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Fil5000 posted:You should, but it shouldn't unlock until your region's release date regardless of where it was sent from. Unless you take the time to go through a vpn right? Or does that violate terms of service or something
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TShields posted:Thanks. Truth-be-told, I hate Steam. I've hated it since Half-Life 2. And I hate that it has overtaken the PC gaming market. It's convenient, yes, but it's also buggy and clunky and difficult to navigate. I miss the days of PC gaming not having to come with a social network.. Maybe I'm just getting old. It was buggy and clunky and hard to navigate. Nowadays it's pretty fuckin slick, and I honestly think PC gaming would be in a much worse state without it.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:33 |
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deepshock posted:You CST/EST guys are relatively lucky. Atlantic Standard Time pegs the unlock time at 4am. 4:30 am for me. Midnight Steam releases are always a pain. Why can't it be like retailers where midnight is midnight?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:46 |
Jarate posted:I seem to remember being told 9 AM today. Probably pacific time. Ah, pacific time makes sense. A few websites are starting to have DXHR reviews show up in search results, but the pages themselves aren't up yet. Just out of curiosity, a lot of articles i'm reading say that the original DX didn't do so hot commercially. Is that true? Why? Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Aug 22, 2011 |
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:46 |
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Tecman posted:edit: I wonder what he means by this:
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:52 |
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I'm kind of thinking of just biting the bullet and buying this instead of waiting to start working again. If I did, do you guys think I should get the PC or PS3 version?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:55 |
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If your computer can deal with it then PC obviously.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:57 |
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canada jezus posted:Unless you take the time to go through a vpn right? Or does that violate terms of service or something Yeah, and I don't know if it violates any TOS, but it's a grey area. I dunno if anyone would bother to prosecute or sue you over it (and I've personally had no problems doing it) but YMMV.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:03 |
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TShields posted:Thanks. Truth-be-told, I hate Steam. I've hated it since Half-Life 2. And I hate that it has overtaken the PC gaming market. It's convenient, yes, but it's also buggy and clunky and difficult to navigate. I miss the days of PC gaming not having to come with a social network.. Maybe I'm just getting old. It is literally none of these things.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:06 |
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Steam is none of those things and can be practically invisible if you want it to be.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:06 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Just out of curiosity, a lot of articles i'm reading say that the original DX didn't do so hot commercially. Is that true? Why? The original didn't do that well initially, no, despite loving outstanding reviews. Part of it was that the game had relatively high system requirements and poor performance unless you had a pretty up to date system for the time. Mostly it was just the nature of the industry and the role of the FPS at the time... the people that played FPSes didn't care about a deep story driven RPG, they wanted the next Quake 2 (because they didn't know any better, for the most part) and more importantly it didn't have multiplayer, which was basically the major feature any FPS at that time had to have. The people that liked RPGs dismissed it because it was an FPS and therefore it clearly would have to be shallow and twitchy. It was only after several months of word of mouth and rave reviews and awards (game came out in June-ish, awards were all doled out in December or later) that it suddenly showed up on people's radar. Kind of a shame (What a shame, if you will), but it happens. Pretty often, unfortunately. Chalk it up to video game sales and marketing being short sighted and mostly out of touch with the reality of the industry on the consumer level. Fuzz fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Aug 22, 2011 |
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Pwnstar posted:It is literally none of these things. Not anymore that is. It was really rough when it started
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:11 |
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Heti posted:Steam is none of those things and can be practically invisible if you want it to be. Yeah, but any time you see someone say they've "hated it since Half-life 2" you have to start throwing out their arguments because they obviously had a bad experience years ago and haven't bothered with it again. It's just a shame that there are apparently still people out there that hold on to this misguided view.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:14 |
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I need a good reason to skip work tomorrow so I can stay up all night playing Deus Ex. Hmm...
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:15 |
Fuzz posted:The original didn't do that well initially, no, despite loving outstanding reviews. Part of it was that the game had relatively high system requirements and poor performance unless you had a pretty up to date system for the time. Mostly it was just the nature of the industry and the role of the FPS at the time... the people that played FPSes didn't care about a deep story driven RPG, they wanted the next Quake 2 (because they didn't know any better, for the most part) and more importantly it didn't have multiplayer, which was basically the major feature any FPS at that time had to have. The people that liked RPGs dismissed it because it was an FPS and therefore it clearly would have to be shallow and twitchy. It was only after several months of word of mouth and rave reviews and awards (game came out in June-ish, awards were all doled out in December or later) that it suddenly showed up on people's radar. That makes sense. I know I was following games pretty closely at the time -- I bought just about every game Origin put out, etc. -- and I didn't find out about it for a good few years, and didn't buy it until I saw the Playstation version discounted in a bargain bin.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:17 |
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Pwnstar posted:It is literally none of these things. Only a couple more days till it's out in Australia - I can't loving wait, mate! I played the leak maybe about 10 times. My last play-through was pretty much a run in the style I will play my character in the full version with social and hacking augs focused on then moving on to augs to help with weapon handling. Basically I will be a smooth talking hacking silenced weapon ninja guy I didn't ready any of the books or explore any of the conversation trees that I wasn't required to to try and keep the start of the game as fresh as possible with the full version. Looking forward to slowly creeping through the game come Wednesday night. Just a quick question - what aug do I need to upgrade to reduce aiming sway when using the sniper rifle? They are the only augmentations I never got around to toying with.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:17 |
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-Dethstryk- posted:Yeah, but any time you see someone say they've "hated it since Half-life 2" you have to start throwing out their arguments because they obviously had a bad experience years ago and haven't bothered with it again. It's just a shame that there are apparently still people out there that hold on to this misguided view. Good point, didn't see that part.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:18 |
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I think Steam has done more good than harm. My biggest gripe is that it needs 2-3 windows open sometimes. Just integrate the buddy list into the side of the store/community/etc window.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:19 |
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Siroc posted:I think Steam has done more good than harm. My biggest gripe is that it needs 2-3 windows open sometimes. Just integrate the buddy list into the side of the store/community/etc window. That's why windows 7 owns.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:20 |
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Destructoid review accidentally went live, but they took it back down before I had the sense to copy&paste it. Anyway, Jim Sterling gave it a 9.5/10. Check for this in two-three hours or so. http://www.destructoid.com/review-deus-ex-human-revolution-209544.phtml edit: also, https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/105659315641253888 Oh, found a copy&paste job on the Eidos forums: quote:Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution acidreflux fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Aug 22, 2011 |
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Heti posted:That's why windows 7 owns. Can you elaborate? I have windows 7.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:22 |
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Siroc posted:Can you elaborate? I have windows 7. The thing where all windows are in a group on the taskbar. It's on by default. You don't have to click, just mouse over it. I always have a billion windows open so I get a lot of use out of it. Heti fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Aug 22, 2011 |
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Siroc posted:Can you elaborate? I have windows 7. I think he means the windows 7 taskbar always collapsing program groups. I never liked it (just meant one more click to get what I wanted), but to each his own.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:25 |
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Bought the game and pre-loading now. Decided to get the Augmented Edition. I'm gonna give the copy of Deus Ex 1 to my nephew.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:29 |
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Jumping on the bandwagon way later, but I just finished pre-loading. HR is one of the few recent games where I've been relatively blind to preview stuff. Haven't played the leak, and I've only seen the first early trailers. I'm nervous, but I'm excited.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:33 |
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I've somehow managed to see nothing about the game beyond goon opinions that the leak was good and I lucked out on getting tomorrow off. Good times
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:36 |
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Honest Thief posted:Not anymore that is. It was really rough when it started Okay, but it's 2011 now and 99.9% of people don't have any issues with steam except for extremely minor things or issues affecting all of five people.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:42 |
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drat! I really regret getting the normal edition on steam. I want to upgrade to the augmented edition.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:43 |
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Jim Sterling actually likes a good game? What the loving gently caress.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:43 |
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isk posted:Jim Sterling actually likes a good game? What the loving gently caress. What's funny about this is, his "hating" on games is just literally trolling for site views. If he likes a good game, but hates all these other ones, it's probably likely they (either squeenix or destructoid) told him to smarten up and drop the act for a game.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:50 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:drat! I really regret getting the normal edition on steam. I want to upgrade to the augmented edition. Why? Am I the only person that thought the Augmented edition looked sorta lame?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:50 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:drat! I really regret getting the normal edition on steam. I want to upgrade to the augmented edition. Can't you just ask for a refund and then buy the augmented edition?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 16:51 |
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Fuzz posted:Why? Am I the only person that thought the Augmented edition looked sorta lame? Because Eidos Montreal needs my god drat money.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:02 |
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GreenBuckanneer posted:What's funny about this is, his "hating" on games is just literally trolling for site views. If he likes a good game, but hates all these other ones, it's probably likely they (either squeenix or destructoid) told him to smarten up and drop the act for a game. Who wants to bet the review "accidentally" going up was just another ruse for site views?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:03 |
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GreenBuckanneer posted:What's funny about this is, his "hating" on games is just literally trolling for site views. If he likes a good game, but hates all these other ones, it's probably likely they (either squeenix or destructoid) told him to smarten up and drop the act for a game. He's the head reviews editor. If he likes a game he likes a game. If he hates a game he destroys it. No one tells him what to write.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:04 |
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RPS's review is up http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/22/70336/
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:04 |
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Also, whoever claimed EDGE gave this a 10/10 was full of poo poo. It's a 9/10: http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/deus-ex-human-revolution-review
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:05 |
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So dutch site tweakers.net gave it a 9, praising it for being a thinking shooter. Low points are animations and the social bits.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:06 |
hahah, from Gamespy's review:quote:
Their overall score is 4/5 --- they say it's a great game but has some flaws that make it fall short of being Game of the Year material.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:06 |
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"It was loving amazing and included everything including a working kitchen sink, so DX:HR gets 4/5 stars. It's no call of duty or halo 3 but it's decent." -Every game reviewer today Stupid reviews, they stopped being worth reading like 10 years ago.
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