toddhunter
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I've played both and wish I could play the cancelled third. Martian Dreams, the one Spector worked significantly on, was brilliant.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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I've played both and wish I could play the cancelled third. Martian Dreams, the one Spector worked significantly on, was brilliant.
firehawk12
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Wow, I didn't even notice the bundle. I've been waiting for a sale on Winter Voices for like two years, and this seems like the best time to grab the whole thing.
Yeah, he told me 70 keys.
I'll make it my Steam goal to get a copy of Mafia.
By the way, I'm thinking of connecting my HMZ-T1 HMD to play 3D games but are there a lot of those on Steam?
Wasn't that third one perchance called Albion?
Wow, I think you're the first person I know of that liked these games. O_O
My MX1000 is still going strong, 9 years after I bought mine. Its now my work mouse... and it has a better battery life than my newer MX Performance Mouse.
I still think its the best mouse Logitech ever made.
I don't think you will be able to get a copy of it for less than 100$.
Which reminds me that I really need to buy Deadpool from someone before it becomes really rare.
I sold my Deadpool a few weeks ago for 13 keys. Maybe a bad move?
Heh, that depends. I think the prices will still hold for quite a while (many people have quite a few copies @12 keys), but I wouldn't be surprised if in a year it's selling for at least double that.
toddhunter
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Wasn't that third one perchance called Albion?
Wow, I think you're the first person I know of that liked these games. O_O
The third one was going to be based on the Arthurian legend and was going to use the updated serpent isle engine. I expect it would have been fantastic.
Sadly the world of Ultima games sold like shit, so it never got made. So yes by that, I might be one of the few people who liked them.
Also I'm old.
Aren't we all, Hunter of Todds, aren't we all?
LOAD "*",8,1, if you know what I mean.
This has been counting down for a few days.
I'd hold off, though, because from what people have pieced together, they're apparently working in cooperation with shady key resellers.
Edit: Beaten so badly it's not even funny anymore.
That's what I get for posting first and reading more scrollback later =p
I used to love my Commodore 64. Had a disk drive though when everyone else seemed to have the casette tape deck.
I was part of the problem, I skipped those, I think I moved from Ultima to M&M at that time. I did play VII though.
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and I'm not old, I just lived some
He said $90 or equal to 70 keys.
I remember playing with my dad's C-128 when I was a little kid. He had Bruce Lee, Giana Sisters, Zorro and several more I don't even remember. Then when the disk drive stopped working, he downloaded an emulator on PC so I could keep playing them. Good times.
Thanks for the notice. The visual novel tag on this always intrigued me.
It's a bit different. I think deadpool had a brief warning period, so people stocked up on extra copies to gift. Mafia 1 on the other hand I'm not too sure about. I assume if there are keys it must have been some point after the gifting system started that it was removed. I don't think there was any notice given. Makes me worry about what will happen to Mafia 2. Mafia 1 is a great game though
Other stuff that has been pulled:
- Blade Kitten (will be back soon)
- Droplitz
- BioShock Triple Pack
- GTA4 + GTA:SA bundle
- Archeblade's two Early Access DLC packs
- Blade Kitten (will be back soon)
- Droplitz
- BioShock Triple Pack
- GTA4 + GTA:SA bundle
- Archeblade's two Early Access DLC packs
90$ is much better than 70 keys as you spend quite a bit more buying to buy all those keys.
Just bought one back for 12 keys
You did well, hold it and you will easily profit on it. I will try to get a couple of them myself. One for me, as I loved the game on the PS3, and one to resell.
Which reminds me: Anybody owns the map pack for it? Is it worth it?
That's weird. Why would they pull out that?
It was published by Atlus. My guess is that the rights are reverting back to Blitz.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/205990/
Pre-order up now. The first one was... pretty decent even if it was a bit overshadowed at the time by games like Civ 5.
$30 is pushing it...but if they have really improved on what was a solid base it could be one to watch.
$30 and coming out 10 days after Age of Wonders 3.
Good luck there.
Bulletstorm too?
Yeah, that disappeared overnight, which is why I picked up three copies on the cheap.
Christ sakes. Was waiting for gfwl to hopefully be pulled before I picked it up
Thanks turfster.
Hoping for a neat bundle today. We already had a E-book bundle so, Audiobook bundle today? *runs*
Madrugador
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Never bought Bulletstorm from Steam but at least I have it on Origin :/
I'm just curious, how do you get all of these rare games and keys? Do you just go to the marketplace and buy keys for easonable prices and buy the games with those keys?
I'm just curious, how do you get all of these rare games and keys? Do you just go to the marketplace and buy keys for easonable prices and buy the games with those keys?
pretty much yes
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
So instead of updating Bulletstorm they're just going to remove it from the store. well, I guess I better play it before GFWL bites the dust : /
I'm just curious, how do you get all of these rare games and keys? Do you just go to the marketplace and buy keys for easonable prices and buy the games with those keys?
Yeah, but in cases where a finite life is easy to predict (e.g. the Family Guy game) then I just wait for a sale and buy spares through my usual trader.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
... who don't exist, therefor sending the game into a black hole.
So, it seems that we'll have many pulled out games after GFWL finally dies for good. Meaning people who bought those games, won't be able to play them anymore. That's not very nice, putting it mildly.
It's not a big loss fortunately. There are very addictive and satisfactory puzzle games and many of them, while Droplitz is not. Idea isn't bad, it just don't quite work.
It's not a big loss fortunately. There are very addictive and satisfactory puzzle games and many of them, while Droplitz is not. Idea isn't bad, it just don't quite work.
Lean on Epic a bit and get some answers out of this.
Ah, if I was aware of that I would've picked up spares during the Autumn Sale. Oh well.
Lyne just gave me another. Today must be my lucky day, haha.
Other than Bulletstorm, you will be still able to play the unfixed GfWL games using offline profile, just without achievements/leaderboards/MP.
What would be affected by that? Bioshock 2 is Steamworks, can't recall any other games with notable DLC. Fallout 3 has a user fix IIRC.
DLC won't work, either.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You'll remember their earlier title KrissX being pulled.
I don't think anything else they made (Encleverment Experiment, PowerUp Forever, Invincible Tiger, Dead to Rights Retribution, the Burger King games, most of Konami's karaoke games, a ton of movie license stuff, one or two of the platforms for Epic Mickey 2) was ever on Steam?
Man, if Sneak King had been on Steam I would have grabbed that in a second
I wasn't aware that Blitz was involved with KrissX.
Not to my knowledge. Annoyingly you can filter SteamDB's app listings by developer but not publisher so short of combing through Wikipedia's list I can't be certain.
Sounds like good riddance! I think I hate all of those games.
StAidan
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Just finished watching Free to Play. I thought it was a pretty decent feature, giving a bit of a glimpse into the lives of the competitors and the tournament itself without overstaying its welcome. I've never played Dota and I don't watch competitive gaming, but as even as a regular gamer (who has played online games) it was easy to identify in a small way with the mentality with which these guys approach gaming in general.
I'll definitely go forward and watch the bonus features as well.
I'll definitely go forward and watch the bonus features as well.
Actually a serious question:
With the alluded success of PSN+, what do you think are the chances of Valve pulling a similar thing, and requiring all current users to pay a monthly fee for access to their current library?
I'm not talking about a monthly payment to access the everything-goes sub, just stuff you have bought previously.
Simple change in the SSA would force us to either comply (and pay up) or lose access to our libraries - exactly as was the case with that 'waiving the rights for class action lawsuit' SSA kerfluffle two years ago.
What do you think? If not now, maybe in a few years (or, more realistically, after Gaben is no more the head of company). With all the self-publishing push (and implied loss of actual store sales since the devs can generate an infinite amount of keys with no Valve cut), Valve might need this to recouple hosting/server costs.
With the alluded success of PSN+, what do you think are the chances of Valve pulling a similar thing, and requiring all current users to pay a monthly fee for access to their current library?
I'm not talking about a monthly payment to access the everything-goes sub, just stuff you have bought previously.
Simple change in the SSA would force us to either comply (and pay up) or lose access to our libraries - exactly as was the case with that 'waiving the rights for class action lawsuit' SSA kerfluffle two years ago.
What do you think? If not now, maybe in a few years (or, more realistically, after Gaben is no more the head of company). With all the self-publishing push (and implied loss of actual store sales since the devs can generate an infinite amount of keys with no Valve cut), Valve might need this to recouple hosting/server costs.
If this occurs, their servers better be rock solid with no downtime. Not the mess we've been having lately.
That makes no sense at all, and PS+ is not required at all for access to your library.
AFAIK, in PSN+, you lose access to free games if you stop paying for the enhanced service.
For me as well. Sure, loads of games have either DRM-free version on GOG/Humble, or a crack in places, but still, not all of them. Losing access to your library would be a terrible thing to happen to a lot of people here, and an 'Evil' Valve might want to bank on that.
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