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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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F.e.a.r. 3. is a really bad game, it's not even developed by the Monolith team, the co-op modes did have some clever idea's but the likely-hood of anyone playing is pretty low, heck it's not even listed on Steam stats.
If the Multiplayer is anything like F.E.A.R. 2 you should avoid it at all cost. (1 hit sniper rifles with no recoil/no sway ...... wth?)
If the Multiplayer is anything like F.E.A.R. 2 you should avoid it at all cost. (1 hit sniper rifles with no recoil/no sway ...... wth?)
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It's not bad, it's just not a classic like the original. It's one of the only FPSs I've played that has a good cover system. The firefights are intense and the AI isn't completely braindead like it is in most shooters on the market right now. Multi is mostly co-op and the modes are interesting enough.
The graphics are pretty bad though. Not sure what happened there.
its gotta be worth the $6 right?
i mean, i've bought hamburgers that almost cost that much and were gone in 5 minutes.
Games this cheap get into situations where the price isn't so much a deciding factor, as is the time involved in playing it. Even if it was free, would you rather play FEAR 3 over whatever else you already have?
its gotta be worth the $6 right?
i mean, i've bought hamburgers that almost cost that much and were gone in 5 minutes.
Sure, pretty much anyone can swing $6. The better question is if it's worth the time investment to play it when there are much better games out there.
^^^I should have really read that last post before replying. Oh well, probably worth saying a second time anyway.
You have triple buffering turned on in D3D as well, right? And you turn vsync and triple buffering off in the game itself, assuming the game allows that?
CornBurrito
Member
I think it was a mistake buying Dragon Age Origins. Combat in the game is so fucking boring. I absolutely hate point + click combat. All I do is sit there and watch the slow attack animations, and occasionally hit a hot key.
GruntOfAction
Member
Lucky me, Steam won't bother to launch and keeps saying there is a network error on their servers...
Too bad I can't play any of the games I bought offline for now... *goes to Minecraft*
Too bad I can't play any of the games I bought offline for now... *goes to Minecraft*
ColonelColon
Member
Steam won't connect for me either, and like always, offline mode is utterly useless.
The only time I've really had offline mode work was when I was already online and connected to Steam, my internet connection went down for a couple hours and I was able to switch to offline mode and still play my games. So it's not really as useful as the name implies. Unless there's something to it I'm not familiar with.
CornBurrito
Member
I've never had a problem with offline mode, except for it not logging the amount of hours played.
ColonelColon
Member
In my experience, offline mode doesn't work if you lose access to the network unexpectedly. For example, if you shut down your computer while logged into Steam's online mode, then offline mode won't be usable unless you're able to log into Steam again, then manually exit the program. Basically, you need to have the clairvoyance to anticipate network outages if you want to use Steam's offline mode. If the Steam network goes down or you lose your internet connection while you're logged into Steam online, then I don't think you'll be able to access your games through offline mode. Some people have suggested that removing the ethernet cable from your computer might enable you to open Steam with offline mode in the event that your internet connection is lost.
More people on steam concurrently and in total than ever. Millions of people downloading and playing the games they bought for xmas.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
A user on the Steam Forums posted this:
http://i.imgur.com/P1f9A.jpg
It appeared randomly on his list.
What's coming to Steam soon?
Oil Rush: http://oilrush-game.com/
Titan Attacks: http://www.puppygames.net/titan-attacks/?ultrabundle=false
Tiny Token Empires: http://www.tinytokenempires.com/
Project Ranger: No website
Realm of the Mad God (Previously mentioned): http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/
There will be a Risen 2 demo.
http://i.imgur.com/P1f9A.jpg
It appeared randomly on his list.
What's coming to Steam soon?
Oil Rush: http://oilrush-game.com/
Titan Attacks: http://www.puppygames.net/titan-attacks/?ultrabundle=false
Tiny Token Empires: http://www.tinytokenempires.com/
Project Ranger: No website
Realm of the Mad God (Previously mentioned): http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/
There will be a Risen 2 demo.
Whoa. If that music is ingame that's neat, since I think I like the music and definitely the visual style more than Super Meat Boy.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Deleted member 17706
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I've been really excited for this since first hearing about it, looks really fun. Looks to mix puzzle game and a city/civ builder type thing.
And Dustforce looks so awesome.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
The only information that searching for Project Ranger turns up deals with the Power Rangers series. Is there some sort of title based on the franchise that is currently being made?
There is a chance that it could be the game called Ranger though: http://youtu.be/lTdp2E4Rn0E It came out last year though and it looks to be free.
There is a chance that it could be a game based on the Army Rangers. The US government has already used Steam for two of their titles (America's Army and the NASA Space game), so I would assume they'll continue using it for any future games that they make.
There is a chance that it could be the game called Ranger though: http://youtu.be/lTdp2E4Rn0E It came out last year though and it looks to be free.
There is a chance that it could be a game based on the Army Rangers. The US government has already used Steam for two of their titles (America's Army and the NASA Space game), so I would assume they'll continue using it for any future games that they make.
SteveWinwood
Member
I should organize my steam games by genre, that's a good idea. It'd be a shit-ton of work.
And then a shit-ton of heartbreak when Steam resets all of your catagories.
SteveWinwood
Member
Dog Problems
Banned
How many have you actually played through?
SteveWinwood
Member
Never noticed that. Cool!
Dog Problems
Banned
Haha, TF2 did that to me as well.
Yeah they have a booth but no news has come up yet.
The gulf between TF2 and ANYTHING ELSE is just absurd.
SteveWinwood
Member
It's huge for me too. And it would be so much worse on that screen if it actually counted that first year or two. I played easily double what I have on there now in that time.
Hah, no kidding. It's too bad time tracking is a relatively new feature. It would be nice to see where HL2, EP2 and whatnot fall on the list. Not to mention the one or two summers I lost to Day of Defeat way back when. Oh well.
Nabs
Member
Dog Problems
Banned
I had to force myself to stop playing TF2 because I got sick of looking at my backlog and never doing anything with it.
That's definitely new. Very neat, I was hoping they would do this. It's also a good way to track unplayed games.
All it tells me is I need to play more of my games.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
So is anyone interested in trading for a gift copy of The Longest Journey/Dreamfall Pack, The Orange Box, or Serious Sam HD 1? I'll consider almost anything I don't own--within reason! Please refrain from offering $1 games, or games with a 39 Metacritic...--including monetary offers, ie "I'll gift a game worth X dollars for it".
Are you interested in Blocks That Matter? I'd like Dreamfall.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Damn, forgot to add my SteamID so people can make sure that I don't own it...
Also, PLEASE, no Indie Bundle games. If I wanted those, I'd have bought them... they're, IMO, literally worthless when trading.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/DyslexicAlucard/games/?tab=all&sort=name
CecilRousso
Member
66% off Modern Warfare 2 coupon for Longest Journey/Dreamfall?
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