Author Topic: The Bore Steam Thread :monocle (Read 1045656 times)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2460 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:47:18 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo 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.

Stealth will get you through most of the game, along with your associated vampire powers. Just be prepared to have all that cool stuff thrown out the window in the second half of the game where you have to fight huge swarms of enemies. Basically, you may be fine for the most of the game playing it like it's supposed to be played, but don't be afraid to pop in some cheats if it gets too frustrating later on.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2461 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:54:33 PM »

A list of what I bought/was gifted:

Atom Zombie Smasher
Bit.Trip Runner
Frozen Synapse
Magicka
Toki Tori
Torchlight
Borderlands
Bully
Dreamfall
Longest Journey
Half Life
Half Life 2
Hald Life EP1
Just Cause 2
The Last Remnant
Left 4 Dead
Monkey Island 1 SE
Monkey Island 2 SE
Racettear
Shadowgrounds
Supreme Commander 2
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
VVVVVVVVVV

I have no idea how much that cost, can someone who's more in-touch with reality give me an estimate?

Either way, they're games I've been waiting for to drop in price, sitting in my wishlist for so long. The only impulse purchases, based purely on GAF's hyperbole, were Vampire & the Longest Journey games. So all in all, not so bad.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2462 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:56:13 PM »

I'm gonna say...$12.

By the way, make sure you get the Bloodlines fan patch before you play.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2463 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:59:52 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 10, 2011, 03:56:13 PM

I'm gonna say...$12.

I wouldn't be surprised. Most of them are smaller hipster games.

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 10, 2011, 03:56:13 PM

By the way, make sure you get the Bloodlines fan patch before you play.

I thought "Vampire: The Last Masquerade - Bloodlines" was the fan-patched version.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2464 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:01:06 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 10, 2011, 03:59:52 PM

I thought "Vampire: The Last Masquerade - Bloodlines" was the fan-patched version.

Nah, you gotta download the patch yourself.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2465 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:01:56 PM »

I see. Thanks for the heads up.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #2466 on:** July 10, 2011, 05:22:28 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #2467 on:** July 10, 2011, 06:34:31 PM »

I tried to play Terreria. Joined a MP game, ran around a giant world fighting bugs and slimes and digging.

Was boring

Bebpo · « **Reply #2468 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:02:51 PM »

I got you Pirates. Hopefully someone else will cover GTA.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #2469 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:09:26 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 10, 2011, 03:54:33 PM

A list of what I bought/was gifted:

Atom Zombie Smasher
Bit.Trip Runner
Frozen Synapse
Magicka
Toki Tori
Torchlight
Borderlands
Bully
Dreamfall
Longest Journey
Half Life
Half Life 2
Hald Life EP1
Just Cause 2
The Last Remnant
Left 4 Dead
Monkey Island 1 SE
Monkey Island 2 SE
Racettear
Shadowgrounds
Supreme Commander 2
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
VVVVVVVVVV

I have no idea how much that cost, can someone who's more in-touch with reality give me an estimate?

Either way, they're games I've been waiting for to drop in price, sitting in my wishlist for so long. The only impulse purchases, based purely on GAF's hyperbole, were Vampire & the Longest Journey games. So all in all, not so bad.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE BOLDED SELECTIONS

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2470 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:13:53 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on July 10, 2011, 07:09:26 PM

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE BOLDED SELECTIONS

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 02, 2011, 07:58:57 PM

I never played a Half Life game, and thanks to a few of you I have half the collection. Right now, I'm only missing the original HL2 and Ep1 from the HL2 saga, and I'm wondering if it's worth playing through the first or not (if only for... the story?)

I'm aware that this is supposed to blasphemy by gaming standards, so spare me the tomatoes.

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 02, 2011, 09:10:38 PM

Quote from: Green Man on July 02, 2011, 08:48:07 PM
Oh and I could understand if you were my age or younger but never playing any of the HL games is crazy to me.

I couldn't overcome my motion sickness from playing FPSes until recently.

Don't let my terrorist exterior fool you, I'm very moe moe desu~ on the inside. :'(

:'(

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2471 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:48:48 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan 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)

Seems so. Let me check to confirm and I'll try sending it through.

I can help you out with GTA if you still want it dc

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2472 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:53:28 PM »

Mrbob · « **Reply #2473 on:** July 10, 2011, 08:12:26 PM »

Amazon price matched Steam's screw up earlier of DoW2 Retribution. It was original at 7.49 but the wrong price. Went back up to 14.99 on steam. Amazon still has it at 7.49:

http://www.amazon.com/Warhammer-40k-Dawn-Retribution-Download/dp/B004NBZBM4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310343089&sr=8-2

Steamworks game so just input the cd key on steam and you are set!

Bebpo · « **Reply #2474 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:01:46 PM »

Quote from: Mrbob on July 10, 2011, 08:12:26 PM

Amazon price matched Steam's screw up earlier of DoW2 Retribution. It was original at 7.49 but the wrong price. Went back up to 14.99 on steam. Amazon still has it at 7.49:

http://www.amazon.com/Warhammer-40k-Dawn-Retribution-Download/dp/B004NBZBM4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310343089&sr=8-2

Steamworks game so just input the cd key on steam and you are set!

sweet! Bought.

Quote from: dcharlie on July 10, 2011, 07:11:40 PM

Bebpo

let me know if there's anything i can gift you back/paypal

Thank you for aiding me with my geographical Steam issues!

It's cool. I'm sure you've helped me out on the past with things and all us EBros are used to helping each other in times of gaming need.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2475 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:07:32 PM »

I have $12.29 left burning my Steam wallet. Someone suggest something cool to me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2476 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:13:09 PM »

Lara Croft & Guardian of Light
Shatter
Trine
Torchlight
Trackmania United
VvvvvvvvV

I dunno if any of those are on sale but they're all usually cheap and very great games.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2477 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:15:09 PM »

Hey MrBob, if I want to play a DoW game, should I start with DoWII vanilla? Or should I install Chaos Rising to add extra stuff to DoWII (if that's how it works, not sure if it's a separate campaign or what)? Or should I jump straight into Retribution?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2478 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:15:30 PM »

Sorry Shah, the Titan Quest + NyxQuest were gifts given to me (not sure by whom, maybe MAF), so I can't regift them

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2479 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:29:27 PM »

That's ok dude. I'll probably get it with the remaining credits, assuming the game+DLC are worth it(?).

Quote from: Bebpo on July 10, 2011, 09:13:09 PM

Lara Croft & Guardian of Light
Shatter
Trine
Torchlight
Trackmania United
VvvvvvvvV

I dunno if any of those are on sale but they're all usually cheap and very great games.

I have all of those, save for Trackmania ($29.99).

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2480 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:36:20 PM »

I'm a dollar and ten cents too short. I promised myself I won't go overboard and add more credits. $:-\$

Mrbob · « **Reply #2481 on:** July 11, 2011, 12:06:03 AM »

I heard good things about Drakensang: River of Time so I picked it up today. It is $9.99 so you have enough in your wallet for it. European RPG.

Quote from: Bebpo on July 10, 2011, 09:15:09 PM

Hey MrBob, if I want to play a DoW game, should I start with DoWII vanilla? Or should I install Chaos Rising to add extra stuff to DoWII (if that's how it works, not sure if it's a separate campaign or what)? Or should I jump straight into Retribution?

For the campaign you want to start with vanilla DoW2. Chaos Rising expansion takes place right after the events of the end of the first game. Retribution can be played as a stand alone, but I'd still finish DoW2 and Chaos Rising first. The story in Retribution will make more sense.

Now for The Last Stand game mode (which rocks), it doesn't matter which version you load into. You just choose one of 5 generals and try to survive! I'm always up for playing TLS online so hit me up if you want to play. I can also help with the campaign too if you want it. All 3 games support online co op for it.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2482 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:16:03 AM »

Played through Eversion. That was really really short (like 20 min game) though if you want to get all the gems and unlock the hidden world and get the secret ending that'll add another hour or so (I just youtube'd at that point; not a forced collect-a-thon fan). It was sort of interesting, but even at $2.50 it felt like a bit of a ripoff for being that short. Most freeware games are longer!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2483 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:37:56 AM »

Drakensang is awesome, better than Dragon Age

I don't have the attention span at the moment to finish it sadly

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #2484 on:** July 11, 2011, 07:41:30 AM »

bought the Meridian 4 Adventure Pack. Contains all the adventure games I wanted from this sale and one more. Actually not much of a price difference had I bought the games individually -- I think I saved about 50 pence

My final haul:

(Meridian 4 Adventure Pack) Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, Scratches - Director's Cut, Still Life, Still Life 2, Syberia, Syberia II
Frozen Synapse
King Arthur Collection
Men of War Assault Squad
Civ 5 (off gamersgate

)
Two Worlds 2
Call of Juarez The Cartel (off the Hut; Steamworks so it counts)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2485 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:15:10 AM »

Bought the Eschalon games, will never play them

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2486 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:30:06 AM »

I played a little bit of King Arthur. I didn't realize it was going to be a Total War type RTS game. It does have some RPG elements but i've never really been to fond of those kind of games.

edit: added a little bunch of games since they are cheap:

Everyday Shooter
The Final Hours of Portal 2
I-Fluid
Sanctum

Vizzys · « **Reply #2487 on:** July 11, 2011, 09:12:03 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 02, 2011, 09:10:38 PM

Don't let my terrorist exterior fool you, I'm very moe moe desu~ on the inside. :'(

Alyx will be your new waifu

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #2488 on:** July 12, 2011, 11:31:19 AM »

Quote from: Viz on July 11, 2011, 09:12:03 PM

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 02, 2011, 09:10:38 PM

Don't let my terrorist exterior fool you, I'm very moe moe desu~ on the inside. :'(

Alyx will be your new waifu

I hear Gordon dumped her. Your move, Shah!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/02/11/gordon-alyx/

Enl · « **Reply #2489 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:27:03 PM »

Dungeons of Dredmor seems like it's a pretty well put together rogue-like so far. It's more like Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup than the more intricate Dwarf Fortress or Angband. Seems worth it for those that are into the genre.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2490 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:42:17 PM »

That sounds interesting. I see the 360 indie games Cthulu Saves The World and Breath of Death are up too

benjipwns · « **Reply #2491 on:** July 14, 2011, 04:35:26 AM »

Any comments on those from anyone? I know they're only $3 but was wondering if they were actually any good.

Been playing some Sanctum single-player during downtime waiting for this weekend when I can play it with some friends who picked it up. Pretty fun, somewhat like Monday Night Combat without the other team in terms of how it "feels." Curious to see how it plays in co-op, if you share resources, etc. Love being able to teleport back from the frontlines to clean up whatever my towers missed. Some of the enemy types are well done in that it helps if you play both FPS and Tower Defense with them due to their specific weaknesses.

Of course I'm a sucker for tower defense however it's offered.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2492 on:** July 14, 2011, 08:25:35 AM »

Dredmor is fantastic.

archie4208 · « **Reply #2493 on:** July 14, 2011, 08:52:37 AM »

Yep. There are some things I don't like, such as having to turn off smoothing every time, slightly clunky UI, lewt that doesn't show up on your character, etc. But for $5 it is really great. The perk system is especially awesome.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2494 on:** July 14, 2011, 07:31:42 PM »

no diagonal movement
no moving into enemy to auto attack
no automatic item stacking

But everything else is fantastic, especially the music. For $5 everyone should own this. I wish I'd not bought anything during the sale now because I can imagine only playing this.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2495 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:00:19 AM »

Is there any reason to double dip Breath of Death VII & Cthulu? I bought both on XBI/XNA/whatever it's called, but haven't gotten to either.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2496 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:52:54 AM »

Buy Dungeons Of Dredmor instead.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2497 on:** July 16, 2011, 09:59:22 PM »

I've been getting crushed by Dungeons of Dredmor; after 6 attempts, so far my best run is 188 points. I need to watch some Youtube vids and get some strategies, I can't even get past the first few rooms.

Edit: Woo, 432. I almost made it to Lv. 2

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2498 on:** July 17, 2011, 01:49:07 AM »

I got around 4.8k on Friday by going for a more melee orientated character. Some of the non-combat skills are baffling

archie4208 · « **Reply #2499 on:** July 17, 2011, 07:20:48 AM »

Casuals.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2500 on:** July 17, 2011, 07:59:46 AM »

You're not even playing on Going Rogue.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2501 on:** July 17, 2011, 09:18:13 AM »

New patch is coming adding 50 achievements

http://www.gaslampgames.com/blog/2011/07/16/whats-in-the-next-patch/

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2502 on:** July 17, 2011, 11:08:06 AM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/16/the-witcher-2-patch-1-3-detailed-includes-free-dlc/

Quote

The patch will also fix a slew of issues, including patch installation causing the game to reset to default, map pin problems -- and the option to fistfight the woman praying at a statue in Vergen, which has now been deactivated.

THEY HAVE RUINED THE GAME

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2503 on:** July 17, 2011, 01:09:09 PM »

GOTY status revoked.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2504 on:** July 17, 2011, 04:36:24 PM »

I had a 22,000+ point run going in Dungeons of Dredmor (Going Rogue + Permadeath), and the game crashed.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

I was kicking ass too. If I had died, it would have sucked, but at least I would have had my score. But now I have nothing.

*deletes game*

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2505 on:** July 17, 2011, 04:48:52 PM »

Burn in hell, indie devs. I'm going back to Fable III.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #2506 on:** July 17, 2011, 05:01:59 PM »

Prole gifted me Dungeons Of Dredmor minutes after I added it to my wishlist

You guys have proved time and time again that you're the best. I literally don't care for anyone who doesn't contribute to this thread (especially demi

).

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2507 on:** July 17, 2011, 06:53:59 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 17, 2011, 05:01:59 PM

Prole gifted me Dungeons Of Dredmor minutes after I added it to my wishlist

You guys have proved time and time again that you're the best. I literally don't for anyone who doesn't contribute to this thread (especially demi ).

Wait until next week when they release the patch to play it.

The following bugs have been fixed:
- Fixed: Anvils of Krong spawning in hallways for no good reason
- Fixed: crash that occurred when moving up stairs or down stairs, randomly
- Fixed: Knightly Leap now covers the full span of Knight Movements.
- Fixed: shopkeepers doing odd things when picking up and dropping items after load/save
- Fixed: crash when using invalid missile sprites
- Fixed: merchandise not cleared when you go downstairs
- Fixed: backwards conditional logic on ranged monster attacks means that monsters were not consistently casting spells; fixing this makes the Dungeon 95.2% nastier.
- Fixed: Current Active Skill crossing over between new games
- Fixed: the bug with save games overwriting themselves if you have two characters with kind of the same name.

And the following new things shalt be added:

- Key binding interface.
- Automatic Saves in the Case of Crashes.
- Changes to how Permadeath works. We’ll now delete the file when you actually die.
- Auto-loot toggle.
- SHIFT-Click and Click Reversal Button. (Makes SHIFT-Click work like CLICK! Makes CLICK work like SHIFT-Click!)
- Rapid selling of items in the store, yea, by holding the SHIFT-Click button and smacking the inventory while standing in a shop.
- Fifty New Achievements
- Steam Overlay Support, yea, though it is Experimental and Requires your Graphics Card To Support OpenGL
- In-game Leaderboards, Yea, For Messing With Your Friends
- Steak Grilling
- Magnification of UI elements to TWICE their Size (Yea, Though We Know Not How Far We Can Get With This In The Allotted Time, Though We Are Working On It)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2508 on:** July 17, 2011, 07:47:24 PM »

Yeah I've shelved it until the next patch. Looking forward to it

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2509 on:** July 20, 2011, 05:35:52 AM »

GRID is on sale so i bought GRID. i am having a hard time playing GRID though since i'm so used to the street racing stuff and how it feels in DIRT 3. still looks pretty good and runs well.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2510 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:12:28 PM »

grid has issues. It also gets really punshingly hard.

It's not bad, and a solid start. I could see Grid 2 being up there with Dirt 2/3.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #2511 on:** July 20, 2011, 05:22:50 PM »

we should get a Dirt 3 boresquad going sometime. There's some fun multiplayer modes in there.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2512 on:** July 20, 2011, 06:20:51 PM »

gymkhana all day

cool breeze · « **Reply #2513 on:** July 20, 2011, 08:59:57 PM »

haha Dirt 3 was actually free for about an hour today

I missed it :'(

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2514 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:24:52 PM »

i bought dungeons of dregmor

FatalT · « **Reply #2515 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:32:51 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 20, 2011, 08:59:57 PM

haha Dirt 3 was actually free for about an hour today

I missed it :'(

I got it! Weeeeee!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2516 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:46:41 PM »

Dang, I wanted free Dirt.

archie4208 · « **Reply #2517 on:** July 21, 2011, 04:02:05 PM »

I got my free copy.

Now to play it for 15 minutes before dropping it for more Hat Fortress 2.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2518 on:** July 21, 2011, 08:18:47 PM »

Got mine today too

That new shooting mah lazers gun is totally OP

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2519 on:** July 21, 2011, 10:10:12 PM »

played about an hour of dungeons of dredmor. really really like it. i didn't have that much trouble on my second character. but then again i'm still on the first level of the dungeon so i havent seen any crazy stuff. but it's a lot of fun.

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