Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1030347 times)

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3120 on:** December 16, 2011, 12:32:14 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 15, 2011, 06:04:47 PM

think Witcher 2 will be less than 40% off during the sale?

Is there a demo of Witcher 2? Curious if it will run on the Prole Beast laptop.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3121 on:** December 16, 2011, 01:27:18 PM »

Oooooohhhhh, so that's why you're on steam now and entering the PC gaming world

You should play The Witcher 1; it's super old-school wrpg design though so I dunno if that's your thing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3122 on:** December 16, 2011, 02:01:37 PM »

Witcher 1 with all the various patches [including the patch to add back in all that awesome nudity] is pretty great. Combat's a little wonky, the first few hours are a bit flat, and it drags a bit at times, but it's still a high quality WRPG with a lot of moral choices that are fairly murky [rather than Bioware's standard black and white].

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3123 on:** December 16, 2011, 02:22:03 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 16, 2011, 01:27:18 PM

Oooooohhhhh, so that's why you're on steam now and entering the PC gaming world

Yep. I think even installing Steam on the old laptop would kill it.

Timber · « **Reply #3124 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:21:24 PM »

Is it possible to buy games on one comp and then download them on another? If the winter sale happens before I get my shiny blingee new laptop in January I wanna just buy the gaemz using my current ghetto-ass pos. I realize this is the dumbest question of all time but I would like to know because I'm a) new to this, and b) literally distinguished mentally-challenged.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3125 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:24:16 PM »

Quote from: Timber on December 16, 2011, 06:21:24 PM

Is it possible to buy games on one comp and then download them on another? If the winter sale happens before I get my shiny blingee new laptop in January I wanna just buy the gaemz using my current ghetto-ass pos. I realize this is the dumbest question of all time but I would like to know because I'm a) new to this, and b) literally distinguished mentally-challenged.

Yeah, you can do that. Steam does have an security mechanism in place for when you log in on a different computer, but they'll just send a code to your email that you have to type in.

Timber · « **Reply #3126 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:28:17 PM »

Thanks, dude. Can't wait to play PC games made after 2002.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3127 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:35:46 AM »

Hell, you can buy steam games on your browser (even on your phone) and then install wherever. Most games allow installations on more than one PC as well.

Timber · « **Reply #3128 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:40:58 AM »

That's pretty wild. I was expecting more stringent restrictions due to account sharing and whatnot, but I'm glad Valve allows me to spend money capriciously.

Akala · « **Reply #3129 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:05:16 PM »

I wonder what the odds are of shogun 2 going for cheaper in the sale proper...

Bebpo · « **Reply #3130 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:06:05 PM »

Hey thanks for finding that.

/gives me hope to win someday!

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3131 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:41:33 PM »

Picked up Humble Indie Bundle #4 and paid enough to get Cave Story+ and Gratuitous Space Battles.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3132 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:49:41 PM »

Saints Row 3 is $30 on Amazon with steam activation now. Wonder if it'll be cheaper in the steam sale.

Either way looks like I didn't have to wait long to get my Saints Row on.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3133 on:** December 19, 2011, 02:05:41 AM »

Saack

Bebpo · « **Reply #3134 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:05:43 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 18, 2011, 09:49:41 PM

Saints Row 3 is $30 on Amazon with steam activation now. Wonder if it'll be cheaper in the steam sale.

Either way looks like I didn't have to wait long to get my Saints Row on.

And it's gone up to $37 to match price with the steam sale

Waiting for steam sale was a bad idea in this case. Seems like $30 was a mistake price.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3135 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:19:47 PM »

Yargh. L4D2 is now $9.99. Should've snagged it whlie it was $4.99 last week.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3136 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:20:29 PM »

It'll be cheaper before the end of the holiday sale.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3137 on:** December 20, 2011, 08:00:46 PM »

Ugh I cant buy shit due to errors

cool breeze · « **Reply #3138 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:49:28 AM »

Is there an easy way to backup Steam games to an external hard drive? I'm really running out of space on my primary, plus I was thinking of getting an SSD for main business and using my current 1 tera drive as a place to dump games.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3139 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:51:58 AM »

Just find the game folders you want to back up and copy them over. It's that easy.

You can't actually PLAY them from anywhere other than the Steam folder, though.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3140 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:54:46 AM »

what about saves? a lot seem to move to my documents or other places

I just checked and Steam folder is about 430 gigs. EA/Origin folder is 35. There are few others scattered about.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3141 on:** December 21, 2011, 06:08:10 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on December 21, 2011, 01:49:28 AM

Is there an easy way to backup Steam games to an external hard drive? I'm really running out of space on my primary, plus I was thinking of getting an SSD for main business and using my current 1 tera drive as a place to dump games.

you want the free Steam Mover prog. Very very handy. The only prob is Steam STILL forces the initial DL to your primary OS drive, so to this day I still haven't installed shit like RAGE (20gb or so DL....). If anyone has a workaround for that other than you know, deleting the Windows directory, please let me know.

http://www.winportal.com/steam-mover

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3142 on:** December 21, 2011, 10:02:49 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 21, 2011, 06:08:10 AM

Quote from: Linkzg on December 21, 2011, 01:49:28 AM
Is there an easy way to backup Steam games to an external hard drive? I'm really running out of space on my primary, plus I was thinking of getting an SSD for main business and using my current 1 tera drive as a place to dump games.

you want the free Steam Mover prog. Very very handy. The only prob is Steam STILL forces the initial DL to your primary OS drive, so to this day I still haven't installed shit like RAGE (20gb or so DL....). If anyone has a workaround for that other than you know, deleting the Windows directory, please let me know.

http://www.winportal.com/steam-mover

Only if you installed Steam on your primary OS driver. I've got Steam on my secondary drive and every game I download goes directly there.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #3143 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:07:13 AM »

ya just move steam to a different drive

chronovore · « **Reply #3144 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:28:39 AM »

I'm getting "problem connecting to steam server" errors at the login, using Mac client. Anyone else seeing these?

chronovore · « **Reply #3145 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:57:09 AM »

Psychonauts and Costume Quest are 75% off; get both for like US$5.50 total.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13143/

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3146 on:** December 21, 2011, 03:13:10 PM »

Witcher is $2.50. Go for it or hold off and play the sequel instead?

Steve Youngblood · « **Reply #3147 on:** December 21, 2011, 03:25:34 PM »

For $2.50? I'd say yes. But I guess it depends on how much free time you have and whether or not you intend to play through multiple long, Western RPGs. If you've only got the time for one, and this will be just another game sitting there sad and alone in your Library, waiting for the day that will never come to be installed and enjoyed, then it might be a waste of $2.50.

Or, put another way, if time is more a concern than money, I might just jump right into Witcher 2. It's the better, more polished experience in my book. But 1 is definitely solid and worth playing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3148 on:** December 21, 2011, 03:28:01 PM »

The original Witcher is still a great game, don't pass it up.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3149 on:** December 21, 2011, 03:29:31 PM »

It's long, like 40-50 hours long. There is no quick travel. Lots of running around doing errands like a wrpg without quick travel.

It's really quite good, but you gotta be prepared.

Also, I wouldn't play 2 without playing 1 since 2 builds on the first game.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3150 on:** December 21, 2011, 04:15:58 PM »

Just picked it up for $2.73 (stupid WA sales tax). It's only sale for another 40 minutes so I bit.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #3151 on:** December 21, 2011, 04:23:34 PM »

Steve Youngblood joined the bore? I like that guy, even though he was responsible for getting me banned once.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #3152 on:** December 21, 2011, 04:32:33 PM »

"In the even of an alien evasion you would have protected SOME of the population. Congratulations'

Steve Youngblood · « **Reply #3153 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:27:23 PM »

The details are fascinating, I promise.

Anyway, back to the Witcher, it's a moot point since you already ponied up the big cash for it, but one thing of note is that -- and I could be alone in this -- I'm pretty sure that The Witcher 2 actually runs better than its predecessor on my PC. So, that would have been one more point in favor of skipping right to two. Nevertheless, I would agree that it's probably better to play the first anyway. Enjoy.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3154 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:49:56 PM »

I'm still in the middle of the first one, about 25 hours in, early on in Chapter 4. Chapter 1 is the biggest drag and the swamp sections later on suck too, but everything else has been great. Chapter 1 has some good stuff, it's just way too much running back and forth.

Steve Youngblood · « **Reply #3155 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:56:24 PM »

That sounds about right. If memory serves -- and it may not since it's been a while -- but I remember really liking the fourth chapter. That's where you get moved to a completely different location, right?

Bebpo · « **Reply #3156 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:58:38 PM »

Yep. I would've kept playing but got distracted for a few months. At least I wasn't mid-quest or anything so it'll be easy to go back to. Just wandering around some fields in a new location.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3157 on:** December 21, 2011, 07:20:48 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 21, 2011, 04:15:58 PM

Just picked it up for $2.73 (stupid WA sales tax). It's only sale for another 40 minutes so I bit.

Witcher 1 is on sale ALL THE TIME btw. This is important to realize about Steam. Unless you are planning on playing it inside the next few months, just hold off. It'll be on sale again.

Then again, you can't even buy one of your fancy beers for $2.50.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3158 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:14:42 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 21, 2011, 07:20:48 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 21, 2011, 04:15:58 PM
Just picked it up for $2.73 (stupid WA sales tax). It's only sale for another 40 minutes so I bit.

Witcher 1 is on sale ALL THE TIME btw. This is important to realize about Steam. Unless you are planning on playing it inside the next few months, just hold off. It'll be on sale again.

Then again, you can't even buy one of your fancy beers for $2.50.

Yes, I can. Burton Baton is $2.00 for a 12 oz. bottle

chronovore · « **Reply #3159 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:36:02 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 22, 2011, 12:14:42 AM

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 21, 2011, 07:20:48 PM
Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 21, 2011, 04:15:58 PM
Just picked it up for $2.73 (stupid WA sales tax). It's only sale for another 40 minutes so I bit.

Witcher 1 is on sale ALL THE TIME btw. This is important to realize about Steam. Unless you are planning on playing it inside the next few months, just hold off. It'll be on sale again.

Then again, you can't even buy one of your fancy beers for $2.50.

Yes, I can. Burton Baton is $2.00 for a 12 oz. bottle

OK, but it probably wouldn't take you 20 hours to finish a bottle of Burton Baton.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3160 on:** December 27, 2011, 09:47:47 PM »

let's face it, if it was iOS you'd have bought it already

(i have no idea but i always have a look at the Metacritic link on the game pages)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3161 on:** December 27, 2011, 10:11:33 PM »

Quote from: Stringfellow Hawke on December 27, 2011, 09:39:55 PM

Are these Cities in Motion things any good?
Kind of tempted, given the inclusion of Tokyo, and the ridiculous sale price.

I'm going to jump in when I get home. Not with the DLC though. Been playing Sim City HD on iPad and am desperate for some new city management stuff.

Probably won't get to play it tonight though.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3162 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:38:20 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #3163 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:42:01 PM »

Vizzys · « **Reply #3164 on:** December 28, 2011, 10:57:33 PM »

good stuff

chronovore · « **Reply #3165 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:26:12 AM »

Bebpo! Thanks for the lovely gift!

I have a PC, but I'm about to lose it for a few months when moving to Cali. I'll redeem the gift after I get access to it again! Thanks!

FatalT · « **Reply #3166 on:** January 04, 2012, 05:53:12 AM »

Thank you Bebpo! I downloaded Hamilton's but haven't started it yet.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3167 on:** January 05, 2012, 06:00:14 PM »

$20 for Age of Empires 3 complete.

XCOM complete is the daily deal too - $5.

Akala · « **Reply #3168 on:** January 05, 2012, 07:22:58 PM »

it was .01 on gfw site last year.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3169 on:** January 05, 2012, 09:38:12 PM »

i bought it!

Bebpo · « **Reply #3170 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:47:54 PM »

$20 seems a lot for a game from 2005, and it's $20 on sale. Dunno how they are asking $40 for it.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3171 on:** January 06, 2012, 03:50:36 AM »

well, it's what i'd pay to get it on disk so whatevs. I started playing it about 3 PCs ago and never finished.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3172 on:** January 06, 2012, 10:42:27 AM »

Yeah, I've heard it's a good game and I'm sure it's worth $20 if you're a strategy fan. Just seems a little strange it's priced so high considering the age. Since it's one of the first Microsoft published games on steam I'm wondering if they're going to be bringing their games at premium pricing. Will be curious to see Alan Wake's price. Probably $40? I'm gonna hold off on playing any further on the X360 version and play it on PC.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3173 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:46:18 PM »

Quote from: Akala on January 05, 2012, 07:22:58 PM

it was .01 on gfw site last year.

that was so awesome

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3174 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:20:03 PM »

Yeah, I remember that but couldn't purchase from Japan. Plus, I do not live in a world where I can stroll into any BestBuy or whatever and find 2nd hand English PC strategy games for pennies. Plus, it's on Steam!

archie4208 · « **Reply #3175 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:11:24 PM »

Some guy from 4chan won the big contest.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #3176 on:** January 06, 2012, 11:40:14 PM »

Skyrim was my 100th game

Now I debate do I play Fallout New Vegas with all DLC installed or Skyrim?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3177 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:21:12 AM »

Old World Blue is great and not that long, I'd do it first.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3178 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:02:08 PM »

No way, Honest Hearts rulez you get cool clothes from it too

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3179 on:** January 07, 2012, 08:31:23 PM »

I'm at 259 games right now, although I doubt that ranks me very high with the likes of Joe Molotov around.

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