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[speedpop]

This. WTF is going on?

They didn't state outright, but the Steam sale delayed it a bit. I could always buy it at GamersGate but the OCD in me wants it in my Steam files.

 

[Sysgen]

Nice, "My History" got fixed.

Mine too but View all recent still gives me a white screen.

 

[Dead Prince]

Mine too but View all recent still gives me a white screen.

both mine work. must have reached a new status with handing over money to him :lol

 

[jaundicejuice]

Steam seems to be the online community / storefront that PSN and XBL want to be someday.

One thing I'd like to see is a 'Made for Steam' type certification, games with this certification should have at the very least:
Steam Cloud support
Windows 7 x64 Compatible
Widescreen Support
Controller support
No Additional DRM
Cross Platform where possible

I guess something similar to the whole GFW program, but something that actually works :lol

There are quite a few games I would actually purchase if they stripped out the horrible third party DRM and limited activations. You don't need SecuROM or TAGES when your game is on Steam.

 

[Slightly Live]

When there are the next sales? I waited to the last day to buy all the stuff that was not day of the deal, and I had to do overtime at work so I missed the opportunity.

Summer. =)

 

[Psy-Phi]

There are quite a few games I would actually purchase if they stripped out the horrible third party DRM and limited activations. You don't need SecuROM or TAGES when your game is on Steam.

I agree they're unnecessary but I understand companies not trying to change it. They'd have to implement Steam's DRM instead, which would mean extra licensing. Games that aren't steampowered you can just run the executable with Steam not even running much of the time (and especially when there's third party DRM). I play Fallout 3 frequently without Steam running for example.

If they just patched out the DRM they'd essentially give the internet an executable that the hackers strive for. No reason to make their lives easier.

And honestly I used to be in an uproar about TAGES and SecuROM, but I gave in last year and bought what I wanted without caring about what DRM the games used. Haven't had a single problem, even with the lamented Assassin's Creed 2. Works flawlessly, and I like knowing that my save is being backed up somewhere.

Sure I'd prefer the Steam Cloud, but I don't care which cloud it goes to, just so long as I can get it back.

 

[Lan_97]

So after getting a gaming laptop and getting owned by the Steam holiday sale, I'm in need of a PC gamepad. Any recommendations? I don't own a 360, but it looks like the 360 controller could be a reasonable choice.

 

[ZZMitch]

I can't get past the giant fan in half Life... I am pretty sure it is supposed to life me up to the boards up above, but it wont levitate me

 

[graywolf323]

So after getting a gaming laptop and getting owned by the Steam holiday sale, I'm in need of a PC gamepad. Any recommendations? I don't own a 360, but it looks like the 360 controller could be a reasonable choice.

the wired 360 controller probably is the best one

 

[kamspy]

Steam sale blew my hard drive. Gabe owes me a spinpoint.

 

[Digital Enhancement]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but could someone give me some advice on how to install add-ons in Garry's Mod ? I'm completely lost as to how to do it.

 

[Drkirby]

Hey, Gamestop is selling some Digital Steam Works games at decent prices. I assume you get the CD key with them to active in steam like normal, but I haven't tried it yet.

Fallout New Vegas: $29.99 (retail too)
Just Cause 2: $14.99
Mount and Blade: Warband: $14.99
Puzzle Quest 2
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: $14.99
Front Mission Evolved (Retail only!): $14.99
Football Manager 2011(Retail only!): $19.99
Fear 2: $9.99
Unreal Tournament 3: $9.99

Sure, most of them were better deals during the sale, but in case you really want them now it is a way to get them cheaper. Fallout New Vegas should be as cheap as it come though.

Edit: Though looking at it, Amazon beats almost all those prices. Like they have Front Mission for $12.54: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BXJ85M/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[slidewinder]

the wired 360 controller probably is the best one

Yeah. These Logitech pads are a decent alternative, though:


Cheaper (at $25 retail), with a much, much better dpad than the 360 controllers have, but act and are recognized exactly like a 360 pad when the switch is in X-Input position. Materials are of somewhat lower quality overall as is typical of third party stuff, but not too bad.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Yeah. These Logitech pads are a decent alternative, though:
http://www.logitech.com/assets/32855/4/logitech-gamepad-f310.png[img][/url]

Cheaper (at $25 retail), with a much, much better dpad than the 360 controllers have, but act and are recognized exactly like a 360 pad when the switch is in X-Input position. Materials are of somewhat lower quality overall as is typical of third party stuff, but not bad overall.[/QUOTE]

I approve of this. I use the PC version of the controller (EXACT same controller, but with 1, 2, 3, 4 as buttons instead of A, B, X, Y) on PS3 and they work great!

 

[Drkirby]

So, I take it no one cares that Front Mission Evolved Retail is 75% off on Amazon and 70% off at Gamestop, and can be activated in Steam.

 

[Nabs]

the wired 360 controller probably is the best one

cosign. it's worth it.

 

[Forkball]

The Logitech is good, but many games don't recognize it and force you to manually input the commands before you can use it. It's a hassle.

Anyways, Monday Night Combat comes out in about two weeks. I'm interested in it, but I'll wait a while to see everyone's impressions. Any other big releases for January?

 

[Flunkie]

hai im new to steam ! ne good deals going on? thx

 

[IrishNinja]

woo new thread!
my only regret on the last sale was not buying Vampire: Bloodlines, despite it being on sale every day according to GAF.

 

[Blablurn]

hai im new to steam ! ne good deals going on? thx

u missed the best, man...

 

[confused]

woo new thread!
my only regret on the last sale was not buying Vampire: Bloodlines, despite it being on sale every day according to GAF.

I'm pretty sure something like that was the origin of the legend that it ever went on sale. I refuse to BELIEVE !

 

[Tokubetsu]

I'm pretty sure something like that was the origin of the legend that it ever went on sale. I refuse to BELIEVE !

Fairly certain it was on sale for 5 or 10 back in Halloween 09. That's the last time I remember seeing it on sale (on steam).

 

[MNC]

Eh it wasn't on sale, can't tell if you're joking or not :lol

 

[AgentOtaku]

Steam

man, what a good friend you've been to me.
Single reason I'll never give up PC gaming really :lol

 

[Javaman]

So, I take it no one cares that Front Mission Evolved Retail is 75% off on Amazon and 70% off at Gamestop, and can be activated in Steam.

I care. I came "" to buying it on amazon but I'm glad I didn't since the shipping would put it over the gamestop price. If amazon would give me the key like they did with Mafia 2 though it would have been a no brainer.

 

[Eaten By A Grue]

Fairly certain it was on sale for 5 or 10 back in Halloween 09. That's the last time I remember seeing it on sale (on steam).

It was on sale for $10 around 11/03/07. That is when I got it. It being on sale is not a myth.

 

[Easy_D]

IIRC, last time Bloodlines was on sale was Halloween 2008. So long ago :O

 

[IrishNinja]

dammit...everytime i threaten to buy it in the sales threads, i get a few dudes saying DONT CAVE, like im doing GAF a disservice buy buying a classic game for $5-10 "too much":lol .

Spoiler

and i still haven't bought it yet, so i'm part of the problem

 

[UrbanRats]

hai im new to steam ! ne good deals going on? thx

Talk about a "LTTP".

In the summer it'll be frenzy time all over again, though.

 

[Aselith]

dammit...everytime i threaten to buy it in the sales threads, i get a few dudes saying DONT CAVE, like im doing GAF a disservice buy buying a classic game for $5-10 "too much":lol .

Spoiler

and i still haven't bought it yet, so i'm part of the problem

Yer starting to weaken, brah, DON'T CAVE

 

[morningbus]

So where are today's sales? I held off buying anything just in case it went cheaper.

 

[stuminus3]

Cheaper (at $25 retail), with a much, much better dpad than the 360 controllers have, but act and are recognized exactly like a 360 pad when the switch is in X-Input position. Materials are of somewhat lower quality overall as is typical of third party stuff, but not too bad.

I used to love Logitech stuff (I still rock a wireless one for my PS2), and it's cool that you can switch between Direct and XInput with this thing, but they still follow the Dual Shock design for analog stick positioning - which in my humble opinion should have died with the 20th century. The 360 sticks make so much more sense to me now.

Still, a great alternative.

 

[Truespeed]

Luckily, I stocked up on gifts to flip.

 

[Double D]

I bought Civ 4 Complete and now I've got 2 copies of everything in the pack showing up. Any ways to hide Mac-only stuff on my Windows Steam?

 

[dani_dc]

IIRC, last time Bloodlines was on sale was Halloween 2008. So long ago :O

I was also when I got it

I bought Civ 4 Complete and now I've got 2 copies of everything in the pack showing up. Any ways to hide Mac-only stuff on my Windows Steam?

Only way is to create a new category and shove the extra copies there.

 

[MoFuzz]

So where are today's sales? I held off buying anything just in case it went cheaper.

Sounds like you...missed the bus on that one.

caruso_yeeeeahhhhh.jpg

 

[Drkirby]

I care. I came "" to buying it on amazon but I'm glad I didn't since the shipping would put it over the gamestop price. If amazon would give me the key like they did with Mafia 2 though it would have been a no brainer.

This is why I love my free 2 day shipping for being a student. $12.56 is $12.56.

 

[old manatee]

There are quite a few games I would actually purchase if they stripped out the horrible third party DRM and limited activations. You don't need SecuROM or TAGES when your game is on Steam.

Thanks to the steam sales, if a game has bad drm I just wait until it's sub-$5 to buy it. I can't believe that people were holding off on buying Crysis on sale because of a 5 activation limit. That's the price of a rental.

 

[MoFuzz]

The Logitech is good, but many games don't recognize it and force you to manually input the commands before you can use it. It's a hassle.

I know this is the case with the original Logitech pads, but isn't the whole idea of these revised versions with the 360 buttons and Directinput/Xinput toggle to make it so that it supports basically everything out of the box?

 

[wenis]

The lack of space on my computer after this last sale means I'm purchasing another 2 Terabytes of storage soon.

Goddamn.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

This has to be the year we get our Episode 3 announcement. PLEASE.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Episode 3 is a lie. Gabe's trolling us.

 

[Forkball]

The lack of space on my computer after this last sale means I'm purchasing another 2 Terabytes of storage soon.

Goddamn.

Speaking of this, does anyone run Steam off of a external harddrive? Are there performance issues?

 

[morningbus]

Sounds like you...missed the bus on that one.

caruso_yeeeeahhhhh.jpg

Please accept any of the following retorts:

A) Sorry, but the whole incident is fuzzy in my memory.

B) You need to make Mo sense.

C) I had sex with your wife.

 

[Drkirby]

The lack of space on my computer after this last sale means I'm purchasing another 2 Terabytes of storage soon.

Goddamn.

Same for me. Waiting till I both.

1) Have more money
2) Can find one at around $70

 

[ZZMitch]

I can't get past the giant fan in half Life... I am pretty sure it is supposed to life me up to the boards up above, but it wont levitate me

Anyone?

 

[ZZMitch]

The answer sucks. I had this problem on my last playthrough a couple months ago. I had to load a previous save. It's a long-standing glitch that never got fixed.

When running normally, the fan should be going fast enough to levitate by the time you reach the top of the ladder. If it doesn't work there, you need to re-load and get there again.

Damn, oh well. Thanks for the answer though.

 

[TheExodu5]

I agree they're unnecessary but I understand companies not trying to change it. They'd have to implement Steam's DRM instead, which would mean extra licensing. Games that aren't steampowered you can just run the executable with Steam not even running much of the time (and especially when there's third party DRM). I play Fallout 3 frequently without Steam running for example.

If they just patched out the DRM they'd essentially give the internet an executable that the hackers strive for. No reason to make their lives easier.

And honestly I used to be in an uproar about TAGES and SecuROM, but I gave in last year and bought what I wanted without caring about what DRM the games used. Haven't had a single problem, even with the lamented Assassin's Creed 2. Works flawlessly, and I like knowing that my save is being backed up somewhere.

Sure I'd prefer the Steam Cloud, but I don't care which cloud it goes to, just so long as I can get it back.

There is no licensing cost for Steamworks.

 

[John Harker]

Wait, so there's an Offline mode now?

Whenever I moved my laptop while playing Torchlight, I got kicked out of my game.
Thought it was so aggravating, I stopped playing and never opened Steam again.

My wireless is intermittent at home, hated not being able to play when I wanted to unplug the Ethernet cord and move.

 

[graywolf323]

Wait, so there's an Offline mode now?

Whenever I moved my laptop while playing Torchlight, I got kicked out of my game.
Thought it was so aggravating, I stopped playing and never opened Steam again.

My wireless is intermittent at home, hated not being able to play when I wanted to unplug the Ethernet cord and move.

there's been an offline mode forever :lol