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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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Yeah, that's why I always use Paypal (and most of the time paypal takes the money from my bank account directly) when I buy on GMG since banks don't like it when you buy stuff with your CC oversea.
Artofwar420
Member
It doesn't appear yet on the actual game page does it? Or is it just me.
I guess I'm pre-ordering Sleeping Dogs.
arts&crafts
Member
lol I just got my alienware mx17 and it is below the minimum recommended settings for alanwake 1900x1080 
16gb ram
geforce 660m
quadcore something rather
Lets try 720p
16gb ram
geforce 660m
quadcore something rather
Lets try 720p
chixdiggit
Member
So if I already pre-ordered from GMG do I still get the items?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
BURNOUT GAF
Burnout gathering on now. So far, we got 4 or so.
Well, 2 have commits, others haven't replied. 3 spots out of 8 so far. HOP ON!
Burnout gathering on now. So far, we got 4 or so.
Well, 2 have commits, others haven't replied. 3 spots out of 8 so far. HOP ON!
I've heard it happen with some games but the 3 games that I bought from GMG they gave the codes out usually a few days before release. I have sleeping dogs currently preordered and I'm sure I'll end up getting borderlands 2 and dishonored there too due to their deals. We'll see how it goes this year with the keys.
Deus Ex : HR never got TF2 items if you got it from GMG, I'm guessing the same might apply here.
Although some games like Red Orchestra did get tf2 items from GMG
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
4/8 slots, still room.
lol I just got my alienware mx17 and it is below the minimum recommended settings for alanwake 1900x1080
16gb ram
geforce 660m
quadcore something rather
Lets try 720p
I'd try it anyways? Your specs look fine to me, maybe the GPU is a bit light on.
God this hurts so much.
EA refuses to give me any clue of what account my cd-key to burnout is tied to, and Steam/Valve refuses to let me repurchase the game as it is tied to my Steam account, somehow?
It doesn't make sense, Steam/Valve is telling me even if I repurchase that I will not get a new cd-key? I don't get that at all.
Now I'll never be able to play Burnout Paradise again, sigh.
EA refuses to give me any clue of what account my cd-key to burnout is tied to, and Steam/Valve refuses to let me repurchase the game as it is tied to my Steam account, somehow?
It doesn't make sense, Steam/Valve is telling me even if I repurchase that I will not get a new cd-key? I don't get that at all.
Now I'll never be able to play Burnout Paradise again, sigh.
I'm from QLD Australia, and the standard steam website (steam.powered.com) has always shown US prices for me, and I've been able to buy at those prices (but the steam app on my phone displays the correct AU price tags). I thought at first that it had something to do with using the uni network but it also happens when I'm at home.
SteveWinwood
Member
Why don't you just sign into either account and see?
Is there another post to this with more context on your problem?
I don't understand the problem. Why do you need to know your EA account to play Burnout Paradise? The login is optional.
Can't play online, unless you are logged in. The whole fun of the game is playing with friends.
You cannot sign into any other account than the one the cd-key is registered to, which is some other account where I don't remember the details as I used it over one year ago.
I now have no clue what account was used, and can no longer log in.
SteveWinwood
Member
So you're complaining about how you lost your login info.
I hate ea's stupid login bullshit, you can find me complaining about it earlier in this very thread, but you do share some of the blame here.
Delusibeta
Banned
I'm fairly sure the multiplayer servers for the PC version are dead. Certainly, I could never get it working on my machine.
I'm not saying it's not my fault.
That's why I told Steam support that I would gladly purchase the game again.
SteveWinwood
Member
Honestly you might have more luck going from the origin side of things. I hear their support is pretty good. Since it's ea account it has that friends list instead of steam so it would be pretty much the same. It should already be attached to that account. I'd just search through all your emails you might have used to get any clue which it might be attached to.
Delusibeta
Banned
Prey's an almost definite no at this point, but the retail CD keys register on Steam and still are easily available in the UK at least. Dunno about Sacred 2.
derExperte
Member
Maybe I'm missing something but if you're willing to pay for it again why not buy it through your Origin account that doesn't have Paradise on it? Won't be on Steam but you'll be able to play online again.
Judging from what I've read here on GAF, Origin's CS can be good, but it's entirely dependent on who you happen to get -- some people have found themselves banging their hands against the wall trying to get an EA key that Origin itself doesn't recognise manually registered to their account, whereas others have had this over and done with in a matter of minutes, no questions asked.
Say what you want about Steam Support, but at least its awfulness is consistent.
Yeah, anybody after Prey should just import a copy from Zavvi/The Hut. It's strange that 2K is still publishing retail copies yet won't resupply DD services with keys.
I registered the key I have on Steam on Origin already.
I did, they can only tell me it is some gmail account. I checked the 3 gmail accounts that I know of.
The one it is tied to right now, who knows.
I guess this game is lost to the wind, never to played again as no one can help me. (In terms of usefulness, which is online for me.)
bigace33
Member
The servers for PC are still active actually.
zerokoolpsx
Member
toddhunter
Member
It is well worth that price for the awesome act 1 alone, which is handy because the rest of the game is pretty shit.
IblisGinjo
Member
zerokoolpsx
Member
Bought it. Couldn't say no to DRM free goodness. Now it just needs to get here faster.
JaseC I know you buy like every game in existence, but please keep Brink from your catalogue, do not stain it.
lol wut????
Act 2 is great and Act 3 is good at worst. Won't deny Act 1 is da awesomest though.
I respectfully advise against Brink. It is one of the very few games -- maybe 2 or 3 -- out of hundreds I have on Steam that I regret buying. I didn't really like the graphical style, it looks ugly ingame, maps are confusing, I seem to recall controls feeling janky, performance was pretty awful, there didn't seem to be much map variety, and singleplayer was pretty crappy (just multiplayer with bots or something like that).
*edit* Multiplayer may be deserted now, too.
Do you mean to imply that Brink is worse than Bad Rats?
Have these "Looking to..." statuses always been there?
They're new, having been introduced with the client beta a little while back and rolled out with the most recent (stable) client update.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I really want to smash a shovel to people's heads when they use hours played for justification.
Have these "Looking to..." statuses always been there?
Someone told me they were recently new, so I guess they might be recently added, I dunno
The random urge for physical violence because of a video game is kind of creepy, but even aside from that, what is wrong with considering hours played and playtime?
If someone only purchases a few games but gets many hours of enjoyment out of them, isn't that a lot of entertainment hours per dollar? You pay $X for Y hours of movie, it's just an entertainment transaction.
Some games have replay value, some games have long playtime value. It's something that people presumably take into consideration, and it has value to some people.
Nabs
Member
Weird.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
That's more of a typical off-comment regarding physical abuse, you know kinda like "I wanna smack someone's face because x".
And to me it is used somehow as something objective. People forget that carrot and stick set-up devs use to "extend" game time, after all, the "I'll keep playing this game because I might get something out of it, regardless whether it sucks" mentality.
Yes I know this reasoning becomes "you're trying to define fun", but at the same time people can be "fooled" into thinking what fun is, especially with that approach above.
wut
lol!
zerokoolpsx
Member
He should be playing dating sims if hes seeking that type of relationship from a game lol. I still cracked up regardless.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Did the prices shift a little bit during the day? I thought Oblivion GOTY was 6.50 earlier.
EDIT - never mind, I didn't realize there was a distinction between GOTY and GOTY deluxe. lol
EDIT - never mind, I didn't realize there was a distinction between GOTY and GOTY deluxe. lol
jaundicejuice
Member
So far the Dawnguard quest seems like the Rebellion questline, you get introduced to two factions but it's an either or situation, you choose between the Dawnguard and the Vampires as you would the Empire and the Stormcloaks. I've been to two new locations but they're just the main base for each faction, the areas weren't particularly large. They have access points on the borders of the world, the Dawnguard fortress is near Riften while the vampire fortress is sort of near Solitude. A few new dungeons and areas have been added integrated into the existing world, just the standard fare you'd stumble across in the open world. I've only seen one of the new enemy types so far, the Dawnguard give you a crossbow almost immediately (don't use it since my character is geared towards melee combat) and you can become a vampire pretty quick, if you want to. So while there isn't a whole lot of new added to the overall world they at least throw the newer mechanics at you pretty quickly. Since I completed the Companions questline I've decided to not become a vampire, even though that wouldn't have prevented me from becoming one.
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