Author Topic: Steam Holiday Sales (1/2: Repeat deals) (Read 71804 times)

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #480 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:12:58 AM »

Do no-CD cracks work on Steam games? You should just hack POP.

Quote from: Bebpo on December 20, 2010, 11:36:56 PM

Yeah I tried Strangers Wrath and it doesn't work. 10fps at 1080p and when it goes to first person the screen freezes and you can't play it. :\

Even on my PC, the framerate fluctuates between 30 to 60fps and my PC can run Metro w/max settings at 60fps, 1080p.

I think you might be better off setting the game at 1600x1200 or some other 4x3 rez because the FOV doesn't seem to be widescreen.

At least the game lets me force 32XAA but even then it doesn't look half as nice as I remembered. $:-\$ I hope it gets better.

Bebpo · « **Reply #481 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:13:51 AM »

Needs more bloom.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #482 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:16:12 AM »

The textures just look so flat. Maybe some of the shader effects or normal maps haven't been ported over properly.

Bebpo · « **Reply #483 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:26:00 AM »

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Looks about the same. I'm guessing the low-res textures and lack of lighting just don't hold up well at higher resolutions. Will be interesting to see how the PS3 version turns out.

Bebpo · « **Reply #484 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:40:42 AM »

Because Ubisoft hates

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #485 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:41:11 AM »

Quote from: Stringfellow Hawke on December 21, 2010, 12:37:35 AM

Why would a game pause when you lose your Internet connection?
That is the stupidest thing ever.

Ubisoft was pushing that kind of DRM pretty hard a year or so ago, but it seems like they've stepped back from it a bit since. Mainly because people really hated it when the servers went down and they couldn't play the games they paid money for.

Bebpo · « **Reply #486 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:42:15 AM »

Have they? What did RUSE use?

Will be interesting to see what AC:B on PC uses.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #487 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:42:17 AM »

Quote from: Stringfellow Hawke on December 21, 2010, 12:37:35 AM

Why would a game pause when you lose your Internet connection?
That is the stupidest thing ever.

Because you're a fucking thief, but Ubisoft in their infinite mercy is going to give you the opportunity to get your grubby thief hands on their glorious gaming nectar BUT YOU DAMN WELL BETTER NOT EVEN THINK OF LETTING YOUR FUCKING THIEF INTERNET CONNECTION DROP, YOU THIEF!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #488 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:44:53 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 21, 2010, 12:42:15 AM

Have they? What did RUSE use?

Will be interesting to see what AC:B on PC uses.

RUSE didn't use any extra DRM, but however with HAWX 2 they were back to their old "Permanent Internet Connection" tricks again.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #489 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:50:49 AM »

I read an FAQ about Ubisoft's online deal and it gushes about how their service lets you play without a CD and provides online save storing. Which Steam already does.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #490 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:52:44 AM »

I kinda regret getting Oddboxx now. Even $12.49 is too much for a bunch of barebones ports that I will probably never play again. The core designs of the games are still pretty good but there have been no attempts at all in updating the presentation or even controller compatibility. It's a joke compared to the XBL/PSN classics. Damn you, Steam!

Bebpo · « **Reply #491 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:01:16 AM »

Yeah, I figure I'm just buying it to support them actually fixing these games in the future.

Raban · « **Reply #492 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:25:53 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 21, 2010, 02:01:16 AM

Yeah, I figure I'm just buying it to support them actually fixing these games in the future.

This. Lorne Lanning is a genius, so the more I fund him the better.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #493 on:** December 21, 2010, 03:16:39 AM »

Quote

- No "video" options to manually adjust certain graphical effects
- No ability to set resolution from within the menus (must add code to a .txt config file)
- No mouse support on menus (must use arrow keys)
- No keyboard support when typing the player name (must use arrow keys to navigate to each individual letter)
- Incredibly poor performance (15-20 FPS on high/medium-end machines)
- Ugly, jagged text in dialogue boxes that looks as if it came from a 3D game released in the 90's

Sounds pretty bad.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #494 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:54:28 AM »

yeah, L4D is on sale all the time. Will be cheaper than that i'm sure.

Would buy Super Meat Boy but it sounds too hard for me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #495 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:17:00 AM »

SMB is worth that price even if you only play the first few worlds which are not that bad. Game is very fun.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #496 on:** December 21, 2010, 08:20:19 AM »

i just added 100$ to my steam wallet using 4 of my credit cards

TIME TO SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #497 on:** December 21, 2010, 08:48:33 AM »

ha ha ha

yeeeeah

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #498 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:32:03 AM »

Oo nice there's an Oddworld pack pack without the 3D crapola. I felt gypped just pirating Munch's Oddysee back in 2002

Beezy · « **Reply #499 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:36:51 AM »

How long will Chime and VVVVVV be on sale? I only have enough to get SMB plus one of those two right now.

Edit: Fuck it, I'm getting SMB and Chime. Playing SMB and VVVVVV back to back would be torture.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #500 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:54:02 AM »

Well, that's just fucking great.

I was buying several stocking stuffer/gifts for friends on my Steam list, and everything was going fine. When I got to around the 9th purchase I received this message - There has been an internal error initializing your transaction. Please contact support for assistance. I get it for my credit card, and for Paypal. I can't even add funds to my wallet now. I know I have plenty of money in my accounts, so this has to be some sort of automatic denial that kicks in after multiple purchases in a row. I contacted my bank and they said there was no auto block on their end, so it's all Valve.

There was one thing I wanted for myself that ends today, and I'm probably going to miss out on that now. If I end up missing out on the rest of the sale over this, and can't do the rest of my gifts, then Valve can pretty much kiss my ass forever.

demi · « **Reply #501 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:56:07 AM »

Gotcha

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #502 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:58:05 AM »

aaaaaaaaaaaand after all that it cleared up on its own

still, fuck them for not letting you add multiple copies of a game to your cart and making you do each individually, that just invites bullshit hassles like this

Beezy · « **Reply #503 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:03:08 AM »

PC gaming, what can ya do

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #504 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:05:29 AM »

Valve's just trying to keep you from wasting all your money on pointless videogames. But do you listen? Noooooooooooo.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #505 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:07:34 AM »

it makes no fucking sense whatsoever seeing as they encourage gift purchases, and know people want to gift to multiple friends

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #506 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:11:44 AM »

I just added funds to my wallet, hopefully that's their half-assed workaround for this kind of shit

btw check your steam, borys

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #507 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:13:56 AM »

Valve's anti-fraud controls are really finicky sometimes.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #508 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:16:22 AM »

when i got up i was all happy and in the spirit of "yeah! giving!"

and now i am all "what a fucking assbackwards hassle"

archie4208 · « **Reply #509 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:17:55 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on December 21, 2010, 11:03:08 AM

PC gaming, what can ya do

Bitch about it one minute, then act smug the next.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #510 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:21:03 AM »

jesus goddamned christ it happened AGAIN

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #511 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:21:24 AM »

i give up, fuck it

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #512 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:36:09 AM »

Basically, if you buy a lot of stuff in a short amount of time [through multiple purchases], then Steam will block your card. Which I can see being incredibly annoying if you're buying gifts for a bunch of different people during one of Steam's sales. About the only thing you can do is contact Valve and authenticate your card with them, but if it's a daily sale it'll probably be over by the time you can get the issue sorted out.

Beezy · « **Reply #513 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:48:58 AM »

Quote from: archie4208 on December 21, 2010, 11:17:55 AM

Quote from: Beezy on December 21, 2010, 11:03:08 AM
PC gaming, what can ya do

Bitch about it one minute, then act smug the next.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #514 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:51:33 AM »

Valve does a lot of things really, really right, but there's still a few things it does horribly wrong and this is a good example of the latter.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #515 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:37:30 PM »

it's 2.30 am here in Tokyo but how can I possibly sleep now when tomorrow's sale is only 20 mins away? This is the closest I'll ever get as an adult to staying up to catch Santa!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #516 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:39:17 PM »

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #517 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:47:20 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 21, 2010, 12:39:17 PM

Take a picture...right NOW!

cool breeze · « **Reply #518 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:02:19 PM »

best deal today is Lara Croft Guardian of Light for $5.10, but if you own another Tomb Raider game on steam, it becomes $3.60.

Vizzys · « **Reply #519 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:02:28 PM »

the page actually updated when the timer ran out

witcher is 5$
defense grid is 2$

more good stuff

archie4208 · « **Reply #520 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:02:46 PM »

Aion - $10
RE5 - $10.20
Defense Grid - $2
Burnout Paradise - $5
Disciples 3 - $7.50
The Witcher - $5
Puzzle Quest 2 - $1.50
Bioshock 2 - $10
The Polynomial - $2.50
Men of War Gold Edition - $8.75
Lara Croft - $5.10
Gothic Bundle - $34.99

Vizzys · « **Reply #521 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:04:35 PM »

nah thats the first puzzle quest on sale

and still the best one, a steal at 1.50$

Raban · « **Reply #522 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:05:16 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 21, 2010, 12:47:20 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 21, 2010, 12:39:17 PM

Take a picture...right NOW!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #523 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:10:08 PM »

Gonna pick up Puzzle Quest today. $1.50 is too cheap to pass up.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #524 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:17:36 PM »

some kind somebody pls gift me Burnout and pick something else you want - 'cormacaroni'.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #525 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:21:59 PM »

Dec 21, 2010
$1.50
Purchase
Puzzle Quest

Dec 21, 2010
$8.75
Purchase
Men of War: Gold Edition

Dec 21, 2010
$5.10
Purchase
Lara Croft GOL

Cravis · « **Reply #526 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:23:42 PM »

Just Puzzle Quest for me today. I hope they have Crysis and Crysis Warhead on sale. It'd be nice to be able to put away my retail discs and have them on Steam.

cool breeze · « **Reply #527 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:29:51 PM »

wow, Stranger's Wrath is straight up busted. Even at the lowest setting it is barely playable, and you mouse controls feel like a cheap way of emulating the right thumbstick.

lol apparently Munch had "xbox dash" on the main menu and there are xbox files in the program folders. people assume these are just emulated xbox games.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #528 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:38:28 PM »

Guardian of Light is $3.60 if you own any other Tomb Raider game on Steam already.

Beezy · « **Reply #529 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:42:38 PM »

Already have Guardian of Light on the 360 and got Defense Grid for $2.50 last year. Will pick up Puzzle Quest (finally) tomorrow.

Corporal · « **Reply #530 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:03:50 PM »

Good stuff so far.

steam

They should be getting hammered. Why am I still getting acceptable speeds? Not that I'm complaining.

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Drainage so far:
Super Meat Boy
OddBoxx
Indie Beat Pack
Lara Croft GOL
Puzzle Quest
The Polynomial

=28.04€ in the red. Will probably get much, much worse.

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #531 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:24:13 PM »

Beezy · « **Reply #532 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:26:10 PM »

archie4208 · « **Reply #533 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:29:40 PM »

Beezy · « **Reply #534 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:34:35 PM »

Thanks Eel!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #535 on:** December 21, 2010, 04:20:05 PM »

I did a Bioshock 2 four-pack with a friend and two guys from SA. Surprisingly went really smooth.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #536 on:** December 21, 2010, 04:45:49 PM »

Is there a point to the Steam wallet besides avoiding CC issues?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #537 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:47:56 PM »

you still get issues with the wallet if you buy things too fast

it is like, i am holding a bunch of bills crumpled up in my hand that i didn't even bother counting, and then i throw them all on the counter in a wad and say "IS IT THIS MANY?" and Steam says "Whoa there, slow down buddy," and I say "WHAT IS YOUR GODDAMNED PROBLEM STEAM JUST FUCKING TAKE IT"

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #538 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:50:06 PM »

what is your steam id green man

pilonv1 · « **Reply #539 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:02:27 PM »

Thanks to whoever gifted me Super Meat Boy.

I might finally get Burnout just to see how pretty it looks.

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Author Topic: Steam Holiday Sales (1/2: Repeat deals) (Read 71804 times)