Yeah. They push out updates fairly frequently. It's better than it used to be. For the first couple of months it was 200+ MB updates 3x a week minimum. I probably downloaded 10+ GB for this 2-3 GB game since I got it. It's nothing like that anymore, but I guess the new DLC may be the reason this week. I keep it from downloading updates automatically for this reason.
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Yeah. They push out updates fairly frequently. It's better than it used to be. For the first couple of months it was 200+ MB updates 3x a week minimum. I probably downloaded 10+ GB for this 2-3 GB game since I got it. It's nothing like that anymore, but I guess the new DLC may be the reason this week. I keep it from downloading updates automatically for this reason.
Syphon Filter
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fairly bloom published by capcom has no gfwl. a sign of things to come?
I just uninstall the game 2 months ago...to much shit...its like SMNC but worst
Nyu Media handled the localization I think, Capcom just published it on Steam. And I think Capcom's GFWL games have all existed on consoles before at least, the later PC ports had GFWL.
GenkiPatton
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lol. Unlikely, I'm afraid. Capcom had no part in deciding to or implementing the achievements
Syphon Filter
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i figured lol. DMC 4 had no gfwl right?
Yeah, it didn't have it. A rarity!
AngryChinchilla
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Yeah I remember the old days, but they had toned it down so much recently that I didn't mind having it installed, but I guess there is something to do with this midweek sale that is causing more updates.
So does anyone know how to turn aging off on Sims 2? I don't know how the game expects me to fully level up my job and get a whole family in 25 in-game days. I'm 8 days in and haven't even been promoted yet because I don't have enough friends
edit: Nevermind I found a cheat that turns it off.
edit: Nevermind I found a cheat that turns it off.
Hope this is a step forward in fixing my biggest pet peeve with Greenlight, how someone mentioned earlier that some of the games are not even made yet. =/ I had assumed greenlight would be "Vote for this game that is made and done, it gets accepted, and the following week is on Steam."
AngryChinchilla
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So does anyone know how to turn aging off on Sims 2? I don't know how the game expects me to fully level up my job and get a whole family in 25 in-game days. I'm 8 days in and haven't even been promoted yet because I don't have enough friends
edit: Nevermind I found a cheat that turns it off.
I hate aging in the Sims. First thing I turn off. I feel like time is wasting every day. I don't want my sims that I've worked so hard on to die of old age. Who's idea was that? "Let's take the worst part of real life and have people experience it in-game every couple dozen days". How depressing.
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/10/17/1536208/steam-protocol-opens-pcs-to-remote-code-execution
Crappy exploit but still an exploit. tldr;
Crappy exploit but still an exploit. tldr;
I saw this earlier and I hope it's fixed soon. If you're using a web browser that prompts you before opening a steam:// URL, are you still vulnerable? Is the problem say, Javascript inside a page querying a steam:// URL directly?
What I heard, if it prompts and you deny using the url handler, user should be safe.
btw just beat XCOM on Normal - Ironman. Play that shit fellas, last mission was a highlight of the year for me (mission itself was eh, but what's a stake is what matters). So intense without the ability to load a save, every squad death was like a blow to my stomach. If I lost that mission (and I beat it with just one guy left), I would have been done for and it would have been 28 hours of wasted gameplay. Beating a game rarely feels this satisfying.
finish my no-kill-unseen-blink only Dishonored playthrough
then steal an old lady and buy mark
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Lord British
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Glass Rebel
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I see Edna & Harvey 2 was released but the first one is still missing. What the fuck Gaben.
I'm not sure what the point of Zombie Driver HD is, especially the name, but I'm glad that they give 50% off to owners of the original. One day. Maybe.
Unity of Command looks really good. If it wasn't for XCOM and Xenonauts I'd be on board.
I'm not sure what the point of Zombie Driver HD is, especially the name, but I'm glad that they give 50% off to owners of the original. One day. Maybe.
Unity of Command looks really good. If it wasn't for XCOM and Xenonauts I'd be on board.
Dog Problems
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What's strange is that it comes with the first game on GOG.
One Foul Note
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Just finished Mark of the Ninja, fantastic game. I would highly recommend it, easily one of if not my favourite downloadable games this year. Does a great job making you feel like a badass ninja without resorting to bogging the thing down with QTEs or automating a lot of it. Gonna give it a bit of a break, then probably gonna hop back into ng+ with the Mark of Silence, no-kills playthrough sounds like an interesting way of spicing it up.
It's a pretty useless "feature". At the very least they should give you a lot more time before becoming old.
hylje said:
I thought that only affected safari users?
The exploit is possible with any software that can parse protocols and run external programs without user confirmation. Safari is just an example of that.
You could change the option ingame right? I mean you turn it off and on when you wants to?
(Or this might have been with cheats).
Anyway that ol trick made everything weird though. Due to the weird age classes everyone is thrown in. Had like 5-8 working generations inside my household at one stage.
Well damn they better fix that soon. I don't remember Chrome ever warning me about anything.
Yeah there's an easy to use cheat to turn it on and off.
Glass Rebel
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Assassin's Creed weekend would be disappointing. I haven't played BroHo yet so there's no reason to get Revelations. I'm also almost 100% certain Yuropeans are still getting ripped off.
>_> cmon
>_> cmon
Cyberquake
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I haven't played any game in the series yet, and the first 2 are really cheap on GG. I'm feeling really compelled to purchase them, but I'd rather buy the retail versions. How's the DRM status on the first 2 games? Is it safe to buy them used now?
Serious question, how is your played/finished/total games?
Honestly, there's been so many changes to Ubisofts DRM lately I don't even know anymore. All I can tell you is that Asscreed 2 still requires uplay so second hand probably wouldn't work.
Cyberquake
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Yeah, Ubisoft DRM is pretty confusing
GMG is having a Halloween Sale (thanks to Gray Wolf for the heads up) -- up to 75% off select titles, and the current 20% discount voucher (GMG20-FXYD1-7WHP1) stacks.
Steam-friendly stuff:
- Alan Wake (50% off; $14.97)
- Alan Wake: Collector's Edition (50% off; $17.47)
- Alan Wake: Collector's Edition Upgrade (50% off; $4.97)
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare (50% off; $7.47)
- All Zombies Must Die! (60% off; $3.99)
- All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse DLC (60% off; $1.59)
- Darksiders (75% off; $4.99)
- Darksiders II (50% off; $24.99)
- Darksiders II Season Pass (75% off; $4.99)
- Darksiders II: Argul's Tomb DLC (60% off; $2.79)
- Darksiders II: Death Rides DLC (75% off; $1.49)
- Dead Island: GoTY Edition (50% off; $9.99)
- F.E.A.R. 3 (50% off; $9.99)
- Killing Floor (50% off; $9.99)
- Metro 2033 (75% off; $4.98)
- Postal III (50% off; $14.99)
- Risen 2: Dark Waters (66% off; $16.99)
- The Darkness II (75% off; $?? [A no-go for Aussie customers, apparently])
(BioShock and BioShock 2 are also on sale [both 50% off; both $9.99], and are listed on the Steam Support website as redeemable titles, however I don't know if GMG offers keys for Capsule titles, nor do I know if all Bio/Bio2 DD keys will redeem on Steam [F.E.A.R. 2 is iffy in this regard], so I decided to mention them separately to the above list.)
I myself just grabbed Dead Island GoTY for $8.
Steam-friendly stuff:
- Alan Wake (50% off; $14.97)
- Alan Wake: Collector's Edition (50% off; $17.47)
- Alan Wake: Collector's Edition Upgrade (50% off; $4.97)
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare (50% off; $7.47)
- All Zombies Must Die! (60% off; $3.99)
- All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse DLC (60% off; $1.59)
- Darksiders (75% off; $4.99)
- Darksiders II (50% off; $24.99)
- Darksiders II Season Pass (75% off; $4.99)
- Darksiders II: Argul's Tomb DLC (60% off; $2.79)
- Darksiders II: Death Rides DLC (75% off; $1.49)
- Dead Island: GoTY Edition (50% off; $9.99)
- F.E.A.R. 3 (50% off; $9.99)
- Killing Floor (50% off; $9.99)
- Metro 2033 (75% off; $4.98)
- Postal III (50% off; $14.99)
- Risen 2: Dark Waters (66% off; $16.99)
- The Darkness II (75% off; $?? [A no-go for Aussie customers, apparently])
(BioShock and BioShock 2 are also on sale [both 50% off; both $9.99], and are listed on the Steam Support website as redeemable titles, however I don't know if GMG offers keys for Capsule titles, nor do I know if all Bio/Bio2 DD keys will redeem on Steam [F.E.A.R. 2 is iffy in this regard], so I decided to mention them separately to the above list.)
I myself just grabbed Dead Island GoTY for $8.
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Dammit, why don't they have the Risen 2 DLC on sale? I just picked up the game on the recent Steam sale, but I didn't pick up the DLC just in case I didn't love the game, but I am madly in love with it.
Picked up the Darksiders 2 Season Pass + Death Rides for 3.74$ total. <3 <3 GMG, a phenomenal Steam companion.
Picked up the Darksiders 2 Season Pass + Death Rides for 3.74$ total. <3 <3 GMG, a phenomenal Steam companion.
Really? The impressions in the Risen 2 thread were overwhelmingly negative. Now you're making me consider it seeing as I still have $40 left on my GMG account.
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If you loved the first Risen and are patient and willing to install a couple fixes, it's an incredible follow-up. If you didn't love the first Risen or have played it, I'd recommend checking that out first.
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Absolutely. Especially for anyone who played 1. It's a great shooter.
Lord British
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Darkness 2 worth it if I haven't played 1?
Absolutely.
Joe Molotov
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Darksiders II Season Pass for $5 lol, are they ever even going to release any of the content for that? It keeps getting cheaper and cheaper and they keep releasing more and more non-Season Pass DLC.
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60 days/90 days.
Come to think of it, the 60 day mark was almost a week ago.
PrematureQuiche
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Thanks JaseC for Dota 2 <3 I have been waiting for ages to get in
snoopeasystreet
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Is the Season Pass DLC any good? I haven't really played through the game yet so would it enhance it in any way?
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