babaganoosh13 Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 My experience with STEAM is getting worse and worse for the past 12 months. Sometimes I can only run it offline, sometimes I'm online but stuff refuse to download, other times it takes longer than it should to do simple things like loading a page for a game. Mostly it works fine, but it's been annoying me for the past year. Uninstall and reinstall? It can get corrupted like any other program. And of course, make sure you move your games to a neutral directory outside steam first before uninstalling it, as it wont even give you a heads up that it will delete them as well, or give you the option to not delete them in the uninstaller. Although in my case, uninstalling/reinstalling steam did not help at all when it came to the 2 week bug. You see, ever since the whole Doritos Locos Tacos thing, Taco Bell thinks they can do whatever they want.
melkathi Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Going to post it here, even though it isn't on Steam, but I seem to have two extra digital copies (from the devs' own site) each of Frozen Synapse and the expansion Frozen Synapse Red ? (though I may be able to get steam keys) This game has been fully endorsed by Deraldin. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
kgambit Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 XCom Enemy Within is 75% off (3 hours 40 min left as of posting time) or $7.49.
Hassat Hunter Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) Already got it. (At 6.24 euro... I didn't even realise we didn't get shafted dollar = euro this time!) And Tomb Raider... let's see how this reboot is... Edited March 13, 2014 by Hassat Hunter ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee
Gorgon Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 It doesn't actually have tombs, more like tiny caves with a puzzle. The jumping puzzles are so so. In true Ascreed style it ads new gameplay elements and then promplty forgets about them, survival and hunting for instance. You do that for one map, then it's onto something else. All the staged bossfights are annoying trial and error experiences that are too far removed from normal gameplay. It's stuffed full of QTEs, you will barely be able to walk 5 steps without mashing some button or other. Despite all these shortcommings it is well worth a single playthrough if you can get it on sale. The only thing that attracted me to the tomb raider series was the jumping/climbing puzzles combined with exploration. That aspect is mostly gone, but the combat is much better. So yeah, good for a playthrough. It's not overly long so you don't get tired of it. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Undecaf Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) My experience with STEAM is getting worse and worse for the past 12 months. Sometimes I can only run it offline, sometimes I'm online but stuff refuse to download, other times it takes longer than it should to do simple things like loading a page for a game. Mostly it works fine, but it's been annoying me for the past year. Same here (for a similiar amount of time). Today few hours ago it worked seemingly fine (other than telling me my HD is busy and halting a patch dl for a moment), now it tells me my connections are down. edit - ehm, it seems I can't even connect to their website... Edited March 13, 2014 by Undecaf Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys."
HoonDing Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 All the talk about QTE and "ludonarrative dissonance" in Tomb Raider reboot are vastly overstated. It's Tomb Raider in name only, but still a good game. 1 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Endrosz Posted March 15, 2014 Posted March 15, 2014 Rockstar Games sale this weekend. Of course you can get the GTAs and May Paynes etc. cheaper. But for me, the highlight was Bully: Scholarship Edition for only 3.3 euros. It is a kind of role-playing game (it has factions and quests), and great fun. The Seven Blunders/Roots of Violence: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) Let's Play the Pools Saga (SSI Gold Box Classics) Pillows of Enamored Warfare -- The Zen of Nodding
Katphood Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) 'Aveyond: Lord of Twilight' & 'Skyborn' are worth checking out if anybody is interested in 16-bit era jrpg's. Edited March 16, 2014 by Astiaks There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.
IndiraLightfoot Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Right now, Steam has a big sale on Expedition: Conquistador, a great CRPG. You'll get it practically for free, and it's worth much more than that! Go get it, if you don't own it already! 3 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
kgambit Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Right now, Steam has a big sale on Expedition: Conquistador, a great CRPG. You'll get it practically for free, and it's worth much more than that! Go get it, if you don't own it already! Thanks for the tip. That looked pretty good so I checked out some game play videos. Just bought it. 2
Zoraptor Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 It's actually cheaper on GOG- though you have to buy it as part of a choose your own bundle with other games. The other advantage of buying E:C on GOG is that the steam version is published by bitcomposter since they were used as a short circuit to greenlight. If you buy from there you give bitcomposer money for doing literally nothing except putting their name down as publisher, if you buy from GOG the publisher is Logic Artists themselves so the bitcomposter share goes to the people who actually made the game. Mind you, if that is your primary concern you're probably not buying it for $5 anyway...
melkathi Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Just looked at the new list of newly greenlit games... BoneTown: Mature Edition ??? *checks calendar* Nope, isn't April 1st. Edited March 19, 2014 by melkathi Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Hassat Hunter Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) I'm getting more and more annoyed with the icons being re-aligned out during sales if returning from a game page. *random thought as watching weekly sales + bitcomposer sales, looking at a few potential titles, and then having to re-check the entire list again since the order is absolute random* EDIT: And for the past week(?) it seems to randomly loose connection to internet too. Ugh... Edited March 19, 2014 by Hassat Hunter ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee
Humanoid Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 Just looked at the new list of newly greenlit games... BoneTown: Mature Edition ??? *checks calendar* Nope, isn't April 1st. Goat Simulator, on the other hand, is being released on April 1st. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Calax Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 Just looked at the new list of newly greenlit games... BoneTown: Mature Edition ??? *checks calendar* Nope, isn't April 1st. I actually went and looked that up. It appears to be a non-porn edition of a porn game. So expect "Ride to Hell, Retribution" levels of stupid. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Humanoid Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 Heh, maybe I should go look up the Immature edition. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Bryy Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) Guys...I - I...I think I'm done with Steam as my primary source of gamecome (games/income).HumbleStore gives half my munies to charities.Origin nets me airline miles.What does Steam do? Give me cards that net me three cents that I can use to buy moar games from Steam?I mean, I'll still use Steam. I'll still buy the big co-op games that I know people will be playing on Steam... and of course HB is Steam-friendly but there are just better alternatives for me at this point...Steam isn't even a leader in sales anymore. They just don't want to innovate, acting like it is still 2009.I feel weird. edit: wtf why is this grey Edited April 11, 2014 by Bryy
melkathi Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) edit: wtf why is this grey Because for some reason it has set font colour to: #cccccc and background to: #353e44 in the BBCode Most likely it is the forum trying to express the weirdness you expressed you were feeling. Edited April 11, 2014 by melkathi Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Lexx Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 I thought it fits the post very well. 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
babaganoosh13 Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) I'm afraid to bring my computer from home into town because for the first time ever, offline mode is actually working properly for me, and I don't want to jinx that by updating it. EDIT: Plus at my house, WinXP is still in date. Edited April 11, 2014 by babaganoosh13 You see, ever since the whole Doritos Locos Tacos thing, Taco Bell thinks they can do whatever they want.
melkathi Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 A friend from school could use some votes on Greenlight if anyone would be up to clicking a quick "Yes". You should also feel free to decide that you are interested in the game and click "Yes" for that reason http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93006822 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Endrosz Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I was just going there to give that vote no matter what, but now I'm genuinely interested in the game! GL to your friend! 1 The Seven Blunders/Roots of Violence: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) Let's Play the Pools Saga (SSI Gold Box Classics) Pillows of Enamored Warfare -- The Zen of Nodding
Bryy Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I'd link to my game on Greenlight, but I'd rather we have our final trailer first.
melkathi Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Already voted for it anyway. But if you feel uncomfortable linking to it, let me know I'll spam the link Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
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