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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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Pretentiousness The Game.
Good to see that's it's available for purchase again though.
There's a demo you can try.
You villain! Poor Valve will soon go out of business, bankrupted by the high cost of bandwidth for free games!
But nah, developers do this for a reason.
It's about $10 on Green Man Gaming with the 25% off code, it's steamworks apparently so you'll get a steam key.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/id/en/pc/games/shooter/sine-mora/
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I personally don't have any interest, but I'm glad it's happening. As PS3/360 get nearer to end of life, any PC port is good for posterity's sake--who knows if future consoles will be BC, and emulation of PS3/360 is a long time off... so a PC port might be the only way to preserve a lot of those games.
Dog Problems
Banned
I thought the demo was alright but I didn't play enough to form an opinion. I'll buy it to support the genre.
Stronghammer22
Member
From a quick search:
http://www.spacemarine.com/node/8403
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2140505
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2845181
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2102134
I remember a Gaffer was really pissed off about it, basically saying it was unplayable for them. I thought it may have been you, lol.
For me with Space Marine, it's fun to just be a badass and chop orcs to pieces. If I want something more complex or something that requires more brain power, I'll play Dawn of War or Blood Bowl.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
No, the AI isn't completely brain dead in Space Marine like Dynasty Warriors. It's actually pretty challenging, and it's fun alternating between melee and ranged combat. The multiplayer is also well done. The fact that it's linear doesn't necessarily mean that it's not worth playing.
SteveWinwood
Member
That's the furry Hungarian one right? I'll buy that.
jaundicejuice
Member
So how is the new Painkiller xelios?
That's fairly old news.... at least to me. My co-host on our podcast reported on this in June. At that time the game was slated to come out in September but it obviously got delayed.
https://twitter.com/RealButtons/status/218284667365896192
I'll have to get back to you on that one. Too much to play this month; need to finish XCOM, Darksiders 2, Sleeping Dogs & Mark of the Ninja. Usually when I'm done with something I write up a small summary on Steam anyway. Been finishing a lot more games in succession lately than I used to *knocks on wood*. October was a productive month.
cicero
Member
A follow up to this today from Tony:
So they will also have the first Lego Batman at 75% off too, but not in that bundle, just alongside of it in the sale. The first LEGO Batman requires Steam for activation too.Tony on CAG said:
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Probably should put these in the Amazon thread.
foomfoom415
Member
Touched that up a bit just in case it wasn't obvious that many of us are super grateful for people pointing out those deals here.
cicero
Member
I would, but that thread was locked days ago, and no one has stepped up to make a new one. Besides, it seems to me that many people in this thread looking for deals on Steam haven't known or remembered to check the Amazon thread to keep up on deals that were Steam related. I always love an extra heads up on great deals and just thought I would share it here.
Jables Swan
Member
I need Lego Batman so bad.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Oh, I thought we had another one put together already. Carry on then. We do need another Amazon deals thread as they offer many good ones.
jediyoshi
Member
What are you doing in that it switches to the other views? It should just stick in the view you had it on last. Unless you mean wanting the library displaying whenever you bring the steam window up, in which case Settings -> Interface -> Favorite window -> library
Cloudius12
Member
Upper right in your library tab. You should see View. It should be the last one on there.
I H8 Memes
Member
Thanks guys, I guess my problem is that when I open steam it's always at the default list view in my library instead of grid view which I prefer.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
This. It is only changable between "Desktop" and "Television" settings I believe, TV sets the FOV to something like 75 while Desktop sets it to 90+. I don't know if you can adjust further with console commands as Valve has been getting weird about restricting stuff like that.
Cloudius12
Member
Still sucks that it doesn't save what view you want when you close Steam
I think alot of people prefer grid view due to custom images.
jediyoshi
Member
Odd, sounds like a bug. It should just be sticking to whatever view you had last
Okay I'm getting really annoyed with Steam lately. Messages to me no longer pop open on their own. The only way I know I have a message is when I see the preview pop up in the corner. If I miss the person's name then I have to manually go through every person and double click on their name and bring up the chat window to see if it was them that messaged me. I'm also getting other phantom notifications as well. I have 2 right now but no notifications and no messages (that I could find) from anyone.
Anyone know what the problem might be?
Anyone know what the problem might be?
Fonz72
Member
I have this problem too! Drives me nuts! It's been going on for the last couple months! Very very annoying.
I feel stupid for having to use a guide on Costume Quest in order to find the last piece of the one costume I was missing. But I wasn't even near of looking at the right place, so I wouldn't have found it otherwise.
Still, I hate it when I need to resort to a walkthrough/FAQ/guide.
Still, I hate it when I need to resort to a walkthrough/FAQ/guide.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Tomb Raider seems to be this weekend's Steam deal:
Tomb Raider: Anniversary - $2.49
Tomb Raider: Legend - $2.49
Tomb Raider: Underworld - $4.99
Legend was a really good game but I didn't play much of the others beyond the first few levels. Wondering if I should get Legends and play through it again...
Tomb Raider: Anniversary - $2.49
Tomb Raider: Legend - $2.49
Tomb Raider: Underworld - $4.99
Legend was a really good game but I didn't play much of the others beyond the first few levels. Wondering if I should get Legends and play through it again...
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Hmm... I'd say you're about half-way done. Still got like maybe 8-10 hours left.
Also, Dungeon Defenders is a damn good game, especially in co-op. For those who have the game, feel free to add me! Could always play with some GAF'ers.
I'll give DoubleFine props for not designing the game to need a guide, though. I 100%'d the game without a guide, though I admit some of the secrets had me wandering around a bit (like the areas behind waterfalls).
Contrast: Final Fantasy XIII-2 -- in my playthrough, I'm currently collecting things that you can only obtain by throwing mog at very specific places, with absolutely no hints, clues, or cues about where those places are, or even that those places exist.
Not sure if this is the best place for it but figure I may as well ask it here.
I want to install Civilisation IV which has been sitting on my steam list forever. Of the base game and its 3 expansion packs, what do I need to install? Will I miss anything by not installing them all?
And is there anyway to get rid of the MAC versions from my steam list
I want to install Civilisation IV which has been sitting on my steam list forever. Of the base game and its 3 expansion packs, what do I need to install? Will I miss anything by not installing them all?
And is there anyway to get rid of the MAC versions from my steam list
Giveaway time. I think Cargo Commander is cool and I want to encourage more attention to it. It's $8 on sale now. I'm not affiliated with the game or its devs at all, but I tried it last night and I want to get the game more attention, so maybe other people can tell their friends about it or whatnot.
Here's the deal. With such an enormous investment of 10 whole sale-priced games, I have special requirements. To receive a free copy of the game:
1. You must understand what the game is. As far as I can tell from reading and playing so far, it's a sort-of roguelike in space. Spelunky meets FTL meets Mario Galaxy, to give a very rough idea. You are a dude alone in space, and you are trying to go through progressive sequences of "containers" to salvage an increasing variety of junk, with increasingly dangerous obstacles. You have upgrades, you can lose some/all of them on death, you increase ranks to unlock more stuff, you can randomly generate sectors by making up a name and sharing it with friends, and you can compete in online leaderboards for high scores. It has mouse/keyboard controls (be warned, maybe no controller support), it has Steam achievements, and it has Steamplay (Mac + Windows). It doesn't seem super hardcore, but it has a nice atmosphere and can suck you in for an hour or two at a time. It's only a 120MB download or so.
2. You must want to play the game. You can see a video (not sure if there are spoilers, skip around a little to see gameplay, and/or look at the Steam store page) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYEZ-rV1SmQ
3. You must actually play the game and share an impression in the official thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497992).
Specifically, rather than having a bunch of replies, just send me a PM with the phrase "I promise to play this game for at least half an hour and post an impression in the OT". Also include your Steam name so I can send the game to you.
Hopefully some of you will enjoy it.
*edit* I have 10, sorry to anyone who missed out!
Giveaway time.
Yay!
2. You must want to play the game. You can see a video (not sure if there are spoilers, skip around a little to see gameplay, and/or look at the Steam store page) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYEZ-rV1SmQ
3. You must actually play the game and share an impression in the official thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497992).
Specifically, rather than having a bunch of replies, just send me a PM with the phrase "I promise to play this game for at least half an hour and post an impression in the OT". Also include your Steam name so I can send the game to you.
Hopefully some of you will enjoy it.
Aww.
YianGaruga
Banned
Roguelikes are currently my favourite genre, I'm super interested in what you described there. PM'd.
EDIT: Thanks Blizzard! <3
Leon Belmont
Member
Giveaway time. I think Cargo Commander is cool and I want to encourage more attention to it. It's $8 on sale now. I'm not affiliated with the game or its devs at all, but I tried it last night and I want to get the game more attention, so maybe other people can tell their friends about it or whatnot.
So, I'm giving away copies to the first 10 people who meet my demanding terms.
Here's the deal. With such an enormous investment of 10 whole sale-priced games, I have special requirements. To receive a free copy of the game:
1. You must understand what the game is. As far as I can tell from reading and playing so far, it's a sort-of roguelike in space. Spelunky meets FTL meets Mario Galaxy, to give a very rough idea. You are a dude alone in space, and you are trying to go through progressive sequences of "containers" to salvage an increasing variety of junk, with increasingly dangerous obstacles. You have upgrades, you can lose some/all of them on death, you increase ranks to unlock more stuff, you can randomly generate sectors by making up a name and sharing it with friends, and you can compete in online leaderboards for high scores. It has mouse/keyboard controls (be warned, maybe no controller support), it has Steam achievements, and it has Steamplay (Mac + Windows). It doesn't seem super hardcore, but it has a nice atmosphere and can suck you in for an hour or two at a time. It's only a 120MB download or so.
2. You must want to play the game. You can see a video (not sure if there are spoilers, skip around a little to see gameplay, and/or look at the Steam store page) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYEZ-rV1SmQ
3. You must actually play the game and share an impression in the official thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497992).
Specifically, rather than having a bunch of replies, just send me a PM with the phrase "I promise to play this game for at least half an hour and post an impression in the OT". Also include your Steam name so I can send the game to you.
Hopefully some of you will enjoy it.
Me please!
Edit: OMG I watched the video and I liked, I really want to try it, I love this kind of games!
Edit2: Thank you Blizzard!
Read the rules. Currently 2 left, better hurry.
spindoctor
Member
Well shit.
Worth downloading the 10gb game again to find out or should I not bother? :\
No more PMs about the game, please! Here are the 10 winners who followed the rules or close enough to pass (boo to everyone who didn't include the phrase or their Steam name, come on people ):
YianGaruga
Heart Attack
earvcunanan
eyeless
kami_sama
HadesGigas
snack
Striek
Leon Belmont
M*A*S*H
Since I'm a nice guy I will also get the game for two bonus late entries since they took the trouble to follow the rules:
Castor Krieg
Gibbon
Sorry to anyone who missed out! Since it's super late here, it will probably be some time Friday or Saturday before I get all of the gifts out. Just don't panic, and you should see it show up soon enough.
):YianGaruga
Heart Attack
earvcunanan
eyeless
kami_sama
HadesGigas
snack
Striek
Leon Belmont
M*A*S*H
Since I'm a nice guy I will also get the game for two bonus late entries since they took the trouble to follow the rules:
Castor Krieg
Gibbon
Sorry to anyone who missed out! Since it's super late here, it will probably be some time Friday or Saturday before I get all of the gifts out. Just don't panic, and you should see it show up soon enough.
Leon Belmont
Member
No more PMs about the game, please! Here are the 10 winners who followed the rules or close enough to pass (boo to everyone who didn't include the phrase or their Steam name, come on people
YianGaruga
Heart Attack
earvcunanan
Twinduct
eyeless
kami_sama
HadesGigas
snack
Striek
Leon Belmont
Since I'm a nice guy I will also get the game for three bonus late entries since they took the trouble to follow the rules:
M*A*S*H
Castor Krieg
Gibbon
Sorry to anyone who missed out! Since it's super late here, it will probably be some time Friday or Saturday before I get all of the gifts out. Just don't panic, and you should see it show up soon enough.
Thank you Blizz!
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Very nice of you, Blizzard. Thanks.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
No more PMs about the game, please! Here are the 10 winners who followed the rules or close enough to pass (boo to everyone who didn't include the phrase or their Steam name, come on people
YianGaruga
Heart Attack
earvcunanan
Twinduct
eyeless
kami_sama
HadesGigas
snack
Striek
Leon Belmont
Since I'm a nice guy I will also get the game for three bonus late entries since they took the trouble to follow the rules:
M*A*S*H
Castor Krieg
Gibbon
Sorry to anyone who missed out! Since it's super late here, it will probably be some time Friday or Saturday before I get all of the gifts out. Just don't panic, and you should see it show up soon enough.
Hah, goddamn I knew I forgot something. This is what happens when I binge write and alt tab to browse GAF at 6AM. Congrats to our winners! I will be keeping my eye out for the game in the future Blizz, I had no idea it was even a thing until your contest.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Thank you, Blizzard!
Dog Problems
Banned
That's pretty cool of you to do, Blizzard. A small, unknown indie game like that could really use the support. Hopefully everyone likes it. I'll be buying it myself real soon.
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