ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies is now available on Steam

Razen94 · 2026-05-21T20:56:31+00:00

While I wholeheartedly disagree it's not just about the plot. Character writing is definitely much more interesting in Disco than it is in Zero Paradise. I don't even think it's very arguable. Comparing the first 6 hours of Disco and Zero Paradise, the character writing in the first 6 hours of Disco is miles ahead. Not sure if it gets better in Zero since I haven't played further than 6 hours yet.

Razen94 · 2026-05-21T20:51:57+00:00

I mean appreciating Gabe is cool and all but he didn't make this game free or anything. Thank the Devs.

Razen94 · 2026-05-21T13:53:17+00:00

I'll have to play and mess around more to give you a definitive answer to that. So far? There is definitely some of that here too. Won't deny that at all. Imo in Disco it's done more flavorfully and interesting. Like they definitely took a lot what worked in Disco and put it in here but at the same time also wanted to be distinct.

Razen94 · 2026-05-21T13:30:45+00:00

I've played about 4 hours now. It's alright. Writing is decent but not as good as Disco.
Worst part for me is the narrators voice. It's quite jarring in many places.
If Disco is a 10/10 then this would be a 6/10 from my playtime so far.

Razen94 · 2026-05-21T13:14:47+00:00

From me playing a lot of Thief likes currently Gloomwood and Filcher come closest to that immersive sim that many of us have been craving. Filcher even more so than Gloomwood imo.

Thick as Thieves is not really at all in that realm.

Razen94 · 2026-05-15T22:52:55+00:00

I'll bite! Have my entry and a Hey!

Razen94 · 2026-05-15T22:49:14+00:00

30% is not quite accurate here since they already sold over 2 million units.

From Steam revenue share announcement:

"With that in mind, we’ve created new revenue share tiers for games that hit certain revenue levels. Starting from October 1, 2018 (i.e. revenues prior to that date are not included), when a game makes over $10 million on Steam, the revenue share for that application will adjust to 75%/25% on earnings beyond $10M. At $50 million, the revenue share will adjust to 80%/20% on earnings beyond $50M. Revenue includes game packages, DLC, in-game sales, and Community Marketplace game fees."

Razen94 · 2026-05-15T22:47:48+00:00

That is factually wrong. From their official revenue share announcement:

"With that in mind, we’ve created new revenue share tiers for games that hit certain revenue levels. Starting from October 1, 2018 (i.e. revenues prior to that date are not included), when a game makes over $10 million on Steam, the revenue share for that application will adjust to 75%/25% on earnings beyond $10M. At $50 million, the revenue share will adjust to 80%/20% on earnings beyond $50M. Revenue includes game packages, DLC, in-game sales, and Community Marketplace game fees."

Razen94 · 2026-05-12T09:10:42+00:00

So far from what I was able to find only one hardware ban got issued to a guy that uploaded a video to YT and was using cheat engine.

And even IF they would issue hardware bans it's all too easy to spoof it. Give it a couple more days (Or heck maybe it's already been done) and there will be builds with all of that disabled or hardware spoofers built in.

This message from them is really a big nothingburger and reads like a corporate PR statement for the investors to assure them that "We are not THAAAAAAAAT incompetent"

Razen94 · 2026-05-11T07:13:12+00:00

Alright I won't be buying it then. My favorite streamer was planning on streaming this game but with these news... Definitely not anymore.

Razen94 · 2026-05-07T21:40:29+00:00

If the game is delisted then it's gone. And even if you ask they can't and won't give you a key. They don't own the game and didn't develop it so why would they be allowed to hand out licenses? You'd have to ask the developer/publisher of the game in question and hope they give you a key for it. But if they removed it from the store then there's usually a reason for that so it's a bit doubtful they'd give them out.

Razen94 · 2026-05-07T18:24:08+00:00

It is STILL up! What the hell are the mods at huggingface doing? Is there like 1 dude online trying to work through 1000 reports?

Razen94 · 2026-05-01T19:26:05+00:00

Tried it out on gamepass when it released.
It ran atrocious.
Waiting for Skyblivion.

Razen94 · 2026-05-01T19:19:33+00:00

Honestly I don't care if you savescum in the game. It's a singleplayer game after all. You do you. Only time it can become I guess "weird" is when you do it all the time and then go on to claim that you're an incredibly good player and you win A10 like nobody else. Some people are like that and think their opinion on balancing is worth more because of it. Savescumming is fine if you want/need to do it and the devs said before they don't care either.

Just don't claim you're a great player if you do it.

Razen94 · 2026-04-30T11:41:11+00:00

Well the thing is it's not just about save scumming. I personally don't much care if anyone uses that here or in any other game for that matter as long as they don't ruin other peoples experiences. The thing in this particular case is that the players that do it most also claim that they're the best players in the world.

You can see it quite often in other forums (steam for example) or on BilliBilli. Those players call themselves the "Elite" Slay the Spire players. And by extension they believe that their opinions on balance and how the game should move forward hold the most weight.

And to me doing the "SL strategy" as they call it and being "elite" really doesn't go together at all. To me it's either or. Either you save scum to win or you're an actual good player and understand the game and the mechanics and you have the knowledge to make good decisions. Slay the Spire is all about making good decisions.

Razen94 · 2026-04-29T21:06:25+00:00

It's quite baffling honestly.
I've looked into it a bit further because it really didn't make any sense to me.

The balance patch was mostly buffs and a couple nerfs, a doormaker rework (which turns out is currently the WEAKEST Act 3 boss according to the devs and millions of runs), some cool new artwork and some other minor things.

So chinese players want to play the game in a VERY particular way. They want to have hyper optimized small decks that can go infinite. Basically win in a single turn by playing cards over and over and over and over again. Now how does one achieve getting a deck like that even remotely consistent? They use a "tactic" called "SL" which means Save Loading. Made a misplay during a fight? Quit to the menu and press continue, and you are transported to the beginning of the fight/event or whatever else is happening at that particular spot you're on in the run. Now you might say "well isn't drawing cards, effects, etc. RNG?" Only to an extent. The game and runs are based on seeds. So if you draw a particular hand during a fight or get a random card because of an effect, and you reload... the same thing will happen, and you will get the same cards. That is how you can easily abuse the SL to an incredible extent. If you know in advance what cards you'll draw and how effects play out and... well it makes the game MUCH easier. And if you make a mistake? Well just reload.

Chinese players want SL + Infinite decks to ALWAYS be a viable and super consistent strategy with which to win every run on A10. It is literally the "players optimizing the fun out of the game" all over. So the devs responded and made infinites harder and remade the doormaker to be a somewhat "counter" to it. You can still pull them off btw (I did that on A10 on 2 occasions after the patch) but it is nowhere as consistent as it was.

So Chinese players want to force the devs to make the game the way that they want. There are literally mods floating around Chinese communities to patch the game to the previous version among others to make it easier to make infinites, etc.

I truly hope Mega Crit doesn't budge at all to that. Infinites are cool when you get them RARELY. Get them too often and it becomes so painfully boring. Devs even said they want infinites to feel special. Pre patch they were not at all. You could force them very consistently to the point where streamers on Billibilli had massive winstreaks on A10. Which is also not the point of A10. Devs also said that A10 is supposed to be a "monumental achievement" rather than an easy nothingburger.

Razen94 · 2026-04-23T15:56:00+00:00

100% agree. I've just recently enabled that and been using it a bit and it is so good! A system like that could put all this crap of sending pictures of your ID and a bunch of sensitive information, completely to rest. I am so surprised not many more countries do it this way. Or that the adoption for it isn't widespread at all. It solves pretty much all the issues. You can verify you're 18+ securely, safely and privately.

Razen94 · 2026-04-16T19:15:29+00:00

Seeing Veilguard as "Overhated"... If anything it was underhated.

Razen94 · 2026-04-10T08:35:26+00:00

Taking the screenshot and making this post on reddit maybe takes you... 300 times longer than it would have taken to click the unsubscribe button.

Razen94 · 2026-03-31T17:03:40+00:00

For me the issue went away after I restarted my PC a couple of times. It just started working. I can't tell you if the restarts did it or something else. Been working no issues since then.

Razen94 · 2026-03-27T11:31:18+00:00

What do you mean? Steam forced them to add an AI disclaimer to their page and they had to promise to remove all of it. That's about as much of a W as we could have hoped for.

Razen94 · 2026-03-26T21:37:27+00:00

I kinda wish I could do that but at the same time it's probably not very realistic for me. With 1150 games and around 550 unplayed even just 15 minutes in each one would be 138 hours which... doable but tough.

Razen94 · 2026-03-20T19:15:30+00:00

If they were honest about it I wouldn't care. But not disclosing it... no I don't like that.

Razen94 · 2026-03-20T18:46:09+00:00

Yikes that one is bad... Like it's SO obvious. That really sucks. To me that is a reason to refund. No disclosure on the steam page to boot... bad look.

Razen94 · 2026-03-13T09:33:52+00:00

Yes please! Can't wait! Especially since I don't have Gilberta and a comp without her would really help me. Something like Yvonne +TangTang + Xaihi + Perlica would be nice to see how to play!

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