The Steam Thread! (Deals+Discussion)

Since 6842 Days

I forgot about Turtle Rock. L4D has Valve written all over it. I would be interested to know who was responsible for what aspects of the game.

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Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime.

Archaos

Since 7218 Days

Even the TF2 team has had their hand in the L4D pot.

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Gentlemen.

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Chet Faliszek: I think all this, oh, Valve's going to make Maddens every year--that's not true. There's this whole group of us at Valve who had all these ideas. When we get done with this, we're going to sit back and we have no future plans or anything like that. This could be the platform for zombie apocalypse games for a while. One of the cool things that Doug was saying, current maps, they're being made to drop in, they work. Obviously if you want to take advantage of the new director stuff you'll have to go back in and touch some stuff up, but they'll just work.

Interview with Valve: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1138

I swear.. they really must just be missing something here. Did they not know the controversy that this would cause? It seems.. not. They also mention that the game does not officially have a publisher yet, so all of those EA conspiracy theories should be put to rest immediately.

I love these guys.. I just still don't get this. But hey, at least it's not a $60 "expansion," like some games are getting.. and is actually packed with original content.

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[quote]Chet Faliszek: I think all this, oh, Valve's going to make Maddens every year--that's not true. There's this whole group of us at Valve who had all these ideas. When we get done with this, we're going to sit back and we have no future plans or anything like that. This could be the platform for zombie apocalypse games for a while. One of the cool things that Doug was saying, current maps, they're being made to drop in, they work. Obviously if you want to take advantage of the new director stuff you'll have to go back in and touch some stuff up, but they'll just work.[/quote]

Interview with Valve: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1138

I swear.. they really must just be missing something here. Did they not know the controversy that this would cause? It seems.. not. They also mention that the game does not officially have a publisher yet, so all of those EA conspiracy theories should be put to rest immediately.

I love these guys.. I just still don't get this. But hey, at least it's not a $60 "expansion," like some games are getting.. and is actually packed with original content.

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

HD Cam footage: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58995

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Isomac

Since 7004 Days

Penumbra Collector Pack

Weekend Deal – 75% off!

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1451/

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Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Hmmm.. trying to decide if I want to bite. Do I?

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Eddy186

Since 7183 Days

I heard that game was damn good for a low budget game. I'll most likely pick it up but the retail version, if I can find it.

Edit: wow $2.50 for the game and another $2.50 for the expansion.

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GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Posted by Eddy186

Edit: wow $2.50 for the game and another $2.50 for the expansion.

Yes, this is one of the many reasons Steam rules. Add to their great deals a great piece of software that has grown from being just a store to a community portal, and it's basically the platform which is consuming PC gaming. I love it.

Oh, and auto-patching/updating sorta rules..

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TheBeagle

Since 6842 Days

That game is creepy as hell. I got mega stuck and gave up pretty early on though. Maybe I'll go back to it some day.

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Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime.

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Neat.. a friend gifted it to me. Another reason Steam rules.

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GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

The Path: Prologue - Play for Free on Steam
June 8, 2009, 4:44 pm - Valve - Product Release

The Indie studio Tale of Tales, who produced the award winning experimental games The Graveyard and The Path has released a free demo in The Path - Prologue.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/27040/

Think I'll check this out in a little bit. I have not heard much about this game, but the impressions I'm seeing elsewhere are pretty positive. I love the indie-scene on the PC.. if it weren't for small studios this genre may have died already.

Oh--and I would like to add one more reason that steam rules: The auto-join option for full servers! What a feature.. Xfire should add this.

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FireWire

Since 7237 Days

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174667

Boycot L4D2!!

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"Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherf*cker in the valley"

"First come smiles, then comes lies. Last is gunfire"

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

I wonder if Valve will accept that this is actually pissing people off now.. and also, in before people start crying about people crying..

Direct link: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott

I can't wait until this gets posted on Digg.. I want to see how much their membership swells. They're already up to nearly 20k users. I just hope that they keep a mature face about this whole thing.. they don't need the sorts of idiots that jam up the Steam forums taking any kind of lead on this issue.

That shit just feeds the opposition. Which leads to comments like this:

"These whiny fanboys are just petulant children who would rather get angry at an imagined injustice than actually enjoy life and the unforseen pleasures it can bring, and shouldn't be given an ounce of consideration because the attention would only encourage their asinine antics."

..and honestly, these people have no idea what they're talking about. I hate the whole, "you can't possibly complain about anything online," crowd. They bitch about the bitching more than the bitching bitches itself ;)

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I wonder if Valve will accept that this is [i]actually[/i] pissing people off now.. and also, in before people start crying about people crying..

Direct link: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott

I can't wait until this gets posted on Digg.. I want to see how much their membership swells. They're already up to nearly 20k users. I just hope that they keep a mature face about this whole thing.. they don't need the sorts of idiots that jam up the Steam forums taking any kind of lead on this issue.

That shit just feeds the opposition. Which leads to comments like this:

"These whiny fanboys are just petulant children who would rather get angry at an imagined injustice than actually enjoy life and the unforseen pleasures it can bring, and shouldn't be given an ounce of consideration because the attention would only encourage their asinine antics."

..and honestly, these people have no idea what they're talking about. I hate the whole, "you can't possibly complain about anything online," crowd. They bitch about the bitching more than the bitching bitches itself ;)

Eddy186

Since 7183 Days

There are many franchises with games that release annually and that's not so much of a problem. I find the problem with L4D is that it was released as half a game for full retail price and now L4D2 is being released the same way.

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GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Posted by Eddy186

There are many franchises with games that release annually and that's not so much of a problem.

Even Gabe Newell advised the L4D team that this was a complicated and iffy move, and that he felt like it did not fall in line with their traditional practices.

Too bad he also told them to go for it..

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Eddy186

Since 7183 Days

I wouldnt be pissed if L4D had more content. I mean really 4 lvls.

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GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Engine

* Fixed Day of Defeat: Source server crash when loading dod_jagd.

Team Fortress 2

* Added a "Discard" button to the item pickup panel.
* Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.
* Changed default for tf_arena_use_queue to 1. This was the original behavior prior to the last update.
* Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag.
* Increased the Force-A-Nature's damage by 10%.
* Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower.
* Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions.
* Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team.
* Fixed idle players being kicked when the server has tf_arena_use_queue set to 0.
* Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
* Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy.
* Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs.
* Fixed Spies being able to automatically cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch.
* Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater.
* Fixed spectators not having their items removed when they enter spectator mode.
* Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server.
* Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2564/

I'm not sure how I feel about Force-A-Nature doing +10% damage.. that should theoretically put it ahead of the Scattergun in damage :(

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[quote]Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Engine

* Fixed Day of Defeat: Source server crash when loading dod_jagd.

Team Fortress 2

* Added a "Discard" button to the item pickup panel.
    * Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.
    * Changed default for tf_arena_use_queue to 1. This was the original behavior prior to the last update.
    * Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag.
    * Increased the Force-A-Nature's damage by 10%.
    * Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower.
    * Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions.
    * Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team.
    * Fixed idle players being kicked when the server has tf_arena_use_queue set to 0.
    * Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
    * Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy.
    * Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs.
    * Fixed Spies being able to automatically cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch.
    * Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater.
    * Fixed spectators not having their items removed when they enter spectator mode.
    * Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server.
    * Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail.[/quote]

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2564/

I'm not sure how I feel about Force-A-Nature doing +10% damage.. that should theoretically put it ahead of the Scattergun in damage :(

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

America's Army 3 (AA3), the only action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions, and career advancement of a Soldier within an exciting free game experience,is now available for pre-load via Steam. AA3 is free and will be released on June 17, 2009. Those playing AA3 through Steam will also get the benefit of Steamworks features such as auto-updating, Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2566/

Neat. I didn't realize that this was still a free franchise. Yeah people will bitch about the propagandist aspects of AA forever--but never mind that for a minute--lets consider again for a moment that it's an actual game too. I've never played the original two releases, has anyone else? I was under the impression that they're actually pretty good, and put a heavy emphasis on sim-like realism. Is that the case? Guess I'll find out....

I'll pre-load right now!

Also: I guess this is just a remake of the original game, as was AA2? It's a little confusing, but I've seen some comparison screenshots, and it seems as if they're recreating all of their old assets in UE3.

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[quote]America's Army 3 (AA3), the only action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions, and career advancement of a Soldier within an exciting free game experience,is now available for pre-load via Steam. AA3 is free and will be released on June 17, 2009. Those playing AA3 through Steam will also get the benefit of Steamworks features such as auto-updating, Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud.[/quote]

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2566/

Neat. I didn't realize that this was still a free franchise. Yeah people will bitch about the propagandist aspects of AA forever--but never mind that for a minute--lets consider again for a moment that it's an actual game too. I've never played the original two releases, has anyone else? I was under the impression that they're actually pretty good, and put a heavy emphasis on sim-like realism. Is that the case? Guess I'll find out....

I'll pre-load right now!

Also: I guess this is just a [i]remake[/i] of the original game, as was AA2? It's a little confusing, but I've seen some comparison screenshots, and it seems as if they're recreating all of their old assets in UE3.

Tomarru

Since 6309 Days

They are good, but the sim side turned me off them a bit...prefer to run and gun...end up getting impatient and running into the open.

I saw a couple of vids of the new game, the weapon models and animations look horrifically bad, hopefully they were just placeholder but they certainly didnt instill confidence.

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UrukHaiPT

Since 6764 Days

Where's Sims 3 on Steam? Come on EA, gogogogo.

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Ronsauce

Since 7222 Days

My bud was a fanatic about the game. I tried playing a few times, but like Tomarru, I'd get impatient and wind up sniped...or naded. Also, I couldn't pass sniper school, so the only way I could get a sniper rifle was by picking one up off a dead body...which didn't happen often for me. Still, watching my bud play definitely made it look fun, especially if you've got a good group of people to play with regularly.

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"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards...Checkmate." - Zapp Brannigan

GriftGFX

Since 7237 Days

Posted by Ronsauce

Yea.. it doesn't sound like it's for me either. I'm more the, run and gun, jumping head-shot sort of FPS fan.

I have a feeling that TF2 and COD4 will keep me satisfied for a little while longer.

I'll still give it a spin though... I want to try ArmA2, too.

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UrukHaiPT

Since 6764 Days

Me dead today :(

And i still only have the hat for sniper :( Where the hell are my hats??

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Isomac

Since 7004 Days

That specials tab is quite great on steam. I can see all the deals easily now.

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Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

FireWire

Since 7237 Days

It's MMO weekend on steam... 20% off on most of their mmo's

I'm trying out the Eve Online 21 day trail...
But If ever a game is overwhelming...
THIS IS IT.... So many things to do/click on/investigate/read about...
I'm going apeshit here... Looks like it's really hard to get into this game after these 9 expensions....

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"Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherf*cker in the valley"

"First come smiles, then comes lies. Last is gunfire"

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