Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
I'm sure I'm missing out on a great experience but that whole 5 activations and you're done forever thing is enough to keep me away from Crysis :\
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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mclaren777
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It just occurred to me that I own 10 games on Steam (collected over many years) but I haven't played any of them. Four of them haven't even been installed.
This trend also extends to console games (4-5 are still in shrinkwrap after many years) and Blu-ray movies (3-4 are in plastic).
Something is wrong with me.
This trend also extends to console games (4-5 are still in shrinkwrap after many years) and Blu-ray movies (3-4 are in plastic).
Something is wrong with me.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
wienke said:
Stallion Free said:
No one else seems to have run out as well though because I haven't had anyone bother to reconfirm.
Joe Molotov
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mclaren777 said:It just occurred to me that I own 10 games on Steam (collected over many years) but I haven't played any of them. Four of them haven't even been installed.
This trend also extends to console games (4-5 are still in shrinkwrap after many years) and Blu-ray movies (3-4 are in plastic).
Something is wrong with me.
Only 10 Steam games, 4-5 console games, and 3-4 BD's unopened? Good God man, get out of here while you still can! Your needle is still firmly planted on "normal". It's already too late for the rest of us, but you might still have a chance.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Crysis 2 isn't on sale. I was hoping it'd get down to $40. I might've bought it. ):
Oh well, I shouldn't be spending money, anyway. It's mostly just a casual interest.
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You guys (mostly morningbus) weren't kidding about Hot Pursuit. Fucking ridiculous how many fucking videos the game forces me to watch before I can even play. And then every fucking time I fucking unlock a fucking car or whatever the fuck... And it's all unskippable! CRITERIOOOOOOOOOOON. Somehow they managed to make it even WORSE than Burnout: Paradise. I loved that game, but it was annoying. This game MIGHT be fun, but I feel like I've spent more time watching videos than I have actually playing the game, so far - I know it's not actually the case, but it feels like it - and it just makes me not want to start it up. HNNNGH.
Oh well, I shouldn't be spending money, anyway. It's mostly just a casual interest.
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You guys (mostly morningbus) weren't kidding about Hot Pursuit. Fucking ridiculous how many fucking videos the game forces me to watch before I can even play. And then every fucking time I fucking unlock a fucking car or whatever the fuck... And it's all unskippable! CRITERIOOOOOOOOOOON. Somehow they managed to make it even WORSE than Burnout: Paradise. I loved that game, but it was annoying. This game MIGHT be fun, but I feel like I've spent more time watching videos than I have actually playing the game, so far - I know it's not actually the case, but it feels like it - and it just makes me not want to start it up. HNNNGH.
Ickman3400 said:
If you change motherboards 3 times, you have to illegally download a cracked .exe to play, or call EA.
I lucked out by squeezing the AM2+ platform for all it's worth. I've had the same mobo since the early Athon x2 days and Radeon 3650. Been through 2 Athlons, now a Phenom x4, the 3650, a 4870, 4770, and now a 275 GTX (thank god). 2 sets of RAM (went to 1066 when my 800 died, sold the RMA'd sticks) One mobo. My cheap ass loves that upgrade path.
detox said:
Yeah, that's the mod. It's wonderful. All the other mods are meh. Especially the wholesale "Ultra High" config mods. Those aren't necessary on modern hardware. Vanilla DX10 very high with POM and AF is the best I've seen Crysis. High Res foliage is a good mod too. Forgot about that. Highly recommended. I have them all installed right now. I'll see if I can find the necessary files and rehost them for everyone.
With your system you'll do well over 30fps. I average that on mine.
Joe Molotov said:
Lol... no kidding. I'm pushing nearly 300 steam games. To be fair though, I've pretty much got rid of the majority of my console stuff, but still... 10 isn't much.
Nabs said:
Just played through that demo, and I gotta say, it's a pretty damn fun game. From what I've played, I like it more than Capsized (although, I still haven't given Capsized a fair playthrough yet). Hopefully it gets more difficult as that stuff in the demo was a bit on the easy side.
Hmmm, after some investigation, apparently C1 (not warhead) doesn't have the activation limit, apparently.
http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/topic5583
5 posts down.
http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/topic5583
5 posts down.
TheFightingFish
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mclaren777 said:It just occurred to me that I own 10 games on Steam (collected over many years) but I haven't played any of them. Four of them haven't even been installed.
This trend also extends to console games (4-5 are still in shrinkwrap after many years) and Blu-ray movies (3-4 are in plastic).
Something is wrong with me.
So shrink wrapped games and movies are a little bad. But a Steam backlog is something to be celebrated, not reviled as long as you don't spend way, way too much money.
Lemme dredge up one of my posts from a previous Steam sale:
TheFightingFish said:
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
That's what I have been trying to say. It didn't ask me to activate the last time I installed it.Sober said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I was hoping for a Bulletstorm sale. Perhaps tomorrow.
I could have sworn that you actually had to contact EA originally to get another activation though, so it seems that one could conclude it originally had the activation limit on Steam and it was then removed.Stallion Free said:
If so, I am almost surprised they bothered to remove it. They never even bothered to patch in the 64-bit binary to the Steam version as far as I know.
Ickman3400
Banned
DenogginizerOS said:
Me too but I wouldn't count on it for this sale since it's an Epic game, just published by EA. We know Dead Space is going to be one of the two remaining sales and I'm willing to bet Battlefield will be the last one.
Dog Problems
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I just registered Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate and Mass Effect 2 that I bought this week on Bioware social site but when I hover over the "My Games" tab it shows "Register Games" and under that "Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition PC" which takes me to some player page. Does Mass Effect 2 not get listed like this? I'm just making sure ME2 is registered properly.
Ickman3400
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LastWindow said:
Mine does the same thing, not even the 360 version was listed but it was registered as both of my Cerberus Networks work fine.
Dog Problems
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Ickman3400 said:
Okay, that's good to know. I take it the first Mass Effect can't be registered on there?
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Shambles said:
I just bit on the Crysis sale because of a person in this thread linking to this forum:
http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/topic5583
Fifth post down.
wienke said:
Thanks for the info, for some reason I thought it was the other way around where warhead was normal and the original has the activation stuff. Either way it's a shame, looks like I won't be picking it up. Sacred 2 will be the first and last game that I'll ever have to keep track of activations on.
Azwethinkweiz
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So there's no 64-bit binary? I was going to jump on it but I'd like to play it in 64-bit mode.
Alcoholikaust
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need for speed hot pursuit or dead space 2? (I realize the EA store has Ds2 for cheap today) I like eviscerating necromorphs and high speed chases. Which to get?
rather use steam...
rather use steam...
Ickman3400
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LastWindow said:
I can't help you with that one as I don't have it on PC and when it came out on 360 that Bioware network or whatever didn't exist.
Alcoholikaust
Member
InertiaXr said:
yes, I realize I cannot time travel, is the game any good is what I was asking.
Just got Crysis and Warhead, is Crysis Wars still being played?
Never played the series, I'm sure they'll run decent enough on my i7 Macbook Pro 2011.
Far more interested in playing Crysis 1 compared to Crysis 2.. the non-linear island setting has me excited.
Am I wrong in expecting the latter levels, and Warhead, to almost exclusively take place in a snowy setting and fighting against aliens? Not looking forward to that so much..
Never played the series, I'm sure they'll run decent enough on my i7 Macbook Pro 2011.
Far more interested in playing Crysis 1 compared to Crysis 2.. the non-linear island setting has me excited.
Am I wrong in expecting the latter levels, and Warhead, to almost exclusively take place in a snowy setting and fighting against aliens? Not looking forward to that so much..
Dog Problems
Banned
Ickman3400 said:
That's right, I forgot it launched with the second game.
I would wait on a sale if I were you. *shrug* It's pretty good, and maybe most fun if you can find friends to race with while you unlock vehicles etc. There's free for all as well as cops vs. speeders where you try to take out each other with spike strips, barricades, and so on.Alcoholikaust said:
Performance seems decent on my ATI card, but I still don't know exactly what settings (if any) are needed on an ATI card to get AA working.
There are annoying design decisions, like lots of unskippable little cutscenes or car unlocks. Racing in general feels good to me.
Personally I don't play racing games much, but I feel it's worth it for $15-20 or less. It's unfortunate you ask now since both Amazon and Steam just had sales on it. It's currently $24 on Amazon, but some people have complained that the Amazon downloader isn't always reliable.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
wienke said:
Sadly BS, ive had to contact EA 3 times because ive ran out of activations on the original Crysis on Steam (retail version does not have any limits).
Lasthope106
Member
So what is left for the EA sale? Dead Space, Battlefield, and Command and Conquer. Not looking forward to any of them.
LocoMrPollock
Banned
BEEP is awesome. I dug it a lot more than Capsized. Graphics aren't as flashy, though.
chixdiggit
Member
Really hoping to get Dead Space 2 on the cheap. I also would like a sale on Bullet Storm but I'm pretty certain that won't happen.
ClosingADoor
Member
6.23 euros for Crysis + Warhead. Take my money Gabe, take it all...
Edit: Wait, the pack is 4.99. Even better!
Edit: Wait, the pack is 4.99. Even better!
Blizzard said:
This is the worst part of Hot Pursuit to me. The first handful of events (especially cop events) can be beaten in 1 or 2 minutes, literally. And then it's followed by like 30-60 seconds of unlocking/tutorial videos. You spend as much time in the menu as you do on the road. But once you get through that first hour or so it isn't too bad.
Having to watch all the intro videos every time the game loads up is super annoying too. But the game is fun.
Diablohead
Member
I would think 5 euro of that money is going into EA's dirty money pocketClosingADoor said:
crimsonheadGCN
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Not sure if this was posted, but in regards to Impulse and titles using Steamworks:
http://forums.impulsedriven.com/408383
Also, Stardock might have an agreement to stay exclusive to Impulse for a specific amount of time and that amount is said to be 10 months. So we may start seeing them on other services next year. Not sure how reliable this bit is though.
Zoomba said:
http://forums.impulsedriven.com/408383
Also, Stardock might have an agreement to stay exclusive to Impulse for a specific amount of time and that amount is said to be 10 months. So we may start seeing them on other services next year. Not sure how reliable this bit is though.
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