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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
So I booted up DOOM II again with the ZDOOM mod (where have you been all my life ZDOOM). Still such an incredibly fun game. The shotgun blast and reload sounds are so chunky and satisfying. Is there any other game where the shotgun is so good? haha

FEAR and Rage come to mind.
 

garath

Member
I say sell the crates. I opened 3 or something. 2 times I got a 7 cent weapon and one time (really lucky) I got a 13 euro gun (sold immediately)

So, sell the crates

Yeah. Pretty much sold it instantly for $1.60. Not worth the gamble. I'm trying REALLY hard not to SPEND any money on steam metagames. Just sell what I can. So far I'm all profits. Have to keep that trend up lol.
 

Martian

Member
Yeah. Pretty much sold it instantly for $1.60. Not worth the gamble. I'm trying REALLY hard not to SPEND any money on steam metagames. Just sell what I can. So far I'm all profits. Have to keep that trend up lol.

Same here. I spent like 4 bucks of money made from csgo on keys.

No more;-) and so far so good
 

Anustart

Member
Wtf. Last night I was playing New Vegas, left a casino on the strip and as soon as I appear outside, game crashes. I think to myself that that may corrupt the auto-save, good thing I saved inside the casino as well.

Now today, game won't load the autosave or my other save... How did both get corrupted when the auto-saving should have only fucked up and not even touched my other one :/
 
So I booted up DOOM II again with the ZDOOM mod (where have you been all my life ZDOOM). Still such an incredibly fun game. The shotgun blast and reload sounds are so chunky and satisfying. Is there any other game where the shotgun is so good? haha
Hotline Miami shotgun is awesome.
 

Turfster

Member
Wtf. Last night I was playing New Vegas, left a casino on the strip and as soon as I appear outside, game crashes. I think to myself that that may corrupt the auto-save, good thing I saved inside the casino as well.

Now today, game won't load the autosave or my other save... How did both get corrupted when the auto-saving should have only fucked up and not even touched my other one :/

New Vegas is very buggy and crashy.
I can't even play any of my savegames anymore, since whichever one I load, the next enemy I kill crashes the game.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
It's... not all that good, sadly.
The vehicle sections are irritating and there's only a handful of locations, which get reused constantly. The game also just... ends abruptly, without any payoff.

Yeah, and it's for this reason that I recommend people brush up on their history of id's games so they have a general idea of what to expect. For the uninitiated, though:

- The story is virtually non-existent
- Despite the trailers suggesting otherwise, the world is nothing like Fallout or Borderlands. You have a main city from which you accept quests, and from here you travel to a handful of locations, which function as regular levels, using your vehicle
- Quest design is your standard go here to kill that/fetch this affair. Your second time through a level, though, the layout is slightly different, so it's not entirely monotonous
- There is a loot system but it's more of a "junk" system -- you collect trash or other desired though otherwise useless items and sell them for money
- The vehicular component is fine when it comes to races, but the modes that place on emphasis on combat -- such as Rocket Races, which have you chasing checkpoints all the while dodging enemy fire -- can be frustrating
- The game has its BFG equivalent but there is no final boss, so don't make the same mistake I did and save the ammo, expecting to have something to waste it on
- The campaign ends abruptly -- there's practically no ending at all
- There is a rudimentary crafting system that allows you to make, say, your own health kits, but your health also regenerates, so...
- Wingsticks are awesome

Edit: I forgot a couple of things:
- The FPS core is classic id -- for some folks, it feels dated, but for those who grew up playing Doom or Quake, it's delightfully refreshing
- There are two "worlds": the wasteland and Subway Town
- There's DLC and it's apparently quite good, especially for the price
 
When enumerating the flaws of RAGE it can't be overstated that the game just wants you to feel as unthreatened by the world as possible. Regenerating health, bandages that you can use to instantly regenerate your health when you're in jam vision, your suit is equipped with a defib that revives you if you do die, and you get an upgrade that lets you do it twice.

It's like baby's first post-apocalypse.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
When enumerating the flaws of RAGE it can't be overstated that the game just wants you to feel as unthreatened by the world as possible. Regenerating health, bandages that you can use to instantly regenerate your health when you're in jam vision, your suit is equipped with a defib that revives you if you do die, and you get an upgrade that lets you do it twice.

It's like baby's first post-apocalypse.

It's a shame that the health system is such a hodgepodge because it really does significantly decrease the sense of difficulty. Here's what it needed:

- Bandages
- Nothing else
 

Momentary

Banned
Metro Last Light is so much more polished than 2033. Whatever 4A Games tackle next, I have full confidence that it will be amazing.
 
Logged into my Origin account to play more Saboteur, only to find that all of my games are gone (except the Sims 3, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit). I think a former "EA Persona" account must have merged with my current account any wiped all of my games.

So I got in line at the Origin tech support chat:

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Wonderful.
 

Addnan

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Logged into my Origin account to play more Saboteur, only to find that all of my games are gone (except the Sims 3, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit). I think a former "EA Persona" account must have merged with my current account any wiped all of my games.

So I got in line at the Origin tech support chat:



Wonderful.
60mins is better than the 2 weeks I have waited for Steam and am still waiting. Yes I am pretty bitter.
 
60mins is better than the 2 weeks I have waited for Steam and am still waiting. Yes I am pretty bitter.

Yeah that blows. The traditional support ticket method on Origin said they needed 14 days as well, but at least this has the chat option.

God speed, and best of luck.
 

Turfster

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Edit: I forgot a couple of things:
- The FPS core is classic id -- for some folks, it feels dated, but for those who grew up playing Doom or Quake, it's delightfully refreshing

Except that sadly, it doesn't feel nearly as fast and furious as classic id FPS games.
 

Addnan

Member
Have you contacted them since? Send them another ticket and hit them up on twitter.

I have. Opened another ticket on Monday. Still no reply. Tweeted them too, but I don't think their support twitter actually help anyone..

Their support page says they are busy, but damn. That's one long wait.

Anyone else contact them recently and get a reply?
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Except that sadly, it doesn't feel nearly as fast and furious as classic id FPS games.

I was speaking to the shooting. ADS is there, for some reason, but it's completely unnecessary as the weapons behave more or less as you would expect them to in an id game.

Late edit: I'd say that the sewer levels come reasonably close to id's past titles in terms of encounter design, though.
 

Freezard

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So I booted up DOOM II again with the ZDOOM mod (where have you been all my life ZDOOM). Still such an incredibly fun game. The shotgun blast and reload sounds are so chunky and satisfying. Is there any other game where the shotgun is so good? haha

No, and if you watched QuakeCon 13, there's no other game which has such a powerful shotgun either :p
 
what is the standard procedure for making card sales sustainable? I want to get a higher level to get more cards, but I dont want to pay for remaining cards on the marketplace.
 
what is the standard procedure for making card sales sustainable? I want to get a higher level to get more cards, but I dont want to pay for remaining cards on the marketplace.

There is no standard procedure, you sell things or get lucky with a foil, or sell the expensive ones and buy the cheap sets.
 

KarmaCow

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what is the standard procedure for making card sales sustainable? I want to get a higher level to get more cards, but I dont want to pay for remaining cards on the marketplace.

The gains in terms of booster packs for being higher level is never going to make it sustainable. Unless something changed you're not going to be making money on cards when buying new games.
 
Apparently my Origin issue was "technically impossible". It assigned 2 accounts to the same email address, which the man on the phone likened to having two different people with the same social security number. He had to put me on hold, and he said everyone he talked to claimed that it's impossible.

Oh well. I have my account back.

Time to get back to important things like buying Mortal Kombat on GMG.
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Apparently my Origin issue was "technically impossible". It assigned 2 accounts to the same email address, which the man on the phone likened to having two different people with the same social security number. He had to put me on hold, and he said everyone he talked to claimed that it's impossible.

Oh well. I have my account back.

Time to get back to important things like buying Mortal Kombat on GMG.

Glad you finally got it resolved. And yes, Mortal Kombat is a "must buy" at this price.
 

Omega

Banned
Can you not hotkey weapons in Fallout NV? Unless I'm blind I see no way to do it and when I check the controls in-game, there's nothing.
 

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Operation Raccoon City

Holding a zombie hostage? "BACK OFF OTHER ZOMBIES! I'LL KILL HIM! I'LL DO IT!"

I would probably still get it for shits & giggles if it weren't GFWL.
 

fantomena

Member
Gone Home is climbing up on my GOTY list while Im playing it. What a wonderful masterpiece. Love games like Gone Home and Dear Esther. Thank god PC gaming have indie devs which creates masterpieces like Gone Home.
 

bengraven

Member
Man, fuck you Origin. When did that EA bundle come out? Over a week ago? I've been downloading Sims 3 Starter Pack SINCE THEN.

I walk away from the PC for a few hours, like going to work, then come home to find it's "paused downloading". This happens after only downloading a percentage or two. I was told by EA support to run as admin, but now instead of pausing download once a minute for 24 hours a day, it's getting an error whenever Iboot up that forces me to restart the entire goddamn download.

Screw it, I own the game, I'll find another way to get it (I own it twice already - once on Origin and once on disc, but I cannot find my fucking disc, plus I want the expansion pack).

Ironically, DA:O, which is 28 gigs, downloaded in two hours last night after I bought it on the sale. That may probably be my last Origin purchase.
 
Nuuvem having a Namco sale:

  • Horizon Assault ~12€
  • Ridge Racer Unbounded ~10€
  • Inversion ~5€
  • Dark Souls ~13€
  • Race Injection ~5€

Check "Packages" on Steamdb for region lock. If the line has "(BR)" you can't activate the key outside Brazil without having to resort a VPN.
 

Tellaerin

Member
Man, fuck you Origin. When did that EA bundle come out? Over a week ago? I've been downloading Sims 3 Starter Pack SINCE THEN.

I walk away from the PC for a few hours, like going to work, then come home to find it's "paused downloading". This happens after only downloading a percentage or two. I was told by EA support to run as admin, but now instead of pausing download once a minute for 24 hours a day, it's getting an error whenever Iboot up that forces me to restart the entire goddamn download.

Screw it, I own the game, I'll find another way to get it (I own it twice already - once on Origin and once on disc, but I cannot find my fucking disc, plus I want the expansion pack).

Ironically, DA:O, which is 28 gigs, downloaded in two hours last night after I bought it on the sale. That may probably be my last Origin purchase.

What's weird is that I've gotten a pretty consistent 3.7 mb/sec or better from Origin, regardless of what I was downloading. It makes me wonder how their servers are set up, since I know other people get crap speeds from them too. Is it just a regional/ISP issue, is it a question of where their server farm(s) are, or what? At first I just assumed it was the high volume of traffic because of the bundle, but it sounds like a bigger issue than that.
 

Mugatu

Member
Logged into my Origin account to play more Saboteur, only to find that all of my games are gone (except the Sims 3, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit). I think a former "EA Persona" account must have merged with my current account any wiped all of my games.

So I got in line at the Origin tech support chat:



Wonderful.

At least chat seems to work for you, it never even loads for me, ever.
 
Picked up a $30 Visa gift card

- Sir You Are Being Hunted?
- Betrayer?
- Electronic Super Joy and Legend of Dungeon?
- Back Ghost Song on Kickstarter ($15)?
 
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