Steam Summer Sale 2011

GhostlyPea · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:30

Bioshock 2 for £3.49 for the next 5 hours! I know it isn't meant to be as good as the first but I did enjoy the first and this is cheap enough to risk it

- Pea0n

Moothead2 · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:41

arc@css said:
Finally finished dowloading BFBC2 at about 3 in the morning, just got through the options page before starting the SP campaign, when I fell asleep at my desk.

Commitment

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CaptainRAVE · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:42

arc@css said:
I think you'll be fine. I found Dead Space to be quite a bit more of a nerve jangling game.

Finally finished dowloading BFBC2 at about 3 in the morning, just got through the options page before starting the SP campaign, when I fell asleep at my desk.

I gave up and went to bed - for most of the evniing it wasn't downloading anything at all!

arc@css · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:46

Moothead2 said:
Commitment .

soullessfire · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:48

ColdAsIce said:
Glad I purchased Magicka, looks to be a great little game. Should be loads of fun when my mate is home tonight to play some co-op.

It's a great game, even better at that price.

I think the company got a lot of bad press because it didn't work on machines with integrated graphics and was juddery on some high end machines too. Such a shame though because it's a really fun game.

Moothead2 · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:50

Going to download the demo of Magika and see if this'll be my only purchase of this days sale

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Evilsod · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:51

Its a great game just almost impossible to play co-op because of lag. If they could fix that it would be truly epic.

soullessfire · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:52

Pea0n said:
Bioshock 2 for £3.49 for the next 5 hours! I know it isn't meant to be as good as the first but I did enjoy the first and this is cheap enough to risk it

- Pea0n

It's good enough at that price, but I was really disappointed in it to be honest. The first was fresh and new and really gripping in terms of story. The second has much improved combat, but apart from a few nice story threads here and there, it just feels like an expansion for the original rather than a new game.

FoxEye · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:56

soullessfire said:
It's a great game, even better at that price.

I think the company got a lot of bad press because it didn't work on machines with integrated graphics and was juddery on some high end machines too. Such a shame though because it's a really fun game.

It's a fantastic game. The demo didn't have any juddering, but sadly the full game does for me. Running on a GTX460 & Athlon-II x3.

It's a known issue tho, so hopefully they're working on a fix.

Buckster · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:58

out of any game in last 18 months

JC2 has had by FARthe most playtime

Teaf · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:59

Pea0n said:
Bioshock 2 for £3.49 for the next 5 hours! I know it isn't meant to be as good as the first but I did enjoy the first and this is cheap enough to risk it

Kinda want it, but don't want to have to deal with GFWL :/

sHo0sH · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:03

Buckster said:
out of any game in last 18 months

JC2 has had by FARthe most playtime

You've not tried getting to 15th prestige on Black ops,

Buckster · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:12

sHooSH - no - but actually I should have caveated by saying on PC...

Black Ops on 360 I'm up to 28 hours or so - not hit 1st prestige yet though !

but JC2 at 1900 with 16xQAA looks AMAZING

Danny091 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:29

Just a heads up was having trouble downloading with it set to UK. So ive stuck it to Paris-France and its now maxing out my connection.

Moothead2 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:30

Just played through the first dungeon on the Magicka demo and it's left me even more unsure if I want to get it

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The game seemed fun enough, graphics were charming and the magic combinations were interesting but the controls were really confusing at first and just didn't feel comfortable to me, I kept healing myself by pressing W when I really wanted to walk forward and my fingers get all messed up when the shift key had to be used. It's likely it's just me and i'll probably get used to them eventually but I think i'll wait until the next sale to see if I want it.

Puppetmaster · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:41

Is the Force Unleased 1 & 2 any good? Tempted by the Star Wars pack although i already own The jedi knights, kotor and empire at war.

fruman23 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:46

Puppetmaster said:
Is the Force Unleased 1 & 2 any good? Tempted by the Star Wars pack although i already own The jedi knights, kotor and empire at war.

First game was better i thought, but 2nd has better upgrades, story etc, makes no sense, just thought the first seemed more fun to play

Nigel014 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:55

Buckster said:
sHooSH - no - but actually I should have caveated by saying on PC...

Black Ops on 360 I'm up to 28 hours or so - not hit 1st prestige yet though !

but JC2 at 1900 with 16xQAA looks AMAZING

Would you happen to know if JC2 has good eyefinity support? Just about to go for it on max settings. Hoping for no CTD...

CaptainRAVE · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:11

fruman23 said:
First game was better i thought, but 2nd has better upgrades, story etc, makes no sense, just thought the first seemed more fun to play

Same thoughts here. Very much the "console ports" (the 2nd less so imo), fun games though.

Strife212 · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:15

Nigel014 said:
Would you happen to know if JC2 has good eyefinity support? Just about to go for it on max settings. Hoping for no CTD...

It works perfectly for me with very good framerates, UI isn't centered on the middle screen though.