Keyrock 8,888 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I decided 67% was enough of a discount and bought DX:MD just before I left yesterday morning to go to the airport for my trip to the frozen north for X-Mas, started downloading it, and set up "shutdown -h 720" (shutdown after 720 minutes for the non-Linux folks out there) as I walked out the door. I wonder how much of the game downloaded before Anonymous or whoever killed Steam? Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Agiel 1,806 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 A good friend of mine gave me this over Steam for Christmas: http://store.steampowered.com/app/379980/ I suppose laughter is the best medicine for the pervading sense that civilisation is dying. Quote Quote "Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as 'History,' harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.” -Philip Roth, The Plot Against America Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgon 1,791 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wanted to get hitman, discovered it was always online. Now, I may never see the 'disconnected from server' notification, internet is pretty stable where I'm at all things considered, but this is a single player game. Go away with your ****ery Square Enix. You are worse than EA. Quote Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites
Agiel 1,806 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wanted to get hitman, discovered it was always online. Now, I may never see the 'disconnected from server' notification, internet is pretty stable where I'm at all things considered, but this is a single player game. Go away with your ****ery Square Enix. You are worse than EA. Well so long as you earned the unlocks while online you are free to use them offline, which was a situation that was a damned sight better than what was a few months ago (being offline basically meant you were limited to using your trusty coins, fiber wire, and basic pistol). Quote Quote "Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as 'History,' harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.” -Philip Roth, The Plot Against America Link to post Share on other sites
Deadly_Nightshade 259 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 The Steam version of Civ4 is tricky to get working with mods, including the near-essential BUGmod. I tried and gave up, reinstalled from disc instead. No disadvantage these days because the final patch removed the disc-check DRM. I suspect that if you copied the Steam files into another folder and used the DRM-free .exe from the disc version you might be able to get mods working (I had to do something similar for Bloodlines and a couple of other games). And it's easier to have a backed up .exe in case the discs fail or get lost than the entire game... Although not by much given how cheap storage is now. Quote "A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation."-H. H. Munro "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to post Share on other sites
Tale 2,459 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 You know you have a serious game buying addiction when you're browsing Steam Horror games for something to buy and can find nothing. So you google up a best of Horror games list and find out you already own half the titles in the top 25 and have never played them. 1 Quote "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to post Share on other sites
Fenixp 2,074 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Apparently, the best horror game on Steam is called "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Expansion Pass" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tale 2,459 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 The tag system is a real mess. 1 Quote "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to post Share on other sites
Katphood 2,098 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Didn't buy much this Winter Sale, just Red Alert 3+Uprising Expansion and Quake IV. I am thinking of buying Edge of Twilight and Turok too. Quote Katphood on PSN, Steam & Xbox Live Link to post Share on other sites
BrotherFerg 34 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 PRetty much everything on sale until Jan 2. You can get some games for less than a dollar! Check out Sacred Gold and games "like it". Quote Why does a chair have arms and legs like a man, but can't walk or hold things? Link to post Share on other sites
Vaeliorin 194 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Steam needs to fix their stupid algorithm that decides what to advertise to you. The biggest advertisement on the front page for me was for the XCOM franchise, but I already own every single XCOM (and X-Com) game on Steam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hiro Protagonist II 1,437 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 You know you have a serious game buying addiction when you're browsing Steam Horror games for something to buy and can find nothing. So you google up a best of Horror games list and find out you already own half the titles in the top 25 and have never played them. I'm the opposite. I spend time finishing games to the point of being a completionist and trying to get every achievement if the game has them, before going onto another game. It's probably why I don't have many games on Steam. I can't even fathom how some people have hundreds of games and not even play them. I find it also saves me a lot of money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgon 1,791 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Theres is too much crap now on steam. It makes me more suspicious of small games and less likely to buy anything not from a large publisher. A shame really. Almost 40% of steam's entire inventory of games were released in 2016. It's really great for small developers and really unfortunate for those same small developers that there is no filter for quality. Almost 6000 games on steam altogether if memory serves. Who would take a chance on anything with so many turds among them 1 Quote Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites
Blodhemn 135 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Watch some videos to get the idea of the gameplay. Also look for the few negative reviews and see why it's rated that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fenixp 2,074 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Who would take a chance on anything with so many turds among themAll I usually have to do is check the reviews. If it's mixed or lower, I don't even take a look at such a game. When a whole bunch of people actually like something though, I have a tendency of looking further into it - naturally, that doesn't mean it's not a POS and I tend to automatically skip anything Early Access, Multiplayer-only and Survival, but all in all, I found some cool games that way. Well, Westerado. And I didn't really like it very much. ... Eh, it can work's what I'm saying. Alternatively, just ignore Steam and watch GOG releases. Edited January 2, 2017 by Fenixp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgon 1,791 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 It used to be really easy to inflate the stats and I don't think they fixed that retoactively. If you give away a couple of thousand keys with the simple message 'if you liked the game please consider writing a positive review', well that's going to get you a positive score, unless you sell millions and depend on traditional advertising or your game is so terrible that it can't garner positive word of mouth at all. For a while now in order for a review to count it has had to be a STEAM purchase, it can't be a redeemed key, which is also a bit misleading since most discerning people get the STEAM key from a reseller usually taken from a physical media that never gets used. We can thank regional pricing and the odd privileges still afforded to brick and mortar stores for that, but that's another matter. They really need for review and campaign giveaway keys to be unique and recognisable in the review system. Quote Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites
Rosbjerg 3,048 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 It now states whether you redeemed, played before acces or got the key for free in your reviews Quote Fortune favors the bald. Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgon 1,791 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 So it does. Looks like the change was in november. Quote Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites
Keyrock 8,888 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Steam reviews can be useful, but you need to read a bunch of them and use your judgement to formulate an overall picture and filter out the legit reviews from the meme reviews, fanboy reviews, and people that have a bone to pick with the developer reviews (I never understood these, but they exist for some reason). Quote I wonder if there is beer on the sun Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgon 1,791 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As far as I can tell keys redeemed from physical media still don't count. I wonder what that's for. A simple FU to the resellers who after all take a big bite out of STEAMS profit ? Anyway you can still spam the review list with positives, say leading up to a sale, even if those reviews don't count towards the total score. As long as you have a 'mixed' rather than a 'negative' that's still going to help you. 'This change doesn't impact the review score. Each game's score will continue to be calculated based only on customers that purchased the game via Steam.' Quote Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to post Share on other sites
Fenixp 2,074 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As I said, Steam reviews alone don't actually mean much - just that the game works and does what it advertises to, more or less. Which alone serves as a good filter to start research by, say, opening Youtube and watching gameplay videos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlshot 8,095 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I enjoy it when I scroll down for a Steam review and I find one of you guys at the top of my list as the reviewer. That's typically my best source of information. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 5,877 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I'm not gonna lie, I look at the Metacritic score. I know, I know...Metacritic is owned and operated by Satan, but for me it serves the purpose of getting a general opinion. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Fenixp 2,074 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 for me it serves the purpose of getting a general opinion.That's fine as long as your general opinion's positively aligned with Satan's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 5,877 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Now that you mention it, dude does know how to throw a party. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
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