prophetik music Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 no excuses, anymore. if you bought these games separately you'd have to pay like 85 dollars or something. linky. Quote
linkspast Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have to join steam... ughh.. This better be worth it. Quote
RedFusion Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have to join steam... ughh.. This better be worth it. There's probably no better way to start up a Steam account. The deal's a bargain. Any one of those games for $10 is a Steal, but ALL FIVE of them!? The sucky thing is that I bought Orange Box for $20 AUD from some budget cd-keys website, and now VALVe comes out with this, heh. Well, $20 was still a steal, so I can't complain. And this was so worth making a new thread about it. Quote
Brycepops Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have to join steam... ughh.. This better be worth it. The hell are you complaining about Quote
Vivi22 Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 The hell are you complaining about Some people either can't get past Steams initial release issues, or think it's like every other companies DRM. It's not, and I'd go so far as to say it's hands down the best online distribution system around. Quote
ZealPath Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 If for some reason you have yet to play HL2, and/or Portal, you've officially ran out of excuses. Even though HL2 came out years ago, I only played through it last year and was still thoroughly impressed. It also still has one final expansion due out sometime... not sure if it's even soon actually, not sure why it's taking so long, but after the cliffhanger at the end of episode 2, it will still be a must have whenever it does come out. As for Portal, it's gotta be the coolest game I've played in the last few years, $10 might as well be free, do it, and do it now! Steam is an excellent software delivery system, you won't be disappointed by that either, once you've purchased something, you can download it anywhere, anytime. Quote
Tensei Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Don't let the fact that you need to get a steam account hold you back from buying this! I wish every game's DRM were as good as Steam Quote
SirChadlyOC Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have played The Orange Box for more than 400 hours so far, so I think you should be able to get your money's worth for $10. Quote
Bahamut Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have played The Orange Box for more than 400 hours so far, so I think you should be able to get your money's worth for $10. How much of that was TF2? Also, those of you who bite, join us on the OCR TF2 server sometime! The IP address and stuff is detailed in the first post of the TF2 thread. /shamelessplug Quote
SirChadlyOC Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 How much of that was TF2? Err, 391.2 That's 16 days. OK so I've played a lot more than just 400 hours of The Orange Box. Our server is a pretty good one to go to if you're new because we like to help out the new guys and make them regulars. Quote
EdgeCrusher Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 There is absolutely no reason at all whatsoever not to buy this game for this price. I don't care if you are on dial up, only able to play it 1 hour a week, have no hands, whatever! BUY IT NOW! Quote
Halt Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have it for 360. and, I'm broke, so . Unless someone would gift me it. Which I doubt it. Quote
Rambo Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 I have it for 360. and, I'm broke, so . Unless someone would gift me it. Which I doubt it. If I had have gotten a credit card, I would have. Doubt steam takes paypal. Quote
RedFusion Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 If I had have gotten a credit card, I would have. Doubt steam takes paypal. It does... that's how I've purchased the 20 or so odd games I have on my Steam account. Quote
Rambo Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 It does... that's how I've purchased the 20 or so odd games I have on my Steam account. ORLY. Well then Halt, I'll gift you an orange box on the conditions that #1 you give me your steam account name, and #2 that you come play tf2 on the OCR server. Thanks Red. lol Quote
Halt Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 ORLY. Well then Halt, I'll gift you an orange box on the conditions that #1 you give me your steam account name, and #2 that you come play tf2 on the OCR server. Thanks Red. lol My laptop Lags out on public servers. Not sure about the OCR Server. I'd have to redownload and try. Although system Req Labs Says I CAN run it, every server I tried, lagged me out, or cause of my high ping rate. Not sure If I could play on the OCR Server Steam name: MagnumRage I've been given word, that I should be able to play on the OCR Server, Redownloading now. Quote
Dhsu Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Even if you don't like online FPSes, Portal itself is worth the $10, even as meme-y as it's become. No excuses people. Quote
audio fidelity Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 in - i hope my pc can handle it - it's right below ideal spec i'll try it out sometime this summer Quote
Tensei Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 You can take the minimum specs with a grain of salt, the games are incredibly scalable either way. TF 2 ran well enough on medium settings on a 1.7 Ghz, 512 mb ram laptop with an ATI Radeon x300 for me. HL2 and Portal ran comfortably on high settings. Quote
JadeAuto Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Some people either can't get past Steams initial release issues, or think it's like every other companies DRM. It's not, and I'd go so far as to say it's hands down the best online distribution system around. Quoted for truth. I haven't found a game delivery system better than Steam. I was skeptical at first, but seriously, it's worth it. Quote
Zephyr Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 HL2 = worth $50 HL2 ep.1 = worth $25 HL2 ep, 2 = worth $25 TF2 = Worth $100 Portal = Worth $35 Getting them all for only $10, = $10 (and you thought I was gonna say priceless...) I may have exaggerated a bit, but they're incredible games, all of them. Take this deal and avoid my mistake, I bought most of them separately and spent like $30 more than I had to, and I still don't have HL2 ep. 2, but it was still worth it. Quote
linkspast Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Dose everything from steam take for ever to download..? Quote
Jago Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Even if you don't like online FPSes, Portal itself is worth the $10, even as meme-y as it's become. No excuses people. Well, here's one excuse unfortunately. Their site doesn't take APO addresses, which is annoying. I could contact my bank to change the address, but that them two days to complete, which is ridiculous. Anyway, I contacted Steam's support and hope they can help me out. I'm definitely buying it if the issue gets resolved. UPDATE: WOOHOO! I found a workaround. I selected Germany, which allowed me to fill in AE as a state, and the billing process worked. Happy happy happy! Quote
Zephyr Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 Dose everything from steam take for ever to download..? Depends on your internet connection, but new games can be expected to take about a day to download, it's reasonable though, considering how much content you're actually downloading. Quote
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