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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 5:22:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am turning into a Steam hater. I just purchased Europa Universalis III complete and Heir to the Throne. What limited free time I have I am packing more and more game into :(
But at 22.99 for the entire series I could not refuse. And this will be my first EU game. I hope it is worth it.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 6:50:57 AM   
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For me that's the best Paradox has to offer.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 7:05:41 AM   
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Had loads of fun with EUIII and it's expansions.
For me that's the best Paradox has to offer.


I really enjoyed Victoria and Crusader Kings so I am pretty positive it will be money well spent. In fact I enjoyed Victoria so much that it would not surprise me in the least if I have logged 300 hours with it.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 7:38:40 AM   
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I LOVE Steam! I bought Oblivion for $8.50 and Morrowind for $4.99 a week ago on a weekend sale. Dang, I have 53 hours in Oblivion so far! 

*hugs Oblivion*




Wait...you bought them a week ago, and you have 53 hours in Oblivion already?! My God man, sleep is your friend!!

I haven't bought anything yet. I have a few games marked to grab later, a few whose demos I'm trying out, and I'm keeping an eye on the daily deals.



Oh you would not believe how fast the hours fly by when you are playing a game you love while the wife is watching TV.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 11:43:17 AM   
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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 1:27:49 PM   
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I really enjoyed Victoria and Crusader Kings so I am pretty positive it will be money well spent. In fact I enjoyed Victoria so much that it would not surprise me in the least if I have logged 300 hours with it.


...then you won't have much time to play EUIII once Victoria 2 comes out later this summer


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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 6:39:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've just found myself buying the cheap-but-good stuff when it's REALLY cheap; Super Laser Racer, the Space Rangers pack, Cryostasis, Gravitron 2, Torchlight and Shatter; there's enough there for months when I fancy a break from the 'hard' stuff.

BTW, they have 'The Void' on cheap-cheap today. One of my favourite games ever and strongly recommended if you like something a bit different.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 8:42:46 PM   
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I really enjoyed Victoria and Crusader Kings so I am pretty positive it will be money well spent. In fact I enjoyed Victoria so much that it would not surprise me in the least if I have logged 300 hours with it.


...then you won't have much time to play EUIII once Victoria 2 comes out later this summer



That will be the first game I buy from Paradox with no patches or expansions. I expect the game to be rough going but I think my love for the concept will carry through.
Hopefully the game gets 3-4 expansions like EU and HOI. The 'B list' Paradox games typically only seem to get one expansion.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 8:44:00 PM   
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I've just found myself buying the cheap-but-good stuff when it's REALLY cheap; Super Laser Racer, the Space Rangers pack, Cryostasis, Gravitron 2, Torchlight and Shatter; there's enough there for months when I fancy a break from the 'hard' stuff.

BTW, they have 'The Void' on cheap-cheap today. One of my favourite games ever and strongly recommended if you like something a bit different.


I got Torchlight for 5.00 back around Christmas and got through it in about 2 weeks. A very enjoyable Diablo clone with a lot of cool equipment.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 9:25:56 PM   
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I've just found myself buying the cheap-but-good stuff when it's REALLY cheap; Super Laser Racer, the Space Rangers pack, Cryostasis, Gravitron 2, Torchlight and Shatter; there's enough there for months when I fancy a break from the 'hard' stuff.

BTW, they have 'The Void' on cheap-cheap today. One of my favourite games ever and strongly recommended if you like something a bit different.


I may pick up The Void...haven't decided yet. I'm also considering Red Orchestra and FlatOut today.

Torchlight is fun, and Space Rangers 2 : Reboot is a FANTASTIC game.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 9:49:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Red Orchestra is a must at that price for those who don't already have it. Careful with Flatout; it ran great (Steam version) on Vista but won't even install under Windows 7, on my system anyway.

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RE: Steam sale - 6/30/2010 10:02:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Does Red Orchestra have a single-player mode? I'm not much into the multiplayer stuff. Thanks...


ack..never mind. looks like its mostly for online multiplayer.....


p.s. I picked up Osmos from the Steam sale yesterday. Plays slow, but kinda fun, interesting....

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Red Orchestra is a must at that price for those who don't already have it. Careful with Flatout; it ran great (Steam version) on Vista but won't even install under Windows 7, on my system anyway.



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RE: Steam sale - 7/1/2010 2:08:17 AM   
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Does Red Orchestra have a single-player mode? I'm not much into the multiplayer stuff. Thanks...


ack..never mind. looks like its mostly for online multiplayer.....




It is a multiplayer game buy you can play the maps alone and make it full of bots. But it's not fun.
Not much activity in the serveres these days so you will only get to play with the bots.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/1/2010 2:15:17 AM   
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Does Red Orchestra have a single-player mode? I'm not much into the multiplayer stuff. Thanks...


ack..never mind. looks like its mostly for online multiplayer.....




It is a multiplayer game buy you can play the maps alone and make it full of bots. But it's not fun.
Not much activity in the serveres these days so you will only get to play with the bots.


Is Darkest Hour not populated? That's a free mod for it that downloads from Steam correct?

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RE: Steam sale - 7/1/2010 2:28:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yup. But I'm not into that mod.  Original RO is like a ghost town. Plus I live in Asia so I get high pings 300-400 when playing servers in the US so I'm at a disadvantage. But I do get by playing other games at those high pings... just not RO.
Before I was able to play with people from Japan and Australia and it was good. Now it's really not a good experience for me. 

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RE: Steam sale - 7/1/2010 10:19:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, I pulled the trigger on Red Orchestra yesterday. Thief : Deadly Shadows at $2.99 and GTA : San Andreas at $3.74 today are possibilities...

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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 5:23:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I realize this isn't the proper place for this, but I need some help. Steam won't let me verify my help support account, so I can't get any help from them.
Does anyone know where to find the game manuals? Or don't they have any?
I may have made a mistake trying steam, what a pain in the butt it is, first you make your original account, then you need another registration for support, then another registration for the forums! 3 accounts at one site! Then the link to verify my support account doesn't work! Funny how the other 2 registrations work, but this one doesn't, I guess they don't want any complaints!
Thanks for any help.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 7:08:21 PM   
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Does anyone know where to find the game manuals? Or don't they have any?


Go to the Store page for the game, and on the right side of the screen about half way down usually, is a link for the manual. It's in the same place the Forum link is at. If the manual is not there then go to the forum and ask about it. You can also go to the developers site for the game and they also have manual downloads at times.

Sometimes I have found the manual in the game directory as a .pdf file. Steam usually does not supply a shortcut to it so you have to find it yourself.

However, usually the manual is on the Store page for the product.


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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 7:19:38 PM   
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That is an interesting way they do it.
Thanks again!

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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 9:11:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just went halves on a 4 pack of Borderlands with my Boss.. so we can play with our Sons.. comes out to 7.60 a copy!!!..

Also grabbed the Star Wars Strategy game for 5 bucks!

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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 9:24:52 PM   
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Yes! I found it, Thank you LarryP.
That is an interesting way they do it.
Thanks again!


I'm glad you found it. Hey, I did the same thing at first. I was distraught over not finding the manuals and a guy in a forum told me where they are. So I just passed it on.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 11:14:45 PM   
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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 11:45:20 PM   
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RE: Steam sale - 7/2/2010 11:56:45 PM   
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would love Borderlands - but a bit expensive at the moment


It's only ten bucks (not sure what that is over there)!

Download is real slow.. been going for awhile on my Son's computer very slow...

Star Wars Empire Gold, I downloaded very quickly!

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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 12:41:27 AM   
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Yes! I found it, Thank you LarryP.
That is an interesting way they do it.
Thanks again!


Also if you look in the folder you installed steam into, find a folder named steamapps, open it, and then open the folder called 'common' you will see the folders of the games you have installed. Usually there is a pdf file of the manul in each games folder.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 2:43:18 AM   
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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 4:35:05 AM   
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Yes! I found it, Thank you LarryP.
That is an interesting way they do it.
Thanks again!


Also if you look in the folder you installed steam into, find a folder named steamapps, open it, and then open the folder called 'common' you will see the folders of the games you have installed. Usually there is a pdf file of the manul in each games folder.

Thanks for the tip Scott_WAR! I see them there now.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 6:13:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah just noticed Borderlands in £7 - was going to pick it up - but too many games. Have stopped myself right now. It's all well and good having all these bargains on my drive - but I won't play them in the future, because something new and exciting (aalthough ultimately the same) will be released and I'll buy those.

I think I need to slow down now and just a) tally up what I've spent and b) play some of the games I have.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 6:19:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		You all do realize that you can just right click on a game title and click 'view player manual' to view the manual? A lot easier than some of the methods I see here.

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RE: Steam sale - 7/3/2010 2:04:50 PM   
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You all do realize that you can just right click on a game title and click 'view player manual' to view the manual? A lot easier than some of the methods I see here.

No I did not know this. Thanks for pointing it out. After looking into this, I noticed that some of my games had it and some didn't.
But at least it is another option to check.
Thanks

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