I'd say Endless Space. I love it. And it has the best interface on a strategy game ever.
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I'd say Endless Space. I love it. And it has the best interface on a strategy game ever.
fluffydelusions
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That is all I have to trade unfortunately. If anyone else wants to trade something for Civ 5 just PM me. Off the top of my head looking for Castle crashers, half minute hero, Dark Souls. Maybe interested in other games as well.
If you change the resolution in the launcher to a 16:9 one, it'll look horribly stretched, so your best choice would be sticking to 1024x768 and vertical black bars at the sides.
buy this people, it's awesome
and the soundtrack is fantastic
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Set up a custom resolution for 1440x1080 and Max Payne will see it. You will get a pixel perfect 4:3 image for a 1080p monitor. Force AA through your video card control panel and you are good to go.
fat payne fucking sucks
GalCiv II.
Or more complex: Europa Universalis III (incl expansions)
And hopefully Elemental: Fallen Enchantress in the near future.
Man that's a great deal. Why do all great deals show up when I'm broke as fuck?
your preference is bad and you and your kind should be wiped from the face of the earth
So GAF, I just finished Red Faction (the first one). It's a nice game, but playing on impossible difficulty made it a lot harder than I would have liked. What do you think I should play next? I'm between Jet Set Radio (but that would mean starting yet another game) or continuing my Quantum Conundrum playthrough. But I also have like 15 more games that I've started and left unfinished (though I've completed Psychonauts 2 times before), so I don't know what to do.
I normally want the same aspect ratio (I can't stand it in emulated games) but the one in Max Payne isn't that bad. It's ignorable.
Wow, that's actually great news. The first one was pretty good. A bit overly complicated, but good anyway.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Whoa Max Payne 2 is so much better than Max Payne, it's not even funny.
Probably cause he finally took a shit in #2.
Well, I can't even beat the tutorial on JSR. Nailing 20 tricks in a row is close to impossible, my best was 17 and that's with many lucky jumps.
Seriously? I thought 1 was much better, if only because of the story. And I wasn't too interested in
playing as Mona.
Nabs
Member
You know, that was actually similar to what I was trying to do! The problem is that I can't manage to wall ride the billboards (only did it 2 times out of luck), and when I jump from the last rail of the loop, I can't jump long enough to catch the next rail.
But seems I was on the right track there. I should avoid the frustration and start the campaing, as you say.
SteveWinwood
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the comments lol
Um... well there are plenty of games that surpass it? Gal civ 2 for one. If you want a game that is really similar there is Warlock. And depending on your definition of contemporary civ 4 is about ten times better than civ 5.
Syphon Filter
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You guys ever had twitching issues when downloading a game on Steam? When i download a game and try to scroll on my game library it twitches.[for ex. i scroll up and it will scroll down for some reason]
Nabs
Member
I've been playing Critter Crunch and it's been pretty fun. I made it through adventure mode (not 100%) and now I'm just going through trying to do the puzzle stuff. I hope more people pick it up on sale so we can play some VS.
haha, just noticed that.
haha, just noticed that.
Last Baron
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What's the best time to do Borderlands DLC? I'm going after the second part of the key right now.
CheesecakeRecipe
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After you've beaten the game, Zombie Island, General Knotts, Claptrap Revolution. Moxxi's can be kinda done whenever, it doesn't do anything to advance story and enemies are always scaling with level IIRC.
dragonlife
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Yeah, it's a pretty fun game. I still feel like I suck, though. I want Critter Crunch to be my this-gen Pokemon Puzzle League with online.
Last Baron
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So about what I was expecting, thanks.
Tannis is probably my favorite character so far. Sorry Claptrap.
Refreshment.01
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Thanks for the answers. Im not really much into space and sci fi stuff.
Contemporary as more or less released close to each other and at a similar technical level. Btw, why does everyone always said that 4 is better than 5?
Glass Rebel
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All this Max Payne talk made me pick up the game again (I stopped playing around the 3rd chapter) and boy am I hooked. Last time I had my cousin looking over my shoulder and spouting bullshit so I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I do this time. Almost done with the first part I think.
reached Ragna Rock
Honestly I found Max Payne 1 to drag on. If any at time you're feeling bored of it, drop it and start Max Payne 2 - that game has near perfect pacing, partially due to it being really really short. Don't force yourself to finish Max Payne 1, get burned out on it, and not have the enthusiasm to play the second game, which is one of my favorites.
SteveWinwood
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Because unlike 5, 4's AI makes it so you don't feel like you're playing against a 2 year old pounding randomly on a keyboard.
Glass Rebel
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I'll keep it in mind. I don't plan to play Max Payne 2 right after 1 anyway, though. Don't think it'll be an issue.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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I'm having an extremely odd problem with Steam. Whenever I dock my iPhone the software, and any games that are running, slow to a halt.
It seems to only be Steam and its games that are effected by this.
Any ideas?
Edit: Opting out of the beta fixed the problem. Strange!
Edit: Actually no it didn't! Whaaaaaaaaaat is going on here?
It seems to only be Steam and its games that are effected by this.
Any ideas?
Edit: Opting out of the beta fixed the problem. Strange!
Edit: Actually no it didn't! Whaaaaaaaaaat is going on here?
yep, its a little short and the last few levels dont really work, but it's still great
Are you running iTunes? Also, can you try a non-Steam game?
bigace33
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Max Payne 1 is one of the best games ever made. I would never suggest skipping it. Max Payne 2 is a fine game itself, but it is not as good as 1. I'd skip 2 before 1, and Max Payne 3 is amazing as well. Like a raw action flick, gritty and very satisfying.
Did you really get bored with MP1? I still think it's one of the best games I ever played, with a gameplay that holds up perfectly today.
This man speaks only the truth. It's probably one of the best trilogies in gaming, if not the best.
I thought it dragged on a bit, but nothing too egregious. It's not that its gameplay hasn't aged well or anything, but the only thing that really changes is the environment. Weapons escalate a bit, but they're all still pistols/SMGs/rifles. Enemies get tougher and more plentiful, but they're not different in their behavior, from what I remember.
So, yeah, it just goes on too long, and considering Max Payne 2 is more of the same, just better, I'd say it's a good idea to drop MP1 and start MP2 if you have a backlog you're worried about.
TheApatheticOne
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I have fresh mint copies of Civilization V and Torchlight 1 to give away. Would like to give both away to different GAF members. First to quote the game they wish to have and their steam ID (we will be friends now!) will receive it.
I want Civ 5 but I'd probably won't play it. So ...yeah lol. Just wanted to quote it
Well, I'm about an hour and a half into Binary Domain and I can't decide if buying it was a bad decision, or the greatest decisiondamn is the dialog in this game cheesy, and the cutscene-then-shoot-and-repeat nature of the game is starting to bother me.
Binary Domain is awesome
TheApatheticOne
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Lol so you want it or not? I dont want to be a jerk and give it to the next fella if you want it, but if not, Ill move it along to TronLight.
Games are now taken! : )
Nah give it to someone else, rather have someone else that will actually play it lol
Well, I'm about an hour and a half into Binary Domain and I can't decide if buying it was a bad decision, or the greatest decisiondamn is the dialog in this game cheesy, and the cutscene-then-shoot-and-repeat nature of the game is starting to bother me.
It gets better.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Well, I'm about an hour and a half into Binary Domain and I can't decide if buying it was a bad decision, or the greatest decisiondamn is the dialog in this game cheesy, and the cutscene-then-shoot-and-repeat nature of the game is starting to bother me.
The further in you are, the better it gets. The dialogue gets weirder and your guns get stronger.
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