Daily Deals are over

[Mupepe]

so what's the sale for today?

[CHOW CHOW]

some dude on cigarillo said it might be max payne 2 or gears of war 1

never played max payne.. how is it with a mouse & keyboard

[archie4208]

no

[Brehvolution]

Played the first one and loved it. How does the 2nd one stand up?

[demi]

Does Max Payne 2 have achievements now?

uh i hope u didnt buy stalker for achievements... lol.

if a game has achievements it will be labeled "Games for Windows LIVE"

[Robo]

Played the first one and loved it. How does the 2nd one stand up?

Much better.  If you love MP1, there's no reason not to pick MP2 up for 99 cents.

That said, I find those games pretty much unplayable these days for any more than a couple hours maximum.  The repetitive gameplay makes Alan Wake seem diverse by comparison.

[Great Rumbler]

Is this the last day of the 99 cent sale?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Wish I bought this instead of Blacklight.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

It's completely dead. Even after a 99 cent sale.

[Stoney Mason]

I never played it on the PC but it was a real crap game on the 360. I tried to warn you guys. 


But at worse you wasted 99 cents so no big deal really.

Shadowrun is a far better game and you can still get matches in that.

[Stoney Mason]

Shadowrun is also hard as fuck to get into. The folks playing before the sale are monsters. Some of the best shooter players out there.

They may be good but its also just a mechanically hard shooter to pick up. It has a lot of gameplay mechanics in it. It's not just a typical Halo or Call of Duty thing where the mechanics are pretty obvious.

[chronovore]

Yeah, I've heard Shadowrun was a really clever shooter; it's just sad that the "multiplayer only" turned out to be such a kiss-of-death for the game. I wonder if they'd just had a tacked-on singleplayer campaign, would they have had more success?

Isn't Shadowrun already dead on 360, as-in "the servers are shut down and there is no way to get a match going"? The PC just uses typical, open PC matchmaking then?

[Stoney Mason]

I believe the 360 version still works online. In fact PC and 360 players can still play against each other although they can't hear each other anymore because of the audio codec change for the 360 this fall. There are just no dedicated servers for either platform. Both go through the matchmaking process with somebody in the game as host. 

[Brehvolution]

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.

I sure am missing something with the shooting. Are there any better guns to find before the first shootout because the pistol you start with suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

[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.

I sure am missing something with the shooting. Are there any better guns to find before the first shootout because the pistol you start with suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

It's like an RPG in that respect, early on your guy sucks at shooting and all the guns are really weak, but eventually you'll get some rifles with scopes perfect for pot-shotting guys a few hundred feet away.

[chronovore]

Isn't Shadowrun already dead on 360, as-in "the servers are shut down and there is no way to get a match going"? The PC just uses typical, open PC matchmaking then?

PC users can play with 360 users so that would be kinda weird if they shut one side down.

I prolly just misunderstood some news piece a ways back.