BuddhaRockstar
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How low did TF2 get during the christmas sale? I've been meaning to pick up a copy for my girlfriend couldn't decide whether to wait for a steam sale or just pick it up on Amazon for $10.
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smokeandmirrors
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BuddhaRockstar said:
$5.
Joe Molotov
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Mafia 2 is pretty good, just be aware that it's not an open-world GTA-style game. Other than there being way too much driving, I liked it. It's more like Kane & Lynch 2 than GTA 4. Kane & Lynch 2 with a lot of driving.
Woohoo! I got a dino-Day key. Send a request to...
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They apparently haven't gone through all 1000 betas yet.
3247meg DL,
O.
Edit: Shares assets with source, so that explains the size.
dinodday@gmail.com
They apparently haven't gone through all 1000 betas yet.
3247meg DL,
O.Edit: Shares assets with source, so that explains the size.
TheThunder
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Can you use a regular 360 controller (or a PS3 one for that matter) to play stuff like Mafia 2 or do you have to buy a PC one ?
TheThunder
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So just plug the usb charger in and I'm good to go ?Van Owen said:
Grimm Fandango
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TheThunder said:
The USB charger does not send information, it only supplies power. You need a wired controller or a PC receiver to use a wireless 360 controller.
If you have a PS3 controller, you can play that with a USB cord with MotioninJoy.
TF2 went on sale for $2.50 for two whole hours some time in 2009:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/2...-only-2-50-act-quick-only-a-few-minutes-left/
Other than that, it pretty regularly goes on sale for $5, though who knows when that will happen again.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/2...-only-2-50-act-quick-only-a-few-minutes-left/
Other than that, it pretty regularly goes on sale for $5, though who knows when that will happen again.
Grimm Fandango
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Hayvic said:
Looks like a great deal of those complaints apply to GTAIV as well.
I've played it a couple of hours, and I sincerely hope they don't plan to charge much. It's just a mod, there isn't a whole lot going on with it.Javaman said:Woohoo! I got a dino-Day key. Send a request to...
dinodday@gmail.com
They apparently haven't gone through all 1000 betas yet.
3247meg DL,
Edit: Shares assets with source, so that explains the size.
smokeandmirrors
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And it's easily worth the $10 or $20 as well. Fantastic game.
cooljeanius
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Just to be clear, if I uninstall games, I'll be able to download them again later as if nothing ever happened and everything will still be intact, right? Or is that just games with Steam Cloud? I'm planning on uninstalling games for Lent, but I think I'll start with just Steam Cloud ones first just to be safe...
You can redownload any game you own, but only Steam Cloud games would try to preserve your save files (if I understand correctly). In fact, I would look into backing up your save files by hand, if you have any games where your saves are very important to you.cooljeanius said:
speculawyer
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It certainly has flaws but you'd be crazy not to get it for $7.50. Great atmosphere. Nice 40's and 50's soundtrack. The driving can be a bit boring at times.Notrollious said:
I played it all the way through and enjoyed it.
cooljeanius said:
Most non-Valve games still save your saved games to your Documents folder. Uninstalling a game from Steam doesn't touch anything outside of the Steam directory, so your Documents folder and everything else outside of the Steam folder will be safe.Blizzard said:
speculawyer
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Thanks, that is very good to know. That lets me uninstall things w/o worrying about losing saved games.dLMN8R said:
Phife Dawg
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I liked it. The chores are not that bad as they are made out to be in that review. You do drive quite a lot but it has a great driving model imo and you can switch MKB and controller on the fly. Shooting feels tight and gfx are quite good as well.Notrollious said:
Discotheque
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Relax.MX said:
Risen is great, it's 30 bucks at the moment.
Relax.MX said:
I'm playing it right now, just bought it last week.
It starts out a little rough when you're weak and you don't know what to do, but it captures the Morrowind-style fun of exploring a world. There is a big, pretty world to explore and it can be daunting since high level enemies will wreck you at first. One thing I really like is the fact that skills like alchemy, cooking, forging (etc) are actually usefull and it pays to develop them. It can be really slow when you're in a city trying to do a million quests at once but overall it seems like a great game so far. I don't regret paying 30 for it.
It seems like a really big game, too. I'm about 10 hours in and I feel like I'm just starting.
crimsonheadGCN
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Seems like not that many people are playing Risk. I wonder why EA decided to release it without any sort of marketing (Unless I'm missing something here, I never even knew that the game was coming to the PC until today).
Night_Trekker
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I was about to go for Mafia 2, but... the deluxe edition doesn't even have all the DLC included? WTF is this shit?
ashbash159
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Okay so if you remember yesterday I had an issue playing Batman. (Posts 3281 to 3299)
So I decided to download another game to see if that works. This was DiRT 2.
Yeah it doesn't work.
When I click play for another time instead of installing all four things, it only reinstalls one, DirectX.
This is exactly what happened with Batman last night.
I will download and install DirectX manually and get back to you in 10 minutes to tell you if it works or not.
So I decided to download another game to see if that works. This was DiRT 2.
Yeah it doesn't work.
When I click play for another time instead of installing all four things, it only reinstalls one, DirectX.
This is exactly what happened with Batman last night.
I will download and install DirectX manually and get back to you in 10 minutes to tell you if it works or not.
ashbash159
Member
I can't work out where to download the latest DirectX.
ashbash159 said:
DX homepage
Probably won't work though as Steam installs DirectX seperately for each game, presumably in the gamefolder somewhere.
Are you having the same problem with non-GFWL games ?
ashbash159
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The only non-GFLW games I have tried are Valve's games on the Source engine and Aquaria. They all work.confused said:
Any just now I reinstalled DirectX from inside one of the game's folders, had to restart. Restarted and clicked play and so far DiRT 2 is working!
Edit: Tried Batman, works also!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Mafia II will be on sale still tomorrow/Thursday right?
And what is the cheapest place/price for The Orange Box?
And what is the cheapest place/price for The Orange Box?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I definitely recommend Mafia II. I think it has a decent plot, and driving against the clock to sell fuel stamps is no different mechanically than driving against the clock to steal TV's or whatever, its just a little more realistic in its set-up. It plays a lot like a gangster movie, with a similar level of action, you aren't shooting tons of people in every mission. Its true that the lead character is lacking a bit in backbone, but he isn't unbelievable - he's just a soldier in the mafia doing what his bosses tell him.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I just started to play the Mafia 2 I was gifted during the Christmas sale recently, and I'm about 12 chapters in. It's certainly a very well made game, but there are some things about the presentation that kind of irk me, like how the story is delivered in chapters. Just as I start to get immersed in the world, I'm told to go back to my house and sleep to trigger the next cut-scene which
. I don't feel like I'm in control of the game and it just seems oddly disjointed. Especially early on when the chapters move by somewhat quickly.
I'm still really enjoying the game despite that, though.
may or may not advance me years in the story
I'm still really enjoying the game despite that, though.
cooljeanius
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OK, I just got a portable hard drive, so it looks like it's time to start up Carbon Copy Cloner again...Blizzard said:
Do you know if this is any different for Mac users? As far as I know, on Mac, all Steam stuff goes under ~/Library/Application Support/Steam, so that seems like it would all be stuff that Steam could touch when uninstalling...dLMN8R said:
Two new Majesty 2 DLC's released. Base game and the Kingmaker expansion are 80% off for the next week as well.
Anyone know anything about the two new DLC's? Seems kind of expensive at $14.99 and $9.99.
Anyone know anything about the two new DLC's? Seems kind of expensive at $14.99 and $9.99.
The only things I remember offhand that go in weird locations in Windows, BESIDES Valve games (which go in the Steam folder?), are Plants vs. Zombies and uh...some other small game. World of Goo, I believe. Those ended up somewhere odd in Windows, like C:\ProgramData if I recall correctly. Someone correct me if I remembered the games wrong though.cooljeanius said:
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