I don't know if any of you knew this... I know I didn't because I didn't see it advertised anywhere, but you can get Titan Quest Gold (normally $19.99) for $9.99 right now on Steam.
I don't know if any of you knew this... I know I didn't because I didn't see it advertised anywhere, but you can get Titan Quest Gold (normally $19.99) for $9.99 right now on Steam.
Doesn't look like it - the store page says it's limited time discount.
But there's no date :P
EDIT: GO TO http://store.steampowered.com/ RIGHT NOW, 3 new packs released, THQ Collector Pack for 99.99$, THQ Action Pack for 59.99$ and Relic Super Pack for 49.99$!
Unfortunately the Titan quest deal is one of those Steam offers which only reduces the cost of the game to slightly above what it costs elsewhere. (At least for us UK residents who get tax and an exchange rate fee added on top).
The Titan Quest deal is for this weekend, but what about those three bundles? Are they permanent (like the GTA pack, id, etc)? That's what it looks like to me, but I want to be sure before I do/don't impulse buy some stuff. I've been interested in so many of those games but I don't want to drop $100 right now.
The Titan Quest deal is for this weekend, but what about those three bundles? Are they permanent (like the GTA pack, id, etc)? That's what it looks like to me, but I want to be sure before I do/don't impulse buy some stuff. I've been interested in so many of those games but I don't want to drop $100 right now.
I'm pretty sure that the packages are going to be permanent.
The Relic Super Pack is tempting, except I suck at RTS games.
I'd totally get in on the Titan Quest deal if I didn't already own them. Good stuff. I should start playing that one again someday.
Especially with all the community mods, it's going to be a sweet ride
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I own the majority of that THQ pack, which is disappointing because I could have gotten all those games + more for cheaper then I bought then I bought them individually. Oh well. Stalker rules.
The Relic Super Pack is tempting, except I suck at RTS games.
I'd totally get in on the Titan Quest deal if I didn't already own them. Good stuff. I should start playing that one again someday.
Especially with all the community mods, it's going to be a sweet ride
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I own the majority of that THQ pack, which is disappointing because I could have gotten all those games + more for cheaper then I bought then I bought them individually. Oh well. Stalker rules.
There are balance patches, bugfix patches, new textures, skins and quests and two huge mods, Masteries which adds, for example, Vampirism and then there's Lilith, which boasts a totally new campaign!
The Relic Super Pack is tempting, except I suck at RTS games.
Well, depends on why you suck at them. Those are pretty forgiving micromanagement wise (which is, most of the time, my bane), instead you rely more on better positioning and other tactics (mostly morale related).
They are pretty fun once you get the basics, specially COH. Now if you try to get to the top of the ladder, well... thats another story.
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edited December 2008
That Black Mesa trailer rox my sox. Straight the fuck off. That is just some pro shit right there. And, hey, now it has a '09 release date, too.
(I just thought of it: Half-Life 1 started develoment after DNF. Now, a community mod that recreates its entirety on a modern engine for its sequel games will still probably beat it out. Man. The mind boggles.)
Does anyone remember at what time did Steam have the 'everything is discounted' sale?
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edited December 2008
Oh good lord, there's a 720p version here. Downloading so hard.
The dude they've got doing Barney absolutely nailed the voice, but I wish he'd emote just a bit more. That's pretty much the only thing standing between me and girlish squeals of ecstasy. My squeals are still rugged and masculine at the moment.
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There's also mirrors for the trailer here and here, as mentioned by the front page of their website.
edit2:
Upon several successive viewings, I am drenched in my own fluids. The first person view looks to have shaken off the ice skating camera thing that Valve tends to do. Could just be dark trailer magicks, but it looks more Killzone 2 than Half-Life, and that's amazing for a mod group. The unforeseen consequences line is also creepy, even by G-Man standards.
I will be dumbfounded if the team doesn't get contacted by Newell within an hour of release.
I bought Titan Quest during the weekend. It's been a fun ride so far, love the ragdoll. Having a blast with a Templar (Dream + Defender) being able to launch enemies into the air (makes you feel like Sauron :P).
I guess between this and Diablo II I'll be able to hold on until Diablo III :P
Anyone have any problems with Steam and Flash not working right? It keeps telling me that I need to update Flash, but I've installed the newest version several times.
If I restart Steam it seems to fix itself and everything works fine for awhile, but then it goes back to not loading the crawl window on the store and telling me I need to update flash.
Why must they keep making it hard to forget about black mesa? Every time I forget about the project through forced meditation for the sake of my sanity they release something cool. Then they go ahead and do this trailer and I fight to repress unbridled giddiness.
My one criticism of the trailer is the headcrabs and the sonic guys blood is really bright and flat in terms of texture.
I consider Valve to be the answer to every gamer that laments about a game being released too early, and being filled with bugs or horrible plot holes or other garbage.
I've yet to ever play a Valve game and consider it unfinished, or unpolished, or that someone didn't really put a lot of thought into it. In my younger days perhaps it would have annoyed me to wait so long, but now I have no problem waiting for quality. I imagine lots of folks echo that opinion, too.
It's the episodes that are the problem, really.
Both episode 1 and 2 made me so irritated when they were over with, because there was no resolution and satisfaction and I knew I would be waiting forever to get any sort of progress. I have never been on-board with the episodic content idea, and I would honestly much prefer to have waited 6 years for HL3 than have waited 2 years between small episodes.
Hopefully HL3, whenever it comes out, is a full game. I'm willing to wait for that. Even 8 years, whatever. Take your time. But give me a full game when you're done.
If you're willing to wait 8 years you could just ignore all the episodes until they come to a conclusion, then play them all.
More importantly, the nature of the Episodic content is something that helps the developers no end. They got a tremendous amount of feedback from HL2, and they used that in the creation of Episode 1. Likewise with Episode 2, they learned a lot from Episode 1 and worked to implement it. Not just the pure feedback on forums and e-mail, but also things like the statistics modelling of how many people make it through a section and where they die most and why. It's amazing listening to the dev commentary tracks and finding out just how much thought they put into things and how much of it is based off of what they've learned so far. Episode 3 is going to benefit even more from this still. Without the constant feedback and iteration, the series just wouldn't be nearly as good as it has been so far, it'd be far harder to progress the gameplay design and ideas.
Episodic content means that gameplay design and iteration is no longer an "All or Nothing" gambit with a six year interval to see whether you got it right. If they had simply eschewed the episodes and gone on to make another HUGE Half-Life game with the standard 6 year wait they would have had literally none of the incredible feedback that they do now. Half Life 3 would not even be a patch on what it could have been without what they know now and where they want to take the series.
I really can't stress enough how much the series has benefited from the shorter development cycle that allows them to try and experiment with new things, and adapt the series in response over the years. It's hugely important to why each Episode has been able to build and improve on what came before in the series.
What's this Black Mesa thing - a remake of HL1 in source? I thought that already existed, etc?
Half Life Source used the same graphics, but employed the Source engine. Black Mesa is, as you say, a complete remake, to take advantage of the graphical powers of the Source engine, rather than just the physics and whatnot.
What's this Black Mesa thing - a remake of HL1 in source? I thought that already existed, etc?
Not quite. Half-Life Source is just the exact same HL1 game with the same maps and enemies running in the Source engine (so it runs on newer machines and has a couple of updated effects).
Black Mesa is a fan made project that's completely re-updating the in-game visuals, levels and sounds. I think some elements of gameplay may be changed as well (they'd have to alter how some stuff plays I presume). It's a modern upgrade of a classic, and it's looking pretty awesome. Think of it a bit like how REmake is to RE1.
What's this Black Mesa thing - a remake of HL1 in source? I thought that already existed, etc?
Half Life Source used the same graphics, but employed the Source engine. Black Mesa is, as you say, a complete remake, to take advantage of the graphical powers of the Source engine, rather than just the physics and whatnot.
And the water+reflections. The water and reflection effects were actually so good in Half-Life:Source that it totally broke the immersion for me :P
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I bought it for $70 and I still think it was worth it so $50 is a steal.
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Holy shit, is it like forever?
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But there's no date :P
EDIT: GO TO http://store.steampowered.com/ RIGHT NOW, 3 new packs released, THQ Collector Pack for 99.99$, THQ Action Pack for 59.99$ and Relic Super Pack for 49.99$!
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I'm pretty sure that the packages are going to be permanent.
I'd totally get in on the Titan Quest deal if I didn't already own them. Good stuff. I should start playing that one again someday.
Especially with all the community mods, it's going to be a sweet ride
Link?
I own the majority of that THQ pack, which is disappointing because I could have gotten all those games + more for cheaper then I bought then I bought them individually. Oh well. Stalker rules.
http://www.titanquest.net/forums/modding-titan-quest/
There are balance patches, bugfix patches, new textures, skins and quests and two huge mods, Masteries which adds, for example, Vampirism
Well, depends on why you suck at them. Those are pretty forgiving micromanagement wise (which is, most of the time, my bane), instead you rely more on better positioning and other tactics (mostly morale related).
They are pretty fun once you get the basics, specially COH. Now if you try to get to the top of the ladder, well... thats another story.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oGlhgVz5r6E&fmt=22
Well fuck me.
(I just thought of it: Half-Life 1 started develoment after DNF. Now, a community mod that recreates its entirety on a modern engine for its sequel games will still probably beat it out. Man. The mind boggles.)
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The dude they've got doing Barney absolutely nailed the voice, but I wish he'd emote just a bit more. That's pretty much the only thing standing between me and girlish squeals of ecstasy. My squeals are still rugged and masculine at the moment.
edit:
There's also mirrors for the trailer here and here, as mentioned by the front page of their website.
edit2:
Upon several successive viewings, I am drenched in my own fluids. The first person view looks to have shaken off the ice skating camera thing that Valve tends to do. Could just be dark trailer magicks, but it looks more Killzone 2 than Half-Life, and that's amazing for a mod group. The unforeseen consequences line is also creepy, even by G-Man standards.
I will be dumbfounded if the team doesn't get contacted by Newell within an hour of release.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
This. This right here.
All my dicks.
And way to download at 5 kb/s 720p version
I guess between this and Diablo II I'll be able to hold on until Diablo III :P
If I restart Steam it seems to fix itself and everything works fine for awhile, but then it goes back to not loading the crawl window on the store and telling me I need to update flash.
Jesus Fucking christ.
I knew the trailer would be good, but damn.
My one criticism of the trailer is the headcrabs and the sonic guys blood is really bright and flat in terms of texture.
Steam id: skoot LoL id: skoot
More importantly, the nature of the Episodic content is something that helps the developers no end. They got a tremendous amount of feedback from HL2, and they used that in the creation of Episode 1. Likewise with Episode 2, they learned a lot from Episode 1 and worked to implement it. Not just the pure feedback on forums and e-mail, but also things like the statistics modelling of how many people make it through a section and where they die most and why. It's amazing listening to the dev commentary tracks and finding out just how much thought they put into things and how much of it is based off of what they've learned so far. Episode 3 is going to benefit even more from this still. Without the constant feedback and iteration, the series just wouldn't be nearly as good as it has been so far, it'd be far harder to progress the gameplay design and ideas.
Episodic content means that gameplay design and iteration is no longer an "All or Nothing" gambit with a six year interval to see whether you got it right. If they had simply eschewed the episodes and gone on to make another HUGE Half-Life game with the standard 6 year wait they would have had literally none of the incredible feedback that they do now. Half Life 3 would not even be a patch on what it could have been without what they know now and where they want to take the series.
I really can't stress enough how much the series has benefited from the shorter development cycle that allows them to try and experiment with new things, and adapt the series in response over the years. It's hugely important to why each Episode has been able to build and improve on what came before in the series.
When is this coming out again?
Oh fuck YES the 720p version just finished downloading.
EDIT: when the trailer opened to the outside view my jaw just dropped, it was in one word Perfect.
Half Life Source used the same graphics, but employed the Source engine. Black Mesa is, as you say, a complete remake, to take advantage of the graphical powers of the Source engine, rather than just the physics and whatnot.
Not quite. Half-Life Source is just the exact same HL1 game with the same maps and enemies running in the Source engine (so it runs on newer machines and has a couple of updated effects).
Black Mesa is a fan made project that's completely re-updating the in-game visuals, levels and sounds. I think some elements of gameplay may be changed as well (they'd have to alter how some stuff plays I presume). It's a modern upgrade of a classic, and it's looking pretty awesome. Think of it a bit like how REmake is to RE1.
And the water+reflections. The water and reflection effects were actually so good in Half-Life:Source that it totally broke the immersion for me :P