Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1030647 times)

cool breeze · « **Reply #2400 on:** July 09, 2011, 11:40:47 AM »

are you playing on a 16:10 monitor?

There are a few games that letterbox to maintain the 16:9 aspect ratio. I use a 16:10 because it's a nice balance between 16:9 and 4:3 for when I play old games.

Bullletstorm and Mirror's Edge do it too. But Bulletstorm (or just the demo) has major frame rate problems if you don't play at a 16:9 resolution. Not really an issue since monitors or graphics cards will scale and letterbox for you.

btw, today is most likely the last day for new sales. The final day is usually a 'best of' day where select daily deals return.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2401 on:** July 09, 2011, 11:51:24 AM »

Yeah, I'm playing on 16:10 but the game lets you select the aspect ratio and it'll letterbox it regardless of what monitor you're using.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2402 on:** July 09, 2011, 12:03:19 PM »

Nevermind.

The game is letterboxed on both of my desktop monitors and the TV in the office but I just tried it on my laptop and it's gone. Huh.

patrickula · « **Reply #2403 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:04:45 PM »

Jamestown is awesome, I'm glad people here were talking it up.

I really enjoyed Conviction of PC for what I payed for it.

I'm thinking of picking up Dead Space 2 today, though it's not that cheap I might actually play it in the near future!

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2404 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:07:56 PM »

Oh man! Terraria's on sale. I was hoping for but not expecting it to show up.

Mrbob · « **Reply #2405 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:22:58 PM »

Holy shit at the Terraria sale. Much lower than I thought! Gonna grab it for $2.49.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2406 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:39:19 PM »

THANK YOU BASED GABE

Today is the greatest sale I've ever known

Can't wait til tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long

I'll get my card out

It's a Steam blowout

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2407 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:47:53 PM »

Quote from: Borys on July 09, 2011, 01:45:18 PM

50% off DNF

every awesome sale needs a booby prize

Akala · « **Reply #2408 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:49:40 PM »

Bought the terraria 4pk not thinking you can't gift through the web client

Stuck at work for a while, will be checking wishlists when I get home.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2409 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:49:59 PM »

duckroll gifted me Terreria

so can someone tell me what this game is about? I hear Minecraft and then I run for the hills because I don't need a never-ending timesink addiction which is what I understand Minecraft to be. I also hear multiplayer which is another turnoff word in my gaming world. But then I hear metroidvania and I like those.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2410 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:06:11 PM »

terraria is minecraft in 2D so it's like castlevania or metroid as well

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2411 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:08:40 PM »

25 minutes into Terraria and I'm glad I only paid $2.50 for it. I liked Minecraft but this one isn't clicking with me.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2412 on:** July 09, 2011, 02:44:55 PM »

ah man. i forgot i lost my original FO3 save and i totally don't want to play through the entire game again. booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #2413 on:** July 09, 2011, 03:11:21 PM »

who wants terraria? I gots an extra copy yo

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2414 on:** July 09, 2011, 03:27:06 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on July 09, 2011, 03:11:21 PM

who wants terraria? I gots an extra copy yo

I'll take it.

Edit: Thanks.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2415 on:** July 09, 2011, 06:24:27 PM »

i bought terraria as a gift for a couple of friends, not noticing there was a 4-pack available

i was flip-flopping (just don't have time to play all the games i already own), then thought "fuck it," now i see they jacked the price up to $5

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2416 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:10:32 PM »

How's Supreme Commander 2?

I remember being hyped for the first, but it was released at a time when my PC couldn't even run Peggle.

Quote from: Akala on July 09, 2011, 01:49:40 PM

Bought the terraria 4pk not thinking you can't gift through the web client

Stuck at work for a while, will be checking wishlists when I get home.

*Wishing forTerraria so hard even though it may not be on my list*

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2417 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:13:13 PM »

Terraria, barf

fool me twice, Aspergers crowd!

Mrbob · « **Reply #2418 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:14:48 PM »

Sup Com 2 is a fairly standard RTS. You get to amass some pretty big armies with it! I have fun with the skirmish mode in the game. Didn't really play the campaign too much.

For under 4 bucks pick it up if you are interested in RTS games.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2419 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:18:48 PM »

@Howard: I thought you liked minecraft.

@Bob: sounds good enough. The price is too good to resist, I agree.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2420 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:41:40 PM »

akala

Akala · « **Reply #2421 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:50:18 PM »

Eel

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2422 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:00:32 PM »

Akala

Will redeem when I get home. Thanks!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2423 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:11:23 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 09, 2011, 07:18:48 PM

@Howard: I thought you liked minecraft.

@Bob: sounds good enough. The price is too good to resist, I agree.

No, I hate Minecraft and even started the Bore's official Minecraft-bashing thread. I consider Minecraft to be the enemy of all that is good and only bought Terraria because my friend kept insisting, over-and-over, that it's "not Minecraft." LIES

Akala · « **Reply #2424 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:14:09 PM »

hopefully terraria is not the new iron roses.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2425 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:16:24 PM »

Ha! I thought the Minecraft thread you created was an appreciation thread. (never checked it out)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2426 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:27:40 PM »

Terraria is kind of neat, because your exploration of deep mines often yields heaps of loot. Other than that, it's pretty much 2D Minecraft.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2427 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:37:39 PM »

Going to pick up Hitman Blood Money, still undecided over the collection though. Everything else is not exciting

Bebpo · « **Reply #2428 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:38:11 PM »

So is Garshap worth playing if you like action games?

cool breeze · « **Reply #2429 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:51:32 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on July 09, 2011, 08:37:39 PM

Going to pick up Hitman Blood Money, still undecided over the collection though. Everything else is not exciting

Blood Money is by-far the best game in the series.

Hitman 2 is great too, as is Hitman 1 (oddly, Hitman Contracts, the weakest one, isn't on steam), but Blood Money has the best mission, variety, mechanics, and everything.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2430 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:54:40 PM »

Yeah I've finished them all previously, just thinking about which ones I want to replay.

Mrbob · « **Reply #2431 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:04:47 PM »

If Sanctum goes on sale again I highly recommend to pick the game up. Played it a couple hours today with a friend and it is a very interesting take on the tower defense genre. Being able to set up defenses and then join the action in real time is awesome.

Quote from: Bebpo on July 09, 2011, 08:38:11 PM

So is Garshap worth playing if you like action games?

I watched this giant bomb quick look:

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-garshasp-the-monster-slayer/17-4140/

and I thought it looked pretty terrible. It could be terribly awesome, and it is only $2.50 right now. I have so many games to play not sure I want to waste any time on a potential bad one.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2432 on:** July 09, 2011, 11:43:08 PM »

Got The Last Remnant downloaded and also set up V-Sync, AA, and triple buffering in the NVidia control panel, which makes the game look great. The tearing really is pretty terrible in TLR using the vanilla graphical settings and there's no option to switch on V-Sync, which is stupid. Fortunately, getting it set up was pretty easy and the results are basically the same.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2433 on:** July 10, 2011, 12:33:48 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 09, 2011, 08:38:11 PM

So is Garshap worth playing if you like action games?

It's awful, but in a funny sort of way.

cool breeze · « **Reply #2434 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:41:10 AM »

I was thinking about rebuying Chrome (and SpecOps? haven't played that) and read to see if there are any problems for modern PCs. Point is, I noticed Techland, the polish developer who made Chrome, made those Call of Juarez games and is making Dead Island. I don't know why I find that hilarious.

[youtube=560,345]Jb_J-SJMebU[/youtube]

If I ever had power over another human, I'd command them to play c-grade early 2000 fps games. All of them. I want to yell "you're only on IGI 2! wait until you reach Pariah!"

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2435 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:53:22 AM »

How did I end up with gift copies of Titan Quest Gold and NxyQuest?

chronovore · « **Reply #2436 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:19:23 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 10, 2011, 02:41:10 AM

I was thinking about rebuying Chrome (and SpecOps? haven't played that) and read to see if there are any problems for modern PCs. Point is, I noticed Techland, the polish developer who made Chrome, made those Call of Juarez games and is making Dead Island. I don't know why I find that hilarious.

[youtube=560,345]Jb_J-SJMebU[/youtube]

If I ever had power over another human, I'd command them to play c-grade early 2000 fps games. All of them. I want to yell "you're only on IGI 2! wait until you reach Pariah!"

You've just destroyed every hope I had for Dead Island. Congratulations!

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2437 on:** July 10, 2011, 08:55:26 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on July 10, 2011, 03:53:22 AM

How did I end up with gift copies of Titan Quest Gold and NxyQuest?

As in extra copies?

Throw me a TQG if so. Will gift something back in return (something worth less than $13 though, haw haw)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2438 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:19:08 AM »

Speaking of Call of Juarez, they never put the first game on sale. Forever it will sit, not being purchased by anyone, at $19.99. Also, I want to buy Gun, but not at $13.39. It was a PS2/Xbox portover. I mean, come on.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #2439 on:** July 10, 2011, 10:33:02 AM »

I pre-ordered Call of Juarez: The Cartel at an online retail store with about 40% off asking price. It registers on Steam so that counts as a summer sale purchase, right?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2440 on:** July 10, 2011, 12:53:57 PM »

Well, I'm pretty much done with Terraria until this fix this piece of junk. It has no autosave function, which wouldn't be too bad it it keeps crashing after about 15 minutes of play, causing me to lose all the progress I made. The only way to not lose everything is to constantly "save and quit" before it crashes.

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention that it does save your inventory. So all the materials I used to build before the game crashed are now gone forever.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2441 on:** July 10, 2011, 12:56:14 PM »

the "everyone hates you" design in Far Cry 2 makes that game completely unplayable.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2442 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:11:20 PM »

that's some bullshit i tell ya

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2443 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:20:55 PM »

Dawn of War isn't 75% off. I put it in my basket and it changed the price to $14.99.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2444 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:21:34 PM »

I sort of want Shogun 2, but I probably won't play it in the next year and next year it'll be $20 w/expansion at steam sale.

Might get DoWII Retribution since I have all the other DoW games, but I've never really had time to play any of them more than a few hours :X

People keep saying Sanctum is good. It has nice art and is cheap, but it's TOWER DEFENSE and I hate tower defense. Worth it?

Probably will get Whispered World and Bloodlines since they've been on my wishlist for a few years.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2445 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:22:20 PM »

Oh and is the Magika DLC worth it? It's like $1 for Vietnam

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2446 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:23:01 PM »

sanctum is fun, it doesn't really feel much like a tower defense game when you're playing it

FatalT · « **Reply #2447 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:24:32 PM »

I picked up the Fallout: New Vegas DLC and GTA4: Episodes from Liberty City.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2448 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:47:04 PM »

So I got a question about Dawn of War. As someone that's never played any of them, would it be better to grab Dawn of War II or should I skip it and go directly to DoWII: Retribution?

cool breeze · « **Reply #2449 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:56:38 PM »

so far, total haul is:

Fallout NV DLC
Frozen Synapse
Dead Space 2
Jamestown (gift from the delightful jin)

will probably pick up Scratches too

Bebpo · « **Reply #2450 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:56:43 PM »

Ok, end tally for this light sale:

Tomb Raider Underworld $7.50
Sanctum $3.75
Eversion $2.49
The Whispered World $10.20
Drakensang: RoT $9.99
Vampire TM Bloodlines $13.00
Terreria (GIFT)

Total ~$45

Knocked 3 games off my wishlist (TRU, WW, Bloodlines)

Not bad. Sales were just ok and I think you get to a point after enough steam sales that you have almost everything you want from the store and new stuff is still too $$$.

I think I'm going to play Bloodlines as my next rpg after I finish The Witcher. Never got a chance to play Bloodlines and I hear it's very similar to Alpha Protocol, which was one of my favorite rpgs this gen.

cool breeze · « **Reply #2451 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:58:52 PM »

wait, also Alien Breed 2 Assault for 3 tickets

I don't know what it is. Hoping for Harvest Moon in space.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2452 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:02:22 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 10, 2011, 01:56:43 PM

I think I'm going to play Bloodlines as my next rpg after I finish The Witcher. Never got a chance to play Bloodlines and I hear it's very similar to Alpha Protocol, which was one of my favorite rpgs this gen.

Make sure you download this:

http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/dlp.cgi?lang=&sys=pc&file=VTMBup75.exe&ref=ps

Also consider using God mode, because the combat is pretty terrible.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2453 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:03:37 PM »

Well, is there a stealth + pistols equivalent to the combat that essentially makes it ninja dog easy mode without using cheats?

Quote from: Linkzg on July 10, 2011, 01:58:52 PM

I don't know what it is. Hoping for Harvest Moon in space.

I'd play that!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2454 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:04:33 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 10, 2011, 02:03:37 PM

Well, is there a stealth + pistols equivalent to the combat that essentially makes it ninja dog easy mode without using cheats?

In the first half, yes. But in the second half, there are tons of monsters that will see through your stealth regardless.

cool breeze · « **Reply #2455 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:15:32 PM »

Guns are terrible in bloodlines. You know all those rpgs with bad stat based shooting like Deus Ex? Now imagine a world where that's considered good. Vampire bloodlines would still have bad shooting in that world.

You need a gun maybe once and it's literally in the final few minutes. I got through with stealth (weak) and melee (also weak); at least they're not broken.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2456 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:18:49 PM »

Err, yeah I wasn't talking about guns+stealth literally, I meant an equivalent, aka a set of weapons/skills that are totally overpowered and broken and make the game fun to blow through in a god-like way.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2457 on:** July 10, 2011, 02:22:19 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on July 10, 2011, 02:06:03 PM

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on July 10, 2011, 01:47:04 PM
So I got a question about Dawn of War. As someone that's never played any of them, would it be better to grab Dawn of War II or should I skip it and go directly to DoWII: Retribution?

I'd grab Dawn of War 2 GOLD for only a couple bucks more. Both Retribution and Chaos Rising are standalone expansions so I'm not sure if there's any real carry over in terms of squads you've built up. I'd guess there wasn't but I just started DOW2 so I dunno.

It's also worth mentioning that unlike the other two games, Retribution doesn't use GFWL. Everything is handled by Steam so if you hate GFWL you may want to skip the first two. Personally, Ive never had any issue with GFWL beyond thinking it's a pretty pathetic service.

Thanks. I'll grab Dawn of War II Gold then.

And with that, I think I'm done here.

Amnesia Dark Descent
Audiosurf
Beat Hazzard
Dragon Age Origin Ultimate
Just Cause 2
Prince of Persia 2008
Sam & Max Complete
Supreme Commander 2
Dawn of War II Gold
Terraria
Splinter Cell Conviction
Tropico 3

I'm not sure when I'll get around to play Tropico 3 and Terraria seems like a waste of time even for the $2.50 I spent on it. Other than that, I'm fine.

Akala · « **Reply #2458 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:09:51 PM »

I need to stop drinking during steam sales. Kinda went overboard, think I'm good on games till the big holiday rush.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

still may grab drakensang prequel, not sure!

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2459 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:22:47 PM »

Medal of Honor
Dawn of War II: Retribution
Bioshock
Two Worlds II
Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword
New Vegas DLC Dead Money
New Vegas DLC Honest Hearts
AI War: Fleet Commander
King Arthur Collection
Deus Ex
Atom Zombie Smasher
Jamestown
Far Cry 2
Fallout 3
Terraria
Dead Space
Puzzle Agent

All told: 103 dollars

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