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Most Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can I register this __Insert Game Here__ on Steam?
Here's a list of games you can register on Steam. You can always add a non-Steam game to your Steam games list, so that people can see you playing it.
2. If I buy a game pack that already includes a game I own, can I gift that game?
No, this was a one-time thing for people who already owned Half-Life 2 and bought the Orange Box. Additional copies you own are lost forever to the ether.
3. Why isn't __Insert Game Here__ available in my region?
Many Steam games might be unavailable in your country if you have the temerity to live outside of the United States. This is not Steam's fault. Regional game availability is determined solely by the publisher, who should be the source of your ire. Gifting works regardless of region so you might find some helpful person in North America who can gift you the game.
Here's a list of games you can register on Steam. You can always add a non-Steam game to your Steam games list, so that people can see you playing it.
2. If I buy a game pack that already includes a game I own, can I gift that game?
No, this was a one-time thing for people who already owned Half-Life 2 and bought the Orange Box. Additional copies you own are lost forever to the ether.
3. Why isn't __Insert Game Here__ available in my region?
Many Steam games might be unavailable in your country if you have the temerity to live outside of the United States. This is not Steam's fault. Regional game availability is determined solely by the publisher, who should be the source of your ire. Gifting works regardless of region so you might find some helpful person in North America who can gift you the game.
Helpful Stuff
electricitylikesme wrote: »AUSTRALIANS!!!!
You need this program.
It reconfigures your Windows IPSEC settings (run it as an admin) to block out all but the servers which don't count towards your download quota on Steam. Now supports a bunch of ISPs through a graphical interface.
Basically guarantees you won't add to your download quota with Steam.
150KB/s
Download TCPview: TCPView
Then, use TCPview (run as admin if you're on Vista) to close all Steam TCP servers (this is important, NOT the UDP ones, just the TCP ones). Steam will then reconnect to a different server, which will hopefully get you a better speed. If you don't go faster in a couple of seconds, retry until you get a speed you like.
This shit totally needs to go into the OP, I've tipped this to so many people already.
Cool Community Add-Ons
Steam Signatures
With such a cool service, someone must have done some extra things to build on it. The forums have one such man, who made some super cool Steam signatures. Suds is his name and killing is his game. Except for the killing. The signatures automatically use backgrounds for the games and the correct icon. Pretty neat, and they're 100% free!
Sample signature:
Steam Calculator
You can also use a script on his Steam Calculator page to see how much your Steam account would be worth if you had taken advantage of some obscure, arcane combination of special deals that nobody could ever have taken advantage of. Or something sort of like that.
Steam Sales Tracker
You might want to add this page to the steam links section - a complete sortable list of every game on steam, the metacritic score, and if its on sale, the % its discounted by. Yes. http://steam.addhawk.net/[/QUOTE]
With such a cool service, someone must have done some extra things to build on it. The forums have one such man, who made some super cool Steam signatures. Suds is his name and killing is his game. Except for the killing. The signatures automatically use backgrounds for the games and the correct icon. Pretty neat, and they're 100% free!
Sample signature:
Steam Calculator
You can also use a script on his Steam Calculator page to see how much your Steam account would be worth if you had taken advantage of some obscure, arcane combination of special deals that nobody could ever have taken advantage of. Or something sort of like that.
Steam Sales Tracker
You might want to add this page to the steam links section - a complete sortable list of every game on steam, the metacritic score, and if its on sale, the % its discounted by. Yes. http://steam.addhawk.net/[/QUOTE]
The Mis-Adventures of LewieP
As funny as the following comic is, LewieP does spend a lot of time looking for bargains, for us.
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How's Republic Commando look? I already have it for Xbox, and while it's backwards compatible on the 360, it looks fuzzy, and muddled, and just generally like ass, which makes it really difficult to play for me. I'm on the fence on whether $5 is worth getting it a second time, if it looks a lot crisper, with everything easier to see.
Did I do the right thing?
I want to buy the Eidos pack, but I keep getting errors. Now I have to create a steam support account too? ugh...
I thought it looked pretty good and its going too anyways with higher res and AA. Only thing it doesn't support wide screen so if its stretched the clones look even bulkier then they already were. Its cool though since I just imagined them as Ninja Turtles with guns.
I should probably check back and see if there's any neato user created mods, though. Anything that adds deeper complexity/options to the skill trees would be a great start for me.
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
When I played it a few months ago, it turned out fine. I didn't have a widescreen monitor at the time so I'm not sure how much that would effect it, assuming you have one.
Pretty pleased with the sale all in all, picked up Torchlight and Trine for 5$ each, along with the borderlands DLC for just under 7$.
If you want it, get it
I mean, fuck! I brought L4d2 YESTERDAY!
What's the calling it a one day sell if they gonna put it on sale a SECOND DAY?!
Same for me. Also, after diablo 2 a game like that without multiplayer just seems kinda empty to me.
Son, you did the rightest thing.
Someone said Overlord is a Pikmin clone, not an RTS. Having never played Pikmin, can someone explain that for me? It might not be a dealbreaker; I'm not much of an RTS player.
Also, which Hitman game(s) should I buy? Haven't played any of them except for some controller passing during the Hitman game that ends with you waking up at a funeral.
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
Yay!!
If you like Action RPGs like Diablo2 and Titan Quest, you'll like Torchlight. BUT, Torchlight doesn't have multiplayer and doesn't really add anything new to the genre. It rehashes what's great about the genre pretty well, and there's probably some great user mods by now that could enhance the experience. The game didn't hold my interest for very long.
How's that for enabling your fence sitting?
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
I think that's why Diablo 2 felt boring to me. The game areas were so open and empty and clearly built around multiplayer groups that playing it singleplayer was just dull, whilst playing it multiplayer it was the constant issue of feeling like I was supposed to be playing at level 99.
Torchlight works fine in SP, and it's not so obsessed with grinding that I can feel powerful for the majority of the game. I didn't mind investing in a bunch of skills so much either, although granted I haven't finished the game yet and that might come back to bite me later.
It isn't a RTS. The main gameplay is like a hack and slash adventure but you have between 5 and 50 minions that follow you around that you can give commands to attack, retrieve or guard.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
The multiplayer is very different but very awesome. I suggest you watch the earliest uploaded videos on the YouTube channel I linked; they're more or less an introduction to Men of War multiplayer.
We also have a Men of War thread on the PA forums with some info in the OP.
Should I get the two pack with X2 and X3:Reunion? Whats the difference between Reunion and Terran Conflict?
Or should I get another game with spaceships?
Ok, that sounds awesome. Thanks!
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
My problem is I was always interested by but never played Diablo 2, or titan quest. And the no multiplayer turned me off torchlight a bit. But I do like RTS and RPG.
And I have already bought a metric fuckton of games in this sale. Damn this is difficult.
I'd also like an answer to this.
Pikmin is mostly in the way the game controls. You won't be dragging select boxes around your minions or anything. You'll be sending them out, or assigning them do do various tasks. There's different minion types and each type has it's use/talents/weaknesses. They adhere to the usual tank/dps/healer archetypes.
The dungeon puzzles are quite zelda-esque and well made.
It's not an RTS because there's no unit building, no unit researching, no resource gathering other then collecting life orbs or whatever it was. I'm rather puzzled why someone would call it an RTS, really. Why would you think it is?
Also, using a gamepad works better then using a mouse and keyboard. It doable though, but still, Overlord is very much a console game.
<plug>If you want more Overlord info, go check my blog, I wrote quite a bit about them.</plug>
Well, if you never played D2 or TQ, then you should definitely pick up Torchlight. You'll get introduced to the genre by a game that is well equipped to do so, and while there's no multiplayer there's definitely enough value in the game to be worth it anyway.
Plus, by buying the game you'll be supporting the company that is making a multiplayer/mmo version of the game, set in the same universe. I think that's why I really bought it and what I'm really looking forward to, especially since D3 isn't coming out in 2010.
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
It bored the living crap out of me personally but I think I just lack whatever it is that lets some people enjoy recent space sims. The best space game I have ever played was Tachyon, which is on steam and cost £3.50 right now. You like space ships you should try it.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
Fuck it I'm sold. One last purchase for this sale.
Well, for $5 it's supposed to be the best example of the genre. Try the demo.
I have no willpower, i crumbled on the Eidos pack, too much there that i've wanted to try. So much for frugal game buying.
You now own Evil Genius, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, X3: Terran Conflict, Star Wars Republic Commando, Batman: Arkham Asylum.
You now own Morrowind.
You now own Mass Effect, Braid.
You now own Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Crysis Wars, Half-Life: Source.
You now own Torchlight
You now own King's Bounty: Armored Princess, Defense Grid: The Awakening.
Total cost:
100 bucks
Not bad.
X3 is a space sim, but it's also a universe sim. There's a lot of economic stuff like trading and setting up industry and things like that. You don't have to do it but that's a pretty big part of the game to ignore. If you're looking for a "blow stuff up" sort of space sim, you're much MUCH better off with Freespace 2 from GoG.com. Then head over to this website and marvel at your next-gen graphics.
Not that X3 is bad. It's just horrendously complex and not as fun of a dogfighter as Freespace.
i am seriously considering buying it for pc once i get a decent computer
would this be a worthwhile investment?
and if so: should i get all the add-ons or just vanilla?
I am really tempted by the everything TellTale pack, as I wanted to pick up the Monkey Island series they did and was interested in the Wallace and Gromit series, and the pack is only $15 more then picking up those two alone.
Anyone have any deal tips that you have to dig around the site for? Here is mine, Ghost Master for $1. So worth it.
On the other hand I shouldn't say stuff like this since I am now getting the problem where Steam is declining my card (there's money on there, nothing wrong with it etc., etc.). Sigh. I guess there's still 24 hours, but when you know technically they can sell out of stuff it makes it a little harder to be at all patient...
Read my book. (It has a robot in it.)
Ghostbusters
Lego Batman (wasn't on sale but I still bought it)
Shattered Horizon
Left 4 Dead 2 (Gifted to someone)
Day of Defeat Source
Counter Strike Source x2 (For myself but on alternate accounts)
Mirror's Edge (Gifted to someone)
Steam | Live
From all accounts sales skyrocket with these sales. Add in that overhead for capcom is much lower for Digital sales (at least i think it is). Hell any sales for a game that's nearly dead should be counted as good. (well, will be when SSFIV hits).
You can also factor in that i don't really know wtf im talking about!