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[The Super Bob]

I've got some spare press keys for our early access game on GamersGate that haven't been used. I'd rather give them away on here, as you guys are always really generous with games and the like, than somewhere else.

Just wanted to check before I did that no one would have a problem with it as the game isn't on steam and I don't want it to seem like I'm using the thread to promote it.

EDIT: If it's preferable I can just give them to the first couple of people to PM me, then they can decide whether they want to use them or pass them on to friends or something.

 

[Knurek]

Buying the Early Access versions get you the DDE free-of-charge as well as a Steam version of Might & Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (not available separately)

JaseC, did you buy the game? Could you check whether Steam version of M&M VI has previous 5 games as well? The GOG pack sure does, and M&M 4+5 combo is pretty much the greatest PC RPG ever (eat your heart out Baldur's Gate 2).

Also, there's a new Indie Royale bundle. Nothing on Steam yet, 6 Greenlight titles. Might be of note with the 100 games submissions, we might see some of them accepted sooner or later.

 

[Nillansan]

:O

Looks great

Yeah, it looks interesting, the various trailers convinced me to give it a go. It was initially a PS3/PSP/Vita exclusive, glad that it made the jump to PC.

 

[JaseC]

Looks like it's only 20% of the game right now and it's described as "Grimrock + humour + lots of reading + overworld."

I'm just going to wait for Grimrock 2 then. While the extra copy of M&M VI is cool, it's not 30€ cool.

The game isn't region-locked in any way, so you can get a copy from a trader for 10 keys or so.

Edit: This bloke is selling it for 9.

JaseC, did you buy the game? Could you check whether Steam version of M&M VI has previous 5 games as well? The GOG pack sure does, and M&M 4+5 combo is pretty much the greatest PC RPG ever (eat your heart out Baldur's Gate 2).

It's just the one game. I wouldn't expect its release to be a precursor to Ubi bringing the rest over; more likely is that it'll be another Rayman 2 situation (available as a bonus for the nominated period, after which it'll vanish).

Also, there's a new Indie Royale bundle. Nothing on Steam yet, 6 Greenlight titles. Might be of note with the 100 games submissions, we might see some of them accepted sooner or later.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Edit: Oh, neat, Indie Royale now lets you pay in AUD rather than USD.

 

[Nillansan]

I'm actually counting on Double Fine to switch the game over to Steamworks which will hopefully fix the issue I was having with getting a 4th player to connect properly.

They have actually said that they will approach Microsoft about patching out GFWL and integrating Steamworks. That was a while ago though.

They also said that they intend to remove the 30 FPS restriction. Brutal Legend apparently served as the springboard for updating the Buddha Engine.

I am still holding out hope.

 

[wilflare]

Android Cactus is just too awesome :O
if only Dunder is still around

 

[Grief.exe]

huh, so you can't save in shelter

You save automatically when it transitions you to later stages in the pups' lives.

So it does have an ending? I was confused by a gameplay video I watched from videogamer.com (if I'm not mistaken).

Wishlisted.

How long to beat?

About an hour and a half.

 

[grindamasta]

Android Cactus is just too awesome :O
if only Dunder is still around

amazing game, I guess this will be my first Early Access

 

[C00kie M0nster]

Android Cactus is just too awesome :O
if only Dunder is still around

It was made by two GAF members so obviously it was going to be awesome.

 

[magawolaz]

snip

 

[wilflare]

amazing game, I guess this will be my first Early Access

it's probably the first game that made me really feel like getting it no matter what

 

[PriitV]

Steam games now have their own EULA's?

 

[nexen]

Android Cactus is just too awesome :O
if only Dunder is still around

Agreed. Had a lot of fun with it last night. That boss is a real bitch though.

Steam games now have their own EULA's?

I could swear I've seen some with their own EULAs before.

 

[v0rtikal]

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is 67% off , $20 is still a high price though.. but it's Activision you know.

The Bridge is 60% off (Amazon deals btw)

 

[Grief.exe]

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is 67% off , $20 is still a high price though.. but it's Activision you know.

The Bridge is 60% off (Amazon deals btw)

For a linear game that doesn't have much replay value, Activision sure takes their time reducing the price.

 

[nexen]

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is 67% off , $20 is still a high price though.. but it's Activision you know.

The Bridge is 60% off (Amazon deals btw)

Is FoC locked at 30fps like it's predecessor was?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Steam games now have their own EULA's?

I've played plenty of games with EULA's on Steam.

 

[JaseC]

Steam games now have their own EULA's?

It's far from a recent thing.

 

[Nillansan]

Is FoC locked at 30fps like it's predecessor was?

Transformers Fall of Cybertron PC Performance Analysis

Summary: Great port, definitive version et cetera.

 

[nexen]

Transformers Fall of Cybertron PC Performance Analysis

Summary: Great port, definitive version et cetera.

Sweet. Thanks for the link.
Also that image of Grimlock makes my inner 13 year old squeal with glee.

 

[Nillansan]

Sweet. Thanks for the link.
Also that image of Grimlock makes my inner 13 year old squeal with glee.

You reminded me that I still need to pick up Fall of Cybertron. War for Cybertron was excellent in co-op despite its technical limitations.

 

[jshackles]

From the Paradox Forum August Newsletter:

The Humble Paradox Bundle Has Begun!

You’ve been demanding it for months, but we were too modest to make it happen… until now! The Humble Paradox Bundle will go live today, 8 p.m. CEST (11 a.m. PDT), and you can make a donation to your choice of worthy charities while picking up a bundle of Paradox favorites!

Of course, some of our fans aren’t very humble at all, and they’ll want to make a bigger donation. Which is why, if you donate more than $125, you get The Big Kahuna package… a copy of EVERY SINGLE PARADOX GAME on Steam (not including Europa Universalis IV or DLC packages)!

Let the humility commence! Find out all the details and pick up your bundle at https://www.humblebundle.com

Hopes: Deleted

 

[Freezard]

From the Paradox Forum August Newsletter:


Hopes: Deleted

But I don't see the bundle online.

 

[jshackles]

But I don't see the bundle online.

It's scheduled to start in about 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Beat the Average (Magicka and Crusader Kings II)
"Big Kahuna" Bundle

 

[Turfster]

It's scheduled to start in about 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Beat the Average (Magicka and Crusader Kings II)
"Big Kahuna" Bundle

Magicka as beat the average is really weird, since they've been throwing it at our heads since the dawn of time.

 

[Freezard]

Surely it must be Magicka Collection.

 

[NingenJanai]

Surely it must be Magicka Collection.

I hope so, I already have Magicka, that game has the most DLC I've ever seen.

 

[jshackles]

Magicka as beat the average is really weird, since they've been throwing it at our heads since the dawn of time.

Yeah - it's even free when you sign up for the beta of their new online-Magicka I thought...

Surely it must be Magicka Collection.

From the SteamDB entry, looks like it's just the base game and Caverns(?) DLC.

 

[Giran]

I hope so, I already have Magicka, that game has the most DLC I've ever seen.

Someone's not familiar with train sims.

 

[fantomena]

Probably just a placeholder, but the Norwegian shop Komplett.no (huge Norwegian shop, 100% legit) has set the PC release for GTA V for 18th march 2014.

http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=653743

 

[Turfster]

Man, Always Sometimes Monsters looks intriguing. Since it's published by Devolver, it won't have to go through Greenlight, right?

 

[Tellaerin]

I'm thinking this might've been lost in the crosstalk, so I'm going to quote myself here for a sec:

The Dungeon Siege Complete Pack's 75% off. Have any of you guys played those, and are they any good?

I know they're older games, but I remember being interested in them ages ago. Not sure if I should try to scrounge up that last bit of card money I need and pull the trigger, though.

 

[Tizoc]

When you decided you wanted to play an excellent game.

Runner2 on PS3 made me want to play the first Runner game, but I didn't know I have it lol.
Maybe I DID get it from a humble bundle tho XP.

 

[Turfster]

I'm thinking this might've been lost in the crosstalk, so I'm going to quote myself here for a sec:



I know they're older games, but I remember being interested in them ages ago. Not sure if I should try to scrounge up that last bit of card money I need and pull the trigger, though.

The first 2 were pretty great hack & slash games with continuous worlds without loading!
The third is rather shit, though, and totally unplayable in coop since *everyone*'s camera always centers on the main player...

 

[drizzle]

I'll ask again: Is there an upgrade, on Steam, from Civilization 4 regular to the GOTY?

I have a gift copy of Civ 4 on my inventory, but I don't want to redeem it if it's going to forever be the non-goty edition.

 

[C00kie M0nster]

I'll ask again: Is there an upgrade, on Steam, from Civilization 4 regular to the GOTY?

I have a gift copy of Civ 4 on my inventory, but I don't want to redeem it if it's going to forever be the non-goty edition.

Here is everything making up the complete edition.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'll ask again: Is there an upgrade, on Steam, from Civilization 4 regular to the GOTY?

I have a gift copy of Civ 4 on my inventory, but I don't want to redeem it if it's going to forever be the non-goty edition.

Currently a 20 dollar upgrade

 

[YianGaruga]

I'll ask again: Is there an upgrade, on Steam, from Civilization 4 regular to the GOTY?

I have a gift copy of Civ 4 on my inventory, but I don't want to redeem it if it's going to forever be the non-goty edition.

There is no GOTY of Civ IV, only the complete edition, which is just Civ IV+ expansions. The expansions are separate entries in the library.

 

[JaseC]

I'll ask again: Is there an upgrade, on Steam, from Civilization 4 regular to the GOTY?

Nope, which is why 2K handing out the vanilla version was particularly cheap.

 

[Grief.exe]

Tactical Intervention just added to the Steam Store.


http://store.steampowered.com/app/51100/

I got into the beta and wasn't too impressed with the free route. Looks like you had to play a couple hundred games to earn a new weapon. Some of the maps I was playing were not very inspired either, a couple of them were just a box with a route through the middle.

 

[Turfster]

The 39 steps is... a very strange visual novel adaptation of the book.
I'm glad I gave it a try, though.

 

[Tellaerin]

The first 2 were pretty great hack & slash games with continuous worlds without loading!
The third is rather shit, though, and totally unplayable in coop since *everyone*'s camera always centers on the main player...

Hm. Sounds like I can pass on 3, then. 1 and 2 are also available separately for $1.74 each. Would you suggest getting them both, or am I better off just picking one out of the two?

 

[Gbraga]

You save automatically when it transitions you to later stages in the pups' lives.



About an hour and a half.

Man, the pre-order price was just perfect for it then, shame I didn't get it.

 

[scorpscarx]

Tactical Intervention just added to the Steam Store.


http://store.steampowered.com/app/51100/

I got into the beta and wasn't too impressed with the free route. Looks like you had to play a couple hundred games to earn a new weapon. Some of the maps I was playing were not very inspired either, a couple of them were just a box with a route through the middle.

Oh damn, I didn't know it was going to be F2P, significantly less interested now.

 

[Turfster]

Hm. Sounds like I can pass on 3, then. 1 and 2 are also available separately for $1.74 each. Would you suggest getting them both, or am I better off just picking one out of the two?

It's been... quite a while since I played the first 2, but they were basically a mixture of Diablo with party mechanics. 2 changed up a few things from the first one, with more abilities and skills and classes, but for the rest, they were quite similar.

A word of warning: apparently, the only multiplayer that still works for 1 & 2 is Hamachi LAN based... and neither steam version includes the expansions. Squenix really don't give a shit about the old games, do they? I know they weren't theirs at the start, but they could at least include the expansions.

 

[JaseC]

Oh damn, I didn't know it was going to be F2P, significantly less interested now.

I thought the game bombing as an F2P title, necessitating this relaunch, would be a wake-up call for Le, but apparently not. The rationale seems to be, "Well, we're on Steam now, so maybe F2P will work this time!"

 

[TronLight]

Tried Payday The Heist on PS3, and it looks pretty cool.
Should have grabbed it on PC during the summer sales... Now I've got to wait for the next sale. :lol

 

[Grief.exe]

Still looking for more people to split the Sega Pack with

If anyone wants to split the Sega Action Pack, I just want Binary Domain.

Aliens Vs. Predator
Binary Domain - Grief.exe
Condemned: Criminal Origins - Frank Jaeger
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Vikings Battle for Asgard

 

[Nabs]

Natural Selection 2 Free Weekend approaching

The Shadow Warrior store page/pre-order is up. I won't spoil the price for you.

Preorder stuff:

 

[Grief.exe]

Shadow Warrior just put up on the Steam Store

http://store.steampowered.com/app/233130/

$39.99 base price, with a 15% pre-order discount.