Is it as good as the first one? Any comparision would be welcomed.
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Is it as good as the first one? Any comparision would be welcomed.
Still not sure what's supposed to be so good about Saints Row IV. It's probably very much due to the fact I played SR: The Third a lot and this game not being very much different. Somehow it comes off as slightly worse, actually, due to a lot of things being almost exactly the same and most of the changes not being interesting enough. Thanks again to the kind GAFfer honorless anyway, I'd definitely have bought myself it at some point.
It's the PC port of Crackdown, basically.
Huevos de Oro
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lol
I've put a good 10 hours into the first scenario and it felt pretty much the same as the first game but with a lot more options and attractions. It didn't give me that awesome feeling the first game did when I first played it back in the day but I guess almost nothing does anymore. That's the shitty thing about getting older.
Absolutely nothing pretty much.
Do the superhero powers make it interesting?
I enjoyed SR3 decently, and was thinking of getting 4. The "Crackdown spiritual sequel" vibes struck me the right way.
Yeahhh, I won. After some time on it I could register my Crysis steam key in Origin.
- I only had to use https://activate.ea.com/applybeslddcode.do
- But I also only had to create a new nickname just to have the ability to add the game to my account.
- And now I also just have to understand how the fuck I will be able to add Mass Effect 1 since now this so easy to use site detect that I'm "new nickname" and when I log in tell me to enter my cdkey, without cd key field.
I won't old (much) grudge over it since I'm in a fringe case, but man this is simply pathetic.
- I only had to use https://activate.ea.com/applybeslddcode.do
- But I also only had to create a new nickname just to have the ability to add the game to my account.
- And now I also just have to understand how the fuck I will be able to add Mass Effect 1 since now this so easy to use site detect that I'm "new nickname" and when I log in tell me to enter my cdkey, without cd key field.
I won't old (much) grudge over it since I'm in a fringe case, but man this is simply pathetic.
For a little bit but 20 hours into the game super speed and jumping over everything but skyscrapers gets extremely old. There's no depth to keep it interesting just like in Crackdown, but at least Crackdown didn't go too overboard with powers. That's what made hunting orbs fun because you had to platform at times. In saints row you just run up the wall of a building and grab the orb up there.
I'd love to have the old Apogee and Epic MegaGames catalog on Steam. Wacky Wheels, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent, Hocus Pocus, Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit. Those were some amazing games.
rainking187
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I started getting drops again after doing this, but it still took a very long time to get them. Took me four hours to get all five drops from La Mulana.
Cyberquake
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Where is that Apogee thread you promised?
No idea, but I hope this is the case for me to. I seriously dislike BS1's gameplay and bullet sponge enemies, which is why I couldn't bring myself to finish it yet. And I still have BS2 to go through before getting to Infinite, though I could take the Tomb Raider route and jump straight to the newer one.
Didn't someone else make it, or promise to? Whatever, maybe I should launch some of those games on DOSBox, play them for a while, get in the mood and then make the thread myself. Can't say when that will happen, I'm extremely lazyWhere is that Apogee thread you promised?
Wow those games remind me when I used to download shareware from my local BBS's. Yes, I'm old.
Remind me please, is Project Eternity going to be Steamworks?
Regardless of that, this Spring is shaping to pretty awesome already: Project Eternity (I backed it) along with Dark Souls II already make it nearly stellar, and there are probably some more potentially awesome games coming.
Regardless of that, this Spring is shaping to pretty awesome already: Project Eternity (I backed it) along with Dark Souls II already make it nearly stellar, and there are probably some more potentially awesome games coming.
Jawmuncher
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Do you have a game per chance that's not actually closed. Same thing happened to me and I found out stacking was chilling in my background tasks even after I close it. Because of it I was basically multi game idling which kills drops.
I enjoyed it a fair bit. It does feel similar but I enjoyed not having to muck about with cars. I enjoyed running around and grabbing the audio logs too. In the end it's extremely self referential and plays a lot off of the history of the franchise. I think it's worth a playthrough just for the main campaign and the gags therein.
It managed to suck me in and play it a lot just like SR3 but your mileage may vary there.
ashecitism
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I feel there's going to be a lot of disappointment in the upcoming 3 days :lol
Stallion Free
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I've restrained myself to the default "Valve is announcing anything" levels.
dark_inferno
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If the second announcement is indeed Steambox then we could get HL3 as steambox exclusive.
Will be L4D3 anyway.
ashecitism
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I got my expectations pretty good in check so far. It seems the majority on this forum are rather cynical towards this whole business though.
That's how my dad downloaded those demos for me too! It took him a whole night to download the 14MB Duke Nukem 3D demo (totally worth it).
Man, weren't those times good...
Ok. 90 minutes in X3:TC (vanilla, no XRM for now), my very first 90 minutes in the so waited, so wanted universe of X games, and it's basically the old fashioned but kinda revamped:
I've read around that people play this with a controller. WTF? Do they have 90 buttons controllers?
Anyway, I'm kinda lost. I'm following the orders of a guy telling me to do this and shoot that. I shoot this and that and he seems impressed by my maneuvers and stuff.
After a hour or so I discovered the SETA button and I'm super high speed now and it's slightly funnier, except when I have to dock somewhere (oh the first time I noticed I had to get inside a tiny hole in a huge base) because the brakes aren't responsive as Burnout ones.
Also, super crazy shit that you have to dock somewhere to save (I'm assuming sooner or later I'll find myself in some super enemy sector where I won't be able to dock anywhere).
For now, it seems a spaceship sim, where I'm Luke before learning how to use the Force, trying to shoot down Tie Fighters, but he's too lame and Han has to do all the hard work.
So, here's 4X's Xterminate.
Can't wait to discover what new buttons configuration will bring with them Xplore, Xpand and Xploit sections.
I've read around that people play this with a controller. WTF? Do they have 90 buttons controllers?
Anyway, I'm kinda lost. I'm following the orders of a guy telling me to do this and shoot that. I shoot this and that and he seems impressed by my maneuvers and stuff.
After a hour or so I discovered the SETA button and I'm super high speed now and it's slightly funnier, except when I have to dock somewhere (oh the first time I noticed I had to get inside a tiny hole in a huge base) because the brakes aren't responsive as Burnout ones.
Also, super crazy shit that you have to dock somewhere to save (I'm assuming sooner or later I'll find myself in some super enemy sector where I won't be able to dock anywhere).
For now, it seems a spaceship sim, where I'm Luke before learning how to use the Force, trying to shoot down Tie Fighters, but he's too lame and Han has to do all the hard work.
So, here's 4X's Xterminate.
Can't wait to discover what new buttons configuration will bring with them Xplore, Xpand and Xploit sections.
dark_inferno
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People who want real HD games on the TV?
Well I have that now with my PC, and propably a lot of Steam users as well.
Use the Autopilot to dock.
ashecitism
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Btw I really hope Valve are going to expand their Steam group. You know, hire more people dedicated to the service. A lot of people.
Ok. 90 minutes in X3:TC (vanilla, no XRM for now), my very first 90 minutes in the so waited, so wanted universe of X games, and it's basically the old fashioned but kinda revamped:
I've read around that people play this with a controller. WTF? Do they have 90 buttons controllers?
Anyway, I'm kinda lost. I'm following the orders of a guy telling me to do this and shoot that. I shoot this and that and he seems impressed by my maneuvers and stuff.
After a hour or so I discovered the SETA button and I'm super high speed now and it's slightly funnier, except when I have to dock somewhere (oh the first time I noticed I had to get inside a tiny hole in a huge base) because the brakes aren't responsive as Burnout ones.
Also, super crazy shit that you have to dock somewhere to save (I'm assuming sooner or later I'll find myself in some super enemy sector where I won't be able to dock anywhere).
For now, it seems a spaceship sim, where I'm Luke before learning how to use the Force, trying to shoot down Tie Fighters, but he's too lame and Han has to do all the hard work.
So, here's 4X's Xterminate.
Can't wait to discover what new buttons configuration will bring with them Xplore, Xpand and Xploit sections.
You can auto-dock to stations with shift-D (I think that's the hotkey). Makes life much, much easier. The autopilot in general is extremely useful, but just be careful using it in areas with a lot of ships and/or asteroids. And flying through gates. And docking
Also, by default you can only save at stations unless you have salvage insurance, which I believe is a consumable item you can only buy in a few places. There's a mod that gives you insurance all the time so you can save anywhere, which is really useful to mitigate autopilot induced rage.
You can buy Salvage Insurance at a few locations that allows you to save in space.
dark_inferno
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We still dont know exactly what Valve wants with the Steambox. I just hope that if it fails that it wont affect Valve too much.
trailmix16
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are booster packs a once a week thing? I seem to only get them on sundays.
Cyberquake
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Yeah, someone else promised it, unfortunately I don't recall who. I am also super-lazy, so yeah, that's that.Didn't someone else make it, or promise to? Whatever, maybe I should launch some of those games on DOSBox, play them for a while, get in the mood and then make the thread myself. Can't say when that will happen, I'm extremely lazy
This is a great tutorial for Civ V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__9ZlOUG4E
Most of us would rather have a software announcement. A Steambox won't really affect those that build their own computers, the only thing that could interest us would be a controller.
TheSadRanger
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But think of all the Felicia Day dlc we missed out on!!
I thought Roller Tycoon 3 was considered the crappy one by most people.
Have not thought of that, really curious what they cooked up, but Valve has lost me a bit since their "shift" so I hope they can bring me back in their fanbase.
TheSadRanger
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But but next year is the 10 year anniversary of the release of Half Life 2.
SteveWinwood
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I keep hearing about this shift but I don't know what it was.
I agree. I have already pre-ordered both an Xbone and a PS4 (even though my primary games machine will be PC).
Valve need to cook up something else than just a PC box to make me interested. Im more interested in a client overhaul and Half-Life 3.
ashecitism
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I asssume he means 2007 post-Orange Box. How after it they went from single player experiences with cutting edge technology to multiplayer and community driven experiments. It was that time that Viktor Antonov left too, since he didn't see them making risky, huge projects anymore.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Valve released Portal 2 two years ago.
jadedcynic
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The last original game Valve made was P2. Dota 2 and CS:GO don't really since Dota is a sequel to a game somebody else made and CS:GO was made with Hidden Path.
No one said that?
This goes a bit deeper and I think no one can deny that.
ashecitism
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Hey, I didn't say that. I mostly enjoyed their output since then whether it's Steam or game related, but they did go through a paradigm shift, there's no denying that.
If there is a company whose shift actually bothered me to a big degree is Epic both regarding games and platform.
If there is a company whose shift actually bothered me to a big degree is Epic both regarding games and platform.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Valve released Portal 2, a primarily single player game, two years ago.
I was more referring to morningbus's post and how eventually someone is going to state the above eventually.
You can auto-dock to stations with shift-D (I think that's the hotkey). Makes life much, much easier. The autopilot in general is extremely useful, but just be careful using it in areas with a lot of ships and/or asteroids. And flying through gates. And docking
Also, by default you can only save at stations unless you have salvage insurance, which I believe is a consumable item you can only buy in a few places. There's a mod that gives you insurance all the time so you can save anywhere, which is really useful to mitigate autopilot induced rage.
Thank y'all!
I tried using autopilot but I don't know why (or if it is intended), everytime it turn the camera backwards. I actually can't say if it's going backwards too or if it's like I'm staring at the back window of my ship, but I find it annoying.
Also, at least for now, I'm fine driving to docks and other stuff by myself.
Btw, I'm really wondering how is it possible to use a controller. I'm like constantly using the mouse for anything. I don't know, plugging a pad change the UI in some ways (something like contextual menus triggered and navigated through right analog)?
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