jaundicejuice
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I am sorry but I replayed the whole series a while back and, man, RF2 was TURRRRRIBLE. One I still like a fair bit, even if it is a campy Half-Life rip-off. Geomod baby, it's where it's at.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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I am sorry but I replayed the whole series a while back and, man, RF2 was TURRRRRIBLE. One I still like a fair bit, even if it is a campy Half-Life rip-off. Geomod baby, it's where it's at.
jaundicejuice
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It is linear, but there are open areas that you weave back and forth through in various parts. I liked the enemies because of the asymmetric combat, they'd cling on walls, they ceiling and come at you from all directions. I found RF:A's enemies far more appealing to fight than anything thrown at me in RF:G.
To each their own.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
2 is terrible, but I didn't think RF1 was much better.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
edit: I recently replayed the entire franchise as well, from start to finish.
Well, it is easier to see years later what they were trying to do with it than at the time. The graphical jump from the first game (two years between) is rather sizable. Oh, and it's probably the first game to feature regenerative health (the Riddick system) and multiple ending based on moral.
It's hard to call that 'nothing' even though I won't pretend to suddenly like it either.
At least it didn't have that fucking incinerator and the robot. Or Capek...
Fuck me, that fight wasn't fun the first time and it felt like a cheating mess years later.
Still think Guerilla is a boring, bland game that I sadly completed thinking it was going to be something better at some point. Well, at least there are destruction side missions.... :'):')
Armageddon is kind of a sad story. It IS a better game than Guerrilla, and it is clearly intended as a direct reboot of the series, invoking red faction 1 stuff regularly (including the first aliens you see being directly based on their RF1 equivalent). And it has far more destruction than Guerrilla ever had. (not much at first though, but it ramps up)
But it suffers from all the stuff modern action games suffer from, and the fanbase had apparently moved on from RF1 to Guerrilla expectations. Critics were unable to see that tide, and the game is undeservedly thought of as 'worse' than its predecessor.
Well, it is easier to see years later what they were trying to do with it than at the time. The graphical jump from the first game (two years between) is rather sizable. Oh, and it's probably the first game to feature regenerative health (the Riddick system) and multiple ending based on moral.
It's hard to call that 'nothing' even though I won't pretend to suddenly like it either.
At least it didn't have that fucking incinerator and the robot. Or Capek...
Fuck me, that fight wasn't fun the first time and it felt like a cheating mess years later.
Still think Guerilla is a boring, bland game that I sadly completed thinking it was going to be something better at some point. Well, at least there are destruction side missions.... :'):')
Armageddon is kind of a sad story. It IS a better game than Guerrilla, and it is clearly intended as a direct reboot of the series, invoking red faction 1 stuff regularly (including the first aliens you see being directly based on their RF1 equivalent). And it has far more destruction than Guerrilla ever had. (not much at first though, but it ramps up)
But it suffers from all the stuff modern action games suffer from, and the fanbase had apparently moved on from RF1 to Guerrilla expectations. Critics were unable to see that tide, and the game is undeservedly thought of as 'worse' than its predecessor.
Dog Problems
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I'll admit it's been quite awhile since I've played the second game so maybe if I were to go through it again my opinion would be changed. The only thing I recall not liking was the short single player campaign. I doubt it's as much of a chore to go through as Guerilla was.
Yeah, I'm sad we won't see a sequel to that. I felt it was the start of a new direction, but as you said people wanted another open world game. I guess as long as the world of Guerilla 2 wouldn't have been so bland I'd consider giving it a chance at least. Hopefully the franchise isn't actually dead.
Yeah, I'm sad we won't see a sequel to that. I felt it was the start of a new direction, but as you said people wanted another open world game. I guess as long as the world of Guerilla 2 wouldn't have been so bland I'd consider giving it a chance at least. Hopefully the franchise isn't actually dead.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
It is only like 3-4 hours long lol.
jediyoshi
Member
AHH I NEED MORE
So if he is a robot, bad, if he isn't a robot, bad. It's like they can't lose!
Dog Problems
Banned
Damn I don't remember it being that short.
Last Baron
Member
I'm glad I saw this before I started playing, Apocalyptic is giving me a nice challenge. And ditto on the achievements breaking. I'm working on the second gate and I haven't had an achievement pop yet even though according to the list I've earned a few.
Freeza Under The Shower
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it isn't. The total of completion times says '4 something hours' at the end, but there are plenty of deaths and boring rethreads of the "way too enemies in this section" kind.
It's roughly 6-8 hours in actual clock time. More 8 than 6. :\
Or maybe I'm getting old. lol? ...
At any rate, giving THQ's current predicament, it's safe to say the RF franchise is really quite dead for now. That, and there's only so much that one can do with the RF premise.
yes, after all the recent ocurrences of people being blocked from buying by account of gifting through proxies and Valve negotiating a way for you not to sue them, this is the best possible time to jump over risky obstacles because of being unable to wait a couple days for a game.
It should be possible, but you do it at your own risk since technically I think they can terminate your account per the Steam user agreement if you use a VPN.
However, the general word seems to be that Valve does not take action on this unless you use a VPN to buy games in other regions. Like I said, it's at your own risk.
Wasn't the issue there people using VPN's to buy things in other regions, and/or gifting to themselves, rather than gifting cross-region, which has never caused problems as far as I know?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
You need to make an account but iirc you don't need to login.
that's what I meant by "gifting through proxies"
and I would never in a million years risk what awwyeahgurrl (lmao) is talking about
Jesus Christ, really? Could you have been any more passive aggressive. I'm asking a simple question, I want an answer not a discussion.
faceless007
Member
Has anyone been able to make a purchase through the Android app? When I try putting in my address it doesn't accept the state. Might be because the box is a normal text box and not a multi-choice dropdown like normal.
iNvid02
Member
just do it and keep steam in offline mode until the 21st
Stallion Free
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I'm going off the Steam counter, which has been remarkably accurate for me.
Thank you.
spindoctor
Member
It can be done, but you'll have to stay in Steam's offline mode from Tuesday till Friday.
uh, I apologize. Wasnt trying to come off like that at all?, was just making fun
I wouldnt even do it in offline mode to be honest. Your call.
iNvid02
Member
report back after 21st if you can, i would need to know if i got you banned
highly doubt it though
edit: i just remembered another option is to buy it on origin, you can do the same vpn trick but it doesnt check again like steam
report back after 21st if you can, i would need to know if i got you banned
highly doubt it though
edit: i just remembered another option is to buy it on origin, you can do the same vpn trick but it doesnt check again like steam
I've activated stuff like this before, as have friends, but I it was a long time ago. Just wanted to check in case they had done something to stop it. If it has to be in offline mode the whole time I might just leave it but I've not had to be in offline mode for other stuff if I remember right.
If you meant it like that then my bad.
It came off way meaner than I intended, lol.
Thing is that even though they havent done anything in regards to stuff specifically like this, the whole VPN business is kinda frown uponed since the beggining and lately theyve been taking more action towards it (even if just with people who are gifting through using one).
If for some reason you absolutely cannot wait the extra couple days go for it I guess, but I wouldnt.
The Wizard
Member
I have never seen anyone get banned for it, the vpn part of the SSA is mainly about purchasing games through VPN (Which can get you banned.)
Wasn't aware you needed to use offline mode though, is that a recent change?
Wasn't aware you needed to use offline mode though, is that a recent change?
The way I always seen them talk about it, before the recent talks, was that they just turned a blind eye to people activating games early in different regions but buying was always frowned upon. Having to stay in offline mode is new from what I can remember so I might just give it a miss because of that. I'm pretty sure a few friends will activate their keys via VPN so I guess I'll let you know what happens.
Just a prediction based on the cutscenes for the first hour and a half. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
The Wizard
Member
The whole reason the practice is frowned upon is due to people bypassing regional restrictions to pay less for games, which hurts steam and their partners profits. Playing a game you already paid for a few days earlier has no negative impact on steam, so they don't seem to care. It's technically "risky" but realistically fine.
It wouldn't be problem if some publishers didn't insist on releasing games a week later in some regions for no good reason. Always kind of baffling, especially when we're talking about a digitally distributed game you've already pre-loaded.
I would have said the same before, especially with Russia getting delayed games (talking weeks here) but then you have portal 2 which got released globally at the same time and it has a 1:1 ratio of people who bought it and pirates.
regional release dates still blows. DS2 gets released a week later here instead of the 14th.
Mackenzie 92
Member
What? I'm loving it.
Whenever the fighting starts the animations get choppy and generally slow, the sound cuts out randomly (fighting noises, ambient stuff and dialogue just disappears) and to top it off it just crashed on me. I tried some of the stuff mentioned on the Steam forums, to no avail. I'm on Win 7 64bit, which probably doesn't help matters much. edit: Getting errors when I try to run it in compatibility mode. I'm already tired of this shit.
Lol that part threw me off years ago. You'll be fine.
derExperte
Member
Yeah, there were bannings years ago if people overdid it with their VPN-use. Like I did once. So I don't think anything has really changed in practice and before someone gets specifically banned for unlocking a game early I wouldn't worry too much. They always had this stuff in their licence agreement, it's just formulated a bit more clearly now. And I know people who have bought something via VPN very recently and still have their accounts.
jediyoshi
Member
Nope. Pretty bad.
Joe Molotov
Member
It's a shitty game too.
Dunno man, the writing doesn't have me thrilled so far and combat seems awkward and unresponsive, though for now I'd chalk that up to the technical difficulties I'm having. I'm inclined to agree with him, regardless.
Came here to make this post.
Kuro Madoushi
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I tend to agree. Most of the characters I've seen so far are pretty bland.
It doesn't help that it's one hell of an ugly game. And I don't have "this is Starwars" goggles which make almost everything tolerable.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Why won't Steam launch? I have a flight in a few hours and wanted to start offline mode, but the program doesn't even fraking respond.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Try ending the process in task manager and then reopen it.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
I've done it already, it appears in the task manager but hangs at 19000k.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
And with that, there goes my ideas.
I remember my internet browser actually doing that before. Kept repeating the task manager problem till it worked.
I don't know, it tends to be wonky.
I remember my internet browser actually doing that before. Kept repeating the task manager problem till it worked.
I don't know, it tends to be wonky.
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