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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying
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Anton Sugar
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Marrshu said:
I suspect you'll like Pripyat a lot more, for that reason alone. Anomalies are mostly contained to certain areas, making exploration a lot easier.
Old Gimlet Eyes
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What is there to understand other than people want to use different control methods? People have been playing FPS games with sticks since goldeneye on the 64 and are just used to that. I play MoW: Assault Squad all day with my KB/M, but I prefer to play my FPS with a gamepad. Just personal choice.Des0lar said:
Mr. Snrub said:
That's reassuring. Nothing was more of a mood killer than having to go out of my way to avoid Anomalies just to hit a location.
Kinda reminded me of the convicts in Dead Rising, actually...
Darkshier said:
You can't play a game like Stalker with a Gamepad. It's not even worth trying. You would die right in the first shootout with bandits. You don't have the precision or the accuracy.
Learn the Mouse and Keyboard and you'll come to understand why it's not a matter of personal choice.
Lone_Prodigy
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Netrunner2k2 said:
Just to add to this, Guild Wars has a lot of great features that make it different from other MMO's:
-no subscription fees (only microtransactions for character slots, vanity costumes, skill unlocks)
-level cap at 20, but equipment mods and skill unlocks mean you don't stop "getting better"
-an emphasis of skill over farm
-the ability to respec your character without cost (you have two professions and while your primary is fixed, you can choose any of the other professions as your secondary)
-the ability to instantly warp to any previously-visited location
-scaling is excellent (I can run it on an integrated graphics card) and the UI is clean and efficient. Also, the time between patching and logging on is really fast.
-only cities and towns are persistent. Areas with enemies are instanced so you aren't fighting with others for drops and spawns.
The biggest drawback IMO is that the lack of persistent areas and community-based features means you're basically going through the game solo. The heroes and henchmen mitigate this somewhat (recently they let you have an entire party of heroes) but unless you can get into a large, active guild it's hard to group up (late-game missions are pretty populated though so it's not hard to get into a party).
Schmattakopf
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Apparently Steam doesn't delete saves because it just deletes the game's subfolder in the Steam folder, and saves are generally stored elsewhere, like My Documents or %appdata%, but if you're concerned, you can always google and find out where the saves are stored for that particular game and then simply copy the folder and keep it somewhere.Xamdou said:
Stumpokapow
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foreign legion buckets of blood kinda sucks
i bought it anyway :/
i bought it anyway :/
Stumpokapow
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Sgt.Pepper said:
Oh, three then. There's also one about a Fish that you get from 2-6. So three summer achievements.
Flight Control HD added 3 as well but only one of them was summer related and we've already had the ticket for it.
I am thinking about getting Deus Ex GOTY, but I have never played it before. Got a couple questions about it:
1. Does the gameplay still hold up?
2. Is it still fun?
3. Is the second game, Invisible War worth extra $2.50?
4. Are there any mods or anything to update the graphics or gameplay?
1. Does the gameplay still hold up?
2. Is it still fun?
3. Is the second game, Invisible War worth extra $2.50?
4. Are there any mods or anything to update the graphics or gameplay?
Jack up the auto-aim and the gamepad plays nicer imo. If you where trying to make a point at least mention Quake or Unreal Tournament. Which are just bad games on the controller. Kids these days with their Stalkers.Marrshu said:
At 2,50 you should buy just for the sake of owning it.xXJonoXx said:
There is no 2nd game that steam shows invisible war with the franchise sale button is a glitch.
I'd love that.gotee12 said:
Here's where I am so far (actually keeping track this year):
Purchased:
Medal of Honor - $10.19 [$29.99]
Oblivion GOTY Deluxe: $8.50 [$24.99]
Steam Wallet (TF2 Summer Cooler Unlock) - $5.00
Darksiders - $4.99 [$19.99]
Ultimate Doom - $2.49 [$9.99]
Beat Hazard Ultra - $1.24 [$4.99]
Gifts Received:
Tropico 3 Gold - $0.00 (Thanks Mohonky!) [$19.99]
Gifts Sent:
Half-Life 2 - $2.49 [$9.99]
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 - $1.99 [$7.99]
Total Spent: $38.88
Total Without Sale: 152.91
TOTAL SAVED: $114.03
Left in Bank Account: $23.43
Old Gimlet Eyes
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Learn it? I have played hundreds of hours of Battlefield 1942 and 2. I just simply prefer a gamepad like the 360 controller. KB/M just isn't for me and it is a personal choice.Marrshu said:
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What's really impressive about AI War - keep this in mind as you play it - is that the entire game was essentially created from the ground up by one person, with very little outside assistance. Truly an incredible feat, especially for a game that has more depth and scope than most full-priced retail titles. Arcen has actual staff now and the game is better for it - I'm pretty sure all of the original art assets have since been replaced, and I know there are a couple other guys who worked on the expansions - but it's still pretty cool to know this was the brainchild of one guy, laboring alone for months and months until his vision became reality. Very inspiring.
His name is Christopher Park...I love reading interviews with this guy. He's obviously quite intelligent, and he's much more open in speaking about the process of indie design than most developers are.
His name is Christopher Park...I love reading interviews with this guy. He's obviously quite intelligent, and he's much more open in speaking about the process of indie design than most developers are.
Stumpokapow
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xXJonoXx said:
Yes, although the first level is not one of the better levels and you might feel a little overwhelmed and underwhelmed simultaneously. If you play, wait until you've gotten to the airplane about 3 missions in, and that's when the game starts getting truly amazing.
Yes, it's still fun today.
No, Invisible war is not worth $2.50. It's a running joke that you have to hate Invisible War to become a mod here (my thread about the ways in which the game failed, long EviLore's similarly negative impressions of the game)
There's exactly one mod for Deus Ex that you'll want. Someone wrote a DirectX 10 rendered for all UE1 games which is compatible with Deus Ex.
There are a few other texture mods but nothing that you GOTTA HAVE.Cheers.
Laurentius
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xXJonoXx said:
Deus Ex is amazing. A lot of it hasn't aged very well, but it's still one of the best games ever made. Amazing story, incredibly deep and open-ended gameplay. I still think it's one of the best examples of player "choice" ever made.
Haven't played the second, but have always heard it's pretty bad.
I think just Stalker Clear Sky for me. Already got the other 2 games.
Is that King Arthur Collection pack worth it? Whats it about? Looks like Total War from the screens with Dragons.
Also whats a small free demo i can try? (like under 50 meg) List a couple games because i already got afew Indie games.
How do i do the Monday Night Combat Achievement? And Yet it Moves Achievement? I already got those 2 games.
Is that King Arthur Collection pack worth it? Whats it about? Looks like Total War from the screens with Dragons.
Also whats a small free demo i can try? (like under 50 meg) List a couple games because i already got afew Indie games.
How do i do the Monday Night Combat Achievement? And Yet it Moves Achievement? I already got those 2 games.
Xamdou said:I tried to play Beat Hazard with a keyboard and mouse but was virtually unplayable for me. Ordered a wired 360 controller off amazon $30
Now you get the best of both worlds.
I managed to get my XBCD drivers working with Beat Hazard so that the special weapons are on the bumpers and triggers, and I'm really enjoying the game so far. Well worth $15, let alone $3.24.
MmmSkyscraper
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EternalGamer said:
Mine has been playing up since the sale started. Never had a problem buying stuff but I've been logged out of the Community stuff. I tried to log into that earlier and got caught in a trap of having a validation code but it wouldn't accept it. So I restarted Steam and everything was working again.
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Stumpokapow said:
By that logic, you SHOULD buy Invisible War if you're on some sort of quest to become a mod, so you can formulate your own opinion on it and determine that it does indeed suck.
Stumpokapow
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jling84 said:
Human Revolution takes place significantly before DE1, DE:IW takes place a while after. There's no continuity reason to play DE:IW. As I mentioned in the very long thread I linked you, it's not a good game. You might want to play it just to understand why it's not a good game or a good sequel, but beyond that if you're pressed for time definitely not and I don't recommend it.
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