toastyToast
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Mafia II has been reduced to $29.99 i.e $7.50 come sale time.
edit: Borderlands GOTY has been reduced to the same price.
edit: Borderlands GOTY has been reduced to the same price.
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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Wow I gave RUSH and Toki Tori a try tonight and they are both really good!
I also really love their use of steam cloud, since I can play both of these games on my desktop as well as my laptop. More games need to implement this! I know Torchlight does, is there a list somewhere?
edit- Also, I started Half Life 2 tonight
I also really love their use of steam cloud, since I can play both of these games on my desktop as well as my laptop. More games need to implement this! I know Torchlight does, is there a list somewhere?
edit- Also, I started Half Life 2 tonight
The part where you put on your HEX suit again at the start of the game and the Valve music starts = epic
Problem: It mentions NFS:HP, but it also mentions NFS:HP2. Which NFS:HP is it talking about? ARGH!!Hawk xSx said:
Crossfire? It's not a 3D game so it shouldn't make any difference, but it's worth a crack. I think it also uses Flash so maybe you need to reinstall/upgrade that?SuperÑ said:
graywolf323
Member
Shaneus said:
NFS: HP is the one that came out just a couple months ago
NFS:HP2 came out around 2003?
Mr Sandman
Banned
Steam returned the 9.99 I spent on FC2 and JK Collection during the sale. Any ideas? Had $150 in the account and haven't got any emails (they returned it a few days ago). wtf
TouchMyBox
Member
Mr Sandman said:
It's so that you won't complain when you're not allowed to play it anymore a year from now?
Phife Dawg
Member
It's in line with other expansions and I was always happy with the content in Relic's expansions and felt I got my money's worth. But that's just me.Javaman said:
Was interested buying Amnesia, but then I saw it's
7 dollars in the US store
but 15 euros in the european store
When you convert that it's almost a 300% difference (Not a lot of money per se to generate drama over, but the principle of it..).. Of course MS and its marketplace is also doing this.., but it's even worse for Valve/Steam because in the near past they actually used to give me the choice of buying in euros or dollars. They since bluntly removed that option.
Reply from Valve:
"Thank you for contacting Steam Support. Prices in the Steam Store are set on a region by region basis. The price and currency displayed are the set prices for those games based on your location. We are always working with publishers to adjust prices to be in line with what can be found at local retailers and online shops."
Yeah, you are working hard screwing your european customers, that's what you're doing..
7 dollars in the US store
but 15 euros in the european store
When you convert that it's almost a 300% difference (Not a lot of money per se to generate drama over, but the principle of it..).. Of course MS and its marketplace is also doing this.., but it's even worse for Valve/Steam because in the near past they actually used to give me the choice of buying in euros or dollars. They since bluntly removed that option.
Reply from Valve:
"Thank you for contacting Steam Support. Prices in the Steam Store are set on a region by region basis. The price and currency displayed are the set prices for those games based on your location. We are always working with publishers to adjust prices to be in line with what can be found at local retailers and online shops."
Yeah, you are working hard screwing your european customers, that's what you're doing..
Prophet Steve
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bj00rn_ said:
You do know we have an entire gifting thread for this?
Diablohead
Member
Any reason why Max Payne has just appeared under new releases? £5.99
hi Gaf,
I am trying to install Recettear and i cant seem to get it working.I downloaded it and started the install, the bar fills up and it gets stuck on:
creating local game cache files...
preparing Recettear for install
But the bars fill up and sit there. Help! I want to play my Recettear
I don't see an option to delete the file anywhere on Steam.
I am trying to install Recettear and i cant seem to get it working.I downloaded it and started the install, the bar fills up and it gets stuck on:
creating local game cache files...
preparing Recettear for install
But the bars fill up and sit there. Help! I want to play my Recettear
I don't see an option to delete the file anywhere on Steam.Sinatar said:
They are a great studio but having 5 different preorder's like that doesn't help there cause at all and I am also glad they are going steamworks but I don't think them going steamworks at an expansion is the time for them to go because I think it does more damage to the previous versions.
I will pick it up but I will not be buying it at release and probably will wait for a sale for them doing this.
Phife Dawg
Member
*scratches head* Why is this a problem at all? They set up the different pre-orders for everyone to chose their favourite race. Sure all this exclusive stuff hoopla is not something I enjoy all too much but it's hardly out of line of the current state of video-gaming (and it has been done before too, think Pokemon etc.).Lothars said:
Frankly I don't bother with thinking too much about this stuff, it's just some wargear and abilities for single-player.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Its lame but it is better than different pre-order bonuses depending on where you buy it from (I assume they aren't doing this also). I am more concerned with how the transition away from GFWL is going to occur. I will be sad if this becomes a completely standalone expansion, with no link to the previous games.Phife Dawg said:
For those that reallllllly care so much about having all that Super Special (tm) wargear, there's a collector's edition you're free to pick up:
http://www.destructoid.com/dawn-of-war-ii-retribution-collector-s-edition-detailed-190985.phtml
This expansion seems like it'll be nearly twice as big as Chaos Rising. Can't wait for it
http://www.destructoid.com/dawn-of-war-ii-retribution-collector-s-edition-detailed-190985.phtml
This expansion seems like it'll be nearly twice as big as Chaos Rising. Can't wait for it
I'm really glad I picked up Mafia 2 during the sale. I don't know why it got such mediocre reviews...it's an awesome game. Looks incredible, actually plays great, and the story has been really interesting so far. The only subpar thing about it so far is the animation.
It's seriously a far better game than GTA IV.
It's seriously a far better game than GTA IV.
Mr. Luchador
Member
£40 for COD Black Ops. What a steal. :lol Activision, man.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
TheExodu5 said:
I think the main issue is that (and I loved the game, see my GOTY post) it's a game that takes place in an open world but is not an open world game. It's a linear action shooter. There's absolutely no side content at all. So instead of judging it by what it is, they judged it by what they hoped it might be.
Oddly enough GTA IV suffered from the exact same problem.
zerokoolpsx
Member
I liked Mafia 2, but with no side quests to do other than story which made it a short game. Could be finished in 6 hours. I could only do so much robbery and car jacking before it got old. I started to buy all the available clothes for Vitto and dressing him up. It really does deserve a better score, but lacks replayability.TheExodu5 said:
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
TheExodu5 said:
Personally I agree, excellent narrative arc and the mission design was great. Also the massive time period jump that occurs during the game is one of the coolest world transformations I've seen in a long long time!
I'm liking it too, though being a more linear game, it still has major plot holes that are really disturbing, to me.TheExodu5 said:
MAJOR SPOILER WARNING
You get out of jail and, while you were in, your sister come and tell you she's getting married, but you don't even bother to go and make her a visit? We don't even know who she's married to!
You'll probably gonna find out later (haven't finish'd it yet) but you'd think that's something you would do RIGHT AFTER you get out of jail?
You'll probably gonna find out later (haven't finish'd it yet) but you'd think that's something you would do RIGHT AFTER you get out of jail?
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Oh haha, Square Enix. Now that I've bought your GOTY, you shell out the Kain and Raziel character pack. y u hurt my wallet?
Still, playing as Kain with Lara's voice should be it's own form of entertainment.
Still, playing as Kain with Lara's voice should be it's own form of entertainment.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think that's an achievement in and of itself. Steam makes it incredibly easy to run from a portable hard drive but it's really hit or miss with GFWL.Polk said:
Stumpokapow said:
I can concur with this. I do want SOME side content in the game, but they didn't have to do major levels or normal GTA levels of side content to make happy. Its more that there's never a good breathing period to go out and take in the city and go driving. Its all mission based. That and I wanted to be able to buy other pads to live in, though that would have effected the plot.
dlMN8R said:
I dunno about that. When DoW II first released, I got the bonuses and they were between level 5 and level 10 gear. One of them being an Iron Halo which is hard to find otherwise on the drops. If they do such a model again, I'll probably want to grab the exclusive wargear.
Yeah all the bonus wargear I got from the Commander Pack wasn't even useable when the game started. Though, when I leveled up, it wasn't mindblowing kit.
It's the sacrifice which had to be made, to escape Microsoft's service.
I'm so hyped for Retribution. I've been playing DoW competitively since the original, but sadly GFWL made me give up on the DoW2 ladder. It's a shame, when freaking Gamespy did a better job than GFWL.
The Steamworks announcement has made me happy beyond words. I'm ready to go in.
It is completely standalone. Owners of the older games will not be able to play with Retribution players.poppabk said:
It's the sacrifice which had to be made, to escape Microsoft's service.
Oh hell yes. I'm buying the CE, since it activates on Steam anyway.dLMN8R said:For those that reallllllly care so much about having all that Super Special (tm) wargear, there's a collector's edition you're free to pick up:
http://www.destructoid.com/dawn-of-war-ii-retribution-collector-s-edition-detailed-190985.phtml
This expansion seems like it'll be nearly twice as big as Chaos Rising. Can't wait for it
I'm so hyped for Retribution. I've been playing DoW competitively since the original, but sadly GFWL made me give up on the DoW2 ladder. It's a shame, when freaking Gamespy did a better job than GFWL.
The Steamworks announcement has made me happy beyond words. I'm ready to go in.
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