Sgt.Pepper
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Poker Night at the Inventory cheevo
Shouldn't take too long to get.
Shouldn't take too long to get.
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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying
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Anticitizen One
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Im so happy Stalker went on sale that was on my list of games I wanted. Now I only care about 3 others:
Metro 2033
Mirror's Edge
Duke Nukem Forever
I'm trying to save what little money I have left for those.
Metro 2033
Mirror's Edge
Duke Nukem Forever
I'm trying to save what little money I have left for those.
echoshifting
Banned
EternalGamer said:
You know, normally this would freak me out, were I you, but given all the wackiness with e-mail the past few days I'm going to (beat) hazard a guess and say you are probably okay. Somebody earlier in the thread said they waited over 24 hours for their Steam guard e-mail to arrive. And I got logged out of my account earlier today for no reason (just for purchasing and not for playing which I thought was kinda wacky).
Anyway, if you can't access your games at all I would contact support immediately...otherwise I would just wait out the storm. Things will be back to normal next weekend.
edit: When it asks you to verify your humanity, you're entering a steamguard code and not your password, right? And you're paying attention to caps?
edit 2: if your only problem is purchasing games, you might try purchasing via the web browser instead of the application until the sale is over.
Tomat said:
Absolutely. The campaigns are a lot of fun to play through, and if you get Eye of the North you can even unlock stuff for GW2 when that finally comes out.
People are still actively playing the game, and with the Hero companions you can solo/duo most (or all) of the game as well.
Guild Wars 2 is still ages away, there hasn't been any mention of a date as yet, so I wouldn't hold out for that reason. I'm sure you'll have finished the mayority of what's in the TRilogy long before GW2 finally arrives.
brochiller
Member
Is that AI War: Fleet Command any good? Looks kind of interesting...
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Telltale, right? I wonder why they aren't using achievements for their adventure games?Sgt.Pepper said:
I guess they're more linear, but there's still room to do something interesting with them.
echoshifting
Banned
brochiller said:
It is excellent but huge and intimidating. If you like depth in your strategy games, buy immediately...if you prefer lighter fare this game will drown you. To death. Thrice.
DoctorPayne said:
The Ultra DLC allows you to turn the visualizer to 200 percent. Haven't played with it yet, but I'm hoping for near seizure status
And I'm not sure anybody really likes the first hour of STALKER. I know it took me a couple years to trudge my way past that point. Just install the Complete mod and force your way a little further. Once the game finally takes off and clicks, it's legendary.
EternalGamer
Banned
echoshifting said:
Yeah, I'm putting in the code on the verify humanit, not my password. Eventually it works, though.
The real problem is that when I get to the Steam Guard "it's been a while/input e-mail confirmation code" thing and I don't have an e -mail from Steam.
I can still access all my games. I can even shut down Steam and boot it back up and it works fine. This is just for when I try to make a purchase.
I also did a scan using Microsoft Security Essentials and came up clean.
I did just remember that I used a broswer in the college library to check my e-mail earlier today (did not log into Steam) and realize that I *may* have forgot to log off (though they do it automatically in a few minutes). But I can still access e-mail fine and logging into Steam isn't a problem.
I'm going to change my e-mail password just in case, but I could log in and buy stuff. First for just the peace of mind, but second because I wanted to buy a Monday Night Combat 4 pack.
echoshifting
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EternalGamer said:
Try using the web browser instead of the application for a purchase, see what happens. I bet that will work.
What? The original campaign was by far the best of the three. Nightfall is good too, but Factions is awful.Brazil said:
They kind of expected you to use real players to get through the mainline story missions, though. I suspect that Nightfall's has enough people to have fun with, particularly with heroes, but the other campaigns might be less worthwhile.
Maybe. Though, I didn't so it's not a guarantee.Bentendo said:
echoshifting
Banned
taranatar said:Damn this sale!
Also go Frozen Synapse yesterday and Beat Hazard today. Steam is making me poor very poor! Not looking forward to the Mrs seeing the bank statement this month
Ha ha, me neither. Ever since I went batshit insane on the first Steam sale we establish a budget on the first day (and then I just use my Steam wallet instead of my card, works great for budgeting during these sales)...but I have some issues sticking to it.
Eighteen bucks left but if Portal 2 pops up - and it will - it's mine, dammit.Anyway, despite the fact that I tend to go a tad over anyway, figuring out how much you want to spend and putting it in your Steam wallet on the first day is a great way to stay close to your budget.
Mairu said:
Okay, so that's -
Wonderful End of the World
Poker Night at the Inventory
Atom Zombie Smasher
...what other future achievements do we think we know?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
echoshifting said:
BIT.TRIP RUNNER had 2 summer achievements added.
echoshifting
Banned
TheKurgan said:
I got this one.
You should start with SoC and get the Complete mod before playing. So sayeth gaf.
Man, I cannot wait for the Atom Zombie Smasher cheev to pop up. I love that game and I hope the cheev is reasonable enough that it turns some people onto the game. Unlike the AAaaaAAAaaaa cheev which just made people hate it immediately.
brochiller
Member
echoshifting said:
Well I'll try it out I guess. It's only $2.50 after all.
EternalGamer
Banned
echoshifting said:
Yep that worked. Not sure why I didn't try that. Thanks.
Netrunner2k2
Member
Here is my take on Guild Wars as a person who has played it a crapload since launch from a PvE perspective:
The game is ABSOLUTELY worth getting for that price. The Prophecies campaign is a lengthy, slow set of missions that will take you many, many, many hours to complete. If you won't want to do Prophecies, you can start with Nightfall or Factions. Both are VERY good (Nightfall being the best, I think) and they paced the game a LOT better. You'll reach max level very quickly and you can enjoy the main stuff: the end game.
Saying it isn't worth getting a game that'll give you well over 100 hours or enjoyment because Guild Wars 2 is coming out "soon" is just plain silly. We have NO clue when GW2 is being released in 2012. They have yet to go into a normal closed beta, let alone a public one. They still haven't shown off the final class and a ton of other things have yet to be revealed. GW2 is likely not going to be an early 2012 game. I'm thinking Q2 as best.
In GW1, you can play a fantastic game for a long time and even earn stuff for your GW2 character including getting a name locked in AND unlocks for completing certain things in GW1. Not to mention, the game is just a blast to play.
The game is still quite populated, especially in the later areas where people have difficulty (this game is not easy in the level 20 content). The early areas are VERY simple to get through soling and just take a little time in Prophecies because the pacing is not very good (they cleaned that up SO well in Nightfall and Factions, you'll be level 20 very very fast).
If you don't mind not starting with the original campaign (some people just feel like they have), I'd recommend any new player to start with Nightfall and go from there. You aren't going to miss anything, since you can just hop over to the other campaigns very easily. You'll also get some heroes, which is 100% better than generic henchies, so that is a great plus.
The games are packed full of content, an interesting main story, great gameplay, fantastic music, and some amazing art direction.
Buy it. NOW.
The game is ABSOLUTELY worth getting for that price. The Prophecies campaign is a lengthy, slow set of missions that will take you many, many, many hours to complete. If you won't want to do Prophecies, you can start with Nightfall or Factions. Both are VERY good (Nightfall being the best, I think) and they paced the game a LOT better. You'll reach max level very quickly and you can enjoy the main stuff: the end game.
Saying it isn't worth getting a game that'll give you well over 100 hours or enjoyment because Guild Wars 2 is coming out "soon" is just plain silly. We have NO clue when GW2 is being released in 2012. They have yet to go into a normal closed beta, let alone a public one. They still haven't shown off the final class and a ton of other things have yet to be revealed. GW2 is likely not going to be an early 2012 game. I'm thinking Q2 as best.
In GW1, you can play a fantastic game for a long time and even earn stuff for your GW2 character including getting a name locked in AND unlocks for completing certain things in GW1. Not to mention, the game is just a blast to play.
The game is still quite populated, especially in the later areas where people have difficulty (this game is not easy in the level 20 content). The early areas are VERY simple to get through soling and just take a little time in Prophecies because the pacing is not very good (they cleaned that up SO well in Nightfall and Factions, you'll be level 20 very very fast).
If you don't mind not starting with the original campaign (some people just feel like they have), I'd recommend any new player to start with Nightfall and go from there. You aren't going to miss anything, since you can just hop over to the other campaigns very easily. You'll also get some heroes, which is 100% better than generic henchies, so that is a great plus.
The games are packed full of content, an interesting main story, great gameplay, fantastic music, and some amazing art direction.
Buy it. NOW.
Meh, even with complete, I'm just not feeling it.
I hope Call of Pripyat is better. Downloading it + COP Complete now.
I hope Call of Pripyat is better. Downloading it + COP Complete now.
slidewinder
Banned
Nice quotes from the AI War dev on their daily deal results:
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And buy AI War if you're at all interested in strategy games! The best deal is the "alien bundle" with the game plus all three expansions for only $4.49, but if you really want to skimp, if you buy the base game for $2.99, you can get the first expansion for free in the summer sale ticket booth. Hard to go wrong either way for a really interesting and different sort of RTS.
Mango Positive
Member
Anyone want to gift me something in exchange for my extra Frozen Synapse?
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
BURGER.MOUTH and ROASTIN.MARSHMALLOWS, right? Isn't that the only game with two summer achievements?Stumpokapow said:
PixyJunket
Member
Spiral Knights: Star-Spangled Bomber / Obtain a Firecracker bomb.echoshifting said:
Winter Voices: Summer's Gone, But A Lot Goes On / Achieve a 100% success in the third encounter of the prologue (departure of the father) after walking on the "Summer Scent".
Wings of Prey and Guild Wars is tempting. I've wanted to play Wings of Prey even before it was released. I just don't think I can support a company that continually gave the middle finger to potential customers/fans for so long. Also, being a Russian company and their yuPlay client makes me wary.
I've played the Guild Wars trial, which was alright. I will definitely be playing GW2 though. With my backlog being so big and playing WoW still, I'm not sure the investment would be a good one. Plus I'd only want to play solo.
Yea, I don't like that, I'm missing one confirm email from yesterday. Doesn't matter that it can't be used for proof of purchase on their end, I keep them for my own records, not having to look in the Steam client.
I've played the Guild Wars trial, which was alright. I will definitely be playing GW2 though. With my backlog being so big and playing WoW still, I'm not sure the investment would be a good one. Plus I'd only want to play solo.
scorpscarx said:
Yea, I don't like that, I'm missing one confirm email from yesterday. Doesn't matter that it can't be used for proof of purchase on their end, I keep them for my own records, not having to look in the Steam client.
Fragamemnon
Member
If you are willing to put the time into a game, AI War is one of the best single-player strategy games out there. Its asymmetric approach to the genre-one where you and the computer AI starts on drastically different footing-enables all sorts of cool things. Highly recommended.
Super awesome in co-op as well, if you have a set of like-minded friends.
Super awesome in co-op as well, if you have a set of like-minded friends.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I think every season released for any of their series so far has had an achievement set on another platform. They should bring those all over to Steam.Orellio said:
Anton Sugar
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TheKurgan said:
Call of Pripyat. It's the best game, IMO.
Marrshu said:
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