The Still New What Did You Last Do Thread

[NeuralStunner]

i've looked at the trailer of this game called Qube on Steam, and it looks interesting. since it's on sale, is it worth buying, or should i skip it?

I'm going to say "if you can get it really cheap, yes". The first part of the game is fantastic, if easy. A ways in and it leaves the realm of puzzles that actually involve Block Extrusion. (Especially this weird magnets thing which is obtuse and tedious. I stopped after only one or two such puzzles.)

Frankly, the Portal series does a better job maintaining a core mechanic throughout the entire game, and building other features onto that rather than shoving it to the backburner.


In other news, I spotted DisplayFusion on a Steam Flash Sale yesterday, so I downloaded the trial and tried it out. Loads better than the MM program i was using, and well worth $6.

[QuickShotGunman]

Gave quite a few gifts to my friend on Steam recently.
Also picked up a PS2 copy of Max Payne and Hitman 2.
I suck at Hitman.

[Viscra Maelstrom]

one thing i don't get with Qube on Steam is that the soundtrack + game bundle costs more than buying the items separately. what the cake?

also, Christmas over here and stuff. received some music, VHS-tapes, and a pretty comfy sweater. pretty okay christmas, i'd say.

[Project Shadowcat]

one thing i don't get with Qube on Steam is that the soundtrack + game bundle costs more than buying the items separately. what the cake?

This will happen a lot during their big sale events.

[0bsidian]

Happy 1st birthday Pyroscourge! Hurr, hurr, hurr.

Oh, and Merry Christmas or something.

[RiboNucleic Asshat]

I upgraded my GPU to a sparkly, new, Radeon 7870. HOWEVER, I gotta wait 2 days to use it because of Christmas and stuff...

Nice! What did you upgrade from

Upgrading from a 6850.

[Viscra Maelstrom]

i've looked at the trailer of this game called Qube on Steam, and it looks interesting. since it's on sale, is it worth buying, or should i skip it?

I'm going to say "if you can get it really cheap, yes". The first part of the game is fantastic, if easy. A ways in and it leaves the realm of puzzles that actually involve Block Extrusion. (Especially this weird magnets thing which is obtuse and tedious. I stopped after only one or two such puzzles.)

Frankly, the Portal series does a better job maintaining a core mechanic throughout the entire game, and building other features onto that rather than shoving it to the backburner.

is 3.39 euro cheap enough to warrant a purchase of it? i tried the demo and it's not too bad, really, but if the rest of the game outside of the demo falls flat, then it'd be kind of a downer to have bought the game in thought that the rest of the game would be just as interesting.

[Ribo Zurai]

Currently trying to resurrect my wallet in comatosis state. It went through a serious Steam-ectomy session and lost 3/4 of it's content.

...seriously. I wasted so much in the sales I feel bad for myself.

[Marisa the Magician]

Upgrading from a 6850.

Heh, I remember when I upgraded from a 5200fx ultra to a 9800gtx+. It was all like "OMG WHY IS UT RUNNING AT 200FPS"

[NeuralStunner]

is 3.39 euro cheap enough to warrant a purchase of it?

If this conversion is correct, then that's about 4.64 USD. I paid $3.74 for it on sale.

I'm going to say that it's up to you. I got up to Sector 5 (out of 7 I think?) before those puzzles got too tedious. That's still a good portion of the game I enjoyed.

On the plus side, it runs super-great (Unreal Engine always gives me that) and seems pretty much free of bugs. You can't say that for everything.

[RiboNucleic Asshat]

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AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAaaaaRGH IT BURNS

[Sgt Dopey]

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AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAaaaaRGH IT BURNS

Do some cable routing man, wouldn't want to get a cable caught into that sparkly new GFX card of yours

[edward850]

Welcome to BackToBusX (prboom+ should play it), where I play BTSX on a bus. Because what the hell else do I do on a 4 hour bus ride?

[Captain Ventris]

I was unable to do my Gift-giving this year, but luckily, Quickshotgunman, Project Dark Fox, and Grymmoire (who had an aneurysm or something and went nuts buying me stuff) have given me a gift-giving all my own. I have a lot more of my wishlist thanks to the nice folks here. It means a lot. Thanks and Merry Christmas, y'all.

[TheDarkArchon]

Grymmoire (who had an aneurysm or something and went nuts buying me stuff)

HEH