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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition
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ChimpanzeeThat
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Just crafted my level 4 Skyrim badge and got............
Mysterious Card 9! OH YEAH!
Mysterious Card 9! OH YEAH!
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
That Crimsonland icon is exactly like the doom cover that's nifty.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Man I hate to say this, but it sounds like you might have gotten scammed. 1 key for Tropico 5 is too low, meaning the person that sold it to you lost money on the deal.
It's common for people to make these trades using games purchased with stolen credit cards. If that ends up being the case, Steam will remove it from your account automatically. If you did the trade directly in Steam, you might be able to contact support and have them reverse it if that happens to you.
Be careful. If it sounds too good to be true. It is. Might be something peculiar going on
Played for about two hours, up to beginning of the second chapter.
First impressions were not good - the game looks rather bad, slow moving character, uneventful start...
But, the powered on, and by the time I hit the first hour mark I was genuinely enjoying both the puzzles and the characters. The only thing that's genuinely annoying so far are the long load times between screens (up to 5-10 seconds per each screen transition from an SSD drive). Which is weird, since the game uses static background and rudimentary 3D characters, not exactly sure what is taking so long to load here...
If you're in the mood for some adventure gaming and have the game (either from Amazon, Steam or from Bundle Bandits site), do give it a whirl. Especially if you enjoyed either Gabriel Knight or Blackwell games.
Well, no, if it's a 4pack opening they can still sell the other parts of the pack at regular price and profit.
derExperte
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Another GAFer got one for a key because of that but I don't quite understand why they make it so cheap when the trader could get the full price for every game in the 4 pack.
Also RU doesn't have a 4 pack anymore.
Eanan
Member
Appreciate the concern guys and am usually very wary of scammers on steamtrades, but I think I used the same trader that some other guy in this thread mentioned, grief.exe I think was his username.
He has +170 rep with lots from long time traders and the likes from 6 months ago also so not a new account.
The key was for unpacking a 4pack trade, which is why im guessing the insane low price.
If it is a scam, its only €1.50 im out of pocket anyway.
Eanan
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The trader was from ukraine.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Okay cool, that makes more sense then. Just wanted to make sure you didn't wake up in a few days to a surprise red warning dialog when logging in to Steam.
Guys I need someone telling me I'm not crazy or blind or something.
I'm playing Witcher 2, and I've noticed that in areas with complicated lightings, surfaces with "half shadows" look dithered like old school gifs.
I have resized the area at 300% with nearest neighbor to best show the effect.
Is it how it is supposed to be or there's something wrong here?
I'm playing with everything set at ultra (except ubersampling, turned off to double the framerate), gamma and brightness both at 5 (medium value).
I'm playing Witcher 2, and I've noticed that in areas with complicated lightings, surfaces with "half shadows" look dithered like old school gifs.
I have resized the area at 300% with nearest neighbor to best show the effect.
Is it how it is supposed to be or there's something wrong here?
I'm playing with everything set at ultra (except ubersampling, turned off to double the framerate), gamma and brightness both at 5 (medium value).
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
that's pretty much how TW2's shadows look
it drives me crazy sometimes
it drives me crazy sometimes
Ah perfect thank you!
I've been staring the screen an inch apart for hours now, because I thought there was something wrong with it (first heavy game on my new led monitor after years of lcd)...
Anyway, holy crap it is annoying when shadows move.
BinaryPork2737
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Welcome to Steam tags, the most truthful and reliable user based form of categorizing games on the internet.
He basically gave you a free copy for opening a 4-pack for him. There are a few (generous) traders that do this. If he has high rep you don't need to worry
PS: unless technology sprung 5 years in the future since last time I checked, your 'LED monitor" is still LCD based.
LED is only the back light technology.
derExperte
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Yeah, question is if it's a TN (bad) or IPS (good) panel.
toddhunter
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Eets Munchies got cards.
So yeah, that is a thing now.
So yeah, that is a thing now.
derExperte
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A lost son returns. And tells us stuff we already know.
Don't take this the wrong way but your avatar.... she looks like she's 50 there. Why? Change it. Pls.
A lost son returns. And tells us stuff we already know.
If the prodigal son had never left home, the fatted calf would still be alive.
anyone else with Injustice experience? the dash is throwing me off real bad
it's super slow and leaves you really exposed
reason im asking is cause it makes it feel like input lag, you're doing 3 hits in what seems like the right frame but the game only registers the last one
guess that's just the way the game is? this is gonna be hard to get used to
also I really need to mod this stick, dem diagonal jumps working 80 percent of the time
it's super slow and leaves you really exposed
reason im asking is cause it makes it feel like input lag, you're doing 3 hits in what seems like the right frame but the game only registers the last one
guess that's just the way the game is? this is gonna be hard to get used to
also I really need to mod this stick, dem diagonal jumps working 80 percent of the time
someguyinahat
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First impressions were not good - the game looks rather bad, slow moving character, uneventful start...
Did you remember to try the double-click trick? In a lot of point-and-clicks, the character moves slowly by default, but if you double-click the destination, they run to it.
PandaPedinte
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Welcome back.
A lost son returns. And tells us stuff we already know.
I just had to get it off my chest.
Good man. That's an excellent way to reintroduce yourself to the brood.
Yes, but does that make it any less necessary to say? Like saying "Don't steal from others" or "Be careful when crossing a busy road", his post is eternal wisdom. Don't diss it.A lost son returns. And tells us stuff we already know.
PandaPedinte
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I just finished Shelter, and my reaction at the end
All Ubisoft games redeem on Uplay, with the exception of CoJ Gunslinger and South Park
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
In the control settings you can turn on an alternate, more Street Fighter-like control scheme. I didn't use it myself, so I'm not sure how much that'll help you.
Weak... Guess I'll wait and hope for it to show up on the Steam sale.
Just posted this in the GTA thread, but thought I would post here too since it is pretty funny
Haha, yeah the references to other games always amuse me. Saints Row 2 was the king of these, though. They actually integrated the jokes into the game.
Origin going the way of the dodo confirmed.
Far Cry 2 predates Uplay (you'll notice that the GMG page for FC2 mentions GMG's own Capsule as a requirement). Also, it's just easier to say "All internally-developed Ubi games since AssCreed 2 use Uplay, with the exception of Rayman Origins" since Call of Juarez and South Park aren't the only examples of externally-developed Ubi games that redeem on Steam.
Chance Hale
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Played for about an hour. Oddly enough, I didn't like the demo of the original that much when I played, but some reason, I'm really enjoying this new version. There's a layer of strategy underneath the run and gun gameplay that I'm finding really cool. Which gun is best for the current situation, should I rush for that power-up but risk having to run through a horde to reach it, which order should I use power-ups, which perks should I choose? The visuals are great, the effects and weapons are cool, and screen just gets flooded with enemies. Seeing the screen literally turn red with blood and gore is very satisfying. I only think Infested Planet tops this game in terms of enemies on-screen at one time.
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I think the coolest aspect is how the varied enemies require you to totally change your tactics and influences the weapons and perks you'd want to use. It's not like some shooters where you can just get the most powerful weapon and kill everything.
If you're facing fast spiders that replicate when they die, then you're going to want a weapon that's accurate and precise but that fires and reloads fast enough that they won't close the gap, and power-ups that focus on crowd control and defense. Hordes of zombies? You'll want to go for the spray and pray type weapons or explosives and all-out offensive power-ups.
I haven't even touched the survival modes that much so I haven't really tested out any perks. The campaign alone is fun and difficult and constantly throwing fresh challenges at you, with interesting combinations of enemies
Sounds like fun, might grab on the vita as it seems like something that'd be nice for rounds on the go.
Guys I need someone telling me I'm not crazy or blind or something.
I'm playing Witcher 2, and I've noticed that in areas with complicated lightings, surfaces with "half shadows" look dithered like old school gifs.
I have resized the area at 300% with nearest neighbor to best show the effect.
Is it how it is supposed to be or there's something wrong here?
I'm playing with everything set at ultra (except ubersampling, turned off to double the framerate), gamma and brightness both at 5 (medium value).
This actually reminds me of something that has bothered me for a few years.
A similar phenomenon can be seen in the original Deus Ex when using Direct X as a renderer. You can see the same thing as in the pictures you show, but there is a specific pattern that looks like the windows file icon from win 3.1, and its in another box. It's faint, but all over the screen.
Why?!
I just finished Shelter, and my reaction at the end
I like feels games. Will have to check Shelter out then
More_Badass
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Now on Early Access, $9.99
jediyoshi
Member
Dithering, it's cheaper to render basically
http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/qu...ring-pattern-instead-of-traditional-alpha-for
Still pops up today, MGSV has a wild case of it in hair textures
PandaPedinte
Member
Apparently, the developers of Galactic Arms Race made a new app for the final release of the game, which was added to the store a little under a week ago. If you bought GAR as part of last year's Be Mine Anniversary bundle, then you now have two entries in your library: the "test" version and the final version.
BinaryPork2737
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Now on Early Access, $9.99
This game looks so good, it might be the US civil war strategy game I've always wanted.
Ogedai_Khan
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Now on Early Access, $9.99
Awhh yeaaaahhhh
Yeah just noticed that all pre-Ass Creed 2 games use GMG's capsule. What are the other externally developed Ubi games
That are using steam activation? Can't seem to find any at least from those that GMG is selling
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