Game deals Discussion thread

[Eschatos]

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[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=3591.msg129494#msg129494 date=1262062888]
[quote author=Karthmas link=topic=3591.msg129488#msg129488 date=1262059739]
If your internet goes out, you won't be able to play prey anyways. :X

false. 
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Does Steam not require internets even force non-internet games?
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File -> Go Offline
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But to go offline, you have to be online.  So unless you already know that you're not going to have internet soon, it's kinda useless.

[Coppanuva]

[quote author=K2 link=topic=3591.msg129502#msg129502 date=1262069782]
[quote author=Karthmas link=topic=3591.msg129499#msg129499 date=1262067827]
[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=3591.msg129494#msg129494 date=1262062888]
[quote author=Karthmas link=topic=3591.msg129488#msg129488 date=1262059739]
If your internet goes out, you won't be able to play prey anyways. :X

false. 
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Does Steam not require internets even force non-internet games?
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File -> Go Offline
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But to go offline, you have to be online.  So unless you already know that you're not going to have internet soon, it's kinda useless.
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No, I've had it ask me to go offline when I had no connection and managed todo it.

[cbre88x]

[quote author=K2 link=topic=3591.msg129502#msg129502 date=1262069782]
[quote author=Karthmas link=topic=3591.msg129499#msg129499 date=1262067827]
[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=3591.msg129494#msg129494 date=1262062888]
[quote author=Karthmas link=topic=3591.msg129488#msg129488 date=1262059739]
If your internet goes out, you won't be able to play prey anyways. :X

false. 
[/quote]
Does Steam not require internets even force non-internet games?
[/quote]
File -> Go Offline
[/quote]
But to go offline, you have to be online.  So unless you already know that you're not going to have internet soon, it's kinda useless.
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no, when there is no connection after steam tries to connect it asks if you want to go into offline mode. how long have you guys been using Steam again?

edit: I just reiterated what Coppa said.

double edit: to make post relevant to the thread...how good is SH:H on the PC? Going to buy Jade Empire..probably..

[Geoff]

yeah, you definitely have to have logged in before offline mode though.

[cbre88x]

yeah, you definitely have to have logged in before offline mode though.

Directly from the Steam website:

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.

[Tricks]

[quote author=jeff link=topic=3591.msg129567#msg129567 date=1262109823]
yeah, you definitely have to have logged in before offline mode though.

Directly from the Steam website:

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.


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Right. If you've read the computers thread, you know that my connection was out for 3-4 days a little while ago. I played through all of Mass Effect through steam without issue in offline mode. Clearly no TF2 or anything, but you can play single-player games just fine.

[Geoff]

[quote author=jeff link=topic=3591.msg129567#msg129567 date=1262109823]
yeah, you definitely have to have logged in before offline mode though.

Directly from the Steam website:

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.


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\/(o_o)\/   Steam needs to get your account data somehow, so you need to have been previously logged in.  It's happened to me before, I had been using offline mode for months on end on an old computer of mine, then somehow it got logged out and wouldn't let me use offline mode.

[Spore]

[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=3591.msg129569#msg129569 date=1262110896]
[quote author=jeff link=topic=3591.msg129567#msg129567 date=1262109823]
yeah, you definitely have to have logged in before offline mode though.

Directly from the Steam website:

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.


[/quote]

\/(o_o)\/   Steam needs to get your account data somehow, so you need to have been previously logged in.  It's happened to me before, I had been using offline mode for months on end on an old computer of mine, then somehow it got logged out and wouldn't let me use offline mode.
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I believe offline made requires that you have your account login information saved to your computer. That's all.

[backfire]

Nothing interesting today.

Also, avoid Silent Hill Homecoming like the plague. It's nothing like the other ones. It's sorta like what Resi 4 did to the series, but it doesn't fit for Silent Hill. It's not meant to be an action third person shooter. Games are always much scarier when the best weapon you have is a pipe. That's why games like Penumbra and Condemned were so nerve wracking. You're always much more on edge walking though a foggy street when you can't instantly annihilate every monster that walks on screen.

Also, clichéd graveyard scene was horrible.

[beep beep diglett]

anyone hear anything good about king arthur rpg? looks like medieval total war with a main character + stats and such, which i like

[cbre88x]

Nothing interesting today.

Also, avoid Silent Hill Homecoming like the plague. It's nothing like the other ones. It's sorta like what Resi 4 did to the series, but it doesn't fit for Silent Hill. It's not meant to be an action third person shooter. Games are always much scarier when the best weapon you have is a pipe. That's why games like Penumbra and Condemned were so nerve wracking. You're always much more on edge walking though a foggy street when you can't instantly annihilate every monster that walks on screen.

Also, clichéd graveyard scene was horrible.

I got it for PS3 and its ok..just wondering if there are interesting mods.

[Wedge]

Jade Empire is good if you haven't played, it, but yeah.

[Coppanuva]

Jade Empire is good if you haven't played, it, but yeah.

Yep. Also, Republic Commando is only $5. That game is awesome and I love it. I will also love any of you who get it and will play with me.

[KorJax]

Thinking about getting chaos theory for $5.

Y/n?

It would be the first game I would get from the sale

[cbre88x]

Thinking about getting chaos theory for $5.
Y/n?
It would be the first game I would get from the sale

got it on my PS2 awhile back. good game. dont know about the PC version

[Turtle]

[quote author=KorJax link=topic=3591.msg129662#msg129662 date=1262147404]
Thinking about getting chaos theory for $5.
Y/n?
It would be the first game I would get from the sale

got it on my PS2 awhile back. good game. dont know about the PC version
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Yeah it was pretty good for PS2

[copulatingduck]

domo arigato

[Versus]

domo arigato

[me=Versus-pwny-]slaps cduck around a bit with a large trout[/me]

[SAVAGE-0]

http://www.1saleaday.com/
today's deal is velvet assassin... no idea how the game is, but it's free... so 5 bucks for shipping?

[Surf314]

http://www.1saleaday.com/
today's deal is velvet assassin... no idea how the game is, but it's free... so 5 bucks for shipping?

Yahtzee gave it a bad review, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.