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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So what's everyone's opinion on today's other midweek madness, Dungeons? Is it worth getting? Is the sequel much better, and such makes the first game pointless?
Yeah I did.
Speaking of Enhanced Steam, when I tried that, the friends list don't show up the names and have a rather garbled text.
Yeah I did.
Speaking of Enhanced Steam, when I tried that, the friends list don't show up the names and have a rather garbled text.
yea I think TDD stopped updating the skin
I H8 Memes
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I just noticed the two stories under recent news for Peggle in my Steam screenshot 
I played it maybe a year ago, Win 7 64bit, and it ran. It didn't run fine, because it would crash a lot, but it did run. I believe it has shitty compatibility issues with certain graphics cards (though it ran on my AMD card), being a shitty Xbox port and everything, but it does run. At least there's a chance that it will. Poorly. But playable! Thing is... the game is not that great to play and has some frustrating spots, so you might as well watch a let's play, or youtube the cutscenes or something. Those can be quite amusing.I bought it a long time ago on Direct2Drive, the game didn't run, it's broken, you can't run it on newer PCs, it's a shame because it's a good game!
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
New Humble Bundle added to the registry.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers has gone up for preorder on GOG and will be featured as part of their conference today.
I expect it'll be put up for preorder on Steam soon for all of us indie hipsters who at least actually play games.
(You can play the early beta, "Episode 0" over here: http://www.tinyandbig.com/games/upthatmountain/)
I expect it'll be put up for preorder on Steam soon for all of us indie hipsters who at least actually play games.
(You can play the early beta, "Episode 0" over here: http://www.tinyandbig.com/games/upthatmountain/)
Leon Belmont
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I'd forgotten that the fps_max setting has a variance of about 1fps.
EternalGamer
Banned
PixelVision is the best looking skin IMO
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1914848
Are there any good skins where the text is more visible on an HDTV at a distance?
It would be a nice hold over until Steam gets their rears in gear.
Also, I can just put the skin on one PC, right? I have a desktop and a HDTV PC. I just want more visible text on the later.
I think there's a fancy media centre option floating around that looks sleek as hell for a temp "big screen mode"
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
I'll buy when its $3.00.
Steam daily is late, whoever is in charge of putting it up must be watching the CD Projekt conference.
[EDIT] Now it's up, 75% off the Space Quest Collection - $4.99.
[EDIT] Now it's up, 75% off the Space Quest Collection - $4.99.
EternalGamer
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Have a link by any chance? I tried googling all combinations and couldn't find anything. Or do you just mean using Windows Media Center?
DJ Crimson
Banned
Maybe Valve decided to follow Sony's practices. You know, the nonexistent ones.
Dailt Deal: Space Quest 75% off
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Any feedback on Dungeons?
I don't think that's exactly it. I remember it having a more more Steam focused UI.
Don't think so. Think this turned out to be one of those occasional fake outs.
Stitch
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The Max Payne 3 entry was updated a few minutes ago.
http://cdr.thebronasium.com/app/204104
Size is now 1gb bigger.
http://cdr.thebronasium.com/app/204104
Size is now 1gb bigger.
Glass Rebel
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drhankmccoyphd
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Is the Space Quest pack all six games? Was planning on getting them on GOG, but for $5 and steam library convenience I'm gonna snap them up.
Glass Rebel
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Well, it's not 35 GB big, only 29 GB
Oh, I must have misread earlier news then. Nothing to see here!
thanks for responding, it does look nice ^^
Wok
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I experienced a strange attempt of this Steam user to engage in a conversation with me. The only link between us was we both were members of the Steam SpyParty group. He joined Steam today and has only got games from a HIB. He has not played a single game, yet he already belongs to a dozen TF2 groups. His only friend is another Steam user who seems to be keen on trading TF2 items. I found it fishy: it looks like some TF2 scammer using HIB to make several accounts. He must have acknowledge I was suspicious since he left the SpyParty group a few minutes after I rejected the invite, as I left the Steam group and made my profile private.
jediyoshi
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They need to get the Mad Riders trailer up on the Steam page, it's prettty good. Techland so silly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0vEVQtcqTM
They did say 35gb install. Actual download could always be smaller, though that'd be a bit of compression going on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0vEVQtcqTM
They did say 35gb install. Actual download could always be smaller, though that'd be a bit of compression going on.
Got an extra The Void key off the Indie Royale bundle, I'll give the key to someone that's really interested and promises to play it
edit: life's boring when GAF implodes...
If no one took it yet, I'll be glad to.
Promise I'll play it
eventually
DunderHassan
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Got an extra The Void key off the Indie Royale bundle, I'll give the key to someone that's really interested and promises to play it
edit: life's boring when GAF implodes...
I'd really like to try it out please
Edit: nooo, ninja'd!
Edit 2: Thanks for offering the Desura-key, but I'm not using it so I'm good
Lord British
Member
Is Space Quest Collection functional on Windows 7? King's Quest wasn't.
Sent!If no one took it yet, I'll be glad to..eventually
Still got the Desura key if you're interested, but who is, reallyI'd really like to try it out please
Edit: nooo, ninja'd!
Palette Swap
Member
Thanks for posting about Pixelvision, I realize now I had been using the same skin for too long.
Also, I'll have to admit seeing a Shogun 2 DLC titled "the Obama faction" made me chuckle.
Also, I'll have to admit seeing a Shogun 2 DLC titled "the Obama faction" made me chuckle.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
I'm gonna wait till Crysis 3 appears on Steam then it will be RIP origin, because all Origin wil have is the new MOH and Simcity
The Ship
Go hog wild
Also STEAM COMPACT is better.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1279345
Steam and all the other skins take up too much damn space, I'm using windows not a Mac.
I see the Space Quest Collection on sale for $5 USD, what do you mean?
And wow Activision published it.
I'd like to know the answer to these questions as well, and if I know the answer before the deal ends that'd be amazing. <3
*edit* According to the Steam store page, it looks like the Space Quest pack does include six games, to partially answer.
I don't see how Compact takes less space than PixelVision...
Why would either collection be broken in Windows 7? They all work in DOSBox.
And even if you have trouble with them straight from Steam, most of the games are now compatible with ScummVM which works with 782986234869283962 platforms.
edit: Just tested. All Space Quest games in the collection launch in Windows 7 64. ..but there are graphics glitches here and there, probably due to an old/lousy DOSBox config. I'd recommend playing them in an updated version of DOSBox (takes some doing) or in ScummVM (very easy).
Diomedeskun
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Obama is a real town name (actually, I think there are two or three). I live just east of Obama in Fukui prefecture (Wakasa in the past), and they are terribly proud of sharing a name with the president. They sell shirts and cookies with a cartoon version of his face there.
My approval from the Steam Mini Reviews thread:
Dungeons
Time played: 2 hours
I need to admit that I never really played Dungeon Keeper. I can't quite understand why Dungeons has such a bad reputation on the Internet, but I assume it's due to the fact that most people expected a Dungeon Keeper sequel, which is also what I read in some reviews. But in its current and updated form, Dungeons is a pretty damn fun game on its own merits and one of the best surprises I have encountered in my mini review-athon for this thread.
The basic premise is that you, as the dungeon lord, need to lure Heroes into your dungeon, satisfy their needs and then "harvest" their soul energy when they have been satisfied. For that you have several options to enhance your dungeon, like putting in gold chests, prestige objects that heroes can marvel at and your minions that will fight the enemies. The several systems for that are quite engaging and all the maps I played in the story so far felt fundamentally different due to varying requirements you need to fulfill to advance on a story map.
I sort of got the impression before playing this game that its more like a simulated affair, where you just build your dungeon, and then let the dungeon work on the heroes. However, the game requires you to be heavily involved with the incoming heroes. Mainly for "harvesting" heroes after you satisfied their needs and defending your base.
I also really like the campaign overarching character progression by giving you several goals each level, and if you manage to beat enough goals you get the skill points, which you can then use for better stats and powers.
Conclusion: Very fun and highly recommended, what exactly was everyones problem with this game?
5/5
After playing ~15 hours: If you dont expect a Dungeon Keeper sequel and are willing to play it on its own merits, the 65% metacritics score should baffle you. This game deserves more attention. One aspect for the failed initial reviews were launch day issues with bugs, camera zooms and the likes. However, since the release of Dungeons 2 (The Dark Lord), even the first Dungeons got gameplay tweaks and upgrades that had been introduced in the sequel.
Both should play about identically, with just more missions to play. I highly recommend buying at least the first Dungeons, even without DLC (since the base game will last you for quite a bit anyway).
Grab it!
While we are in the giving mood I too have one to give. (The Void)
If someone takes it. Please mention that you have. (available inside email bbcode- so quote this post, blah blah blah- you know the drill).
Frank the Great
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crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Beamdog was added to the registry so looks like Baulder's Gate Enhanced Edition is heading to Steam.
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Cock Encumbered
Or MDK 2 HD.
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