One Foul Note
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If STALKER is a reasonable price then I will defo be picking that up. Those are the series of games that I've always been interested in but never got mainly due to me not having a very good PC till recently.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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Wok
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In fact, that's what I would have expected of a videogame about Stalker: a walk taking place in the same places and with the same pace as the movie by Тарковский. Have a quick look at an extract from the movie on Youtube if you have not watched it already, to get the taste of this universe. There is video JYEfJhkPK7o but I am not sure it is legal.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Got a couple of Steam keys here. Quote to see!
Lord British
Member
Took Harvest. Thanks!
EternalGamer
Banned
I felt kind of indifferent toward it. Part of the dialog seemed intersting but it can be dense and also very ambigious/abstract. By then end I had the general gist of the narrative, which is oresented in a non-linear, fragmented manner, but I felt like I needed a replay it to really make sense of a lot of the dialog after what I knew by the end. Which would be fine if the actual act of playing it wasnt very boring and plodding.
There is literally almost no interaction. At all. You walk and you listen to a narrator. That is it. I dont need to be killing stuff or solving inane puzzles all the time, but give me something to actually do. Especially if I cant even really explore and can only walk down preset paths at a very slow pace.
I mean the atmosphere is beautiful and the prose is quality, but there needs to be more to it. It doesnt even work as an "interactive movie" because the part where you have to walk between narrative hotspots kills the pacing. Its like a movie that is 15 minutes of development spread out over 1 1/2 hours of walking.
If you want an example of a cool narrative done right, go play The Stanley parable. Its free to download. You just need to have or download a copy of the Source engine.
grabbed airmech, might as well give it a whirl, thanks!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Man, I always miss freebies!
Anyway, I'm surprised no indie game had done a game similar to Rhythm Heaven. That is, each stage is a rhythm game with different mechanics.
Anyway, I'm surprised no indie game had done a game similar to Rhythm Heaven. That is, each stage is a rhythm game with different mechanics.
Do you have some kind of dual graphics card solution in your laptop? Make sure the dedicated graphics card (the ATI) is running while playing the game. Should be a setting in your control panel.
Yeah I have a switchable graphics solution (Enduro). It never works correctly, all games detect the Intel card, instead of ATI.. I've read about the horrors of ATI driver support. I never imagined it would be this bad. I'm going back to Nvidia next go around.
The game works now, after several GFWL updates.
No problem, glad it was useful
I'll keep it updated once a day or so until the sale starts - still seems like there are a few packs that would need to be added - Popcap, MumboJumbo, id, Ubisoft etc.
Capt.Haddock
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I think everyone who applied first day got in,in this wave.
Stronghammer22
Member
Hey guys, I don't play many point and click games, but I decided to give Gemini Rue a go tonight. It has been pretty awesome so far, but now I'm stuck. I don't want to look at a walkthrough, so if someone could just give me a little hint that would be great.
I'm stuck at the part where
Thanks.
I'm stuck at the part where
Azriel and Matthius are trying to make their way to the top of the Highrise building, to rendezvous with Kane. I got to the sixth floor, killed a dude, then ran into a room and locked the door behind me. The problem is the door to the roof is locked and I can't figure out how to get it open. I only seem to be able to interact with the door and the pipes. I've exhausted every option there. Help!
Thanks.
Secret Fawful
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Hint #1:
Maybe
Matthius can help.
Hint #2:
Try
using Matthius with something.
Hint #3:
Matthius can't do it alone.
Final Hint:
Sometimes to proceed, it takes a little push and kick.
Yep.
Stronghammer22
Member
Got it, thanks a lot.
I had tried to use Matthius on everything, but I didn't think to help him out. Makes sense I guess! Great hints, I got to the third one and that was when it clicked.
All signs point to yes, the sale will probably start Thursday 12th July. However don't take it as gospel as clearly we've been misled before. (I was one of the ones who could've sworn it would be the 28th June).
IcyRhythms
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I suppose if it's not today that it will no doubt be Thursday.
basic_text
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Whilst I feel bad for those adding 100's of £/$'s into their Steam wallet early, I've just discovered that I get paid on Friday seeing as my payday falls on a Sunday this month. This means I should catch the bargains from Thursday if I check on Friday morning.
I believe this will be my second summer sale!
Might have to pick up the Telltale pack if it's at the right price, I have a few seasons via the Telltale store but I'd like them all in one place.
I believe this will be my second summer sale!
Might have to pick up the Telltale pack if it's at the right price, I have a few seasons via the Telltale store but I'd like them all in one place.
It's actually turned out really well for me, I was worried I'd end up spending all my money in the Amazon sale but then I remembered I'd loaded 50 quid into my Steam Wallet on payday
So I'm all set for the sale!Jables Swan
Member
Oh Gaben, I could never stay mad at you.
Where did you go to apply for this?
I'll get my ticket for the hype train early on Thursday so! Thursday afternoon in this thread will be good!
basic_text
Member
It's actually turned out really well for me, I was worried I'd end up spending all my money in the Amazon sale but then I remembered I'd loaded 50 quid into my Steam Wallet on payday
Actually in hindsight I guess that's a good way of saving for the sale, might as well be a steam ISA (without the interest)! I'd just be tempted to buy random crap if I knew I could only spend it on Steam.
Kamakazie!
Member
So does anyone have any recommendations for local multiplayer games to look out for in the sale?
Stuff along the lines of Tomb Raider The Last Guardian.
Cheers
Stuff along the lines of Tomb Raider The Last Guardian.
Cheers
Well all you have to do in that situation is remember the One Rule: wait for the daily deals. Even outside sale times that won't steer you far wrong.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
If you already don't own it, aim for Rayman Origins. That game is amazing local co-op.
Trine 1 and 2 are good picks. Trine 1 is local co-op only, Trine 2 is both local and online. Up to 3-players.
If you like bullet hell games, GundeadliGne is a fun 4-player co-op game that has both local and online co-op.
Another great couch co-op bullet hell game is Jamestown, which also allows 4-players locally.
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is fun. The story mode isn't co-op, but the game has several multiplayer and co-op modes locally.
A few other games: Dungeon Defenders, Magicka, Nation Red (bolded since this is the one most like Lara Croft, using a top-down perspective), Shatter, Tobe's Vertical Adventure
Definitely Renegade Ops.
Kamakazie!
Member
Thanks. I'll take a look at those. Even if not in the sale I'll pick some up.
basic_text
Member
Yeah, the only time I bought something outside of a daily was when I picked up the Valve complete pack on my first Winter Sale, BARGAIN.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Right. All the problems I had came after all patching was done.
It should have been made available to the Steam store after Rayman Origins came out, but it hasn't the only way to get Eayman 2 was when you pre-ordered Rayman Origins.
SteveWinwood
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It is.
spindoctor
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After hearing a lot of praise for the game here, I finally decided to play through Gemini Rue today. I have to say that I'm fairly disappointed after having high expectations from it. The game nails the sci-fi, noir atmosphere and the story is intriguing enough but the twist at the end and the payoff are just not worth it. The villain and his motivations have the same depth as what you'd find in a Scooby Doo cartoon bad guy. The gameplay meanders between tedious and downright terrible (specifically the combat). There are sections of the game where the puzzles have you performing mundane tasks with a lot of backtracking. Can't really think of any clever or memorable puzzles that you have to solve.
I might sound harsh but the game isn't that bad. I'd say a 5/10 or 6/10. Worth playing through once maybe, but it surely does not live up to the hype created around it. I played through Resonance from the same guys a couple of weeks ago and that game was far better than this one.
I might sound harsh but the game isn't that bad. I'd say a 5/10 or 6/10. Worth playing through once maybe, but it surely does not live up to the hype created around it. I played through Resonance from the same guys a couple of weeks ago and that game was far better than this one.
Ugh oh well.
I just got this too.
Stephen_drewz
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http://www.techspot.com/news/49312-valves-steam-summer-sales-plan-leaked.html
has this been posted?
No idea how believable it is...
has this been posted?
No idea how believable it is...
It's been posted many times, the information came from GAF, and that list doesn't include any dailies.
Joe Molotov
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I got "Here's 3 People You Might Know!" email from Google+. One of them was my grandma, the other one was someone I went to college with, and the third was Gabe Newell.
1) The original source is this GAF post by PaulLFC, posted yesterday
2) It's not an exhaustive list, just the obvious entries that have reared their respective heads in the registry
The list in its various incarnations has been doing the rounds these past few days.
Capt.Haddock
Member
Cant install SFM,connection timeout.Servers are getting hammered probably.
basic_text
Member
I was going to become that guy that tries to point out that it might be stealth down time for sale preparation, but that's not me I'm afraid.
sazzy
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Sale confirmed?
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