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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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benjipwns
Banned
I was about to post when I read:
This is TECHNICALLY correct*, there's a version of 2 on the PC that came out with the Dreamcast version. Which was a month after the original release on PS1.
IIRC, the PC version has the better textures of the Dreamcast release.
*The best kind of correct.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Turn off motion blur, enable msaa/8x, change whatever res. It's really simple if you follow my directions to the ini file.
Wok
Member
Maybe if I had Alzheimers. Probably not a bad policy to assume I didn't though
If the game is not previously on the wishlist, you cannot add it after buying it. I agree this is inconsistent behavior then.
IndieJones
Member
I'm incredible confused.
"For the first time, THPS and THPS2 gameplay comes to PC! Neither game was released for PC upon their original release in 2000 and 2001."
THPS came out in 1999 and THPS2 came out in 2000, and THPS2 absolutely was available on PC. Why are they trying to confuse me?!
benjipwns
Banned
You're right! They didn't even get the release dates right. :lol
funkystudent
Member
Someone needs to find out how many times Magicka has been on sale over the last 12 months.
Just completed Driver: San Francisco (everything there was to do in SP, completed all dares, challenges, missions, bought all cars), and I really enjoyed my time with it, so I thought I'd write a short review.
I had absolutely no faith in Driver: San Francisco when it came out last year, given that all but the first one had been shit up until that point, and the shift feature made no sense to me. However, quite a number of people said they thought it was much better than they were expecting, and when it came up for 5 during the Summer Sale, I couldn't resist, and I'm glad I couldn't.
Driver: San Francisco brings the series back to where it belongs, driving, and that's all you do in the game. Obviously, that would suck if the driving was poor, but it definitely isn't. Driving in this game is an awesome arcady experience. Lots of drifting, cars are generally easy to handle (except if you take Zondas and the like onto the dirt), jumps are huge and there are car transporters everywhere for easy jumps and so on. What makes the game unique however is that for most of the game, you have access to the aforementioned 'shift' feature, which allows you to jump from your car into any other and drive as that one. This opens up quite a few fun possibilities, like jumping into oncoming traffic during races and taking out some opponents by ramming them head on. A nice touch with regards to the shift feature is the banter with passengers in the cars you jump in to, which can be quite funny. The game utilizes the new mechanic quite effectively, although there can be some difficulty balancing issues, with particularly team race (2v2) missions generally too easy due to the feature. On most challenges and missions it's fine though. You also get some where you aren't able to shift, of particular note here are the movie challenges, which can be unlocked by collecting tokens when driving around. These challenges are chases from films and TV series, ranging from (of course) the car chase from Bullitt to a challenge where you have to run from a classic police car in an orange Dodge Charger. I found all of them a lot of fun, and you can compete on times via online leaderboards, which I would have been able to do had I been able to make Uplay work in-game with my router. The only major complaint I have with regards to the main mechanics of the game is the fact that the game uses catch-up for AI opponents and police, something that shouldn't be in any self-respecting driving game. If I'm behind, tough, I clearly fucked up. If I'm ahead, I clearly did well, let me be ahead. Catch-up should never be a replacement for a properly tuned difficulty level.
The storyline, which actually manages to explain the shift feature is amazing. It is one of the funniest stories I've ever seen in a game, it's so ludicrous. Really, they just keep upping the crazy throughout the game. I'd say more about it, but that would just be giving away the crazy. Graphically I found the game to be rather plain, with the cars looking quite nice but the environment looking really dull, though I can forgive it in part due to the rather impressive size of the game map. The soundtrack is pretty good, but there should have been far more tracks given that it's a 20+ hour game.
Overall, as I mentioned before, I highly recommend this game. I really enjoyed myself for the full twenty-two hours I spent completing it, though less so for the hour I tried to get Uplay working ingame for me (which seems to have broken for no apparent reason). Driver: San Francisco is a real return to form for the series, and I hope they keep going like this. 7.5/10
Earlier mini-reviews (for judging how full of shit I am):
Sniper: Ghost Warrior (5/10)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (3/10)
Singularity (7.5/10)
I had absolutely no faith in Driver: San Francisco when it came out last year, given that all but the first one had been shit up until that point, and the shift feature made no sense to me. However, quite a number of people said they thought it was much better than they were expecting, and when it came up for 5 during the Summer Sale, I couldn't resist, and I'm glad I couldn't.
Driver: San Francisco brings the series back to where it belongs, driving, and that's all you do in the game. Obviously, that would suck if the driving was poor, but it definitely isn't. Driving in this game is an awesome arcady experience. Lots of drifting, cars are generally easy to handle (except if you take Zondas and the like onto the dirt), jumps are huge and there are car transporters everywhere for easy jumps and so on. What makes the game unique however is that for most of the game, you have access to the aforementioned 'shift' feature, which allows you to jump from your car into any other and drive as that one. This opens up quite a few fun possibilities, like jumping into oncoming traffic during races and taking out some opponents by ramming them head on. A nice touch with regards to the shift feature is the banter with passengers in the cars you jump in to, which can be quite funny. The game utilizes the new mechanic quite effectively, although there can be some difficulty balancing issues, with particularly team race (2v2) missions generally too easy due to the feature. On most challenges and missions it's fine though. You also get some where you aren't able to shift, of particular note here are the movie challenges, which can be unlocked by collecting tokens when driving around. These challenges are chases from films and TV series, ranging from (of course) the car chase from Bullitt to a challenge where you have to run from a classic police car in an orange Dodge Charger. I found all of them a lot of fun, and you can compete on times via online leaderboards, which I would have been able to do had I been able to make Uplay work in-game with my router. The only major complaint I have with regards to the main mechanics of the game is the fact that the game uses catch-up for AI opponents and police, something that shouldn't be in any self-respecting driving game. If I'm behind, tough, I clearly fucked up. If I'm ahead, I clearly did well, let me be ahead. Catch-up should never be a replacement for a properly tuned difficulty level.
The storyline, which actually manages to explain the shift feature is amazing. It is one of the funniest stories I've ever seen in a game, it's so ludicrous. Really, they just keep upping the crazy throughout the game. I'd say more about it, but that would just be giving away the crazy. Graphically I found the game to be rather plain, with the cars looking quite nice but the environment looking really dull, though I can forgive it in part due to the rather impressive size of the game map. The soundtrack is pretty good, but there should have been far more tracks given that it's a 20+ hour game.
Overall, as I mentioned before, I highly recommend this game. I really enjoyed myself for the full twenty-two hours I spent completing it, though less so for the hour I tried to get Uplay working ingame for me (which seems to have broken for no apparent reason). Driver: San Francisco is a real return to form for the series, and I hope they keep going like this. 7.5/10
Earlier mini-reviews (for judging how full of shit I am):
Sniper: Ghost Warrior (5/10)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (3/10)
Singularity (7.5/10)
Arlecchino
Member
Steam allows you to install to different directories now? That's pretty awesome.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Man, I already have most of HB6...
Marsipolami
Member
Really? That is pretty awesome.
(even though it should've been available ages ago.)
moojito
Member
I don't see that option. I just moved my 70gb steam installation to a bigger hard drive since I was running out of room. Installing to another directory would be very handy!
It's in the beta and it's only when installing new games I'm afraid... At least at the moment.
paperspace
Member
Is unlocking a game (temporary) via VPN bannable?
I own all games in the humble. Al least I finished half of them already, so I don't feel so bad.
I doubt it, just switch to offline mode after unlocking your game until the game releases in your region.
Ingueferroque
Banned
The Mac version of Shatter (Steam) still wont work for me, are there still problems? I downloaded it three hours ago.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Just noticed my 9 year steam badge in my profile. Didn't even noticed it. It updated quick.
derExperte
Member
Nobody was ever banned for doing that.
Can you post details of your setup and we'll take a look.
Madrugador
Member
I wasn't expecting Tony Hawk HD on Steam. Great news, I might get it when it's on sale.
It doesn't have Steam Cloud according to the Steam page, weird. Does anyone know if it has split-screen multiplayer?
Edit: Nevermind. It doesn't
It doesn't have Steam Cloud according to the Steam page, weird. Does anyone know if it has split-screen multiplayer?
Edit: Nevermind. It doesn't
Syphon Filter
Member
how do you know in advance that something will be out?
Nabs
Member
They posted it on their facebook yesterday. I just read it somewhere a few minutes before posting that.
Syphon Filter
Member
oh.did the console version have online?
Joe Molotov
Member
Steam Community is dead.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Why you gotta do me dirty like that, Steam?
Don't use Twitter.
I hide my shame on Facebook (to a degree. I have the Dota 2 page liked. :3).
I try and forget SPUF exists.
Looks like Valve is in the wrong here.
VGChampion
Member
Yeah, had to come here just to see if it was me. Especially because I could still access the Store on their website. And I'm not going to follow Steam on social media sites.
Refreshment.01
Member
question:
If i get an achievement now, it won't register? Because Steam seems to be down. I can play, but much of the functionality like community is down.
If i get an achievement now, it won't register? Because Steam seems to be down. I can play, but much of the functionality like community is down.
EternalGamer
Banned
How fucking long does fucking maintain-fucking-ance last anyway?
EternalGamer
Banned
That's my real complaint. Why the hell would they schedule it for what is prime time for the majority of their users.
I am fucking pissed.
I waited all damn day to play and avoided the temptation to boot it up. 6:30PM rolls around my scheduled playtime with friends and Steam is fucking down for maintanance.
TouchMyBox
Member
Any other Canucks in here order stuff from the Valve store?
My Dota merch shipped on the 5th and I still haven't gotten it.
My Dota merch shipped on the 5th and I still haven't gotten it.
And you don't think it's a huge oversight that there isn't a way to directly convey this information to the 2 million+ users that are actually on Steam and using it?
If I'm IN Steam I shouldn't have to go hunt for information on other resources about when Steam isn't going to be working properly.
Edit: Maybe it gets posted in the News feed, I'm not sure. I don't ever check the news feed though and therefore isn't good enough! *stomps feet*
There is only 1 timezone in the world.
Please don't bomb steam
I farted in their direction. I thought that was a nice compromise.
Yeah this was not thought out well at all.
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