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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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jaundicejuice
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Felix Lighter said:
I was on the end-game on
Ilos
On the subject of Mass Effect 2. Kind of disappointed that Bioware went with the whole space bucks/points thing for purchasing DLC and, worse, that they force you to buy specific lump sums rather than allowing to purchase only the content you want. It's so lame that they try to disassociate the cost of the content with this abstraction. Be upfront about the cost and let me buy the content directly. If I'm not interested in purchasing skins or weapon packs, I shouldn't be forced to buy lump sums and have an odd number of space bucks lying around unused.
Are the three mission dlc's at least worth buying?
jaundicejuice
Member
Alright, I'll figure out the best amount of Bioware Points to purchase so I can nab all three.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Interesting new Indie game up on Steam:
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
I tried out the demo and the game looks nice, but appears to be locked at 47 fps. Still it's better than being locked at 30 fps with tearing amirite?? Anyways, the controls feel pretty tight on the 360 pad and the buttons prompts/tutorials change appropriately. I'll probably pick it up down the road when I have finished up most of my Christmas games. Here are a couple shots I took:
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Controller Support
- Demo from official site, 114 mb
I tried out the demo and the game looks nice, but appears to be locked at 47 fps. Still it's better than being locked at 30 fps with tearing amirite?? Anyways, the controls feel pretty tight on the 360 pad and the buttons prompts/tutorials change appropriately. I'll probably pick it up down the road when I have finished up most of my Christmas games. Here are a couple shots I took:
Diablohead
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I remember this game, wasn't it a runner up in the xna dream play compo? along with noogy's dust game which ended up winning overall.Stallion Free said:Interesting new Indie game up on Steam:
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Controller Support
- Demo from official site
Nice to see it coming to pc, game has always looked awesome.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Alrighty, I updated my post with some impressions/screens I snapped from the demo.
Diomedeskun
Member
Sinatar said:
Try the demo out, it's great fun.
Control wise, you can choose to play it like Abuse with mouse and key board or Contra or Smash TV if you use a pad. The game really channels Mega Man with a touch of Contra, although the demo was certainly easier than any level from any game in those series.
Unfortunately, some branching areas make it seem like it will be more like metroid at first, but, in fact, it appears to be very linear.
Diablohead
Member
A shame, need more metroidvanias in my life.Diomedeskun said:
This is such a crap place to ask this, but is there a way to get AA working with ATI cards in Bioshock? The profile in RadeonPro doesn't work for me, and I can't force it.
EDIT: One thing I can do is use MLAA, but that breaks Vsync in DX10, so I have to play in DX9, though it's better than nothing.
EDIT: One thing I can do is use MLAA, but that breaks Vsync in DX10, so I have to play in DX9, though it's better than nothing.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
LocoMrPollock
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Ares is pretty fun. It's definitely more Megaman than Metroid, though.
The upgrade system is pretty cool in that you just collect 3 different types of resources and then each upgrade costs a certain amount of each, similar to an RTS. And you can replay levels to gain more resources, or actually the enemies respawn as well, so you can farm pretty easy.
The graphics look a little like high-res stickers layered on each other, but that's alright I guess, as the game is just fun to play. It plays great with the 360 controller and has built-in button assets.
The sound effects and music are pretty good.
There's no real story to speak of, and the first episode appears to have 5 levels that can be replayed.
All in all, I'd say it's worth it, if you enjoy these types of games.
The upgrade system is pretty cool in that you just collect 3 different types of resources and then each upgrade costs a certain amount of each, similar to an RTS. And you can replay levels to gain more resources, or actually the enemies respawn as well, so you can farm pretty easy.
The graphics look a little like high-res stickers layered on each other, but that's alright I guess, as the game is just fun to play. It plays great with the 360 controller and has built-in button assets.
The sound effects and music are pretty good.
There's no real story to speak of, and the first episode appears to have 5 levels that can be replayed.
All in all, I'd say it's worth it, if you enjoy these types of games.
Diablohead
Member
Just played the demo myself, it's fun and I like it.
Only 5 levels? the demo stage was rather quick to finish even after "exploring" so I hope the later levels are longer.
Only 5 levels? the demo stage was rather quick to finish even after "exploring" so I hope the later levels are longer.
Joe Molotov
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nexen said:
Check to make sure you're logged in to Steam Community.
Joe Molotov said:
This, in the past I've had te re-do achievements in several games just because the Steam Community happened to be down at the moment I got them.
And Darksiders achievements are buggy even if you are logged in. I got them all eventually, but it required a lot of saving and loading and doing things two or three times.
witchedwiz
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loved abuse!morningbus said:
can't find the win 32 version anywhere though, since the guy who realized it sort of closed its site :/
Beat Ares.
Kind of neat game, some weird areas that can get you killed fairly easily, and some bosses can be kind of annoying to deal with. Music was my style so I'm ok with it.
There were a couple of cutscenes with still images, and they had TERRIBLE..I mean TERRIBLE grammar and spelling. I know I'm no ace in the English class, but yeesh. It's like they made a monkey do it. "Human have no instect!" and other really weird oddities.
But it wasn't that bad for 9 bucks. Might go back to it to try the new stuff I got in earlier levels. It has its own in-game achievements, no Steam-chievements though.
Kind of neat game, some weird areas that can get you killed fairly easily, and some bosses can be kind of annoying to deal with. Music was my style so I'm ok with it.
There were a couple of cutscenes with still images, and they had TERRIBLE..I mean TERRIBLE grammar and spelling. I know I'm no ace in the English class, but yeesh. It's like they made a monkey do it. "Human have no instect!" and other really weird oddities.
But it wasn't that bad for 9 bucks. Might go back to it to try the new stuff I got in earlier levels. It has its own in-game achievements, no Steam-chievements though.
Automatisch
Member
Does anyone know if AC2's DRM is any different than it was before, or does it still require a consistent internet connection?
So i have woken up to my account being disabled. There goes all my games.
What can i do? I'm guessing nothing at all. I like how there's no email stating why it's been shut down.
I love how i can't actually log in to issue a steam ticket. I guess i have to create a new ID.
What a fucking joke of a system and company.
What can i do? I'm guessing nothing at all. I like how there's no email stating why it's been shut down.
I love how i can't actually log in to issue a steam ticket. I guess i have to create a new ID.
What a fucking joke of a system and company.
Stallion Free
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When my bro had an issue on his Steam account and we filed a support ticket, it didn't ask for the Steam log in, it had us create a support account. The account was specifically for support help. The reason this was needed was because his account had been stolen. If their support system had relied on your Steam info, how would they help those who had their accounts stolen?evlcookie said:
Joe Molotov
Member
evlcookie said:
Steam Support requires a seperate login from your Steam account. So yeah, you'll have to create a new login.
gregor7777
Banned
evlcookie said:
How do you know your account wasn't jacked and the email address switched?
You have to create a support account for exactly the reason Stallion mentions.
graywolf323
Member
evlcookie said:
Steam Support is a separate account for this reason
Diablohead
Member
steam support is a completely separate login, just make one and contact them about your account, im sure they can give you help and answers. Since it seems like you were banned it could be a billing problem, changed your cards lately?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
In case you didn't figure it out from like the last 5 posts, I'll restate that there is a very good reason for you needing to create a new account on the support page lol.
Once they have responded, SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) is to create a thread about the issue and filling it with your rage.
God I miss Joseph Merrick.
Once they have responded, SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) is to create a thread about the issue and filling it with your rage.
God I miss Joseph Merrick.
Thanks guys. It's 4am so i guess i didn't know about the new account for a ticket thing.
I'm guessing it was due to a charge back which i didn't issue.
My CC got skimmed on the 17th of dec and i noticed 2 days after christmas. During that time i would have purchased shank and darksiders (maybe something else too) along with someone else using my card to suck $5500 from me. I killed the card when i noticed and filled out fraud forms to try and get my money back. Sounds like they did a charge back on valve purchases along with items i actually requested.
Damn bank and their fuckwist for a fraud team.
I'm guessing it was due to a charge back which i didn't issue.
My CC got skimmed on the 17th of dec and i noticed 2 days after christmas. During that time i would have purchased shank and darksiders (maybe something else too) along with someone else using my card to suck $5500 from me. I killed the card when i noticed and filled out fraud forms to try and get my money back. Sounds like they did a charge back on valve purchases along with items i actually requested.
Damn bank and their fuckwist for a fraud team.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Shogun 2: Total War will be up for preorder sometime soon. The price will be $49.99.
Edit: http://store.steampowered.com/app/34330/?snr=1_4_4__105_1
Edit: http://store.steampowered.com/app/34330/?snr=1_4_4__105_1
graywolf323
Member
evlcookie said:
oh crap that's bad
anachronous_one
Prologue Type S Alpha
It's up now, in the US store.crimsonheadGCN said:
anachronous_one
Prologue Type S Alpha
Darklord said:
What the . . . ? I understand that Australia gets the shaft on retail boxed goods, but in digital distro, too? Must cost Sega a ton to ship those bits and bytes digitally to AUS. /eyeroll
Phife Dawg
Member
50 in Germany...wow?f0rk said:
Yeah this makes me want to puke and hit a puppy. Was looking so forward to it but fuck you Sega. I'm going to wait till it hits a sale - even if I have to wait 2 years for it.Darklord said:
The only companies that do it are Sega, Activision, and EA. Take2 does it occasionally depending on the release. It makes me fucking sick. Pretty sure THQ might do it as well. When they're confronted over it, the usual PR spins it stating that retail charges that amount so it is justifiable to make the game that price via Steam.anachronous_one said:
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