[Refreshment.01]

I don't know if Monolith is allowed to be considered genius-tier after FEAR 2. I liked the game, but I'm not in denial about the issues it had. Also, Day 1 really didn't do *that* bad with FEAR 3. The locations stayed fresh and the shooting felt tighter/better than most FPS games. The only level that dragged was the airport one and we all know that FEAR 1 had a 4+ level segment that dragged so I can't really harp on Day 1 for one level.

Since they made Blood 1 and 2, Shogo, No one Lives For Ever and FEAR i'll give them 1 or 2 more shit games before i take from them the title of geniuses. :)

Which will happen since the envelope of FPS isn't being pushed any more.

[Kabouter]

Yet another game cleared from the backlog, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. I have to admit, I never played the original, but on the recommendation of stump, I picked up the sequel last year somewhere in a sale. In general, I don't really like the 'Wild West' as a setting. I think it's one of the most uninteresting places in the Western world at that point in time. As such, it's something I have little experience with. That said, I really did enjoy what Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood did with the setting, and the story it told. The settings you travel to are quite varied, and apart from the rather poor final levels, all well executed. It is however a shame that the levels, despite often seeming large, consist of really narrow and linear paths, which you can never really deviate from. Most levels look quite nice though, Techland did a solid job on the graphics. As regards the story, I found myself interested in the tale of revenge and greed it told. I did think that outside of the two characters, the characters were a bit weak, and your younger brother just annoying despite the fact that his motivations are the only ones I was sympathetic to in the game.

As far as the gameplay goes, I quite liked the basic shooting mechanics. It's a bit different, firing 19th century weapons as opposed to the assault rifles you use in basically every other first person shooter. Aside from the few times you get on a Gatling gun, no spraying and praying here. A welcome change of pace. Though I could have used a little more variety in what you do, given that 95% of the game is shootouts. What's also nice is that you can change it up by playing a different brother in almost every level if you want (yet strangely, there's no co-op functionality). One being more focused on combat (dual wielding pistols) the other being more focused on ability and stealth (despite there being almost no need for it). The mechanics aren't always a success, the rope-climbing with the lasso is not exactly a brilliant mechanic for instance, but some of them work quite well, like the different bullet time abilities the brothers have. There's also the odd duel in the game, but I didn't really care for them. I should also note that the enemy AI is quite poor, and often seems completely absent from friendlies. Oh, and horse riding is ridiculous.

Overall, I thought Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was a solid title, but it never really blew me away. It used its setting fairly well, and the gunplay is nice, but in the end I could have used a few more surprises, a bit more variety and a lot more freedom. 6/10

[Ledsen]

Since they made Blood 1 and 2, Shogo, No one Lives For Ever and FEAR i'll give them 1 or 2 more shit games before i take from them the title of geniuses. :) Which will happen since the envelope of FPS isn't being pushed any more.

I found NOLF1+2 for cheap in a store a couple of weeks ago. I bought them so hard (have only played the second one before).

[Stallion Free]

Bound in Bloods visuals could have been amazing if there wasn't severe pop-in/lod issues. I loved the use of color-grading or whatever you want to call it to make most areas feel visually distinct.

My favorite segment of the game was when you go to the Indian territory and all that crazy shit goes down.

[DOA]

Oh god, there are 255 Portal 2 test chambers in the Workshop already. Some of these look horrifying and evil. Some of these look pretty complex -- I wonder how people managed to get them up so quickly. Have they been plotting designs in CAD waiting for the DLC to come out?

more like they've planned it on Minecraft

[Kabouter]

Bound in Bloods visuals could have been amazing if there wasn't severe pop-in/lod issues. I loved the use of color-grading or whatever you want to call it to make most areas feel visually distinct. My favorite segment of the game was when you go to the Indian territory and all that crazy shit goes down.

Yeah, that was my favourite part as well. Visually absolutely striking in places.

[Blizzard]

Yet another game cleared from the backlog, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. I have to admit, I never played the original, but on the recommendation of stump, I picked up the sequel last year somewhere in a sale.

I would say that if you liked the story, the original game is worth checking out, but it sounds like you aren't very into wild west games.

The preacher man in the original game was the most memorable part from me, along with me (perhaps easily impressed at DX10 graphics) being blown away by the intro part where you wander through a mountainous area.

Shooting and pressing a button to Bible-quote. "And the smoke from their torment goeth up forever...and ever."

*edit* Oh, and I actually have a good bit of respect for Techland in their support for custom singleplayer and multiplayer levels with the editor. I think they even made an official site for it, possibly with tutorials, and you can find custom maps and whatnot: http://www.cojmodding.com/

[Stallion Free]

The original COJ feels quite rough in comparison to the second one. It had really ghetto stealth segments and the visuals don't hold up very well due to some hideous artistic decisions.

[Kabouter]

The original COJ feels quite rough in comparison to the second one. It had really ghetto stealth segments and the visuals don't hold up very well due to some hideous artistic decisions.

I'll probably skip the original then, I have an extremely low tolerance for bad stealth. Might actually try to finish Red Dead Redemption on my 360 at one point though, I gave up somewhere in Mexico.

[Stumpokapow]

I liked the original better than Bound in Blood, for what it's worth.

[Blizzard]

I liked the original better than Bound in Blood, for what it's worth.

However, it is reknowned for (one or two?) really bad stealth sections that are the worst parts of the game, as far as I know. Kabouter beware! And yeah the visuals are great in some places but probably very dated in others.

[Kabouter]

I liked the original better than Bound in Blood, for what it's worth.

What did you like better about it?

[Stallion Free]

I liked the original better than Bound in Blood, for what it's worth.

I do think the original had some things going for it such as a sort of wild ambition to some of the level design (one great example is the level where you are playing the kid climbing the mountain on his vision quest) and an eagle that actually attacks you.

[Sinatar]

I think the original is worth a look. It's got some great open environments that give more freedom then the corridors of the sequel.

It does however have this level where you need to climb this mountain to get an eagle feather. That level is utter garbage.

[Refreshment.01]

I found NOLF1+2 for cheap in a store a couple of weeks ago. I bought them so hard (have only played the second one before).

Since we are talking about Monolith Ledsen, i keep forgetting i need to finish Condemned but i haven't found it on Steam. Is it because of my region?

Also i just realized they never ported the second game to the PC. Which is the better Condemned 1 or 2?

[Stallion Free]

Since we are talking about Monolith Ledsen, i keep forgetting i need to finish Condemned but i haven't found it on Steam. Is it because of my region?

Nah, unfortunately it's just not on Steam.

It does however have this level where you need to climb this mountain to get an eagle feather. That level is utter garbage.

[Buttonbasher]

I'm actually fairly bummed out that Vin Diesel Wheelman was taken down. It's been the running joke of previous Steam sales between my circle of friends, but I never actually grabbed it, thinking I'd wait for the next sale. I actually thought the Xbox demo was silly fun.

And now it's gone. Sorry Vin.

[Semblance]

Also i just realized they never ported the second game to the PC. Which is the better Condemned 1 or 2?

Definitely the first. The second has its moments, but I felt it was very inconsistent.

[morningbus]

Nah, unfortunately it's just not on Steam.

I wonder why. It's not like it'd be any real work for Sega to throw up what they're selling on Gamersgate or Amazon.

[Refreshment.01]

Definitely the first. The second has its moments, but I felt it was very inconsistent.

That's a relief at least. Any DD service with the game available?

[Buttonbasher]

That's a relief at least. Any DD service with the game available?

I got it through Amazon a while ago. They have it for 14.95 DD: http://www.amazon.com/Condemned-Crim...6574739&sr=1-1

[DoctorWho]

Need to spend some time playing around with this. How do I access other people's creations?

[Baha]

That's a relief at least. Any DD service with the game available?

You missed it on sale last week for $6.87 or something like that on gamersgate. I regret not picking it up myself.

[Kabouter]

Okay, wishlisted the first Call of Juarez. I'm completely mystified as to why it's double the base price of Bound in Blood though (€20 vs. €10). Not that I'd buy it outside a sale, obviously.

[Stallion Free]

I wonder why. It's not like it'd be any real work for Sega to throw up what they're selling on Gamersgate or Amazon.

But see you want it so it's not going to happen. Just like how we all want Bayonetta and Vanquish to be ported to PC.

[Mr Swine]

Hi guys, I have a question about Steam cloud. I play games mostly offline (steam that is) and I want to know what happens if I log into steam and start to play the game I've been playing offline. Will my saves get replaced by the one on steam cloud?

[Stumpokapow]

Hi guys, I have a question about Steam cloud. I play games mostly offline (steam that is) and I want to know what happens if I log into steam and start to play the game I've been playing offline. Will my saves get replaced by the one on steam cloud?

In the event of a version discrepancy, you're asked which one you'd like to keep/use.

[Blizzard]

In the event of a version discrepancy, you're asked which one you'd like to keep/use.

Is it true that sometimes games with Steam cloud saves mess up and delete one or the other? I thought I saw people complaining about the Steam version of Witcher 2 for this reason, and getting the GoG version instead.

[Cuban Legend]

But see you want it so it's not going to happen. Just like how we all want Bayonetta and Vanquish to be ported to PC.

I would venture to say that Vanquish might even be a good stealth hit like Binary Domain if it were to come to PC some day.

[Mr Swine]

In the event of a version discrepancy, you're asked which one you'd like to keep/use.

Ok, good to know :D Started to play Sonic Generations again and i noticed that my last save on steam cloud is before the first boss and I forgot to go online before I reformatted my PC. UGH!

[Cuban Legend]

I'm actually fairly bummed out that Vin Diesel Wheelman was taken down. It's been the running joke of previous Steam sales between my circle of friends, but I never actually grabbed it, thinking I'd wait for the next sale. I actually thought the Xbox demo was silly fun. And now it's gone. Sorry Vin.

Wow, I always wantd to mess with that game if it were ever dirt-cheap on a sale... why's it gone?

I wondewr if there is any strategy or way to tell when a game will be removed from Steam? Are there any known/common sales metrics a game has to have in its statistics to accurately guess whether it will soon be dropped from Steam?

Or is all we have to look for just licensing disagreements at this point?

[OmegaDragon]

Some devs confuse me. How can you call your title Orion: DINO Beatdown, where you try to survive the DINO horde with jetpacks, but only have one pic on the page that features an actual Dino, and its hardly visible.

[MNC]

Some devs confuse me. How can you call your title Orion: DINO Beatdown, where you try to survive the DINO horde with jetpacks, but only have one pic on the page that features an actual Dino, and its hardly visible.

The game is also apparently very bugridden, which is a shame since the concept is really cool.

[zkylon]

I found NOLF1+2 for cheap in a store a couple of weeks ago. I bought them so hard (have only played the second one before).

Nice. Would day 1 them so hard on Steam or GOG. I never gave them the full playthroughs they deserve.

[Nabs]

Wolfenstein 3D is the daily @ $1.25

The ID pack is 50% off ($50)

[fluffydelusions]

Wolfenstein 3D is the daily @ $1.25 The ID pack is 50% off ($50)

wolf pack is $3.75

[HoosTrax]

Doesn't include Wolfenstein 2009 (the Activision one).

[Joe Molotov]

That's because Activision still has the publishing rights to that game (and Quake Wars) but all the rest are iD/Bethesda.

[Stallion Free]

Doesn't include Wolfenstein 2009 (the Activision one).

Unfortunate, but expected.

[atomsk]

I'm actually fairly bummed out that Vin Diesel Wheelman was taken down. It's been the running joke of previous Steam sales between my circle of friends, but I never actually grabbed it, thinking I'd wait for the next sale. I actually thought the Xbox demo was silly fun. And now it's gone. Sorry Vin.

They removed it from the Gamefly Digital Unlimited PC Play as well

I kept meaning to try it since it was free and never got around to it

=/

[Boss Doggie]

What's the diff between the Beta Garry's Mod to the current Garry's Mod?

I mean - they're planning to update the old GM?

[Jzero]

Guys can anyone help me? i purchased Portal 2 yesterday but when i open it it says: Can't find title image materials/vgui/portal2logo.vtf

Never mind, just restarted Steam and it worked.

[masterkajo]

I know that it is not an exact science but does anyone know when the steam summer sale 2012 is to be expected? Early June, late June, early July? It is just that I have to plan my final university exam (so I can go out in the real world and start working) and right now I don't want it to conflict with the steam sule. Had such a plast last summer and this winter. Thanks!

[Snuggler]

I know that it is not an exact science but does anyone know when the steam summer sale 2012 is to be expected? Early June, late June, early July? It is just that I have to plan my final university exam (so I can go out in the real world and start working) and right now I don't want it to conflict with the steam sule. Had such a plast last summer and this winter. Thanks!

Last year was June 30th through July 10th. So it'll probably around the same time.

[amrod]

Wolfenstein 3D is the daily @ $1.25 The ID pack is 50% off ($50)

or play it free here

http://wolfenstein.bethsoft.com/

:)

[Dice]

For some reason in RTCW runs 30fps in windowed mode, bblllarrghhh...

Edit: Found a proper widescreen fix.

http://www.wsgf.org/forum/forums/gam...etailed-report

[JustinBB7]

What's the diff between the Beta Garry's Mod to the current Garry's Mod? I mean - they're planning to update the old GM?

Think the beta is for Steam Workshop features.

[ChoklitReign]

I'll buy Wolfy 3D if someone names a good Doom-like source port with fancy graphics and mouse aiming.

[RoadDogg]

I'll buy Wolfy 3D if someone names a good Doom-like source port with fancy graphics and mouse aiming.

NewWolf is the only one I am aware of, but I don't think it does anything as fancy graphically as the doom ports do.

http://newwolf.sourceforge.net/

[Esnel Pla]

There's Wolf4sdl too that is still being updated but I know nothing about it.