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[Truespeed]

For those of you buying Mirror's Edge for the first time on the PC, be sure to try out the third person mod:

Open the "TDInput" file in folder Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\

and add this line:

Bindings=(Name="F4",Command="FreeFlightCamera",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)

 

[kennah]

What's he holding?

 

[vocab]

I wish other games would do this

Same here. Eve also gives you the newest expansions for free. Also, you should take a look at the Eve quarterly detailed analysis about Eve. It's like a 50 page PDF about the state of the game. It's fucking insane. The game is going to be alive for a long ass time. Love the support from the developers.

 

[Slightly Live]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gabe_Newell_GDC_2010.jpg

Winrar is you. PM me your Steam ID.

Sorry Petrie, there is only one Based Gabe.

 

[Bebpo]

kind of random, but did we ever find out who the three winners of 100 games were?

 

[DryvBy]

Says in the package

Serious Sam HD of first and second game. Plus the original versions of each game.

Ahh, ok thanks. I'm at work and they block ALL gaming websites aside from GAF. I might pick this up. I wish I could gift my SSHD.

 

[Volcynika]

Ahh, ok thanks. I'm at work and they block ALL gaming websites aside from GAF. I might pick this up. I wish I could gift my SSHD.

If you own SSHD1 or 2 and get the package, you're able to gift the extra.

"Includes Serious Sam HD First and Second Encounter, plus the original versions from 2001 and 2002!
Already own either of the HD versions? Give your extra copy to a friend!"

 

[kai3345]

Same here. Eve also gives you the newest expansions for free. Also, you should take a look at the Eve quarterly detailed analysis about Eve. It's like a 50 page PDF about the state of the game. It's fucking insane. The game is going to be alive for a long ass time. Love the support from the developers.

I would get into it if it wasn't so god damned confusing.

The massive battles and the Goons taking over space all sound awesome but the game is so confusing and doesn't do a good job of teaching you how to play.

 

[duckroll]

kind of random, but did we ever find out who the three winners of 100 games were?

I don't think we'll find out for a while. They probably haven't drawn the winners yet. Because some of the requirements for the contest involved buying products, Valve had to legally allow a physical write-in option for the contest which didn't involve buying anything. There's a separate deadline for that, so we probably won't know until early in Jan at best I think.

 

[Petrie]

Winrar is you. PM me your Steam ID.

Sorry Petrie, there is only one Based Gabe.

Hey I still had the other picture up before he did!

Oh well!

 

[Attackthebase]

Thank for the variety of explanations, this sounds like a game that I'll truly adore mostly because I adore atmosphere, despressing subjects, and adventure games. It tickles my behind!
+1 for Machinarium.

 

[Jirotrom]

Winrar is you. PM me your Steam ID.

Sorry Petrie, there is only one Based Gabe.

THANKS!!

 

[Jirotrom]

Hey I still had the other picture up before he did!

Oh well!

really? now I feel bad :/

 

[Durante]

Is it really that bad? I'd hate to miss out on some story just because it wasn't as good as the expansion.

NWN 1 or 2?
NWN1's OC is an abomination.
NWN2's OC is serviceable, and even good some way in.

 

[UrbanRats]

Yep, 100% depressing.

this is also great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcTpSDNmx4U

 

[Team Klimt]

Does this version of EVE include the new character editor, or is that still a work in progress? It looks amazing, and for $5 I'd pick it up just to play with that.

 

[Purkake4]

Is it really that bad? I'd hate to miss out on some story just because it wasn't as good as the expansion.

It depends on whether or not you have ~20h to kill. I'd say the OC is mediocre, especially compared to MotB. The stories are completely different, there are a few returning characters and callbacks to the OC, but it's not really necessary to understand for the expansion.

So decide whether you want to chew through the 20h campaign that has its moments or go straight to the creamy center of goodness.

 

[Struct09]

Interested in NWN2, but I want to make sure it runs well in Win7 x64 (it's probably fine). Any reports yet?

 

[deleted]

Can I apply the widescreen mod to the steam version of Kotor?

I did it, but Steams policy forbids to modify the .exe of any game, so technically it isn't allowed. But I don't think anything will come from this, as its an old SP game your enhancing and not some recent multiplayer title...

On a pure technical level: Sure, it works (great).

 

[Stahsky]

It depends on whether or not you have ~20h to kill. I'd say the OC is mediocre, especially compared to MotB. The stories are completely different, there are a few returning characters and callbacks to the OC, but it's not really necessary to understand for the expansion.

So decide whether you want to chew through the 20h campaign that has its moments or go straight to the creamy center of goodness.

I like these sorts of RPGs to last, as I play them in chunks. I guess it'll all depend on how long MotB is. Can you give me a general idea of the time it should take?


And thanks a bunch for the answers. Much appreciated. Wonder if there's any mods I should add onto this..

 

[Haeleos]

NWN2 bought. Goodbye, Direct2Drive.

 

[Weenerz]

Only Mirror's Edge for me.

 

[DryvBy]

If you own SSHD1 or 2 and get the package, you're able to gift the extra.

"Includes Serious Sam HD First and Second Encounter, plus the original versions from 2001 and 2002!
Already own either of the HD versions? Give your extra copy to a friend!"

Sweet, thanks again!

 

[vocab]

Does this version of EVE include the new character editor, or is that still a work in progress? It looks amazing, and for $5 I'd pick it up just to play with that.

Not sure if it's out yet. It might, be, but all of incursion isn't even released yet. It's gonna be crazy once they add the ability to walk around in space stations, and give the ability to design the interior of stuff.

 

[Minsc]

Interested in NWN2, but I want to make sure it runs well in Win7 x64 (it's probably fine). Any reports yet?

Retail version works fine for me, so Steam's should too! Still can bring your system to its knees if you max all options and get a hectic battle, it's kinda like Morrowind in that aspect, there may never be a system that can max it 100%.

 

[CaLe]

Are there quests in EVE .. ? Or it's just about random PVP encounters / farming / selling / buying items ?

I'm kind of a sucker for questing...

 

[vocab]

Are there quests in EVE .. ? Or it's just about random PVP encounters / farming / selling / buying items ?

Yup. A lot of missions. It's not like traditional quests though.

 

[Flunkie]

Yes! Been waiting on a deal for Killing Floor - because I missed it all of the other ten times it was on sale. Bought!

 

[nubbe]

Whoa, neverwinter nights 2?

 

[CaLe]

Yup. A lot of missions. It's not like traditional quests though.

Thanks Vocab.

I'll probably give it a try...

 

[Minsc]

I like these sorts of RPGs to last, as I play them in chunks. I guess it'll all depend on how long MotB is. Can you give me a general idea of the time it should take?


And thanks a bunch for the answers. Much appreciated. Wonder if there's any mods I should add onto this..

20 hours for NWN2 and 25 for MotB. SoZ is around 30, and MoW is 20. I'm not aware of any must have mods for the game/expansions.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Not sure if it's out yet. It might, be, but all of incursion isn't even released yet. It's gonna be crazy once they add the ability to walk around in space stations, and give the ability to design the interior of stuff.

Wow, didn't even know they were working on something like this. I mean, I heard talks about a new character designer, but shit, this looks awesome. I will SERIOUSLY pay monthly on a consistent basis once I can walk around in space stations and design interior stuff. It would be a nice break from things like gate jumping and circling destroyed cargo.

Hey, anyone got anything to say about Cities XL 2011?

 

[-tetsuo-]

What the hell? NWN2 came out today on Steam?

 

[mavs]

Undertide is as bad as the OC.

No way. It's much shorter, and the story is very simple yet still interesting. I liked it better than HotU, which was basically a hack and slash.

SoU feels more like a great fan module than an expansion. That sounds bad, but since the official content up to that point was the OC, fan modules were what the game was for.

Is it really that bad? I'd hate to miss out on some story just because it wasn't as good as the expansion.

MotB is that good. The OC doesn't matter all that much to MotB, though the expansion does immediately follow the OC chronologically.

 

[Volcynika]

What the hell? NWN2 came out today on Steam?

Yup.

 

[Purkake4]

20 hours for NWN2 and 25 for MotB. SoZ is around 30, and MoW is 20. I'm not aware of any must have mods for the game/expansions.

Well, there's a bunch of mods for the

Spoiler

spirit meter

for all the babies...

 

[teiresias]

Considering NWN2 and Mirror's Edge, but my backlog is huge as it is!!

 

[JudgeN]

Interested in NWN2, but I want to make sure it runs well in Win7 x64 (it's probably fine). Any reports yet?

What you need to know about NWN2 is that the engine only makes use of one core on your CPU. As long as your CPU is above 3.6ghz then you won't hit a CPU FPS bottle neck. Also if your have an ATI graphic card, you will need to turn down the shadows to low because this game was programed for Nvidia cards and shadows fucks over your FPS with ATI (similar to Last Remnant). Other then that it runs perfect on windows 7 64 bit.

The game will probably never max 60 FPS/Max settings just due to how bad the engine is coded, it will drip alittle when battling a ton of enemies but other then that it shouldn't have to much trouble holding 60 FPS.

 

[cartman414]

Ok Steam. The rest of the Atari/Hasbro D&D games are a must now.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Today for me its:
NVN2
Serious Sam
Mirror's Edge

 

[Yaweee]

Are there quests in EVE .. ? Or it's just about random PVP encounters / farming / selling / buying items ?

I'm kind of a sucker for questing...

EVE's quests are fucking horrible. Among the worst of all MMOs.

 

[Petrie]

really? now I feel bad :/

Haha, don't. I went ahead and caved, grabbed the whole pack!

 

[Corto]

Ok Steam. The rest of the Atari/Hasbro D&D games are a must now.

I suspect you already know that they are available on GOG.com. But let me just say that they are in the case you don't know it yet.

 

[Scott32020]

Not directly related to the sale, but Mafia II (can register CD key through steam) is on sale for $12.50 from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004774ISM

 

[cicero]

RE5 at $10 keeps looking more and more like a good deal as the days pass.

So does Assasins Creed 2 for $15.

Indeed. I really wish I would have pulled the trigger on Assassins Creed 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. Went too cheap and I regret it.

 

[~Kinggi~]

What you need to know about NWN2 is that the engine only makes use of one core on your CPU. As long as your CPU is above 3.6ghz then you won't hit a CPU FPS bottle neck. Also if your have an ATI graphic card, you will need to turn down the shadows to low because this game was programed for Nvidia cards and shadows fucks over your FPS with ATI (similar to Last Remnant). Other then that it runs perfect on windows 7 64 bit.

The game will probably never max 60 FPS/Max settings just due to how bad the engine is coded, it will drip alittle when battling a ton of enemies but other then that it shouldn't have to much trouble holding 60 FPS.

Fuck all those problems. My cpu is 3.4 ghz overclocked and i have a 4870x2 ati card.

Glad i didnt purchase.

 

[Stallion Free]

Indeed. I really wish I would have pulled the trigger on Assassins Creed 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. Went too cheap and I regret it.

Yeah, you should definitely regret missing both of those.

 

[JudgeN]

Fuck all those problems. My cpu is 3.4 ghz overclocked and i have a 4870x2 ati card.

Glad i didnt purchase.

Its not nearly as bad it sounds, 3.4 is good enough but the shadows is what catches people off guard the most. Don't want people to get upset when they go to max on ATI and get like 14 FPS :lol

 

[Gin]

bought kotor and nwm2

 

[1-D_FTW]

I don't think we'll find out for a while. They probably haven't drawn the winners yet. Because some of the requirements for the contest involved buying products, Valve had to legally allow a physical write-in option for the contest which didn't involve buying anything. There's a separate deadline for that, so we probably won't know until early in Jan at best I think.

I thought I read in the rules section that it was a separate drawing for those submissions. It's possible I'm wrong (my enthusiasm for the details ended when I saw winners weren't posted), but I don't think so.