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| News Comments > Civilization V Manual |
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Re: Civilization V Manual |
Sep 19, 2010, 09:19 |
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Even though it's a Steamworks game, does the boxed version come with a printed manual?
This is making it hard to resist. Civ V and Fallout: New Vegas are the only two new games I've been looking forward to all year, but it's pointless to get both at the same time. You really can't play both at the same time, and since Civ V never really ends, I decided to go with New Vegas and pre-ordered it a month ago. I'm also trying to finish one more play through of Fallout 3 before New Vegas arrives. I figured by the time I finish New Vegas, I might can get Civ V cheaper.
Now after reading reviews and watching videos, I want to play Civ V now! I'm tempted to cancel New Vegas and go with Civ V, then I can pick up New Vegas next year after they release all of the DLC and sell it all in one box. It would be hard to put off New Vegas and not read any spoilers for it though, and it's not like there are any spoilers in Civ V. |
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| News Comments > Evening Safety Dance |
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Mozilla halts Firefox security updates |
Sep 14, 2010, 22:30 |
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| Good to know it wasn't just me that wasn't getting the update. Firefox on my desktop prompted me to upgrade. The next day I turned on my netbook, but it said there was no newer version available. I was thinking something was wrong with my netbook. I didn't see any news on Mozilla's site about the update being halted, so I downloaded and manually updated it. I haven't had any crashes on either system with 3.6.9. |
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| News Comments > Civilization V Preorder Bonuses |
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Re: Civilization V Preorder Bonuses |
Sep 14, 2010, 03:41 |
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| Holy fuck, this comes out next week? The game I'm most looking forward to this year is Fallout New Vegas. I haven't really been keeping up with news on Civ V. I guess I'll wait and pick it up on sale during the holidays after I've finished FNV. |
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| News Comments > Game Reviews |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Sep 6, 2010, 14:56 |
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El Pit wrote on Sep 6, 2010, 09:07:
I tried to like "Penumbra", the other game by the "Amnesia" team. I really, really tried, but couldn't. The game would not let me finish off the zombie dogs. I fought one, took it down, but the game wouldn't let me destroy the beast. I could have stomped my feet on its head to crush it, I could have cut it off with a broken bottle, but NO, the game wouldn't let me. It was like e.g. in "Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault", where you could spot the japanese mg team around the corner, but you were not allowed to evade it or flank it, because the game wouldn't allow you to leave the path. I hate that, it's frustrating. I know, "Penumbra" and most likely "Amnesia" are survival horror games and not fps, but I hate to be stopped by the game design from doing what I would really do: if you have chance, you'll kill the zombie that is following you instead of walking away from the "unconscious" cadaver, so that it can get up again behind you and continue hunting you. Therefore: no buy. Sorry. Penumbra is a horror adventure and puzzle game, not a FPS combat game. I remember a few instances where you were able to use the environment to trap or kill some enemies. The interface of the game isn't set up for combat, but you could pick up things and drop them or swing them and kill some of the enemies, but usually the best and easiest way was to find another without physically attacking them.
If your first instinct is to kill everything you see, and you are unable to think of alternate ways of solving the puzzles, then Penumbra and Amnesia aren't for you. |
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| News Comments > Game Reviews |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Sep 6, 2010, 03:44 |
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I got an email yesterday addressed "Dear pre-orderee" with instruction on how to get the game when it's released Wednesday. I was a little confused at first. I had forgotten I pre-ordered this game back in May when they were offering the pre-order at 50% off and extra content if they got a certain number of pre-orders, which I think they did. I guess I was suffering from amnesia. 
It's a good thing I used my Gmail address to order the game because I deleted my local copy of the pre-order confirmation email with my order number needed to get the game.
If you've played the Penumbra games, this is made by the same people. If you haven't played Penumbra, go buy it now if you like horror adventure survival type games. |
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| News Comments > DNF ShakyCam Footage |
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Re: DNF ShakyCam Footage |
Sep 3, 2010, 22:30 |
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I would like to meet the person holding the camera so I can slap the shit out of them. The moron didn't stay on one person long enough to see anything. Just as I thought he/she was finally going to stick with one person so I could see something, they moved on to another person.  |
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| News Comments > Duke Nukem Forever Press Release |
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Re: Duke Nukem Forever Press Release |
Sep 3, 2010, 18:27 |
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tony wrote on Sep 3, 2010, 16:52:
I was having a great day until I saw regenerating health.  I know Duke is supposed to be a badass, but regenerating health ego is lame. |
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| News Comments > Metro 2033 Demo |
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Re: Metro 2033 Demo |
Aug 25, 2010, 15:25 |
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I got it free with my video card too. It looks great and does have some unique qualities, but I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it at release.
I get annoyed with it and quit at times. There are a few bugs that drive me crazy. When holding the shotgun, if I try to look at my watch to check how much longer my filter will last, the screen goes blurry and I can't see the watch. The worst one is that the enemy creatures are able to pass through you. I don't know what the creatures are called, but there's one that will jump at you and one that comes up through holes in the ground. The jumping ones, when I have to deal with several of them, I backed into a corner so they couldn't attack me from behind, but they'll jump and land "in" you or somehow manage to be between you and the wall where they can hurt you and you can't hit or see them. You have to move so they're not standing in you anymore.
What has annoyed me the most so far are the filters and the use of military grade ammo as currency. The military grade ammo is more powerful, and you can load it into your weapon by holding the reload key instead of pressing it. You're basically shooting money, so I don't want to do that. I wish they would have made it a separate key to change ammo because during a firefight I accidentally held the reload key too long and loaded my "money" into the gun by accident. I had over 100 military grade rounds. I didn't realize until I got to the next station that I had used them in my gun, so I didn't have any money to buy new weapons or ammo with.
The last three stations I've been through, the vendors weren't selling filters. On the level before Polis station I ran out of filters and had to reload the last checkpoint. If you shoot an enemy in the head, it breaks his mask. I've killed some by sniping their mask and watching them suffocate. Some have a spare and you can see them switch. If you can kill them without shooting them in the face or shoot their mask off and kill them before they switch to the spare, you can take the filter from their mask, but if you shoot them in the head it breaks their mask and you can't get the filter. After reloading the checkpoint I had to kill an enemy without breaking his mask, get his filter and hurry to the end.
Now I'm at Polis station with one partial filter. The vendors there don't sell filters, and the next level is outside. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Coffee Addiction: How to Naturally Kick the Habit |
Aug 22, 2010, 19:28 |
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| That article lost all credibility when this so called doctor recommends homeopathic remedies. |
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| News Comments > Gatherings & Competitions |
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Re: Gatherings & Competitions |
Aug 22, 2010, 18:58 |
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I bet he sold the ticket because he wasn't eligible to win the car. You have to be 18, and he looks like he could possibly be under 18.
I drove over to check out the exhibits Saturday, and attended a couple of the quickdraw events where you have a chance to win a ticket for the car. If I'd gotten one I would have sold it because I wasn't going to stay for the drawing that night.
I got a ticket in 2008 for the Corvette they gave away. It was one of the last few shirts they threw out at the event party. I wasn't trying for it, I was just sitting there watching people make fools of themselves jumping, diving and almost fighting for the shirts they were throwing, which only a few had a ticket in them. The shirt was tossed out, people jumped and knocked it up, then two guys a couple of rows up caught it, but while they were yanking it back and forth it flew out and literally landed in my lap. I opened it up and there was a Corvette ticket. 
I almost wish I hadn't gotten it, especially since I didn't win. That was the year they had the Guitar Hero finals on stage, which went on forever and had to listen to the same damn song about 3 or 4 times. The car drawing was the last thing they were going to do, and if I hadn't gotten the ticket I would have gone back to the BYOC. |
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| News Comments > On Sale |
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Re: On Sale |
Aug 21, 2010, 20:50 |
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I almost missed that STALKER deal. I clicked the link yesterday, but saw $29.99 in green and mistook it for the sale price. I already have SoC on disk that I bought when it was released, and I bought Clear Sky during a previous sale. Call of Pripyat is $19.99 if you already own a STALKER game on Steam, so I didn't bother. I saw it pop up when I launched Steam today and looked closer to see that the $29.99 is the amount you save with the bundle, and the actual price for both games is $9.99.
So now I have all three STALKER games on Steam, and I can just store my old STALKER SoC disk for backup.
xXBatmanXx wrote on Aug 21, 2010, 08:54:
Am I the only one that ONLY uses Steam?
I guess eventually it is either on Steam, or the same price as Steam......even though I think digital distribution is great - these companies won't be around forever - and I am trying to minimize future loses....
I feel bad i don't use GOG.
I never will use EA.
And the others just kind of showed up one day....
I like Steam, but I only buy things from them if they're on sale. I still prefer to buy a disk, even if it is a Steamworks game that requires Steam. It's still quicker to install/reinstall from a disk than to download from Steam.
Why don't you use GoG? It's the easiest way to buy a game. You pay, you download and you install. There is no DRM, no client to run, no internet connection required except to download the game. The file is yours, backup it up for re-install later, install to as many systems as you want. As long as GoG is still around you can re-download it too. If a game is patched, they even release a new installer that will include the fully patched version (IL2 1946). If GoG ever closes, your installer files still work as long as you keep them backed up. |
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| News Comments > Mafia with Mafia II Preorders |
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Re: Mafia with Mafia II Preorders |
Aug 20, 2010, 20:12 |
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| Speaking of Mafia II, they just patched the demo and it put the timer back in. I used a hex editor to look for the line to take it out, and it has changed. |
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| News Comments > Steam Hardware/Software Survey Results |
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Re: Steam Hardware/Software Survey Results |
Aug 20, 2010, 19:47 |
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Dev wrote on Aug 20, 2010, 18:09:
Also a number with FRAPS. I'd LIKE to have it, but the legit version is almost $40! Kinda expensive for my taste for what it is. If they'd ever have a sale I'd jump on it. How many of those FRAPS users are using a cracked version of FRAPS or the free version (limited to 30 second clips)? XFire can capture video, and it's free. That's the only reason I have it installed. |
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| News Comments > Legal Briefs |
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Re: Legal Briefs |
Aug 18, 2010, 22:35 |
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| No one will be criminally charged, but on the bright side, this now opens the door for civil lawsuits from the parents. |
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| News Comments > Mafia II Trailer |
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Re: Mafia II Trailer |
Aug 18, 2010, 21:20 |
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I'm kind of on the fence with this one. I played the demo. I liked it, but, with other new games coming out and having bought so many games on sale, I'm tempted to wait for this one to drop in price while I play catch up.
The main game I'm looking forward to this year is Fallout New Vegas, which I've already pre-ordered. I just got Metro 2033 free with the video card I bought last month. I'm going to finish it, then try to squeeze in another play of Fallout 3 before New Vegas comes out.
If I buy Mafia II now at full price, it will no doubt drop in price by the time I get around to playing it. If I do wait, I just hope they will still be offering the first Mafia game bundled with it. |
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| News Comments > QuakeCon Steam Sale |
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Re: QuakeCon Steam Sale |
Aug 13, 2010, 03:34 |
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I've been tempted to buy Oblivion for a while. I always heard people call Fallout just Oblivion with guns. I never played Oblivion though. I'm just not into the medieval theme, wizard/magic RPGs anymore. I keep hearing about how good it is though. I still have several games I bought from Steam and other sales I haven't even started, and I still want to play Fallout 3 one more time before New Vegas is released.
Edit: Oh well, I gave in. I guess $8.50 won't hurt too bad.
This comment was edited on Aug 13, 2010, 03:40. |
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| News Comments > QuakeCon Steam Sale |
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Re: QuakeCon Steam Sale |
Aug 13, 2010, 03:29 |
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Funny, they have a QuakeCon sale during QuakeCon where people attending QuakeCon won't be able to log into Steam to download games.
I went to Quakecon the last two years and did the BYOC. Both times Steam put out a major patch the week of a few days before which screwed up LAN play because some people shut down and pack up earlier than others.
I'm heading over to Dallas tomorrow. This year I'm just going to stay with a friend, check out the exhibits Saturday and come home Sunday. I mainly want to see Fallout: New Vegas. |
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