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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|

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Flunkie

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SalsaShark said:
gah, if someone took it at least post :/

i'll send keys to bs000 and Glass Rebel as soon as i can generate some
How do you get points so quickly? I got a key from you yesterday and I still haven't accumulated enough for an invite.
 
SalsaShark said:
gah, if someone took it at least post :/

i'll send keys to bs000 and Glass Rebel as soon as i can generate some

Mhhh, thank you in advance!

Also, after Deus Ex and Space Marine (which is preordered) I'm done with big releases for this year. I was and still am really hyped for Skyrim but I don't think I'll be able to find the time to fully enjoy it. Fortunately that leaves me with plenty of time for smaller games: I'll most likely get Limbo, Bastion, Clash of Heroes, Blocks that Matter and Renegade Ops. Anything else I should consider?

Edit: Oh just saw the PM, thanks to NamelessO!

Edit2: Would somebody please explain to me how steamgifts works? How do you earn points?
 

X05

Upside, inside out he's livin la vida loca, He'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca
SalsaShark said:
its my birthday and im drunk i love you steam dudes
A sign of getting old: you got wasted way too early :p
 
If anyone ever has a spare steamgifts invite, shoot one my way, and I will return the favour. Would be awesome to get all of SteamGAF in the giveaways.
 
Big thanks to Roaring Hawk for the Steamgifts invite. To share the love I will accumulate enough of my initial points to give away 3 invites before I enter any giveaways, would be awesome if everyone did the same so we got all of SteamGAF involved.
 

Omikron

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What is this steam gifts site?

I have quite a few gifts/extra copies on my account, would this be the way to get rid of them to decent people? ;)
 

Cptkrush

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Omi said:
What is this steam gifts site?

I have quite a few gifts/extra copies on my account, would this be the way to get rid of them to decent people? ;)
well, basically, you put up a game for a giveaway and people enter to win it. The winner is randomly drawn at the end of the contest.
 

Omikron

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Cptkrush said:
well, basically, you put up a game for a giveaway and people enter to win it. The winner is randomly drawn at the end of the contest.

Cool, sounds like a good idea, considering the vast majority of people I know have copies of all the old valve games I have. :p


So if anyone has an invite to share.... :D
 
Derrick01 said:
Any idea why it seems like most of the gifts on there are Valve games?
Probably because those are often packed together, and if you already own one it becomes gift-able.

Kinda like with Orange Box, for people that already owned Half Life 2 and Episode 1 getting gift copies to give out.
 
Playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory since I had it my backlog for quite a while. Really like the game, nice lightning too. I need some help though, in the third mission
when you go down the rope to the room of lasers, the game tells me to use the EEV to hack, but when I point to the computer it says scanning and that's it.

Edit: Well, I got out with the pistal magnetic stuff..
 

Derrick01

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Buttonbasher said:
Probably because those are often packed together, and if you already own one it becomes gift-able.

Kinda like with Orange Box, for people that already owned Half Life 2 and Episode 1 getting gift copies to give out.

Makes sense, I'm so used to bundled games not being giftable. I should have known Valve wouldn't do that.
 
Does a steamgifts invite remove the requirement for 50.00 being spent on steam for registration for steamgifts? I started on steam during unemployment so I haven't had much of a chance to purchase anything on it yet.
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
Just wrapped up Dungeon Siege III in co-op with my number 1 co-op homie and the game really won me over. It took us roughly 14 hours and while we skipped quite a bit of dialogue early on, I really started to dig the story in the second half of the game. Boss fights were top-notch, the art and visuals were consistently pleasant, and the combat was satisfying.

Is it worth 50$? I would say no. However, I think it's easily worth 20-25$.

I would drop 10$ on a DLC expansion that was a couple hours long in a heart beat and I will definitely be picking up the sequel if Obsidian makes it.
 
I'd like to throw my hat into the "can I have a steamgifts code please" pool, and would be more then willing to use my points to invite 3-4 people before doing anything for myself. Steamgaf ftw eh lol.
 

StuBurns

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I wouldn't be surprised if they're seeing the Asian market get accounts just ready for Dota 2 having seen the competition. That's assuming it's currently there, and I believe it is.
 

DTKT

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StuBurns said:
I wouldn't be surprised if they're seeing the Asian market get accounts just ready for Dota 2 having seen the competition. That's assuming it's currently there, and I believe it is.

I could see Deus Ex factoring in into this. It is a Steamworks game after all.
 

Jomjom

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SimonM7 said:
A yes and no and yes to that. I've played a myriad of adventure games lately as a result of getting a PC again that doesn't throw up as soon as anything is animated on screen. I used to love adventure games 15 - 20 years ago and was pretty much carrying around the notion of the genre being dead - a popular and pretty misguided notion at that - during the bulk of the time since then.

Anyway, I really, really enjoyed Still Life in particular. The interface is a little wonky at first and the labelling is a bit messed up, but once you've sorta poked around and figured out what the icons mean and whatnot it's no longer an issue. If you want a crime thriller that is well put together with a near non-existant amount of sociopathic solutions (I'll give this gardener a permanent skin condition so I can get to that pile of leaves!) and ludicrous puzzle scenarios (cat hair + honey) with dark themes that feel sincerely gritty instead of the forced, bolted on, look-at-me style gritty that's prevailent in most mainstream games today, it's fits that bill splendidly.

Unlike the sequel, which is one of the most headache inducingly busted games I've played in a long while. The story is stupid, the gameplay is full of pseudo "realtime adventure" elements like time restrictions and inventory limitations, and it's so full of glitches you can barely tell what's deliberate and what isn't at points. The fact that 2 is such a soul sucking disappointment wouldn't matter much if you could comfortably skip it, but the actual resolution to Still Life 1 is baked into 2 as a paranthetical sub story that plays out in tiny segments inbetween parts of its main - and almost completely standalone - plot. So that's a bummer.

In regards to Post Mortem, I haven't played that yet myself. I've read reviews that paint a really grim picture of its localisation though, with sentences that seem like they've just replaced the french words in the original sentence with english words and stuff like that. At enough of a discount I'd like to check it out, but it seems considerably more wonky than either of its successors.

So with all this in mind I hope you've a clearer picture. I'd say, personally, that Still Life is totally worth it. Whether you champion through its problem ridden sequel (which I actually did) or simply wiki your way to the plot resolution afterwards, it's still a really satisfying, detailed crime story with a lot of atmosphere and enough of a payoff in the end to feel like it's still a complete experience.

Thanks for the awesome write-up. I will probably pick this up - feels like perhaps a good game with some flaws, but I'm good at overlooking flaws in games. I really appreciate it.
 
Put me down for an invite to SteamGifts when it's available, thanks! It seems like it might be one of those "if you get it early it's good", until Valve decides to shut it down.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
What will be the next hot item in the Steam Thread Prison Economy?

I say: humble indie bundle codes.
 

StuBurns

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I'd actually like to know that, how much the games are if I bought them all separately at full price. Still not much as I don't have many games, but it'd be interesting.
 
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