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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying
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A little OT but anyone know if this kind of sticks works well with Freespace? Or should I just be buying one of those sticks without the throttle?Petrie said:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CXYMFS/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I'd love it if anyone could give me impressions on this, or other similarly priced sticks. I'm not going to go all-out seeing as I don't even know if I'll get into the game/genre, but it seems like it'd be hard to really enjoy this game with Mouse and Keyboard. If I'm wrong do say so though!
IrishNinja
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Carm said:
@ ghostbusters - phew, quad here and it was part of my 360 haul when migrating to steam. hoping it plays smooth/looks at least a bit better?
also, am i talking out my ass or wasn't it like $5 last halloween or so?
The Saitek X52 works great with X3:TC btw. I've had my eyes on it for a year now ;_;
This isn't Freespace, this is a Space Simulator basically. It's a sandbox game where there's a storyline but it's not really important and easily ignored. It's all about setting up space stations and massing a fleet of fighter bros or merchant dudes flying trade lines to give you credits, and shooting up pirates with a wingman or two, or flying badass ships and exploring sectors with cool looking vistas.
It is a slow, slow game. It will beat you over the head, but if you give it a chance you'll grow to love it and will give you tons of fun for the buck.
He's talking about using the mouse to aim, and seta is basically a Fast Forward button, and autopilot is well, just that.Petrie said:
This isn't Freespace, this is a Space Simulator basically. It's a sandbox game where there's a storyline but it's not really important and easily ignored. It's all about setting up space stations and massing a fleet of fighter bros or merchant dudes flying trade lines to give you credits, and shooting up pirates with a wingman or two, or flying badass ships and exploring sectors with cool looking vistas.
It is a slow, slow game. It will beat you over the head, but if you give it a chance you'll grow to love it and will give you tons of fun for the buck.
The Broken Ska Record
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Don't forget, but you can also play the campaign in L4D solo, too.
No. There is also team-versus modes (one side plays as survivors, the other side controls special infected). You can also play with bots in the regular campaigns if you can't field a full team of four.Sblargh said:
But, in general, the structure of the game is co-op oriented. There is no dedicated solo campaign and even the versus stuff is very much your team coordinating against the opposing team.
If anyone is on the fence about X3 Terran Conflict watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcyqMpOq4g
Sweet jeebus. This pushed me over the edge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcyqMpOq4g
Sweet jeebus. This pushed me over the edge.
Sblargh said:Thanks for the answers.
First L4D still has enough population so finding people won't be a problem? (I guess I will find out soon enough, but oh well)
Definitely not, it's got a very strong community and remember you only need 4-8 people to make a game. Not exactly hard to do that.
Meatpuppet
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Purchase of
Darwinia / Uplink
Hitman: Blood Money
Prince of Persia
Stubbs the Zombie
Machinarium
Painkiller: Black Edition
The Final Hours of Portal 2
Shatter
NyxQuest
OddBoxx
Samorost 2
Nimbus
Terraria
Card declined
I just contacted my bank, and there is no hold on my bank. What should I do?
Darwinia / Uplink
Hitman: Blood Money
Prince of Persia
Stubbs the Zombie
Machinarium
Painkiller: Black Edition
The Final Hours of Portal 2
Shatter
NyxQuest
OddBoxx
Samorost 2
Nimbus
Terraria
Card declined
I just contacted my bank, and there is no hold on my bank. What should I do?Meatpuppet
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CheersJaskoX1 said:
If Steam is denying the card but there's nothing wrong with the card, purchase through Paypal. They don't deny Paypal, even if Paypal gets the money from the same card Steam won't accept.Meatpuppet said:Purchase of
Darwinia / Uplink
Hitman: Blood Money
Prince of Persia
Stubbs the Zombie
Machinarium
Painkiller: Black Edition
The Final Hours of Portal 2
Shatter
NyxQuest
OddBoxx
Samorost 2
Nimbus
Terraria
Card declined
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
JaskoX1 said:
Caerith said:
I'd rather find out if I'm into the genre with a $5 investment first, plus I'm trying to put off my PC upgrades as long as possible. Still getting by on my Dual Core with a slight GPU upgrade to a GTX460, but I'm trying to avoid the whole new Mobo and CPU as long as I can.
When you pay with paypal (without funds in your paypal), it should pull the money direct from your bank and not touch the card. Are you sure Steam isn't just blocking your account from making purchases, for whatever reason?vall03 said:
Edit: Of course, if it is just Steam that's blocking you, why not Paypal the funds to a friend and have them gift you the games you want?
So I might cave in on Today's deals. Any insights on Hitman and Prince of Persia? (If PoP, which of them?). I'm not looking to spend more than 10, really! I hate myself for missing out on a couple of daily sales (like DMC4 and Bioshock 2).
Also: Is the Square-Enix Eidos Collector pack worth it? Says it was like 500 now 75?
Thanks in advance!
Also: Is the Square-Enix Eidos Collector pack worth it? Says it was like 500 now 75?
Thanks in advance!
Trojita
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So I only picked up X3 and NWN2 today, just because I wanted to try them out and see if I liked them. You need a joystick for X3 though?
I staved off getting Dead Space 1 and 2 (I have 1 that I haven't played that a friend gave me) and if I wait for 2 by the time I finish 1 it might be cheaper.
I staved off getting Dead Space 1 and 2 (I have 1 that I haven't played that a friend gave me) and if I wait for 2 by the time I finish 1 it might be cheaper.
Foliorum Viridum
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Even with the price increase Terraria is still dirt cheap. Hell, it was dirt cheap without the sale.
I can understand to an extent complaining about EA/Activision pricing, but a game like Terraria? Come on...
I can understand to an extent complaining about EA/Activision pricing, but a game like Terraria? Come on...
unrenowned
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I hope to see quite a few indie game that I missed for the recap. Is it usually only the top sellers that are included the last day?
I've been grabbing a lot of gaming goodness off of Steam these last few days of the summer sale.
Got the X SuperBox, Dead Spaces, Company of Heroes pack, Deus Ex GotY, DMC4, The Last Remnant, Just Cause 2, Stalker pack, KotOR, Zombie Driver to name some.
But I still do not think that this kind of hamstering will get me anywhere. The chance that I will get to play any of those before the respective sequels are coming out is minute.
Got the X SuperBox, Dead Spaces, Company of Heroes pack, Deus Ex GotY, DMC4, The Last Remnant, Just Cause 2, Stalker pack, KotOR, Zombie Driver to name some.
But I still do not think that this kind of hamstering will get me anywhere. The chance that I will get to play any of those before the respective sequels are coming out is minute.
I don't think it's the price that anyone's complaining about, or even that it increased, or even that it was only at the lower price for a short amount of time. I think it's that, for some people, purchasing it at the higher price so soon after it was at such a lower price feels distinctly foolish. It's not "$5 is too much," it's "but after everyone else only paid $2.50 I'd look like a sap." I think people are just upset because they want to buy Terraria but now their pride won't let them. Dignity demands that they wait a week and pay full price.Foliorum Viridum said:
Discotheque
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tenz0r said:
The difference in quality between AC consoles and AC on PC is jawdropping.
I played the first two games on PS3. But bought Brotherhood on PC and....wow. Roma è bellissima
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Eh it happens with the sales. Mistakes happen ever year with pricing. If I see a game at a price I want, I get it. If I hear I missed out on a great deal and the price is higher, so be it.Caerith said:
It seems even sillier to complain considering how cheap Terarria is.
The leap from AC2 PC to ACB PC is pretty huge as well. ACB seems to have increased visibility in the distance as well as new shadowing system (those razor sharp shadows added a lot to the graphics).Discotheque said:
I got pissed because it was 2.5 when I added it to the cart, 5 when I proceeded to checkout. No way I could support such moves.Foliorum Viridum said:
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