jaundicejuice
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Oh yeah, some of the older EA games, like the first Crysis, can't be registered on EADM. Yet? I don't know if EA's doing anything about that.
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Technically that was for Super, not Arcade Edition.Zimbardo said:
LocoMrPollock
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shuyin_ said:Sorry, i didn't mean the overlay. I meant the Steam client. I once saw it used about 60MB of my RAM which gets a big 'fuck off' from me, since i have a low-to-mid range PC. I kind of am nuts when it goes to resources)) When i play i tend to close all other programs and kill unnecesary processes.
So i can't register ME on EADM and download a normal (as in not Steam version from there).... Can a low-end (by today's standards, 9800GT - amd athlon 2 x4 630 with 2 gb dual channel ram maximize Mass Effect? How much memory does it require?)
No, there's no way to run a Steam game exe without the wrapper. One reason I really don't get the super love for Steam over some other services.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Super was $40 as well.SalsaShark said:
ObnoxiousZebra
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Picked up ME1 and 2 for $15. Gotta get ready for ME3 next year.
scorpscarx
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About Steam: Steam use ultra-minimal resources, I used to be a resource controlling maniac too until I realized that Steam uses less of said resources than a lot of system services constantly running anyway.
If you have 2gb of system ram, 60 mb is nothing. Games aren't 64bit so the max they can use anyway is 2gb of system ram, plus the system can do other things like move that over to your hard-drive if needed.
I doubt ME would use that much anyway even if you had to share it with your VC, even ME 2 should run fine.
Honestly steam uses nothing.
If you have 2gb of system ram, 60 mb is nothing. Games aren't 64bit so the max they can use anyway is 2gb of system ram, plus the system can do other things like move that over to your hard-drive if needed.
I doubt ME would use that much anyway even if you had to share it with your VC, even ME 2 should run fine.
Honestly steam uses nothing.
jaundicejuice
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I think I'd buy The Men of War bundle if I had a better track record with RTS's. I haven't even bothered to complete the campaigns in Company of Heroes or Starcraft II. With or without the dirt farming, rts's just don't seem to hold my attention.
scorpscarx
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Read the page descriptions, you get what it says there.
TheFightingFish
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LastWindow said:
Men of War is good and I liked it as a guy who usually hates RTS, but there is so much game in there that I'm perfectly fine with just vanilla. Unless you know that you'll love it I'd recommend to just buy the first game and pick up the expansions later if you enjoy it, they seem to go on sale a couple of times a year.
Dwarfs!? is a cool little game. You control your builder and warriors units in the vein of lemmings. A bigger macro approach just to make sure they are doing thingslright versus having to micro every character. I guess this is a lot like a game called Dwarf Fortress but I never played it. As you expand your tunneling you have to keep track of a large area and avoid multiple disasters like lava flowing or water rushing. You'll also run into enemy encounters too as you dig. Game gets intense as you expand.
This is more of an arcade experience as the focus is going for a high score. I'm really digging it (pun intended!). There is a demo available and I played it for about an hour before picking up the full game. A game you can go back to for one more round any time in the future.
This is more of an arcade experience as the focus is going for a high score. I'm really digging it (pun intended!). There is a demo available and I played it for about an hour before picking up the full game. A game you can go back to for one more round any time in the future.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Even though the ad campaign [for the sequel] was douche-chillingly embarrassing for the entire industry, I *might* consider giving Dead Space a whirl if it ends up being $4.99.
Princess Skittles said:
Do you have a gamepad? You'll want one. Mouse input is ATROCIOUS in the original Dead Space. Some people claim you can kinda sorta fix it through a few .ini settings, but I didn't find that to be the case. But with a pad, the game plays just like you'd expect.
Huevos de Oro
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Safe another day. I already own ME and ME2 on 360. Men of War could be a nice impulse buy, but I recently finished Company of Heroes, so I wouldn't be willing to give it a go anytime soon.
darkpaladinmfc
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You can fix it if you disable V-Sync, then just force it through drivers.Campster said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Yup, I've got a wired 360 pad and a Saturn USB pad. The ultimate PC combo. <3Campster said:
DanDeschain
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May have to pick up Mass Effect 2. Is the dlc available on bioware's store?
I don't know, 60 megs is a lot to me. Windows uses like a quarter of RAM with all the proceses and then you have Adobe stuff, Yahoo stuff and it adds up. And i want as much RAM available as i can get when playing, because i hate swapping. And i don't hate it because my HDD tries to liftoff; i hate it because it screws performance in-game.scorpscarx said:
Steam is great and all, but i just don't like the client. Hell, i don't even like it when i use D3DOverrider for triple buffering (not sure how much RAM that uses) but when i can, i try to have as less processes as i can.
Anyway, can anyone from ther US gift me Mass Effect 1 and i'll paypal the $5 tomorrow morning (in about 12-13 hours).
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
eBay.. and yeah, that could be a problem now though I couldn't offer any help on that.Dice said:
When I got it, it was in a two pack (the only option), a friend of mine called claims on the other but he hasn't coughed up any cash on it.. are these things back to being rare or something?
Castor Krieg
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Xapati said:
You either choose default story or import ME1 save. You cannot pick your decisions a la PS3 comic.
SapientWolf
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I heard that the legit ones have a Sega stamp on the plug.Dice said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Hmm, I'm 99% sure mine are legit (as I'm a fan of the original controller and a stickler for controller feeling) but I'll check mine tonight for this.SapientWolf said:
Lasthope106
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Wow! Impulse is now selling Steamworks games. So much for Brad putting his sandwich down.
Hello guys, I see that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is on sale for 6 bucks on Gamers Gate, I presume from the wording "Requires a 3rd party download and account" that it can be activated on Steam, but I don't see the game listed in the support page.
Am I wrong?
If not, it's worth it?
I bought Mass Effect, hope I'll like it.
Am I wrong?
If not, it's worth it?
I bought Mass Effect, hope I'll like it.
LOL, I just bought both Mass Effect games in the last month or so.
Then again, I bought em cause I wanted to play them NOW, which I did, so no regrets.
Yes. It's annoying, though, since they use the same fuckbucks point system as Microsoft does with XBL. I'd rather be able to just pay for what I want, thank you.
Then again, I bought em cause I wanted to play them NOW, which I did, so no regrets.
Yes. It's annoying, though, since they use the same fuckbucks point system as Microsoft does with XBL. I'd rather be able to just pay for what I want, thank you.
crimsonheadGCN
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Lasthope106 said:
Surprised. http://www.impulsedriven.com/magicka
I wonder if Brad will have anything to say about this.
Edit: The Steamworkis SDK was updated to include Rich Presence Technology. http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/definition/rich-presence-technology-RPT
This could possibly allow the friend's list to draw more information from whatever game is being played by a specific person and inform others of what that person is doing in-game. Like XBL friend's lists do.
jaundicejuice
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Snuggler said:
Even though it's space bucks you can, at the very least, acquire the specific amount of space bucks required for each bit of DLC and never be left with an odd sum.
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Deleted member 10571
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I caved on ME2. Now, 11GB. Well
Akkad said:
I just finished Lair of the Shadow Broker and it's probably better than any of the missions in the main game. I was shocked. If you didn't already know, it has Liara from the first game in it.
It's less essential, but I liked the Kasumi mission as well. She's a decent squad member and it's a unique mission that has you investigating a mansion in the first parts. Plus, it'll give you a slick outfit for your Shepard.
I've heard good about the Overlord missions as well but haven't had a chance to play them yet. It's supposed to be a decent length and it has a vehicle and some big environments like ME1.
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