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Diablohead
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Out of all the games they could discount, they do frontlines... 
crimsonheadGCN
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Tempted to buy it to see how bad it gotten and to see if any of my friends still play from 2004. lol
Diablohead
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Had no idea this was coming to steam / PCShard said:
Danne-Danger
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Shawn Elliot seemed to like it way back when. Supposedly a pretty competent BF clone.Relix said:
I doubt there's much of a community present nowadays, though there are bots... and I guess this sale will ensure that at least someone else will be playing it.
I'm almost tempted at that price.
BloodySinner
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$7.49 for Frontlines? Why wouldn't you buy it? I spend around $10 a day for lunch when I'm at work.
ClovingWestbrook
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Just for you folks in the states, you can have someone in Europe gift you Frontlines for $3.70 instead of paying $8.00. Sure its only $4.30 difference but it may be enough to push you over the edge.
BloodySinner
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LovingSteam said:
FUCK! Too late now. Someone should have said so earlier.
ClovingWestbrook
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BloodySinner said:
For future reference dude, make sure you check the prices of other nations. Although Europe usually pays much more, sometimes they pay less. To check the prices of other nations do this:
http://store.steampowered.com/ = the US website
http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=uk
http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=fr
http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=gr
etc...
Baloonatic
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I got Ninja Blade off of Gamersgate last week. Maybe it will be different in the Steam version but the game completely broke for me when running at 60fps :lol Really bizarre, my character would start warping randomly causing me to fall off of edges. Luckily it has an option to lock the framerate to 30 which fixed it for me.
ClovingWestbrook
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DeaconKnowledge
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So how come I haven't heard any noise about Shattered Horizon?
Danne-Danger
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There's no sound in space.DeaconKnowledge said:
Also, go to the official thread. If you ask nicely someone might even give you a 30-day guest pass over there (I'm all out though).
crimsonheadGCN
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Just appeared on the Steam news feed.
Has anyone played this game yet? I always was mildly interested in it because it kinda reminded me of a fantasy version of Mutant League Football.
BloodySinner
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LovingSteam said:
Thanks. I'll use it for future reference.
Danne-Danger
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Not much to choose from really (from what I can see)...Relix said:
I guess the Freedom Force games are kind of similar when it comes to combat and such (tactical, real-time, party-based, experience points, talents and all that) but you won't find world exploration (since it's mission based) or deep conversation trees in those.
The Witcher is good if you want the RPG parts without having a full party.
Then there's KotOR of course.
Fallout 2 (and 1)... sort of.
That's all I can find.
Automatisch
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I played it when it came out, but that's about it. It's a cool game and all, though I will probably never get really into it just because of how straight-forward it is.DeaconKnowledge said:
Joseph Merrick
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it's a pretty cheap port. all the keyboard commands are just typed out in a cheap font next to the 360 controller graphics on all the qte stuff, even if you use a 360 controller. hehe. I had the same issue with it I've had with recent IOI games (mini ninjas, k&l) where there is constant stuttering throughout if my usb keyboard/mouse are plugged in. so I have to unplug those and plug in a 360 controller to play. but except for this annoyance it's a-okKosma said:
Mimir said:
I got the Fallout games from GoG in a B1G1 promotion. Fallout 1 and 2 for $3 each. Can't go wrong with that.
I'm actually glad that the Steam deal is something I can pass up this week. The last three weeks have been brutal. I picked up LFD2 (split with friends on 4-pack deal), Crysis, Overlord pack, Hearts of Iron 3, Team Fortress 2 (yay for $2.50 double dips!), The Witcher, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on Steam. I also bought Dragon Age: Origins and Demigod from Impulse, and Vampire: The Masquerade from D2D. Almost bought Crayon Physics from D2D, but decided to wait for a Steam Deal (hopefully it will be at least 50% off during the Holiday sale).
I need to cut myself off of buying DD games for the next month...
If you don't mind using Direct2Drive instead, Neverwinter Nights 2 is probably the game most closely related to DA:O. http://www.direct2drive.com/0/5451/product/Buy-Neverwinter-Nights-2-Gold-DownloadRelix said:
The Mask of the Betrayer expansion is particularly good.
Danne-Danger
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So I bought Frontlines...
There are currently 56 players online spread over 2 servers. Could be bad timing but... yeah. At least you can get into a game if you want.
The good news is that the game has a single player campaign where the missions play out like a scenario in ET/QW, meaning that you complete an objective (demolition, capture the point etc.), the map opens up more and you can progress to the next task. I only tried one mission so far but it's pretty fun to shoot stuff.
Well worth the euro price if you want a short distraction.
There are currently 56 players online spread over 2 servers. Could be bad timing but... yeah. At least you can get into a game if you want.
The good news is that the game has a single player campaign where the missions play out like a scenario in ET/QW, meaning that you complete an objective (demolition, capture the point etc.), the map opens up more and you can progress to the next task. I only tried one mission so far but it's pretty fun to shoot stuff.
Well worth the euro price if you want a short distraction.
Metal Gear?!
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Frontlines is not good at all.
It runs badly for the graphics it gives you.
There's no voice in multiplayer.
The single player is a glorified tutorial. It's a pretty good glorified tutorial, but still.
You can't even finish the single player because it will crash when trying to start the last few levels.
It runs badly for the graphics it gives you.
There's no voice in multiplayer.
The single player is a glorified tutorial. It's a pretty good glorified tutorial, but still.
You can't even finish the single player because it will crash when trying to start the last few levels.
BlueScrote
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Relix said:
Not on steam, but Planescape: Torment and the Icewind Dale series utilize the engine that Baldur's gate series uses (If I recall correctly-- Its been a while). Planescape airs on the side of very dialogue heavy, whereas the Icewind Dale series is a bit more action oriented.
Phife Dawg
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Bought it for a tenner when there were still people around playing it and in hindsight I regret it. Bland, uninspired, generic etc. Campaign was really bad too.Danne-Danger said:
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Oh bought it already and happy too - not everyone is equal I guess
.zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Shattered horizons won't work with Windows XP or without DirectX 9? So stupid....
It seems that Steam now finally keeps track of total hours played, not just hours in the past 2 weeks. Oddly enough, it didn't start tracking the moment it was updated to display this information. It says I've played 77 hours of Plants vs Zombies but for it to have counted that, it must've started counting months ago. Most of my games list 0 hours though so it probably doesn't track back to the beginning of the year.
It's kinda annoying that they haven't removed the L4D2 demo from games owned and stats pages yet.
It's kinda annoying that they haven't removed the L4D2 demo from games owned and stats pages yet.
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