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[spindoctor]

That's just during the beginning. They will probably allow you to download the game for free later. They even say it's to control server usage.

Yep. It's a free to play game that will stop being free to play for an unspecified amount of time.

Not sure if that's a good idea.

I've heard that to be in Early Access, you can't also be free. I don't have any idea why that's the case, but every early access free to play game does require a purchase on Steam. Once they are out of Early Access, they go free. It's so damn weird and backwards.

Not sure why they need to be in early access either. The game has been off Steam for years so they could have waited longer for integration if they thought it's incomplete. Or they could have launched as a proper free to play game without going into early access.

 

[Archaix]

So much for being F2P.

I've heard that to be in Early Access, you can't also be free. I don't have any idea why that's the case, but every early access free to play game does require a purchase on Steam. Once they are out of Early Access, they go free. It's so damn weird and backwards. Especially since most free to play games are expected to have some sort of ongoing development, and the line between beta and release is blurred. Is Loadout really more "done" than Hawken in any way that matters to the player?

edit:

Not sure why they need to be in early access either. The game has been off Steam for years so they could have waited longer for integration if they thought it's incomplete. Or they could have launched as a proper free to play game without going into early access.

It's all crazy. Hawken has been accepting money forever. I have access on Steam because I signed up in December 2012, and they were already taking cash back then. But a year and a half later it's in beta. I guess being a new free to play game on Steam must get huge traffic, I assume the only reason they are charging is so they can make sure everything works with at least the current load before opening the flood gates.

 

[Stallion Free]

Yeah, I can't wait till the next chapter. My GOTY so far.

I hope they don't take more than a year and a half or so.

 

[Tenrius]

Think metroid

y cant metroid spehss jump?

 

[trailmix16]

Really impressed by the number of currency boosts you can buy in HAWKEN

 

[Kuroyume]

Cortex Command now had cards

 

[frogg609]

Wondering if I should buy Decent 1 on Steam for 3.49 or get Descent 1 and 2 on GoG for 9.99.

Not sure if Steam will get Descent 2.

 

[Turfster]

Wondering if I should buy Decent 1 on Steam for 3.49 or get Descent 1 and 2 on GoG for 9.99.

Not sure if Steam will get Descent 2.

Wait for the next interplay sale on GOG.
If by then 2 hasn't been released yet, get them there.

 

[frogg609]

Wait for the next interplay sale on GOG.
If by then 2 hasn't been released yet, get them there.

Thanks!

 

[jediyoshi]

So much for being F2P.

Just close your eyes until they remove the paywall and it'll be F2P again. I suppose reading the FAQ isn't as sexy quote material.

 

[Uraizen]

Guilty Gear Isuka has cards now ... yup.

 

[rtcn63]

Watching The Thick of It. "It's really self-defeating if I have to explain abbreviations to you, FFS." We were talking about this earlier, right? Or was that Castlevania. I thought SoTN was a bit overrated, mostly because the "second" castle was terrible to maneuver.

 

[Cheddahz]

Guilty Gear Isuka has cards now ... yup.

So I'm guessing you'll actually have a reason to play it now?

 

[Turfster]

Watching The Thick of It. "It's really self-defeating if I have to explain abbreviations to you, FFS." We were talking about this earlier, right? Or was that Castlevania. I thought SoTN was a bit overrated, mostly because the "second" castle was terrible to maneuver.

Both, altho the abbreviation stuff is like, 12? hours ago now I think.

 

[rtcn63]

Both, altho the abbreviation stuff is like, 12? hours ago now I think.

I was alive then. Possibly.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Just 100% Thomas Was Alone.
Not a bad experience, but I'm glad I didn't pay a lot for it.
Those levels where James is introduced threw me for a loop, 5.2 in particular.
Overall, not a difficult 100% either... took 3 hours according to Steam.

Next!!

So I'm guessing you'll actually have a reason to play it now?

Man, you change your avatar more than TMK these days.
Go back to your "3DS World".

 

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[Cheddahz]

Man, you change your avatar more than TMK these days.
Go back to your "3DS World".

I'm sorry, but I completed all of the tasks I could in my village today!

 

[The-Bean]

Sid Meier's Pirates

Thank you! I can't believe I didn't already own this.

 

[Uraizen]

I got an I-No foil from GG Isuka ... what are the odds?

 

[Textured Monk]

Thank you! I can't believe I didn't already own this.

Yeah this Humble Bundle has been pretty awesome. Enjoy.

 

[Witchfinder General]

Grabbed Risk of Rain. Balls hard but heaps of fun. I made it to the second level for the first time. Man, it really is dependent on what gear you get.

 

[toddhunter]

Grabbed Risk of Rain. Balls hard but heaps of fun. I made it to the second level for the first time. Man, it really is dependent on what gear you get.

How important items are depends on who you are playing as. My advice would be to look at the character unlock requirements and try to get some of those as soon as possible.

 

[Dog Problems]

Geez, I had three foils drop today. One from Cortex Command and two from Cthulu Saves the World.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Geez, I had three foils drop today. One from Cortex Command and two from Cthulu Saves the World.

Gaben must LOVE you.

 

[Deadbeat]

Geez, I had three foils drop today. One from Cortex Command and two from Cthulu Saves the World.

I havent had three foils drop. ever.

 

[Turfster]

Gaben must LOVE you.

Maybe they won't sell for half a year.

 

[JaseC]

Anno 1404: Venice about 7 hours ago

about 7 hours ago Added GameManualURL – http://store.steampowered.com/manual/33350/
about 7 hours ago Added metacritic_name – Anno 1404: Venice

Aw.

Did the steam registry have a relaunch of Flight and a GFWL-free version of Age of Empires Online?

MS removed the free game flag from MS Flight, which broke the game, and it also added the community stats flag to AoE Online, which is useless without Steamworks integration. Ostensibly this suggests that MS Flight will return as a paid game and AoE Online will be ditching GFWL for Steamworks, but I wouldn't get your hopes up just yet.

Wondering if I should buy Decent 1 on Steam for 3.49 or get Descent 1 and 2 on GoG for 9.99.

Not sure if Steam will get Descent 2.

It will. The logo for Descent used in the community activity feed is actually the Descent 2 logo.

Edit: Valve added a DLCAvailableOnStore flag to, well, DLC. I wonder if it's relaxing the whole "DLC for your game must be available on the store" thing.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Great, just when I bought Metal Slug 3 using my card money, Risk of Rain went on sale :/

 

[catabarez]

How much does a Chronicles of Riddick key generally go for?

 

[neoism]

Downloading the LoS2 demo. I rather enjoyed LoS1.

:O deemmmo :O

 

[Leon Belmont]

How much does a Chronicles of Riddick key generally go for?

$19.99 http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/the-chronicles-of-riddick-assault-on-dark-athena/72990

 

[Relax.MX]

Warframe is good? some impression?

 

[Rhaknar]

Anno 1404?

Dontbelievehislies.jpg

 

[gabbo]

i thought the DLC sale was pretty nice...

until I realized the main games were still full price T_T

Nearly fell for this myself.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Nearly fell for this myself.

Resident Evil Revelations for 2.50 would have been the best thing ever.

 

[charlequin]

Just 100% Thomas Was Alone.
Not a bad experience, but I'm glad I didn't pay a lot for it.

Great game. I'm still a bit irked that I've paid for this game like three times and Mike still hasn't put the DLC out on PC though.

 

[Uraizen]

Does anybody know what the MSRP of Dark Souls 2 on PC is supposed to be? I remember seeing it at $60 on amazon a few months back, but now it's only $50.

Spoiler

What I'm trying to say here is it might not be a bad idea to lock in the pre-order price until we have something concrete.

 

[Corpekata]

Does anybody know what the MSRP of Dark Souls 2 on PC is supposed to be? I remember seeing it at $60 on amazon a few months back, but now it's only $50.

Spoiler

What I'm trying to say here is it might not be a bad idea to lock in the pre-order price until we have something concrete.

Amazon doesn't charge until release anyway so no reason to not do it since you can always cancel if it ends up being that price everywhere or cheaper via Ruskies or Greenman.

 

[mannerbot]

Does anybody know what the MSRP of Dark Souls 2 on PC is supposed to be? I remember seeing it at $60 on amazon a few months back, but now it's only $50.

Spoiler

What I'm trying to say here is it might not be a bad idea to lock in the pre-order price until we have something concrete.

I noticed that as well, but somehow preordering the Black Armour Edition from amazon.co.uk was under $50 including international shipping.

 

[toddhunter]

Does anybody know what the MSRP of Dark Souls 2 on PC is supposed to be? I remember seeing it at $60 on amazon a few months back, but now it's only $50.

Spoiler

What I'm trying to say here is it might not be a bad idea to lock in the pre-order price until we have something concrete.

Sites like ozgameshop have it for $40 and I've seen ~$35 deals here or there. So I'd say that is the going rate.

 

[Uraizen]

Amazon doesn't charge until release anyway so no reason to not do it since you can always cancel if it ends up being that price everywhere or cheaper via Ruskies or Greenman.

Bingo.

That and apparently my $5 off Dark Souls 2 coupon was still active somehow. So others might unknowingly have one, too.

I noticed that as well, but somehow preordering the Black Armour Edition from amazon.co.uk was under $50 including international shipping.

Sites like ozgameshop have it for $40 and I've seen ~$35 deals here or there. So I'd say that is the going rate.

Or not such a good deal, lol.

 

[mannerbot]

Sites like ozgameshop have it for $40 and I've seen ~$35 deals here or there. So I'd say that is the going rate.

Hm, I probably wouldn't want to wait for the game to ship from the UK if the NA version gets a beefy discount like that day 1.

 

[NZNova]

Wait, so there's a sale on SF x Tekken and SF4AE DLC? Isn't that stuff going to stop working shortly when GFWL shuts down?

 

[Miker]

Bionic Commando Rearmed so good. That last level, though, holy shit. The old school lives make it one of the hardest games I've played in years.

I also found out that the console versions, but not the PC version, got a patch to make Easy and Normal have unlimited lives, and tweaked the swinging a bit to make it easier (no longer bounce off walls). Now I feel proud of myself for beating it on unpatched Normal.

Really great game with a great OST. I'm gonna move onto Bionic Commando Wifearmed next.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Wait, so there's a sale on SF x Tekken and SF4AE DLC? Isn't that stuff going to stop working shortly when GFWL shuts down?

What's weirder is, isn't Ultra SF4 coming with all the DLC that's been released so far? I thought I heard that somewhere, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Really? There's really no way to change the tutorial text so it is keyboard instead of controller? Really, Lords of Shadow 2?

 

[NingenJanai]

Really? There's really no way to change the tutorial text so it is keyboard instead of controller? Really, Lords of Shadow 2?

why would you use a keyboard to play a game like LOS2? woudn't it be pretty much unplayable?

 

[corrosivefrost]

why would you use a keyboard to play a game like LOS2? woudn't it be pretty much unplayable?

Apparently people who wanted a really hardcore challenge could play MGR:R with a keyboard/mouse...

 

[Rhaknar]

why would you use a keyboard to play a game like LOS2? woudn't it be pretty much unplayable?

Friend of mine plays Dark Souls on m/kb, dude has like 400 hours in it too. He also finished DmC on m/kb