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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Good decision: You hear that people? Don't buy fucking Ubi games if you love PC gaming.
LiquidMetal14
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People will be back like peasants for the next AC game. It's BS but what you can do is ignore their BS anti consumer DRM and not buy their games. Oh and their client just got updated too. Thank God for that :/
So I see that guy has been posted. Holy shit. He even got tradable gifts for the ones he already has.AND A HYDRA CONTROLLER.
Wow. That is awesome. And to think I purposely used up all my tickets because I didn't want the mess of games I didn't want.
Not like I would have won. But a Hydra and trade-able gifts for duplicates is far beyond what I thought they'd do. Just hope the guy doesn't have to pay taxes, though, or it still won't be worth it.
YianGaruga
Banned
Valve provided him with a form he as to fill out, they will pay the taxes. (From the 4chan thread)
So Valve is paying the taxes for him? That's very cool.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Nice one, Valve (No surprise a US User won however..!)
Johnlenham
Member
Why did I not think of seeing if anyone had a coupon! Curses!
Ive got a 50% off Strangers wrath and Alien Swarm 2 and 25% off valve if anyone wants them.
LiquidMetal14
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I would wager that Valve being an american dev and all that the US has the highest majority of accounts anyways.
Wow, good job Valve.
I would wager it doesn't. PC gaming is way bigger in Europe than the US.
Stallion Free
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Nope, you are 100% correct.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Age of Empires III might be getting Steam Achievements.
According to the following list: http://steamcommunity.com/stats/
According to the following list: http://steamcommunity.com/stats/
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Don't disagree there but we have no raw data. I'm speculating.
And this is a slightly older game but
Stealth Bastard |OT| Tactical Espionage Arsehole
That game needs more love. It's free (non Steam but still) and super fun. TotalBiscuit just posted a video that is linked in the thread on one of the newer posts.
Well I found this:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1765599
But the link doesn't seem to be working anymore :/
But retail is still alive and kicking in most of Europe, so there is less of a need for Steam. Without data, I wouldn't draw any conclusions.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Pretty awesome of Valve to pick up the tab for the taxes.
He would have owed like 500,000+ dollars in taxes otherwise.
He would have owed like 500,000+ dollars in taxes otherwise.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Pretty awesome that no one else one /not bitter
Stallion Free
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The assets are pre-rendered and those screens of the hack show that the game is essentially being stretched proportionally to fill his screen. Those assets will forever be stuck at whatever low-res they are at so they will never look good at "a higher resolution."
snoopeasystreet
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Retail is fucked here in Ireland. The PC section is basically The Sims section. I'm guessing the UK is fairly similar with mainland europe having a much healthier retail PC industry.
Mr. Luchador
Member
UK PC sections in stores is poor. HMV don't stock PC games anymore and only maintain a chart that has 2/3 copies of the game.
GAME don't restock back cat.
Yes, I think it's mainly continental Europe where PC retail is still doing relatively well. More so in the North than in the South as well.
In terms of video game sales, the UK seems to be america-lite more than anything.
I think that might not necessarily be limited to video game sales
. But yes, British video game preferences seem to line up more with American tastes than continental video game preferences do. At least they still buy Football Manager though, so quality gaming is clearly still popular.I don't think he would owe nearly that much, I doubt that all the games on steam cost north of 1 million.
do we know the avg. price of games on steam?
Rifling through the Eidos forums trying to find the reason for the crappy framerate in Deus Ex has me completely against buying any Eidos Montreal games in the future. Man it seems like the game is a mess.
And, yeah, I've tried pretty much all I can. For some reason, it's red-lining one CPU core no matter what settings I use. Should be able to run it cranked, but even if I turn it down to 720P and turn all the sliders to shit quality, I still get a CPU core redlined. It's the reason I get so many frequent crashes in the framerate.
Judging by the forums, patches actually worsed things for many people. People who originally had no issues, later had issues created with patches. Wonder if I would have ran well originally.
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And, yeah, I've tried pretty much all I can. For some reason, it's red-lining one CPU core no matter what settings I use. Should be able to run it cranked, but even if I turn it down to 720P and turn all the sliders to shit quality, I still get a CPU core redlined. It's the reason I get so many frequent crashes in the framerate.
Judging by the forums, patches actually worsed things for many people. People who originally had no issues, later had issues created with patches. Wonder if I would have ran well originally.
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Stallion Free
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So I just wrapped up Rochard, here are some thoughts:
Screens:
- I loved the art-style. They used a pastel-cartoon style that works really well with the environments and they pack in a good amount of visual variety. The color-grading is fantastic.
- The game is a great showcase for the Unity Engine. Performance is rock solid and there are a lot of well-used visual effects. The only downside is the lack of anti-aliasing options, beyond FXAA/SMAA.
- The controls feel really tight on the 360 pad and the final boss is a great example of this. Moving through the environment is a real pleasure.
- The puzzles are interesting, though they never got as deep as I would have liked them to. There is some great potential shown with some of the laser puzzles, but the game never takes it any further. Still, they are satisfying to work through and there are none that poorly balanced in terms of difficulty.
- The story is light-hearted and pleasant enough. The voice work is solid and the characters are fun.
- The only real issue I had with the game was that the combat feels a little BS at times. Enemies can shoot at you from off screen sometimes and they throw you into a couple scenarios that are pretty much guaranteed to kill you the first time, taking you back to a checkpoint.
Screens:
SteveWinwood
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2 and a half hours into qube and now I'm pretty pissed at it.
Everything was going so well. I loved it. Was going to say it was totally worth the 13 bucks. I was amazed how certain physics seemed to work so well and didn't totally mess up the puzzle... And then I hit a puzzle that I can't beat, not because I don't know how to, but because the physics fuck me over every single god damn time. I know where the blocks are supposed to be qube, you're just not letting them slide into the little blocks I made for them goddammit. They sorta get stuck in places. The puzzle takes forever (or at least the solution that I figured out that worked, or at least SHOULD work) so when I reset because the one block got hitched it's a total waste of time and makes me never want to touch the game again. Argh. I'll try again on that ONE puzzle tonight and if it screws me again I'm deleting it. The game was so much fun too
Everything was going so well. I loved it. Was going to say it was totally worth the 13 bucks. I was amazed how certain physics seemed to work so well and didn't totally mess up the puzzle... And then I hit a puzzle that I can't beat, not because I don't know how to, but because the physics fuck me over every single god damn time. I know where the blocks are supposed to be qube, you're just not letting them slide into the little blocks I made for them goddammit. They sorta get stuck in places. The puzzle takes forever (or at least the solution that I figured out that worked, or at least SHOULD work) so when I reset because the one block got hitched it's a total waste of time and makes me never want to touch the game again. Argh. I'll try again on that ONE puzzle tonight and if it screws me again I'm deleting it. The game was so much fun too
Johnlenham
Member
Regretting not pickup up The Witcher 2 for £17 in town earlier :/ First time a brick and mortar has beat steam etc in awhile.
YianGaruga
Banned
http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/pc/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-2.0/10567353.html
Witcher 2 is generally cheaper at retail in UK, for some reason.
Beat it this afternoon as well, and I generally agree with all of your comments. The puzzles never really get very complex, which is a shame. Maybe they should've added in some extra challenge maps. As for the enemies: Yeah, they often shoot you a lot off-screen, and I did die because of that a few times. Still, the checkpoints are frequent enough that it never bothered me.
Stallion Free
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2 and a half hours into qube and now I'm pretty pissed at it.
Everything was going so well. I loved it. Was going to say it was totally worth the 13 bucks. I was amazed how certain physics seemed to work so well and didn't totally mess up the puzzle... And then I hit a puzzle that I can't beat, not because I don't know how to, but because the physics fuck me over every single god damn time. I know where the blocks are supposed to be qube, you're just not letting them slide into the little blocks I made for them goddammit. They sorta get stuck in places. The puzzle takes forever (or at least the solution that I figured out that worked, or at least SHOULD work) so when I reset because the one block got hitched it's a total waste of time and makes me never want to touch the game again. Argh. I'll try again on that ONE puzzle tonight and if it screws me again I'm deleting it. The game was so much fun too
There is a good chance that you are solving the puzzle wrong if that's the case.
SteveWinwood
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Nope. The blocks get caught on the edges of walls and don't slide the proper distance. I even looked up a walkthrough on youtube. He solved in a few less steps than my way did but when I tried to do it his way the blocks don't move right :/ His slide in perfectly and mine get caught on shitty unreal physics
Stallion Free
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Nope. The blocks get caught on the edges of walls and don't slide the proper distance. I even looked up a walkthrough on youtube. He solved in a few less steps than my way did but when I tried to do it his way the blocks don't move right :/ His slide in perfectly and mine get caught on shitty unreal physics
Can you post the link? I'm curious what puzzle it was.
SteveWinwood
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rTaYgXdmP4 qube spoilers obviously.
At around the 7 min mark. Looking at the comments, I'm not the only one.
Spoilers about a puzzle before that one (Sector 4 or 5 I believe):
I was really impressed with the ball that rolls down the hallway and fits through holes. I never ever had a problem with those puzzles. Every way I thought to do something it just worked. I thought it was great. And now I ran into this one. I really hope later tonight it just works the first time and I forget about that puzzle.
A screenshot too. http://i.imgur.com/WdCR5.jpg It won't go in. No matter how hard I try.
RibbedHero
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Anyone else been getting shitty Steam download speeds since the sale? Speeds used to hit 8MB/s but since the sale it's been at most 4MB/s. I tried changing servers to Ukraine and Sweden, but speeds are around the same as the London server. Hopefully this sorts itself out.
BobJustBob
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I skimmed over your post, saw this screenshot, and thought "I want to play that game!" But then I realized it was from Rochard and must be a cutscene.
X3, my man.
which one?
Close enough. Steam ID?
EVERY ONE!!!!! (nah, Terran Conflict or TC plus Albion Prelude combo pack)
Eh, I used them myself.
jediyoshi
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Hamilton's Great Adventure
75% off
$2.49 / 2490 BC
Redeems on steam
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HGA/hamiltons-great-adventure
Retro Fever DLC
75% off
$0.25 / 250 BC (if you've ever bought anything on gamersgate, you might already have enough for it)
Redeems on steam
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HGARF/hamiltons-great-adventure-retro-fever
75% off
$2.49 / 2490 BC
Redeems on steam
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HGA/hamiltons-great-adventure
Retro Fever DLC
75% off
$0.25 / 250 BC (if you've ever bought anything on gamersgate, you might already have enough for it)
Redeems on steam
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HGARF/hamiltons-great-adventure-retro-fever
How can I pay using Blue Coins? I have a bunch.
Edit: lol, select blue coins as payment.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Awesome. Thanks!
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