1. Sleeping Dogs
2. Deus Ex
3. Rage
Forget Dead Island and Darksiders 2 or save them for the very last. They are dreadfully bad games.
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1. Sleeping Dogs
2. Deus Ex
3. Rage
Forget Dead Island and Darksiders 2 or save them for the very last. They are dreadfully bad games.
dragonlife
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Steam down for anyone else?
Joe Molotov
Member
Why is there even a GFWL client?
You used to be able to buy games on it, but they shut it down about a year ago to start focusing on their Windows 8 app store.
Deus Ex HR
Sleeping Dogs
Anything after that. I can't stress enough how much fun those two games are. Rage has great shooting mechanics but didn't really keep me engaged. Dead Island is only good with a friend (but is pretty fun if you have one). I don't own I am Alive or Darksiders II.
Shorty11857
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Anyone got any recommendations for what game I should play through next, need to free up some space on my laptop so need to play through some of my installed games
Games:
Assassin's Creed 2
Dead Space
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: The Missing Link (Beat the base game last week)
GTA IV
Metro 2033
Saints Row: The Third
Games:
Assassin's Creed 2
Dead Space
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: The Missing Link (Beat the base game last week)
GTA IV
Metro 2033
Saints Row: The Third
You could honestly throw a dart and not go wrong.
Personally, I'd probably play DS 1 first. Just make sure you disable in-game v-sync and use D3D Overider (so you get rid of the mouse lag and run at 60fps).
Get the short ones done first: Deus Ex -> Dead Space -> Metro. All of those are pretty great games...
Glass Rebel
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I'm glad that I don't want/need the pre-order rewards for XCOM. GMG it is.
Oh wow, nice. I liked what I played on the PSP so I'll probably get this as well.
Oh wow, nice. I liked what I played on the PSP so I'll probably get this as well.
Phew, those are all pretty good. The Missing Link is short and sweet, so I'd say play that first. After that play Assassin's Creed 2 if you've never played an AC-game before. Else, play Metro 2033.
In any case; Make sure you play GTA IV before Saints Row: The Third, otherwise the gameplay-part of GTA IV might dissapoint a bit.
I'd go with GTAIV. It's divisive, but I think it's an amazing game. I loved just taking my time and exploring the ins and outs of Liberty City, and the Euphoria physics are so good. Running over pedestrians in other games just won't feel the same after GTAIV.
Since you just beat deus ex go through missing link. The level design is much improved over the normal game. Then go through AC2 so if you're interested in 3 then you can be ready. The expansions aren't really necessary from a story perspective.
Is the traffic in Sleeping Dogs like in every game with GTA-style exploration, where the AI seems to be be programmed to actively try to cut your off whenever you are about to pass them?
I'm not even exaggerating, I've seen this phenomenon in Mafia II, LA Noire, and Saints: Row the Third. The AI cars are without a doubt programmed to actively try to impede you once you get within a certain distance.
Oh god fucking dammit, this is AWESOME to hear! I never bought the XBLA version, was always waiting for a price drop.
Will buy the PC version at full price.
MMBosstones86
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Sleeping Dogs or Deus EX HR
sleeping dogs looks amazing even on mediums settings:
Jumping on Sleeping Dogs when it goes on sale. Need to see how the demo plays, but heard great things so far
You can still buy it for 36 bucks on Green Man Gaming, so any "sale" has to be lower than that.
That's what I'm waiting for anyway.
Going through Amazon's sales today (specifically looking at Billy Hatcher for 2.50 and Condemned for 3.75) and noticed that Amazon is selling Rayman 3 as a DD title.
What was Ubi's logic for making Rayman 3 exclusive to Origins pre-orders on Steam? Such a silly move.
Sorry. I was being sarcastic. I'm sure there is... although that would require there be some actual traffic first
What was Ubi's logic for making Rayman 3 exclusive to Origins pre-orders on Steam? Such a silly move.
Sorry. I was being sarcastic. I'm sure there is... although that would require there be some actual traffic first
Shorty11857
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Thanks guy, I'll start The Missing Link today since it seemed to get the most recommendations and seems short.
No idea what to play after it though
No idea what to play after it though
Sorry. I was being sarcastic. I'm sure there is... although that would require there be some actual traffic first
That part of the city doesn't have much traffic since the road is so small. It's mostly a pedestrian area with lots of businesses in a tight area. There's plenty of traffic on the normal roads.
Jasper Avenue
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I will not tolerate bad-mouthing of Sleeping Dogs! The game is surprisingly great.
I actually blocked that road off, with a limo so I could clear that mini road off traffic to actually drive at full speed, its the only street were buses can get stuck from the neon signs lol. That road tends to be pretty busy.
That's why it wasn't loading on my phone!
And I have the policy of for every 10 times Derrick slams Darksiders 2, I will take 1 dig at Sleeping Dogs.
I know this is mad off topic, but my Chrome, sometimes, gets stuck on pages with too many animated gifs. It'll slow down to a crawl and only show one frame per second of the gif, but after 3 seconds it'll "catch up with itself" and go back to regular scrolling and showing the gif smoothly.
It usually happens when the gif is outside of the viewing area of the window, and while I'm scrolling and it shows up, everything goes to shit.
I'm not complaining about gifs, I just find the bug really annoying and was wondering if anybody has the same problem... and a possible solution!
Seriously. I know opinions blah blah blah blah blah but I'm playing through Dead Island right now and I do not have enough words for how great it is. The definitive Zombie rpg with an attention to detail that very few games ever see.. and for the most part it destroys Rage, technically and play-ability wise. The only thing Rage has over DI is the guns but that's what id is known for.
Not sure if there is a fix, although the the only problem I have with large .gifs is if I scroll back up to see the gif, page just stutters for a few seconds.
Sleeping Dogs or Deus EX HR
sleeping dogs looks amazing even on mediums settings:
Quoting the gif because it's 15mb.
Joe Molotov
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Edit: eh, maybe not.
The Elite
BOSS
It's crashing my 486 and will probably take a few days to download on my 14400.
It's only loaded once. Do it on the next page if you want to be a dick.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Hey, if we're going to help people be dicks, he should rehost the gif multiple times when quoting the image.
This guy? :O
Sent you a PM!
You, sir, are gentleman and a scholar!
Ooh, so tempting...
Same here in the Netherlands.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
It's already been suggested, but Sleeping Dogs is fantastic and would probably be a nice diversion from Dark Souls.
MMBosstones86
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^ this. Preordered Borderlands2 so that should hold me off for a while. Imagine it'll get a little lower during some sort of steam sale.
I think that's the voucher that wasn't working on the NA version last night. But even if it did I'm too broke to take advantage of that great deal.
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