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zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Oh, I started the tutorial of Deus Ex yesterday...what's with the shit-ass keyboard layout? [ = zoom on rifle?

no hold to crouch? I'll have to mess around with those later to make it playable. There are some type of mods out there, right? like, texture/graphic improvements, maybe?
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
Sep 5, 2000
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Oh, I started the tutorial of Deus Ex yesterday...what's with the shit-ass keyboard layout? [ = zoom on rifle?

no hold to crouch? I'll have to mess around with those later to make it playable. There are some type of mods out there, right? like, texture/graphic improvements, maybe?

Play it for the history. But you should of played it back in 2000 or whenever it was to have the biggest impact.
 

DaveSimmons

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Aug 12, 2001
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The KB games are quite good. I think I sunk 80 hours into the first one in one play-through. I paid 2x for that package back ~X-Mas? and it was well worth it.

I started AP right after, and got a bit burned out so haven't picked it up in some time. plus, as mage, it is much, much harder. Even warrior can be rather difficult early on.

I beat Armored Princess as a mage, but only at normal difficulty. At first I did a fair amount of running away and looking for the weaker enemies that I could fight without losing too many troops. Getting the "X battles with 0 loses" medals early on were hard!

Even in the midgame I still need to run away from many heroes that could slaughter me, but as my magic improved I could take on much larger armies with few or no losses. It was a worthwhile challenge and a nice change from The Legend were I was a warrior.
 

mingsoup

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Did the Kings Bounty Platinum go up in price since this afternoon/morning?

I thought it was slightly cheaper than 6.99$ odd. Nvm. Prolly in my excitement I saw a lower number.
 
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DaveSimmons

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Did the Kings Bounty Platinum go up in price since this afternoon/morning?

I thought it was slightly cheaper than 6.99$ odd. Nvm. Prolly in my excitement I saw a lower number.

You must have confused Platinum at $6.99 (all 3 games - KBL, AP, CW) with the front page $4.99 price for just Armored Princess by itself.

$6.99 is 80% off so just buy it already. It's fun!
 

narreth

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I'm hoping for fallout 3 GOTY at some point... getting the urge to replay it on pc... surely they can't NOT have it as a deal?
 

nitrousninja

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Batman AS

Far Cry pak

Serious Sam HD pak

Just Cause 2


By the time i get through these DNF should be $5.


I'll probably grab a controller for BAS. Is the Xbox one plug and play?
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
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Tried out that Atom Zombie Smasher demo and found it quite fun, easy buy for $3, like I need more games lol...
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Batman AS

Far Cry pak

Serious Sam HD pak

Just Cause 2


By the time i get through these DNF should be $5.


I'll probably grab a controller for BAS. Is the Xbox one plug and play?

BAS doesn't need a gamepad, but it probably would help. KB&M is perfectly fine.

I got the Xbox wired controller just for Just Cause 2, but it wouldn't work in that game for me, at all. I was desperate, tried several things (emulation through MotionNJoy was the killer), now the thing seems completely broken and doesn't work with any of the games. I have no idea what is going on, but it now has a flashing ring around the X button--I'm calling it a green ring of death.

I can't get that garbage off of my system now, though it seems like it's gone, but people here simply do not believe me when I tell them that that shit hijacked the hardware in my gamepad. :\ why else would the bastard ring perpetually flash like that?


anyway, it will probably work for you. My case seemed not unique, but certainly not common.
 

Barfo

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Jan 4, 2005
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I can't get that garbage off of my system now, though it seems like it's gone, but people here simply do not believe me when I tell them that that shit hijacked the hardware in my gamepad. :\ why else would the bastard ring perpetually flash like that?
Try it in another machine to determine if it's the controller or something else.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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yeah, I'll have to find another machine...

:hmm:

oh snap, it's buried in the closet.


are they plug and play with XP?
 
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The Steam sale has been fairly light on my wallet so far.

Not to say it's terrible as there are/were some AAA-titles, but I've already snatched them up from prior sales or I'm just not interested . . . and my wallet is grateful for that, for sure.

*knock on wood*
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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BAS doesn't need a gamepad, but it probably would help. KB&M is perfectly fine.

I got the Xbox wired controller just for Just Cause 2, but it wouldn't work in that game for me, at all. I was desperate, tried several things (emulation through MotionNJoy was the killer), now the thing seems completely broken and doesn't work with any of the games. I have no idea what is going on, but it now has a flashing ring around the X button--I'm calling it a green ring of death.

I can't get that garbage off of my system now, though it seems like it's gone, but people here simply do not believe me when I tell them that that shit hijacked the hardware in my gamepad. :\ why else would the bastard ring perpetually flash like that?


anyway, it will probably work for you. My case seemed not unique, but certainly not common.

My 360 controller worked in JC2 fine. I mean it is slightly buggy as it's a console port so I could see it not working for some, but it wouldn't affect other games.
 

SlitheryDee

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The Steam sale has been fairly light on my wallet so far.

Not to say it's terrible as there are/were some AAA-titles, but I've already snatched them up from prior sales or I'm just not interested . . . and my wallet is grateful for that, for sure.

*knock on wood*

All I've picked up so far was Transformers: War for Cybertron. Nothing else has interested me. Even if I'm not seeing much I like or don't have I love these Steam sales just because of the anticipation of finding out what's going to be on sale every day.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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My 360 controller worked in JC2 fine. I mean it is slightly buggy as it's a console port so I could see it not working for some, but it wouldn't affect other games.

yeah, it was fine in Batman AA and Darksiders for me, but in JC2, movement buttons wouldn't respond, buttons were mapped to weird places. I forget the details, but it was crazy. This seemed to happen with a lot of people--the solution was to download the demo, play it and create a save. then copy the demo save over the save you made for the main game. I seem to be the only person in the forums that didn't work for.

(The gamepad did work for me with JC2 demo; but the fix did not)
 

dpodblood

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I played JC2 with keyboard/mouse and it worked just fine. I prefer it to X360 pad since, I believe, there is no lock-on system.
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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All I've picked up so far was Transformers: War for Cybertron. Nothing else has interested me. Even if I'm not seeing much I like or don't have I love these Steam sales just because of the anticipation of finding out what's going to be on sale every day.

Same here. Plus I'll admit, the whole ticket thing and contest deal has gotten me to pay a little more attention and maybe buy some stuff I wouldn't have otherwise. I don't think I've gotten anything over $10 so far, but a few cheaper things.
 

tHa ShIzNiT

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10 minutes left in the sale and I'm gonna buy the Kings Bounty pack due to the high amount of recommendation on here. Which one should I play first? The first one I assume? Someone said they played the first and got burnt out and never played the rest...so maybe I should just play the "best" one, whichever that is.
 
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