kotor bought. I'd buy Majesty 2 if I could run it. The graphics in those screenshots really do not justify those sys reqs.
If you buy a game as a gift, does the recipient get it immediately, or can you set a delivery date? I'm wondering what to do if a good xmas present comes up on one of these sales.
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A few people on here were saying some pretty good things about Majesty 2 a few months back. There's a demo available.
I haven't played the second demo yet, but I played the demo for the first one and it's basically a different sort of RTS/town building hybrid where you don't have direct control over your units. Instead you put bounties out on monsters, monster lairs, and areas to explore and adventurers go out to do these "quests".
Do I go for KOTOR or will I eventually get suckered in by the Lucas Arts pack? Hmm...
Dead Space maybe not, my pc wouldn't run it all that great, so I'm probably better off with the 360 version.
I'm still on the fence about getting dead space. I don't like the typical EA trappings it seems to have, handholding out of the wazoo, bland and moronic characters in a forgettable plot that doesn't get tied up until the sequel (I suspect), a simple game mechanic stretched out too thinly. But I do like the premise of a pretty space station shooter with RPG sauce. I'm looking for more reasons not to buy it: for those who played it, did you get hooked, did you slog through or did you stop playing?
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I'm still on the fence about getting dead space. I don't like the typical EA trappings it seems to have, handholding out of the wazoo, bland and moronic characters in a forgettable plot that doesn't get tied up until the sequel (I suspect), a simple game mechanic stretched out too thinly. But I do like the premise of a pretty space station shooter with RPG sauce. I'm looking for more reasons not to buy it: for those who played it, did you get hooked, did you slog through or did you stop playing?
I haven't played it yet myself, but my brother played through it on the 360 last week. Then he played through it again since you can basically do a new game+.
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Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Dead Space is fantastic, no game has given an atmosphere quite like that one. It will make you want to curl into a ball and cry in the corner but goddamn IS IT GOOD.
I don't know about Dead Space. I got it for PS3 back in April and I haven't got far in it at all. I like how its a futuristic Resident Evil 4 but it never grabbed me.
But I did just order Dead Space Extraction for the Wii yesterday so maybe it'll move me to beat Dead Space.
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Talk to the person who's sending it, I guess?
I sent HL2 as a gift with no problem and I know a lot of people did the L4D2 group thing with no problems at all.
I'm still on the fence about getting dead space. I don't like the typical EA trappings it seems to have, handholding out of the wazoo, bland and moronic characters in a forgettable plot that doesn't get tied up until the sequel (I suspect), a simple game mechanic stretched out too thinly. But I do like the premise of a pretty space station shooter with RPG sauce. I'm looking for more reasons not to buy it: for those who played it, did you get hooked, did you slog through or did you stop playing?
Well first off, have you played the game at all?
Because all the stuff you're mentioning, either it doesn't exist in the game (I never felt it was handholding), or it's otherwise irrelevant to what the game's trying to do and your enjoyment of it.
I bought Dead Space fairly late on, and honestly, I feel it was definitely one of the most cohesively made games I've ever played. All the elements really fit together. The gameplay, the holographic interface, the atmosphere and setting, everything works in conjunction with each other to create a really stellar horror survival game. Most horror games don't really spook me, but Dead Space did a really amazing job with the atmosphere, particularly the stellar sound design.
The gameplay's an evolution of Resident Evil 4's style (with a bit of System Shock thrown in maybe), with OTS control and aiming. The camera never really breaks from that perspective (except maybe when you're grabbed or knocked down), which helps immersion a lot. The weapons and suit can be upgraded but they're not what I'd call RPG mechanics, just an additional layer to the gameplay. You really need to focus on a few key weapons in order to develop them to the fullest, and almost all of them are useful (the flamer is unfortunately, a bit of a dud that you're recommended to avoid. But you can complete the game with a decent combination of any of the rest really).
If you're a fan of the style of setting, and like survival horror games, I really can't recommend this game enough.
I'm still on the fence about getting dead space. I don't like the typical EA trappings it seems to have, handholding out of the wazoo, bland and moronic characters in a forgettable plot that doesn't get tied up until the sequel (I suspect), a simple game mechanic stretched out too thinly. But I do like the premise of a pretty space station shooter with RPG sauce. I'm looking for more reasons not to buy it: for those who played it, did you get hooked, did you slog through or did you stop playing?
This is entirely my opinion, but what you listed above about it exhibiting "typical EA trappings" is in my mind completely wrong. There's not very much in the way of handholding, the storyline has a legitimate beginning, middle and end and time was put into establishing a strong backstory too. Gameplay remained compelling throughout, no doubt in part because of the story, but for me it certainly was not a slog and I had a satisfying experience playing this game through to completion. This was my favourite game of last year. EA are trying, they really are.
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Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
I'm assuming as such. It's a little hard to piece things together (the Steam forums are oftentimes grammatically challenged), but most of the 'halp my account is hijacked' threads on the Steam forums seem to indicate that people accept gifts sent via email-spoofs, and lose their accounts in the process. I think Phishing is the most likely way it's done. I'm not entirely trusting of any email sent to me via Steam these days, seeing as it's so easy to spoof addresses.
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
Sometimes people will receive a chat request from a non-friend, and when they open it up it says something like "WE'RE VALVE! ADN BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCHA N AWESOME CUSTOMER WERE GIVING YOU THIS FREE GAME!"
"CLICK THIS LINK TO CONTINUE!"
So they do, and it takes them to a phishing website (opens up in the browser, not in Steam IIRC) that looks like Steam but has a URL of "www.steamgamescoolio.at" or something, where they're asked to put in their login details to continue.
Guess what happens next!
EDIT: When you're actually gifted a game via Steam, it works differently, and it doesn't open up the chat window. You get a different, Steam specific pop up window saying you've received a gift, and clicking on it will show you what you received IIRC. No jumping to other websites, no asking for login details (since you know, you would need to be logged in in order to see that you've received a gift).
To repeat: You WILL NOT be asked for your login details when receiving a gift, you'll just get the freaking gift.
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Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Talk to the person who's sending it, I guess?
Yeah, I mean, really, what else would you do? Do you often accept completely random gifts from total strangers? Didn't your mother teach you anything?
I'm still on the fence about getting dead space. I don't like the typical EA trappings it seems to have, handholding out of the wazoo, bland and moronic characters in a forgettable plot that doesn't get tied up until the sequel (I suspect), a simple game mechanic stretched out too thinly. But I do like the premise of a pretty space station shooter with RPG sauce. I'm looking for more reasons not to buy it: for those who played it, did you get hooked, did you slog through or did you stop playing?
I would say the only knock against Dead Space is that the game is relatively short without much replayability (10-12 hours for a run through). I like meaty games that I can lose myself in for hours and hours, Dead Space is not one of those games. It's basically one of those games you play through once, think "That was pretty sweet" and then never ever touch for the rest of your life. Which doesn't mean its bad, it's just not a game with a lot of nuance.
The gameplay is also pretty same-ish the whole way through, but it's fun as hell. It's also supremely atmospheric, has amazing sound (not music, sound), looks gorgeous, and is pretty damn creepy through and through.
It's meticulously crafted and a hell of a game. I think the experience is worth $15. Maybe not $50, but $15? hell yeahs.
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
There's no way to lose your account accepting a gift. You just click "OK" and then you have the game. You don't put your password or email in anywhere.
I'm trying really hard to like this game because I want a good racing game on the PC but it has been nothing but frustration. No upgrade system. What the hell? Every racing game needs one. The tracks are cluttered with things that cause me to crash and I don't even see the point of money if I can't upgrade my cars. I pick a race, pick the one car they select for me or a few cars of pretty much equal power to race and I race. :x:x:x
If only you were paying attention, you'd have realized that the first few races are just an intro, for you to get your own team and then start picking races and messing with cars and whatnot.
Unfortunately, you were not paying attention...
And I'm so amazed at how polished GRID is.
Well I did get past the beginning part that you mentioned but I still don't see an upgrade system. How do I begin "messing with cars and whatnot"? I decided to continue despite the frustration in the beginning and I do like how I can hire someone to race and their skill is dependant on sign on bonus/% winnings going to them. Would be nice to actually spend money on my car though, feels like the purpose of money is to buy a better driver and not make me a better driver.
Also is there an easy difficulty for Majesty 2? I'm reading the reviews and people claim it's borderline impossible halfway through the missions when the enemies that spawn become really strong.
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Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
EDIT: When you're actually gifted a game via Steam, it works differently, and it doesn't open up the chat window. You get a different, Steam specific pop up window saying you've received a gift, and clicking on it will show you what you received IIRC. No jumping to other websites, no asking for login details (since you know, you would need to be logged in in order to see that you've received a gift).
Isn't there also an email component? I only successfully received and redeemed one gift way back when, but I seem to remember that Steam sent me an Email that said "Click here and login to redeem your game!" when it happened. These days I wouldn't touch an email like that with a ten-foot pole. Which is why I'm suspicious this morning to find such a mail in my inbox, even if the gift 'is' from one of my friends.
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
EDIT: When you're actually gifted a game via Steam, it works differently, and it doesn't open up the chat window. You get a different, Steam specific pop up window saying you've received a gift, and clicking on it will show you what you received IIRC. No jumping to other websites, no asking for login details (since you know, you would need to be logged in in order to see that you've received a gift).
Isn't there also an email component? I only successfully received and redeemed one gift way back when, but I seem to remember that Steam sent me an Email that said "Click here and login to redeem your game!" when it happened. These days I wouldn't touch an email like that with a ten-foot pole. Which is why I'm suspicious this morning to find such a mail in my inbox, even if the gift 'is' from one of my friends.
You can send the game to their e-mail, or you can send it direct to their Steam account if you know their ID or if they're on your friends list. I don't know whether sending it to a Steam account automatically generates the e-mail, but I don't think it does. The e-mail is mainly designed for people who don't have Steam yet.
But yeah, e-mails are still a valid way of getting a gift. If your friend is gifting you something and you're worried, just ask them to gift it to your account.
The game won't have been redeemed yet, so all they need to do is go to Games > Manage Gifts and Passes, and it should be listed there. He can then resend it to your account.
Could someone elaborate the gifting system for me, please? I know Steam allows gifts to be sent to users on your Friends list, but I'm not sure exactly how it works - particularly in regard to security ramifications. I know that a quick perusal of the Steam forums shows that quite a few people lose their accounts when accepting gifts, so I assume it's a pretty popular social engineering technique these days and I'm not sure how to gauge legitimacy in gifts.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
There's no way to lose your account accepting a gift. You just click "OK" and then you have the game. You don't put your password or email in anywhere.
Ah OK, I have played the PS3 demo of dead space and thought it was pretty terrible. I also watched the intro and parts of helloweens let's play and it didn't grab me. Especially the unprofessional conduct of your team mates and radio chat of 'do this, do that' seemed grating. If you guys are saying it's so good though, I'm going to buy it, it's only 10 euros (being a reasonable price conversion of 15$ to boot).
Ah OK, I have played the PS3 demo of dead space and thought it was pretty terrible. I also watched the intro and parts of helloweens let's play and it didn't grab me. Especially the unprofessional conduct of your team mates and radio chat of 'do this, do that' seemed grating. If you guys are saying it's so good though, I'm going to buy it, it's only 10 euros (being a reasonable price conversion of 15$ to boot).
Well if you didn't like it that's different. I mean, I thought it was an awesome game, but it'd be crazy for me to say that everyone's going to find it the same.
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You can send the game to their e-mail, or you can send it direct to their Steam account if you know their ID or if they're on your friends list. I don't know whether sending it to a Steam account automatically generates the e-mail, but I don't think it does. The e-mail is mainly designed for people who don't have Steam yet.
But yeah, e-mails are still a valid way of getting a gift. If your friend is gifting you something and you're worried, just ask them to gift it to your account.
The game won't have been redeemed yet, so all they need to do is go to Games > Manage Gifts and Passes, and it should be listed there. He can then resend it to your account.
Most helpful! Thanks for this information. I'll regard the email with cautious suspicion until I can talk to the person who supposedly sent it, and even then I'll be on my guard considering the information that PPS just linked to. Thanks for the help, all.
There's no way to lose your account accepting a gift. You just click "OK" and then you have the game. You don't put your password or email in anywhere.
Never accept a gift from an unknown user. Any accounts tied to a redeemed gift from a fraudulent source will be permanently disabled.
Huh, never knew that. So I'm guessing if someone hacked your friend's account and was using a fake CC to send gifts, then that might land you in trouble.
Well if you didn't like it that's different. I mean, I thought it was an awesome game, but it'd be crazy for me to say that everyone's going to find it the same.
It's easy to get the wrong impression through a demo and it is the type of game that could hook me, I liked RE5 very much. I also suspect the handholding impression I got is because I watched the tutorial part. I appreciate the clarifications.
Normal is a bit too easy if you've got any experience with these games. Hard really ramps up the atmosphere and makes you long for the next weapon upgrade you can get.
Dead Space is an incredibly well made game. PC version is excellent, and whilst I'm not entirely sure about the save system, it is one of the most forward thinking survival horror game designs I've ever played.
It controls and plays as well (in fact better) as an action game like RE4, but it still makes you feel like a normal human instead of Rambo. It looks fantastic (even on a low end system), and it has a few great tricks up its sleeve (the zero-g stuff, that incredible HUDless interface, and the weapon upgrade system all add a lot to the game).
I highly recommend it, I'd get it on Steam if I didn't already get it for free from that EA glitch.
Edit: On gifting -
I sent a gift to a spare email address of mine, then just copied the link, and sent it to my Santee in a pm. Worked fine.
You have to be pretty fucking stupid or incredibly ignorant or at least amazingly gullible and naïve to get your account jacked by accepting a gift on Steam.
And WTF, people? Dead Space is a really outstanding game. Stop saying wrong things about it!
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If you buy a game as a gift, does the recipient get it immediately, or can you set a delivery date? I'm wondering what to do if a good xmas present comes up on one of these sales.
A few people on here were saying some pretty good things about Majesty 2 a few months back. There's a demo available.
I haven't played the second demo yet, but I played the demo for the first one and it's basically a different sort of RTS/town building hybrid where you don't have direct control over your units. Instead you put bounties out on monsters, monster lairs, and areas to explore and adventurers go out to do these "quests".
Dead Space maybe not, my pc wouldn't run it all that great, so I'm probably better off with the 360 version.
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(its already listed at 40$, so we know the price is lower then that.)
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Maybe its Windows 7?
I may get KOTOR1 just to retire my cds I always have trouble finding and I hate having to put discs in my computer now.
I haven't played it yet myself, but my brother played through it on the 360 last week. Then he played through it again since you can basically do a new game+.
The forums over there have been pretty useless in answering this question, other than to say don't accept gifts period. I suppose that's the safest way, but I'm wondering if there's a method by which to determine if a gift is safe to accept.
But I did just order Dead Space Extraction for the Wii yesterday so maybe it'll move me to beat Dead Space.
I like light gun shooters.
Talk to the person who's sending it, I guess?
I sent HL2 as a gift with no problem and I know a lot of people did the L4D2 group thing with no problems at all.
Well first off, have you played the game at all?
Because all the stuff you're mentioning, either it doesn't exist in the game (I never felt it was handholding), or it's otherwise irrelevant to what the game's trying to do and your enjoyment of it.
I bought Dead Space fairly late on, and honestly, I feel it was definitely one of the most cohesively made games I've ever played. All the elements really fit together. The gameplay, the holographic interface, the atmosphere and setting, everything works in conjunction with each other to create a really stellar horror survival game. Most horror games don't really spook me, but Dead Space did a really amazing job with the atmosphere, particularly the stellar sound design.
The gameplay's an evolution of Resident Evil 4's style (with a bit of System Shock thrown in maybe), with OTS control and aiming. The camera never really breaks from that perspective (except maybe when you're grabbed or knocked down), which helps immersion a lot. The weapons and suit can be upgraded but they're not what I'd call RPG mechanics, just an additional layer to the gameplay. You really need to focus on a few key weapons in order to develop them to the fullest, and almost all of them are useful (the flamer is unfortunately, a bit of a dud that you're recommended to avoid. But you can complete the game with a decent combination of any of the rest really).
If you're a fan of the style of setting, and like survival horror games, I really can't recommend this game enough.
Wait a second, what's this about losing your account when accepting gifts? Is this some sort of phishing thing?
I'm assuming as such. It's a little hard to piece things together (the Steam forums are oftentimes grammatically challenged), but most of the 'halp my account is hijacked' threads on the Steam forums seem to indicate that people accept gifts sent via email-spoofs, and lose their accounts in the process. I think Phishing is the most likely way it's done. I'm not entirely trusting of any email sent to me via Steam these days, seeing as it's so easy to spoof addresses.
Sometimes people will receive a chat request from a non-friend, and when they open it up it says something like "WE'RE VALVE! ADN BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCHA N AWESOME CUSTOMER WERE GIVING YOU THIS FREE GAME!"
"CLICK THIS LINK TO CONTINUE!"
So they do, and it takes them to a phishing website (opens up in the browser, not in Steam IIRC) that looks like Steam but has a URL of "www.steamgamescoolio.at" or something, where they're asked to put in their login details to continue.
Guess what happens next!
EDIT: When you're actually gifted a game via Steam, it works differently, and it doesn't open up the chat window. You get a different, Steam specific pop up window saying you've received a gift, and clicking on it will show you what you received IIRC. No jumping to other websites, no asking for login details (since you know, you would need to be logged in in order to see that you've received a gift).
To repeat: You WILL NOT be asked for your login details when receiving a gift, you'll just get the freaking gift.
Yeah, I mean, really, what else would you do? Do you often accept completely random gifts from total strangers? Didn't your mother teach you anything?
Don't accept candy from strangers kids.
edit: is the order the games are on the sale page related to anything?
I would say the only knock against Dead Space is that the game is relatively short without much replayability (10-12 hours for a run through). I like meaty games that I can lose myself in for hours and hours, Dead Space is not one of those games. It's basically one of those games you play through once, think "That was pretty sweet" and then never ever touch for the rest of your life. Which doesn't mean its bad, it's just not a game with a lot of nuance.
The gameplay is also pretty same-ish the whole way through, but it's fun as hell. It's also supremely atmospheric, has amazing sound (not music, sound), looks gorgeous, and is pretty damn creepy through and through.
It's meticulously crafted and a hell of a game. I think the experience is worth $15. Maybe not $50, but $15? hell yeahs.
I'll murder someone if that happens to me. Murder. Anyone else had problems?
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There's no way to lose your account accepting a gift. You just click "OK" and then you have the game. You don't put your password or email in anywhere.
Well I did get past the beginning part that you mentioned but I still don't see an upgrade system. How do I begin "messing with cars and whatnot"? I decided to continue despite the frustration in the beginning and I do like how I can hire someone to race and their skill is dependant on sign on bonus/% winnings going to them. Would be nice to actually spend money on my car though, feels like the purpose of money is to buy a better driver and not make me a better driver.
Also is there an easy difficulty for Majesty 2? I'm reading the reviews and people claim it's borderline impossible halfway through the missions when the enemies that spawn become really strong.
Isn't there also an email component? I only successfully received and redeemed one gift way back when, but I seem to remember that Steam sent me an Email that said "Click here and login to redeem your game!" when it happened. These days I wouldn't touch an email like that with a ten-foot pole. Which is why I'm suspicious this morning to find such a mail in my inbox, even if the gift 'is' from one of my friends.
You can send the game to their e-mail, or you can send it direct to their Steam account if you know their ID or if they're on your friends list. I don't know whether sending it to a Steam account automatically generates the e-mail, but I don't think it does. The e-mail is mainly designed for people who don't have Steam yet.
But yeah, e-mails are still a valid way of getting a gift. If your friend is gifting you something and you're worried, just ask them to gift it to your account.
The game won't have been redeemed yet, so all they need to do is go to Games > Manage Gifts and Passes, and it should be listed there. He can then resend it to your account.
There is: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=368
Well if you didn't like it that's different. I mean, I thought it was an awesome game, but it'd be crazy for me to say that everyone's going to find it the same.
Most helpful! Thanks for this information. I'll regard the email with cautious suspicion until I can talk to the person who supposedly sent it, and even then I'll be on my guard considering the information that PPS just linked to. Thanks for the help, all.
Huh, never knew that. So I'm guessing if someone hacked your friend's account and was using a fake CC to send gifts, then that might land you in trouble.
It's easy to get the wrong impression through a demo and it is the type of game that could hook me, I liked RE5 very much. I also suspect the handholding impression I got is because I watched the tutorial part. I appreciate the clarifications.
1) Play at night
2) With headphones or surround sound
3) Play on hard.
Normal is a bit too easy if you've got any experience with these games. Hard really ramps up the atmosphere and makes you long for the next weapon upgrade you can get.
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The order of the games on the sale page change. I dont know if its random, or them testing what ordering makes sales more inticing.
It controls and plays as well (in fact better) as an action game like RE4, but it still makes you feel like a normal human instead of Rambo. It looks fantastic (even on a low end system), and it has a few great tricks up its sleeve (the zero-g stuff, that incredible HUDless interface, and the weapon upgrade system all add a lot to the game).
I highly recommend it, I'd get it on Steam if I didn't already get it for free from that EA glitch.
Edit: On gifting -
I sent a gift to a spare email address of mine, then just copied the link, and sent it to my Santee in a pm. Worked fine.
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And WTF, people? Dead Space is a really outstanding game. Stop saying wrong things about it!
Saw that... why must I impulsively pre-purchase this stuff on steam? I could save a lot of money if I could just wait.
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