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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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platypotamus
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SnakeswithLasers said:
Very few. Think more Sid Meier's Pirates. You can end up leading a kingdom and giving orders to your lords and such, but it's very light compared to those two you named.
Lasthope106
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The 15 seconds on this video have sold me on Warband:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMm1bhUklK0&#t=01m40s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMm1bhUklK0&#t=01m40s
Huevos de Oro
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I finally got to picking up Warband. Installing it now to give it a try.
Syphon Filter
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Should i get a 360 controller or F310 logitech?
Syphon Filter said:
360 controller. The F310 isn't even all that fancy is it? You can program keys on the 360 controller with multiple 3rd party apps, and that's the only advantage I'm aware of for the F310. But even if it does have advantages, the 360 controllers broad support base makes it a no brainer.
Edit: The logitech probably has a better d-pad.
Finally got around to starting Dead Space after purchasing god knows when.
I can't believe how amazing the game looks. 1080P@60fps with D3Doverider and the GTX 460 is mostly in the low 40% utilization range. That is one amazing engine they created there. Not only super efficient, but atmosphere out the wazoo.
I can't believe how amazing the game looks. 1080P@60fps with D3Doverider and the GTX 460 is mostly in the low 40% utilization range. That is one amazing engine they created there. Not only super efficient, but atmosphere out the wazoo.
gregor7777
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1-D_FTW said:
Agreed, Dead Space still looks quite good
gregor7777
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Yaboosh said:
It's worth it. The story gets a little weird, but it's worth playing for the setpieces alone. The game does an excellent job of making you feel small in this massive ship.
Darklord said:
Yea, I've had it do that to me a few times... but to it's credit, I only really had it do that when I did something crazy... like spawn several black holes in the middle of the solar system or something... or make the time stepping 1 billion years per second.
Despite all that, it's still fun to mess around with.
Edit: It's not very accurate either once you mess with the time stepping. I simulated the Solar System where 1 real second equaled 1 yr, and the inner rocky planets were immediately ejected from the solar system.
jaundicejuice
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So do I only want to install Warband since it's just a remake/improvement of the first Mount & Blade?
LocoMrPollock
Banned
^^^ Yes
Just noticed Sol Survivor is on sale for $5. Anyone know if it's a decent TD game?
Edit: Demo. Duh.
Just noticed Sol Survivor is on sale for $5. Anyone know if it's a decent TD game?
Edit: Demo. Duh.
Syphon Filter
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Does Dead Space 2 have securom on steam or just the retail?
jaundicejuice
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Aight, I'll just put a stop to Mount & Blade's install and delete the local content. I'll dive into Warband's single player before I even think of touching the multiplayer. The game sounds kind of ridiculous and complex.
plc268 said:
This isn't really Universe Sandbox's fault. It's the nature of simulations. Turning up the time stepping makes your computer do fewer calculations per simulated unit of time, so it would make sense that a planet would fly out of its orbit because its tangential velocity takes it out of orbit of the sun before it could calculate a new velocity that would retain orbit. Naturally, this happens with the inner planets first as their velocity changes much faster than the outer planets given the small radius of their orbit.
It's a little...low budget but so far I'm enjoying it alot. I love the combat, charging through a battfield on a horse with my army behind me is pretty badass. Nice music, too.
Right now I'm stumped trying to find some enemy bandits. They are no where on the map.
LOL, I found them but they were all shielded and on horseback. RIP my entire party.
Right now I'm stumped trying to find some enemy bandits. They are no where on the map.
LOL, I found them but they were all shielded and on horseback. RIP my entire party.
I, too put some more hours into Warband. I ended up meeting the King and I had done enough for his kingdom that he made me an official Vassal and gave me my first town <3
Ironically, after that I didn't know what to do, anymore. Other Vassals wouldn't give me quests any more because they said the quests would be beneath me. I tried sieging an enemy castle but some host of like 200 dudes came up and pwned me. The game got a bit aimless, at that point.
I reached Vassal status fairly sloppily, too. Whenever I would see my kingdom in a battle with the opposing kingdom I would rush in to help. And it would always be our like 120 troops left fighting their 14 troops, ha. So we'd win and then everyone would congratulate me on my "victory." But hey I'm not complaining I'll take it.
One question - I actually captured two named opposing commanders, and took them as prisoners. But I couldn't figure out anything to do with them and they eventually escaped. I assumed I could deliver them to a jail for loyalty points or something?
Edit: Do we have a Warband thread? I feel bad for taking over this one.
Ironically, after that I didn't know what to do, anymore. Other Vassals wouldn't give me quests any more because they said the quests would be beneath me. I tried sieging an enemy castle but some host of like 200 dudes came up and pwned me. The game got a bit aimless, at that point.
I reached Vassal status fairly sloppily, too. Whenever I would see my kingdom in a battle with the opposing kingdom I would rush in to help. And it would always be our like 120 troops left fighting their 14 troops, ha. So we'd win and then everyone would congratulate me on my "victory." But hey I'm not complaining I'll take it.
One question - I actually captured two named opposing commanders, and took them as prisoners. But I couldn't figure out anything to do with them and they eventually escaped. I assumed I could deliver them to a jail for loyalty points or something?
Edit: Do we have a Warband thread? I feel bad for taking over this one.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=20563748GDJustin said:
POWERSPHERE
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So steam worked perfectly on my iMac, but on this Macbook i'm getting the 'can't run on a case insensitive volume'. If I make a partition for steam, what kind of formatting should I do? Really want to play Portal 2 and finish HL2-Ep2 whilst on holidays.
Palette Swap
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Damn, someone must complain about this every month but I really wish Steam would let people use custom icons/grid pictures.
Not having that is akin to itunes not allowing album art for anything but stuff bought through the itunes store.
Not having that is akin to itunes not allowing album art for anything but stuff bought through the itunes store.
Man, one advantage of Steam really is having your games in one place. I didn't buy Arma II in the most recent sale ($8 for the main game, $24 for Arrowhead or so?), but apparently I had completely forgotten already buying BOTH GAMES on Amazon digital download for a combined $12.50. Better price, but I didn't remember I had them. XD
Of course, since it's the Amazon downloader, there may very well be no way to download 6GB of game files without the whole thing being corrupted. It looks like multiple people have had this issue (including on GAF) so I'm trying to see if I can download even a 3GB game without file corruption.
Of course, since it's the Amazon downloader, there may very well be no way to download 6GB of game files without the whole thing being corrupted. It looks like multiple people have had this issue (including on GAF) so I'm trying to see if I can download even a 3GB game without file corruption.
The Big Rig
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Is there no game-part of Universe Sandbox? I mean, it looks like the coolest simulator ever, but I wonder if its just the ultimate god sim.
jaundicejuice
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So I take it that the wired 360 controller is pretty much the defacto gaming pad to get for PC? I picked up Super Meat Boy at retail (because it has an awesome package) and it instantly felt wrong to be using the keyboard to play the game.
Wired 360 pad for general analog and most modern gamesjaundicejuice said:
Saturn USB for general digital and console emulation (since the 360's pad is horrendous)
Street Fighter Tournament Edition stick for arcade stuff
Also: A flight stick for the new TIE Fighter and Freespace games that are sure to come out in the next year or two
Yes.jaundicejuice said:
It may be the one good thing out of Microsoft's entire GFW initiative. Most console-style games fully support the 360 pad, including correctly labeled button prompts. Much better to have a game tell you to press A or X or RB instead of button 3, button 7 and button 9.
The Broken Ska Record
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I, luckily, bought a 360 Wireless Adapter for my PC years ago, and the ability to use a 360 pad flawlessly is amazing. Just Cause 2 works perfectly with it.
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