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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    steam roulette just told me to play x-com interceptor

    i am going to assume that is a bug with the script

    It would be neat if there was a Metacritic score filter on it. Then you could ask it to pick a AAA game for you.

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Wonderful Big Bladder finished. Blarg.

    While I don't think it was the case of Dejobaan's, it appears not all the achievements are chosen by the developer. The Lead and Gold guys said they needed to add achievements to be part of the summer dealio, and they added a few, some for the more hardcore fans of the game, and had no control over what got picked as the actual summer ticket.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Spoit wrote: »
    Hey, anyone know how portal 2 co-op level selection works? does it only have access to the levels both players have completed, or does it just depend on the host?

    In my experience, you can access any level either player has gotten to, but there are consoles in the hub that show whether each player has completed that section.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Spoit wrote: »
    Hey, anyone know how portal 2 co-op level selection works? does it only have access to the levels both players have completed, or does it just depend on the host?

    In my experience, you can access any level either player has gotten to, but there are consoles in the hub that show whether each player has completed that section.

    Ah, good, now to just find someone who has access to the propulsion gel chamber 6 for the (upcoming) ticket

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    steam roulette just told me to play x-com interceptor

    i am going to assume that is a bug with the script

    Told me that too. Going to assume it's a malicious script.
    8-)

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Rizzi wrote: »
    steam roulette just told me to play x-com interceptor

    i am going to assume that is a bug with the script

    Told me that too. Going to assume it's a malicious script.
    8-)

    It wanted me to play hydrophobia for whatever that's worth

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  • Kristmas KthulhuKristmas Kthulhu Currently Kultist Kthulhu Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Ok here's my conundrum.

    When I started playing video games it was the SNES and 2d platformers. That was all fine and dandy until the PSX and I was introduced to the turn based RPG. I never looked back. Unfortunately that love was not shared by this generation of gamemakers, leaving me with an average final fantasy and an odd little gun-fu title on my PS3. I've also discovered as I turned more and more to my computer for gaming that it was a genre almost nonexistent. I've found some cool little gems like kings bounty (more of an SRPG as I understand it) but my favorite genre of gaming is sorely lacking.

    How worth it is Last Remnant for someone in my position? Even if it probably breaks my budget for the rest of the sale?

    Pre-release stuff looked good, 360 reception was bad, things where changed for PC, current reception is ???

    Try Barkely, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. It's free.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Ok here's my conundrum.

    When I started playing video games it was the SNES and 2d platformers. That was all fine and dandy until the PSX and I was introduced to the turn based RPG. I never looked back. Unfortunately that love was not shared by this generation of gamemakers, leaving me with an average final fantasy and an odd little gun-fu title on my PS3. I've also discovered as I turned more and more to my computer for gaming that it was a genre almost nonexistent. I've found some cool little gems like kings bounty (more of an SRPG as I understand it) but my favorite genre of gaming is sorely lacking.

    How worth it is Last Remnant for someone in my position? Even if it probably breaks my budget for the rest of the sale?

    Pre-release stuff looked good, 360 reception was bad, things where changed for PC, current reception is ???

    Try Barkely, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. It's free.

    Oh My God that is amazing




    AAANnndd... their website's down

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  • IslandIsland Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So I have self imposed limit remaining of $69 (heh)

    I have the Total Way bundle and The Last Remnant in my cart. I'm also contemplating Mafia 2 (and 1).

    Is Mafia 2 worth it? Should I hold off with a larger amount in my wallet for the last real day of sales? This is my first sale, so do they hold all the good stuff for tomorrow? I already have Portal 2.

    My backlog is massive, but the Mafia games look somewhat interesting. Are they linear? Do I need to play the first one to understand the 2nd? Have then been cheaper before? Sorry if these questions have already been asked, haven't caught up on the thread yet.

    Thanks,

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  • cckerberoscckerberos Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Where to start with Splinter Cell? I've never played any of them.

    The comments in the last thread have convinced me to pick up Conviction and Chaos Theory, but are the earlier games worth picking up? Is there a strong plot line running through all of the games?

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    e: RE: MAFIA / MAFIA 2

    I could be wrong but I don't think the two build on each other so playing the 1st isn't required to understand the second. I;ve also heard the first isn't great.

    The second one is good though. It's a pretty solid story set in a sandbox city. It's divided into chapters and some chapters give you more freedom to roam around and do whatever, while others push you along the story (like the one I'm on started with a secondary figure showing up and us starting on a job of the mafia variety).

    It's really driven by the story and as far as I know doesn't have a ton of random side missions you find in sandbox games like GTA, unless they start showing up later in the game

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    cckerberos wrote: »
    Where to start with Splinter Cell? I've never played any of them.

    The comments in the last thread have convinced me to pick up Conviction and Chaos Theory, but are the earlier games worth picking up? Is there a strong plot line running through all of the games?

    Not really, it is pretty generic, the only standout being the actual character of Sam Fisher, who more or less owes his awesomeness to having Micheal Ironside as his voice actor.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The Universe Sandbox is a pretty sweet little astrophysics simulation/toy/thing.

    You know what it just taught me? The Solar System is fucking HUGE and light doesn't travel anywhere near as fast as I had conceptualized.

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  • AyulinAyulin Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So, how do you get the ticket for uploading a video in Steam? Is it by uploading something to YouTube in TF2, or something else?

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  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    You link your youtube account to steam (go to community, your profile, view videos, it'll have a screen telling you what to do). You then upload a video from your youtube account to your steam account.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Drake wrote: »
    The Universe Sandbox is a pretty sweet little astrophysics simulation/toy/thing.

    You know what it just taught me? The Solar System is fucking HUGE and light doesn't travel anywhere near as fast as I had conceptualized.

    Yeah, the whole "light pulse" feature really does not give me a positive outlook on the future of deep space travel. D:

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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    cckerberos wrote: »
    Where to start with Splinter Cell? I've never played any of them.

    The comments in the last thread have convinced me to pick up Conviction and Chaos Theory, but are the earlier games worth picking up? Is there a strong plot line running through all of the games?

    The first game is kick-you-in-the-balls unforgiving, and on the PC version you won't see any shadows. Something about modern video cards not being compatible. Shadows are kind of important in this game.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hows the action in Mafia II? Since it seems mainly about story bits + driving + shooting a lot of guys, I'd want the actual shooting and driving to be pretty solid.

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  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    Hows the action in Mafia II? Since it seems mainly about story bits + driving + shooting a lot of guys, I'd want the actual shooting and driving to be pretty solid.

    Keeping in mind that driving is 3/4 of the game, then yeah.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Triple B wrote: »
    Drake wrote: »
    The Universe Sandbox is a pretty sweet little astrophysics simulation/toy/thing.

    You know what it just taught me? The Solar System is fucking HUGE and light doesn't travel anywhere near as fast as I had conceptualized.

    Yeah, the whole "light pulse" feature really does not give me a positive outlook on the future of deep space travel. D:

    Yeah, now I understand that wry look that astrophysicists get when the topic turns to interstellar travel in those PBS documentaries.

    At least we have plenty of room here in the Solar System.

    Drake on
  • Kristmas KthulhuKristmas Kthulhu Currently Kultist Kthulhu Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Ok here's my conundrum.

    When I started playing video games it was the SNES and 2d platformers. That was all fine and dandy until the PSX and I was introduced to the turn based RPG. I never looked back. Unfortunately that love was not shared by this generation of gamemakers, leaving me with an average final fantasy and an odd little gun-fu title on my PS3. I've also discovered as I turned more and more to my computer for gaming that it was a genre almost nonexistent. I've found some cool little gems like kings bounty (more of an SRPG as I understand it) but my favorite genre of gaming is sorely lacking.

    How worth it is Last Remnant for someone in my position? Even if it probably breaks my budget for the rest of the sale?

    Pre-release stuff looked good, 360 reception was bad, things where changed for PC, current reception is ???

    Try Barkely, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. It's free.

    Oh My God that is amazing




    AAANnndd... their website's down

    Here's a thread with a mirror to it and a bunch of broken BB code.

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Well okay, this is the day where I cave in, Mass Effect 2 and Amnesia boughted. And I still haven't even played ME1 and Penumbra...

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  • cckerberoscckerberos Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Vegan wrote: »
    The first game is kick-you-in-the-balls unforgiving, and on the PC version you won't see any shadows. Something about modern video cards not being compatible. Shadows are kind of important in this game.
    Heh, I can see that being a bit of an issue.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I never thought I'd see the day where Last Remnant actually went on sale. Although they seem to want to hide that fact by not showing it on the main daily deal display area.

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  • AyulinAyulin Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Corpekata wrote: »
    You link your youtube account to steam (go to community, your profile, view videos, it'll have a screen telling you what to do). You then upload a video from your youtube account to your steam account.

    Awesome, thanks. Thought it had to do with TF2 at first, then thought maybe they'd snuck in a FRAPS-like video recorder without me noticing :P

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  • Cannon GooseCannon Goose I need some GAGS! If only I had my gag book!Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So, I bought Chaos Theory and it's just as awesome as I remember it being on the Xbox, but has Sam always been this goofy looking?

    Linked for 1080p's

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    -SPI- wrote: »
    I never thought I'd see the day where Last Remnant actually went on sale. Although they seem to want to hide that fact by not showing it on the main daily deal display area.

    It's been on sale before, but it could stand to be a little cheaper.

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  • Al BaronAl Baron Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Holy crap. I just did my bi-annual manual (as in checking my account transactions through the Steam client) accounting of how much my account is worth and I'm just shy of $900.

    Granted, that's spread out over 180 games and three years but how did that happen? D:

    Edit: That actually ends up being about a third of what that Steam Calculator spits out.

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  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Meh. Gonna break my wallet and buy Amnesia and Beyond Good and Evil today.

    I'm scared of Amnesia and I haven't even played it yet. D:

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  • SvKSvK Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Al Baron wrote: »
    Holy crap. I just did my bi-annual manual (as in checking my account transactions through the Steam client) accounting of how much my account is worth and I'm just shy of $900.

    Granted, that's spread out over 180 games and three years but how did that happen? D:

    Edit: That actually ends up being about a third of what that Steam Calculator spits out.

    At least with Steam you have 10 times as many games as you would get buying new games at retail price.

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  • rikdalyrikdaly Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Al Baron wrote: »
    Holy crap. I just did my bi-annual manual (as in checking my account transactions through the Steam client) accounting of how much my account is worth and I'm just shy of $900.

    Granted, that's spread out over 180 games and three years but how did that happen? D:

    Edit: That actually ends up being about a third of what that Steam Calculator spits out.

    the one on ddgamer works much better as it calculates sale prices and packs

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Drake wrote: »
    Triple B wrote: »
    Drake wrote: »
    The Universe Sandbox is a pretty sweet little astrophysics simulation/toy/thing.

    You know what it just taught me? The Solar System is fucking HUGE and light doesn't travel anywhere near as fast as I had conceptualized.

    Yeah, the whole "light pulse" feature really does not give me a positive outlook on the future of deep space travel. D:

    Yeah, now I understand that wry look that astrophysicists get when the topic turns to interstellar travel in those PBS documentaries.

    At least we have plenty of room here in the Solar System.

    Congratulations! you just found the game to make me break my record of nor buying myself a game! and it looks like a good one. :ˆ:

    Big Classy on
  • SightTDWSightTDW Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Quick question. Do all of the Oddbox games actually work this time around? I remember it being quite the mess last sale.

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I am so close to buying Universe Sandbox right now.
    Must Resist

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  • GR_ZombieGR_Zombie Krillin It Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hoping for a crazy Valve sale tomorrow, then maybe I can finally play Half-Life 2 :o

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    Hoping for a crazy Valve sale tomorrow, then maybe I can finally play Half-Life 2 :o

    Half Life 2 and the episodes was 75% off in one of the earlier daily sales. I finally bought it then.

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  • rikdalyrikdaly Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    Hoping for a crazy Valve sale tomorrow, then maybe I can finally play Half-Life 2 :o

    crazier that this? that's a pretty crazy price for all that goodness if you ask me

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Rizzi wrote: »
    steam roulette just told me to play x-com interceptor

    i am going to assume that is a bug with the script

    Told me that too. Going to assume it's a malicious script.
    8-)

    It wanted me to play hydrophobia for whatever that's worth

    the first game that popped up for me? Stubbs the Zombie. Pretty good, right? Except it doesn't work on Windows 7 at all :(

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I'm surprised the Red Faction sale isn't a franchise one, although I guess if they did that everyone would snap up Guerrilla and skip the inferior sequel.

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    rikdaly wrote: »
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    Hoping for a crazy Valve sale tomorrow, then maybe I can finally play Half-Life 2 :o

    crazier that this? that's a pretty crazy price for all that goodness if you ask me

    Yeah I'm not sure how much cheaper you can expect it to get. £25 for every valve game ever is crazy, if I didn't already have 90% of those games I'd have snapped it up.

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