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[TheExodu5]

Yeah Steam is really bad about letting buggy releases go through. ALWAYS check Steam forums when buying old games.

 

[epmode]

Why is that? Is it because it's an older game?

GOG's whole deal is that they give the old games the respect they deserve. Not only do they release each game with little extras (full manuals, art books, soundtracks, etc), they'll even go back to tweak the old code (if it's available) to remove glitches with new operating systems.

Steam and most other DD sites don't bother with any of that because their focus is on newer stuff.

Have you tried running System Shock 2, lately? It's pretty much broken these days.

On the off chance that you don't know, System Shock 2, Thief 1 and Thief 2 are all very playable in Win 7 64 with an easy tweak: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449

 

[cooljeanius]

Just received VVVVVV as a gift! ♥ having GAFers on my Steam friends list.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Guys, I'm trying to play Hitman: Blood Money on Steam right now, but when I start a game the brightness goes WAY down and I can't see anything. Turning the brightness up hasn't resolved the issue. The entire screen goes black besides a foggy light source in the distance (the sun, I presume). The cutscene that plays during the training intro is fine, however. What the fuck?

 

[Drkirby]

huh, so i guess this doesnt mean Activision coming to terms with Steam, and learning somewhat how to use it.

This plus the Singularity sale being reasonably priced made me think they were gettin on track.

How foolish of me.

Activision with Call of Duty was one of the first big companies to release a retail Steamworks game. They just don't like discounting their products.

 

[Stallion Free]

Activision with Call of Duty was one of the first big companies to release a retail Steamworks game. They just don't like discounting their products.

It would be a stupid move for them (as a company interested in making money) to drop the price if it sells at 60$ (which it does). The same thing happens with Blizzard games.

 

[Drkirby]

It would be a stupid move for them (as a company interested in making money) to drop the price if it sells at 60$ (which it does). The same thing happens with Blizzard games.

Blizzard at times will actually increase the price of their games, like the Starcraft 1 box (Which was $10 for years till they upped it to $20 again)

Still wish I could buy Frozen Throne for less then $20, expansion is 8 year old.

 

[Smokey]

What the hell is Cities XL. Why is it originally $40 and for $10 should I buy it

 

[LocoMrPollock]

Blizzard at times will actually increase the price of their games, like the Starcraft 1 box (Which was $10 for years till they upped it to $20 again)

Still wish I could buy Frozen Throne for less then $20, expansion is 8 year old.

It goes on sale pretty often on Amazon and Gamestop. You can register the key and tie it to your Blizzard account. I got the entire Warcraft 3 Battle Chest for $10 I think.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Bought Hamilton's Great Adventure based on the impressions here. It better not dissappoint.

Also: inside a star filled sky. It's 6 MB. And here I was wondering why it wasn't downloading.

 

[Forkball]

I think the Diablo II battlechest went up $10 after Diablo III was released.

So I guess Magicka's multiplayer community is dead. I tried yesterday and got zero servers, but I thought it was a bug. Today the most I've seen at one time is four.

 

[TheExodu5]

I think the Diablo II battlechest went up $10 after Diablo III was released.

wat

 

[jaundicejuice]

So I guess Magicka's multiplayer community is dead. I tried yesterday and got zero servers, but I thought it was a bug. Today the most I've seen at one time is four.

Treat Magicka like Left 4 Dead and only play with friends.

 

[XeroSauce]

I think the Diablo II battlechest went up $10 after Diablo III was released.

So I guess Magicka's multiplayer community is dead. I tried yesterday and got zero servers, but I thought it was a bug. Today the most I've seen at one time is four.

Local co-op is where it's at.

Because you can punch the asshole who keeps doing Meteors.

 

[Blizzard]

I gave the VVVVVV demo a shot. I beat both levels and got all the shinies, I think. I am going to pass on the game though. The music is pretty awesome, but I don't care for spikes, dying a lot, or hard games (where "hard games" should probably be defined for me as "most games").

*edit* Just for reference, I don't think I noticed control lag, but the slidey-on-landing effect was rather annoying. I'm not even a fan of that sort of thing in Mario games.

 

[XeroSauce]

Just started on Hamilton's, had to go after the third tutorial-ish level but it's looking pretty good so far.

 

[Acerac]

Just picked up VVVVVV and have been loving it. $2.50 for this game is a steal.

 

[Salsa]

Local co-op is where it's at.

Because you can punch the asshole who keeps doing Meteors.

i tried it that, but playing with a controller is near impossible

 

[Stallion Free]

i tried it that, but playing with a controller is near impossible

It's not that hard, especially in co-op where you have help.

 

[DualShadow]

Started playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory last night and didn't realize that the PC version is different to the PS2 version.

While the levels are pretty similiar they are different, appears it's just the layout of the levels so far with the story and objectives being the same.

 

[Echoplx]

Just saw this on my twitter feed

Ooh! I just noticed 2 games appear in my Steam library - BoDVII and CSTW. I bet this means that the pages for them are almost ready.

 

[Sober]

Started playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory last night and didn't realize that the PC version is different to the PS2 version.

While the levels are pretty similiar they are different, appears it's just the layout of the levels so far with the story and objectives being the same.

Whereas I wished the PC version got the GCN/PS2 version of Double Agent instead, because apparently it is better than the 360 version (a dog crapping on my foot would be better than the money I spent on that)

 

[DualShadow]

Whereas I wished the PC version got the GCN/PS2 version of Double Agent instead, because apparently it is better than the 360 version (a dog crapping on my foot would be better than the money I spent on that)

Yeah I personally preferred the PS2 version of double agent.

So far im preferring the PS2 version of Chaos Theory as well, the environments seem a little rushed in this PC version.

 

[commissar]

Just saw this on my twitter feed

What would BoDVII and CSTW stand for?

 

[Dog Problems]

Just saw this on my twitter feed
Ooh! I just noticed 2 games appear in my Steam library - BoDVII and CSTW. I bet this means that the pages for them are almost ready.

Awesome!

What would BoDVII and CSTW stand for?

Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World. Two indie RPG's that were originally on the 360's indie game section.

 

[Narag]

What would BoDVII and CSTW stand for?

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning
Cthulhu Saves the World
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeboyd_Games

 

[Salsa]

holy shit!

Cthulhu Saves the World fuck yessssss

 

[Schmattakopf]

I just played a little Vegas 2 co-op with a friend. I did not expect that to be such a bad looking and feeling game. I think we're gonna give it another shot, but that was ridiculous.

 

[plc268]

I just played a little Vegas 2 co-op with a friend. I did not expect that to be such a bad looking and feeling game. I think we're gonna give it another shot, but that was ridiculous.

You sure you're not playing Vegas 1? Vegas 1 looks and aged terribly, and the graphics are blurry as fuck. Vegas 2 doesn't look that bad, but if you're not liking it, stay far away from Vegas 1.

 

[Nabs]

i had a similar experience with vegas 2. i felt kinda shitty after playing it.

 

[Salsa]

I played a bit of Vegas 1 coop with 2 other friends on Realistic and it was fun for the most part.

Even by just the fact of it being a 3 (up to 4) player coop game. Too bad 2 takes that away.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Guys, I'm trying to play Hitman: Blood Money on Steam right now, but when I start a game the brightness goes WAY down and I can't see anything. Turning the brightness up hasn't resolved the issue. The entire screen goes black besides a foggy light source in the distance (the sun, I presume). The cutscene that plays during the training intro is fine, however. What the fuck?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Schmattakopf]

You sure you're not playing Vegas 1? Vegas 1 looks and aged terribly, and the graphics are blurry as fuck. Vegas 2 doesn't look that bad, but if you're not liking it, stay far away from Vegas 1.

Well damn. I got both because I heard 1 was better and they were 3.39 each. We were definitely playing Vegas 2, because that's all my friend has.

I can totally get through the mediocre graphics, but the feel of the movement and weapons was just really bad.

 

[graywolf323]

Just saw this on my twitter feed

w00t

I will buy those Day 1, been wanting to play them but don't have a 360

 

[Echoplx]

Is there any way to play Samorost 2 in windowed mode?

EDIT:: nvm ctrl+f works.

 

[cicero]

Why is that? Is it because it's an older game?

Yeah, and because GoG actually does some work to make sure the games they sell run on modern equipment. Steam does not.

Have you tried running System Shock 2, lately? It's pretty much broken these days. No way Steam could sell it as is.

This is it exactly. GoG actually pulled Moto Racer 2 from their library after release because it had major errors, everyone who bought it got $6 credit, plus they still kept Moto Racer 2 in their personal library. GoG promised to fix the issue and they did, and only after the fix was it available again for purchase. Unfortunately I have not found a similar level of response by Valve to the numerous compatibility/performance/bug issues found in so many of the games, it seems like many times Valve has a somewhat indifferent attitude towards support. GoG makes the effort to get the old games running well before release, and if there are issues, I feel that they would make the effort to try to fix the problems. I love Steam, but I definitely would choose GoG for older titles because of that extra effort they put into their service.

 

[Sarcasm]

I enjoy Vegas, my only issue that is game related is the sound repeating glitch.

 

[cicero]

BoDVII and CSTW for only $3. Definitely a day one purchase for me. They should have bumped it up to $5 for both since the approval for Steam release originally was only for CSTW and they gave a $3 price back then too. I don't mind throwing small indie developers extra money directly, would be nice if you could buy it direct, even at an added cost, and then get a Steam code too.

 

[Salsa]

BoDVII and CSTW for only $3. Definitely a day one purchase for me. They should have bumped it up to $5 for both since the approval for Steam release originally was only for CSTW and they gave a $3 price back then too. I don't mind throwing small indie developers extra money directly, would be nice if you could buy it direct, even at an added cost, and then get a Steam code too.

i was ready to pay easily 5-10 bucks for each

that's way too low. Dont get me wrong, im thankful, but i hope they get some nice revenue out of it.

 

[Echoplx]

i was ready to pay easily 5-10 bucks for each

that's way too low. Dont get me wrong, im thankful, but i hope they get some nice revenue out of it.

The entire pc porting project was funded by the community at kickstarter so they shouldn't be too out of pocket for this

 

[Hixx]

So I pre-loaded CoD and it finished. Was in my library. Had to reboot Steam to install an update and now CoD has disappeared. Nowhere to be found in the library... am I going to have to download it again??

 

[Kinky John]

No, just go back to the news page and click the pre-load link.

 

[JaseC]

BoDVII and CSTW for only $3.

Day 0! I've been waiting for CStW for what feels like forever.

 

[Ledsen]

Just finished SC: Conviction campaign. Aside from Baghdad, that was pretty good. I don't trust uplay any further than I can throw it and won't pay more than rental prices for their games, but it was definitely a good deal at 6.75.

You finished the campaign? Good. Now you start playing the real game.

 

[1-D_FTW]

You finished the campaign? Good. Now you start playing the real game.

Yeah. I played a little of the first mission yesterday. I'll definitely be getting some good mileage out of that mode. It took about 10 seconds of play for me to come to that realization. Glad you guys made a big deal of it before, because I never would have looked without the buzz.

 

[Ledsen]

Yeah. I played a little of the first mission yesterday. I'll definitely be getting some good mileage out of that mode. It took about 10 seconds of play for me to come to that realization. Glad you guys made a big deal of it before, because I never would have looked without the buzz.

Yeah, that's kind of the problem, it's a bit hidden away. Try to find someone to play with if you can, sadly I don't have the PC version.

 

[stuminus3]

EA slashing some prices today, Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition, Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 have all dropped to $29.99. Which will be a nice starting point for when they all go on sale. :-D

 

[Discotheque]

Yes, I say this everytime it's mentioned but grab Bulletstorm!

 

[Stumpokapow]

EA slashing some prices today, Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition, Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 have all dropped to $29.99. Which will be a nice starting point for when they all go on sale. :-D

Excellent. I saw DS2 retail PC for $24 at an EBGames a little while ago so I suspected MSRP was going to tumble soon.

 

[1-D_FTW]

EA slashing some prices today, Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition, Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 have all dropped to $29.99. Which will be a nice starting point for when they all go on sale. :-D

Heck, yeah. Even if DS2 only gets 66 off during the summer sale, that still takes it to the magic 10 dollar price point.

EDIT: I'll pick up all 3 at that price.