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[LQX]

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[Baha]

When does the demo release anyways? At launch?

Tomorrow for public consumption, hence the 1 day earlier.

 

[HadesGigas]

Serious Sam Double D coming August 30 for $8.

 

[buhdeh]

Man I wish I bought Bloodlines when it was $5

 

[Rodney McKay]

Serious Sam Double D coming August 30 for $8.

TOO MANY VIDYAH GAMES!!! This summer is ridiculous.

Bastion, From Dust, Rock of Ages, AoEO, Serious Sam, Portal 2 DLC, etc.

IT'S TOO MUCH!

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Anyone else getting a 375.6 MB update for Magic: The Gathering?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

*ahem*

But that isn't NOLF

 

[Snuggles]

But that isn't NOLF

I was gonna say FEAR, but that works. At least I remember liking it when I played it several years ago...on PS2 (don't hate). It's too bad it won't ever be on Steam or GOG.

STALKER is also badass, though.

 

[archnemesis]

Anyone else getting a 375.6 MB update for Magic: The Gathering?

Yes, I download that earlier today. I'm hoping it's some new DLC decks and better AI opponents.

 

[StuBurns]

NOLF2 is better than NOLF.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

STALKER is a fantastic series but I wouldn't call them great shooters

 

[Sinatar]

NOLF2 is better than NOLF.

Truth.

 

[Bumhead]

I'm playing through Half Life 2 for the first time at the moment.

Absolutely loving it. I can see why it's so highly regarded. I've been suffering a pretty consistent burnout of single player FPS games recently but Half Life 2 makes me feel like I'm playing one for the first time again. Feels very fresh.

Also, it holds up REALLY well visually in my opinion. There's still not an awful lot wrong with alot of the textures and water effects. Playing it in 2011, it doesn't look all that out of place.

Currently going through the Highway 17 section. Without spoiling anything, roughly how far in am I? Steam says I've played it for 5.8 hours.

 

[StuBurns]

I'm playing through Half Life 2 for the first time at the moment.

Absolutely loving it. I can see why it's so highly regarded. I've been suffering a pretty consistent burnout of single player FPS games recently but Half Life 2 makes me feel like I'm playing one for the first time again. Feels very fresh.

Also, it holds up REALLY well visually in my opinion. There's still not an awful lot wrong with alot of the textures and water effects. Playing it in 2011, it doesn't look all that out of place.

Currently going through the Highway 17 section. Without spoiling anything, roughly how far in am I? Steam says I've played it for 5.8 hours.

I would say about half way, maybe more. Technically you're past half way in level count, but Highway 17 itself is the longest I believe.

Well, that's not really true. If you stop at all the things it's long, you can rip thru that chapter.

 

[Cmagus]

I still need to finish Stalker barely touched my copy.The screen rocking when you move though hurts my eyes alot didn't see any options to turn that off.I may give it another try though can't get anything new because of my internet cap lol so it will tie me over till I get Bastion

 

[Snuggles]

STALKER is a fantastic series but I wouldn't call them great shooters

Maybe I'm weird, but I love the gunplay in STALKER. I'd only rank FEAR above it. Enemies soaked up a bit too much damage in SoC, but it's perfect in CoP. I love that the guns are unreliable, with realistic amount of spread (for a videogame). When the bullets do land, they're fucking lethal. The gunplay combined with the unpredictable emergent moments makes for some pretty intense firefights.

love it

 

[Gvaz]

The headbobbing I think is an option. Or you can get a mod for it. I never bothered with it because it's neat to me.

 

[Servbot #42]

Man I wish I bought Bloodlines when it was $5

Yeah you fucked up that game is great, thankfully it will only take a couple of years before it goes on sale again so hang in there.

 

[Freki]

Civilization V for £6.78 (activates on steam)

gamersgate

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Of course NOLF2 is better than NOLF, it has the Siberia mission in it.

I was gonna say FEAR, but that works. At least I remember liking it when I played it several years ago...on PS2 (don't hate). It's too bad it won't ever be on Steam or GOG.

One thing people often forget is that the gunplay in FEAR is really just an evolution of the shooting in NOLF2.

 

[Bakphoon]

Yeah you fucked up that game is great, thankfully it will only take a couple of years before it goes on sale again so hang in there.

Oh, I just realized that i have that game in my steam game library. I should maybe play it then...

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Civilization V for £6.78 (activates on steam)

gamersgate

Ugh, wish I could have paid that much at launch. Civ V sucks.

 

[Gvaz]

I got my friend to gift it to me and he said i didn't have to pay him back. Well....now I feel bad because I played it for 30 hours and stopped. What a crock of shit.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Is there still no animation in multiplayer? That was bullshit

 

[Grinchy]

I played some of DA 2 and it was sickening. But maybe I'll give the original a chance someday.

Ok, so I haven't tried DA2 but just about every impression I've read of it has mentioned that it sucks and it is not Dragon Age.

Dragon Age: Origins is a really great RPG that people should be playing. It's like Final Fantasy XII but at PC standards (and better overall than FFXII with room to argue over which story you like more).

 

[Salsa]

Ugh, wish I could have paid that much at launch. Civ V sucks.

i hate you now

Is there still no animation in multiplayer? That was bullshit

and make the game slow as fuck with 4 people? no thanks

 

[Ledsen]

I got my friend to gift it to me and he said i didn't have to pay him back. Well....now I feel bad because I played it for 30 hours and stopped. What a crock of shit.

Wait... are you saying 30 hours isn't enough? That's longer than I play 98% of the games I buy.

 

[BiggStankDogg]

Just bought Bastion and Jamestown. Love Bastion's narrator and art style and just plain love Jamestown in every way. Nice and old school...

 

[Rufus]

Wait... are you saying 30 hours isn't enough? That's longer than I play 98% of the games I buy.

This is a Civ game we're talking about. Expectations are quite different.

 

[Zzoram]

I've put about 70 hours into Civ V.

Something about it isn't quite as good as Civ IV even now.

I suspect it's the REALLY SLOW calculations per turn. Civ IV early game would end turns really quickly. Civ V ends turns slowly right from the start. It slows down the pace of the game.

I'm getting back into it a bit now. They've rebalanced the game quite significantly, I think it's better now than at launch, but turns are still too slow.

 

[mojiimbo]

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure there was a recent Steam entry in the registry for a Civ 5 GOTY if you're one of those people that holds out for those. I'm sure it'll cost more but I know there are some people that would rather wait to get the whole thing cheap. Still a tremendous value at $10 or so, though.

Ugh, wish I could have paid that much at launch. Civ V sucks.

What's so bad about it? I've never played a Civ game except for maybe an hour of Revolution but I recently got 5 and have been hooked.

Wait... are you saying 30 hours isn't enough? That's longer than I play 98% of the games I buy.

I've only played 2 near full games so far(both to maybe the late 1800s or early 1900s) and Steam says I've already put in 30.8 hours. Like I said, I've never played the game before so I'm sure it would be faster if I already understood how the game works.

 

[Gvaz]

It wasn't about hours, it was about I played it for 30 hours and never want to load it up again.

 

[Drkirby]

Anyone actually play Combat Wings? Looks like a fun little game, that should be worth $2.50. Also, a bit more arcady then a heavy duty flight sim.

 

[JaxJag]

Anyone actually play Combat Wings? Looks like a fun little game, that should be worth $2.50. Also, a bit more arcady then a heavy duty flight sim.

sounds like it's a solid game...

http://pc.ign.com/articles/941/941541p1.html

 

[Drkirby]

23 Single Player Missions, that should keep me busy for a few days.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

STALKER is a fantastic series but I wouldn't call them great shooters

The gunplay isn't the best, but everything around it is so fucking good it makes up for it.

It feels good, anyway, if not spectacular.

 

[Dead Prince]

no one mentioned but Crimecraft is out! Dat F2P mmo.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

i hate you now

:'(

What's so bad about it? I've never played a Civ game except for maybe an hour of Revolution but I recently got 5 and have been hooked.

I really wasn't a fan of them removing religion, and the game ran like a pig after about 20 turns. I feel like the hex board ended up restricting movement options, since direct paths became a lot harder on some maps. Also the game nickels and dimes you for DLC so bad it's criminal. Plus, no animations in multiplayer made my group of friends feel like we might as well just play a board game.

Basically, the only change I liked was no stacking units.

granted I basically played the game for a week, was disappointed, and uninstalled it, so maybe patches have made it better. I guess I should give it another shot some time

 

[dani_dc]

So I just got a 614.2MB update of Recettear.
Any idea what that is?

 

[plc268]

no one mentioned but Crimecraft is out! Dat F2P mmo.

I don't see it anywhere...

 

[Dead Prince]

I don't see it anywhere...

i searched! saw it was released today. guess it's too shit to show on front page other than the trailer.
or check the free to play category.

 

[plc268]

i searched! saw it was released today. guess it's too shit to show on front page other than the trailer.

Oh ok. Yea, it popped up in the search. I guess I'll check it out.

 

[Bloodsent]

When was the last time Oblivion and Morrowind were on sale, and how often do they go on sale? Been considering picking both up for the mods as I have them on the Xbox and 360 currently. Maybe I could answer my own question with some sort of Skyrim bundle/deal?

 

[Cptkrush]

Steam down for anyone?

I tried launching Witcher 2 and it gave me an error about contacting the key server, so i exited steam and now it won't let me back in. I'm stuck at "Connecting to Steam Account:"

Well, got in, still can't contact the key server....

 

[zombieshavebrains]

When was the last time Oblivion and Morrowind were on sale, and how often do they go on sale? Been considering picking both up for the mods as I have them on the Xbox and 360 currently. Maybe I could answer my own question with some sort of Skyrim bundle/deal?

They were just on sale for Quakecon week.

 

[Oreoleo]

When was the last time Oblivion and Morrowind were on sale, and how often do they go on sale?

They were on sale like 2 weeks ago during Quakecon. $15 for both IIRC. Oblivion goes on sale during pretty much every Christmas and Summer sale. Morrowind not so much.

 

[Mr_Guillotine]

It's down for me too, probably just have to wait a while.

 

[Nabs]

When was the last time Oblivion and Morrowind were on sale, and how often do they go on sale? Been considering picking both up for the mods as I have them on the Xbox and 360 currently. Maybe I could answer my own question with some sort of Skyrim bundle/deal?

There was a massive Quakecon sale not too long ago.

 

[Derrick01]

Steam down for anyone?

I tried launching Witcher 2 and it gave me an error about contacting the key server, so i exited steam and now it won't let me back in. I'm stuck at "Connecting to Steam Account:"

Well, got in, still can't contact the key server....

Yup I just tried to load the store and the community section and it's down. Hope it's nothing serious.

 

[Cptkrush]

Yup I just tried to load the store and the community section and it's down. Hope it's nothing serious.

You and me both, I have the day off tomorrow and I plan on playing me shit tons of Deus Ex. Hopefully it's just some maintenance or prep for the launch tomorrow(if they need to do that?)