Don't forget that you could also use that $10 for a bitchin' Prima strategy guide. Limited time only!
I haven't seen any bitchin' Prima strategy guides. I thought they only had the regular ones on sale for now.</snark>
I actually got a guide to Baldur's Gate 2 as a gift back in the day that was helpful on some of the more interesting boss fights. It also had a lot of the locations of hidden loot stashes, so I found it handy on occasion. This was, of course, both better written than and before I knew about GameFAQs.
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
I have to imagine GoG also owes some of their success to their glut of older games, that they update to work on new OS and hardware, which is usually a bitch and a half to do yourself.
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
Play it anyway man. The FEAR series is kind of mild on the proper scares, it's usually shit that just makes you go "Well... shit" minus the possibility of a ladder scare. Otherwise it's a ton of fun shooter, so you should get it.
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
Play it anyway man. The FEAR series is kind of mild on the proper scares, it's usually shit that just makes you go "Well... shit" minus the possibility of a ladder scare. Otherwise it's a ton of fun shooter, so you should get it.
Play it in the dark with a good sound system. Some guy in my dorm did that when it first came out. Half the floor crammed in there to watch. Could hear their girlish shrieks down the hall every time the subwoofer rumbled.
Regardless, it doesn't mean they can't sell it. But hey, if they don't want a piece of the MW2 pie, good for them.
I suspect it would be consider a bad business move to offer for sale a product which requires you to install your main competitors application.
Is it a better business move to just not sell the game at all and forgo all the money from doing so? Note that D2D and Gamer's Gate are part of this boycott as well. So any game that includes Steamworks, which will soon be every Unreal Engine game will either be sold on Steam or retail. Clearly Valve isn't concerned with this, and publishers aren't either - more and more of them move to Steam despite this "boycott". So who is this hurting?
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
Play it anyway man. The FEAR series is kind of mild on the proper scares, it's usually shit that just makes you go "Well... shit" minus the possibility of a ladder scare. Otherwise it's a ton of fun shooter, so you should get it.
Do the levels get more varied eventually, or does the whole thing take place in an office park?
Because if they buy it from Impulse, they will be playing it on Steam - so they might use the Steam store instead for future purposes.
So instead users have to ... buy it from Steam.
With the success Steam is having I doubt their boycott will really deter many publishers from considering steamworks.
Because if they buy it from Impulse, they will be playing it on Steam - so they might use the Steam store instead for future purposes.
So instead users have to ... buy it from Steam.
With the success Steam is having I doubt their boycott will really deter many publishers from considering steamworks.
You don't have to start a seperate service for D2D. Those are direct downloads. You can just add them to your steam list by the "add a non-steam game" option and then it can be launched from your steam game list just the same.
When CoD: MW2 came out a bunch of digital distribution services didn't want to sell it because it requires Steam. Ironically some of them (at least Direct2Drive) already sell other Steamworks games such as Zeno Clash and Dawn of War 2.
My problem is that everytime some non-AAA or older game goes on sale somewhere, I have to check 5 different lists. Steam (very quick and very easy), Impulse, GoG, Gamer's Gate and D2D. I hate that. Steam is always on in this machine, so it takes seconds to check. But the others are annoying. I also like how Steam makes it easier to reinstall shit. GG is really bad.
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
Play it anyway man. The FEAR series is kind of mild on the proper scares, it's usually shit that just makes you go "Well... shit" minus the possibility of a ladder scare. Otherwise it's a ton of fun shooter, so you should get it.
I specifically remember downloading the demo while I was in university, and playing all the way through. After I was done, I uninstalled the game and vowed never to install it again.
I don't think I want to let my past-self down. Plus I really don't like games which make me jump. They make me not want to progress the story, which is what games are all about.
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (May 21st, 2010) –SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. are proud to announce that a wide selection of evergreen games from the legendary SEGA Mega Drive™ platform are making their way on to PC via digital distribution.
The initial group of titles being made available consists of fan favourites such as Golden Axe™, Ecco the Dolphin™, Comix Zone™ and VectorMan™. All these classic SEGA titles will be available from £1.99/€2.49/ AUS$3.49, but for a full list of all available titles and features, please visit www.sega.com.
“It’s exciting to be able to offer these classic games to a new audience” said Nick Pili, Network Business Director at SEGA Europe. “Delivered via our digital partners, every PC owner can now enjoy these timeless masterpieces whenever they want!”
The first set of SEGA Mega Drive games for PC are set to release 1st June on STEAM and other digital distribution networks.
It's hard to stay afraid in FEAR, just realize that you very quickly start carrying around ridiculous guns and will be able to end anything in your path.
I'm getting Call of Jaurez II on Impulse for $10 this weekend. I can see how having multiple DD clients on my computer will ruin me; if one doesn't have a good sale the other does.
Also, thank god CoJ II came out before Ubisoft's DRM went nuts.
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (May 21st, 2010) –SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. are proud to announce that a wide selection of evergreen games from the legendary SEGA Mega Drive™ platform are making their way on to PC via digital distribution.
The initial group of titles being made available consists of fan favourites such as Golden Axe™, Ecco the Dolphin™, Comix Zone™ and VectorMan™. All these classic SEGA titles will be available from £1.99/€2.49/ AUS$3.49, but for a full list of all available titles and features, please visit www.sega.com.
“It’s exciting to be able to offer these classic games to a new audience” said Nick Pili, Network Business Director at SEGA Europe. “Delivered via our digital partners, every PC owner can now enjoy these timeless masterpieces whenever they want!”
The first set of SEGA Mega Drive games for PC are set to release 1st June on STEAM and other digital distribution networks.
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (May 21st, 2010) –SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. are proud to announce that a wide selection of evergreen games from the legendary SEGA Mega Drive™ platform are making their way on to PC via digital distribution.
The initial group of titles being made available consists of fan favourites such as Golden Axe™, Ecco the Dolphin™, Comix Zone™ and VectorMan™. All these classic SEGA titles will be available from £1.99/€2.49/ AUS$3.49, but for a full list of all available titles and features, please visit www.sega.com.
“It’s exciting to be able to offer these classic games to a new audience” said Nick Pili, Network Business Director at SEGA Europe. “Delivered via our digital partners, every PC owner can now enjoy these timeless masterpieces whenever they want!”
The first set of SEGA Mega Drive games for PC are set to release 1st June on STEAM and other digital distribution networks.
Holy fuck that's pure awesome.
I'm gonna buy a bunch of cheapo games to make them release Phantasy Star 1-4 and Shining Force 2 and all those awesome games.
The things is, the adoption rate of Steamworks is only going up. Impulse could sell Steamworks games at a discount if they wanted, and get that revenue instead of Valve, but they don't. Instead they fore go a bunch of sales that could have been theirs.
Anyone with a machine capable of running Steam is also capable of taking the five minutes it would take to torrent a Genesis Emulator and a complete romset.
I'm totally down with buying old Sega Games (even though I have official Genesis Collections and SmashPacks on multiple platforms, including the PC), but they really need to add multiplayer over Steam through their emulator to differentiate the Steam versions of the games from the other stuff.
Basically what I am saying is I want to play Streets of Rage with you motherfuckers.
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On the other hand, I may want to give money to people who put the multiplayer portion online for free.
I haven't seen any bitchin' Prima strategy guides. I thought they only had the regular ones on sale for now.</snark>
I actually got a guide to Baldur's Gate 2 as a gift back in the day that was helpful on some of the more interesting boss fights. It also had a lot of the locations of hidden loot stashes, so I found it handy on occasion. This was, of course, both better written than and before I knew about GameFAQs.
Man. I was just thinking, "Hey, FEAR is a pretty fun FPS with bullet time mechanics! I can have some good times with it for £6.99!".
And then I was thinking "Oh shit, but it's also all about horror. No fucking way."
So, no FEAR for me
Also, Stardock must realise that they can never be Number 1, right? Even if they're Number 2, the vast market share that Steam has means they'll only get a few percentage points of the market.
As far as I can see, the only reliable way to become a good and appreciable alternative/addition to Steam now is to offer download only - no client, just EXEs.
Which is what GOG does, which is part of the reason they're doing so well.
Play it anyway man. The FEAR series is kind of mild on the proper scares, it's usually shit that just makes you go "Well... shit" minus the possibility of a ladder scare. Otherwise it's a ton of fun shooter, so you should get it.
Play it in the dark with a good sound system. Some guy in my dorm did that when it first came out. Half the floor crammed in there to watch. Could hear their girlish shrieks down the hall every time the subwoofer rumbled.
Is it a better business move to just not sell the game at all and forgo all the money from doing so? Note that D2D and Gamer's Gate are part of this boycott as well. So any game that includes Steamworks, which will soon be every Unreal Engine game will either be sold on Steam or retail. Clearly Valve isn't concerned with this, and publishers aren't either - more and more of them move to Steam despite this "boycott". So who is this hurting?
Do the levels get more varied eventually, or does the whole thing take place in an office park?
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Not necessarily. They just have easier access to it as it's included in the SDK. They can opt not to use it.
Because if they buy it from Impulse, they will be playing it on Steam - so they might use the Steam store instead for future purposes.
So instead users have to ... buy it from Steam.
With the success Steam is having I doubt their boycott will really deter many publishers from considering steamworks.
You don't have to start a seperate service for D2D. Those are direct downloads. You can just add them to your steam list by the "add a non-steam game" option and then it can be launched from your steam game list just the same.
If GG is GOG you can do the same with it.
When CoD: MW2 came out a bunch of digital distribution services didn't want to sell it because it requires Steam. Ironically some of them (at least Direct2Drive) already sell other Steamworks games such as Zeno Clash and Dawn of War 2.
Steamwork games (which is what we were talking about I believe) are added to Steam right away.
They just feel uncomfortable selling games that bring you to the storefront of a competitor.
I specifically remember downloading the demo while I was in university, and playing all the way through. After I was done, I uninstalled the game and vowed never to install it again.
I don't think I want to let my past-self down. Plus I really don't like games which make me jump. They make me not want to progress the story, which is what games are all about.
This one:
http://www.ddgamer.com/2009/11/7/online-retailers-boycotting-modern-warfare-2-because-of-steam-integration/
Also, thank god CoJ II came out before Ubisoft's DRM went nuts.
Cant wait to get Golden Axe
Holy fuck that's pure awesome.
I'm gonna buy a bunch of cheapo games to make them release Phantasy Star 1-4 and Shining Force 2 and all those awesome games.
Steam Exclusives:
It's probably because they've realise that their only good games were made many years ago.
Since they've forgotten how they made them, they're just re-releasing the old ones.
It violates several of the Geneva Conventions Against Torture.
However, the Slaughter Mode they added is awesome, great effects.
The publisher would have to agree it.
Thanks--that sounds a bit worrying but I guess I'll give it a shot.
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Did they make that or did the publish it.
Because Sega has published some mighty fine things.
I'm totally down with buying old Sega Games (even though I have official Genesis Collections and SmashPacks on multiple platforms, including the PC), but they really need to add multiplayer over Steam through their emulator to differentiate the Steam versions of the games from the other stuff.
Basically what I am saying is I want to play Streets of Rage with you motherfuckers.
It's in-house.
And yeah, they're pretty much publishing gods at the moment.
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