[LtCommanderData]

This is the PC Gaming Society. We all know how these things work by now: this thread exists for the discussion of the focus of the society, which in this case is PC gaming. So, get discussing!
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old, redundant contents of this post

If you want your Steam ID in the list below, quote me with it!

LIST OF STEAM IDs

Steam Username (TSR Username)

Acesupmysleeve (LtCommanderData)
cambo211 (cambo211)
Crispstah (Brap pap pap)
fazzaman (Anon ._.)
Illusionary99 (Illusionary)
jimimick (jimimick)
meticadpa (JordanR)
neillya1 (neillya1)
scott1541 (Scott1541)
Steve_The_Yeti (Steevee)
TayDrinksIrnBru (Mo-Amin)
Tommyjw (Tommyjw)

What do we all think of this recently announced PC-exclusive Hard Reset?

(Original post by kotaku)
It's okay if you've never heard of Hard Reset, the new single-player cyberpunk first-person shooter coming next month from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog. Up until a couple of weeks ago, no one had. It happens. It just doesn't happen often with a game this good being released this soon.

It looks pretty interesting, but likely to be a 'wait for the price to go down' purchase from me.

[Illusionary]

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[WaNaBe]

Anyone play StarCraft 2?

[lubus]

looks like a marketing fail to me

[jumpingjesusholycow]

Looking forward to Bodycount


I won't play FPSers on anything but my PC.

[LtCommanderData]

(Original post by Illusionary)
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Thanks for those

(Original post by lubus)
looks like a marketing fail to me

Perhaps, but anyone who pays much attention to PC games media should hear of it, especially as it's looking like the media will think it's a pretty good game. I agree that their 'element of surprise' approach has failed to whip up an instant attention-storm, but keep in mind that they only announced it a couple of days [EDIT: Ok, a couple of weeks] ago, so we don't really know what their marketing campaign is going to be like, yet.

[cambo211]

Need a list of steam id's in the OP tbh

I wanted this thread just so i could stop dragging the Bargains thread off track into discussions of random games.

Atom Zombie Smasher is ****ing hard

[blueray]

Hey people! Glad to see a soc like this

[cambo211]

Also what do people make of Battlefield 3 not being sold on Steam?

[Rishabh95]

Can't wait for Deus Ex.

[Rishabh95]

(Original post by cambo211)
Also what do people make of Battlefield 3 not being sold on Steam?

EA trying to advertise for their own shop. ORIGIN.

Personally I think Steam is better. never tried Origin TBH.

[blueray]

(Original post by cambo211)
Also what do people make of Battlefield 3 not being sold on Steam?

Happy! I hate steam anyway...tbh it has to many games on the market.
But I'm sure lots of people like steam, so I assume they will be upset.

[LtCommanderData]

(Original post by cambo211)
Need a list of steam id's in the OP tbh

Good idea! Anyone who wants their Steam username in the OP, quote me with it.

(Original post by cambo211)
Also what do people make of Battlefield 3 not being sold on Steam?

This wasn't a game I was planning on buying, and this only makes me less likely to buy it. If it was on Steam, it may have caught my eye as a weekend deal or something.

To be honest, I don't really think this EA/Steam spat is such a big deal, and I don't know which company to blame. It's a bit of a nuisance for the gamer, though.

[cambo211]

(Original post by Rishabh95)
EA trying to advertise for their own shop. ORIGIN.

Personally I think Steam is better. never tried Origin TBH.

(Original post by blueray)
Happy! I hate steam anyway...tbh it has to many games on the market.
But I'm sure lots of people like steam, so I assume they will be upset.

People can't complain because Valve, although offering brilliant prices, really do control the Downloadable games market, and quite a few games are only available on Steam.

The issue for me would be that origin is a bit of a **** service, but alas my pc won't be able to run it anyway.

[cambo211]

(Original post by LtCommanderData)
Good idea! Anyone who wants their Steam username in the OP, quote me with it.


This wasn't a game I was planning on buying, and this only makes me less likely to buy it. If it was on Steam, it may have caught my eye as a weekend deal or something.

To be honest, I don't really think this EA/Steam spat is such a big deal, and I don't know which company to blame. It's a bit of a nuisance for the gamer, though.

Steam id: cambo211

[zxh800]

(Original post by cambo211)
Also what do people make of Battlefield 3 not being sold on Steam?

Personally, I'm not too fussed. I was going to pre-order a hard copy anyway and there's things like raptr and xfire which I can use to replace the Steam chat overlay.

[JordanR]

Steam id: meticadpa

Play L4D2 a lot.

[Mo-Amin]

It was always going to happen at some point. Steam's dominance over the downloadable PC game market was a little scary. I mean, I love Valve and their Steam, well renowned for low prices, and sometimes a monopoly does lead to more innovation but there was no real competition.

(Original post by LtCommanderData)
Good idea! Anyone who wants their Steam username in the OP, quote me with it.

ID: TayDrinksIrnBru

[Brap pap pap]

Steam ID: Crispstah

Not really a fan of BF2, so not too concerned about BF3 not being available on Steam tbh

[Scott1541]

Hey guys, and girls of course

Steam ID: scott1541

My entire PC game collection (Multiplayer games only)
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Couterstrike: Source
Team Fortress 2
Garry's Mod
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Minecraft

(Original post by LtCommanderData)
Good idea! Anyone who wants their Steam username in the OP, quote me with it.

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