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You mean like voice chat isn't working? Or voices don't play in the single-player campaign? If the latter, talk about an experience-ruining bug!

Well 20 is for the complete pack. I could get the base game alone for like 7.50$... But I figured if I do get it I might as well get the whole package while it's so cheap.

Have any of you guys played Spore and if so would you recommend it? The base game and both expansions are all 75% off (bringing the complete pack from 80$ to a very reasonable 20$) but I'm really on the fence. I feel like I'm long overdue to try it. I've only ever seen people playing it, and even then not for very long. I never experienced the full game experience for myself and having recently gotten into Civilization, I feel like I might enjoy it (though I realize it's really nothing like Civ in terms of gameplay, but there are some basic similarities in general).

You know, now that you mention it, there was one time when enemies were coming at me from behind and I turned around and it seemed like Isaac had turned more quickly than he used to, but it was very subtle so I didn't pay that much attention to it.

When I saw that Chew was posting details this afternoon, I got the hell out of this thread. Even though it's a demo, I didn't want to "spoil" any part of it. Just played it and it's.. the same. That's not a bad thing, it just surprised me a bit. Very often, I find that sequels will feel slightly different from the original. Whether it's because the devs tweaked the controls a bit or altered the camera slightly. Here, everything was identical, as far as I could tell. Felt right at home Though the fact that it's more of the same (and that half of the demo is what was shown at E3) means that I'm neither more or less hyped than I was before playing the demo. It's only a month from release and I don't have that giddy excitement and eagerness I felt for other big sequels like Uncharted 2 or Mass Effect 2. Might be because I replayed the original twice in a row over the summer to get the platinum trophy. Oh well, if anything the demo at least reassured me that the game will be as good as the original, if not better.

The original version of MGS 3 is just as playable as Subsistence. It just has that top-down camera every previous MGS game had and some people don't like it. The Subsistence version is pretty much the same except for an added and completely optional 3rd-person camera. It helped in some contexts and absolutely did not work in others. I found myself constantly switching between the two. Subsistence is hands-down the superior version of the product, but to say that the original version is unplayable is a gross exaggeration.

Ha, my backlog is just too large for me to give myself a timeframe to get through it. My goal is a more achievable one for the christmas break: finish games I've started recently but for some reason never finished. Those would be: Metro 2033 Bayonetta GTA: EFLC Red Faction: Guerilla (started this last summer, probably gonna have to start over...) And of course I wouldn't have such an insane backlog if I didn't constantly do stupid shit like starting new games when I've already got so many to finish. For example, I started playing Darksiders and Just Cause 2 this week. And then there's the steam christmas sale. I don't even want to think of the effect it will have on my backlog. I bought stuff last year that I haven't gotten around to even installing yet...

I assume it's out on Xbox Live ? No way in hell has PSN already been updated at 2PM....

There's a school in the first one but I don't remember bodies falling out of lockers. So that probably was in SH2, which I did not play. I really want them to release a Silent Hill HD Collection for the PS3...

Yeah, the original Silent Hill is an amazing game. It shames me that I only played it for the first time when it got released on PSN last year It creeped me right the fuck out and I loved every second of it! The atmosphere in that game is just perfect and it's quite an accomplishment that it's not ruined by the horribly dated graphics! Got the bad ending, though.. So I need to replay it at some point.

For me, Firefly is "the one that got away". Whenever I'm reminded of it, I can't help but wonder what might have been If only it had lasted a few more seasons... It died before it ever had a chance of reaching it's prime, and it was just so damn good. :'( WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!

I'd say contact steam support? That kinda stuff seems to happen a lot during big Steam sales, but it never happened to me

I think Kayce said something about wanting to play but being on X360 when we played for the first time.

Most awesome bird ever.

The only christmas song you'll ever need.

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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1659244

That's because you played without me!

Yeah, that's definitely the smartest way to go about it. Anything that's not a daily deal can get a better discount ( unless it's already ridiculously low, like under 5 bucks). So far this looks awesome all around. The store in unsurprisingly unbrowsable at the moment, though... Was hoping for a bigger discount on F3 GOTY, so that's kind of a bummer, but I'll probably get it anyway. Bad Company 2 is pretty appealing at that price, but I've already completed the SP campaign and I don't really see myself playing much of the multiplayer, so that would be the very definition of an impulse purchase... Will definitely be grabbing Super Meat Boy, though. Surprised to see it on such a big discount since it just came out.

Yeah, the Oddbox thing was one of the unofficial sources I mentioned. They actually mentioned the sale on their blog. I might get Stranger's Wrath. Never played it but heard good things. Also, another more official hint was that on the very first day of the treasure hunt, the 100 games giveaway instructions said to "log in on the 20th, the first day of the christmas sale". They quickly removed that last part but someone snatched a screenshot and posted it on the Steam forums

Don't worry about that. I'm playing enough for the both of us Also, it's been confirmed through various unofficial sources (one being Valve themselves) that tomorrow, well, technically today in this timezone, (Dec 20th) marks the first day of Steam's proper holiday sale. Who's going on a shopping spree? Since their current practice seems to be timed deals, I'm hoping they'll stick to their previous formula of 24 hours. I find that the 48 hours of the treasure hunt are way too long. 24 hours is plenty to figure out whether I want to buy a game or not.

You mean killing me while I'm typing Hahahaha I'd probably do much better if I wasn't also trying to keep up with what goes on in forum chat. My PS3 and PC are hooked up to the same LCD monitor, so I actually have to fire up my laptop to be in chat while playing... It's not an optimal setup

So uh, do I need to get up earlier than 3PM to play tomorrow ? or are we waiting until Ubi gets their shit together so everyone can play?

Those are either games I've played a whole lot of, or games that had a huge impact on me. I still have vivid memories of when I played most of them for the first time. Thief II: The Metal Age I played this years ago and it is still to this day the best stealth game there ever was, in my opinion. I had played other stealth games before it, but that one had that little something special about it. The levels were just memorable and if you were going about it like a moron, the enemies would have little troubles ending you. Deus Ex It's hard to pick an all-time favorite game when there are so many good ones, but the original Deus Ex is always the first one that comes to mind whenever I need to pick one. The only thing I can fault it for is that it's so goddamned ugly, even for its time. But the story is so good, the gameplay so deep and varied depending on what skills you focused on, that if you can get over blocky characters and generic artistic design, you're pretty much guaranteed to have an experience both memorable and unique. I replayed it last summer and it was just as thrilling as it was when I first played it about 10 years ago. The presentation isn't exactly cinematic, but the game feels like you're playing a movie because so much detail went into crafting the story. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell The first Splinter Cell is hardly the best in the series, but it was an eye-opener for me. It is the reason I am a big fan of the Tom Clancy license to this day. I mean, I had played stuff like the first Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon long before, but they were too hard for me at that age so I didn't enjoy them very much at the time. Not only was SC visually impressive at the time (mainly for its lighting) it also offered very rewarding gameplay. Whatever you did in that game, when you did it well it made you feel like a complete badass. Half-Life I considered putting HL2 but decided to go with the original. I played it long before HL2 came out and it was one of the first FPS I played on my PC. Also, Half-Life is the game that made me realize that while there's nothing wrong with cutscenes, a game doesn't need them to be cinematic and/or tell a good story. The first time I walked Gordon Freeman through that failed experiment that started the incident at Black Mesa is definitely a standout gaming memory. It made you feel like you were Gordon Freeman that much more because you had literally caused that mess yourself, by proxy of him. No cutscene can accomplish that. Metal Gear Solid I'm a huge MGS fan. I love the stealth genre in general and while the MGS series isn't the best when it comes to stealth, it has a pretty gripping story and more interesting characters than most games in the genre. The first time I played this game wasn't actually when it first came out on the original PlayStation because I never had one. No, it was years later on my PC and it freaking blew my mind. Solid Snake's mission through the Shadow Moses facility ranks high on my list of "most epic stuff evar". Personally, I love it when a game is cinematic, whether it's through elaborate cutscenes or in-game scripted events. That's why I love stuff like Call of Duty or Uncharted. Metal Gear Solid is, I think, what made me realize how awesome a properly executed cinematic game could be. People may complain all they want about how the MGS series has overly long cutscenes, but I think this one was perfectly paced. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Like I said above, I'm a huge MGS fan. I love them all, even MGS2. So there's not much else to say here that I didn't just say above except for the fact that I think MGS3 is the best game in the series. Even MGS4 didn't live up to it, for me. Sure, Octocamo was pretty insane and impressive and they improved the shooting mechanics a lot. MGS1 had the better story. But MGS3 put you in the shoes of motherfucking Big Boss. And the controls were so deep that it took me multiple playthroughs before fully mastering how to do everything. Before this game I had never realized how pressure sensitive the Dual Shock 2's buttons were. I played this game to completion more times than I can recall. I even did a run where I shot all the freaking hidden frogs ( think it unlocked stealth camo ) and that was BEFORE trophies and achievements. Chrono Trigger CT wasn't the first JRPG I played, but damn if it didn't put all the others to shame. Sadly, I never finished it. And even if I ever do get around to finishing it, I don't think I'll ever see all the possible endings. But this game is the genre at its best. The story is insanely epic and so are the characters. This game is why I love JRPGs as much as I do. When done right, they can be amazing. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past While OOT is often regarded as the best Zelda game, ALTTP is the one that made me a fan of the series. I remember watching a friend play it back when it had just come out, and I just HAD to play that game. It was unlike any game I'd ever seen or played before. I had picked Genesis over SNES, though, so it took a few years before I could play it. But when I finally got it, I just couldn't stop playing. I played and replayed this game to the point where I knew it by heart and I wasn't even having any fun doing it. It was just better than doing nothing. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves I hesitated to put U2 on my grid. I had already replaced KOTOR with Half-Life and putting Uncharted 2 meant there would not be room for Resident Evil 2. But Uncharted 2 kinda speaks more of who I am as a gamer and ties things up nicely as it fits with other games I picked. I mentioned how I love my games to be cinematic. Well, Uncharted 2 is the epitome of that. It is the cinematic game by excellence. MGS4's cutscenes were overly long, even for a die hard fan like me. I loved every second of them on my first playthrough. But when I replayed the game a year later, I found myself skipping over half of them. Uncharted doesn't have that problem. The cutscenes are short and to the point. And not only that but it mixes the two kind of .. cinematism (?) I mentioned so far. You've got the cutscenes, but you've also got the in-game scripted events. Stuff like when Drake's being chased by the truck at the beginning of the Urban Warfare level or the whole helicopter chase on the rooftops, especially the part where you jump out of the collapsing building. That's the kind of moment I game for. When your jaw drops and you just stare at the screen and can't believe what the hell just happened.

Don't forget that when it was only you and me trying to connect with Smooves, whoever connected first to the game was okay while the other was told the session was unreachable.