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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June

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Cmagus

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ExReey said:
I suppose most of them don't run on Win7 x64?
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Kings Quest Collection

Yeah I would be cautious buying this collection if you have Win7 x64 because the games do run but the visuals are messed up. I bought this back when I had xp and when I upgraded it's almost unplayable. Apparently alot of people are having visual issues with it which sucks because they are amazing games.
 
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Ledsen

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Dice said:
Tomb Raider games are super consumable. They don't have needlessly massive and blank worlds, they don't have pointless busywork missions, they don't have gimmicky cover systems, the storyline doesn't have a bunch of pointless blabbering on, they don't have task-grinding to unlock required abilities before proceeding, they don't have the game interrupting every 10 minutes to show you a cutscene of how basic mechanics work, etc, etc. They are just focused, accessible, and fun. You explore and naturally discover and figure out what you need with a few fights along the way. A lot of passages are linear and the fun is just in figuring out how to navigate through them, like you do in actual rock climbing/spelunking. I've beaten all of them where most of my backlog sits unfinished.
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You really nailed why I love these games even though they aren't exceptional in any way. I even rebought Underworld and Legend (played them on 360 before). They're just so easy-going, well-paced and fun to go through. There's nothing else quite like them.
 
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McNum

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Hm, I haven't played any Tomb Raider games since The Last Revelation, which was... so-so.

But I do remember the first three being pretty fun, it might be fun to get Anniversary, just to see good old Tomb Raider re-imagined. Is it as big a nostalgia trip as I assume it is?
 
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Minsc

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Cmagus said:
Kings Quest Collection

Yeah I would be cautious buying this collection if you have Win7 x64 because the games do run but the visuals are messed up. I bought this back when I had xp and when I upgraded it's almost unplayable. Apparently alot of people are having visual issues with it which sucks because they are amazing games.
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They're DOS games though, so they all run perfectly in DOSBox.

Edit: And ScummVM as well, so there's no difficulty involved in getting them running in an easy program.
 
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Tomodachi

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McNum said:
Hm, I haven't played any Tomb Raider games since The Last Revelation, which was... so-so.

But I do remember the first three being pretty fun, it might be fun to get Anniversary, just to see good old Tomb Raider re-imagined. Is it as big a nostalgia trip as I assume it is?
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Yes, go for it. It's a totally different experience and then it's so full of memories. Go for it. If you like the new gameplay I also suggest Underworld, amazing game. Not a big Legend fan, but you might want to play that too since it's short and has a nice story that links Anniversary and Underworld.
 
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throwawayname

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shieet I just got an cs:go invite as well in my inventory (guess thats an intive to gift to another one, because the game is already in my library). Got no email telling me that I am in the beta though.
 
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Marsipolami

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pnn said:
shieet I just got an cs:go invite as well in my inventory (guess thats an intive to gift to another one, because the game is already in my library). Got no email telling me that I am in the beta though.
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Congratulations.


Mang, I thought I had completed that survey. Guess not. To the waiting game!
 
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Tomodachi

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A random question guys, is Deus Ex: HR better with the 360 pad or with m+kb? I know that sounds as a dumb question being an fps (more like first person adventure?) and all but I'd really like to play it on my tv and my m+kb are not Comfy Couch™ approved, so I wanted to know if there really isn't that big a difference and it was ok with a pad.

Also, where the hell ended up that Steam TV thingie Gabe? D:
 
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confused

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Scuderia said:
Thanks for the replies, i was hoping for 360 pad support.

Might aswell pick them up then for this price.
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Be sure to play anniversary first as it's the best. Then Legend then Underworld (Story is linked between these two.) GOL is just great all-round and cabn be played whenever you like.
 
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confused

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Will getting into the CS:GO beta give me the full game when it releases or is it just for testing purposes and they'll expect me to pay $20 when it comes out ?
 
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JaseC

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confused said:
Will getting into the CS:GO beta give me the full game when it releases or is it just for testing purposes and they'll expect me to pay $20 when it comes out ?
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I'd say it depends on whether Valve open up the beta or leave it invite-only.
 
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Ikuu

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Think I used all my luck getting into the Dota2 Beta, lol.
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Will getting into the CS:GO beta give me the full game when it releases or is it just for testing purposes and they'll expect me to pay $20 when it comes out ?
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Unless they make it F2P you'll have to buy it.
 
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McNum

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Tomodachi said:
Yes, go for it. It's a totally different experience and then it's so full of memories. Go for it. If you like the new gameplay I also suggest Underworld, amazing game. Not a big Legend fan, but you might want to play that too since it's short and has a nice story that links Anniversary and Underworld.
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I'm just here for the nostalgia trip. I'll stick with Anniversary. Fighting bats, bears, raptors, a T-Rex, and mummies. You know, the usual things you find in a cave. Before Lara had to fight human enemies by the hundreds...
 
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Ledsen

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Tomodachi said:
A random question guys, is Deus Ex: HR better with the 360 pad or with m+kb? I know that sounds as a dumb question being an fps (more like first person adventure?) and all but I'd really like to play it on my tv and my m+kb are not Comfy Couch™ approved, so I wanted to know if there really isn't that big a difference and it was ok with a pad.

Also, where the hell ended up that Steam TV thingie Gabe? D:
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It was developed as a console game first and foremost, of course gamepad works perfectly. I played it all the way through with a 360 pad.
 
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Tomodachi

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Ledsen said:
It was developed as a console game first and foremost, of course gamepad works perfectly. I played it all the way through with a 360 pad.
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Ah nice, I thought it could have been developed with consoles in mind, that's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks a lot.
 
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FuKuy

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Tomodachi said:
A random question guys, is Deus Ex: HR better with the 360 pad or with m+kb? I know that sounds as a dumb question being an fps (more like first person adventure?) and all but I'd really like to play it on my tv and my m+kb are not Comfy Couch™ approved, so I wanted to know if there really isn't that big a difference and it was ok with a pad.

Also, where the hell ended up that Steam TV thingie Gabe? D:
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Is a Deus Ex game, definitely go for keyboard and mouse combo. Interface is fully adapted to PC, shortcuts and inventory is way better than gamepad.
 
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MNC

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I'm not fond of the hands adding a bit more 'realism' to it. The original audiosurf carts were pretty nicea as abstract things.
 
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Stallion Free

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Fare Godmace said:
Sequel to Audiosurf announced, beta signup available

I was going to make a thread about it, but there isn't too much information right now :/
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You absolutely should make a thread or I will.

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This weekend is tops with this news + a CSGO invite.
 
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Chairmanchuck

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I just hope it wont be f2p in the first few years.

Because of all the clusterfuck that TF2 is now, I really do not like to play it anymore. If you are on a public-server, the chat is mostly about trading.
If I get a new item, people try to add me on steam and ask what to trade for it.
A lot of public servers are overpopulated by rude children.


I do not want CS to meet the same fate.
 
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SteveWinwood

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Chairmanchuck said:
I just hope it wont be f2p in the first few years.

Because of all the clusterfuck that TF2 is now, I really do not like to play it anymore. If you are on a public-server, the chat is mostly about trading.
If I get a new item, people try to add me on steam and ask what to trade for it.
A lot of public servers are overpopulated by rude children.


I do not want CS to meet the same fate.
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Wouldn't want cs to be full of rude people now would we!
 
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Chairmanchuck

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SteveWinwood said:
Wouldn't want cs to be full of rude people now would we!
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I experienced, when CoD came out, that most of the players moved on to CoD. The CS:S servers I usually play on were mostly filled with people just wanna have fun playing.

And it seems in the CS:GO beta most people are also like that. Just have some fun, dont take it too seriously.
 
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zkylon

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Decker said:
Metro 2033 5$ (75% off) @ gamersgate (Deal of the day)

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-M2033/metro-2033

I have already a huge backlog but I love games with horror/dark atmosphere, is it worth it ?
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It's great, biggest issue is that enemies can be a tad bulletsponges but that's remediable by playing Ranger mode.

Decker said:
PS: I can read from comments it requires top hardware to run, I have AMD X4 965 + ATI 5770 + 4GB ram, will it run decently ?
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I played and beat it on a 4 year old rig (9800GTX+, a 2.66 Intel Quad Core, 4GB RAM DDR2) on 1680x1050 and pretty decent graphics settings at the very spiky framerate of 25-40FPS. It doesn't scale down great, but I think your rig will be enough to play on locked 30 in medium-to-high settings.
 
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