PC games on sale - Page 2

path12 · 01-01-2009, 06:21 PM

Downloading Mount & Blade based on what I've seen here and in the past about it. Also picked up Peggle Deluxe, SEIV Gold and Space Traders. Nice prices.

FrogMan · 01-01-2009, 07:55 PM

Played through the tutorial of the Mount & Blade game and found the whole thing quite fun, even though I had to go through the bit about attacking two or three times before getting it right. Started a character and then mounted my horse and rode around. Got a party of about 14 and encountered a group of 13 brigands who wanted our money. The heck we said and slaughtered them. There was something exhilarating about seeing my group of disparate nomads, all weapons in the air, victorious in such a tiny battle. I was sold right then.

After ordering WSM2009 a couple days ago, I added these today:
Mount & Blade
World of Goo (this thing is dang addictive!)
Luxor 2 (for 0.99, come on)
Peggle deluxe (another fun timewaster, for 4.99)

Still got almost a week before I go back to work, will get some playing time in there for sure.

FM

Honolulu_Blue · 01-01-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Daimyo

Picked up the XCOM pack and WWSM. Thanks for the notice!

You had to let me know they had XCom.

Well, for $3.50, it's more than worth it.

gstelmack · 01-01-2009, 08:45 PM

From reading though those XCom versions have stability issues on Windows. If anyone finds that they run well on XP or Vista, let me know.

cschex · 01-01-2009, 08:56 PM

Mount and Blade sounds interesting. Does anyone know what the graphics reqs are? Specifically, will it run on laptop integrated chipsets?

Honolulu_Blue · 01-01-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

From reading though those XCom versions have stability issues on Windows. If anyone finds that they run well on XP or Vista, let me know.

I will keep you posted. I tried XCom on Game Tap and had issues. XCom is notoriously fickle. For $3.50, it's worth the gamble.

Lonnie · 01-01-2009, 09:11 PM

Did anyone pick up Hinterland? It sounds interesting, and I might pick it up along with Mount and Blade.

lighthousekeeper · 01-01-2009, 09:12 PM

well i took the plunge on wwsm09 and bioshock - couldn't pass up the good deals.

FrogMan · 01-01-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cschex

Mount and Blade sounds interesting. Does anyone know what the graphics reqs are? Specifically, will it run on laptop integrated chipsets?

there's a demo you can download through steam so you could try it...

FM

cschex · 01-01-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

there's a demo you can download through steam so you could try it...

FM

Sweet, I missed that. I'm dl'ing it now

Daimyo · 01-02-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

From reading though those XCom versions have stability issues on Windows. If anyone finds that they run well on XP or Vista, let me know.

The first one has run fine for me on Vista 32bit. The sound occasionally gets flaky, but that's about it.

EagleFan · 01-02-2009, 12:18 PM

WSM 2009
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Silent Hunter 3

Downloading now, should be a fun weekend.

PilotMan · 01-02-2009, 01:58 PM

I picked up Mount & Blade. It might be a while before I get to it, but it seems to have some good playability, and worth the sale price.

Draft Dodger · 01-02-2009, 02:46 PM

so, I buy Mass Effect, get it downloaded (finally), start playing, get about 10 minutes in until the first time the game tries to save...and it throws an error. I can't save the game at all. After a bit of digging, it turns out the game can't handle having your My Documents folder being anywhere other than your C drive (awesome job, programming team). I finally got it working (requiring me to sit through the first 10 minutes of the game 3 or 4 times in the process). Seriously, the game's been out for a year and this stupid bug is still around?

Meanwhile, I get all 8 gigs of UT3 downloaded (that took a couple of days). It won't work - it crashes every time I try to run it. I haven't been able to find any solution to this one (even though there are lots of folks running into this problem), so now I've resorted to reinstalling...which means redownloading the whole blooming thing again. Again, this game is a YEAR old - What. The. Fuck. People?

Anyway, Railroad Tycoon II has worked just fine, so I've been sticking with that.

JPhillips · 01-02-2009, 03:27 PM

Damn. Missed Mount and Blade when I took a nap for my cold, and now the sale's over. Wish they would have mentioned it ended during the day instead of leaving it at Jan. 2.

PilotMan · 01-02-2009, 07:26 PM

I noticed on the news that for anyone who likes Peggle, that Peggle Extreme is free to download for Steam members. Peggle Extreme is what you get when you cross loveable owls, and unicorns with the Orange Box.

gstelmack · 01-02-2009, 08:43 PM

So twice now my machine has shut down (just instant power off) while playing Mount & Blade. This could be fun. Mind you, that's probably 10 hours of playing, and it saves a lot for me, but I'm not big on this whole "click something on the map and the whole machine goes dark" bit. Of course, that was 10 hours of playing over like 3 days, which shows how good the game itself is (for those considering it, it's Oblivion + large war parties + dynamic world - unified underlying storyline - system hog - magic).

lighthousekeeper · 01-02-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

Damn. Missed Mount and Blade when I took a nap.

you snooze you lose

path12 · 01-03-2009, 02:58 AM

I've been playing Peggle all night. Really fun.

mauchow · 01-03-2009, 08:18 AM

I got home at 5:30 last night and was ready to order a bunch of stuff.... and the sale is gone. Bummer.

SackAttack · 07-15-2011, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

Big Fo answered GoldenEagle, I'll answer Big Fo, it is possible. To explain it to GE, the shortcut created by steam for my copy of WSM had this in the target field:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 10560

I located the executable for WSM at C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\worldwide soccer manager 2009\wsm.exe and made a shortcut directly to that file and voilà, I'm running the game without having to run steam.

FM

Damnit. Evidently this doesn't work anymore. I'm trying to figure out how to get Runespell to keep running smoothly instead of bogging down after 15 minutes, and when I used this workaround, it loaded Steam right off.

The shortcuts they've been creating on new installs don't even use the old workaround that stripped out the overlay.

01-01-2009, 07:55 PM	#52
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Played through the tutorial of the Mount & Blade game and found the whole thing quite fun, even though I had to go through the bit about attacking two or three times before getting it right. Started a character and then mounted my horse and rode around. Got a party of about 14 and encountered a group of 13 brigands who wanted our money. The heck we said and slaughtered them. There was something exhilarating about seeing my group of disparate nomads, all weapons in the air, victorious in such a tiny battle. I was sold right then. After ordering WSM2009 a couple days ago, I added these today: Mount & Blade World of Goo (this thing is dang addictive!) Luxor 2 (for 0.99, come on) Peggle deluxe (another fun timewaster, for 4.99) Still got almost a week before I go back to work, will get some playing time in there for sure. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

01-01-2009, 08:45 PM	#54
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	From reading though those XCom versions have stability issues on Windows. If anyone finds that they run well on XP or Vista, let me know. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

01-01-2009, 09:11 PM	#57
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	Did anyone pick up Hinterland? It sounds interesting, and I might pick it up along with Mount and Blade. __________________ Lonnie

01-01-2009, 09:12 PM	#58
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	well i took the plunge on wwsm09 and bioshock - couldn't pass up the good deals. __________________ ...

01-02-2009, 01:58 PM	#63
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I picked up Mount & Blade. It might be a while before I get to it, but it seems to have some good playability, and worth the sale price. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-01-2009, 08:56 PM	#55
cschex High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX	Mount and Blade sounds interesting. Does anyone know what the graphics reqs are? Specifically, will it run on laptop integrated chipsets?

01-02-2009, 12:18 PM	#62
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	WSM 2009 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood Silent Hunter 3 Downloading now, should be a fun weekend.

01-02-2009, 02:46 PM	#64
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	so, I buy Mass Effect, get it downloaded (finally), start playing, get about 10 minutes in until the first time the game tries to save...and it throws an error. I can't save the game at all. After a bit of digging, it turns out the game can't handle having your My Documents folder being anywhere other than your C drive (awesome job, programming team). I finally got it working (requiring me to sit through the first 10 minutes of the game 3 or 4 times in the process). Seriously, the game's been out for a year and this stupid bug is still around? Meanwhile, I get all 8 gigs of UT3 downloaded (that took a couple of days). It won't work - it crashes every time I try to run it. I haven't been able to find any solution to this one (even though there are lots of folks running into this problem), so now I've resorted to reinstalling...which means redownloading the whole blooming thing again. Again, this game is a YEAR old - What. The. Fuck. People? Anyway, Railroad Tycoon II has worked just fine, so I've been sticking with that. __________________ Mile High Hockey

01-02-2009, 03:27 PM	#65
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Damn. Missed Mount and Blade when I took a nap for my cold, and now the sale's over. Wish they would have mentioned it ended during the day instead of leaving it at Jan. 2. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

01-02-2009, 07:26 PM	#66
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I noticed on the news that for anyone who likes Peggle, that Peggle Extreme is free to download for Steam members. Peggle Extreme is what you get when you cross loveable owls, and unicorns with the Orange Box. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-02-2009, 08:43 PM	#67
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	So twice now my machine has shut down (just instant power off) while playing Mount & Blade. This could be fun. Mind you, that's probably 10 hours of playing, and it saves a lot for me, but I'm not big on this whole "click something on the map and the whole machine goes dark" bit. Of course, that was 10 hours of playing over like 3 days, which shows how good the game itself is (for those considering it, it's Oblivion + large war parties + dynamic world - unified underlying storyline - system hog - magic). __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities Last edited by gstelmack : 01-02-2009 at 08:44 PM.

01-03-2009, 02:58 AM	#69
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	I've been playing Peggle all night. Really fun. __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.

01-03-2009, 08:18 AM	#70
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	I got home at 5:30 last night and was ready to order a bunch of stuff.... and the sale is gone. Bummer.

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