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There are quite a lot of good deals right now... the Shadowrun games for $3-$5, Dragonborn DLC for $6. Deux Ex:MD $30. Baldur's Gate II Enhanced is $8, Saint's Row IV $3.74. There is a DX+Steam Controller bundle that is kind of attractive right now.
I have such a backlog I don't think I'm going to get anything right now, but I was considering the Deux Ex deal and the Shadowrun games.
I have such a backlog I don't think I'm going to get anything right now, but I was considering the Deux Ex deal and the Shadowrun games.
I have ridiculous amounts of hours listed for some games. That's because I will play for a bit then minimize it, then come back later. In some cases it may be sitting idle for days and days. Recently I had Wasteland 2 running for over a week. Thinking about it now, I left Deus Ex: Mankind Divided running all day yesterday and overnight last night. Should still be running right now.
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There is a police procedural on Steam right now.
This is the Police
http://store.steampowered.com/app/443810/
I have this on my wishlist. Has positive reviews in general. though read some of the negative ones... there is some useful decision making info there. IIRC something about at some point, you have to cross a line in the game even if you had played it straight from the beginning. Have not looked at in awhile so not sure if that's still an issue. Initially when I looked at it, I think the reviews were mixed because of that and a few other issues. Now it's swayed toward generally favorable.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (All CG Cutscenes HD)
A Collection of every CG cutscene in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
https://youtu.be/AiKooyv9gcI
A Collection of every CG cutscene in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
https://youtu.be/AiKooyv9gcI
That was my thought as well. I thought that had been shutdown years ago.[url=http://meincmagazine.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=32615991#p32615991:34hs4znk said:krimhorn[/url]":34hs4znk]So what's the bigger news? That Asheron's Call is shutting down or that Asheron's Call was still running!?
With Ultima Online (UO), there were (still are?) a number of "free shards' running. One of them was run by someone from Ars or Arsclan. I played there for a little while. It was a lot of fun. I know what one eventually shutdown. I don't know if any free shards still exists.[url=http://meincmagazine.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=32625667#p32625667:ctyutsc3 said:
As to how you reach the payer run servers, in the case of UO, I'm trying to recall... I believe there was a client launcher that integrated with the game and allowed you to specify your server(s).
EVGA has had pretty good support in the past. I've had to RMA a couple cards... at one point, they sent me a newer card... basically an upgrade because the one I was having issues with was phasing out. It was just that one line of card that I had trouble with... a 480 I think.
Some services let you turn off 2FA. At least time I checked.
I switched phones, not phone numbers, a couple years back while playing The Old Republic. They have their own authenticator app. I forgot about it and had to authorize the new phone. To do so, I had to login using the questions/answers they let you setup. I was then able to remove the authenticator and attach it to the new phone. It took only a few minutes.
That's just one example. It was the only one using 2FA at the time. I have since setup a bunch of other services using 2FA. But while setting them up, there was always an option to turn it off.
I switched phones, not phone numbers, a couple years back while playing The Old Republic. They have their own authenticator app. I forgot about it and had to authorize the new phone. To do so, I had to login using the questions/answers they let you setup. I was then able to remove the authenticator and attach it to the new phone. It took only a few minutes.
That's just one example. It was the only one using 2FA at the time. I have since setup a bunch of other services using 2FA. But while setting them up, there was always an option to turn it off.
You don't have to play the Deus Ex games using stealth. There might be the occasional mission that nets you better results by being silent, but you can go all out, using your Typhoon and automatic weapons to your heart's content. Dropping down from a high point to do the superhero-landing and knock enemies on their butts is always fun.
robocopy will make all of this go very smooth and easy. it's part of the OS, a command line tool.
PSA: https://www.dx-revision.com/ is a mod for Deus Ex. It's available as a standalone installer or as DLC for the Steam GotY edition.
The comments for the front page article about Warren Spector on Deus Ex clued me in to this mod/DLC. I knew there were HD mods out there, and I knew about one that made some level changes. Though last I read it had some serious problems. DX Revision seems to be very comprehensive. Maybe it's the same mod, just several revisions later. I don't know. Looking for game play videos, most are a year or more old. The most recent I could find is 6 months old and a few patches old.
Among the things it does is to add Steam achievements, widescreen support, level design changes. There is an addition to the UNATCO HQ, new game play difficulty mode.
Looks interesting. I will probably give it a try after I finish this ME1 run I'm doing. Have not done DX in some time. Next to ME1-3 and KotOR1-2 It's had the most replays.
The comments for the front page article about Warren Spector on Deus Ex clued me in to this mod/DLC. I knew there were HD mods out there, and I knew about one that made some level changes. Though last I read it had some serious problems. DX Revision seems to be very comprehensive. Maybe it's the same mod, just several revisions later. I don't know. Looking for game play videos, most are a year or more old. The most recent I could find is 6 months old and a few patches old.
Among the things it does is to add Steam achievements, widescreen support, level design changes. There is an addition to the UNATCO HQ, new game play difficulty mode.
Looks interesting. I will probably give it a try after I finish this ME1 run I'm doing. Have not done DX in some time. Next to ME1-3 and KotOR1-2 It's had the most replays.
So I installed DX Revision through Steam as that's where I have DX. It shows up as a separate game in your library that you launch. I fired it up just to take a look around.
It was pretty nice running it at a 4K resolution and have the UI scale really well. There are quite a few customization options available right in the UI. These include appearance as well as game play. Among the game play customizations are some difficulty modes like a survival mode and really crazy difficulty modes... like all enemies running at you and exploding, or all enemies being cloaked, limited inventory modes, and some other modes that were crazy. That's when you're screwing around and they're giving you a lot of options to make it easy for you to do so.
Game play is really smooth. I ran around a bit, dove into the water and swam around, got into a fight where I was quickly killed. Looks like this will be really well worthwhile.
It was pretty nice running it at a 4K resolution and have the UI scale really well. There are quite a few customization options available right in the UI. These include appearance as well as game play. Among the game play customizations are some difficulty modes like a survival mode and really crazy difficulty modes... like all enemies running at you and exploding, or all enemies being cloaked, limited inventory modes, and some other modes that were crazy. That's when you're screwing around and they're giving you a lot of options to make it easy for you to do so.
Game play is really smooth. I ran around a bit, dove into the water and swam around, got into a fight where I was quickly killed. Looks like this will be really well worthwhile.
lol, the first I do whenever I get a new video card is fire up any games I currently have installed... I'll even install one or two that I could not max before the upgrade just so I can look at them.
I don't necessarily start playing them all... I usually only play 1... maybe 2 at most at a time. But I'll fire them up and go through the opening or load specific saves so I can ogle various events and areas within the game.
I don't necessarily start playing them all... I usually only play 1... maybe 2 at most at a time. But I'll fire them up and go through the opening or load specific saves so I can ogle various events and areas within the game.
I think logins expire over time... a very long time. Same thing happens with Origin and with web sites... there is an expiration.That happened to me too. Got the phone call from the kids while I was at work "dad, rocket league is asking for a login." Of course with steam guard I can't even just tell them the password or write it down for them.
I dunno. It's been ages since I had to delete registry.blob to fix whatever oddball problem stemn was having, so there's that.
On the other hand it completely forgot my login info the other day
I know my hours are skewed as I will leave games running while I step away, sometimes for hours or days at a time.
My top ten list I can believe... well I didn't think I spent that much time in Skyrim. Though I know that was a game I did minimize a lot.
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Mass Effect 2 - 1001 hours
Fallout 4 - 949 hours
Mass Effect - 846 hours
Skyrim - 551 hours
Dragon Age: Origins - 486 hours
Fallout: New Vegas - 429 hours
Witcher 3 - 423 hours
GTA: San Andreas - 383 hours
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DC) - 336 hours
The Witcher: Enhand Edition - 271 hoursI've played the first one a few times, the last time being a run through 1 and 2 before 3 came out. Both are very playable. I still love the little intermissions and also how your choices affect things later... even if it's just narrative.
Of course it's not without flaws, but it is definitely playable and fun.
Of course it's not without flaws, but it is definitely playable and fun.
A regular deck of cards. poker chips optional.
You don't have to play poker. There are tons of card games that can be played. Even if you did play poker, you don't have to play for real money.
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You don't have to play poker. There are tons of card games that can be played. Even if you did play poker, you don't have to play for real money.
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There is a 75% off sale at GoG right now. Some titles are 1.49USD. Includes a all the Ultima games through 9, all the Winger Commander games invluing Privateer. Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret, Syndicate Plus and Syndicate Wars. There are a bunch of others as well. Oh yeah, Jade Empire if you still don't have it. Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition is 4.49 I think. Crysis and Crysis Wars are in the sale. Forget how much.
I have several like that. I probably picked them up in bundled sales that included those titles or individual sales when they were like $1 or $2 or something.
I love the game Dishonored. I picked up Dishonored 2 during the recent Steam sale. I started it and the opening didn't quite jive for me. Someone suggested I play the expansions for the original game. So I picked those up: There are two story expansions for Dishonored. They give some background that help with understanding the opening of Dishonored 2. These are really just fantastic games in a lot of ways.
During all this I noticed the games are made by Arkane Studios. So I got curious about what other games they made. Among them isDark Messiah of Might and Magic. I think this game is often under rated. The story is pretty terrible and it's got some really cheesy character design, but the game play itself is outstanding. The combat physics allow for some really great moments and for a lot of variation in repeat attempts. I've played that game a few times just to experience the fun of the combat and physics.
During all this I noticed the games are made by Arkane Studios. So I got curious about what other games they made. Among them isDark Messiah of Might and Magic. I think this game is often under rated. The story is pretty terrible and it's got some really cheesy character design, but the game play itself is outstanding. The combat physics allow for some really great moments and for a lot of variation in repeat attempts. I've played that game a few times just to experience the fun of the combat and physics.
I'll dive back into it. I'm just going through the Daud expansions first to get the background on Delilah.
It is an excellent game. All three have been excellent games. Sure they each have their issues*... but overall game play and story are fantastic in all three. And all three are great to look at.
* W1 - the clicky combat system was not great. And there was an awful lot of back and forth with the swamps.
* W2 - Boss fights suck. Period.
* W3 - collections and missions without meaning. This usually happens with side missions. Actually there were few missions with which I had issues. IIRC most of them were still pretty fun to do with satisfying conclusions. By contrast, a great many Mass Effect: Andromeda missions not only needlessly had you planet hopping, but often just had no satisfactory conclusion. Or Fallout Radiant missions that had you crossing from one of the map to the other for no reason. At least those were relatively short most of the time. In W3 I think most of your side missions were executed near the hub... you were not criss-crossing the continent to talk to different people nor to complete the mission. So they cut down on any feelings of tediousness.
This and they improve a lot of annoying things about the original game's mechanics and UIs. They make them worthwhile to play.
this. FF was enabled through changing the game difficulty from Baldur's to Icewind to NWN. But you had to accept the other values with it which included things like increased damage to you and your team as well as, I believe, changes in how sleep and healing work.
they are taking a break from the witcher series and working on cyberpunk.
Interesting what six years can do for perspective.
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Makes me wonder if I would still enjoy Dark Messiah for example.
I never did get around to playing any of those Star Trek games except a very brief stint in Star Trek Online.
I don't want to revive that thread but I'm wondering what ST games have come out since 2012. It's a property that seems like it would be fantastic equally for an RPG as well as FPS. Same with Stargate... I know there was a cancelled Stargate MMO. But you could do so much with an RPG or FPS or RTS.
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