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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|

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Joe Molotov said:
Isn't it shorter than the first game too? (which was only like 6 hours long anyway)
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It's shorter yet still manages to recycle levels. TFU2 is an abomination (albeit a pretty abomination) and should be avoided by everyone, even die hard SW nuts.
 
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Echoplx

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Republic Commando received generally good reviews with mostly minor complaints. It is said to give players the most enjoyable Star Wars experience out of the other games, despite its lack of Jedi. Many complaints have been about its short campaign, which is only about 10 hours long and supported by an only average multiplayer experience.
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I'd kill for a 10 hour campaign in modern shooters...

How far have our standards fallen? :'(
 
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3chopl0x said:
I wonder why they haven't implemented the same countdown system for game releases that they have for sales, would be handy.
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Some game release dates constantly shift though, sometimes even releasing a day or two ahead of schedule. At least it does here.
 
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Joe Molotov said:
Deus Ex patch that supposedly fixes the stuttering was just released.
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And now I can't even play the game.. Incomplete installation error when it's doing it's first time setup thing (Yes I have verified etc.)
 
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3chopl0x said:
And now I can't even play the game.. Incomplete installation error when it's doing it's first time setup thing (Yes I have verified etc.)
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Left 4 Dead patches have done that for me before. You just gotta wait a bit sometimes.
 
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Ledsen

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So how good is Sengoku compared to other Paradox games like EUIII? I'd love me some sweet Japanese historical strategy but there's no thread about it on GAF :(
 
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Forkball

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I love Japanese history so Sengoku looks interesting, but when I played EUIII I was all like...

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Kick ass. I saw portal as free, clicked install and all it did was refresh the page. Set my account to be in the steam beta and received a new steam update. After that Portal is not listed as free but it gave me the option to install the game!
 
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Forkball said:
I love Japanese history so Sengoku looks interesting, but when I played EUIII I was all like...

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Yeah I just tried it for a bit and was almost immediately thrown for a loop. You need a freakin masters in economics to play some of these games lol
 
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Fjord

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So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.

I launch it the other day and see the daily deal on 'Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!' take a while to check it out, looks pretty creative so I decide I'll gift it to my girlfriend. Saw there was 47 left in the sale, oh shit that's seconds so I go bam bam bam and buy it. Then I see the receipt hit me for full price. It's just $10 vs $5 but that kind of irritates me as it told me $5 up until the final step of the transaction when I was going to quickly to notice it.

So the email I got:

It seems you missed the sale by a few minutes.

As with most software products, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.

As a one-time customer service gesture we can issue you store credit for the amount of your purchase into your Steam Wallet. The credit will also remove the title or item from your account.

Please confirm that you would like us to proceed with this credit.
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Now this is a game I purchased as an unsent gift and the best they can do is some steam bucks and using up my get out of jail free card? So I sent this semi angry message:

I find that unacceptable. This is an unopened ungiven gift game. I did not miss the sale by minutes I missed it by seconds, I was one step away from final confirmation when the price on your game changed. The best I can get for this is using up my customer service bailout to get back to square one? I want the game for the price I started the transaction at or I want to return my effectively unopened gift game for a full refund that does not potentially come back to haunt me if I encounter a future problem. If you are unable to do either of these things please escalate my case. I just want the same service any retail store would give me.
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What do you reckon my odds are?
 
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I don't get this....Why are you bitching about $10 dollars lost to Steam? You probably saved 10 times $10 dollars from Steams sales in the past anyway?

So If anything, you got a game you wanted and gave Steam a little something back for all the wonderful games you've grabbed that've been @ or over 75% off in the past.

Ingrate.
 
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That's why I have a policy of not giving a shit about small stuff. One time I accidentally bought a $5 game for myself when I meant to buy it as a gift for someone else. Oh well, I just bought them a copy like I planned and now we both own it. If you want to try your chances at haggling for a refund, go ahead, but don't get pissed over your own principles.
 
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Cuban Legend said:
So If anything, you got a game you wanted and gave Steam a little something back for all the wonderful games you've grabbed that've been @ or over 75% off in the past.
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...but if he's anything like me, he's wasted just as much money on games he'll never play, so it all evens out in the end. Based on my experiences, Steam customer service are a bunch of stupid poopyheads, so I'll back Fjord on this one.
 
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Fjord said:
I find that unacceptable. This is an unopened ungiven gift game. I did not miss the sale by minutes I missed it by seconds, I was one step away from final confirmation when the price on your game changed. The best I can get for this is using up my customer service bailout to get back to square one? I want the game for the price I started the transaction at or I want to return my effectively unopened gift game for a full refund that does not potentially come back to haunt me if I encounter a future problem. If you are unable to do either of these things please escalate my case. I just want the same service any retail store would give me.
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What do you reckon my odds are?
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I don't know, you missed the sale. I can't think of many retail outlets that would give you the sale price on a sale you missed. Valve has contracts with these companies and they have to shut them off at some point. It isn't fair to the developer that Valve can seemingly extend the sale on a whim.
 
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Dice

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morningbus said:
I don't know, you missed the sale. I can't think of many retail outlets that would give you the sale price on a sale you missed. Valve has contracts with these companies and they have to shut them off at some point. It isn't fair to the developer that Valve can seemingly extend the sale on a whim.
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Not sure, man. I mean, it depends on what the order-confirmation message stated. If it changed to $10 then I guess he should have been more observant, but if it said $5 when he clicked "yes, it is okay to charge me this" then he has a case for Steam to eat the cost and give both him the price he wanted and the publisher a full price-size cut. It would be their own fault for having a system where such a last-second turnaround of price could happen rather than detecting it and putting up a message saying the order can no longer be completed at that price.

I still wouldn't get pissed over it, though.
 
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Fjord said:
So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.

I launch it the other day and see the daily deal on 'Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!' take a while to check it out, looks pretty creative so I decide I'll gift it to my girlfriend. Saw there was 47 left in the sale, oh shit that's seconds so I go bam bam bam and buy it. Then I see the receipt hit me for full price. It's just $10 vs $5 but that kind of irritates me as it told me $5 up until the final step of the transaction when I was going to quickly to notice it.

So the email I got:



Now this is a game I purchased as an unsent gift and the best they can do is some steam bucks and using up my get out of jail free card? So I sent this semi angry message:



What do you reckon my odds are?
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Just make your girlfriend eat something off of the 99 cents menu instead of splurging for a value meal next time you take her out. That should save you the $5 and all will even out in the end.
 
Dice

Dice

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LocoMrPollock said:
Just make your girlfriend eat something off of the 99 cents menu instead of splurging for a value meal next time you take her out. That should save you the $5 and all will even out in the end.
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I really like what you've done here. It's the same angle of attack that South Park uses to critique various mindsets, minus the parody aspect. I genuinely find it entertaining.
 
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Aaron

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Fjord said:
So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.

I launch it the other day and see the daily deal on 'Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!' take a while to check it out, looks pretty creative so I decide I'll gift it to my girlfriend. Saw there was 47 left in the sale, oh shit that's seconds so I go bam bam bam and buy it. Then I see the receipt hit me for full price. It's just $10 vs $5 but that kind of irritates me as it told me $5 up until the final step of the transaction when I was going to quickly to notice it.
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My advice is: life is too short to let $5 irritate you. It is not worth the time you spent getting annoyed and sending out pointlessly snappy e-mails about. Spend that time instead in making sure such tiny, tiny, tiny things don't bother you in the future. You'll live a happier and probably longer life.
 
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Carm

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Fjord said:
So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.

I launch it the other day and see the daily deal on 'Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!' take a while to check it out, looks pretty creative so I decide I'll gift it to my girlfriend. Saw there was 47 left in the sale, oh shit that's seconds so I go bam bam bam and buy it. Then I see the receipt hit me for full price. It's just $10 vs $5 but that kind of irritates me as it told me $5 up until the final step of the transaction when I was going to quickly to notice it.

So the email I got:



Now this is a game I purchased as an unsent gift and the best they can do is some steam bucks and using up my get out of jail free card? So I sent this semi angry message:



What do you reckon my odds are?
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You have no chance, Valve doesn't give a shit. Up until this year, I've never had to deal with Steam support. After dealing with it twice since July, and them fucking me and quite a few others over recently, because of a fuck up on their end, my attitude has started changing. So, it might no longer be not on Steam, no sale for me anymore, I'll be eyeing sales in other digital stores or retail much more now.
 
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Fjord said:
It seems you missed the sale by a few minutes.

As with most software products, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.

As a one-time customer service gesture we can issue you store credit for the amount of your purchase into your Steam Wallet. The credit will also remove the title or item from your account.

Please confirm that you would like us to proceed with this credit.
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You actually can get a full refund and you are still pissed and it is unnacceptable ? GTFO here with this shit, man.
 
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Fjord said:
So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.
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You saw there were 47 seconds left in the sale when you started, so you knew you were probably going to miss it.

Steam shows you the price you're being charged twice before they do the transaction and charge your card.

Your fault.
 
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I'm having the weirdest problem with Steam and downloading Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. While downloading, the speed goes all over the place from 0 to 300 kbs, which my connection can't hit at all. It will go for long stretches of time and will not download at all and then just stop altogher. updates and other games work fine but this is really baffling. Any help or ideas why this is happening?
 
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Carm

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tm24 said:
I'm having the weirdest problem with Steam and downloading Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. While downloading, the speed goes all over the place from 0 to 300 kbs, which my connection can't hit at all. It will go for long stretches of time and will not download at all and then just stop altogher. updates and other games work fine but this is really baffling. Any help or ideas why this is happening?
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Ever since it was moved to the new content delivery system it's been a broken mess. I tried to install the game from my back up and it wouldn't, just tried to download it instead. So I let it download and tried to back up the new install, won't let me back it up. Others are having download issues.

Only game on Steam that I own, that will not let me back it up.
 
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Echoplx

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Carm said:
Ever since it was moved to the new content delivery system it's been a broken mess. I tried to install the game from my back up and it wouldn't, just tried to download it instead. So I let it download and tried to back up the new install, won't let me back it up. Others are having download issues.

Only game on Steam that I own, that will not let me back it up.
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It stops you from pressing ctrl+c and ctrl+v? :p
 
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SmokyDave

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Fjord said:
So I'm in the middle of some angry emails with Steam.
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I think you're being rather unreasonable here, putting it politely. You missed the sale, simple as. I'm surprised they're offering a refund TBH. I once bought Borderlands GoTY and then an hour later bought the 2K pack with Borderlands GoTY in it. I didn't ask them to refund my first Borderlands purchase because it was my fuck-up. Almost wish I had now, they're more accomodating than I expected.
 
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