Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1030836 times)

ManaByte · « **Reply #1560 on:** December 16, 2010, 12:09:27 PM »

Just Cause 2 on sale for $7.49

Raban · « **Reply #1561 on:** December 16, 2010, 12:10:32 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on December 16, 2010, 12:09:27 PM

Just Cause 2 on sale for $7.49

For 50 more minutes. It's been on sale for two days

TIME FOR A NEW SALE YEAH

Bebpo · « **Reply #1562 on:** December 18, 2010, 01:51:32 AM »

Oddbox is going to be 50% off for the first 24 hours of release on the 20th.

So for $12.50 you get Abe's Odysseus, Abe's Exodus, Munch's Odyssey, and Strangers Wrath. Or you can buy them individually for $2.50, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50 respectively.

Good deal.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1563 on:** December 18, 2010, 03:02:05 AM »

Never been much of an Abe fan but that's a fantastic deal.

Raban · « **Reply #1564 on:** December 18, 2010, 05:36:58 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 18, 2010, 01:51:32 AM

Oddbox is going to be 50% off for the first 24 hours of release on the 20th.

So for $12.50 you get Abe's Odysseus, Abe's Exodus, Munch's Odyssey, and Strangers Wrath. Or you can buy them individually for $2.50, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50 respectively.

Good deal.

Worth it just for the PC port of Stranger's Wrath. Will be there on Day 1.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1565 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:27:00 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 18, 2010, 01:51:32 AM

Oddbox is going to be 50% off for the first 24 hours of release on the 20th.

So for $12.50 you get Abe's Odysseus, Abe's Exodus, Munch's Odyssey, and Strangers Wrath. Or you can buy them individually for $2.50, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50 respectively.

Good deal.

you missed the second post in the gaf thread:

it sounds like the dev is planning to update the PC version with the PS3 version's graphical upgrade. They wanted to get the PC Oddboxx out now and the PS3 version just isn't done yet.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1566 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:29:03 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on December 18, 2010, 08:41:49 AM

I think I'm just about done with Team Fortress 2. At first this whole buying weapons to get them faster didn't bother me until it was apparent that these new weapons drop less than normal ones and that people who spend the $50 have a much better chance of doing winning than those who don't.

Shoulda made it cosmetic things only.

I was done with TF2 when the microtransaction patch hit. It now feels less like a game, and more of a grind.

Quote from: Linkzg on December 18, 2010, 10:27:00 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on December 18, 2010, 01:51:32 AM
Oddbox is going to be 50% off for the first 24 hours of release on the 20th.

So for $12.50 you get Abe's Odysseus, Abe's Exodus, Munch's Odyssey, and Strangers Wrath. Or you can buy them individually for $2.50, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50 respectively.

Good deal.

you missed the second post in the gaf thread:

it sounds like the dev is planning to update the PC version with the PS3 version's graphical upgrade. They wanted to get the PC Oddboxx out now and the PS3 version just isn't done yet.

Is Munch's Odyssey any good? I already own the Abe games on Steam and I have heard nothing but good things about Strangers Wratch, but Munch seems to always be the odd man out.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1567 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:34:39 AM »

I only played the demo of Munch's Odyssey that was on the original Halo CE disc. I don't remember liking it, but I'm willing to pick up the oddbox as a whole (I don't own the first two games here either) and give it a shot.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1568 on:** December 18, 2010, 11:38:55 AM »

I don't play TF2, but are there "vanilla TF2" servers without all that microtransaction BS, or is that what you're stuck with from now on?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1569 on:** December 18, 2010, 07:15:14 PM »

I didn't mind the store but the rate that new items are coming out with new attributes is a bit worrying. I don't even know what half of them do.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1570 on:** December 18, 2010, 07:34:54 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on December 18, 2010, 10:27:00 AM

it sounds like the dev is planning to update the PC version with the PS3 version's graphical upgrade. They wanted to get the PC Oddboxx out now and the PS3 version just isn't done yet.

I really hope so. I want to play Strangers Wrath real bad but dont wanna slum it playing the PS3 version. I'll hold back on it and see whether or not they update the graphics on the PC version

archie4208 · « **Reply #1571 on:** December 19, 2010, 10:40:22 AM »

My biggest gripe against TF2 is that the items are random drops. I'm not inherently against the concept of a cash shop, but a game needs to give players an option to work towards unlocking items, even if it is at a snails pace compared to spending real money. Random drops make it feel like you are pissing away time hoping for a particular item.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1572 on:** December 19, 2010, 05:27:46 PM »

You can, any item is craftable.

Raban · « **Reply #1573 on:** December 19, 2010, 11:58:15 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on December 18, 2010, 10:29:03 AM

Is Munch's Odyssey any good? I already own the Abe games on Steam and I have heard nothing but good things about Strangers Wratch, but Munch seems to always be the odd man out.

iirc, it's a lot like an archaic form of Pikmin mixed with some really simple puzzles. I haven't played it in a loooooooong time.

GilloD · « **Reply #1574 on:** December 21, 2010, 07:04:23 PM »

Eel O' brien

Reb · « **Reply #1575 on:** December 22, 2010, 06:56:03 AM »

Quote from: GilloD on December 21, 2010, 07:04:23 PM

Eel O' brien

Eel of Brain

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1576 on:** December 25, 2010, 01:03:25 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on December 25, 2010, 12:59:35 PM

So, I got to use my new headset today and Team Fortress 2 is all fucked up. Microphone Boost can't be disabled or it'll just reset to default. I know for a fact my sound card works and I'm pretty sure it worked for Team Fortress 2 in the past so I uninstalled the drivers that I recently updated to play Mirror's Edge and reinstalled the old drivers.

I also deleted Steam and all the games installed so now I have to wait 20 years for TF2 to download because of the Christmas sale. I'm going to be really pissed if this can't be fixed. And if this did fix the issue, I'll never play Mirror's Edge again. At least with sound on.

Have you tried disabling microphone boost in your sound card's properties?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1577 on:** December 28, 2010, 06:41:56 AM »

My sale haul so far

Dragon Age Ultimate
Assassin's Creed II
Mass Effect II
Resident Evil 5
Darksiders
Burnout Paradise Ultimate
Fallout New Vegas
Risen
Borderlands GOTY
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
Neverwinter Nights 2: Platinum
Mirror's Edge
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction
The Ball
STALKER Call of Pripyat
Bioshock 2
King Arthur
GRAW
GRAW 2
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage
FlatOut2
Splintercell: Chaos Theory
Monkey Island:Special Edition Bundle
Tropico 3 Gold
Serious Sam Gold Pack

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1578 on:** December 28, 2010, 07:06:39 AM »

Join us in the sale thread where we can gift you stuff

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1579 on:** December 28, 2010, 07:35:25 AM »

Quote from: Antony Carmichael on December 28, 2010, 07:00:48 AM

Sega and Capcom can form a queue to suck my cock.

"not available in your region"

I'm trying to give you money here you crazy spuz chugging puss fuckers - FREE MONEY. But NOOOOoooooo.

Fuck the pair of them.

As pilonv1 says, it's easy to get around thanks to all the kind bromos here. Note all the non-Japan stuff in my list above

No point ranting about regioning, it's been a fact of our lives for years and there's fuck all valve can do to change it if they want the content owners on their platform.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1580 on:** December 28, 2010, 08:59:59 AM »

Maybe the company that has paid for the rights to release it in your country wants control over how it gets advertised. If (say) the US trailer contains content that they consider likely to offend people in your region, they will be pissed off at the US advertisers for letting you see it. Nobody wants to take these kind of risks, so it gets pulled, and INTERNET FURY results. Just think about it from someone else's perspective once in a while and your rage at lack of free stuff all the time will dissipate somewhat.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #1581 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:14:09 AM »

I don't know why I never posted it before, but my Steam account name is pocketfudge.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1582 on:** January 03, 2011, 10:49:26 PM »

Recettear has sold over 100,000 copies:

http://www.carpefulgur.com/drakblog/?p=9

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1583 on:** January 03, 2011, 10:53:52 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 03, 2011, 10:49:26 PM

Recettear has sold over 100,000 copies:

http://www.carpefulgur.com/drakblog/?p=9

I couldn't gift it to Van Cruncheon because he bought it at full price.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1584 on:** January 04, 2011, 01:57:43 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 03, 2011, 10:49:26 PM

Recettear has sold over 100,000 copies:

http://www.carpefulgur.com/drakblog/?p=9

Bring on more JPRGs on mah PC.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1585 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:03:09 AM »

How much was Mount & Blade during the sale? I'm starting to regret not purchasing it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1586 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:10:38 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on January 04, 2011, 01:57:43 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 03, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
Recettear has sold over 100,000 copies:

http://www.carpefulgur.com/drakblog/?p=9

Bring on more JPRGs on mah PC.

Carpe Fulgur is already working on translating another game from the same company:

http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2011/010211a.html

archie4208 · « **Reply #1587 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:21:51 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 05, 2011, 12:03:09 AM

How much was Mount & Blade during the sale? I'm starting to regret not purchasing it.

$10 for both games iirc

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1588 on:** January 05, 2011, 01:10:12 AM »

So there wasn't a complete pack for $10? I feel less bad then.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1589 on:** January 05, 2011, 01:15:02 AM »

er, yeah it was complete. It was M&B plus the Warband expansion. It might have been $15, but I remember it was cheap.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1590 on:** January 05, 2011, 01:51:08 AM »

play moar Demolition Company, you'll feel better.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1591 on:** January 05, 2011, 02:22:14 AM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 05, 2011, 01:15:02 AM

er, yeah it was complete. It was M&B plus the Warband expansion. It might have been $15, but I remember it was cheap.

Oh I read it as $10 for each game. fuck

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1592 on:** January 07, 2011, 02:32:08 AM »

J - Bore (and Chonovore in particular) -

Looks like a bunch of previously-unavailable stuff has unlocked here at last. GTA, Bully and other Rockstar stuff for example. Check it out.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1593 on:** January 07, 2011, 02:55:04 AM »

We got that stuff today too.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1594 on:** January 07, 2011, 03:02:42 AM »

Irritating that they're doing this AFTER the Rockstar everything-off sale. I woulda picked up a bunch of stuff then. Still a good trend though.

I got a free code for Civ5 yesterday, woot

chronovore · « **Reply #1595 on:** January 11, 2011, 06:51:09 AM »

Yeah, almost certainly it's Capcom holding off the contractual agreement until after that sale was passed. I can't imagine the Japanese PC gaming contingent could bring Steam to its knees, but you can bet that Capcom's still trying to figure out how to make some money off that distribution contract.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1596 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:28:34 AM »

Riddick for $5 this w/e - anyone picking it up?

Bebpo · « **Reply #1597 on:** January 15, 2011, 01:40:38 AM »

I got it from Direct2Drive for $5 years ago. Played a little but never got around to really playing it. Butcher Bay is still a good game, I heard Dark Athena is ehhhh

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1598 on:** January 15, 2011, 10:35:42 AM »

the first half of Dark Athena is pretty great. the second half is tacked on and kinda lame.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1599 on:** January 20, 2011, 02:36:49 PM »

I played the demo on XBLA and it sucked.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1600 on:** January 21, 2011, 09:36:03 PM »

to anyone who bought Oddworld Strangers Wrath back during Christmas, the patch to fix it was released and it seems to do just that. It's still lacking some options and there are the quirks of a console port, but it runs smooth at my monitors native resolution now. smooth as locked at 76 vsync'd, potentially more, compared to in the teens.

Bebpo · « **Reply #1601 on:** January 21, 2011, 11:15:00 PM »

cool, I will play strangers wrath one of these days now!

FatalT · « **Reply #1602 on:** January 24, 2011, 06:12:39 PM »

Anyone picking up Monday Night Combat? It unlocks in an hour.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1603 on:** January 27, 2011, 01:10:17 PM »

Weekend deal: Both Penny Arcade RPGs for $3

Bebpo · « **Reply #1604 on:** January 27, 2011, 01:12:15 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 27, 2011, 01:10:17 PM

Weekend deal: Both Penny Arcade RPGs for $3

Tempting.

Raban · « **Reply #1605 on:** January 27, 2011, 01:20:02 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 27, 2011, 01:10:17 PM

Weekend deal: Both Penny Arcade RPGs for $3

Oh man. Will definitely consider this.

FatalT · « **Reply #1606 on:** January 27, 2011, 01:23:30 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on January 27, 2011, 01:10:17 PM

Weekend deal: Both Penny Arcade RPGs for $3

Sold! Also, lol @ The Sims 3 being on Steam.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1607 on:** January 27, 2011, 05:46:57 PM »

Only $100 for the complete version, bravo EA

archie4208 · « **Reply #1608 on:** January 27, 2011, 06:32:17 PM »

I bought some Genesis ROMs off Steam. :'(

I'm sure the emulation isn't up to some Sega nerd's arbitrary standards, but Streets of Rage 2 and Shining Force 2 are still awesome.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1609 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:56:14 PM »

Steam gets a screenshot feature (similar to fraps). Screenshots are automatically uploaded to your account to show off.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=420382

That's pretty awesome.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1610 on:** January 31, 2011, 07:53:15 PM »

Valve rendering the print screen button obsolete.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1611 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:23:46 PM »

A great service just got even better.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1612 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:07:11 PM »

Can't wait to take all my Football Manager 2011 screens

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1613 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:16:25 AM »

cool, i can take a screen shot of being locked out for buying too much stuff at once during the next holiday sale

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1614 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:08:26 AM »

Finally, a reason to press the F12 key.

Bebpo · « **Reply #1615 on:** February 08, 2011, 10:59:20 PM »

Smooth Groove is the smoothest groover out there. He just gifted me Magika omgggggggggggggggggg

I was totally going to buy that since everyone says it's awesome. And now I have it for free!

Thanks man, you're the best

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #1616 on:** February 08, 2011, 11:01:17 PM »

can I play magika with you guys sometime? I don't have any real steam friends just people who use it as a messenger

Bebpo · « **Reply #1617 on:** February 08, 2011, 11:07:41 PM »

If you're still playing it in a few weeks, sure. I won't be starting it until I have free time in March, but I'm definitely going to check it out after all the great word of mouth.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1618 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:01:40 AM »

You're welcome, pal. Lately, all you've been pimping are weeaboo games so I had to bring you back to the light side.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #1619 on:** February 09, 2011, 10:44:23 PM »

How's Magicka guys?

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