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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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scorpscarx
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Mini Ninjas is great to me, where else can your hat double as your boat. Plus forest animals and a very nice aesthetic. The game itself is pretty meh.
It's a kids game but the fact that I have wanted it for years based solely off the ps3 demo says something.
It's a kids game but the fact that I have wanted it for years based solely off the ps3 demo says something.
scorpscarx said:
Yah, all that stuff is fun. The art is fun, music is okay, changing into animals is fun for the first few times, throwing fireballs, etc. It's just that it all gets really boring after a couple hours.
I'd say pass on it unless there's something about it that really attracts you, like you're really into juvenile ninjas or something.
scorpscarx
Member
Your synthesis is wrong, I meant like "as a game" obviously.
I'm a sucker for forest animals, hat boats, and sneaking through nice looking grass. What can I say.
"I'd say pass on it unless there's something about it that really attracts you, like you're really into juvenile ninjas or something."
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Haha it's funny that you should mention that because when I think about mini-ninjas I think about that very very bad movie with those 7 ninja kids from the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmNeIdjqgs
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I'm a sucker for forest animals, hat boats, and sneaking through nice looking grass. What can I say.
"I'd say pass on it unless there's something about it that really attracts you, like you're really into juvenile ninjas or something."
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Haha it's funny that you should mention that because when I think about mini-ninjas I think about that very very bad movie with those 7 ninja kids from the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmNeIdjqgs
ftwwwww
ClivePwned
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I'm glad I picked up most of the ubi games for free when the had a stuff-up on their Australian website and gave away most of their games for $0 (which they duly honoured.
So according to a poster on the steam forums, the DRM on Forgotten Sands is just on starting the game rather than constant connection required: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1902533
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
The Summer sale was in June last year, right?
The Witcher 2 is making me REALLY itchy and I want to pull the trigger on the first game, but it's £13 and I can't justify that at the moment
I need a sale to look forward to so I can finally play it and then push my PC to edge with the sequel, haha.
The Witcher 2 is making me REALLY itchy and I want to pull the trigger on the first game, but it's £13 and I can't justify that at the moment
I need a sale to look forward to so I can finally play it and then push my PC to edge with the sequel, haha.
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Deleted member 17706
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Foliorum Viridum said:The Summer sale was in June last year, right?
The Witcher 2 is making me REALLY itchy and I want to pull the trigger on the first game, but it's £13 and I can't justify that at the moment
Just get it now on GOG. It's still $4.99. You can get it for the US price, so you're paying like £3 and change for it.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher
It's a great game.
Foliorum Viridum said:The Summer sale was in June last year, right?
The Witcher 2 is making me REALLY itchy and I want to pull the trigger on the first game, but it's £13 and I can't justify that at the moment
It's 4.99 right now, DRM free on GOG right now.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Yeah one of my friends pointed that out to me, but... GoG isn't Steam.
I know, I know, it's fucking stupid, but I need my PC games on Steam. If they're not in my Steam library it doesn't feel like I own them and I might have well pirated them.
I know, I know, it's fucking stupid, but I need my PC games on Steam. If they're not in my Steam library it doesn't feel like I own them and I might have well pirated them.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Yeah but it doesn't feel like it, is my point.
Steam = PC gaming to me. I need everything on it. Even adding the game onto my Steam library doesn't cut it.
Steam = PC gaming to me. I need everything on it. Even adding the game onto my Steam library doesn't cut it.
SapientWolf
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That's nearing fanboism territory. There's no DRM on GoG. It gets no better than that. Everyone should be pushing hard for this on every DD platform.Foliorum Viridum said:
I'm a huge fan of Steam but you're always under the guillotine. If your account is lost or suspended then all those games are no longer available.
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Deleted member 17706
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That's unfortunate. There's a lot of great stuff on GOG if you like classic games. It really complements Steam's service, in my opinion. Besides that, there is no DRM, so if you keep the install data, you'll be able to play your games downloaded from GOG even if the service disappeared.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I'm pretty sure Valve had said all games will be yours if they ever go under for whatever reasons. Besides, if that didn't happen, I'd just pirate them anyway. I've paid money and own them, I can justify that.SapientWolf said:
I know it's pretty fanboy-ish, but that's just how I am. I need to own my games on Steam, which is why I'm willing to wait for sales. I said it was pretty stupid!
Foliorum Viridum said:
I just don't understand
. You're missing out on a lot of older, really great games that will probably never be on Steam (BG1/2, IWD1/2, PS:T among many others). Just seems silly to ignore the rich and varied pc game catalog just because it's not on Steam.
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Deleted member 17706
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Burekma said:
Sure, but there's something to be said about an installer that just installs the game and lets you play without having to do anything else.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
If there's some obscure adventure game that likely will never be on Steam I'll go grab it from GoG. I have used it once or twice in the past. However, that's more to support the notion of releasing older games than anything else and I hope that by buying them on GoG more games like them will be released (and hopefully on Steam!)Carm said:I just don't understand
With games that ARE on Steam, I need to buy them on Steam.
Foliorum Viridum said:
There's no evidence supporting this urban myth. Some people on Steam forums claim to have seen ane mail Gabe or someone sent but no record of the email exists anymore. And even then it was just an email someone posted on their forums.
I tend to agree with you that's it a moot point though. Steam's DRM can and is broken regularly, so it's not really a concern. And it's not like Valve is going anywhere anytime soon.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Ah well, like I said, if Steam ever did go under (yeah, right) I'd just download cracks anyway. Doing that for games I've paid for is morally fine for me.
ChaoticEko
Neo Member
I bought Dirt 3 on steam, got dirt 2 as a giftable copy. I already own it. Anyone interested in buying it off me for 10 bucks?
message me on steam : chaoticeko
EDIT: already traded it
message me on steam : chaoticeko
EDIT: already traded it
balladofwindfishes
Member
So what's the best way to easily back up my Steam games for quick installation on a new PC?
Because I do not want to have to download 100+ gigs worth of games.
Because I do not want to have to download 100+ gigs worth of games.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I know piracy is a big no-no on GAF (and rightfully so) but I think most people would feel like this. Hell, I'm sure even the developers of the games wouldn't feel bad about you pirating their games if you've already bought them. They're literally losing nothing and you're not gaining anything you didn't already own.legend166 said:
elrechazado
Banned
absolutely false, and I wish people would stop repeating this. Every game is subject to its own rules based on who the developer is and the owner of the IP, not the fact that you paid for it on steam. If steam went down, you would have as many different results with the games you own as there are studios and IP owners that own them at that time.Foliorum Viridum said:
thunker 9000
Member
I'm willing to trade a copy of Dirt 2 on steam for some other game. Hit me up with a PM!
jaundicejuice
Member
Foliorum Viridum said:
Then buy the game and add a shortcut for a non-Steam game to your Steam client? Good Ol' Games does what Steam doesn't, they make sure older games are compatible for newer systems, they sell tons of classic games that aren't available on Steam (and likely never will be), they sell them for cheap and, perhaps most important of all, they sell these good old games DRM free. Also when you buy either Witcher off of GoG, you're giving the developers of that game all of the money for that game.
When you buy an older game off of Steam, it's a crap shoot if it will work. Your best bet before making a purchase of an older game is to look at the Steam user forums for that game or series, see what issues there are and what, if any, solutions there are. I had to find an open source, community generated patch just to get my Steam purchased copy of Arx Fatalis to work.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I don't have a big enough drive to transfer them all, so I think I'll have to pick some of the biggest ones.Carm said:
Probably L4D2, Portal 2 and TF2 would be the big ones. I can install the Orange Box via CD, and the other Source games are only 1-2 gigs anyway. I don't have any other big games installed (like Batman)
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
None of this changes the fact I want the game on Steam, though.jaundicejuice said:
Like I said, it's fanboy-ish and quite stupid, but you're not going to convince me otherwise.
ChaoticEko
Neo Member
balladofwindfishes said:
There's an app, called "Steam Mover" that will let you move select games to another drive, while leaving others, and still works with steam so you can play them, as it keeps the file structure of the steam folder intact. I use it to put my most played games on my SSD, while the others sit on my slow 1 TB
S'what I reckon. I used to be dead against it, but once you realise that there really is no difference (other than where the game is located and there's no link to "official" forums) then you don't even notice. Even to the point where Steam shows what non-Steam game your playing AND has the overlay.jaundicejuice said:
Dog Problems
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legend166 said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with it? I'm going to backup all of my games soon and was going to use the utility.
It doesn't work as it's supposed to, it's slow as shit and it can easily crash. I honestly don't know why it's there. I had nothing but bad experience when I last used it. It's probably fine if you only back up one or two games, but more than that is just asking for trouble.LastWindow said:
Copying the whole steamapps folder (or select games) worked much better for me. All games showed at 99% done in Steam and all I needed to do was double click to complete the "installation".
speculawyer
Member
Ubisoft week? Fuck yeah . . . Put up all the Rainbow Six stuff so I can buy it.
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