Daily Deals are over

[Stoney Mason]

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[brawndolicious]

Is there any community left?

[Stoney Mason]

Is there any community left?

Yeah, folks still play. The shadowrun community is fucking hardcore as shit but it's a good game. It's a Vista or 7 game but you can play it with some XP workaround if you want.

Seems there's going to be a $1 game each day until Thursday I think. I'm hoping Lost Planet, Dawn of War 2 or Dirt 2 is part of the sale.

Red Faction would be bad ass for $1 but I bet that's too new.

[demi]

Would have bought Viva Pinata for $1 instead. I already have Shadowrun from Eel... lol

[iconoclast]

This seems like a good time to get on my 360 version and try to get the 100 kill achievement against PC players for the 1000/1000. I've played that game for hundreds of hours and I still haven't killed 100 people on PC.

Not sure how the PC version plays (they nerfed mouse aiming iirc), but SR is easily the best multiplayer FPS on consoles since Halo CE.

[MCD]

http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/15527.aspx

Known Issue:  Because previously released Xbox 360 games do not use the new codec automatically, in-game chat with previously release cross-platform games will not work. Titles affected are Shadowrun, Universe at War, Lost Plant: Colonies Edition, and Blazeblue.  GFWL players will hear nothing if Xbox player talks, Xbox players will hear static if PC player talks while in those games.  Fixing this issue requires Title Updates for the Xbox 360 versions of the affected titles. Publishers can choose to issue these at their discretion.

As long as you keep this in mind, $95 cent isn't bad.

[Akala]

Bought, but had to scroll 4 pages to find it. GFWL is a piece of shit. Just copy steam MS! Splash page!

[Beezy]

Eh... gonna have to pass. I doubt this will actually run well on my current laptop.

[Stoney Mason]

The game default to vsync on and limits the frame rate to 30 but if you turn it off you get a crazy high frame rate but introduce tearing.

[cool breeze]

if you have an nvidia card, use d3doverrider and force triple buffering to get rid of tearing.  there is probably something for ati cards or whatever the name was changed to (amd?).

I bought it mostly because splosion man ruined my point balance and these 1 dollar games will help balance it.  It really is an Xbox game from the menus to, uh, pretty much everything.  A lot of the interface just looks silly if you're using a kb/m and it's unnecessarily clunky because of it.  The game itself seems alright I guess.  Playing it made me want to play bioshock 2 multiplayer, which made me want to play counter-strike modded servers.

[cool breeze]

Microsoft accidentally revealed the next two daily deals: http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/feeds/rss.xml

Saturday:  Viva Pinata for 99 cents
Sunday:  Blacklight Tango Down for 99 cents

[Joe Molotov]

Will get Viva Pinata. Tango Down doesn't look worth it at any price.

[Stoney Mason]

Viva Piñata is now 99 cents in the games for windows client.

[Great Rumbler]

Had exactly 80 points left in my account, got Viva Piñata.

[MCD]

Bought Pinata but it's not like I care about PC gaming or anything!

Baka MS.

[demi]

Viva Get

[Stoney Mason]

Apparently this version (Viva Piñata) has separate achievements from the Xbox version for people who are into that.

[Stoney Mason]

VP still shows as 19.99

You have to go into the actual GFWL client you download and there you can buy it for the correct price. The webpage store hasn't been updated yet.

[patrickula]

Been awhile since I played VP, my garden on the 360 got out of control and then I was scared to go back to it after awhile.
So I just started it up on the PC... still adorable, overwhelming, and hard to put down. Hopefully I'll have a little more luck managing things this time.

[pilonv1]

I imagine Viva Pinata looks even sexier on a modern PC

[Bebpo]

I bought VP because I still haven't played my X360 copy and since this has achievements, it saves me the effort of getting up and putting the disc in my X360 if I ever want to play it.  That's worth a buck.

[demi]

I bought VP because I still haven't played my X360 copy and since this has achievements, it saves me the effort of getting up and putting the disc in my X360 if I ever want to play it.  That's worth a buck.

The lists are separate, you can get 2000 from VP

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I just mean it has achievements, so when I play it I'll have the extra motivations that achievements provide.

[Stoney Mason]

I imagine Viva Pinata looks even sexier on a modern PC

It honestly doesn't look that different.

It is also resolution limited but there is some workaround for that. But I can't find the file you need to edit on my computer.

[ManaByte]

How is it resolution limited? In order for GFW branding your game has to support resolutions up to 1900x1200.

[Stoney Mason]

How is it resolution limited? In order for GFW branding your game has to support resolutions up to 1900x1200.

It doesn't. At least on my machine with my video card and my monitor. Somebody else mentioned the same thing over at GAF. You have to go in and edit some config file but I can't find that file on my computer. So it only goes up to like 1280 x 1024 in the options.

[Bebpo]

Shadowrun also locks you to 30fps if you want v-sync.

Some weird stuff with these X360 -> official PC ports.

[Great Rumbler]

Publishers that release console ports without V-sync, AA, and at least 1680x1050 widescreen need to be shot in the street.

[Great Rumbler]

How is it resolution limited? In order for GFW branding your game has to support resolutions up to 1900x1200.

It doesn't. At least on my machine with my video card and my monitor. Somebody else mentioned the same thing over at GAF. You have to go in and edit some config file but I can't find that file on my computer. So it only goes up to like 1280 x 1024 in the options.

I was able to bump it up to 1680x1050 on my computer.

[Stoney Mason]

How is it resolution limited? In order for GFW branding your game has to support resolutions up to 1900x1200.

It doesn't. At least on my machine with my video card and my monitor. Somebody else mentioned the same thing over at GAF. You have to go in and edit some config file but I can't find that file on my computer. So it only goes up to like 1280 x 1024 in the options.

I was able to bump it up to 1680x1050 on my computer.

Weird. I have an ATI card. Don't know if that makes a difference but I couldn't bump mine up although my monitor and video card are capable of going above that.

[Great Rumbler]

How is it resolution limited? In order for GFW branding your game has to support resolutions up to 1900x1200.

It doesn't. At least on my machine with my video card and my monitor. Somebody else mentioned the same thing over at GAF. You have to go in and edit some config file but I can't find that file on my computer. So it only goes up to like 1280 x 1024 in the options.

I was able to bump it up to 1680x1050 on my computer.

Weird. I have an ATI card. Don't know if that makes a difference but I couldn't bump mine up although my monitor and video card are capable of going above that.

I've got a GeForce 8800.

[Stoney Mason]

Well I finally found the file I need to edit so I can now switch it whatever resolution I want anyway.

[cool breeze]

I realized why shadowrun was giving me a headache.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

things like this (large pictures so I put them in the spoiler box) really confuses me.  First image is a 4:3 resolution; notice how much more of the gun you see.  Second is 16:10, but they put black borders to make it 16:9...except they're already cropping it down from 4:3.  I don't get it.

[Great Rumbler]

That's good, VP is a pretty good looking game when you get everything cranked up.

Anyway, I've played a little bit [about 45 minutes] and I'm enjoying it so far. It's kind of annoying, though, to have all this little, unskipable scenes come up every few seconds when something happens. It feels like there's another one just when I'm in the middle of doing something, forcing me to watch the scene before I can go back to what I was doing. Not really a major thing, I suppose, just annoying. Everything else is decent enough.

[Eel O'Brian]

Shadowrun also locks you to 30fps if you want v-sync.

Some weird stuff with these X360 -> official PC ports.

it's not weird

MS were trying to make the PC into "Xbox Xtra" (hence the initial $50 charge for GFWL PC) for some fast 'n' dirty port action + microtransactions with spacebux, but when PC players went BWAHAHAHAHAFUCKYA they dropped all that pretty quick

[demi]

I considered Blacklight... would be an easy $1 game to boost. But I was like... nah.

At least Viva is easy to play.

[pilonv1]

I didn't even get Viva. Had 20 moon point in my account and couldn't be fucked entering my credit card details to get it for $1.

[CHOW CHOW]

when does the deal for today go up

[Dickie Dee]

Is Viva one of those games where shit happens even when you're not playing and you have to babysit it? I still bought it (I had like 3000 points I somehow forgot about) but haven't downloaded it yet and only want to if I can load it up when the mood strikes me.

[CHOW CHOW]

Is Viva one of those games where shit happens even when you're not playing and you have to babysit it?

no

[chronovore]

Is Viva one of those games where shit happens even when you're not playing and you have to babysit it? I still bought it (I had like 3000 points I somehow forgot about) but haven't downloaded it yet and only want to if I can load it up when the mood strikes me.

No, you're prolly thinkin' of Animal Crossing.

"You didn't play for a week? Congratulations: COCKROACHES!" Ew.

VP is a very good game, though unless you're using a FAQ the actual combos take a little too much experimentation IMHO.

[Raban]

Is Viva one of those games where shit happens even when you're not playing and you have to babysit it?

Pretty sure you're thinking about Animal Crossing here.

EDIT: SUCK A DICK CHRONOVORE.

EDIT2: Nvm, I should suck a dick, I didn't see there was a second page before posting. Pwnt.

[demi]

Disagree on the FAQ thing. The game is pretty open on the requirements to lure animals to your farm. There are a few things that will require a FAQ if you are lazy to figure out, like how to breed certain animals. Unfortunately since this is PC I can't send myself or anyone my awesome leet animals. Must breed Fuzzybears.

When I got 1000 on 360, I left my farm with like 6 Fuzzybears and 6 Chewnicorns worth $100,000 each

[Brehvolution]

stalker for a buck sounds like a deal.

[Eel O'Brian]

yeah, jump on that if you don't have it

two more days of these deals, right?

[huckleberry]

Buy STALKER and then install the Complete 2009 mod.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009/news/stalker-complete-2009-release

[pilonv1]

I couldn't get into Stalker no matter how hard I tried

[Raban]

I couldn't get into Stalker no matter how hard I tried

Yep. The gunplay is shit.

I bought STALKER and never played it. Should I even bother with it now? It's like Fallout, yeah?

Nope.

[Great Rumbler]

I bought STALKER and never played it. Should I even bother with it now? It's like Fallout, yeah?

Not really. It's far more hardcore, more difficult, and the shooting is much more realistic. Don't expect to whip out VATS and blast a huge group of guys, you'll need to stop or even kneel down and carefully aim each shot. It's also a darker game, with some really creepy parts.

[pilonv1]

I bought STALKER and never played it. Should I even bother with it now? It's like Fallout, yeah?

If Fallout only had shooting from Fallout 3 but even more difficult and nothing else, then yeah.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Boooought. Stalker sounds so appealing to me.

[Brehvolution]

I had 480 MS points so this is a no brainer. DL now.

[Stoney Mason]

I couldn't get into Stalker no matter how hard I tried

Same. I like the concept of the game and I think I would eventually like it if I stuck with it, but every time I've tried to play it, I've given up out of boredom.


But to be fair I initially had the same issue with Deus Ex and once I got through the initial bit that became one of my favorite games of all time.

[drew]

When I got 1000 on 360, I left my farm with like 6 Fuzzybears and 6 Chewnicorns worth $100,000 each

do me a favor and read this sentence back to yourself, jesus christ

[demi]

Yep, it was a pretty sweet farm. No need to be jealous.

[CHOW CHOW]

When I got 1000 on 360, I left my farm with like 6 Fuzzybears and 6 Chewnicorns worth $100,000 each

do me a favor and read this sentence back to yourself, jesus christ

Nothing wrong with that sentence at all.

[cool breeze]

If anyone wanted to get into STALKER and couldn't, give Call of Pripyat a try (the second expansion--not the first called Clear Sky).  It's not on sale now, but it is the best of the STALKER games (without mods) and the easiest to get into.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Blacklight is ABYSMAL. 99 cent sale and still only like 4 people playing. I'm gonna miss that dollar.

[chronovore]

Is Viva one of those games where shit happens even when you're not playing and you have to babysit it?

Pretty sure you're thinking about Animal Crossing here.

EDIT: SUCK A DICK CHRONOVORE.

EDIT2: Nvm, I should suck a dick, I didn't see there was a second page before posting. Pwnt.

I don't think either one of us gets to posture in a macho way while informing children's cuddly-animal game minutiae.

[chronovore]

Disagree on the FAQ thing. The game is pretty open on the requirements to lure animals to your farm. There are a few things that will require a FAQ if you are lazy to figure out, like how to breed certain animals. Unfortunately since this is PC I can't send myself or anyone my awesome leet animals. Must breed Fuzzybears.

When I got 1000 on 360, I left my farm with like 6 Fuzzybears and 6 Chewnicorns worth $100,000 each

I'm mainly remembering the flutterby variations, and there were a couple of them that were two-stage, or it wasn't clear how to mix... I FAQ'd that one hard; I think I even printed it out and checked things off on paper. I was seriously done with flutterbys when I cleared that.