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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Seems like the wise choice. The game's definitively worth your time.
According to this, no: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601
And GFWL is very annoying the first time you install the game, but after that, I don't find it too bothersome. I can't comment for the malware/spyware accusation thingies, though...
Little Old Man
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Thanks, always forget that list of Steam linked games exists! Hmm, not sure what he'll do, perhaps wait for a sale?
Nothing too bad. I just remember in Dirt 2 it really irked both of us. Some games it seems to just sit in the background, others it is right in your face.
Going to download Payday tomorrow, looks good!
cicero
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Eventual huge Amazon.com promotional price drop confirmed!
Syphon Filter
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isnt rayman 2 suppose to come to steam too?
I H8 Memes
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Not completely. But it must be depressing working in those GFWL offices.
Wouldnt surprise me at all if it still wont run on top of the line PC's. Worst port ever.
Stallion Free
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Maybe restart Steam?
Syphon Filter
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will sr2 be bad on my oc?
gtx 580
152500k
8 gb ram
gtx 580
152500k
8 gb ram
Worked thanks.
Always worked fine for me. It's a bad port but I dunno why people hate it THAT much. The only thing that bothered me was the menu that didn't have a mouse and gamespy. Besides that it ran fine for me and my friend.
If I was involved in any of sort of digital distrubition service of pc games, I'd be begging developers to use Steamworks. Knowing it drives sales exponentially when a game registers on Steam is obviously a big bullet point.
it was absolutely dreadful for me.
i installed the Gentlemen of the Row mod, tho, and the game went from being an abomination into something that seems half decent.
http://idolninja.com/sr2.php
100% better and highly recommended from what i've seen so far.
Leon Belmont
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What is your rig?
Windows 7 64 bit
Gtx 580
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.41 GHz
4GB Ram
Also played it on a Geforce 9800GTX+ just fine. And some other rigs.
Leon Belmont
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Do you think that SR2 will run fine with this?
Windows 7 32 bit
GTS450 1gb OC
C2Q Q8300 2.50 Ghz
4GB Ram?
No it'll run totally fine on that. As long as you have a quadcore CPU you'll be fine. It's really CPU heavy.
I ran it on a C2Q 2.4 with 3 GB of RAM and a Geforce GTS250 back in the day and it ran fine.
Leon Belmont
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Thx! 
toastyToast
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So, would an i5 2500K at 4.8GHz be able to brute force SR2 for a locked 30fps at least?
Again yes. Keep in mind that much of the talk about how bad the SR2 port performs is from like 3 years ago when the average machine was much weaker.
If i uninstall Batman AA GOTY will i lose an activation? Or does it regenerate like 4 activations a month?
I'm really struggling to find a revoke tool for it, keep in mind it doesn't have a Steam revoke tool like regular Batman AA did. My policy with GFWL titles has always been buy at 75% off for this very reason.
edit: I think i worked it out.
I'm really struggling to find a revoke tool for it, keep in mind it doesn't have a Steam revoke tool like regular Batman AA did. My policy with GFWL titles has always been buy at 75% off for this very reason.
edit: I think i worked it out.
toastyToast
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Dandy
Dude it worked!
Great work Steve, can you get started on a release date for HL3 and after that I'm gonna need you to get to work on making EA drop Origin. Thanks
@ 1080p and high detail it ran and looked like dog shit on my pc (i5 760 @ 3.8ghz, 8gig ram, 2 gtx560 in SLI).
that Gentlemen of the Row mod helped a lot tho from the looks of things.
Might be the SLI that is the problem there. Read that about a lot of games where SLI just makes it worse, SR2 could be one of them.
Also,
I don't have it or want to have it, but Dragon Age 2 just got a big update on Steam haha.
I don't mean to be rude, but where did this post come from? Are you talking about something specific?
So they can make Steam work better with those programs and so they can see what people like to use and how.
You don't have to give them that info, it's optional.
SteveWinwood
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On it.
Sorry, I just got the hardware survey and noticed it. Never saw software listed before
Yeah of course, was just curious. Also they should change the name to "hardware and software survey" (unless they did and I missed it, but don't think they mention software anywhere before the list of info that's about to be sent). What other programs does Steam work with?
Ah okay, I thought you might mean the thing that searched for external programs if you use the option to add external programs for Steam. It's good to know that the hardware survey searches for software too...I don't think I've ever opted into it.
Well Steam doesn't work directly with other programs, I think it's mostly Anti-Virus programs that can sometimes mess up games or even Steam by scanning things and whatnot. Or like CCleaner would delete important Steam files a while ago. If a lot of people use those programs that's good for Valve to know so they can make support pages have more information on what's wrong etc.
Also just having that info can help them in many other ways only they can think of most likely.
Syphon Filter
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How come steam says no 3rd party drm for rayman. Kind of strange they never do that for the many other games with no drm.
Nabs
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Sounds like UBI wanted to make a point of it. People still think Super Street Fighter 4 AE has extra DRM because of the pre-release shitstorm.
Two Worlds II Collection (Called 'Velvet Edition') is up on Steam and listed in the specials section, but not listed in new releases. Has a release date of the 2nd which could be why - it's the 2nd here (AUS), but not in Valve-land.
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13656/
Ooh and it's 50% off, birthday present for myself - cheaper for the pack than the game on it's own =)
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13656/
Ooh and it's 50% off, birthday present for myself - cheaper for the pack than the game on it's own =)
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa when did they lower the MSRP of Two Worlds II? I remember doing my math with the 66% off coupon and it coming out to ~13$
What kind of DRM is in SSF4AE? I remember the controversy but I didn't know anything had changed.
Nabs
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It's just GFWL. Before release, they announced that all characters would only be playable with an online connection. You'd be left with 14 characters if you weren't online.
They killed that shit with the quickness. The Steam version is actually playable without Steam open.
Steam prices says today.
http://www.steamprices.com/au/app/7520/two-worlds-ii
Last drop was 22nd September when it went to $40 from it's original $50. As of today it is $30 with 50% for $15.. or $20 with the expansion pack.
Just GFWL. They had planned to lock out characters if you did not have a permanent internet connection, if I recall correctly. They got rid of that I believe.
Also, how is Two Worlds II?
Madrugador
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Is any one else having problems with Steam? I couldn't load TF2, I had a lot of problems login to Steam and now Community is down for me
Edit: It's up again, let's hope I can actually play this time.
Edit: It's up again, let's hope I can actually play this time.
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