up every time you’re stuck in a rut. When you’re not directly controlling a character, a solid AI takes over. Surprisingly, the AI is conservative with ammo and careful in how and when they fire their guns.

One major drawback that really dragged the ratings is the fact that Resident Evil 0 has no item boxes. With no item box, your only choice is to drop the items on the floor, and then retrieve them later on in the same place once you have sufficient space. You’ll often find yourself juggling limited inventory space often, dropping whatever you can spare from your inventory to make room for keys. As such, expect a huge amount of backtracking in Resident Evil 0, which can be pretty tiring most of the time.

Rating for Steam Account Users

PROS

HD graphics.
Two playable characters.
Items can be dropped anywhere.
Classic survival horror.
Challenging gameplay.
Good background info for Umbrella.
Able to change costumes at any time.

CONS

Lack of item boxes.
Some of the worst bosses in RE history.
Ending was a letdown, but it’s a prequel, so it doesn’t have much freedom to expand.

The game received mixed reviews, and most were disappointed with the outcome. Still, if you want to know more about the story of Resident evil before the events in the iconic mansion and the bombing of Raccoon City, then this game might just be worth checking out. Yes, there are some flaws, but it isn’t exactly that bad. Maybe fan expectations were just too high. Overall, the game is challenging, nostalgic, and it provides a good backstory to the present RE games. What do you think? Will you get the game and increase your steam account value, or will you pass on the chance to relive the horrors of Resident Evil 0?

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