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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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jaundicejuice
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Valve and pretty much every dev/pub that puts old ass games on Steam do virtually nothing to verify or ensure that they work on modern machines whereas GoG does. They even provide comprehensive modding guides to fix these games or add modern resolution/ui support. I'll laugh if all of those old games on Steam have compatibility issues with modern machines but hey, at least they'll be on Steam, cos that's what truly matters.
jediyoshi
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Isn't that what GoG does? I always thought that was the point, doesn't really create a comparison when they don't aim to accomplish similar tasks or deal with the same amount of resources.
GAME CHANGER
I'll never betray you GOG, tho. The extra stuff is almost always worth the non-Steam version.
im with you, except im hopeful
cicero
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Not that I have seen, and I have checked throughout today. Same thing with the Dreamcast Pack.
Hey, if they don't want my 7.50$ for Gods and Kings I'm fine with that. Got plenty of other games to get around to.
Now that I've seen it at that price I refuse to pay more for it on a sale. You would've figured if it did so well at that price they should stick with it and provide some more keys.
I see where they're coming from, though. The cheapest G&K has been since its launch has been like $23, and then they offer it in the sub-$10 range and it (presumably) sells like crazy. They're wondering if they could have asked for more (like, maybe $15) and still gotten these kinds of (presumed) sales figures. I doubt Gods and Kings will be back up for $7.49 this sale.
AngmarsKing701
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I bought TA recently from GoG and it was a clusterfuck. Had to play it in a separate window. Looked like shit. I pretty much stopped looking at GoG. Nostalgia is painful.
I also bought a hardcopy of BG2 recently and had to apply all kinds of mods to it just to make it legible.
Old games are old.
An interesting and perhaps the most likely theory at this juncture considering I received the US news/updates pop-up window but was still restricted to the Australian store.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Thief 1/2 on Steam are the exact same as they were on GOG right down to the ddfix. Pretty much every GOG fix I've seen has just been an incorporation of a community fix. The only GOG handwork is the installers.
None of those games listed there will have an issue on Steam because they will be able to use the same community fixes that existed before GOG came around.
well that's bigger than I thought
must be the supposedly great texture work
Yeah, I half-noticed the size before I started to pre-load it because I was tired. This is Rage and MP3 level of work.
MEGA TEXTURES AND CUTSCENES EVERY 2 MINUTES CONFIRMED!
derExperte
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If you have your billing info including country saved from a previous purchase Steam now shows you the corresponding store. Delete the info and it takes the one matching to the current IP even when using VPN. But I still couldn't buy anything, they must have implemented other checks in the last few months.
Games only just come out but you want $1 a hit for how many 'guns'?
Those crazy hitmen!
EDIT: Oh wait.. disguises as well.. that's all good then
!?Haha.. I'm sorry but this is just stupid: http://store.steampowered.com/app/216420/ - because fan service used to be free.. and also because it just looks dumb.
scorpscarx
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Man I'm excited for tomorrow to try out Planetside 2, didn't play in the beta.
Then WD EP 5 hits... going to be a good week!
Then WD EP 5 hits... going to be a good week!
well that's bigger than I thought
must be the supposedly great texture work
Mine was 11 GB...
Probably downloading half a dozen different languages worth of audio files and/or cutscenes as the 'euro' version, despite steam having language settings, and the ability to set which version you want.. most games still download the whole shemozzle :/
Oooh.. unrelated.. pre-ordering dlc packs are a thing now?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/223180/
I'm so old :/
paperspace
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That's probably just the unpacked download. When you unpack the game and try to start it, it'll be 25GB.
people always post the weirdest images when they google "hi five"
cicero
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Tony's explanation was this, and it makes sense to me. I just hope that they get more Mac keys before the sale ends though.
EDIT: From Tony on CAG
*sigh* i guess the G*K deal is dead
Just waiting on keys. Hoping for tomorrow AM.
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Cheers,
Tony - "T-Money"
Also, some bad news for Inversion fans.
Glass Rebel
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So, it seems that Hitman Absolution is out and that I beat RionaaM in the Sniper Challenge...
eeeeee-yo!
eeeeee-yo!
BertleTheTurtle
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You've got the... sniper rifle, he's got the briefcase...which also probably has a sniper rifle.
Also, the keys are region-locked, which is a problem for international customers now that VPNs no longer work.
Da DreadLord
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Buy it, but only add the keys to steam next month.. *evil laugh*
Anyone knows if this key region-locking only applies to Inversion or are all the Amazon Steam keys now region-locked, or just some of them? If this isn't clarified it's gonna make buying from Amazon a really dicey prospect.
Only a few DD products on Amazon are region-locked. Inversion is one as well as the odd 2K game (Mafia 2, for instance; on the flipside, I can confirm that Civ V: GoTY isn't).
If this is the Thanksgiving sale...no thanks. I don't see anything listed that I'd want.
BoosterDuck
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IT'S RIIIIDGE RAAAAAAAAAACER!
Nabs
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It's just random stuff.
Steam News says Scribblenauts is out, but http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ ain't working.
US only.
Madness.
Glass Rebel
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Glass Rebel
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Man, I was sure I had a winner there.
Surely they're bundling it with the PC port of Mortal Kombat in Europe...
Surely they're bundling it with the PC port of Mortal Kombat in Europe...
Come on; the obvious candidate is Red Dead Redemption.
Glass Rebel
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That comes in the Platinum Games x Rockstar Collection alongside Bayonetta and Vanquish.
Where have you been JaseC?!
Where have you been JaseC?!
Glass Rebel
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Yeah, I heard Austria was fucking dangerous. I mean, even Hitler didn't want to stay there.
too late brah
PepsimanVsJoe
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Playing Spec Ops: The Line and Homefront kinda back to back.
I actually think the shooting in SO is pretty competent. Sure nothing special but it works and keeps things moving (oh and shout-outs to the dev for not having Multiplayer achievements).
Homefront is bad. Like beatemups, Call of Duty clones seem like they should be impossible to fuck up. Homefront though is like...wow. Hilarious amount of awful product placement, enemies that zero in on you no matter what, grenades all day, and a shit-ton of lousy scripting. It's totally crap but I figure I may as well finish since I'm probably already 80% done.
Of course I grabbed a bunch of screenshots of both games and posted them in the gallery.
I actually think the shooting in SO is pretty competent. Sure nothing special but it works and keeps things moving (oh and shout-outs to the dev for not having Multiplayer achievements).
Homefront is bad. Like beatemups, Call of Duty clones seem like they should be impossible to fuck up. Homefront though is like...wow. Hilarious amount of awful product placement, enemies that zero in on you no matter what, grenades all day, and a shit-ton of lousy scripting. It's totally crap but I figure I may as well finish since I'm probably already 80% done.
Of course I grabbed a bunch of screenshots of both games and posted them in the gallery.
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