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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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Ledsen said:
did you miss where it was stated at least a couple times that The Witcher 2 has no DRM since patch 1.1?
and like already mentioned, there is no global type DRM that D2D uses. it depends on the individual game and what the developer for that particular game decides to use ...much the same as what you buy off Steam.
Obsessed said:
Its great. Its basically a puzzler/platformer where you collect blocks and place them together to reach the end of the level. The trick is that you can only put 4 blocks at a time, wich most of the times is more than you need, so it becomes challenging. Apparently later on there's some more tetris-based mechanics when you can clear a line of blocks and stuff like that.
Has tons of charm and plays really great. I only played a little bit so that's how much i know! but i can tell you that its definetly worth it.
ArtistDude88
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Metro 2033 always looked interesting... But... Not sure if want...
Like... Is the game really creepy and/or survival horror-ish?
I'm the kind of guy who bought DOOM3 and STALKER, played maybe 20 minutes of each, and never touched them again. Why buy them? I don't know. But I don't like being creeped out. Lol.
Like... Is the game really creepy and/or survival horror-ish?
I'm the kind of guy who bought DOOM3 and STALKER, played maybe 20 minutes of each, and never touched them again. Why buy them? I don't know. But I don't like being creeped out. Lol.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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ArtistDude88 said:
It's a mix of creepiness, RPG and stealth shooter. If you didn't like STALKER then this might not be for you.
ArtistDude88
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Ok thanks, I'll save my 5 bucks 
scorpscarx
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There are some creepy sections but overall Metro is mostly just atmosphere, also Counter Strike original just totally crashed and I had to hard reboot, I couldn't get out of it. Anyone else have this recently with an otherwise stable system, new patch maybe?
CornBurrito
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SalsaShark said:
Thanks for the recommendation. Will probably buy.
Nabs said:
Thanks. I will try it shortly.
Zimbardo said:
I didn't miss it, but I was under the impression that there was a global activation DRM scheme on D2D, where you "unlocked" you game, and after that it functioned like it would if you bought it in the store. Anyway, how do I know what kind of DRM a particular game uses? It doesn't say on the individual store pages.
TouchMyBox
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ArtistDude88 said:
But you play the scariest survival-horror game of all time... Minecraft.
I don't understand.
jaundicejuice
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I should be playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which is simply fantastic, but I can't stop playing Civ V. Just completed a playthrough on King, which is the first difficulty level that the A.I. Civ's starting receiving unfair resource and cultural advantages, and am currently in the middle of an Emperor run, which is kind of ridiculous. I can't imagine what the Immortal or Deity difficulty levels will be like in terms of A.I. advantages. On Emperor the A.I. cities growth is double my own and their culture, resource and unit generation advantages are kind of absurd.
The A.I. in the higher difficulty settings is pretty easy to figure out though. If there's a large body of water between you and it, you're generally pretty safe, if it's on the same landmass, it's only a matter of time before it declares war on you. I got nuked, 3 times, by Suleiman in my last game. When that asshole sued for peace, I steam rolled his entire damned nation and nuked his last city three times before crushing him. It didn't matter that I was going for the science victory and hadn't antagonised anyone, I was just there on the same landmass. My Emperor run is proving this out. Friendly for a few turns, even ask for resource assistance or open borders, then attack out of nowhere with some crazy overwhelming, advanced force that I take a few hundred years to successfully repel.
I'm on the final map size and land mass variation but have two more difficulty settings to play through and 14 leaders to play through the main campaign with. This isn't counting any of the DLC scenarios, two of which came with my purchase of Civ V and the viking one I purchased along with my copy. I have only played the single player campaign, and my play time is sitting at 64 hours. wat
The A.I. in the higher difficulty settings is pretty easy to figure out though. If there's a large body of water between you and it, you're generally pretty safe, if it's on the same landmass, it's only a matter of time before it declares war on you. I got nuked, 3 times, by Suleiman in my last game. When that asshole sued for peace, I steam rolled his entire damned nation and nuked his last city three times before crushing him. It didn't matter that I was going for the science victory and hadn't antagonised anyone, I was just there on the same landmass. My Emperor run is proving this out. Friendly for a few turns, even ask for resource assistance or open borders, then attack out of nowhere with some crazy overwhelming, advanced force that I take a few hundred years to successfully repel.
I'm on the final map size and land mass variation but have two more difficulty settings to play through and 14 leaders to play through the main campaign with. This isn't counting any of the DLC scenarios, two of which came with my purchase of Civ V and the viking one I purchased along with my copy. I have only played the single player campaign, and my play time is sitting at 64 hours. wat
I'll probably never play them, and I finally picked up Counterstrike Source (and Day of Defeat Source?) on sale at one point, but I figured I'd go ahead and drop $3.74 for the old Counterstrike 1 games just for the sake of nostalgia. I feel like someone said Day of Defeat was decent too.
Blizzard said:
Day of Defeat is AMAZING. It's just that not many people play it anymore. It was my multiplayer game of choice for years before TF2 came out.
Oh and everyone should get Metro. It's not that creepy/scary of a game, but it's got atmosphere out the wazoo.
StuBurns said:
I've always liked the original DoD more than DoD:S. The new class system never really worked for me and like you mentioned character movement was a little iffy for me as well.
I'd never played DoD:S till today, I really don't like it at all. Never played the original, but the character movement, the readability of the environment and encounters, and the weapons themselves all feel off to me.
I did try the normal CZ today for the first time, I don't get why everyone hates it, I'm certainly not good, or even well versed in CS1.6, but it feels quite similar to me.
I did try the normal CZ today for the first time, I don't get why everyone hates it, I'm certainly not good, or even well versed in CS1.6, but it feels quite similar to me.
Glass Rebel
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I'd really love to play a DoD2 with the same work put in as TF2.
jaundicejuice
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Day of Defeat was amazing for its time, Day of Defeat Source was never quite as good, content rich or as active. There's still a small dedicated community playing DoDS, larger than Monday Night Combat or Brink, so there will be people to play if you buy it.
Excellent /MrBurns
chewydogg said:
Excellent /MrBurns
scorpscarx
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I just wish Valve would quit making multi-plat games. CS had a lot of things that made it so great and addictive.
CSS was good fun for a couple of years when source still impressed, but like others have said it wasn't as good as the first.
Go doesn't impress me at all.
The last fun game involving shooting at other players, was COD4... Since then I haven't done much besides L4D1/2 and now Killing Floor exclusively.
I am counting on RO2 to pull me out of the coop slump however. With every multi-plat game Valve releases, I feel more and more alienated from Valve. My personal feelings.
CSS was good fun for a couple of years when source still impressed, but like others have said it wasn't as good as the first.
Go doesn't impress me at all.
The last fun game involving shooting at other players, was COD4... Since then I haven't done much besides L4D1/2 and now Killing Floor exclusively.
I am counting on RO2 to pull me out of the coop slump however. With every multi-plat game Valve releases, I feel more and more alienated from Valve. My personal feelings.
jaundicejuice
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Even if Valve wasn't making multipaltform titles, they'd still just be modifying/updating the Source engine or doing things like optimising their games and the Source engine to run on integrated GPU's. Valve is like Blizzard in that they put more emphasis on art direction than tech. They want as many people as possible to play their games and have a low barrier of entry.
it's not like they'd make the next bleeding edge PC game that would max out rigs two, three years down the road if they weren't making multiplatform games.
it's not like they'd make the next bleeding edge PC game that would max out rigs two, three years down the road if they weren't making multiplatform games.
scorpscarx
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StuBurns said:
We're always opposite on like every issue lol.
scorpscarx
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Nekrono said:
Set your windows sensitivity to 6/11 mark and disable enhance pointer precision, revel in the improvement.
the one thing of note about Metro 2033 that i remember is that there's no option to turn on vsync in game ...which makes it really ugly.
turn on vsync in your video drivers control panel ...or use D3Doverrider.
don't remember having a problem with the keyboard/mouse. also, the game works great with an Xbox pad if u have one. native support for it.
turn on vsync in your video drivers control panel ...or use D3Doverrider.
don't remember having a problem with the keyboard/mouse. also, the game works great with an Xbox pad if u have one. native support for it.
jaundicejuice
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This made me laugh...
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
Current | Peak |Game
2,623 3,423 Day of Defeat: Source
612 815 Day of Defeat
517 722 BRINK
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
Current | Peak |Game
2,623 3,423 Day of Defeat: Source
612 815 Day of Defeat
517 722 BRINK
The "Advanced DOF" takes a HUGE hit on performance, If I remember correctly it took away around 20 FPS when I messed around with it a while ago and I'm running a 6950 and 1080p.SalsaShark said:
Actually I think that's the only thing that I remember toggling off, maybe tessellation for a locked 60 FPS, too bad advanced DOF takes away some cool effects.
Oh god, this is the one thing that made me turn off Advanced DOF and Tessellation, the mouse felt so bad(unless it was running at 60 FPS) that it made the game unplayable for me, even at ~45 or a little less it felt awful and it got worst if you got closer to the 30's.3chopl0x said:
ohhthegore
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Well seems everyone was right about the Steam timer being broken, says I've played Stalker for 99 hours when I've only played it for 2
Truespeed
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Obsessed said:
It's an interesting puzzle platformer with a LBP twist to it where you can create levels or play levels created by other people (that have been ranked so you can tell which are the good ones). The basic premise of the game is to collect blocks and recycle them to build shapes to help you get to teleports. I've only played a little of it, but I really like it so far.
Sgt.Pepper
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It is pass Counter-Strike, holy shit.Anilusion said:
Only thing that completely destroyed Metro for me was the Terrible AA solution (Temporal? Edge?) ... Anyway it makes for a fugly motion blur that completely destroyed the game for me.
I must have spent 4 hours just tweaking the damn ini files trying to get the shit to stop :<
I must have spent 4 hours just tweaking the damn ini files trying to get the shit to stop :<
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