Green Biker Dude
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that's even worse, i'm basically being treated like a thief for no reason. fucking gmg, i'm not buying from them after this.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2011 Thread 3 | Buy now, play later.
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that's even worse, i'm basically being treated like a thief for no reason. fucking gmg, i'm not buying from them after this.
benjipwns
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Green Man won't charge you, but from what I can tell since they're in the UK you can easily have issues with using some cards. You often have to get it approved by your bank/etc. even if you pass all the online authorization crap. Depends on who you card is with and such.
For me, once I approved them with the bank it was fine for good, but I still missed out on the weekend sale. (Bank wasn't open to take care of it obviously.)
For me, once I approved them with the bank it was fine for good, but I still missed out on the weekend sale. (Bank wasn't open to take care of it obviously.)
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
... Don't take it so personally, man. Their anti-fraud protection system is just a little overzealous apparently.
This is true, from my experience. When I first tried buying stuff from GOG, I had to authorize it with my bank to transfer the funds.
angular graphics
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Yeah, during Xmas sales for sure...!
Can you not send a friend request on Origin? I just kind of assumed you could. Oh, Origin!
HP_Wuvcraft
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Seriously. This isn't new information, and just shows have lame the anti-Origin hate is.
You can send friend requests in Origin... Did it like last week.
Marsipolami
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Isn't that in January?
No, July.
Togglesworlh
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The point is not to make any one specific game easier to find. It is to better organize them into... categories. You know, like, categories. So they're grouped together. So, if I wanna, say, play some multiplayer game, but don't know which one I want to play, I just look in that category until I find one I'm satisfied with. Much faster than your alleged fastest way where I'm going to also have to scroll through a bunch of unrelated whatsits.
I own over 400 games. 60 of 'em are multiplayer.
But, you know, that's why it's optional.
Very few companies have such a flawless record of fucking over anyone and everyone in short-sighted attempts to appease their shareholders. Being wary of an EA-owned store is absolutely justified and I question the sanity of anyone that says otherwise.
Starts Christmas Day and lasts until the first Monday of January.
So what was he talking about? Just, "NO ONE ON ORIGIN TROLLOLOLOLOL" I guess?
Marsipolami
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Well, it's technically 2012 then, so in that case it won't go over 5 million before this year is over.
Ah, yeah. I only remembered it endind in January this year.
I only use two custom categories: Indie Games and NON-Steam. I also use the Favorites list for games i'm playing right now/games I won't ever stop playing (like Skyrim, for instance).
Everything else is in the GAMES section, listed alphabetically. Back when Steam didn't have a SEARCH function, i'd understand creating massive amounts of categories. Now? Not so much, specially when the interface to do it sucks ass.
I'm not sure, to be honest. I just saw some people saying they'd managed to purchase Dawn of War outside the US, so I was just wondering how that's done, whether they have to get someone to gift the code to them, etc
BoobPhysics101
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Holy fuck, I totally forgot about DRM. That's awesome.
Feels good man.
Imagine how buggy the game would be with DRM fucking it in the ass.
And it apparently works decently in WINE under Linux.
Nabs
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Yes, it's Steamworks.
UnluckyKate
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Hell, Notch is playing it with Parrallel on a Macbook Air
So as long as the retail copy has Steamworks, it can be activated in Steam?
Madrugador
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Yes, and Steam is actually a requirement.
That's the only way you can play it, if it's Steamworks.
While you're required to activate Steamworks titles on Steam, the requirement of Steam itself to play the games thereafter is a decision left up to the developer/publisher. For example, as I mentioned earlier, Skyrim is completely DRM-free despite utilising Steamworks.
Some Steam games being DRM-free is hardly a recent development, but I think Skyrim may very well be the first Steamworks game to forgo DRM.
Probably old news but Amazon is having a Black Friday deals week for digital downloads. Today Mass Effect 2 is $5. A bunch of other games are 50% off, including The Witcher 2 ($16). I'm sure a Steamworks game or two is in there somewhere. Scrounge here.
Yeah, I was quite surprised that TESV.exe had zero DRM. I guess they realize that it's important when considering modding.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Fallout New Vegas didn't have additional DRM, right? And neither did Rage, if I'm correct.
Were both of those games able to run without the Steam client, though?
I'm not sure calling it DRM free is accurate. It requires Steam to install right? You couldn't just copy it to a disc, give it to a friend, and then let him copy to his computer and play it (edit: without first installing it via Steam again)? That is still DRM, just an incredibly reasonable kind.
Don't get me wrong though, not requiring the client to run is an excellent thing and I hope it becomes an increasingly popular trend.
Then again, if I'm wrong and you can just copy and paste it without having to reinstall, extra special kudos to Bethesda because that is very awesome.
You could do just that if you wished as the main executable isn't tied to Steam in any way. Obviously, without Steam running you lose the achievements and whatever else the game utilises of the Steamworks suite, but the game itself functions perfectly fine.
Syphon Filter
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Edit:nm
Syphon Filter
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Anyone game on a 24 inch monitor?is the steam icons and text bigger than a 20 inch?
But it doesn't require Steam to run. Hell, if you download a sid extractor you don't even need to use the Steam installer.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Anyone else notice Sins of a Solar Empire is finally on Steam? Came out the 16th it looks like.
25% off the Trinity version, so $14.99.
Still a little steep for me, but if it goes for cheaper during the Christmas Sale, I'll pick it up. Was always interested in giving it a shot when I first heard about it, but not being on Steam was kind of a motivation killer.
25% off the Trinity version, so $14.99.
Still a little steep for me, but if it goes for cheaper during the Christmas Sale, I'll pick it up. Was always interested in giving it a shot when I first heard about it, but not being on Steam was kind of a motivation killer.
$15 is too steep for one of the best strategy games released in recent years? Good gravy.
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