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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags

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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I've got Thief pre-loaded, and Steam says it is to be released on the 25th. It's now the 26th in my country and it still shows that it is not released yet. What gives?

It unlocks for you on the 28th. If you check the Coming Soon tab you'll see it's sandwiched between the Shadowrun DLC and RE4 HD, both of which release on the 28th.
 

_hekk05

Banned
from my experience with the occulus rift something like interactive sex might be enough to make me throw up

I think there already is a pressure-varying onahole to go along with the occulus rift on some hentai game. Something something maid 2? Quick hentai-detective gaf, to the search function!
 

Tizoc

Member
It unlocks for you on the 28th. If you check the Coming Soon tab you'll see it's sandwiched between the Shadowrun DLC and RE4 HD, both of which release on the 28th.

Ah I see thanks, tsk this'll mean I won't have a lot of time for the play fire rewards unless I use a VPN, which I don't want to.
Ah well no biggy~
 

zkylon

zkylewd
I think there already is a pressure-varying onahole to go along with the occulus rift on some hentai game. Something something maid 2? Quick hentai-detective gaf, to the search function!
am I normal for not knowing what an onahole is?

I mean I can guess

that last part was great, the Allen speech was incredible lol

yo haven't gotten there yet bro

no spoilers!

._.

had to grind for a while and come up with a strategy for the final erde kaiser. wasn't too hard, just lengthy.

and haven't beaten the last world of hakox but tbh the level I'm stuck at just drives me mad

gotten my delicious reward doe
 

Anteater

Member
yo haven't gotten there yet bro

no spoilers!

._.

had to grind for a while and come up with a strategy for the final erde kaiser. wasn't too hard, just lengthy.

and haven't beaten the last world of hakox but tbh the level I'm stuck at just drives me mad

Sorry thought you were almost done :(

I don't think I did the hakox, or I repressed my memory of the entire thing.
 

zkylon

zkylewd
Sorry thought you were almost done :(

I don't think I did the hakox, or I repressed my memory of the entire thing.

well this last stretch is pretty long. had like 3 boss fights in like an hour.

Thief seems like it's kind of a stinker but I still really want to play it still. Decisions, decisions...
haven't played it yet but from word of mouth it seems like you might want to wait

march's gonna be a busy month anyways so it won't be long 'til there's something good to play
 

Copons

Member
I'm so confused now, I have New Vegas, but I can buy it again? Volvo please, that's not funny. I remember New Vegas, what about games I don't remember I have?!



yes, I have! You can check, if you don't believe me!


Isn't it as intended?
I mean, it should show that you have the game (the green banner just below the video area, assuming that isn't Enhanced Steam :D ), but you always could buy it again for gifting purposes.
 

Arthea

Member
Isn't it as intended?
I mean, it should show that you have the game (the green banner just below the video area, assuming that isn't Enhanced Steam :D ), but you always could buy it again for gifting purposes.

That's what I mean, I can buy it for myself and no green banner at all!
I wouldn't be freaking out otherwise!

Oh gosh then... :eek:

Do you use ES? Does it at least recognize that you already own the game, coloring the name in green?

Ya, I have, and no it doesn't.
That makes me think... I will check later in client, may be it's just ES glitch of sorts. Let's leave it till evening. I'll calm down now and stop imagining that I bought bunch of games over and over (><)

Maybe he's looking at the Ultimate Edition and not the normal?

nah, both show I don't have it, when I have
 

oipic

Member
Maybe he's looking at the Ultimate Edition and not the normal?

New Vegas plays a little strangely with Enhanced Steam, for what it's worth (I own only the standard, non-UE version):

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well this last stretch is pretty long. had like 3 boss fights in like an hour.


haven't played it yet but from word of mouth it seems like you might want to wait

march's gonna be a busy month anyways so it won't be long 'til there's something good to play

I think I'm gonna wait for a good sale, I'm sure I can wait, I just always get caught up in launch hype and end up buying stuff I probably shouldn't lol.
 

Sajjaja

Member
Ughh.....anyone know how much a laptop reflow would cost? It's got the black screen of death. I've got to overheat it for like 20-30mins to get the screen working lol.
 

zkylon

zkylewd
I think I'm gonna wait for a good sale, I'm sure I can wait, I just always get caught up in launch hype and end up buying stuff I probably shouldn't lol.

good idea

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was just browsing through my humble bundle library and I found that for some reason I have the battlefield 3 soundtrack there?

how?

why?
 

oipic

Member
I think I'm gonna wait for a good sale, I'm sure I can wait, I just always get caught up in launch hype and end up buying stuff I probably shouldn't lol.

Thief will be a fine $5 purchase somewhere down the line for patient gamers - possibly as soon as Christmas-ish. If Amazon Tony retains his Editor's Choice thing, I'd say it's almost a certainty with one of his magic coupons.

was just browsing through my humble bundle library and I found that for some reason I have the battlefield 3 soundtrack there?

how?

why?

Ah yes, the Humble Origin Bundle? Good times, great memories.
 

kafiend

Member
Ughh.....anyone know how much a laptop reflow would cost? It's got the black screen of death. I've got to overheat it for like 20-30mins to get the screen working lol.

In warranty, send it back. Out of warranty most likely not worth the cost. Be cheaper to strip it down yourself, clean the board, put it in the oven at the right temperature and pray to the Gods of Laptops and Solder. Unless you go to a specialist I suspect the cost would be too high.

Sure its not just a screen issue or Inverter? Plug it into an external monitor and check.
 

Sajjaja

Member
In warranty, send it back. Out of warranty most likely not worth the cost. Be cheaper to strip it down yourself, clean the board, put it in the oven at the right temperature and pray to the Gods of Laptops and Solder. Unless you go to a specialist I suspect the cost would be too high.

Sure its not just a screen issue or Inverter? Plug it into an external monitor and check.

Yeah I've done all that. It's a solder issue for sure. I blocked the fan and the exhaust to heat it up enough for about 30 minutes. Turned it off. Back on again and it was working. Apparently it's quite common from what I've read on my laptop model, an HP G62. But it's so fucking stupid, I got out of my car and my bag was open a bit and it slipped out from not a very high height (maybe 30cm tops?) and I suspect that did it. Either that or my brother did something yesterday when he was using it.

A shameful way for a soldier to die like this. It's been through so much ='(
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
HP laptops are terrible. My current one overheats like crazy and the battery has reached the point where even in Power Saver mode it doesn't even last an hour.
 

Arthea

Member
Now when we got Sudeki, Ys and even Septerra Core on steam (and about to get Trails), wouldn't it be too much to ask for Xanadu to be released too? I know it never was localized officially, but it could be still. I wonder how well all these older games did. Can we get steam sales statistics somehow?

The first tag for Thief on Steam is "Edgy".
Really, people?

I thought it's funny *shrugs*

HP laptops are terrible. My current one overheats like crazy and the battery has reached the point where even in Power Saver mode it doesn't even last an hour.

Dunno about HP laptops, but I swore to myself never to buy any Dell laptop ever again. If you put it on your lap, it burns your skin, and no, I'm not kidding.
Actually, some Asus laptops are the same too, especially smaller ones.
 

_hekk05

Banned
HP laptops are terrible. My current one overheats like crazy and the battery has reached the point where even in Power Saver mode it doesn't even last an hour.

Mine is amazing. Its on the medium-low end though. When i bought it they said to expect 3 hours of battery life for normal usage. I get 5.5 hours easy.
 

Sajjaja

Member
HP laptops are terrible. My current one overheats like crazy and the battery has reached the point where even in Power Saver mode it doesn't even last an hour.

Yeah they're pretty awful. My battery, the second one mind you since the first one decided to always die at 50%, only lasts like 30 mins on power saver. Build quality is poor too. Never buying HP again. But it was only about $320ish dollars so I can't complain too much.
It also heats up like crazy too.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Dunno about HP laptops, but I swore to myself never to buy any Dell laptop ever again. If you put it on your lap, it burns your skin, and no, I'm not kidding.
Actually, some Asus laptops are the same too, especially smaller ones.

My mate's ASUS is fantastic. I'd like to buy one for myself, actually.

Mine is amazing. Its on the medium-low end though. When i bought it they said to expect 3 hours of battery life for normal usage. I get 5.5 hours easy.

You'll change your tune soon enough. :p
 

CheesecakeRecipe

Stormy Grey
Fuck HP laptops. Mine's a year and some change old and for about 6 months of its life it's been immobile due to the fan slowly dying. So long as I keep it where it is, the fan won't do any silly shit and break more. I tried to find a replacement part and I was looking at paying HP something like $800 for the part, which even the phone techs told me with a straight face was exactly what I'd have to pay.

For a fan.

Fuck HP.
 
Fuck HP laptops. Mine's a year and some change old and for about 6 months of its life it's been immobile due to the fan slowly dying. So long as I keep it where it is, the fan won't do any silly shit and break more. I tried to find a replacement part and I was looking at paying HP something like $800 for the part, which even the phone techs told me with a straight face was exactly what I'd have to pay.

For a fan.

Fuck HP.
My roommate's and ex-roommate's HP laptops all have the same issue, they sound like they are going to take off when the fan is running at full speed.

My MSI GE60 is still alive and well.
 

Arthea

Member
My mate's ASUS is fantastic. I'd like to buy one for myself, actually.

I had 2 Asus laptops, one was amazing, really, I remember it could run any game at that time, what was pretty astonishing, but the next one I bought was bad, it was one of those super small ones, I bought it for my mother, but I used it for some time, and you could heat a room with it, not even mentioning that updating was made somehow especially painful, it used custom OS, beased on Next step I think. So, my mother haven't used it for long, an told me everything what she thought about Asus in particular and me in general (><)

New Gamersgate daily deals, Steamworks deals follow:
Dirt 3 75% off (still has GFWL)

in case someone missed it, Dirt 3 is removed from steam now, at least in my region it is.
 

Turfster

Member
New Gamersgate daily deals, Steamworks deals follow:
  • Dirt 3 75% off (still has GFWL)
  • Company of Heroes 2 66% off
  • Omerta: City of Gangster: The Japanese Incentive 75% off
 

XShagrath

Member
Finally got around to trying the In-Home Streaming beta yesterday. I've got a laptop for work that's not super powerful, and I ordered a Displayport->HDMI adapter to hook it up to my receiver, and then to the TV. My main reason for using it was dashed almost instantly though.

I had wanted to be able to use it to play games while my wife is on the desktop doing homework, but the streaming actually takes over the mouse on the host computer. I guess maybe it will work fine for games that are entirely controller-based, so that will be my next test.





Also, thanks to Dio Brando for FEZ. I'll actually play through it now, unlike the 360 version I have that's been sitting there for 18 months or so.
 
Finally got around to trying the In-Home Streaming beta yesterday. I've got a laptop for work that's not super powerful, and I ordered a Displayport->HDMI adapter to hook it up to my receiver, and then to the TV. My main reason for using it was dashed almost instantly though.

I had wanted to be able to use it to play games while my wife is on the desktop doing homework, but the streaming actually takes over the mouse on the host computer. I guess maybe it will work fine for games that are entirely controller-based, so that will be my next test.

The host gets locked regardless of input.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
New Gamersgate daily deals, Steamworks deals follow:
  • Omerta: City of Gangster: The Japanese Incentive 75% off

$5 is cheap enough. I can't remember the last time I bought something from GG.

Sounds like my Dell laptop.

The 17" Dell my mum gave to me after she bought an iPad was fantastic, but it started systematically failing and eventually it frustrated me to the point where I threw it at the floor, then it was really broken. This lead me to buying the shitty HP laptop I have today.
 
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