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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, the animations are very tight, and they sync together when it's sword vs sword so that it looks like an actual sword fight with parries, dodges, thrusts, and the like.

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  • SandersSanders Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, the animations are very tight, and they sync together when it's sword vs sword so that it looks like an actual sword fight with parries, dodges, thrusts, and the like.

    It's sad when the game looks less choreographed than the three recent moviess.

    Plus all the females in the game have an ass bigger than the death star, so it has that going for it as well.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    MegaMek wrote: »
    Rizzi wrote: »
    As someone who's never played Kotor, can someone pleae explain how the combat in the game works? I'll probably end up buying it anyway..

    It's actually kind of like an mmo. You click on something to start auto attacking, and you'll have several powers you can queue up. It's a behinds the scene turn based combat though. So think Neverwinter nights, as well. Also, you can pause, and queue up attacks and orders for your team mates.

    But the animations make it look a lot cooler than this dude is describing it.

    That doesn't sound too bad. :P

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  • AvicusAvicus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ok guys, I bought the Witcher yesterday and then found out my little brother had got it also. To try and save bandwidth I just copied his witcher folder from steamapps/common. Now I can't get steam to recognise it at all. It just tries to redownload it and doesnt even sense the folder. Any help?

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Copy over the witcher.gcf file which resides in steamapps/ as well and try again.

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  • grrarggrrarg Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You guys have me curious. How does PoP:SoT etc get along with modern hardware? Do they support widescreen resolutions?

    Two more hours until the next one day deals go up.

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    "One Day" Deal lasted 2 days last time :\

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Only the first day, same as now.

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I didn't mean "Last Time" as in last year

    I meant the current one.

    I just phrased it awkwardly.

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  • NAND NORNAND NOR Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The sale lasts the number of hours that are left on the timer. The new one will be up in about an hour and forty minutes.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hmm, can't decide if I should get the Jedi Knight collection.

    Are Jedi outcast, Jedi academy and mysteries of the sith good?

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Jedi Outcast is so-so. Jedi Academy is fun and awesome.

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2009
    Hmm, can't decide if I should get the Jedi Knight collection.

    Are Jedi outcast, Jedi academy and mysteries of the sith good?

    outcast was great, academy improved on it mechanically but I didn't enjoy the storyline as much.

    myesteries of the sith was the expansion for the original jedi knight/dark forces game right? Can't remember if I ever played it.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Think I'd have much trouble playing Jedi Outcast/Academy on a laptop keyboard and touchpad? I finished KOTOR recentley and am still in a Star Wars mood. I'd just buy Outcast then acadmey after I've finished, but it's cheaper to buy the two at once and basically get 3 more star wars games free. I already know Dark Forces and DF2 are fuckawesome so this seems like a good deal.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    reVerse wrote: »
    Jedi Outcast is so-so. Jedi Academy is fun and awesome.

    I felt the other way around. Outcast was fun. Academy added in a load of stuff but didn't really tweak or balance any of it properly. Still fun but it felt like more of a mish-mash.

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  • Michael HMichael H Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Machinarium is so much fun. After all the COD I've been playing it's nice just to sit and look at pretty pictures.

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    subedii wrote: »
    reVerse wrote: »
    Jedi Outcast is so-so. Jedi Academy is fun and awesome.

    I felt the other way around. Outcast was fun. Academy added in a load of stuff but didn't really tweak or balance any of it properly. Still fun but it felt like more of a mish-mash.

    As far as I'm concerned, the series went on a steep downward slope after the first game.

    Dark Forces 1 is still the best one.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ketar wrote: »
    Did anyone else snag Defense Grid?

    ... and if you did, were you as shocked as I was that the game had an unexpectedly heart-wrenching plotline? I don't think I've seen (up to now) a tower defense style game that even tried to add a sentimental aspect to its plot... at first it felt forced, but as it went on I began to find myself sympathizing with the character in question. I finished up the last level, and now I feel a little bummed. =) lol

    Raspberries being among my favorite foods, it wrenched that much harder :P

    edit: But yes, that it had an interesting storyline is definitely part of what makes it my favorite tower defense game. Having any storyline at all probably would have put it above most, but one that actually maintained my interest solely through narration was a nice touch.

    Ah, I'm glad I'm not alone in that. =) When we got to the ruins of his homeworld, I could feel the devastation in his voice... I don't know who they got for a voice actor, but for the (rather bizarre) role he was playing he did an intensely good job at it. He made what could've been cheesy and awkward feel pretty deeply emotional just from the intonation of his voice. I was impressed. =)

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Avicus wrote: »
    Ok guys, I bought the Witcher yesterday and then found out my little brother had got it also. To try and save bandwidth I just copied his witcher folder from steamapps/common. Now I can't get steam to recognise it at all. It just tries to redownload it and doesnt even sense the folder. Any help?

    When you copy folders between installs steam will go through a download process but it should go waaay faster then downloading it from scratch.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ketar wrote: »
    Did anyone else snag Defense Grid?

    ... and if you did, were you as shocked as I was that the game had an unexpectedly heart-wrenching plotline? I don't think I've seen (up to now) a tower defense style game that even tried to add a sentimental aspect to its plot... at first it felt forced, but as it went on I began to find myself sympathizing with the character in question. I finished up the last level, and now I feel a little bummed. =) lol

    Raspberries being among my favorite foods, it wrenched that much harder :P

    edit: But yes, that it had an interesting storyline is definitely part of what makes it my favorite tower defense game. Having any storyline at all probably would have put it above most, but one that actually maintained my interest solely through narration was a nice touch.

    Ah, I'm glad I'm not alone in that. =) When we got to the ruins of his homeworld, I could feel the devastation in his voice... I don't know who they got for a voice actor, but for the (rather bizarre) role he was playing he did an intensely good job at it. He made what could've been cheesy and awkward feel pretty deeply emotional just from the intonation of his voice. I was impressed. =)

    I've said it before but it does remind me a lot of Portal, in that it's a good puzzle game but it's the incidental narrative that helps to make it something more than it would have been. Both games only had one real character, but it was that character that basically gave the whole game its drive outside of the core gameplay.

    Both characters were also nutty computers, so there's also that.

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  • hobokenthobokent Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Avicus wrote: »
    Ok guys, I bought the Witcher yesterday and then found out my little brother had got it also. To try and save bandwidth I just copied his witcher folder from steamapps/common. Now I can't get steam to recognise it at all. It just tries to redownload it and doesnt even sense the folder. Any help?

    When you copy folders between installs steam will go through a download process but it should go waaay faster then downloading it from scratch.

    Did you try clicking on the backup option on the steam app? Just right click on the witcher and select backup.
    It should make a executable which you just click on and it'll install the witcher on the other comp.

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  • hobokenthobokent Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    LOAD DAMN YOU LOAD.
    I MUST HAVE GAMES AT LOW LOW PRICES.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    L4D2 is 33€ on today's sale. But, isn't the regular discounted Christmas price 33€ too? What's the sale here?

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I think I am going to have to get the id super pack now.

    £12.89 is insane.

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Don't you just lurve wathing timers countdown to zero?

    page isn't loading for me now.

    e:Okay, literally the moment I posted this, it loaded.
    new sale's good, but not as "omgwtf"-inspiring as the last.

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Left 4 Dead 2 ... $33.49
    Serious Sam HD ... $9.99
    Football Manager 2010 ... $29.99
    Need for Speed: Shift ... $37.49
    Id super pack ... $23.79

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    reVerse wrote: »
    L4D2 is 33€ on today's sale. But, isn't the regular discounted Christmas price 33€ too? What's the sale here?

    Yeah, that doesn't seem to be a special deal at all. Today's deals don't excite me very much. Maybe I'll pick up Serious Sam HD and gift a few copies to my friends? Meh.

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    New one-day only deals are up.

    id Super Pack (20 games): $23.79 ($69.99)
    L4D2: $33.49 ($49.99)
    Football Manager: $29.99 ($39.99)
    NFS: Shift: $37.49 ($49.99)
    Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter: $9.99 ($19.99)

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  • hobokenthobokent Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Definitely getting Serious Sam HD at $10

    Eye-ing the ID super pack.

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    reVerse wrote: »
    L4D2 is 33€ on today's sale. But, isn't the regular discounted Christmas price 33€ too? What's the sale here?

    I don't know what it was in funny money, but it was $37.49 yesterday, it was 25% instead of 33% off.

    I've said it a million times, but NFS: Shift is totally worth that price and people should buy it and race with me.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Rius wrote: »
    reVerse wrote: »
    L4D2 is 33€ on today's sale. But, isn't the regular discounted Christmas price 33€ too? What's the sale here?

    Yeah, that doesn't seem to be a special deal at all. Today's deals don't excite me very much. Maybe I'll pick up Serious Sam HD and gift a few copies to my friends? Meh.

    So, apparently the "regular price" for L4D2 is 37€.

    Pretty crappy today only sale. At the very least they could've dropped it down to 29€ or something.

    But eh. It's probably the cheapest it's gonna be for some time now, could consider buying it at 33€.

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It seems the original Stalker is still $1.99. I thought "today only" deals were, you know, only for that day. Maybe they just haven't updated the price yet.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm probably going to get Serious Sam HD.

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  • SandersSanders Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    New one-day only deals are up.

    id Super Pack (20 games): $23.79 ($69.99)
    L4D2: $33.49 ($49.99)
    Football Manager: $29.99 ($39.99)
    NFS: Shift: $37.49 ($49.99)
    Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter: $9.99 ($19.99)

    ID went 34.99 to 23.79
    L4D2 went 37.99 to 33.49
    Football Manager went on sale in america
    NFS: Shift went on sale.
    SS HD went 15.99 to 9.99

    Meh. ID Super Pack maybe.

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    $23 dollars for the ID super is a crazy deal.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I think I may have to spring for the id super pack, since the only one of those games I currently own is the commander keen pack.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, looks like I'll have to wait until next year for L4D2 to hit the same 50% off price point that made L4D1 worth picking up.

    That ID pack is pretty insane, but I've been there done that for most of those games at this point.

    Everything else is a resounding "not for me". At least now maybe GTA IV will finally finish downloading.

    Edit: And yeah, GTA IV is still listed as $7.49.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh good god. Stalker for $2. I've been meaning to grab this game for a long time, can't pass on this.

    Edit: Haha, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 is half the price of Vegas 1.

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  • Michael HMichael H Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Good gravy, if I didn't have so many games to play as it was, I would be all over the id Super Pack. Between Torchlight, COD, Machinarium, Serious Sam, and TF2, I'll never get anything done in my life as it is. :(

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  • HaikufrenzyHaikufrenzy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh Steam, your deals are so crazy that I'm convinced that the CEO of Valve walks around in a plaid suit all day and goes on and on about how CRAZAH he is.

    Alright so I just picked up Atari 80 games collection, Lucasarts Classic Adventure Game Collection, Time Gentlemen, Please/Ben There, Dan That, and Serious Sam HD. All for 20 bucks. Yay!

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