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Skyrim is 50% off on Steam.
Even at 50% it's not worth it. It wasn't worth it for free.
Mors likes to just put negatives all over Skyrim every chances he gets :D
I've put over 90 hours into it, I love the game.
I didn't think it was terrible, but I did think it was mind-numbingly boring for the most part. I don't do well with open world games and Skyrim especially got boring to me extremely quickly. I will get back into it eventually, though.
I calls it like I sees it. You damn Bethesda homer. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I'm only a Bethesda homer because the games are good and I've spent nearly 400-500 hours between Elder Scrolls and Fallout :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
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The Political Machine 2012 was buggy as hell when I played it earlier. I had multiple slowdowns and when I would check to see how many resources were being used, it said it was taking up 1.3GB of RAM. WHAT? I also had numerous times where I couldn't right click to travel to another state and had to exit out of the game and go back in to correct it. Hopefully they fix those things.
It's boring as hell... Disappointed I spent $10 on it...
I sent IOU a message on steam and asked him about it, you pretty much just said what I was afraid off.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Damn, that's surprising. I've played it a couple times, never had any slowdowns or bugs show up. I'll have to keep an eye on things next time I play it.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I agree that it's boring after awhile. I'd have to problem spending $5 on it but at $10 I do feel a little ripped off. Oh well. Girlfriend loves it so it'll give her something to do. :D
I didn't even get your message. I was closing out Steam every 2 or 3 minutes trying to get the stupid right click to work in the game. That's a pretty huge bug to have.
So with EA creating Origin, will it work the same as Steam? Multiple computer connections, no expirey, etc. all the stuff steam has is also in Origin?
I truthfully don't know, but I just stick with Steam. Origin is a fuckin' virus (aka needing special software to uninstall) and it's a god damn headache to install to begin with. I specifically DIDN'T purchase BF3 because EA insisted on putting it out on Origin only. If they continue to do that, I will continue to not purchase their games. They either start supporting Steam by releasing their software on Steam, or I won't be purchasing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Hate EA much? You don't need anything special to uninstall (that I know of) I have uninstalled it once it I simply clicked uninstall, it is supposed to operate like steam but I haven't purchased anything through it mostly because there is nothing on there that is worth my money. I cant say I blame them for doing there own thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I am just thinking about the next Sim City and I suspect that it will not be available on Steam. It seems that now EA is all about maximzing their online profits.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
When they attempt to do something that Steam does better in every way, shape, and form? Absolutely. Fuck EA and their money grubbing executives. They would have sold twice as many copies of Battlefield 3 if they would just suck it up and pay Valve their 15% to have it on Steam.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
Agreed. I'm not buying anything unless it's on Steam. I've used Origin and I think it sucks. It does pretty much the exact same thing Steam does, but not nearly as well. Steam has an amazing user interface which is why it'll always be the go to client for PC gaming. Also, considering EA was throwing bitch fits about Steam and their massive sales, I think it's safe to say EA wont be throwing sales. You'll be paying MSRP for pretty much everything through Origin which is a huge turn off to me.
I was going to get BF3 but since it's not on Steam, I passed. The same goes for Crysis 3. I want that bad boy for PC, but if it's not on Steam, I'm not getting it for PC...that's for sure.
Yeah, because all the alternatives are totally altruistic and not doing it for profit at all .................Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I'm not a fan of the Origin service or what they're trying to do, but executives being "money grubbing" is hardly a reason to choose one over another. You wouldn't be left with practically anybody.
15% of 3 million copies is alot of money. I can't say I blame them, I will agree it does suck and they rarely mark down anything which is why I don't use it.
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They're money grubbing because they refuse to pay Valve their cut on the profits (something like 15% from what I've heard).Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Taking into account the fact that games that go on sale by even 30% increase their sales two fold, EA could have EASILY made twice the money they currently made on Battlefield 3 by distributing it via steam instead of trying to get all of the profits through a proprietary delivery system.
Games like The Binding of Issac sell a million copies through steam by basically just word of mouth. I find it INCREDIBLY hard to believe that EA couldn't market their game through Steam at a discounted price of 10-30% and make a KILLING. Give someone the ability to buy the game for 30% what the normal retail places are selling it for, and you are GUARANTEED to sell more copies than the retail store will.
I was VERY interested in Battlefield 3, until I heard that it was only going to be released via Origin. I'm one of at least a few thousands customers that didn't buy BF3 for our PC because of EA's inability to play nice with a 3rd party distributor.
I'll agree with "foolish" or "questionable decision making", but not "money grubbing". Wanting to keep all the $$$$ for themselves is pretty much a modern business mindset. Valve's no different -- Valve just realized that they could make extra mounds of $$$$ by being a distributor.
EDIT: Actually, since Valve is a private corporation, they have every reason to play more nicely with others and be less money grubbing. So I guess rather than "modern business mindset" I should say "modern Wall Street mindset".
It's FAR less than what they are paying for their own distribution service and servers to host all of their products.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
Plus, putting their game on steam, they probably would have nearly doubled their profits compared to the sales that they saw through their own distribution service.
I mean, christ, they only sold 670,000 copies of it in North America (for the PC mind you). 670,000! They BARELY topped 2 million total world wide for the PC. That's ATROCIOUS.
Compare that to PS3 (2.24 million in NA) and Xbox 360 (3.69 million in NA) sales and you have to think there's a reason why people didn't purchase it for the PC and equate that to EA's refusal to use anything buy Origin for distribution of their product.
I have never played any game that looks as good as Rage does on PC. Holy shit, my mouth dropped during the opening scene after you get picked up and are in the passenger seat for the first time. Incredible.
RAGE looked great even on console. I actually enjoyed the hell out of the game wish it was better supported and/or completed.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Black Mesa: Source (updating HL1 to Source engine) is finally getting closer to release it looks like... here's a leaked gameplay video that's about 4-5 weeks old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-wfd...yer_detailpage
Developer's statement
http://forums.blackmesasource.com/sh...198#post474198
There have been too many posts for me to reply to individually, but I'll go over the basic points I've seen crop up a bunch of times. I'll try to address everything as transparently as I can, because there's a lot of misinformation floating around.
Is this a leak? Was it released intentionally?
We had always been planning to release gameplay video(s) as part of the social media campaign, and we'd always hinted as such. Unfortunately, we ran into some difficulties while we were wrapping up the build (including several severe FPS drops and crashes) that delayed our plans for the media campaign and any gameplay videos. Once we got those sorted, we started to try to figure out what we could show off; the video that was posted to YouTube was a rough first cut outlining some possible action.
Someone showed someone else something they shouldn't have, and that someone else decided to share that something with the internet. And here we are today. Bottom line is that sooner or later, you were going to see what you saw; that's why we haven't tried to cover everything up or get it taken down. There's no conspiracy, we don't have any ulterior motives.
How old is the build of the game?
The build featured in the video is between four and five weeks old. The art assets, level design, lighting, sound effects and music, voice acting, weapons, gameplay mechanics, etc. are all basically final. You won't be seeing very many changes between what's in the video and what's in the final product.
Is the music actually in-game?
The music in the second half in the video is the actual song from the level, it hasn't been overlaid afterwards. It syncs up well with the action because it's been designed to; the song was specifically written for this area. The audio quality of the YouTube video doesn't do it justice though, and it sounds like the game's music volume was turned up too high while the video was recorded.
Why are there iron-sights in the game?
You can look down the sights of the .357 for a slight zoom and increase in accuracy at the expense of your rate of fire. It was a mechanic that was present in Half-Life: Deathmatch, but we've brought it into the singleplayer to help solidify the weapon's role. We've added an option to the main menu to completely disable that functionality, as a result of the feedback we've received from the video.
The .357 and crossbow are the only weapons that you can use the sights on, and they're for decent gameplay reasons. We aren't casualising or consolifying the mod; you don't have regenerating health, there aren't chest-high walls, you won't get strawberry jam on the screen when you're hurt, etc.
Why does everything look like crap?
The compression YouTube applies has blurred and darkened everything, even at 720p settings. You lose a lot of stuff like the scanlines on the HUD, the stars twinkling in the sky, the moonlight illuminating the launch pad and the hologram illuminating the control bunker, any real texture detail, outdoor characters, etc. I've got the original video at 1080p, and everything looks fine.
Why is the voice acting so bad?
Everything is intentional; the soldiers are meant to sound like over-the-top movie bad guys. We're not interested in trying to get you to empathise with the enemies.
Will this affect the plans for further media or the release?
It has, we're actually going to be moving some things forward. Time has never been on our side.
Payday: The Heist is $4.99 on Steam(75% off) until August 9th.
Purchased.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Same. I also noticed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 10% off and comes out the 21st of this month There's also a bundle that includes all the CS games, including Global Offensive for $18.69. Definitely tempted to get CSGO by itself.
I was in the CS:GO beta... if you like CS, it's pretty much more of the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I never played it before but for $14 I'm definitely interested. I love tactical shooters but haven't had one since SOCOM went down the drain.
I bought it but how does prepurchasing work? Do I just download it from Steam whenever it launches? It has a link on the receipt screen to "install games" but it doesn't do anything when I click on it. I assume you have to actually wait until it launches before you can start downloading it?
Don't have too high hopes for it... it's a good game but it's still old and the guys that play in leagues and show up on public servers toting AWPs (one-shot kill snipers) are especially annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
As far as installing it pre-release, generally a couple of days before release it will be available for pre-install. It will download 99% of the files for you and then on launch day you just download the small remainder. You pretty much just have to be looking for it though... no way to queue it up before it's actually ready for pre-install.
Never played ... what? CS? That can't be.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Nope, never played it. I've never played any of the popular PC exclusive games.
I'm... stunned. That might be the only popular shooter in history that I've played and you haven't.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
I never played it either, but that's because I hate shooters like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Quite surprised to see The Secret World available on Steam since it's published by EA. That gives me some hope that Crysis 3 and perhaps Battlefield 4 will be available on Steam as well. Hopefully.
Don't count on it. Anything that's basically a BIG release by EA is only available on Origin. The Secret World is on Steam because EA isn't going to make shit on that game. It's a bad $15 a month MMO that's attempting to be a 2008 MMO in 2012 when it's only free to play and buy and play MMOs.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Edit: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.