Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1144849 times)

archie4208 · « **Reply #360 on:** February 09, 2010, 02:42:45 PM »

Trine is $5.

Bebpo · « **Reply #361 on:** February 09, 2010, 04:14:26 PM »

The Total War pack is pretty insane. $20 for Rome + exp, Medieval + exp, and Empire.

If I hadn't bought Medieval for $6 and Rome for $2.50 already I would be all over this deal.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #362 on:** February 09, 2010, 06:59:06 PM »

Empire is a bad buy even for $13.

The Rome gold edition and M2+Kingdoms are pretty well priced though, and are salvageable with modding (Rome is the more playable of the two out of the box).

archie4208 · « **Reply #363 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:46:02 PM »

This weekend's deal is Mount and Blade for $5. Pretty nifty open world game, but I could never get deep into it.

Also, if you own a STALKER game on your Steam account, you can get Call of Pripyat for $19.99 instead of the regular price of $29.99. Not bad for those people who got it for $2 during the holiday sale!

Bebpo · « **Reply #364 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:24:04 PM »

Yeah I might pick up Mount & Blade. I kind of don't want to increase my steam backlog anymore though :\

archie4208 · « **Reply #365 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:43:18 PM »

My biggest problem with M&B is that there is no apparent goal. That's not an inherently bad thing, but I need my games to have predefined objectives. I'm sure sandbox lovers will adore the game, but it isn't for me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #366 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:32:02 PM »

Oh, so there aren't story missions and then an ending?

I will pass. I need those in my non-fighting games.

archie4208 · « **Reply #367 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:33:45 PM »

Not as far as I know. Someone feel free to correct me, though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #368 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:54:11 PM »

Mount and Blade puts you out in the middle of a medieval world and says "Go have fun".

Eric P · « **Reply #369 on:** February 12, 2010, 02:59:50 PM »

yeah, it's really a make your own fun game

if you have the right mentality for it, it's a BLAST

you set your own goals and go try to accomplish them.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #370 on:** February 12, 2010, 03:50:12 PM »

THQ pack is back, apparently. This still a good deal for $50?

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* Company of Heroes
* Released Jul 17, 2007 $19.99

* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
* Released Sep 24, 2007 $19.99

* Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
* Released Apr 8, 2009 $29.99

* Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
* Released Feb 27, 2008 $29.99

* Full Spectrum Warrior
* Released Jul 17, 2007 $9.99

* Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
* Released Jul 17, 2007 $9.99

* Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
* Released Oct 13, 2007 $14.99

* Red Faction
* Released Aug 5, 2009 $9.99

* Red Faction Guerrilla
* Released Sep 15, 2009 $19.99

* Red Faction II
* Released Aug 6, 2009 $9.99

* S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
* Released Aug 31, 2007 $19.99

* Saints Row 2
* Released Jan 7, 2009 $29.99

* Titan Quest
* Released Jul 17, 2007 $14.99

* Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
* Released Jul 17, 2007 $14.99

* Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II
* Released Feb 18, 2009 $29.99

* Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
* Released Aug 7, 2007 $19.99

* Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Gold Edition
* Released Aug 7, 2007 $19.99

ManaByte · « **Reply #371 on:** February 16, 2010, 04:25:00 AM »

Stargate Resistance, the FPS that used to be the failed MMO, is now up for $20.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #372 on:** February 16, 2010, 10:36:04 PM »

Sounds like money.

Bebpo · « **Reply #373 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:36:37 PM »

How does the transition from XP -> W7 affect steam?

I'm gonna pick up the student version of W7 Pro and install it in about 2 weeks and ummm...what happens with steam? I have like dozens of games installed and save games for a bunch of them. Is there anyway to export my saves and export my games so I can reinstall steam on W7 without having to redownload 300gigs of games? And without losing all my saves? I remember the last time I switched computers and I lost my peggle steam save. Man, that sucked! I remember someone mentioning some export features though to prevent this stuff. Any ideas?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #374 on:** February 19, 2010, 01:11:02 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 18, 2010, 10:36:37 PM

How does the transition from XP -> W7 affect steam?

I'm gonna pick up the student version of W7 Pro and install it in about 2 weeks and ummm...what happens with steam? I have like dozens of games installed and save games for a bunch of them. Is there anyway to export my saves and export my games so I can reinstall steam on W7 without having to redownload 300gigs of games? And without losing all my saves? I remember the last time I switched computers and I lost my peggle steam save. Man, that sucked! I remember someone mentioning some export features though to prevent this stuff. Any ideas?

File -> Backup games

You're welcome!

cool breeze · « **Reply #375 on:** February 19, 2010, 11:06:14 AM »

I'm actually putting together my new PC and was going to do the backup thing, but I heard copying the steam folder is easier. (and the saves from my documents)

Is there truth to that?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #376 on:** February 19, 2010, 01:25:58 PM »

Backup wizard is clean and fast - I'd have DRM concerns from just doing a straight copy

cool breeze · « **Reply #377 on:** February 19, 2010, 05:35:22 PM »

well shit...too late for that now. worse case I'll need to redownload 101 gigs of games.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #378 on:** February 19, 2010, 07:09:01 PM »

Yeah I lost my peggle game save too when I just copied my steam folder and documents folder a while back.

cool breeze · « **Reply #379 on:** February 19, 2010, 07:18:22 PM »

shit

well, depends on the game. I have a feeling machinarium save won't trasnfer because it's a flash game, and I really don't want to replay any part of that game.

also, windows 7 >>>>> windows xp. between my netbook and pc I haven't used xp in a while. using my old old laptop now, it's like, I have to manually go through my start menu files to find something. fuck that. I like to just type the first few letters and everything shows up.

Jansen · « **Reply #380 on:** February 20, 2010, 01:02:15 PM »

oh man that thq sale was a great deal.

the only problem is that RFG runs like it is on crack. i read around a little and it seems the problem is because of win7x64

ah well not a huge deal once you get used to the speed boost lol

oh and dawn of war 2 is freaking sweet.

cool breeze · « **Reply #381 on:** February 20, 2010, 01:06:30 PM »

Red Faction G speed issue is not a windows 7 64 problem. I had the same issue on windows 7 32. They recently announced that they will finally patch the issue, though, I thought it did make the game just as fun if you play some benny hill music during it.

and yeah, the THQ deal is amazing. It's come in handy many times. I didn't even realize STALKER was part of the deal, so that will save me $10 when I buy pripyat later today.

Bebpo · « **Reply #382 on:** February 20, 2010, 01:06:35 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on February 20, 2010, 01:02:15 PM

the only problem is that RFG runs like it is on crack. i read around a little and it seems the problem is because of win7x64

:\

Maybe I should play that before I upgrade to W7 next week

Jansen · « **Reply #383 on:** February 20, 2010, 01:20:22 PM »

only solution i've found so far is to use a cheat engine that will allow you to dial the speed back.

archie4208 · « **Reply #384 on:** February 23, 2010, 07:36:23 PM »

http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/

UI overhaul is incoming.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #385 on:** February 23, 2010, 07:39:47 PM »

Sweet, downloading it now.

cool breeze · « **Reply #386 on:** February 23, 2010, 07:48:18 PM »

cool

I wonder if it interferes with my dope black custom them I use, though.

opted in and now I can't even load steam up :'(

pilonv1 · « **Reply #387 on:** February 23, 2010, 07:51:43 PM »

AWESOME

gaffers are reporting friends lists deleted, anyone have that issue?

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User customizable categories assignable per-game, by which the various game library views can now be filtered

That is hot.

cool breeze · « **Reply #388 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:05:46 PM »

this is pretty awesome

M3wThr33 · « **Reply #389 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:44:31 PM »

If Steam were a person, I'd go down on it like Hillary Duff after today's update.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #390 on:** February 23, 2010, 09:08:39 PM »

I had the friends list issue, but it was quickly fixed.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #391 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:16:28 PM »

The new look is pretty hot.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #392 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:22:30 PM »

very cool. I love how it shows your friends gameplay stats on the games that you own.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #393 on:** February 23, 2010, 10:30:13 PM »

yeah, i'm digging it

cool breeze · « **Reply #394 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:30:09 AM »

apparently I'm the only person in the world who can't save categories or favorites. Even in the old version I couldn't save favorites. It doesn't even make sense since this is a totally different computer

Vizzys · « **Reply #395 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:59:31 AM »

^^i read something on the steam forums about the categories not saving on steam restart, might be a bug

anyway I like this UI update although the scrolling is kinda slow, beta though so whatever

GilloD · « **Reply #396 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:55:02 AM »

Could be coincidence, but my download speeds on Steam are BANGIN now. 2.5mbs. Sweet

Raban · « **Reply #397 on:** February 24, 2010, 09:46:56 AM »

This new steam interface is a trip. Is there any way to shrink it into side-bar size like before? Or can you only minimize it now?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #398 on:** February 25, 2010, 02:34:00 AM »

sorry Valve's not coding to Pole Spec

Also it's a Beta. optimization ALWAYS comes last

Reb · « **Reply #399 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:31:03 AM »

I think keeping lower end machines in mind is important, as netbooks are popular, and I'd like to keep playing my Peggles on one.

archie4208 · « **Reply #400 on:** February 25, 2010, 09:43:44 AM »

Quote from: Borys on February 25, 2010, 01:27:06 AM

Unusable on lower end machines. Good jon, Valve.

It works perfectly fine on my 6 year old PC. Are you still running Windows 98 or something?

Himu · « **Reply #401 on:** February 25, 2010, 11:04:46 AM »

good jon, valve. really like the new ui.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #402 on:** February 25, 2010, 12:27:05 PM »

yeah, it runs fine on my netbook ... are you running a Pentium 233

archie4208 · « **Reply #403 on:** February 25, 2010, 04:22:22 PM »

The Spellforce games are 75% off. Are they any good?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #404 on:** February 25, 2010, 05:44:35 PM »

I think they're low rent versions of Sacred. But I could be wrong.

Batman AA is 75% off

spoiler (click to show/hide)

on GFWL :'(

http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/25/batman-arkham-asylum-75-off-sale.aspx

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Kestastrophe · « **Reply #405 on:** February 25, 2010, 05:46:22 PM »

Dawn of Discovery Gold is $30 on D2D

http://www.direct2drive.com/9058/product/Buy-Dawn-of-Discovery:-Gold-Edition-Download

Bebpo · « **Reply #406 on:** February 25, 2010, 08:40:44 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on February 25, 2010, 04:22:22 PM

The Spellforce games are 75% off. Are they any good?

I want to know this too. October 2009 game selling for $7.50 is cheap!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #407 on:** February 25, 2010, 08:45:13 PM »

I haven't played Spellforce 1, but Spellforce 2 is pretty awesome. It's sort of a fusion of Warcraft and an RPG.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #408 on:** February 25, 2010, 09:05:44 PM »

Only 6 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, and 17 hours until Civilization V, can you stand it??

pilonv1 · « **Reply #409 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:52:15 AM »

crossing it off my calendar daily

archie4208 · « **Reply #410 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:48:12 PM »

I bought Spellforce 2. I saw it had stats and leveling up so I couldn't resist.

Bebpo · « **Reply #411 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:29:24 PM »

Dawn of War 2 is 5 pounds on the UK THQ store. You can buy it from anywhere in the world and it's just a cd-key to activate it in steam. Comes to about $8 USD. Just got mine and activated it!

http://uk-thq-eshop.gamesplanet.com/

PS. would recommend using paypal. Some people with CCs are getting errors but then it still charges them and they get the key a few hours later. Works perfect with PP and entering your CC in there.

cool breeze · « **Reply #412 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:55:09 PM »

The steam update is awesome now that it is saving my categories. The library screen also shows the last game I played, so I don't even need to go into a list at all if I'm continuing it.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #413 on:** February 27, 2010, 07:17:23 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on February 27, 2010, 07:25:56 AM

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on February 25, 2010, 09:05:44 PM
Only 6 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, and 17 hours until Civilization V, can you stand it??

I wonder how the multi will be. Hope we can get some huge ass EB game going on.

16 Civ bore game? YES PLEASE

cool breeze · « **Reply #414 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:42:28 PM »

Is this new? when starting a game with a CD key, there is an option to copy that cd now. I remember someone complaining that you couldn't do that on a podcast, I think the borecast.

Bebpo · « **Reply #415 on:** February 28, 2010, 01:57:26 AM »

It's been there for a while I think.

Reb · « **Reply #416 on:** February 28, 2010, 06:13:20 AM »

Yeah I did that months ago.

What's bothering me about the new client is that it doesn't remember the placement, size of the window, view or category.

Bebpo · « **Reply #417 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:02:40 PM »

I haven't tried the new client yet. I'm so afraid of change :X

archie4208 · « **Reply #418 on:** March 01, 2010, 01:47:12 PM »

Whole bunch of mid week sales

Virtua Tennis 2009 - $7.50
Serious Sam HD - $7.50
Football Manager 2010 - $19.99
Hammerfight - $4.99

pilonv1 · « **Reply #419 on:** March 01, 2010, 07:40:15 PM »

Football Manager 2010

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