Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1030299 times)

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3720 on:** October 13, 2012, 01:34:25 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on October 12, 2012, 07:44:49 PM

From Amazon Tony:
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our deal of the week next week, starting Sunday will be:

$9.99 for a bundle with:

Deus Ex Human Revolution Augmented Edition + DLC
Supreme Commander 2
Hitman Blood Money
The Last Remnant
Just Cause
Just Cause 2
Quantum Conundrum

+10% off Hitman Absolution for people who buy this bundle, or who have purchased those games from us in the past.

All of these games will be steam codes and you'll get an individual code per game in the bundle.

wowzer

I own none of them so cummmm

benjipwns · « **Reply #3721 on:** October 13, 2012, 01:46:20 AM »

Yeah, there was a bundle a couple weeks ago where I was like "great, awesome, oh have it, have it, have it, have it."

Am leaning towards this one though.

If that "DLC" means Missing Link then that's like Deus Ex Complete for $6 which is cheaper than summer sale was for just the base game, QC for $3, then SC2 and Last Remnant for 50 cents each.

Just got an Origin bundle of "Sabouteur, Red Alert 3, Dragons Age, Hot Pursuit, Medal Of Honor, both Dead Spaces AND IT'S THE MERC." for free because of EA's promo code screw up!

(They're going to take them all away aren't they...)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3722 on:** October 14, 2012, 02:55:57 AM »

That amazon deal is cray. Shame I have them all. Think I paid $20 for TLR

benjipwns · « **Reply #3723 on:** October 14, 2012, 03:23:03 AM »

Deal is up: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009PNLAAW/

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3724 on:** October 14, 2012, 03:59:18 AM »

so bought

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #3725 on:** October 14, 2012, 08:38:42 AM »

Do those games work in Steam once you download it?

benjipwns · « **Reply #3726 on:** October 14, 2012, 08:50:45 AM »

You just plug-in the keys Amazon gives you. Then it's like you bought them on Steam.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3727 on:** October 14, 2012, 01:25:49 PM »

What's awesome about this bundle is you can split it since they're just codes. I only wanted Quantum Conundrum but I'm sure I can pass on the codes for some of the others for a few bucks to friends.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3728 on:** October 14, 2012, 01:46:07 PM »

Yeah, dispatching extra codes is always fun. Just Cause to a GAF guy who was wondering about the original, Hitman to a friend who was interested in the series and the new game but had never played any of them, and then Just Cause 2 to a guy who had his fiance run off a couple months ago.

I was considering selling them off or seeing if anyone on GAF wanted to trade for the Sanctum Map Pack 2 but then realized I had some friends I could send to (and then someone actually wanted the original Just Cause so I figured I'd let him have it, good and hard). I really like when letting those duplicate games get sent is allowed. I had a friend overseas who couldn't really buy stuff at a sane price for a while and his PC wasn't that great, but I would sometimes go "I do want these two games...and I guess I can send him these" on some of those indie bundles and didn't mind sending him a few codes for something fun to try out at least. Paid me back out of the blue randomly when he was able to from my wishlist on a Steam sale. But I don't mind dropping codes to people on GAF or here or elsewhere either.

Wouldn't mind if people other than Valve did it on Steam. Like I mentioned Sanctum, the map pack is $4 which I kinda want but not enough that I know it can't be had cheaper in a few months or so during a big sale. But the entire collection of everything is only $4.74. If I could buy that and get the second map pack (which is included) and then send everything else to a friend who hasn't played the game but who I think might enjoy it, I'd do that. Or even something ala carte, where I could get a discount buying whatever games DLC if I package it with the game and some other DLC for a friend. Right now they're missing out on all $4.74

You can play TF2 and such with any friend, but it'd be great to have incentives to provide them a base game to keep MP stats up while you buy DLC or whatever. (And hopefully they enjoy it enough they start buying when they can.)

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #3729 on:** October 15, 2012, 04:48:17 PM »

The amazon square enix bundle is currently dead whilst they find more keys. Until they do you can use this code (SQRLUVIO) to get $2 off any digital game purchase. There's quite a few bits of dlc you can get for free like from saints row or darksiders. One use only but if you have more than one account you can get around that.

naff · « **Reply #3730 on:** October 16, 2012, 03:17:59 AM »

DC gifted Civ V. Thanks!

Is it worth playing without Gods and Kings or should I just pony up for that straight away? I know I love Civ already (II and IV anyway) but have heard pretty mixed things about V around here. Just pre-ordered Natural Selection as well, I thought it was releasing in a few days then they changed it to November 1st...

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3731 on:** October 16, 2012, 07:57:29 AM »

Main game is good on it's own. Just wait for a sale on it and grab the exp pack later (I'm still waiting to pick it up).

Was it the GOTY edition or normal one? Some of the extra civs are good to grab during the sales too.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3732 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:04:25 AM »

Just play some of the base game there's plenty of hours there despite its issues, then if you want hit up the workshop for CivNights. That'll last until Gods and Kings is cheaper again.

Considering you love II and IV, you're instantly smarter than a lot of people. Especially anyone who thinks III was any good. (Oh god MGE-ToT-CTP-CTP II-III, please don't take me back to those days.)

All of that said, hit up the workshop anyway for InfoAddict. And next time a sale rolls around, some of the extra civs and scenarios are fun to have.

naff · « **Reply #3733 on:** October 17, 2012, 07:32:46 AM »

Cool, yeah I have a shitton to play and have been buying more than i can play. I'll wait to pick up Gods and Kings.

Quote from: pilonv1 on October 16, 2012, 07:57:29 AM

Was it the GOTY edition or normal one? Some of the extra civs are good to grab during the sales too.

Regular. Firaxis was giving it away with XCOM pre-orders it seems.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #3734 on:** October 18, 2012, 10:29:47 AM »

Quote from: Borys on October 17, 2012, 05:47:27 PM

SQRLUVIO = Square Luvs U?

I dunno what vowels you have in Poland, but that's Square Loves IO, you fucking maroon.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3735 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:22:02 PM »

Square Love October

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3736 on:** October 18, 2012, 08:57:54 PM »

What about Oriental Culture

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #3737 on:** October 18, 2012, 09:03:31 PM »

Obsessive Compulsives

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3738 on:** October 19, 2012, 07:52:14 PM »

Doom 3 BFG edition is out for 29.99 whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3739 on:** October 19, 2012, 11:34:36 PM »

$30 lol

its doom 3 with widescreen and flashlight + gun combo. there's other graphical tweaks but fuck if i could notice them. you also get a new campaign that didnt seem that fun from what i played (although it looked like there is a hell section from the trailers), and you get win7-compatible doom1, doom2, and bonus episode for d2. not worth it.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3740 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:42:29 AM »

You're overestimating just how powerful the 360/PS3 are and how much effort id put into this job. It's an 8 year old PC game running on ~7 year old console hardware. It's more or less on par with the better "HD" collections.

Circumstances of the PC version are just weird. Allegedly the digital versions of Doom 3+Expansion have been replaced by Doom 3 BFG. If you want to play original Doom 3, you need to either already own it or purchase the big id pack on steam. Id is weird about PC these days. The port of Rage was pretty poor, and I played it after it'd been "fixed" with patches.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3741 on:** October 21, 2012, 05:56:09 PM »

huckleberry · « **Reply #3742 on:** October 21, 2012, 07:04:42 PM »

Hey if you guys wouldn't mind helping a good friend of mine out -

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=103861170

cool breeze · « **Reply #3743 on:** October 23, 2012, 04:56:01 PM »

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14728/

Assassin's Creed games on sale. First three are $5 apiece.

Is Brotherhood worth it? Does it still have ubisoft's always-on DRM?

Bebpo · « **Reply #3744 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:25:38 PM »

Worth it?

Brotherhood yes, Revelations no.

DRM?

Dunno. I thought I read something about them removing it.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3745 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:40:20 PM »

I think all (most?) of Ubi's games now just check in on boot up instead of constantly checking.

Himu · « **Reply #3746 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:47:49 PM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on October 23, 2012, 04:56:01 PM

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14728/

Assassin's Creed games on sale. First three are $5 apiece.

Is Brotherhood worth it? Does it still have ubisoft's always-on DRM?

holy poop

Himu · « **Reply #3747 on:** October 23, 2012, 09:38:09 PM »

Jesus Christ, 30 minutes trying to play it but can't because of Uplay bullshit, and I load it up and can't use my 360 controller.

God fuck Ubi.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3748 on:** October 23, 2012, 10:13:25 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 23, 2012, 09:38:09 PM

Jesus Christ, 30 minutes trying to play it but can't because of Uplay bullshit, and I load it up and can't use my 360 controller.

God fuck Ubi.

Why are so many modern developers total garbage?

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3749 on:** October 23, 2012, 10:44:08 PM »

which one? i know with asscurd 2 and brotherhood i had to have the pad on before starting the game up or else it wouldnt recognize it

Himu · « **Reply #3750 on:** October 23, 2012, 11:49:37 PM »

Dled a wireless 360 controller fix and works like a charm.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3751 on:** October 24, 2012, 07:54:12 PM »

Dark Souls is $20 on Amazon (steam-activates) this Sunday.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3752 on:** October 24, 2012, 08:55:39 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on October 24, 2012, 07:54:12 PM

Dark Souls is $20 on Amazon (steam-activates) this Sunday.

Might have to pick that up. Has there been any movement on the fan-patch front?

naff · « **Reply #3753 on:** October 24, 2012, 09:06:35 PM »

You can up the res to 1080p and set the max FPS to 60 now. That's all I'm aware of

Bebpo · « **Reply #3754 on:** October 24, 2012, 10:07:37 PM »

Not like you need anything else.

I'm double dipping for $20. Especially since I never finished it on console (due to system failure 15 hours in)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3755 on:** October 24, 2012, 10:27:24 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on October 24, 2012, 07:54:12 PM

Dark Souls is $20 on Amazon (steam-activates) this Sunday.

Bought. Gonna get it on it early too, so it doesn't turn into one of those "Whoops, we ran out of keys, here's a $2 coupon instead, sry!" deals.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3756 on:** October 24, 2012, 10:50:35 PM »

Yeah, after $20 Sleeping Dogs last weekend and $20 Dark Souls this weekend, it's starting to look like we're hitting PRIME DISCOUNT SEASON and my wallet is ready to catch up on 2012's $60 titles for $20 a piece.

Oh and Lollipop Chainsaw is about to hit that $20 mark too since it's $20 on Gamestop and should be $20 on Amazon shortly (console only unfortunately).

*edit, nm. LC is already $20 on amazon. And hey Gears of War 3 is $17. Good times for buying.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3757 on:** October 24, 2012, 11:24:55 PM »

Still holding out for $10 at Xmas, havent got time to play the stuff I already own.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3758 on:** October 25, 2012, 12:26:25 AM »

Question for people who hook up their PC to a TV (or second monitor): Is there a way to make games opens on that second monitor without making it the 'primary' monitor?

If possible, I want to still use my computer while playing games on my TV.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #3759 on:** October 25, 2012, 12:30:49 AM »

No, you can't do that

archnemesis · « **Reply #3760 on:** October 25, 2012, 01:30:19 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on October 25, 2012, 12:26:25 AM

Question for people who hook up their PC to a TV (or second monitor): Is there a way to make games opens on that second monitor without making it the 'primary' monitor?

If possible, I want to still use my computer while playing games on my TV.

It's not possible because of a flaw in the operating system. What you can do is to use windowed mode on your second monitor. There are also applications to remove the borders from the window, but I haven't tried those myself.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3761 on:** October 26, 2012, 07:50:08 AM »

A few games let you set which monitor they show up on. Saints Row The Third, NBA 2K, Just Cause 2 are a couple that come to mind.

I had an issue with Just Cause 2 for a while where it wouldn't play on my primary monitor, it'd automatically load up on the secondary.

FatalT · « **Reply #3762 on:** October 26, 2012, 01:26:27 PM »

I traded in games at Gamestop but it only came up to $55, which was just enough to pre-order Black Ops 2 for the Xbox. I'm going to see if I can scrounge up some money to get Dark Souls when it goes on sale for $20 at Amazon on Sunday.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #3763 on:** October 27, 2012, 08:07:31 AM »

I got three copies of metal drift to gift

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #3764 on:** October 27, 2012, 11:47:37 PM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on October 27, 2012, 08:07:31 AM

I got three copies of metal drift to gift

Sign my ass up! That looks awesome, I had no idea what it was. Looks like a cross between that 4-8 player arcade tank game and the grid.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #3765 on:** October 28, 2012, 02:38:34 AM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on October 27, 2012, 11:47:37 PM

Quote from: D3RANG3D on October 27, 2012, 08:07:31 AM
I got three copies of metal drift to gift

Sign my ass up! That looks awesome, I had no idea what it was. Looks like a cross between that 4-8 player arcade tank game and the grid.

Done!

Alright fegs got two more copies to give away!

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #3766 on:** October 28, 2012, 03:55:51 AM »

Installing it now gonna give it a go before I clock out for the night. Thank you very much!

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #3767 on:** October 28, 2012, 04:12:06 AM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on October 28, 2012, 03:55:51 AM

Installing it now gonna give it a go before I clock out for the night. Thank you very much!

Your welcome

Rusty Shackleford · « **Reply #3768 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:31:59 AM »

Anyone tried the X3 series on Steam? I'm conflicted about the series. Great space sim in the vein of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter on one hand, Excel spreadsheet in space on the other. The economic aspects have a....steep...learning curve.

archnemesis · « **Reply #3769 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:48:54 AM »

I've played it for 15 minutes, but it's seems like an great series and I have friends who love it. Unfortunately the steep learning curve and the multitude of options makes it a poor choice for relaxation after a hard day's work.

Rusty Shackleford · « **Reply #3770 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:50:58 AM »

Quote from: archnemesis on October 28, 2012, 05:48:54 AM

I've played it for 15 minutes, but it's seems like an great series and I have friends who love it. Unfortunately the steep learning curve and the multitude of options makes it a poor choice for relaxation after a hard day's work.

exactly! It's so damn complex you feel like you should earn a salary for playing it, especially when you get bored of the space shooter part and start trying to create a trading empire.

archnemesis · « **Reply #3771 on:** October 28, 2012, 06:04:04 AM »

I should have two weeks off this winter holiday since Christmas Eve falls on a Monday. Maybe I'll sit down and try to master it then. I have the same problem with the grand strategy genre. I'm sure I'd love games like Europa Universalis if I just understood how to play them.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3772 on:** October 28, 2012, 03:20:06 PM »

Wondering if Roller Coaster Rampage is worth $3.33? Let this video decide for you:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3773 on:** October 28, 2012, 03:34:23 PM »

"Big Jeffrey's House of Fun"

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #3774 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:13:46 AM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on October 28, 2012, 02:38:34 AM

Quote from: G The Resurrected on October 27, 2012, 11:47:37 PM
Quote from: D3RANG3D on October 27, 2012, 08:07:31 AM
I got three copies of metal drift to gift

Sign my ass up! That looks awesome, I had no idea what it was. Looks like a cross between that 4-8 player arcade tank game and the grid.

Done!

Alright fegs got two more copies to give away!

Two more copies free no cock pics required I swear!

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cool breeze · « **Reply #3775 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:31:09 PM »

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/halloweensale_2012

Doesn't seem like there will be daily deals, but some older games have good sales.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #3776 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:37:39 PM »

When did they add Condemned? That game is totally worth another playthrough.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3777 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:40:42 PM »

Condemned: Criminal Origins on teh Steams.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3778 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:45:53 PM »

Condemend is a new Steam release. Also why it's (only) 50% off for an older game.

archnemesis · « **Reply #3779 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:46:36 PM »

Is Condemned any good?

Edit: Apparently it's good enough for a second playthrough. I'll give it a try.

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