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Indra was here (20755) on 1/20/2014 1:33 PM · Permalink · Report
Final release. Funny.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 12:32 AM · Permalink · Report
MG frowns on long and detailed descriptions, so I'm experimenting on creating short abstracts with no apparent informational value as per catalog mentality. For people who don't like reading encyclopedias or anything knowledge-based. Yeah, bite me.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 12:48 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
You've never had your description you wrote for 2 hours be cut by 60% because the reasoning was that it was too long. Yeah, try find that reasoning in the standards. It must be there or else it wouldn't of happened.
Fred VT (25953) on 1/21/2014 12:57 AM · Permalink · Report
There's a difference between a good description, a game catalogue abstract and an article :P Must have been really long to have been cut. I come across some that I find quite long for a game description, but every paragraph is needed in those....
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 1:19 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
You don't mess with other people's contributions unless it's factually incorrect or noticeably inferior. I would identify meine Starbound description as inferior, at least by my standards.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 1:46 AM · Permalink · Report
I sulk for years. :p
Cavalary (11445) on 1/21/2014 2:21 AM · Permalink · Report
I seem to remember some sort of agreement on "5 sentences in 2 paragraphs" as a minimum for descriptions (not counting compilations)?
As for maximum, hell, if what's there describes the gameplay and the setting without overly repeating itself or just droning on about the same thing in as many slightly different ways as possible, it should be fair game.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 2:50 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Probably was my proposition. Two paragraphs. One for story or introduction. Second paragraph for gameplay. At bare minimum.
Well, I'm never going to give long descriptions again. Let some other schmuck research it. I'm going for the usual vague abstract 1-2 paragraph descriptions from now on. You only get one point for descriptions per game anyway, so why do I even bother?
So you won't get me going into detail like this description ever again. Expect just that one paragraph on top from now.
Indra was here (20755) on 3/19/2014 5:54 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Cantillon wrote--]You can enter a short description and then revise it for more points. [/Q --end Cantillon wrote--]Someone is on to me! :p
CalaisianMindthief (8172) on 1/21/2014 9:12 AM · Permalink · Report
Err, so why again are beta releases treated as separate releases, instead of I don't know, patch info?
Игги Друге (46653) on 1/24/2014 6:07 AM · Permalink · Report
I think this interpretation is misguided. I know it's called "patch info", but I've always read it as "version history".
Lain Crowley (6629) on 3/21/2014 2:46 AM · Permalink · Report
It is also misguided in that it can be factually incorrect. Several games (off the top of my head Payday 1&2, Shadowrun, and possibly Sleeping Dogs), must be re-downloaded in full for "patches". Patching is not universal.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/21/2014 11:27 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Algorithm:
Patch=Download Patch (Game excluded).
New Release=Download Game (Patch included).
CalaisianMindthief (8172) on 1/22/2014 6:38 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Ok, but I thought Steam was invented precisely to avoid downloading the entire installer again.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/22/2014 7:57 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Well, it's like this. Let's say there's a game with two versions. Version 1 and version 2. Then you download the game via Steam. Is the downloaded game Version 1 or Version 2? Does it give you a choice? If there is no optional choice that means you downloaded a release, not a patch (presumably it automatically downloaded Version 2). If there's an option of manually updating the game to Version 2, then you downloaded a patch, not a release.
Er. I think. :p
vedder (70822) on 1/22/2014 8:02 AM · Permalink · Report
I'd say steam releases are patches not release info. When you have the game already installed and a new version is released your version is patched, not replaced by a new version.
Although I'm not 100% certain this is the case for all Steam games.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/22/2014 8:09 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Wouldn't know, since I don't have Steam installed. The question is, when you've downloaded a game via Steam when there already has been prior releases, are you downloading the base game which is later auto-patched by Steam or are you downloading the latest version of the game from Steam.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/22/2014 9:32 AM · Permalink · Report
Depends on the size, I would suppose. Most of the indie games available from Steam and also available separately from the developer that I've downloaded don't have a separate patch available from the developer, you just download the entire game all over again.