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Fri Nov 20
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05:35 PM
-Play any of the 10 (so far released) campaigns
-Play any of the 8 survivors, regardless of campaign
-All Special Infected in all campaigns
-All weapons in all campaigns
-Director causes various things to change in L4D1 campaigns, just like in L4D2 cmapaigns.
Requires to have both games installed and linked to your Steam account, of course. But certainly would be an awesome "reward" to those who own both games.
Only issue would be that new dialogue would need to be recorded for all survivors (so they can speak with any of the survivors, as well as react to the differences in each game's campaigns).
C'mon. Do it, Valve.
06:04 PM
06:05 PM
I was thinking more of it being a patch to each game, that would be "unlocked" if you had both games. :p
03:03 PM
This would be a nice thank you for all the people irritated that the newer game was rolled out so quickly for a typical Valve title.
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04:34 PM
[gamesblog.ugo.com]
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01:04 PM
New survivors are dumb. (but brave)
01:21 PM
AHAHAAHAHA
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12:54 PM
Left 4 Dead bought, first PC game bought since... ye gods, Titan Quest?
See you guys on steam if I can figure out how to make it work.
10:03 AM
I know plenty of people that have those. Sure, more iPods out there, but it's not 100% a monopoly like it was.
10:03 AM
iPod is just a brand name.
09:47 AM
They did this all not by price fixing, or manipulating government law, or questionable practices. They simplified offer an easy to use stream lined alternative to retail copies and even pirating.
09:23 AM
Don't judge me, and most importantly don't be afraid. You'll make the switch too.
11:30 AM
08:11 AM
since there arn't dedicated servers there isn't anyway to kick the guy. And just how are you suppose to report these guys?
IWNet is not superior to dedicated servers and active Admins.
07:44 AM
Hopefully Stardock will offer more selection of games next year. I just love the fact I don't have to run impulse to play my games, only for updating and validating my purchase.
09:09 AM
09:53 AM
I could care less if EA store has it for $40, since most if not everything in EA store has limited activation and if you ever need to redownload your game it'll cost you. I don't know if this is true now but the last time I checked the policy has not changed.
I rather buy a game from D2D then EA store and I really don't like D2D (must be because of all those advertisements IGN).
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06:29 AM
The service seams pretty good, and they do have alot of games.
But what I want to know is; does anyone here use Steam, but they don't play or like any of Valves games?
Thats the case with me at least. I don't like Valves games but I will say that Steam is pretty good from what I see.
Like I said. I DO have Steam on my PC, so I know that they have more that just Valve titles. Much more.
But does anyone use it that doesn't play Valve games.
06:39 AM
07:41 AM
I did also pick up the Orange Box bundle at one point when it was dirt cheap, but I haven't really played that much (for as good as it is I'm just not an FPS fan).
So I would say that I qualify as someone who uses Steam primarily for non-Valve games. If Steam stopped offering such games or offered them at much higher prices then I would stop using them.
#speakup
06:22 AM
1) The weekend/mid-week deals
2) No tax on the games
06:48 AM
impulse has weekend deals as well. (weekend impulse buys). And where I live there is no tax on the games.
06:03 AM
The Steam percentage sounds pretty believable, no one else has managed to be as successful as they are and I doubt it'll change any time soon.
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06:54 AM
#speakup
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08:13 AM
First off, it doesn't have high compatibility with filetypes. It'll play mp3,mp4,wma and a couple of others but no flac support was a disappointment. The sound out of it is fantastic though and that's the main reason I got it.
I can't comment on the video quality too well since I don't use it for that but the built in radio and the ability to download podcasts on it is handy.
Another thing I didn't like was that when using an SD card to add memory to it, the content on the SD card remains seperate to the rest of the content that's stored internally.
If you're looking to upgrade, I'd suggest a Cowon D2. When I was buying the Zen X-Fi, this was another option on the table but despite countless reviews and user comments calling it the best player on the market, I didn't know the brand so I chose to go with the name I trusted. Not long after, a friend got the D2 and I regretted choosing the X-Fi over it. It supports flac which alone puts it above the X-Fi in my book.
Here's a link to the Cowon site: [www.cowonglobal.com]
You should have no problem finding reviews on it either.
09:01 AM
#speakup