Uhhhh, anyone else having problems with Steam?
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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Diablohead
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Long ago me and a housemate had vice city and tried out the at the time beta multiplayer some mod team threw together, it was a great laugh playing the game in co-op.Foliorum Viridum said:
OK, a (very) pedantic question - is there a way to make non-Steam games integrate better in the game list, save buying them through Steam? i.e. be listed in alphabetical order with Steam games instead of alpabetical order below all Steam-owned games, and have "Shortcut" replaced by "Ready to play"?
I know it's really picky, and the entire point of the difference is because the games weren't bought through Steam, but something about them being listed differently annoys me.
I know it's really picky, and the entire point of the difference is because the games weren't bought through Steam, but something about them being listed differently annoys me.
faceless007
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I don't know why it's different on yours, but on mine all games are alphabetically sorted, they aren't separated into Steam and non-Steam.
cicero
Member
I still have no idea why you just don't at least create an account though. It takes all of 2-3 minutes and then you can set it up if you want to at least get email updates about sales. Who wants to wait six months for a deal or have to pay full price for something you could have gotten at a cheaper sale price had you signed up now? Plus, are all of those unplayed Steam games up to the high standards of many of those fantastic GoG classics?jaundicejuice said:
I find it to be a fantastic complimentary service to Steam. Almost all of my 55+ GoG games I bought on sale, I only regret maybe 3-4 purchases, the rest have been brilliant. It is worth it now, especially if you plan on signing up later on anyway.
Hope you don't mind my overly enthusiastic comments, it has just turned out to be a wonderful service and experience for me as a gamer, despite that really disappointing "we're shutting down" PR mistake. Just bought Ultima Underworld 1+2 and Dungeon Keeper at release, well worth the non-sale price, I will do the same with the upcoming EA releases Crusader: No Remorse, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Magic Carpet! Can't wait to get into Dungeon Keeper tonight.
jaundicejuice
Member
cicero said:
You really don't have to evangelise the finer points of GoG as a service or its catalogue of software, believe me. The more older titles I purchase or acquire as pre-order bonuses on Steam, the more annoyed I am at the shameful state of most of the older software available on the service. Every issue I have to troubleshoot, every hassle I encounter, every community fix I have to try to simply get a game to run sells me on the merits of GoG more than anything else ever could. For 1$ more on GoG I could have purchased a functioning copy of Arx Fatalis, instead of the busted piece of shit I got through Steam. I had to track down and apply an open-source/fan-made patch to get my Steam purchased copy to run.
Valve, publishers and developers can't be arsed to ensure a basic level of functionality on modern machines for the software they sell on Steam, they have no problem taking my money though. GoG gets older games running on modern machines and sells them for a pittance. GoG has a shitton of classics that aren't available anywhere, a large number of which I haven't played. The only reason I haven't made an account is, the moment I do so, I'll start buying games. A lot of them. A frightening amount really.
"Ooo, look at that, Planescape: Torment just fell into my cart"
Annnnnnnnnnnd I just made an account on GoG. Damn it.
Spiral Knights should be coming to steam real soon, they put a trailer up for it that ends with "Now on Steam". Below should load up the trailer:
steam://run/80868
steam://run/80868
SapientWolf
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It looks like it's a F2P. Don't need to be on Steam to run it.Drkirby said:
Joe Molotov
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SapientWolf said:
But maybe it'll have Steam cheevos and such.
Diablohead
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Spiral Knights as in that SEGA f2p game?
*edit* trailer says yes.
*edit* trailer says yes.
Stallion Free
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Yes.Diablohead said:
I posted this in the Duke thread, but I figured it could be helpful here...there are quite a few Steamworks games on D2D and this can be used for any of them. Great way to pre-order Steamworks games on the cheap.
For prospective PC buyers:
Keep in mind you can order off D2D with a friend referral code for an additional 15% off, bringing the price down to around $37.
Either have a friend send you a referral code, or feel free to use mine:
3E047D1758A37E0C94574378811BD940
Use it on checkout. Sinc the game is Steamworks, it will be activatable on Steam.
Disclaimer: this is my personal referral link. This code gives you 15% off your purchase, and supposedly gives me a coupon at the end of the month for 20% off. I really couldn't care less about the additional 5% off, so feel free to send yourself a referral link or get your friends to send one to you. I'm just posting it here for convenience.
You can do this for any D2D game, btw.
For prospective PC buyers:
Keep in mind you can order off D2D with a friend referral code for an additional 15% off, bringing the price down to around $37.
Either have a friend send you a referral code, or feel free to use mine:
3E047D1758A37E0C94574378811BD940
Use it on checkout. Sinc the game is Steamworks, it will be activatable on Steam.
Disclaimer: this is my personal referral link. This code gives you 15% off your purchase, and supposedly gives me a coupon at the end of the month for 20% off. I really couldn't care less about the additional 5% off, so feel free to send yourself a referral link or get your friends to send one to you. I'm just posting it here for convenience.
You can do this for any D2D game, btw.
The Broken Ska Record
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If you pre-order a game, does it charge you automatically? I may get Deus Ex: HR from D2D in that case.TheExodu5 said:
The Broken Ska Record
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This is the list of games that can be activated on Steam. OR anything that has Steamworks requires Steam for activation.animlboogy said:
nincompoop
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Just a heads up (since nobody ever checks the DD deals thread): Dead Space 2 is $12 on Gamersgate today only
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nincompoop said:
Nice deal.
Shame I'll never buy anything off Gamersgate though. Such an incredibly slow site and slow game downloads. I bought Gothic 3 off there...and that was enough to convince me not to go back to their service.
Download an 8gb zip file through an HTTP download link at 200K/s is not ideal.
I'm sure DS2 will hit the $15 to $20 range, in the next Steam sale. I can wait.
Please don't skip the first game. You'll be cheating yourself.animlboogy said:Gah, the only thing stopping me is that I haven't played the first, and I really want to. I've missed that one being cheap so many times, too...
TheExodu5 said:
I think you can use the code on EA's Origin and download from there. Their DL speeds have always impressed me. Not 100% positive though.
Edit: On CAG someone said they were able to register their Dead Space 1 from GamersGate on EADM, so I imagine Dead Space 2 will work. Dead Space 1 from Steam would not work.
ChoklitReign
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I am really pissed off that I put Guerrilla in my cart and the sale ends just now. smh
benjipwns
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Daily Deal:
Power of Defense, $5: http://store.steampowered.com/app/60700/
Power of Defense, $5: http://store.steampowered.com/app/60700/
nincompoop
Banned
I usually get a couple of megabytes per second from them, maybe you just caught them at a bad time?TheExodu5 said:
scorpscarx
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Is neogaf being hit extremely hard or something for e3 stuff? I can't load anything here and it hangggggggssss.
That daily deal looks pretty lame.
That daily deal looks pretty lame.
Joe Molotov
Member
Magic the Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 is up. $9.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/49470/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/49470/
Palette Swap
Member
Why does it say "Release Date: 6 Jun 2011" while its name states it's a prepurchase?Joe Molotov said:
For a second I thought they had decided to release it early.
Freeza Under The Shower
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jaundicejuice said:
Buyers keepers.
Still have to buy Planescape though. And far too many others.
Palette Swap
Member
It's named "Pre-Purchase Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012" on the store and the release date is supposed to be June 15th. But the release date on the side says "Release Date: 6 Jun 2011".Polk said:
That's kind of confusing but I guess it just means you can finally buy it and the game will be unlocked next week.
Sgt.Pepper
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I keep getting this when trying to buy Magic: The Gathering. Any idea what might cause this?
Palette Swap
Member
I get it too.Sgt.Pepper said:
I guess we'll have to wait.
Never actually played DOTP but from what I heard it's a tad simpler than actual MTG (or at least they don't use cards with a paragraph of rules text on them). I was thinking maybe getting this since I don't play MTG with people that often anymore to even justify buying cards. Would 2012 be worth it?
Joe Molotov
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I was about to fire up The Witcher 2, but oh snap 9 GB update CD PROJEKT Y U NO OPTIMIZE YOUR STEAM UPDATES BETTER?
Marsipolami
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EDIT: Ops, wrong thread.
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