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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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keeblerdrow said:
I know you're trying to be funny but time spent on a game in no way equals enjoyment. I've also read 1200 page books that I hated every second of. I just like to form fully informed opinions
And I didn't say the game was garbage or anything, I"m just saying its not worth $30.Depends who you listen to, the hardcore/insane contingent or everyone else. I played Civ 4 BTS maybe a few months before Civ 5 came out, so I never got super hardcore into it. I haven't played with the recent patches but I thoroughly enjoyed it.Vyer said:
If you take a look at steam, it's in the top 10 of most played pretty much every day since it's been out.
leroidys said:I know you're trying to be funny but time spent on a game in no way equals enjoyment. I've also read 1200 page books that I hated every second of. I just like to form fully informed opinions
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Oh I see. Splinter cell is the weekend deal. Might be on sale individually as well.
$64.95 Package price:
-$38.97 Weekend Deal ends 4/18/11 at 10am PST:
$25.98 Cost to you:
$38.97 You save
I very much want Splinter Cell conviction to play co-op with my friend. Never thought about the other titles. Too much backlog anyways.
$64.95 Package price:
-$38.97 Weekend Deal ends 4/18/11 at 10am PST:
$25.98 Cost to you:
$38.97 You save
I very much want Splinter Cell conviction to play co-op with my friend. Never thought about the other titles. Too much backlog anyways.
keeblerdrow
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leroidys said:I know you're trying to be funny but time spent on a game in no way equals enjoyment. I've also read 1200 page books that I hated every second of. I just like to form fully informed opinions
Why didn't you stop playing at 30 hours? Or 60? or 90? Surely you could've had at least a well enough formed opinion to walk away from it by then? I understand 150 hours lends some authority to your opinion, but it also makes one wonder if it's not worth $30, why is it worth 150 hours?
I'm not sure how much weight you should be giving the press in regards to civ 5. Civ games are massive and there's a pretty big gap in skill levels, to the point where I'm not sure someone doing the best they can to get a sense of the game in a week or so to write a review can give it a proper shake.
The overall reaction from the community, the people who are guaranteed to have spent the hours learning the game, has been pretty negative. I, too, consider it a pretty big downgrade from 4 and I don't know if I'll ever play it again over 4. If you want to read a review from someone intimately familiar with the franchise (and who even helped design 4- although I suppose that might make him less objective) check out Sulla's review here:
http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ5/whatwentwrong.html
It's not completely up to date as he basically gave up on the game after playing through the first major content patch and it's a pretty scathing review, but it does a good job of explaining why this installment is so much worse and goes much more into depth on the mechanics and balance of the game than any professional review.
The overall reaction from the community, the people who are guaranteed to have spent the hours learning the game, has been pretty negative. I, too, consider it a pretty big downgrade from 4 and I don't know if I'll ever play it again over 4. If you want to read a review from someone intimately familiar with the franchise (and who even helped design 4- although I suppose that might make him less objective) check out Sulla's review here:
http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Civ5/whatwentwrong.html
It's not completely up to date as he basically gave up on the game after playing through the first major content patch and it's a pretty scathing review, but it does a good job of explaining why this installment is so much worse and goes much more into depth on the mechanics and balance of the game than any professional review.
AgentOtaku
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jaundicejuice said:
They dropped it for AssCreedBro ...pretty sure it's still there for AC2/SC:Conviction.
Joe Molotov
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AgentOtaku said:
They changed it from forcing you to have a constant internet connection, to doing a single check every time you boot it up.
jaundicejuice
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Joe Molotov said:
Which, while not perfect, is much better. Baby steps Ubisoft, baby steps.
Also, something in the install of Splinter Cell just caused my AV to wig out.
Ifrit said:
Posted on this very page...
darthbob said:
CarbonatedFalcon
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Sort of disappointed with that Splinter Cell pack. I'd pick up maybe Chaos Theory if it was $5 or less, and though I wouldn't say it's necessarily a bad deal, it's too high to get me to bite.
opticalmace
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That happened to me the other day. Try purchasing it from the steam web browser store instead? Or try restarting Steam?Instro said:
If you don't have luck I can forward you the email Steam sent me about the problem (I didn't much read it, the problem fixed itself when I rebooted steam I think).
jaundicejuice
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desu said:
I simply let my AV delete the file and was able to boot into the game and get to the main menu without any issues. The file that my AV was complaining about was being added in the support folder, I think it was for registering the game with Ubisoft's website back in the day. I haven't tried to play the game yet, went right into the options to see if there's any widescreen support because the game boots up defaulted to 1024x768/4:3.
One .ini edit I've stumbled across...
...I can't implement because I can't find those values.
EditRedux: From the Steam forums...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1095273
jaundicejuice
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\splinter cell\system
Open the SplinterCellUser.ini
FOV is near the top...
Resolution is near the bottom...
Anyone have any FOV recommendations for 1920x1200/16:10? The default is 75, I've bumped it up to 85 and am going to test it out now.
Open the SplinterCellUser.ini
FOV is near the top...
Resolution is near the bottom...
Anyone have any FOV recommendations for 1920x1200/16:10? The default is 75, I've bumped it up to 85 and am going to test it out now.
Sanic
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Never again will I restore my steam library from optical media. (Nor will I have to thanks to my new setup, thankfully).
For me, it just flat out didn't work as it was supposed to. Unless I manually restored each game individually, steam either locked up or started downloading the game instead of using the disc. And even when I restored each game individually, steam still locked up fairly often.
I don't know if these are common sentiments or just a bad experience, but yeah, never again.
For me, it just flat out didn't work as it was supposed to. Unless I manually restored each game individually, steam either locked up or started downloading the game instead of using the disc. And even when I restored each game individually, steam still locked up fairly often.
I don't know if these are common sentiments or just a bad experience, but yeah, never again.
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85-86 is correct for 16:10.jaundicejuice said:
LiquidMetal14
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I got mine for 6.38 on D2D including tax. Used a 15% code. Posted it earlier in this thread.Dance In My Blood said:
And the last expansion just finished downloading, yay!
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