The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[CCBrink]

Just bought Outland on PSN.

 

[calgaryballer]

What is steam?

Like Seth said. Basically the best thing of life. Right now, you can get every Doom + Quake game for $30. Or for $70, you can get all that plus stuff like Fallout New Vegas, Morrowind, Oblvion and some other classics. Those retail at $400. It's a mind blowing good deal all the time. I just wait 3-6 months for everything and buy it in one of their crazy sick deals

 

[Bmore]

I just bought 4-5 games on Steam (fallout 1,2, Fallout Tactics, Terraria) and own 20+ games on Steam already and can vouch for there awesome service.

Be advised though to pay attention to requirements, because my PC is straight ballin' and can play The Witcher 2 on it's highest graphics.

Yet I bought/downloaded Vampires the masquerade for $9 and it can't run on my PC. It can only run on a pc with 2gb's of ram or less and also can't run on Vista.

But if anyone has DoD's, Countersrike's, Team Fortress's or Battlefields hit me up.

 

[padman59]

It is by far one of my favorite games of all time, but just like any old game it is a bit of a bear to get into now. It's a tad clunky and unforgiving at times, despite being beyond revolutionary at its conception. The fact that it is an FPS too doesn't help. I feel like games like Fallout 1&2 and Baldur's Gate/Planescape style old RPGs hold up a LOT better.

Still, it was an amazing game. I can't fault anyone for not being able to get through it now though, because I have the same problem. One big problem it has: clunky inventory management that was the product of the time.

Yeah. I've already tried to adjust the key mappings a little to make it a little easier on my left hand. Still, I love games that give you a lot of different ways to complete your objectives, and Deus Ex hasn't let me down in that regard.

And the new game has had some great early reviews come in for it. I'll have to dig up the link a friend of mine sent me. Can't wait to play it, and I hope that Madden does not overshadow it.

I almost feel bad that I'm going to wait until I can get it for less than $30 before I buy it. :shifty:

I just bought 4-5 games on Steam (fallout 1,2, Fallout Tactics, Terraria) and own 20+ games on Steam already and can vouch for there awesome service.

Be advised though to pay attention to requirements, because my PC is straight ballin' and can play The Witcher 2 on it's highest graphics.

Yet I bought/downloaded Vampires the masquerade for $9 and it can't run on my PC. It can only run on a pc with 2gb's of ram or less and also can't run on Vista.

But if anyone has DoD's, Countersrike's, Team Fortress's or Battlefields hit me up.

I'll also add that you should check the Steam forums for each game as well to check for compatibility issues (especially with older games).

 

[CCBrink]

Looks like Battlefield 3 won't be distributed through Steam.

 

[calgaryballer]

Looks like Battlefield 3 won't be distributed through Steam.

I'm sure it will be at some point. EA and Valve will end their pissing contest as it will cost both of them money

 

[padman59]

Looks like Battlefield 3 won't be distributed through Steam.

The rumor is that EA wants most of the initial digital sales to go through Origin before they add it to the Steam library.

 

[Twigg4075]

Hot damn is NFS:HP still a blast. I popped it in last night to play with a buddy and I've been pretty much playing ever since. I downloaded the Lambo, Porsche and Sport car DLC's a bit ago and they are awesome. I feel like I'm driving the Batmobile with this Lamborghini Elemento.

 

[SethMode]

Like Seth said. Basically the best thing of life. Right now, you can get every Doom + Quake game for $30. Or for $70, you can get all that plus stuff like Fallout New Vegas, Morrowind, Oblvion and some other classics. Those retail at $400. It's a mind blowing good deal all the time. I just wait 3-6 months for everything and buy it in one of their crazy sick deals

I KIND of want to get the Quakecon shit because $70 is really NOTHING for what you get but fuck, I'm poor right now.

 

[SethMode]

I just bought 4-5 games on Steam (fallout 1,2, Fallout Tactics, Terraria) and own 20+ games on Steam already and can vouch for there awesome service.

Be advised though to pay attention to requirements, because my PC is straight ballin' and can play The Witcher 2 on it's highest graphics.

Yet I bought/downloaded Vampires the masquerade for $9 and it can't run on my PC. It can only run on a pc with 2gb's of ram or less and also can't run on Vista.

But if anyone has DoD's, Countersrike's, Team Fortress's or Battlefields hit me up.

Are you talking about Bloodlines? Because I played it through on my computer on Vista way back when and it was fine. I bought it on Steam because I couldn't find the old disc so perhaps it's a Steam thing?

 

[calgaryballer]

Bloodlines was notorious when it came out for being a buggy piece of shit. I don't think they ever fixed it. Some people have no problem, others can't make it work for the life of them

 

[SethMode]

Bloodlines was notorious when it came out for being a buggy piece of shit. I don't think they ever fixed it. Some people have no problem, others can't make it work for the life of them

Glad I'm in the former because that game (despite its less than great endgame) is fucking awesome.

 

[Bmore]

its not so much vista. As you can't have more then 2 GB's of ram.

The only way to play the game is to go into your computer bio's and tell your computer not to use more then 2gb of ram, then restart your computer. Then when you are done, you have to go back into the bio's and switch it back. (I have 6 gigs of ram.)

Soooooo... the computer you were playing on, must've had less then 2gb of ram. Which back when this game came out was pretty much common you could get that Ram wise anyway.

I would love to play the game and maybe one day I will do the bios thing just to play it. But right now it's to much of a hassle. The game will never get patched because it's 3 or so years old. There have been some user hacks, but I can't seem to get any of them to work.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/domsy/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-doesnt-like-lots-of-ram/30-9479/

Basically the game has a bug, that if you have more then 2gb of ram it thinks you have not enough ram. When in reality you have far more then you need.

 

[Twigg4075]

its not so much vista. As you can't have more then 2 GB's of ram.

The only way to play the game is to go into your computer bio's and tell your computer not to use more then 2gb of ram, then restart your computer. Then when you are done, you have to go back into the bio's and switch it back. (I have 6 gigs of ram.)

Soooooo... the computer you were playing on, must've had less then 2gb of ram. Which back when this game came out was pretty much common you could get that Ram wise anyway.

I would love to play the game and maybe one day I will do the bios thing just to play it. But right now it's to much of a hassle. The game will never get patched because it's 3 or so years old. There have been some user hacks, but I can't seem to get any of them to work.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/domsy/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-doesnt-like-lots-of-ram/30-9479/
That's the main reason I don't play games on PC. I don't want to have to worry about all those specs and shit. I just want to pop in a game and play.

Basically the game has a bug, that if you have more then 2gb of ram it thinks you have not enough ram. When in reality you have far more then you need.

 

[Bmore]

Brink is free this weekend on steam. For all you steam owners who want to try the game.

 

[SethMode]

its not so much vista. As you can't have more then 2 GB's of ram.

The only way to play the game is to go into your computer bio's and tell your computer not to use more then 2gb of ram, then restart your computer. Then when you are done, you have to go back into the bio's and switch it back. (I have 6 gigs of ram.)

Soooooo... the computer you were playing on, must've had less then 2gb of ram. Which back when this game came out was pretty much common you could get that Ram wise anyway.

I would love to play the game and maybe one day I will do the bios thing just to play it. But right now it's to much of a hassle. The game will never get patched because it's 3 or so years old. There have been some user hacks, but I can't seem to get any of them to work.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/domsy/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-doesnt-like-lots-of-ram/30-9479/

Basically the game has a bug, that if you have more then 2gb of ram it thinks you have not enough ram. When in reality you have far more then you need.

I have 4 GBs of RAM on my comp though :ionno:

Perhaps it's because it's 2 gigs on 1 slot and 2 on another?

EDIT: also, I did install the latest fan patch before I played. Don't know if that potentially makes a difference. I just never had a single issue with the game (other than the fact that the ending scenario kind of sucks).

 

[SethMode]

Yeah. I've already tried to adjust the key mappings a little to make it a little easier on my left hand. Still, I love games that give you a lot of different ways to complete your objectives, and Deus Ex hasn't let me down in that regard.

It does have a lot of ways to complete objectives I think. The problem is that early on, stealth is really the only way to survive. Give it time. If you want to complete objectives in a variety of ways, you'll be able to, just probably not in you first mission (sadly).

 

[padman59]

LOL at Bethesda getting upset because Mojang's (Minecraft creators) next title is going to be called Scrolls.

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/bethesda-are-suing-us-heres-the-full-story

 

[Sharkweather]

Trying to add a different credit card to my PSN account, but it's been so long since I added the first one that I forgot where to go to do this.

Any help?

 

[padman59]

Trying to add a different credit card to my PSN account, but it's been so long since I added the first one that I forgot where to go to do this.

Any help?

The Account Management section, I think.