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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying

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MasterShotgun

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Infinity said:
For anyone that grabbed the Assassin's Creed pack, do you know if the game defaults to DX10, or do you have to specify in the startup?
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AC1 defaults to DX10, so you will need to configure the launch options.

AC2 and AC:B are DX9 only, so you don't have to worry about that.
 
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HBroward

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Jzero15 said:
Guys was the AaAaAA!!! achievement hard for you guys to get? i need 1000 points to get it every time.
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Are you dying on purpose to get the other score plates? You need both the 2000 plates at least.
 
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Schmattakopf

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Jzero15 said:
Guys was the AaAaAA!!! achievement hard for you guys to get? i need 1000 points to get it every time.
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Everything about that game is difficult for me. I did finally get it. It's absolutely necessary to grab (just about) every score plate thing and land in the red.
 
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Infinity

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MasterShotgun said:
AC1 defaults to DX10, so you will need to configure the launch options.

AC2 and AC:B are DX9 only, so you don't have to worry about that.
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Ah, glad to hear that AC1 defaults to DX10. Appreciate the response.
 
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ShyGuy0504

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I have some questions.

How is the DLC for New Vegas?

Can I play Trine with a 360 controller?

Is the Serious Sam double pack worth it?

Should I get the Doom pack? I've never played a Doom game before.
 
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dani_dc

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Dmax3901 said:
So with Mount and Blade, is there one specific one I should buy or should I get the complete pack?
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The original game is redundant with Warband, Warband has everything from the original as far as I know. So you can save a bit of money by getting just Warband and With Fire and Swords.

Outside of that the agreement aroudn here seem to be that if you have to get just one to get Warband.
 
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drizzle

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dani_dc said:
The original game is redundant with Warband, Warband has everything from the original as far as I know. So you can save a bit of money by getting just Warband and With Fire and Swords.

Outside of that the agreement aroudn here seem to be that if you have to get just one to get Warband.
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Fire and Swords adds Guns to the game, but they're awful. Muskets and pistols that take longer to reload than Crossbows (which are already painful to use).

People just use swords anyway, so...
 
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Teknoman

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ShyGuy0504 said:
Is the Serious Sam double pack worth it?

Should I get the Doom pack? I've never played a Doom game before.
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Hell yes x2.

Honestly I never beat Doom I or II, yet i've played Doom 3 and its expansion. Thinking about just getting the pack as well to have everything in one place.
 
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Sutton Dagger

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So one of the tickets is to Upload a screenshot, but I keep getting an error message when I try to do it? Can someone test it out and see if it's working?
 
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Dmax3901

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dani_dc said:
The original game is redundant with Warband, Warband has everything from the original as far as I know. So you can save a bit of money by getting just Warband and With Fire and Swords.

Outside of that the agreement aroudn here seem to be that if you have to get just one to get Warband.
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Thanks man, the price of Warband + With Fire and Sword is pretty much the same as the complete pack so I'll just get that.

How about Bionic Commando: Rearmed?
 
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Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
dani_dc said:
FuckYeah.png

FuckYeah2.png


Fuck yeah!
Didn't think I would get this one but decided to have a serious go at it yesterday and there it is.

Now if only I could actually finish the game.
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Very impressive times. 431 seconds between the two is very very impressive. I am confident that if you can pull off times like that, you can finish the game! :)

Jzero15 said:
Guys was the AaAaAA!!! achievement hard for you guys to get? i need 1000 points to get it every time.
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Here's a tip; let yourself smash into the ground and respawn if it means getting extra glass plates, kisses, or hugs. The times I went down perfectly I was unable to get the achievement, but the time I got the achievement I had 6 or 7 collisions :)
 
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Haeleos

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Just a heads up for everyone who bought Fallout New Vegas. Despite there being a Steam Cloud icon in your library next to the game, do not rely on it to back up your quick saves and autosaves. In true Obsidian fashion, it does not work.
 
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Sysgen

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Sutton Dagger said:
So one of the tickets is to Upload a screenshot, but I keep getting an error message when I try to do it? Can someone test it out and see if it's working?
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Its working. What's the error?
 
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Kawl_USC

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So what's the verdict on Alpha Protocol?

I thought for 5 bucks it was an easy buy but several people I asked said it wasn't worth even five dollars, and that the controls were "clunky."

What says you NeoGAF?
 
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Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Kawl_USC said:
So what's the verdict on Alpha Protocol?

I thought for 5 bucks it was an easy buy but several people I asked said it wasn't worth even five dollars, and that the controls were "clunky."

What says you NeoGAF?
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Good, but flawed. Its not bad and def. worth 5 bucks.
 
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RustyO

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Fallout : New Vegas is tempting... Assuming I can get it gifted at US$14.99 rather then AU$26.98

Might also have a think about Mount & Blade (get all? Or which one?)


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and also Trine (though have finished it on PS3, cute game, just wonder if any better / more fun on PC)

PixyJunket said:
I picked this up in the previous Frozenbyte collection
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hahaha... Turns out I already own it from the Frozenbyte bundle as well. You just saved me a $1.99
 
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Chesskid1

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has L4D 1 or 2 gone on sale yet? haven't been paying too much attention. usually all valve games drop a ton on sales. always wanted these games.
 
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PixyJunket

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I just played Trine from start to the ticket achievement (the first time I saw water was early on the fourth level not counting the intro). I picked this up in the previous Frozenbyte collection and boy, the physics in this game turn what could have been a sweet little game into a terrible one. Ah well, I may finish it off later. I sort of life it.
 
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dani_dc

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Stumpokapow said:
Very impressive times. 431 seconds between the two is very very impressive. I am confident that if you can pull off times like that, you can finish the game! :)
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I had to use Kid in some of those to get those times. Still I should give it a try, I was stuck on 4-5 on chapter 6 but I was using the keyboard back then. Will give it another try with the controller soon.
 
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kamspy

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Yeah, you can customize your beard for each mission in Alpha Protocol. Desert, outdoor, potential run-n-gun missions, full grizzly with aviators. Stealth missions, five o'clock shadow and half rimmed glasses.
 
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Edgeward

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Sutton Dagger said:
So one of the tickets is to Upload a screenshot, but I keep getting an error message when I try to do it? Can someone test it out and see if it's working?
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It doesn't work for all games. Some games like, for me, Bit Trip Runner crashed my system twice when I tried to screenshot. Best stick to Valve games if you need it just for the ticket. TF2 is free for all if you don't have any Valve games.
 
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Sober

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I think a Valve got a bunch of new keys for Transformers: WFC. Wasn't working last night but just fired it up and it's starting.
 
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Amneisac

Member
I'm a little bummed, so far I've gotten:

Back to the Future: $12.50
Magicka + Magicka Vietnam: $5.08
Transformers x2 (gifted to a friend for co-op): $14.98
Frozen Synapse: $12.50

Magicka was okay for a while, but got old pretty fast. Transformers seems ok, but it's kind of 'jumpy' and giving me a bit of a headache (and they didn't have keys most of the day so I didn't get to enjoy playing it on my day off).

Frozen Synapse just seems too hard for me, I really suck at it and I'm not having a great time. Back to the Future is pretty cool, but I'm a bigger fan of the movie than adventure games so I don't really dig on the trial and error gameplay.

I don't know, maybe my hopes were just too high or I'm buying the wrong games, but I've been pretty let down so far. I realize a lot of that is my own personal tastes, I don't mean to hate on any of the games, just not really enjoying any of them that much. =\
 
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toastyToast

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My God

Damage done by the 5th day

Civ V GG $10.50
Spacechem $5
Bit Trip Beat $5
Super Street Fighter IV AE $30
Assassins's Creed Brohood Deluxe $25
Alpha Protocol $5
Fallout: NV + DLC $21

$101.5

If I come back here and ask should I get (blank) please tell me to back the fuck away from the computer.

Please.
 
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Amneisac

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Teknoman said:
You didnt buy Torchlight?

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If you mean me I already own it :) I think that's a big part of the problem, I already own a lot of these sale games so I feel like I have to buy something and I'm forcing it. I also should have bought Two World 2 yesterday, that was one of the games I specifically wanted to go on sale, but $17 felt too expensive. So instead I've more of less wasted all the money I've spent on the other games. =\
 
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Varna

Member
I guess I'm just at the point where I have just about everything I want from Steam.

So far I've gotten..

Just Cause 2 + DLC
New Vegas DLC
Frozen Synapse
 
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Advance_Alarm

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thanks to everyone who told me how to get punkbuster to work on Steam BFBC2, everything is great now, I can finally get into the groove of the game w/o being kicked.

stealth: lol that was 30 pages ago
 
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TGMIII

Member
Stumpokapow said:
Here's a tip; let yourself smash into the ground and respawn if it means getting extra glass plates, kisses, or hugs. The times I went down perfectly I was unable to get the achievement, but the time I got the achievement I had 6 or 7 collisions :)
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It's possible without any resets too, it just takes a lot of hugs and you need to hit the two 2000 plates at an angle to get them both at the same time and also hit all other high score plates.
 
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Teknoman

Member
Amneisac said:
If you mean me I already own it :) I think that's a big part of the problem, I already own a lot of these sale games so I feel like I have to buy something and I'm forcing it. I also should have bought Two World 2 yesterday, that was one of the games I specifically wanted to go on sale, but $17 felt too expensive. So instead I've more of less wasted all the money I've spent on the other games. =\
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Oh, well in that case its really just best to spend cash on something you wanted to buy at some point, not just impulse stuff. I've got enough MP stuff and im interested in the Assassin Creed story so I just snagged 2 for 6 bucks instead of dropping 20 for Brotherhood, same with the DOOM pack (even though i've owned DOOM 3 and the exp. for awhile now.

With Vegas, I kinda want to jump on the DLC, but I havent beaten the base game yet, so I can just wait for the holiday sale. Its really tempting to just grab cheap stuff you might be interested in playing (Singularity) but try to fight it if you dont really want it :p
 
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1-D_FTW

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Holy crap! Just played Beat Hazard for the first time since they did the big update. Talk about taking a good game to Awesome Street. I only loaded it up to see what the Gold ticket got you, but damn. Game's crazy good now. It's an eye-gasm.

EDIT: Fuck me. Just saw the Ultra DLC allows you to turn the equalizer up to 200%. Because I'm a CAG, I'll wait to see if it gets daily deal status, but that's so mine before this sale ends.
 
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filipe

Member
Ended up buying Wings of Prey. I don't often get to play realistic-ish aviation games, and after watching some gameplay, seems like a great game at $10.

That'll probably be the last game I purchase this sale unless Bloodlines goes any cheaper.

Total Damage: $17.
 
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