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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:35PM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:36PM (Unverified) said

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Ahh, what happened? I put that I 'less than 3' Valve. Stupid comment system.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:47PM (Unverified) said

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Please, go away. You've proven to be a moron.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:52PM (Unverified) said

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So, I've got a question for the PC guys. Will Half Life: Source run on a netbook (1.6GHz Atom, 256MB graphics chip), or should I stick with the original version?
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:53PM Special Agent Steve said

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@ A Pimp Named Gofuckyourself

Darth isn't making shit up just to screw with you. Any time you try and make the heart symbol with < and 3 the comment just abruptly ends. Stop being an idiot and please leave.

@ Darth
I love Valve too.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:55PM Special Agent Steve said

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@ Darth
In reply to your comment about the atom CPU, I doubt it would. If it's a dual core, then maybe. I've seen WOW run at 30 FPS, and I've seen older games stay at 60fps. Personally, I'd stick with the original to be safe, but I would try the source version as well. My guess is you already have both.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:56PM (Unverified) said

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I don't, actually. I hadn't played Half-Life until I picked up the PS2 port a month back.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:56PM CheeziePotato said

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I'm pretty sure you can run Half-Life: Source with those specs, but I'm not positive.
Check the Steam forums.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:01PM (Unverified) said

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Ah, nope. Says Source-based games have framerate issues, even HLSource. I'd only tried L4D2 as a joke. Apparently the original, and the add-on packs, work great.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:01PM (Unverified) said

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Awetoebawt, you just fucked this motherfucker up, I'm so proud of you.

*cries*
I love you, man. Gimme a hug, homie.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 6:45AM Nickman710 said

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Yeah, worked on my acer aspire 1 netbook.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:28PM ch3burashka said

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IDK about your netty (netbook) but mine, the one I bought a day ago, chugs on Braid. I doubt 3D games work better.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:30PM (Unverified) said

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I'm just going to get the Anthology pack, so I have Blue Shift and the HD mod, as well as Counter Strike.

For 11 bucks, that's a heck of a deal.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:29PM Omega2k3 said

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WUT? I'm testing this crap out.

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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:36PM Omega2k3 said

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I don't ˂3 the comment system anymore.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:37PM Omega2k3 said

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:o
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:37PM (Unverified) said

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Why'd it work that time?
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:43PM Omega2k3 said

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Because I'm amazing.

HINT: Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 11:17PM mrmobius said

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http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/

Try that website to check if your computer can manage any games. I've used it to check if my laptop was capable, and it actually usually underestimates your performance of the game actually. I've never tested it to the extreme though (says Arkham Asylum would lag for me but never tried it) but it told me Burnout Paradise and Oblivion would run fine for me, and they run with higher graphics and FPS than it seemed to imply.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 11:57PM rokubungi said

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according to that my pc can't run bioshock but it almost triples the requirements for MW2 silly... they need to actually test some of the games rather than relying on box system requirements and adding 20%
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 1:31AM I AM IRONHIDE said

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@Sanders

Hugz, homie, hugz.

By the way, how's Mrs. Sanders?
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 9:16AM crazyforthisunknown said

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oldies but goodies to darth bradwart here's for yah t('',)t
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:50PM DrScientist said

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How long till you're gone, Pimp?
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:51PM DrScientist said

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aww, reply fail :[
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 8:56PM Special Agent Steve said

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As long as it takes to hit the report comment button 50 times. Unless... someone likes him *shudders*
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:04PM Joanna D said

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Street Fighter IV is easily the best game of 2009. It's all gameplay and no nonsense, and for $10 you are an actual idiot if you don't buy it.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:05PM Joanna D said

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Plus the PC version runs amazingly, has great multiplayer support and includes the same list of LIVE achievements as the Xbox 360 version. You can use your Xbox 360 gamepad or a fightstick with no problems.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:11PM MNC Dover said

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Just bought mine even though I have the 360 version already and SSF4 will be out in a few months. Honestly, it's all about the extra competition and the costume editor.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:50PM Floppypants said

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Street Fighter 4 gets hyped, hyped and hyped by fighting game fans who swear up and down that it's the best game ever made, whereas in reality it basically is just fan service while offering nothing for new players to learn the game. The game is a giant ripoff if you haven't been playing fighting games for the last decade.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 1:00AM darthisurus said

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sfiv offers a lot to fighting game fans, and new ones. the focus attack and dash system work together to provide new ways to create longer combos and implement more strategy into the fighter. the ex moves, supers and ultras finish that off.

the challenge mode teaches you some combo and special moves for each character. the best way to learn your character is practice, watching videos on youtube, and going to forums.shoryuken.com then signing up and reading about your character. good youtube channels to start with are lordaboriginesf4, frameadvantagedotcom, and arcadeinfinity.

i had several guys at work who never played any SF game pick this up and loved it.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 8:58AM Joanna D said

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SFIV was the first fighting game I ever played seriously. As a kid, I played SF2 on my Mega Drive and Tekken 3 on my PlayStation, but I was just button mashing.

Now if you join me online I WILL kick your ass with my spinning bird kick, something I learned after buying the game.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:09PM (Unverified) said

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I just bought Half-Life: Source and Crysis Maximum Edition. I love Steam, because of their special sales.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 1:43AM I AM IRONHIDE said

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Crysis is an awesome game.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:30PM Muskie said

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Argh. The Crysis pack has different prices depending on region today.

be warned, and try and get it gifted form someone in the US.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 9:26PM ch3burashka said

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In the past month I've bought approximately 10-12 games for the price of one AAA (~60 buckaroos). Funny thing is, my computer can't run half of them. Now if only I could find a job...
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:07PM Muskie said

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I've spent the equivalent of the Collector's edition of Arkham asylum and got about 30 Games. XD

..then I got Street fighter 4. and Darwinia. and uplink GODAMNIT STEAM STOP MAKING ME SPEND MONEY ARGH
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:13PM HMMaster said

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The Crysis pack is not available in my region :(
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 10:28PM CaramelZappa said

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I almost grabbed warhead alone for $15 at the thanksgiving sale, glad I waited. Got the Crysis Pack and HL Source. I already have HL but I'd imagine the switch to the source engine probably makes it a bit nicer to play.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 11:28PM Dance Mofo said

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i was thinking of getting the half life source. what does it do exactly?
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 12:00AM (Unverified) said

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It's just Half-Life 1 but it uses the source engine, it looks pretty much the same except better lighting, water texture, physics, and other little things.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 12:24AM CaramelZappa said

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It's basically the same game. It uses the higher resolution texture pack, but the models are all the same. It's just in the source engine so it's a bit cleaner, better looking, and less glitchy. Original HL wasn't full of glitches or anything, but every once in a while you'd get stuck to things or there's be little visual glitches.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 12:53AM Dance Mofo said

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oooh. i'll think about it. On another note, i HOPE modern warfare 2 gets a holiday slash at least 20 bucks tomorrow. i want to get it...just not 60 bucks worth.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 1:22AM jefwif said

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MW or MW2 will not go on sale. i will gladly eat those words.

also: get original halflife and add HD textures pack. it's not worth getting source if youve played the first and it's not worth getting it even if you havnt played the original. just go original.
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Posted: Dec 31st 2009 11:23PM Dafrety said

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I'd get the Crysys pack, but seriously, why does this still have SecuROM? Never mind that it shouldn't have had it in the first place, none of EA's newer releases on Steam use that terrible DRM.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 12:25AM CaramelZappa said

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It was one of EA's first games on steam, and at that time they were using Securom on all of their games. However, they removed it from every other game on their steam catalog, so it's strange that Crysis is now the only one that still has it. Not only that, but with install limits. Maybe it has something to do with Crytek? I can't really think of any other explanation.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 1:38PM BananaBoat said

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Yeah, I was about to buy it as well until I saw that it still has Securom. They could have patched it out by now, but they haven't, and as such it is definitely a no-buy for me.

I'll have to play the new MechWarrior mod for Crysis at a friends house.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 3:40PM iofthestorm said

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It's because Crytek is the one who put it up on Steam, not EA. Kind of a weird situation. EA only handles retail distribution for Crytek, not digital. But of course, if you have SecuROM issues you have to contact EA, which is meh.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 2:54AM (Unverified) said

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I wouldn't buy Crysis if you guys like not having DRM.
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Posted: Jan 1st 2010 3:43PM iofthestorm said

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Amen. I actually bought Crysis but I have two installs of Windows on this machine so I've put Crysis on the Vista install so that SecuROM doesn't screw things up on 7. If anyone else is in that situation, I'd recommend doing that as well.
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