HP_Wuvcraft
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I see all retail stores doing this in the future.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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I see all retail stores doing this in the future.
Dog Problems
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Hopefully Amazon gets those vouchers at some point so I can start applying my Amazon trade-in credit to them.
HP_Wuvcraft
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You can already use Amazon Credit to buy Steamworks games.
Dog Problems
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That's what I use it on when there's a Steamworks game I want. But it'd be nice to put it towards the vouchers so I could have the Summer sale taken care of, for example.
was amazon DD around during the christmas sale? did they do much? i can't remember much.
i know now they match almost every steam sale and they've improved vastly in the past ~5 months, so this summer sale will be quite interesting when they decide to compete.
not really looking too much foward to summer sale, i bought almost all the games i wanted and just waiting for the newer stuff to pricedrop. i reached the saturation point i guess. will be interesting to see what promo they come up with though.
i know now they match almost every steam sale and they've improved vastly in the past ~5 months, so this summer sale will be quite interesting when they decide to compete.
not really looking too much foward to summer sale, i bought almost all the games i wanted and just waiting for the newer stuff to pricedrop. i reached the saturation point i guess. will be interesting to see what promo they come up with though.
A Contest:
Download this music track: Track of unknown game
Listen to that track carefully and try to guess which game it belongs to. The winner will be the first one who answers with the correct name of that game.
Reward:
1x Copy of:
Hints:
- The game is part of a series created by Mr.X
- Mr.X made another game last gen which was considered a failure probably because of time constraints.
- It is probably a Japanese developed game.
Note:
I don't know the answer. So the winner must provide proof that this track does indeed belong to the game included in his answer. (a link to the OST or a Youtube vid is sufficient)
Thanks and have fun.
Wow that sounds terribly final fantasy-fied. But that's all I can come up with
Is it an original piece or a remix bij OCRemix or something?
Empty Space
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They had some great deals during December, I got renegade ops for $3 and it had all the DLC. There was a bunch of other deals they had that were better then the Steam ones.
Expendables 2 just got added to the registry.
So I googled a bit and apparantly there were some rumors about Ubisoft making an expendables 2 game. (based on the upcoming Schwarzenegger/Stallone/etc movie):
So...that's a thing.
I'm guessing something along the lines of Gears of Arnold.
So I googled a bit and apparantly there were some rumors about Ubisoft making an expendables 2 game. (based on the upcoming Schwarzenegger/Stallone/etc movie):
So...that's a thing.
I'm guessing something along the lines of Gears of Arnold.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Deserves a new thread, I suppose. Should be as fun as Terminator: Salvation... which wasn't.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I have received the cut of your jib now.
HP_Wuvcraft
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All the Gamestarters are going to land on Steam. There is no option of them not. That's a lot of money and prestige. I fully expect a Kickstarter Bundle during the Holiday 2014 Sale.
I think he meant the older Tex Murphy games, the new one they're kickstarting will be on Steam for sure.
Minsc
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Wolf3D & the expansion have both been ported to zDoom, so you can get 1200p, mouse look and wasd, while still keeping the pixel-look as you can see above. If you search "wolfenstein 3d tc zdoom" you'll find it.
Bought Alan Wake during the 50% sale yesterday. So far it's barely ok, but I'll give it some more time.
But why the fuck do I have to install Direct X / .Net every time I buy a new game on steam? I get that it's a good idea to use the latest version of DirectX, but when I just installed DX yesterday it's a tad irritating... any way to disable this in steam?
But why the fuck do I have to install Direct X / .Net every time I buy a new game on steam? I get that it's a good idea to use the latest version of DirectX, but when I just installed DX yesterday it's a tad irritating... any way to disable this in steam?
I played through that game twice, once in single player and once in co-op. And I enjoyed it both times.
Ended up playing Hunted: Demon Forge while I was gone. Might as well share my two cents.
Lets just get this out of the way. The art style used in the game is bad. Very, very uninspired. You can either choose between the guy who looks like someone you would call daddy. Or the elf girl auditioning for a Warcraft theme porno shoot. So basically your typical fantasy characters designs. To make note of the third character, when I switched to her skin. It felt like she was 4 feet tall with how far her tits and ass stretched out. Your enemies encounter are exactly what you would expect knowing the main characters. Skeletons and Orcs(Don't even know what they were again) being the main fodder. Some flame beasts, giant skeletons, dragons, etc. Levels demonstrate the same sort of mediocrity and creative vibe. Cave, to town, back to cave, with a forest somewhere in there. None of it with any sort of creative touch. Just bland.
With a game with such high grade aesthetics going for it. You would expect the same from the gameplay and you would only be half right. Turns out, the game does quite a bit right with it. Though it proceeds in a linear fashion. There are secret areas, items, and even several large puzzles/mini dungeons to explore. It gave me enough room to make me feel like I wasn't box in. I did quite enjoy the side puzzle dungeons too. They were pretty lengthy for what you would expect.
Another bit about it was the fact that your characters don't level up in a normal way. They level up by basically achievements. Kill X amount of guys. Kill X amount with range weapons. Find secret areas or treasures. Etc. As you achieve theses, your characters will grow in power. It was a nice take on it. And the typical xp you gain from killing creatures or finding chests was used to upgrade powers.
Combat wasn't bad either. It took the basics of Gears and mixed it with the basics of Darksiders. You could dodge, block, aim, combo, etc. Nothing really to get you out of the kiddie pool, but still enough. Throw in a few special powers to upgrade(9 between the two characters), and outside one of them. It was what you expect for the game. The one some-what original one was an anti-gravity attack. It would lift up everything around him, so your partner can basically go to work on them. And it worked on even larger enemies. Not really original, but I wasn't expecting it next to lightning or fireball. Anyways, combat was actually pretty responsive for what I was expecting. Switching between range and melee on the fly, roll being useful, powers on quick command. Partially due to the shallowness of the title, but they gave you the tools needed and they worked well.
Game includes coop too, but the online is dead. It also has a map-editor thingy. Basically you create your own horde modes.
Overall ranking: It wasn't terrible. Most are going to expect an RPG action title, but this is much more an action/shooter with RPG elements thrown in.
Lets just get this out of the way. The art style used in the game is bad. Very, very uninspired. You can either choose between the guy who looks like someone you would call daddy. Or the elf girl auditioning for a Warcraft theme porno shoot. So basically your typical fantasy characters designs. To make note of the third character, when I switched to her skin. It felt like she was 4 feet tall with how far her tits and ass stretched out. Your enemies encounter are exactly what you would expect knowing the main characters. Skeletons and Orcs(Don't even know what they were again) being the main fodder. Some flame beasts, giant skeletons, dragons, etc. Levels demonstrate the same sort of mediocrity and creative vibe. Cave, to town, back to cave, with a forest somewhere in there. None of it with any sort of creative touch. Just bland.
With a game with such high grade aesthetics going for it. You would expect the same from the gameplay and you would only be half right. Turns out, the game does quite a bit right with it. Though it proceeds in a linear fashion. There are secret areas, items, and even several large puzzles/mini dungeons to explore. It gave me enough room to make me feel like I wasn't box in. I did quite enjoy the side puzzle dungeons too. They were pretty lengthy for what you would expect.
Another bit about it was the fact that your characters don't level up in a normal way. They level up by basically achievements. Kill X amount of guys. Kill X amount with range weapons. Find secret areas or treasures. Etc. As you achieve theses, your characters will grow in power. It was a nice take on it. And the typical xp you gain from killing creatures or finding chests was used to upgrade powers.
Combat wasn't bad either. It took the basics of Gears and mixed it with the basics of Darksiders. You could dodge, block, aim, combo, etc. Nothing really to get you out of the kiddie pool, but still enough. Throw in a few special powers to upgrade(9 between the two characters), and outside one of them. It was what you expect for the game. The one some-what original one was an anti-gravity attack. It would lift up everything around him, so your partner can basically go to work on them. And it worked on even larger enemies. Not really original, but I wasn't expecting it next to lightning or fireball. Anyways, combat was actually pretty responsive for what I was expecting. Switching between range and melee on the fly, roll being useful, powers on quick command. Partially due to the shallowness of the title, but they gave you the tools needed and they worked well.
Game includes coop too, but the online is dead. It also has a map-editor thingy. Basically you create your own horde modes.
Overall ranking: It wasn't terrible. Most are going to expect an RPG action title, but this is much more an action/shooter with RPG elements thrown in.
Well...at least it's in normal currency and not Magic Seal Pelts or some other console currency with an arbitrary real money conversion. It's be a nice gift for a PC gamer in lieu of generic gift cards to Best Buy or whereever.
I'm curious, where does the profit come in? If you're selling a voucher worth $50 in Steam Wallet funds for $50, then where does the potential for making money for them come in.
Hmm, didn't know that. So the blame lies with MS or the devs using DX Helper? I guess it's also an explanation of why the Windows folder keeps expanding over time, what with all the different versions of DX etc being installed.
By selling games.
edit: Or do you mean how Gamestop are making money by selling these? Pretty sure they do, don't know how much, but PSN are in real money too and they have been selling them for a while.
Planet_JASE
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In these cases Gamestop (or other retailers) will get them at a slightly discounted rate i.e. $48 per card. I assumed you were talking from a retailer perspective, so I apologise if I've misinterpreted that.
Sounds like your account has been flagged.
It was good while it lasted. wilflare has saved me and heaps of other people lots of money.
No no, you're right in assuming I was asking about what Gamestop (not Steam) gets out of it. Your explanation makes sense.
I would hide that steam group of yours, I think they may have a problem with regional distribution in a steam group.
If wilflare's account did get flagged (he didn't mention receiving a notification or error message [not my images]), I'd assume that Valve assumes he's selling games to other regions for equitable remuneration/profit.
Visualante2
Member
Imagine if those Steam cards go on sale... and then you buy a game on sale? The mind boggles.
Steamception!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I haven't see these myself but I've been wondering why they haven't done this already.
Valve Time.
Awesome to see about those gift cards. Will make things easier if anyone is wondering what game to get me for various occasions.
Also, lol at Gamersgate Batman sale right after Steam. Guess is the case with digital these days, it'll always be cheaper right after you buy it apparently!
Also, lol at Gamersgate Batman sale right after Steam. Guess is the case with digital these days, it'll always be cheaper right after you buy it apparently!
Wow that sounds terribly final fantasy-fied. But that's all I can come up with
Is it an original piece or a remix bij OCRemix or something?
I honestly don't know. But it is most-likely an original piece.
I have actually been listening to a bunch of OSTs for jRPGs the past two days and still can't figure which game it belongs to.
EvilDick34
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Why would it be unlikely? You can buy other giftcards/points cards with their gift cards no?
Indeed, the ones available on gog
It's really worth it per se, but you should keep in mind that gameplay-wise it tends to become very boring as chapters progress, with some highlights along the ride. It's a heavily gunplay-driven horror adventure with amazing atmosphere, story and acting.
EDIT: boring as in repetitive.
Alan Wake American Nightmare is not AW2, it's some sort of spin-off with a better gameplay (or so they say, still have to play that). AW2 will be probably announced in the next months/years but so far no confirmation whatsoever.
Madrugador
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Did this happened recently to you? Because I can't access the Steam Store or Community either (not sure about trading or redeeming gifts).
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Deleted member 47027
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Very worth it, and American Nightmare is a stop-gap basically showing you how much better AW2 is going to be. It's excellent.
I have no idea what Gamestop's policies are. I don't shop there. I just assumed, because it's standard practice at a lot of stores, that you can't use gift cards to purchase gift cards.
EvilDick34
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I think your logic here is flawed...a giftcard is money, money buys things. But i will go investigate.
EvilDick34
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Well, i looked. If i can purchase microsoft points cards with my trade in card then i don't see why i can't buy the steam card the same way.
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