The Bore Steam Thread :monocle

[cool breeze]

mods work on the latest patch, just not that ENB one that makes the game look even better

the game still looks substantially better than it did on consoles and biggest issue is the lack of AA.  Also compared to the console versions, the controls are a lot more responsive when using a 360 controller.

GTA4 for $5 is worth it just to mess around in the first person mod with tons of cheats.

do the mods make the game playable and fun

depends on how much you disliked GTA4

I think using a trainer helps a lot.  There are a lot of cheats to use, but even if you want to play the game for real, you can do things like make all character relationships 100% so you don't need to accept cellphone calls.  There are a lot of crazy cheats too like being able to fly, teleporting around the world, a gravity gun, locking the time of day, etc.

[Eel O'Brian]

has anyone done a complete mod for the multiplayer, like say everyone can wear sombreros or what have you

[archie4208]

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage - $2.00
Red Faction: Guerrilla - $5.00
Red Orchestra - $2.50
Left 4 Dead - $6.80
Shatter - $2.50
Mas Effect 2 - $23.99
The Void - $5.00
The Guild II + Pirates of the European Seas - $12.49
Torchlight - $5.00

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage - $2.00
Red Faction: Guerrilla - $5.00
Red Orchestra - $2.50
Left 4 Dead - $6.80
Shatter - $2.50
Mas Effect 2 - $23.99
The Void - $5.00
The Guild II + Pirates of the European Seas - $12.49
Torchlight - $5.00

Is FlatOut any good? Thinking of getting that as a fun dick-around game for me and my bros

[cool breeze]

I already have shatter for the PS3 but it's tempting to get it again on PC. 

[Bulleta©™®]

Get L4D1 if you can!

[Smooth Groove]

Get Flatout:UC if you're interested in Motorstorm 3.  Virtually the same for a lot less. 

[fistfulofmetal]

damnit
i didnt want to buy anymore


/buys flatout and red faction

[Great Rumbler]

damnit
i didnt want to buy anymore


/buys flatout and red faction

I'm tempted to do the same.

[Ninja]

Picked up the Vid, been hoping for s sale on that for a while. Also grabbed FlatOut and Shatter (again). Red Faction isn't available to Euros

[Eric P]

i bought mass effect 2.

[cool breeze]

is The Void that weird first person puzzle game? or am I thinking of the passage? I get all these things mixed up

[Great Rumbler]

is The Void that weird first person puzzle game? or am I thinking of the passage? I get all these things mixed up

The Void is a weird first-person puzzle game, yes.

http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/TheVoid/Void.shtm

[Smooth Groove]

Red Faction for $5 so soon after release is pretty sad.  Why don't gamers have better tastes? 

[Great Rumbler]

Red Faction for $5 so soon after release is pretty sad.  Why don't gamers have better tastes? 

This isn't even the first time it's been on sale for that price. 

Also, I think it came as a free preorder bonus for some other game recently.

[Bulleta©™®]

Did you guys get L4D1? 

[archie4208]

Yeah you got it for free if you bought Darksiders. (which still isn't out on PC )

[Smooth Groove]

So basically PC gamers are the jews of the gaming world.   

[fistfulofmetal]

Did you guys get L4D1? 

i've had l4d1 for years

[Eric P]

i started playing RFG after Just Cause 2 and RFG just didn't hold my interest after the amazing JC2

[Smooth Groove]

Eric P, what did you like about JC2?

I haven't tried JC2 beyond running benchmarks but the eye candy is amazing. 

[cool breeze]

i started playing RFG after Just Cause 2 and RFG just didn't hold my interest after the amazing JC2

I played RFG way before JC2, but I was replaying it on PC and JC2 did kill my interest in continuing with it.

though, I wish that JC2 had the destruction of RFG. Then again, RFG didn't have any huge buildings in it while JC2 has several cities and huge buildings.

[Bebpo]

The whole time I was playing JC2 I wished it had the destruction of RFG.

I think I liked RFG and JC2 about equally.  Both have a lot going for them and both repetitive and have a lot going against them as well.  Probably my favorite two sandbox games this gen.


For today's sale bought Flatout, can use a fun arcade racer for $2. 

[archie4208]

Speaking of JC2:

http://twitter.com/mycoldman/status/17421704878

50% off this Saturday.

[Eric P]

Eric P, what did you like about JC2?

I haven't tried JC2 beyond running benchmarks but the eye candy is amazing. 

i liked the diversity of environment the most.  i could do missions in city scapes, jungles, icy mountains, deserts and oceans and it was all open to me from the start.  

quick travel (the bane of these games) is not a problem.  I'm at point A, I want to get to point B but I'm impatient and want to just do stuff at point B immediately, i can call in an chopper evac and be magically teleported to that location (assuming i'd "discovered" it at some point).

If i don't want to do the varied and scripted missions, i can cause havoc on my own on my terms

if i didn't want to cause havoc i could do missions which were varied to the point of my doing every single side mission available in the game, something i never, ever do.

after playing JC2, RFG just seemed so slow and monochromatic by comparison

[Bulleta©™®]

Did you guys get L4D1? 

i've had l4d1 for years

go go go

[cool breeze]

yeah, I think what makes JC2 a lot of fun is that you never feel like you're wasting time traveling.  Even if you ignored the quick travel, the parachute, grapple, and all the different types of vehicles, etc. the game still has tons of things to destroy or collect. 

it looks like the DLC is on sale too and I'd recommend getting the one with the jetpack parachute booster.  Even if you don't mod it with super speed or infinite boost, it makes traveling around easier.

[pilonv1]

Flatout UC is an amazing game, especially if you keep in mind that it was released sometime in 2007. It's an absolute steal for $2.

I'll definitely pick up some of the Just Cause 2 DLC, I've been meaning to get back into it.

[Joe Molotov]

Flatout UC is an amazing game, especially if you keep in mind that it was released sometime in 2007. It's an absolute steal for $2.

I'll probably get it and Mass Erect 2 before today's over.

[pilonv1]

You should. I might buy a couple more as gifts. It's so awesome.

[archie4208]

Flatout is downloading so slowly.

Also, Puzzle Kingdoms is a terrible, trashy, game, but for $1 it is fairly amusing.

[pilonv1]

At least you can download it. I haven't been able to get on a server to get anything for a week. Witcher CE has been stuck at 3gb for me since Monday

[Joe Molotov]

You guys should consider Shatter for $2.50, it's a pretty sweet game.

[archie4208]

FYI: Flatout ran out of keys so if you bought it in the past few hours you won't be able to play it.

[Eel O'Brian]

they better give me my $2 back, then

[Joe Molotov]

they better give me my $2 back, then

This happens every time there's a really cheap game that requires a CD-key. They'll request some more keys, but it'll probably be a few days. Unless the publisher lost the key generator like with Prey, and they can't generate any more keys. (in that case they refunded everybody)

[Eel O'Brian]

they should probably start getting extra keys ahead of time when they run these sales

[Jansen]

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just cause 2

[pilonv1]

FYI: Flatout ran out of keys so if you bought it in the past few hours you won't be able to play it.

I can still buy it and play it later though right?

[GilloD]

I hope JC2 goes on sale. I pirated it when it got delayed in EU/Asia and I really want an official copy

[cool breeze]

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just cause 2

That superman mod is actually kinda disappointing because it doesn't make any sound when you fly around.  I don't know if later versions of it added the swoosh noise when you fall, but it would help a lot.  Still impressed by the mods JC2 gets.

I hope JC2 goes on sale. I pirated it when it got delayed in EU/Asia and I really want an official copy

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Speaking of JC2:

http://twitter.com/mycoldman/status/17421704878

50% off this Saturday.

game and DLC is going on sale

so, $25 for the game (50 on steam, I think)

[pilonv1]

Absolute bargain for that price.

[GilloD]

Ghost Master is .95 cents. Do it. It's like a stupid version of The Sims or something. It's kind of great in an obscure strategy euro-gaming kind of way.

[pilonv1]

I have it from the Strategy First pack I bought ages ago. I might try it.

[Eric P]

it's fun and goofy

i picked it up and played with it for a bit because it was super cheap in the past

[ManaByte]

Got Thief today and bought all of the Tropico games.

[Bebpo]

Might get P.B. Winterbottom.  Tried the demo and I liked the style but it seemed like it would break my brain.

[Ninja]

Picked up Winterbottom, Madballs and Thief 3. I'm tempted by Tropico and Titan Quest too.

[Bebpo]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

[Cravis]

Picked up Thief and then saw where Clive Barker's Jericho was $1.47 so I just had to grab that. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the console version.

[Smooth Groove]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

It's the other way around for me.  I buy more stuff from D2D because they don't ignore me when my CD-key no longer works due to OS re-installations. 

[archie4208]

Gonna grab X3, then promptly close it within 5 minutes after my brain melts from the complexity.

[Dickie Dee]

Finally picked up Titan Quest+IT, it's a steal

and Dragon Age, which was no hot deal but I've been meaning to get it for forever - it probably won't be this on sale until the sequel comes out

[Joe Molotov]

I need Sacred II and Divinity II for about $5 each.

[Bebpo]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

It's the other way around for me.  I buy more stuff from D2D because they don't ignore me when my CD-key no longer works due to OS re-installations. 

Not a problem if you never install the games

[Great Rumbler]

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage CD keys are online!

[Smooth Groove]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

It's the other way around for me.  I buy more stuff from D2D because they don't ignore me when my CD-key no longer works due to OS re-installations. 

Not a problem if you never install the games

That's probably what usually happens with games that are bought cheap on Steam. 

[Dickie Dee]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

It's the other way around for me.  I buy more stuff from D2D because they don't ignore me when my CD-key no longer works due to OS re-installations. 

could you explain this a little bit? i too appreciate steam because  (so far anyways) it's so convienent (almost too convienent when these sales happen) and also doesn't treat you as guilty until proven innocent re: DRM. Are there cdkey issues I should be looking out for in the futur

[archie4208]

Steam pulled X3 from the sale.

[Smooth Groove]

does anyone else ever feel tempted to rebuy games they have bought on other download services? 

I got Thief 3 on direct2drive, but at $3 it's tempting to double dip on steam just because it's so much easier to just click "install" and then click "play" instead of having to go and log in and download the exe and install the game.  Probably won't double dip but it's tempting and the reason I don't buy things from other services anymore.


Also might get Madballs because apparently it's good?

It's the other way around for me.  I buy more stuff from D2D because they don't ignore me when my CD-key no longer works due to OS re-installations. 

could you explain this a little bit? i too appreciate steam because  (so far anyways) it's so convienent (almost too convienent when these sales happen) and also doesn't treat you as guilty until proven innocent re: DRM. Are there cdkey issues I should be looking out for in the futur

Stuff like EA games keep track of how many times you've installed the game.  If you've forgotten to uninstall or had a borked OS a couple of times then the CD key might no longer work. 

I wasn't aware of that until some of my Steam games wouldn't work.  Before, I've always thought that Steam takes care of all DRM issues.  When I contacted Steam about getting me new keys, they just ignore my requests.  Many others have complained of the same treatment from Steam regarding such issues. 

D2D is much better at resolving such problems.  I had to request a new key twice for a game during a particularly bad streak of OS upgrades and they came through quickly without any questions.