The [STEAM] thread

Houn

And I think I'm done with Poker Night 2 in any serious capacity. At this point, I'm only playing out of a combination of boredom and unlocks, and there's no way I'm going to be able to hit this bounty: get two players to go all in and win against them. Yeah. Right.

InkSplat

Ugh, I can't wait to get my desktop set back up so I can play Prime World: Defenders. I keep seeing it pop up being played by friends, and its making me itch.

Stolls

Man, just when I thought this 'build a new PC around an existing hard drive' thing would be easy... hardware all works fine, but it looks like existing Windows installations and new motherboards don't work well together. Had this exact same problem last time, so I can't say I'm too surprised. Sorry, Windows 7 mascot girl, looks like we gotta do this the hard way.

I'd been planning on cleaning house at some point; this is just a little earlier than I had intended, like with the hardware. Anyway, backing up the drive on the old computer now. If I don't make it back from 'format c:\', avenge my death. And gift the avenger something nice. Maybe System Shock 2.

Blurbl

I just got finished with Darksiders, which I picked up in the THQ humble bundle. Man, I loved it. It's the Zelda I've always wanted. Gonna move straight onto 2.

But is there not going to be a 3rd game, since THQ went down the drain? Damn shame.

Zxerol

The IP was picked up by Nordic Games at auction. So you probably will see one eventually. Maybe. Quality would be up in the air.

Roshin

So, Prime World: Defenders. I'm starting to feel done with this game, which is weird, considering it's still in beta. Currently, I'm at the "Flower Boss". I think this is right before the end. Looking at the world map, I don't see any other locations left, other than the big volcano, which I assume is the end.

It's a good game, no doubt about it. The issues I see are with balance, and map and card variety. Initially, I thought the game was brutally hard, but once you start upgrading your cards/towers, it becomes almost trivial. I've been hoping for a greater challenge, but so far there hasn't been one. I've maxed out all the three talent trees and right now I'm just maxing out my cards/towers. The Flower Boss is a bitch, I admit, because he or she will spam you with loads of mobs (80 waves, I think) and you have to survive. I can make it to wave 32, before going down. It feels more frustrating than challenging, though.

I think map variety is a problem. It gets better once you unlock maps, but there's still not a whole lot of them. I also expected way more cards/towers. When I first saw the wooden towers, I thought they would go from wood to stone to metal to whatever fantastical materials they could think of, but I got stone towers and that was it. Right now, I've been using Lightning Tower, Accursed Tower, Stone Tower, Detector, Mortar, Tower of the Sun, and the Ice Tower, When it comes to spells, I tend to only use Rain of Fire as a "panic button", when everything has to die. I haven't seen a new tower, spell, or artifact in a *very* long time and I'm starting to think there isn't anything left.

I have been going back to get three stars and the cheevos for every map, which is something I usually never do. All cheevos except the "Survive with one life" one, because sod that. Any suggestions for dealing with the Flower Boss would be appreciated.

Edit: Beat the Flower Boss. Appearantly, I didn't have to last all 80 waves. Also, the game added more locations before the volcano, so it's not over yet.

Vegan

Houn wrote: »

And I think I'm done with Poker Night 2 in any serious capacity. At this point, I'm only playing out of a combination of boredom and unlocks, and there's no way I'm going to be able to hit this bounty: get two players to go all in and win against them. Yeah. Right.

Oh, that's downright easy compared to the last one. Happens all the time if you have a good hand. That last fucker: Win a showdown with ONLY a high card. That one requires you to make it all the way to the river with absolute shit (but not TOO shitty) without accidentally getting even Two of a Kind, then getting into a showdown with someone who has even shittier shit than you, but is too stupid to fold.

SoulGate

So, I go into the PA G&T chat thread to ask about CoD:BlOps 2, and the value of the purchase thereof. When I tell them it could be a bday gift to myself, I'm greeted shortly after by this.



So, I don't have to worry about BlOps anymore. Thanks @CorriganX !

Stabbity Style

So, been playing some more Torchlight 2. Finished the first bigish area that had a couple of dungeons and killed the General dude. Very fun so far :> The charge system for the mage class thing is really simple, but so cool to use. Nothing like seeing the charge bar light up and be able to use magic mana-free for a couple of seconds.

CroakerBC

Stolls wrote: »

Man, just when I thought this 'build a new PC around an existing hard drive' thing would be easy... hardware all works fine, but it looks like existing Windows installations and new motherboards don't work well together. Had this exact same problem last time, so I can't say I'm too surprised. Sorry, Windows 7 mascot girl, looks like we gotta do this the hard way.

I'd been planning on cleaning house at some point; this is just a little earlier than I had intended, like with the hardware. Anyway, backing up the drive on the old computer now. If I don't make it back from 'format c:\', avenge my death. And gift the avenger something nice. Maybe System Shock 2.

If it's having a strop about activation, you can always call Microsoft's irritating automated activation line, that tends to sort us out.

SmokeStacks

Stolls wrote: »

Man, just when I thought this 'build a new PC around an existing hard drive' thing would be easy... hardware all works fine, but it looks like existing Windows installations and new motherboards don't work well together. Had this exact same problem last time, so I can't say I'm too surprised. Sorry, Windows 7 mascot girl, looks like we gotta do this the hard way.

I'd been planning on cleaning house at some point; this is just a little earlier than I had intended, like with the hardware. Anyway, backing up the drive on the old computer now. If I don't make it back from 'format c:\', avenge my death. And gift the avenger something nice. Maybe System Shock 2.

Good luck broski. A fresh OS is a good feeling. Check out ninite if you want to reinstall a bunch of programs at once without downloading a ton of different installers.

You also might want to check out Gamesave Manager if you haven't already formatted yet, this way you won't have to hunt through your backup to find where all of your different gamesaves are to move them to your fresh install.

Also, if you don't make it back, I promise you that I will

have dibs on your stuff.

I bet you thought I was going to say I was going to avenge your death, huh? Yeah well I'm an asshole

Big Classy

Threads a bit slow today. Here you go.

CorriganX

Isy.. I think you done goofed.

Big Classy

Uh. I uploaded it through my phone hence the crazy size

SmokeStacks

It wasn't that big.

I fired up Trackmania 2 Canyon today after a long time of forgetting how awesome it was. If you play it, add smokestacks to your buddy list and we can compare times.

Dalantia

It's going to tear through the monitor and eat my lungs, looking adorable.

SteevL

Goddamn, I had quite an experience traveling yesterday. Took an Amtrak train for the first time, then rode the Chicago metro for the first time, and then flew from O'Hare International Airport to Ft. Lauderdale on a surreal flight that involved two separate people in my row with little dogs, a belligerent middle-aged man giving the flight attendants hell two seats in front of me, and when we landed, those two dogs started barking along with a third one behind me that I hadn't seen. Then the belligerent man started barking back at them! On top of that, the carrier was Spirit Airlines, which is the fucking worst.

Anyway, to celebrate my miraculous safe return, I'm giving away yesterday's sale game, Torchlight II. Open to the regular PA Steam group, but I set a contributor limit at $5 for whatever reason. This is also one of those rare times where I don't even own the game myself! I'm gifting it to avoid adding it to my backlog because yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Besides, I haven't even finished the first one!

cooljammer00

If the winner gifts the game back to you, is that in bad taste?

Luchaire

Kitty!

Kitties are the best. And Isy is the best. This is a good combination of best things.

'Tis a drizzly, dreary Spring day here in Maine. A good day to stay in and play video games all day today. This, too, is among the best things.

Contest challenge!
Entertain me! Send me one a Youtube clip of someone doing something dumb or funny (or both). 3 minute maximum video length.

... do not send a video of the German guy cannonball diving into a frozen swimming pool, because that hurts to watch.
-EXPIRED

HiT BiT

Big Classy wrote: »

Uh. I uploaded it through my phone hence the crazy size

Echo

Turns out Awesomenauts was pretty darn fun.

Wooden Spoon

Just a reminder: a copy of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is burning a hole in my Steam pocket, and I'm giving it away in exchange for a quality forum avatar involving a wooden spoon. 14 hours remain. Do your worst.

Albino Bunny

Wooden Spoon wrote: »

Just a reminder: a copy of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is burning a hole in my Steam pocket, and I'm giving it away in exchange for a quality forum avatar involving a wooden spoon. 14 hours remain. Do your worst.

So the main question is, has Hit-Bit made an entry yet?

Because you know, nice to know the odds :P

Wooden Spoon

Albino Bunny wrote: »

Wooden Spoon wrote: »

Just a reminder: a copy of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is burning a hole in my Steam pocket, and I'm giving it away in exchange for a quality forum avatar involving a wooden spoon. 14 hours remain. Do your worst.

So the main question is, has Hit-Bit made an entry yet?

Because you know, nice to know the odds :P

I will cave and say no. So there's still a chance for everyone else. :P

The Brayster

Luchaire wrote: »

Contest challenge!


... do not send a video of the German guy cannonball diving into a frozen swimming pool, because that hurts to watch.

Well, damnit.

In other news, I decided to check my backlog against howlongtobeat and it turns out it'll take me 6 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes. I suppose I should probably get started?

(A very large chunk of that is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Goddamn that game must be big if it expects me to take 52 hours for the storyline alone)


Edit: That doesn't even include DLC I haven't started yet (honorable mentions - Skyrim, Sleeping Dogs)

KoopahTroopah

HiT BiT wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

Uh. I uploaded it through my phone hence the crazy size

Star Wars Kitten

Every time I think of this scene I think of the 4th panel from Season 1 where Jerry doesn't remember this reference for their Fantasy Football team.

I ordered the bundle on Friday to get all the seasons on DVD because I got tired of waiting for season 4.

Wooden Spoon

This thread is bad for me. I'm already ashamed of my backlog. Now I'm ashamed for how big it is and how small it is. It's the most pleasant no-win situation.

SmokeStacks

Wooden Spoon wrote: »

This thread is bad for me. I'm already ashamed of my backlog. Now I'm ashamed for how big it is and how small it is. It's the most pleasant no-win situation.

You should put a link to your Steam profile in your sig, there are a lot of Wooden Spoons.

cooljammer00

That's how you get gifted.

Wooden Spoon

I'll correct that when I get home. I'm not intentionally off the grid.

This seems like a dangerous place. People just...give things. That's not human.

Sir Carcass

I woke up this morning to see @Ketar had gifted me Torchlight 2 out of nowhere. I had been staying out of contests since winning Tomb Raider 2, but no one hides from the Steam thread. No one.

This is the message in the gift:

SirC,

Wow, abbreviate your nick and end up with the 2nd worst Lannister on the brain. Anyway, my son turns 2 today. So here's a game with a 2 in the title. LOGIC.

So thank you for forever ruining my screen name for me. (Nah, Cersei is alright, I think she learned her lesson... maybe)

And as someone with a 4 year old and a 1 year old, let me say that it does get better. :P

But anyway, thank you for the awesome gift!

Zen Vulgarity

download mods for torchlight some of them own

Luchaire

Well, shit. Even my kids are getting in on the crazy backlog abuse. I just got giftbombed the top of my wishlist (Papo & Yo) by my son. A birthday present two days early because "I figured I better get it to you before someone else does." 8->

Contest Challenge!
Cuteness! Send me something cute! Picture, video, whatever. - EXPIRED!

baudattitude

cooljammer00

Isn't the chick who plays Cersei Lannister the one who's super poor even though she's been in tons of stuff?

Kid Presentable

Hey wait a minute. I was out and about all weekend, what the heck is System Shock 2 doing in my Steam?! This means I have to finally buy and play System Shock 2, doesn't it?

HiT BiT

Luchaire wrote: »

Well, shit. Even my kids are getting in on the crazy backlog abuse. I just got giftbombed the top of my wishlist (Papo & Yo) by my son. A birthday present two days early because "I figured I better get it to you before someone else does." 8->

I can see you are raising them in the ways of The Newell. Well done!

Zenitram

Luchaire wrote: »

Well, shit. Even my kids are getting in on the crazy backlog abuse. I just got giftbombed the top of my wishlist (Papo & Yo) by my son. A birthday present two days early because "I figured I better get it to you before someone else does." 8->

Your son might be trying to send you a message....

Wooden Spoon

I think my sig now properly finds me on Steam. I welcome your friendships.

CuvisTheConqueror

OK, that was weird... I left my Steambox alone yesterday to download Marvel Heroes, and promptly forgot about it. This morning, I get a Raptr email saying I've hit "dedicated" rank in it. So I go to my Steambox, and find it sitting at the login screen. Since when does Steam auto-launch games after they're downloaded?