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[JaseC]

steamworks achievements
trading cards
tf2 item preorders

renegade kid if you wanna be part of dat steam indie cash clique, you gotta play da game right

Don't forget the early bird discount!

Morning NeoGAF. So many bundles and sales.

But prison architect is the one that matters most:

Haha, I'd forgotten about this. <3

I still need to write up my own prisoner bio. I'll get around to it eventually.

*pats* That's why you stay in here, where it's warm and safe, under the loving gaze of our lady Ronan.

Has a nice ring to it.

 

[Xanathus]

Euro Truck Sim 2 is going for 3 keys on steamtrades but I just bought Blacklist argh...

 

[greendomo's ghost]

How about Folk Tale? Anyone played that?

 

[JSoup]

which game is that?

Half Life 1. The "F" I included there stems from my apparent inability to navigate my keyboard correctly.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Euro Truck Sim 2 is going for 3 keys on steamtrades but I just bought Blacklist argh...

Is there a way to get keys without buying them? I don't really understand.

 

[Melted77]

Is there a way to get keys without buying them? I don't really understand.

Trading TF2 items/metal/hats for keys. You'll have to play a lot of TF2 to get decent drops in order to trade for enough keys though.

 

[Turfster]

Haha, I'd forgotten about this. <3

I still need to write up my own prisoner bio. I'll get around to it eventually.

So it *is* because you're a backer, right?
Not just something someone edited in themselves?

 

[JaseC]

So it *is* because you're a backer, right?
Not just something someone edited in themselves?

That's toddhunter's prisoner. I bought the Name in Game Edition during the Summer Sale but haven't written up a bio yet.

 

[Grief.exe]

Thread detailing NS2's huge new update and their kickstarter for the next update

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=79061185

 

[yamo]

Is it me or is the beat-the-average price of the humble weekly sale not moving at all?

Also, do you get separate keys for each game?

 

[scorpscarx]

Thread detailing NS2's huge new update and their kickstarter for the next update

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=79061185

Man I kinda dropped this game but their constant dedication is really starting to make me want to reinstall it, go figure.

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

Is it me or is the beat-the-average price of the humble weekly sale not moving at all?

Also, do you get separate keys for each game?

I don't know. I already own magicka and crusaders kings 2.

Yes.

 

[Atraveller]

I don't know. I already own magicka and crusaders kings 2.

Yes.

Seperate keys? That's good to hear.

 

[Xanathus]

Is there a way to get keys without buying them? I don't really understand.

It's just an exchange currency for buying games from other regions, keys are around $2 per key on the Steam market so it just means that the game is trading for $4. Most people accept paypal as well although you should use Steam trading with keys when trading for Steam gifts/games as it's more secure.

 

[xenoflux2113]

2 hours played, 20/22 achievements, all cards earned. I'd say I got my .75 worth out of DLC Quest.

 

[Melted77]

Is it me or is the beat-the-average price of the humble weekly sale not moving at all?

The average is locked at $5.80. It is the average price of all Humble Bundles. That's why if you look at the Windows/Mac/Linux average it is way different.

 

[Atraveller]

The average is locked at $5.80. It is the average price of all Humble Bundles. That's why if you look at the Windows/Mac/Linux average it is way different.

What? Deep Silver and Origin bundles were around 5 dollars, they are not locked.

 

[Chance Hale]

Spelunky is brutal, threw a rock at a spider's web and it fell into the shop keeper's place and he proceeded to chase me with a shotgun :/ The vita version looks nice too, glad I didn't spend too much time with the other versions.

And Rome II is going to be amazing, wish they would team up with Paradox though. Imagine Paradox handling the cultural/political elements while Creative Assembly focuses on the battles
Antonio.gif

 

[Melted77]

What? Deep Silver and Origin bundles were around 5 dollars, they are not locked.

For some reason this one is different. If you average the total payments by number of purchasers the average is like $4.05.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Spelunky is brutal, threw a rock at a spider's web and it fell into the shop keeper's place and he proceeded to chase me with a shotgun :/

Meanwhile, on GeoNAF:

Shopkeepy is brutal, was just minding my own business, being a good shopkeeper when all of a sudden some asshole threw a rock at me and then ran away. :/

Just... know that your actions have consequences. There's a reason that the expression goes "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."

This has been a PSA from Shopkeeper's Union Local 790.

 

[Randy]

Meanwhile, on GeoNAF:



Just... know that your actions have consequences. There's a reason that the expression goes "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."

This has been a PSA from Shopkeeper's Union Local 790.

Amazing.

 

[toddhunter]

Meanwhile, on GeoNAF:

Just... know that your actions have consequences. There's a reason that the expression goes "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."

This has been a PSA from Shopkeeper's Union Local 790.

That doesn't explain why the bastard stuck in a little 4x4 room with no oxygen and two treasure chests gets so upset when I try to break him free.

Next time I'll leave him there to die.

 

[Textured Monk]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

First:

Just quote this message and paste the quote in the thread:

I am giving away 6 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Serious Sam HD The First Encounter -- MB-A5EE34C3C8DF3277 - Taken by Tellaerin
Faerie Solitaire -- MB-B7A498B78785BD11 - Taken by JBourne
Orcs Must Die 2 -- MB-C3136B9D3949E697 - Taken by mannerbot
Strike Suit Zero -- MB-7C254F7DD7D3CD65 - Taken by JawesomeJaw
Dungeon Hearts -- MB-123A00541BA53965 - Taken by Ingueferroque
Garry's Mod -- MB-F91325D5E8D55D03 - Taken by didamangi

Second, I loved Saints Row the Third. But as a dirty Australian peasant, I can only buy the censored shithouse version of the sequel. Any chance I could work something out with a GAFer from a more freedom-loving country? I can paypal however many US dollars it is for the non-Aus version, if that's the easiest way.

 

[jediyoshi]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

Wow, great giveaway ^^

 

[mannerbot]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

First:


Second, I loved Saints Row the Third. But as a dirty Australian peasant, I can only buy the censored shithouse version of the sequel. Any chance I could work something out with a GAFer from a more freedom-loving country? I can paypal however many US dollars it is for the non-Aus version, if that's the easiest way.

I helped an Australian friend out with getting SRIV, and it turns out that you actually can't get the uncensored version. I bought him a US version and when he redeemed it, it turned into the Australian version (with a release date of Sept. 12, if I remember the Australian release date correctly).

edit: Oh, and thanks for OMD2!

 

[Ingueferroque]

Thank you Ymatticus for Dungeon Hearts!

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

I helped an Australian friend out with getting SRIV, and it turns out that you actually can't get the uncensored version. I bought him a US version and when he redeemed it, it turned into the Australian version (with a release date of Sept. 12, if I remember the Australian release date correctly).

edit: Oh, and thanks for OMD2!

Wow that sucks. What if he VPN'd to a US IP for just the activation, I wonder. Valve only cracks down on using VPNs to buy but maybe if he activates with one it will remain the US version.

 

[JawesomeJaw]

Thanks for the giveaway! I hope you find an equally generous benefactor!

 

[JaseC]

I helped an Australian friend out with getting SRIV, and it turns out that you actually can't get the uncensored version. I bought him a US version and when he redeemed it, it turned into the Australian version (with a release date of Sept. 12, if I remember the Australian release date correctly).

edit: Oh, and thanks for OMD2!

Unlock times are based on location, not the version of the game a user has. The exception to this is if there are distinct app ids for particular territories, which isn't the case with SR4.

 

[Grief.exe]

That's a pretty legit giveaway. Actually probably would have grabbed OMD2 out of that.

Damn, Manner has been cleaning up tonight.

 

[Mattiator]

BLEED is a must have. It's an acrobatic platformer shooter with triple jumping, slow mo, and bullet hell craziness. It's just insanely fun.

Thanks for the advice snatched this one up and will give it a try tommorow .

 

[didamangi]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

First:

Thx for Garry's Mod YMatticus

Second, I loved Saints Row the Third. But as a dirty Australian peasant, I can only buy the censored shithouse version of the sequel. Any chance I could work something out with a GAFer from a more freedom-loving country? I can paypal however many US dollars it is for the non-Aus version, if that's the easiest way.

I helped an Australian friend out with getting SRIV, and it turns out that you actually can't get the uncensored version. I bought him a US version and when he redeemed it, it turned into the Australian version (with a release date of Sept. 12, if I remember the Australian release date correctly).

edit: Oh, and thanks for OMD2!

Well that suck, is this true for all games or just SR4?

 

[Tellaerin]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

Nice giveaway! Thanks for Serious Sam HD, YMatticus. : )

 

[mannerbot]

Thx for Garry's Mod YMatticus





Well that suck, is this true for all game or just SR4?

I've helped that same friend get US versions of other games in the past without issue. At least he saved some money, even if he still got the censored version.

 

[Textured Monk]

I could have sworn other games didn't work like that. I just skipped over to the SRIV thread and it seems like my countrymen have had about the same luck.

Thanks anyway guys, I'll just have to suck it up and get the Aus version in a couple of weeks. Enjoy those games!

 

[JBourne]

Okay, so I've got a quick giveaway and a request for help.

Thanks for Faerie Solitaire!


Man, TotalBiscuit wasn't kidding when he said the Divekick menus were annoying. Who the fuck decided it was a good idea to force you to use the two buttons in the options menu?

 

[jshackles]

Okay so here is my (maybe not so) mini-review of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

The game is pretty terrible, honestly. Most of the things I thought would make a 4 player TMNT game just weren't there. This is a generic, boring, and repetitive beat-em-up. I'll try to hit the few things that before purchasing made me think "this game is going to rock" and the revelations that led to my disappointment.

1) "The turtle power upgrade system will be really cool". Reality: It's not cool at all. You "level up" (although nowhere I could find is your actual level displayed) and get skill points you can distribute. But instead of getting a certain number of points for each turtle, you get a global number of points to distribute. If you want to switch between the different Turtles (especially in single player) you're going to fail pretty miserably. Also, most "skill tree" unlocks don't seems to do much if anything - there doesn't "feel" like a difference between being low level and high level.

2) "Everything I love about the shows and comic books is here." The developers really pushed this: this game was made for the 30-something Turtles fan. Except, in reality, it's not. Despite having completely different (and sometimes creepy) graphics, all of the characters are exactly the same as they are in the brand new Nickelodeon show. And as if to add insult to injury, they didn't even get the same voice actors from the new show. There isn't much here for the 30-something TMNT fan, especially if you haven't watched the new show.

3) "It will probably have an interesting/epic story". Nope. Seems like it was written for a 5 year old. Seriously, the new show has better plots than this game on a weekly basis. Nothing to see here. My playthrough did last about 4 hours (which is fairly high for a $15 game) but I'd say at least 2 hours of that was grinding away on and endless number of bad guys and/or replaying parts after dying due to their terrible checkpoint system.

4) "I heard about this game over a year ago: the developers have probably had plenty of time to flush out all of the bugs by now." Wrong again. In addition to the AI being (just, in general) terrible, I encountered TONS of bugs. Once

Spoiler

while fighting Shredder the first time,

one of my AI turtle teammates was standing on his head and they were both spinning in circles wildly without moving. During another boss battle

Spoiler

with Kurai at the construction site,

the boss got stuck in a part of the map I couldn't access yet and just kept throwing bombs at me, causing me to eventually have to reload from the previous checkpoint about 10 minutes earlier. Finally, the little "mini-game" where the turtles try to hack stuff: at first I thought it was really cool. Donatello hacks things easier than the others, so use him. Until the last level: where even with Donatello's ability, the hacking terminals are literally impossible. Meaning you have to exit out and re-enter the hacking attempt until you find one that can actually be solved. And I don't mean "impossible" like "Oh man, that's really hard, I'd never be able to figure that out!" I mean "impossible" like "there is literally no way this can be accomplished". I wish I had a screenshot handy because it's hard to explain. Anyway, it required a fair bit of loading/reloading on some of the hacking terminals.

Well that about sums it up. I can't really think of any redeeming qualities this game has. Besides maybe that a lot of the achievements were really easy to get. But even that becomes like the chore that drives you to play longer when you really just want to give up on it.

Sorry for the long review. If you're a huge TMNT fan and have watched the new cartoon (like me) I guess I could see picking this up for 75% off and being okay with it. Don't pay full price though, unless you want to be disappointed.

 

[mannerbot]

I could have sworn other games didn't work like that. I just skipped over to the SRIV thread and it seems like my countrymen have had about the same luck.

Thanks anyway guys, I'll just have to suck it up and get the Aus version in a couple of weeks. Enjoy those games!

Well, you can still get the US version and save at least $20 (unless you wanted a collector's edition).

 

[Atraveller]

Censorship and region locks suck.

 

[Intheflorsh]

I'm giving away Bioshock again as the game is constantly appearing in bundles.

I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Bioshock -- MB-9C6143C863E983B5 - Taken by n8

Also, can somebody pretty please invite me to the Neogaf steam group? It's been weeks since I first asked

 

[AngryChinchilla]

I picked up DLC quest. I got my .75 out of it already, plus the cards sold for close to .20 a piece so that was nice.

 

[Dice]

Castle of Illusion September 4th $15

 

[Deques]

Castle of Illusion September 4th $15

£9.99 in the UK store

 

[Intheflorsh]

Thanks!

 

[More_Badass]

I keep coming back to Edge of Space...

One GAFfer said it was mediocre and janky. Any other overall impressions?

Also specifically would like to know how it is for single player only and if the worlds are infinite

 

[n8]

I'm giving away Bioshock again as the game is constantly appearing in bundles.

Thanks, I had purchased it before but now I have the opportunity to play it this time.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I'm meh about the sale.

Will wait for winter.

It is coming.

 

[Atraveller]

I'm meh about the sale.

Will wait for winter.

It is coming.

It's not even September yet

 

[Stronghammer22]

I could have sworn other games didn't work like that. I just skipped over to the SRIV thread and it seems like my countrymen have had about the same luck.

They didn't; this sounds like an exception. Deep Silver are really into region lock, for whatever reason. Reverting the version after gifting is a shitty practice, let's hope it turns out to be untrue.

 

[n8]

Giving back

Just quote this message and paste the quote in the thread:

I am giving away 2 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Hotline Miami -- MB-662396CC7B31CBF1 - Taken by More_Badass
Toy Soldiers -- MB-ADE4AB7DE414B137 - Taken by Blablurn