speculawyer
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Well . . . he gets to gift out that HL2 and Ep1. At least the HL2.Mudkips said:
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speculawyer
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Hell, you could buy stuff on your iPhone and it will sit there in your account until you get a Mac or a PC to play on.Alucrid said:
ClovingWestbrook
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speculawyer said:
Heh, he's not kidding...
Interesting. I hadn't noticed that Star Wars: Empire At War was added to Steam. It includes the main game and the expansion for $19.99.
I never bought the expansion, but the main game was pretty fun. It's made by the former Westwood (C&C) guys and it uses the licence really well.
The space battles are particularly awesome, with swarms of fighters, a few frigates and giant capital ships. And land battles can be fun, running around with Darth Vader slicing up rebels or calling in giant, plodding AT-ATs.
It's a decent strategy game, and it makes great use of its license. No cut scenes or story worth mentioning, though. It shares a lot of similarities with Sins of a Solar Empire.
I never bought the expansion, but the main game was pretty fun. It's made by the former Westwood (C&C) guys and it uses the licence really well.
The space battles are particularly awesome, with swarms of fighters, a few frigates and giant capital ships. And land battles can be fun, running around with Darth Vader slicing up rebels or calling in giant, plodding AT-ATs.
It's a decent strategy game, and it makes great use of its license. No cut scenes or story worth mentioning, though. It shares a lot of similarities with Sins of a Solar Empire.
wormstrangler
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Does anyone else use the Steam overlay to stream porn between rounds of your favourite multi-player game?
Got to say, it keeps the boredom at bay when you're just waiting around. Just have to make sure not to cum in your pants.
Got to say, it keeps the boredom at bay when you're just waiting around. Just have to make sure not to cum in your pants.
firehawk12
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Slavik81 said:
It's funny, but I prefer the MOO-like Star Wars Rebellion to Empire at War... mostly because the ground combat was very awful and I never wanted to do it. The meta-game of moving pieces around was cool though.
Q8D3vil said:
Are you using a Logitech keyboard or mouse? The engine had a bug where it overpolled the USB ports with those devices and monolith never bothered to fix it.
If so, go to your device manager and disable all the "HID Compliant Device" entries, this'll fix it up. Just make sure to remember to reenable them when done.
speculawyer
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Is the Steam store website dead? It seems gone to me.
speculawyer
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wormstranglerwormstrangler said:
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BTW, that is the weirdest thing I've ever heard.
I don't see how you can do anything though . . . the Steam overlay seems largely unavailable when Team Fortress 2 is loading the next map.
ClovingWestbrook
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speculawyer said:
Yup its down.
speculawyer
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How am I going to buy games I don't need and won't play?LovingSteam said:
Liquid Helium
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Hope it's back up soon, I wanna buy FEAR by tonight
ClovingWestbrook
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speculawyer said:
Time to read old posts in this thread in which you tell everyone the games you have bought. I recommend the Holiday Sale posts.
speculawyer
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Naw, if I read the Holiday sale posts, I'll get feelings of regret for not buying some game packs that I now realize that I should have bought.LovingSteam said:
ClovingWestbrook
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:lol :lol :lol Congratulations, you are now a Steamoholic. My friends welcome you into our psychotic club.speculawyer said:
Servbot #42
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Damn the Steam store web page is down, i wonder if some servers got fried or something because i hate not being able to browse the store.
I <3 Memes
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Will I get credit for all of these grubs I wasted my time killing when steam is up again?
Buttonbasher
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You're not missing much.UrbanRats said:
ClovingWestbrook
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Store is working.
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wormstrangler said:
haha fucking internet.
How do I do this?
BattleMonkey
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Store is down for me. It seems to randomly kick in though, but then shuts down.
weekendCONFIRMED
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for those asking about Majesty 2:
I bit on it. The GB quick look made it look interesting (even though I tend to hate Dave quick looks) so I was sold at ~$7. It's basically an RTS with hero units mixed with a city-mgmt game with the catch being you don't have direct control over anyone. You really are just a king who sets bounties and such. It's pretty fun and runs smooth as silk on highest settings (looks pretty to boot).
Honestly, I don't think you can disappointed if you have any interest in city-management/RTS games, at a $7 price point. It's less than a console rental at Blockbuster.
I bit on it. The GB quick look made it look interesting (even though I tend to hate Dave quick looks) so I was sold at ~$7. It's basically an RTS with hero units mixed with a city-mgmt game with the catch being you don't have direct control over anyone. You really are just a king who sets bounties and such. It's pretty fun and runs smooth as silk on highest settings (looks pretty to boot).
Honestly, I don't think you can disappointed if you have any interest in city-management/RTS games, at a $7 price point. It's less than a console rental at Blockbuster.
ElectricBlue187
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I got this || close to getting Dawn of War II but then I thought wtf am I doing I have too many games I haven't played already
on the graph you can see they lost about ~200,000 people who probably thought steam wasn't working
on the graph you can see they lost about ~200,000 people who probably thought steam wasn't working
Buttonbasher
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There are good parts in it, sure. But as a whole it's pretty bad. The first game was really cool and original, and had characters that didn't look or act out of the ordinary. While there were paranormal elements, you could suspend your disbelief enough that it all felt down to earth.UrbanRats said:
Condemned 2 has changed the character into a drunk that fights magicians, bears, a stupid ghost cult, and shouts birds to death. Compared to the first game it's a laughable mess. It's like they focused on making the gameplay more interesting and remembered they needed a story at the 11th hour. They even managed to retcon in why the homeless people were so violent to you in the first game (an explanation that managed to diminish my enjoyment of the first). When the credits rolled I remember putting the controller down and just shaking my head after what I had just played.
I suppose it's possible that I went in expecting too much (having really enjoyed the first game). They really fixed the gameplay and made it look a lot better, but for the part I cared about most (the story) I don't see how many fans of the first could walk away satisfied.
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I asked this in the Alpha Protocol thread, but didn't get a reply.
Does anyone know exactly when Alpha Protocol will be released in the United States? It says the release date is May 31st, but it also says it won't unlock for 1 Day and 9 Hours. 1 Day and 9 Hours would put the release time at 9:30pm PST on May 31st. Does that seem strange to anyone else?
Does anyone know exactly when Alpha Protocol will be released in the United States? It says the release date is May 31st, but it also says it won't unlock for 1 Day and 9 Hours. 1 Day and 9 Hours would put the release time at 9:30pm PST on May 31st. Does that seem strange to anyone else?
Dr. Zoidberg
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It'd be neat if there were some kind of special sale tomorrow...not that I'm expecting one.
wormstrangler
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catfish said:
During a game hit Shift + Tab to bring up the overlay. On the upper right, hit the website or forum link, that'll bring up the browser. Then just use that to go to your favourite streaming site. Youtube, tnaflix, they should all work.
Fuuuck I almost fell for this fishing link. I thought he was making fun of one of the games I have an embarrassing amount of playtime in. But just as I was about to login I notice the .9hz in the link and thought it was odd. And here I always thought I was smart enough to not fall for this shit. Close call.
Edit: I kept hassling the guy and he says he doesn't know what I'm talking about. That his Steam went haywire and he had to restart his PC and someone else must've gotten into his Steam. I don't think he's telling the truth so he's going off my friends list.
Edit: I kept hassling the guy and he says he doesn't know what I'm talking about. That his Steam went haywire and he had to restart his PC and someone else must've gotten into his Steam. I don't think he's telling the truth so he's going off my friends list.
Schmattakopf
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That isn't about being smart, it just catches you unaware. Although, it's phishing, not fishing. :lolvazel said:
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