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[Xapati]

Hey, can I install Bioshock Steam on as many computers as I want? On the bottom of the steam page it says:

Note: Contains SecuROM copy control software. Installations limited to five PCs per license

And if this is the case I'm not touching it.

 

[Laughterjones]

Hey, can I install Bioshock Steam on as many computers as I want? On the bottom of the steam page it says:

And if this is the case I'm not touching it.

Looks like it Xapati. I would be more concerned about how many times I can activate it during the year. Sometimes my drives need a patriotic cleansing.

 

[Mrbob]

omg omg omg finally

Been waiting for Bioshock to go on sale on Steam. Wanted 19.99 but I'll take 14.99!

Now I can see if this game lives up to the hype. Downloading now.

 

[Fragamemnon]

And if this is the case I'm not touching it.

As of June 20th, all limits to activation of Bioshock have been removed from all releases of the game on the PC. By all means, though, join the rest of GAF and carry on with your anti-DRM histrionics.

Now I can see if this game lives up to the hype. Downloading now.

It does, and then some. Squirrel yourself away for a playthrough over three or four days with mulitple hours a day, though. This game sort of loses a bit of its shine if you nick and peck at it IMO.

 

[Broseybrose]

omg omg omg finally

Been waiting for Bioshock to go on sale on Steam. Wanted 19.99 but I'll take 14.99!

Now I can see if this game lives up to the hype. Downloading now.

dont worry, it will

 

[Yaweee]

The Bioshock sale should get it's own thread, as a lot of people will miss it otherwise.

 

[Capndrake]

There's no excuse for the European price, it's now only about $3 cheaper than the retail price here :\

 

[zoku88]

Since all the limits have been removed, I might as well get this now.

 

[Vaporak]

For those who don't have it...

...is $15 this weekend (U.S. only?).

Bought, awesome deal.

 

[BobsRevenge]

For those who don't have it...

...is $15 this weekend (U.S. only?).

Been meaning to buy this. So bought.

Already beaten it a couple times on my friend's 360, but it's just such a great game.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Hey, can I install Bioshock Steam on as many computers as I want? On the bottom of the steam page it says:



And if this is the case I'm not touching it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11647591&postcount=7338

Activation limits removed on BioShock for the PC

Activation limits removed on BioShock for the PC

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Exclamation Activation limits removed on BioShock for the PC
Good news! As promised, all activation restrictions, including install limits, have been removed from BioShock PC as of today. You don’t have to patch or install anything for this to go into effect for your copy of BioShock – it’s already done!

Enjoy your time in Rapture, and thank you for supporting BioShock and the 2K teams.

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=296125#post296125

 

[Laurentius]

Holy crap, that's awesome. Too bad I already have the game! If you've never played it, you really have no excuse now.

 

[cbox]

does bioshock have achievements on pc?

or am I thinking of something completely unrelated?

 

[evlcookie]

Seems bioshock is $24.99 for aussies, which is a hell of alot cheaper than retail. I'm thinking of picking it up but i dont actually have the PC to run it :lol

 

[fallout]

That's a crazy good deal. I almost feel like replaying it ... been meaning to since I upgraded to my 8800GT.

does bioshock have achievements on pc?

Nope.

or am I thinking of something completely unrelated?

You might be thinking of the achievements that Valve has with HL2: E2, Portal and TF2 on Steam.

 

[Kritz]

I'd LIKE to pick this up, but $25 AU for a game I already own on the Xbox doesn't really seem all that great to me. It's still about $45 cheaper than what EB are selling it for, though.

 

[Oreoleo]

does bioshock have achievements on pc?

or am I thinking of something completely unrelated?

Outside of Steam, Bioshock is a Games for Windows game and includes no achievements. Only Games for Windows LIVE titles (eg Gears of War, Kane and Lynch and a small handful of others) include achievements and the 360-esque "guide" button UI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Games_for_Windows_titles

 

[cbox]

Ah ok thanks guys, I was thinking of TF2


ORDERED

 

[Volcynika]

Weekend deal: 66% off Savage 2, making it $9.99. Never played nor read much on the game, so I don't know much about it.

 

[theultimo]

Weekend deal: 66% off Savage 2, making it $9.99. Never played nor read much on the game, so I don't know much about it.

Hybrid RTS/FPS much like battlezone. Excellent game, but very small community.

 

[bdouble]

Hybrid RTS/FPS much like battlezone. Excellent game, but very small community.

yeah they had a free demo last week. It was pretty fun but so hard to find a game.

 

[pilonv1]

http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=posts&id=1728&cc=AU

Strategy First pack on Steam:

688(I) Hunter-Killer
Alien Shooter: Vengeance
Baseball Mogul 2008
Birth of America
Culpa Innata
Dangerous Waters
DarkStar One
Disciples II Gold
Ducati World Championship
FlatOut
FlatOut2
Fleet Command
Ghost Master
Iron Warriors
Jagged Alliance 2
Making History: The Calm and The Storm
Sacred Gold
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Space Empires V
Sub Command
Vegas - Make It Big

Awesome value.

 

[evlcookie]

I wish valve would list upcomming weekend deals, and Grid needs to be one of them. Tried the demo, game kicks asss.

Strategy pack looks ok, flatout is about the only game that interests me in the entire pack.

 

[alistairw]

http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=posts&id=1728&cc=AU

Strategy First pack on Steam:

Awesome value.

That's amazing. I'm pretty tempted to pick that up, even though I've got an incredible backlog already.

Only thing that scares me is the actual download. Probably not so much of an issue for many people, but as an Australian on a 30GB a month limit...youch.

 

[pilonv1]

Yeah my backlog is obscene (mainly XBLA games) but I really want to try Space Empires and Titan Quest has me excited to play Sacred Gold before Sacred 2 comes to 360 this year.

Stuff like FlatOut I already have on console and I'm not interested in the Submarine sims or Baseball Mogul.

Download isn't too much of an issue - I'm on 40gb a month and never go over 30gb. I'll post what the file size is here later tonight.

 

[alistairw]

Yeah my backlog is obscene (mainly XBLA games) but I really want to try Space Empires and Titan Quest has me excited to play Sacred Gold before Sacred 2 comes to 360 this year.

Stuff like FlatOut I already have on console and I'm not interested in the Submarine sims or Baseball Mogul.

Download isn't too much of an issue - I'm on 40gb a month and never go over 30gb. I'll post what the file size is here later tonight.

Yeah, Sacred and Space Empires are the big ones on the list for me. And I'm well aware that you have FlatOut on 360, since you're about the only person on my friends list putting up competitive times. I wouldn't mind giving it a shot on PC, though...for that price, anyway.

Yeah, lemme know what the damage will be. I'm on 50GB all up - 30 on peak, 20 off - but I've been a pretty huge Steam consumer this month already, so I might have to wait until the last day of billing, hah.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Disciples II Gold and Jagged Alliance 2 are, by far, the best 2 games in the compilation. Not to take away from some of those other games, but those 2 are fantastic. Superb.

 

[otake]

does the demo do the game justice? bioshock is mean.

I did not enjoy the demo much but everyone says its such a great game and all...

 

[Fragamemnon]

Disciples II Gold and Jagged Alliance 2 are, by far, the best 2 games in the compilation. Not to take away from some of those other games, but those 2 are fantastic. Superb.

I'll agree with that, but I'd also like to say that Birth of America (get the most updated patch for that off AGEOD's forums) and Space Empires IV are really not very far behind. Birth of America especially is a friendly heap o' kickass wargaming.

It's sort of a shame that people won't try any of the Sonalysts games, especially Dangerous Waters, which is about as good as it gets in terms of modern naval stuff if you don't want to go into one of the Harpoon re-releases.

Making History is not a bad game if you don't have Hearts of Iron 2. In which case, there is really no point to playing it over HoI2, WW2 game of the forever.
Alien Shooter: Vengeance, Darkstar One, Culpa Innata, and Ghost Master are decent quality games as well.

 

[BobJustBob]

does the demo do the game justice? bioshock is mean.

I did not enjoy the demo much but everyone says its such a great game and all...

It depends on what you're looking for. I, too, was annoyed at the invisible walls and persistent scripting in the demo, and that also exists in the full game. But it opens up somewhat and you get a lot of abilities which are pretty cool. Come on, you snap your fingers and a guy on the other side of the room bursts into flames. And when you get telekinesis, there's a tennis-ball-shooting machine so you can practice catching and throwing things. How awesome is that?

 

[alistairw]

Disciples II Gold and Jagged Alliance 2 are, by far, the best 2 games in the compilation. Not to take away from some of those other games, but those 2 are fantastic. Superb.

Cool, good to know, man - thanks for heads up. I'll definitely pick it up then. I've only just got back into PC gaming after a long time away, so I'm not recognising a lot of names right off the top of my head...

 

[Volcynika]

Weekend deal : All things Counter-Strike 50% off

Counter-Strike: Source - $9.99
Counter-Strike Complete - $14.99

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Weekend deal : All things Counter-Strike 50% off

Counter-Strike: Source - $9.99
Counter-Strike Complete - $14.99

Also, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is 4.99 and Counter-Strike is 4.99. Finally getting Condition Zero!

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

What is condition zero like?

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

What is condition zero like?

From my understanding, it's just Counter-Strike with better graphics, a single player mode, hostages that have personalities and will try to escape by themselves, and a few more maps and guns.

 

[zoku88]

This isn't as big of a deal, but it looks like that Sherlock Holmes game is $2 off for a little while.

Anybody ever play it before?

 

[zedge]

Also, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is 4.99 and Counter-Strike is 4.99. Finally getting Condition Zero!

Wow. Thats not bad at all.

Fuck I love Steam.

 

[Illuminati]

This isn't as big of a deal, but it looks like that Sherlock Holmes game is $2 off for a little while.

Anybody ever play it before?

I want to try that and the Dracula game because I am gay for adventure games, but the damn demo won't download when I click the demo link.

Man if Steam keeps having these weekend deals it is going to mean the end of me, I've bought them all so far! I am so weak willed when I see games X% off.

 

[fushi]

I want to try that and the Dracula game because I am gay for adventure games, but the damn demo won't download when I click the demo link.

Man if Steam keeps having these weekend deals it is going to mean the end of me, I've bought them all so far! I am so weak willed when I see games X% off.

You can get the demo from the official site:

http://www.dracula-origin.com/en/index.php?lang=en&rub=downloads_info&id=5

The voicework is a bit overblown, but I liked the puzzles.

( By the way, the official website is still selling Dracula Origin at 40 euros: http://focus.gamesplanet.com/game-Dracula-Origin.html )

 

[Grifter]

Is CS:CZ worth playing if I've already done CS and CS:S?

 

[PunjabiPlaya]

NICE, I've been waiting for CS:S to go on sale.

 

[GHG]

Don't know if I'm late with this but Lost Planet (not the colonies version) is now $19.99, half price.

Also, when the hell does Bionic Commando hit?

 

[devildog820]

Don't know if I'm late with this but Lost Planet (not the colonies version) is now $19.99, half price.

Also, when the hell does Bionic Commando hit?

I've been hearing later this afternoon. I forgot that Valve was in Washington, so they probably do their updates towards COB in Pacific Time.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, the latest installment in the popular WWII action franchise, is now available for pre-purchase via Steam. Those who pre-purchase the game via Steam before it is launched in late September will immediately receive the complete version of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 free of charge.

This is from the latest news section.

 

[JavaMava]

This is from the latest news section.

Is road to hill 30 the first or second one?

 

[kuYuri]

Bionic Commando Rearmed is NOT coming to Steam. Confirmed by Sven.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_cap...eviews_for_Bionic_Commano_Rearmed?num=10&pg=2

Is road to hill 30 the first or second one?

First one.

 

[Volcynika]

They put three Sega games on it today:

Space Siege
The Incredible Hulk™: The Official Video Game
Beijing 2008™ - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games

 

[dLMN8R]

Wow - I can't believe Space Siege is on Steam when Impulse is around. Doesn't GPG have a very close relationship with Stardock?

 

[Kamakazie!]

This is from the latest news section.

Seems to not be available in the UK?!
Says not available in my region

 

[Kamakazie!]

Bionic Commando Rearmed is NOT coming to Steam. Confirmed by Sven.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_cap...eviews_for_Bionic_Commano_Rearmed?num=10&pg=2

They better find a way or i won't be getting it.
Not downloading a different DD client just for this game. Flock & the new Bionic Commando better come to Steam and hopefully this will come later somehow.