The Bore Steam Thread :monocle

[Bebpo]

I read somewhere that the trick is to not play as a melee class as the magic based classes are much more fun. 

Ended up buying it, gonna try it out tonight and get my awkward looking caveman mage on

[Joe Molotov]

I'm thinking about getting it but ehhhhhhh.....I'd rather just get Divinity 2 now and Two Worlds 2 later. Choices, choices.

Edit: Oh well, screw it, I bought it. If it sucks, well it wouldn't be the first time I've wasted $15 on Steam.

[pilonv1]

Melee classes suck? Lame

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8388

Graphics tweaks

[Bebpo]

I dunno if they suck.  I was just skimming posts when deciding to buy and everyone says different things 

At the end of the day, who cares.  It's $15.  If it's fun for a few days you get your money worth

[Bebpo]

Well, steam ran out of Risen keys so if you haven't already run the game once and activated your key, you're not playing it this weekend until they get more

[pilonv1]

Turning off Depth of Field and using those tweaks made a nice difference. Glad I went with this and not Two Worlds 2, I can see I will enjoy this as a modern old timey WRPG. Exactly what I was looking for to play after Fallout NV

No controller support sucks though

[Joe Molotov]

Well, steam ran out of Risen keys so if you haven't already run the game once and activated your key, you're not playing it this weekend until they get more

CURSE YOU, GABE! 

[Akala]

Yup. Bought it earlier, started the DL and went back to sleep. Now it's installed w/no key. Mildly annoying.

[CHOW CHOW]

Risen's terrible, don't bother.  Dreadful voice acting and plot, shit combat, just another boring & generic Shittttopean RPG..almost fell asleep playing the demo.

[CHOW CHOW]

I said "hey" to Eel of Brian yesterday..and he said "hello" back.   I think I might have a Steam friend 

[Cormacaroni]

Anybody who knows me (or wants my e-cock) want to gift me Burnout Paradise before the sale ends? Doesn't show up on the J store. Got it on PS3 but want to give it a shot in 3D. I will of course gift you back equivalent value if you let me know what you want!

[Reb]

Too late.

[Cormacaroni]

no sweat, I'm sure it will pop up again soon. Cheers anyhoo!

[Vizzys]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/47880/

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam is up for preorder

for 15$ December 18th

[Brehvolution]

I said "hey" to Eel of Brian yesterday..and he said "hello" back.   I think I might have a Steam friend 

Eel is good people.

[pilonv1]

Eel of Brian.

Sounds like one of those minor UK figureheads.

[patrickula]

No weekend Steam sale?! 

[Herr Mafflard]

Gabe's all sailed out :'(   'Am still installing games from the last sale  

[Herr Mafflard]

have extra copies of Torchlight and Painkiller: Black Edition on Steam - who wants 'em?

[Great Rumbler]

I'll take Painkiller: Black.

Edit: That was fast!

[pilonv1]

This new sale is contrived as all fuck

[Joe Molotov]

I have an extra copy of Iron Roses, who wants it?

[Raban]

This new sale is contrived as all fuck

I think it's kinda fun! What a neat idea.

[pilonv1]

This new sale is contrived as all fuck

I think it's kinda fun! What a neat idea.

After I posted I saw I can get TF2 hats and I've changed my tune

[Joe Molotov]

This new sale is contrived as all fuck

I think it's kinda fun! What a neat idea.

After I posted I saw I can get TF2 hats and I've changed my tune

To get the Hat of Undeniable Wealth, you have to do every objective. Are you a bad enough dude to buy RUSE? 

Oh yeah, and you have to play it. 

[pilonv1]

No I just want the second tier hat

[Raban]

do we even know what the hats look like?

[pilonv1]

who cares. HATS

[fistfulofmetal]

lol thanks pilonv1 for defense grid: the awakening

thats unexpected

[pilonv1]

No problem. That filthy leper PD didn't accept his so I re-gifted it.

[Raban]

Re-gifter

[pilonv1]

[pilonv1]

PS3 loses another exclusive

http://store.steampowered.com/app/90400/

[Raban]

Year of the PS3 :'(

[Great Rumbler]

Remember back in June where there was that "pay what you want" Indie bundle? Well, everyone that bought the bundle just got a Steam activation key through email today.

[fistfulofmetal]

Remember back in June where there was that "pay what you want" Indie bundle? Well, everyone that bought the bundle just got a Steam activation key through email today.

yep. awesome. got it today
i only played World of Goo out of the pack so now I may actually play the others

[archie4208]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/

Amnesia is 10bux.  I refuse to buy that game because it is too scary.  :'(

[Brehvolution]

I just watched the trailer on steam and the sound is very well done. I jumped twice. 

[naff]

Just got gifted Amnesia. It looks really great. Hopefully playing a really scary game will harden me up for future endeavours 

[fistfulofmetal]

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was just added to Steam. I wanna get it but I'm hesitant this close to the Christmas sale.

[Cormacaroni]

I tried to buy Beat Hazard only to find out I already owned it

I expect this will happen a lot over Christmas!

[pilonv1]

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was just added to Steam. I wanna get it but I'm hesitant this close to the Christmas sale.

don't bother, it's not getting any DLC

[fistfulofmetal]

i wouldnt have bought any DLC for the game to begin with so it's no biggie for me. running the game at near constant 60fps is better than getting dlc.

[Cormacaroni]

my feelings exactly. I'm highly unlikely to finish the SP anyway. There's no reason to pay more than $20 for it on Steam though, given the amount of great stuff we've all got built up. At this point, the list of games I'd pay full-price for on Steam probably goes like: Half-Life 3

[pilonv1]

I've set a limit for $10 for it. But since EA games seem to never dip below $20 on Steam I'm not holding my breath.

[Bebpo]

It'll drop fast.  Already fell from $60-$30 on consoles over black friday and has been around $30-40 since.

Still was stupid of EA to keep it off steam for the first month.  Will double dip when game is $5 in a year.

[Cormacaroni]

I take it it's a pad game, not a wheel game Bebpo?

[Bebpo]

Plays fine on a pad, yeah.

[Smooth Groove]

my feelings exactly. I'm highly unlikely to finish the SP anyway. There's no reason to pay more than $20 for it on Steam though, given the amount of great stuff we've all got built up. At this point, the list of games I'd pay full-price for on Steam probably goes like: Half-Life 3

Hot Pursuit is fun but not particularly impressive in any area.  As a Brit, you might want to check out F1 2010 though.  Supposedly it runs really well on PC and it should be great in 3D on your rig. 

[Cormacaroni]

it's on my Wish List if you care to buy it for me, big spender 

I'm actually not into F1 racing at all but I like most of Codemasters' stuff so have a mind to check it out in the sales. I've heard good things about it from a friend who worked on the Sony F1 game for PS3.

BTW, Fallout 3 with NMC looks aaaaaaaammmmmaaaaaaaaaazing in 3D. I was ing all over the place. Good call. Haven't added the huge bumpmaps yet - might try that tonight.

[Smooth Groove]

Sure, when it goes on sale.  I haven't even gotten it for myself since I suck ass at F1 games.  I think F1 is great but it's just too technical for me.  $40 is still too much for a graphical showpiece (that isn't DX11  ). 

And yeah, the NMC texture pack is amazing.  I added everything, including the huge bumpmaps and it makes Fallout 3 look like one of the best looking games this gen.   It doesn't seem to have a big impact on performance either.  I just have to figure out how to make Fallout 3 stop crashing randomly.  It got stable all of a sudden but I'm not even sure what happened. 

[Cormacaroni]

Did you try that large memory address enabler (or whatever) that the NMC guy recommended? I have it downloaded but it seems like a bit of a PITA to install. Might give it a go tonight.

Yeah, it's a 3D showcase too. NVidia rates it 'Excellent' and they're right. I don't think I can go back and play it on 360 now.

Just kidding about buying it for me, of course. I'm not hurtin'

[fistfulofmetal]

my feelings exactly. I'm highly unlikely to finish the SP anyway. There's no reason to pay more than $20 for it on Steam though, given the amount of great stuff we've all got built up. At this point, the list of games I'd pay full-price for on Steam probably goes like: Half-Life 3

i'm willing to bite at 30. I mostly want to be able to take it online to get the Autolog stuff going. From what I saw when I played the PS3 version, Autolog is really awesome and not having it really hurts the game.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

is there a similar hi-res pack for New Vegas yet?

[Cormacaroni]

probably, but i don't have Vegas so didn't look. google fallout3nexus

[Smooth Groove]

Did you try that large memory address enabler (or whatever) that the NMC guy recommended? I have it downloaded but it seems like a bit of a PITA to install. Might give it a go tonight.

I just tried it.  I'm not sure if it'd help but I'm pretty sure now that my previous crashes were memory related.  It's not surprising since those textures are so huge. 

Yesterday, I noticed that the game only crashed when I was outdoors and using 32X AA/16 AF.  I had no crashes after I bump things back to standard 4Xaa and 4XAF. 

I'm gonna try to see if your fix would let me bump the AA back up again 'cause the game looks so damn pretty. 

is there a similar hi-res pack for New Vegas yet?

There are some mods already on newvegasnexus.com but probably nothing yet at the level of the top FO3 mods. 

[Cormacaroni]

I did it too, haven't had any trouble yet. It's just a matter of patching the .exe if you have Win7 64bit, it seems. No hassle at all. I installed the huge bump pack as well. It is 

Last night my daughter came into my room just as I got outside the Vault for the first time. She saw me wearing the NVidia glasses and had to try them on. Her little face when she looked at the screen in 3D was something to behold. She was like 'Daddy go over THERE! WHOOOOOAAAAA now go THERE WHOOOOAAAA'

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and then a mutant dog attacked us and I hate to beat it to a bloody pulp with a baseball bat  :'( That was the end of her adventures in Fallout

[close]

[Smooth Groove]

You should play through the beginning together with a female character so that you can strengthen the father-daughter bonds. 

[Joe Molotov]

Woo, new performance-enhancing BLOPS patch. I wonder if it'll actually be playable on my machine now. 

[Joe Molotov]

And hey, it's true! Game doesn't play like an absolute pile of crap anymore. Thanks, Treyarch!