Game deals Discussion thread

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3591.msg112716#msg112716 date=1252715123]
Last I heard Braid ran like ass on PC and had ridiculous requirements (worse than TF2)

Dunno if they ever fixed any of that (seeing as the devs were asking if anyone knew anything about linux I'm guessing they probably aren't too bright and the port never got fixed)

That being said, if your rig can run it it's def worth $5. Def not 15 but 5 for sure

bout 80 fps on my shitty comp

dunno if it's an os problem
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nice, what do you have? I just remember the devs saying stuff along the lines of "30fps is good enough right, that's what you get on consoles" and "you need an 8800GT or better" when it was first released (this is for windows mind you)

[Spore]

I heard the game had a hard time running on many Core 2 Duo equipped computers, while surprisingly people with Pentium 4's got off pretty well. I certainly got very good frames.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Is it bad that I didn't really like Braid? Just couldn't get into it for whatever reason; something about the timed puzzles and having to think on the fly utterly bamboozled my one track mind >.<

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

Played the demo and it was ok.  Ran very nice for me.

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[quote author=diglett link=topic=3591.msg112742#msg112742 date=1252721358]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3591.msg112716#msg112716 date=1252715123]
Last I heard Braid ran like ass on PC and had ridiculous requirements (worse than TF2)

Dunno if they ever fixed any of that (seeing as the devs were asking if anyone knew anything about linux I'm guessing they probably aren't too bright and the port never got fixed)

That being said, if your rig can run it it's def worth $5. Def not 15 but 5 for sure

bout 80 fps on my shitty comp

dunno if it's an os problem
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nice, what do you have? I just remember the devs saying stuff along the lines of "30fps is good enough right, that's what you get on consoles" and "you need an 8800GT or better" when it was first released (this is for windows mind you)
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well, this is how i think, lol, quad core with an 8800GT but a fairly shitty fan/hard drive, so basically i can only play for an hour or so but it's usually pretty nice

[KorJax]

Braid uses more memory/resources than you would expect out of a 2D game but that's mostly because it uses particle effects out of the wazzoo on all the levels and the fact that basically must remember every action/location/state you played in the level, which has to be stored in memory somehow because you can rewind time infinitely (which is used to solve many puzzles).

That said it still runs pretty good on lower end computers.  I was able to run on "low detail mode" (aka the same thing except without the shader model 3 particle effects used) on my sister's crappy laptop decently well, going at about 15-25 FPS.  Atleast until I got to world three, where it ran at 1 FPS. World 3 is the world where time only moves forward if you move forward, and reverse if you move in reverse, etc.  I guess the way that world was made was to store all the possible future locations/events/enemies/effects on the level in memory at the same time in order to make sure everything was consisitant.  Atleast, that's my only explanation for it.

[Darklink]

knights of the old republic is totally worth it

[beep beep diglett]

knights of the old republic is totally worth it

yes

kotor 2 is ok but it kinda blows compared to 1

[Darklink]

[quote author=darrrk link=topic=3591.msg113147#msg113147 date=1252882620]
knights of the old republic is totally worth it

yes

kotor 2 is ok but it kinda blows compared to 1
[/quote]2 is buggy as fuck

[Surf314]

Bugs killed KOTOR for me

[Darklink]

Bugs killed KOTOR for me

I'm not sure if it's the game, a bug, or my computer, but when I get going fast on a swoop bike it looks like someone jizzed dead pixels all over my screen.

[zaneyard]

gmod is five bucks

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=3591.msg113338#msg113338 date=1252960326]
Bugs killed KOTOR for me

I'm not sure if it's the game, a bug, or my computer, but when I get going fast on a swoop bike it looks like someone jizzed dead pixels all over my screen.
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Odd.  Mine works fine.  You running an ATI card?  Catalyst AI sometimes buggers with old games.  If it's ATI, try turning that off.

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[quote author=diglett link=topic=3591.msg113153#msg113153 date=1252883446]
[quote author=darrrk link=topic=3591.msg113147#msg113147 date=1252882620]
knights of the old republic is totally worth it

yes

kotor 2 is ok but it kinda blows compared to 1
[/quote]2 is buggy as fuck
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honestly when i played i didnt encounter many bugs, just getting stuck and a save getting corrupted once, but it was a short game

[Mr. Face]

gmod is five bucks

Picture on updates looks SO AWESOME

[Darklink]

Karrde link=topic=3591.msg113359#msg113359 date=1252965207]
[quote author=darrrk link=topic=3591.msg113345#msg113345 date=1252962492]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=3591.msg113338#msg113338 date=1252960326]
Bugs killed KOTOR for me

I'm not sure if it's the game, a bug, or my computer, but when I get going fast on a swoop bike it looks like someone jizzed dead pixels all over my screen.
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Odd.  Mine works fine.  You running an ATI card?  Catalyst AI sometimes buggers with old games.  If it's ATI, try turning that off.
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I have newer drivers, but I uninstalled Catalyst.

[copulatingduck]

Not steam but I'm too lazy to make a new thread so suck my balls

http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5

Direct2Drive selling 50+ titles for $5 each, 50 new titles every week, for 5 weeks. Some baddies mostly, but def some goodies in there too.

[beep beep diglett]

Not steam but I'm too lazy to make a new thread so suck my balls

http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5

Direct2Drive selling 50+ titles for $5 each, 50 new titles every week, for 5 weeks. Some baddies mostly, but def some goodies in there too.

too bad d2d is kinda shit

there's some nice stuff on there

[Darklink]

Not steam but I'm too lazy to make a new thread so suck my balls

http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5

Direct2Drive selling 50+ titles for $5 each, 50 new titles every week, for 5 weeks. Some baddies mostly, but def some goodies in there too.

Saints Row 2
Bioshock
Max Payne 2
Far Cry

[Eschatos]

Just bought AssCreed for $5 off Steam.