Direct2Drive's Anniversary Sale is Ridiculous
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HOLY CANADA! (I wanted to say that for a while).
Unfortunately I lack a PC so I told my roommate about it (even though he isn't interested in any of those games :/)
Unfortunately I lack a PC so I told my roommate about it (even though he isn't interested in any of those games :/)
Y'know, I should dig my copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. out and see if it actually works on this laptop.
It's unfortunate, but due to using a laptop (that is essentially not a gaming laptop), I'm restricted from getting "latest and greatest". Still, I got Riddick and Bioshock on console which run fine, no hiccups, and have no interest in Saint's Row 2.
Serious Sam? Now THAT is a good buy.
Now I'm just curious if I should grab a second. Missed out on the entire Thief series, and I hear Deadly Shadows is lame in comparison. Should I bother with it? Haven't beaten all of the first Max Payne and am not too interested overall. Should I give the second one a go nonetheless? I found nothing special in the console versions of FarCry. Should I give the original a go? What about Call of Juarez? What is this Tachyons game?
Hrm...
It's unfortunate, but due to using a laptop (that is essentially not a gaming laptop), I'm restricted from getting "latest and greatest". Still, I got Riddick and Bioshock on console which run fine, no hiccups, and have no interest in Saint's Row 2.
Serious Sam? Now THAT is a good buy.
Now I'm just curious if I should grab a second. Missed out on the entire Thief series, and I hear Deadly Shadows is lame in comparison. Should I bother with it? Haven't beaten all of the first Max Payne and am not too interested overall. Should I give the second one a go nonetheless? I found nothing special in the console versions of FarCry. Should I give the original a go? What about Call of Juarez? What is this Tachyons game?
Hrm...
YAY! Now I may finally have my Bioshock back!
That's if I can work on my laptop, though....Can't wait to see what the RPG week has.
*Crosses fingers for Fallout-related games*
That's if I can work on my laptop, though....Can't wait to see what the RPG week has.
*Crosses fingers for Fallout-related games*
I finally bought Riddick Dark Athena. I played Butcher bay a long time ago, and I was waiting for the price to drop to 20 dollar.s but hey 5 is even better. I doubt it will ever get this low again ever.
I just got Bioshock, Stalker, and Thief: Deadly Shadows for 15 dollars.
I just soiled mah pants.
I just soiled mah pants.
Having done this (I got Bioshock, Thief, and Stalker), I will say this.
If it hadn't been 5 dollars, I would've been fed up. Steam is completly superior. I downloaded this game and was required to open up the zip file and run the _setup executable myself, then following install create my own shortcuts. After this i noted the game was only version 1.0, searched for patches, did indeed find one and installed it. 2 hours of frustration later I figured out it was the patch completly borking the game and tried the autopatcher I found in the zip file. Guess what?
NO CD FOUND NAH NAH.
They just rip the files directly from the disc (you can't even just mount it with Daemon tools, I tried) and spit them at you. I'll play the game unpatched and missout on a few tonics. I still got my 360 version. If stalker comes unpatched, this is going to be HELL.
In short, D2D sucks. Use steam.
edit: I found access to a special seperate page on the D2D page that takes you to their digital distribution patches. Still alot of hassle.
double edit: patching bioshock with their digital distribute patch seems to have been effective.
Triple Edit: Worked like a charm. They even have all the Stalker Patches (even the unofficial 1.0006) here https://www.direct2drive.com/patches/ it's disorganize so you'll have to scroll and look carefully.
If I had been a novice, I think this would've been a nightmare.
If it hadn't been 5 dollars, I would've been fed up. Steam is completly superior. I downloaded this game and was required to open up the zip file and run the _setup executable myself, then following install create my own shortcuts. After this i noted the game was only version 1.0, searched for patches, did indeed find one and installed it. 2 hours of frustration later I figured out it was the patch completly borking the game and tried the autopatcher I found in the zip file. Guess what?
NO CD FOUND NAH NAH.
They just rip the files directly from the disc (you can't even just mount it with Daemon tools, I tried) and spit them at you. I'll play the game unpatched and missout on a few tonics. I still got my 360 version. If stalker comes unpatched, this is going to be HELL.
In short, D2D sucks. Use steam.
edit: I found access to a special seperate page on the D2D page that takes you to their digital distribution patches. Still alot of hassle.
double edit: patching bioshock with their digital distribute patch seems to have been effective.
Triple Edit: Worked like a charm. They even have all the Stalker Patches (even the unofficial 1.0006) here https://www.direct2drive.com/patches/ it's disorganize so you'll have to scroll and look carefully.
If I had been a novice, I think this would've been a nightmare.
My countinue shitty experiance trying to patch these games (one of the stalker patches borked me, I had to find another one...) and just trying to install thief tells me DO NOT USE D2D UNLESS YOUR ONLY PAYING 5 DOLLARS. Steam kicks the SHIT out of it.
If you have a fast computer, download the Stalker Complete 2009 mod. It doesn't change the gameplay, but my god it makes the game beautiful.TsunamiWombat said:
If you havew Vista, DON'T! Can't even install or run it. And yes I disabled UAC, ran as administator in compat. mode. No dice. Possibly attempting to patch it borked me.LTK_70 said:
See, D2D claims to have patched its games for you. This is a lie. Also, if you have problems with your games, once you have them installed/have used the activation code, d2d whipes it's hands of you. They don't care, their EULA has been fufilled.
Wombats guide to buying Stalker, Bioshock, and Thief 3 from D2D:
First- can you afford to buy these games on steam? If so, do so. Steam is 5x better. Moving on...
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl: First ignore most of the patches on the d2d page. Download and install the game. Then install the 1.0001 patch off the D2D patches page (lower lefthand frame). Ignore the 1.0001 - 1.0006 patch, it borks your game. Instead go to fileplanet and get the 1.0005 patch (1.0006 is a multiplayer patch, I dunno how to get a working 1.0006 for digital distribute and don't care).
http://www.fileplanet.com/180143/180000/fileinfo/STALKER:-Shadow-of-Chernobyl-Patch-1.0005-[Digital-Distribution]
Make sure it's the DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION patch or it'll bork your game. Install patchez. Then, before you bother, go and get Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl Complete 2009 mod, which makes a ton of UI, HUD, and graphics improvements to the game, kicking it from Halflife graphics to Oblivion.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009/news/stalker-complete-2009-release
Install this mod by unzipping it with winrar, then cut paste the contents to your base Stalker folder, ala program files/THQ/Stalker - Shadow of Chernobyl. Replace all files. Also read the readme file if you wish to take step 3 and do some optional tinkering to max your graphical pleasure, like so
The 3rd step is optional but recommended, since textures were designed with those settings. Make sure you backup your original "user.ltx" before making changes.
Then update this mod by downloading the Patch
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009/downloads/stalker-complete-2009
By repeating the above process- unzip, cut paste, replace all. Launch the game and enjoy. oh yes, Enjoy.
Bioshock: By comparison, Bioshock is much easier to run. Download Bioshock and install and run the authentication process, then install the patch from D2D (1.1 I believe). Thats all.
Thief 3: Won't run. Don't try. If you really have to try, disable UAC by following the instructions here.
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm
Reboot, install thief 3. Run in compatability mode and/or administrator mode by right clicking and changing it under properties.
http://www.tweakguides.com/TDS_3.html
See this page for more Info, I gave up on that for now. And remember, it was only 5 Dollars. Don't get all frustrated like I did.
PS: Steam is better.
PPS: D2D is cheaper. By far. Convenience is sometimes not worth paying ?15 extra for. I'm running Win7 on a gaming laptop, and I've already got STALKER: SoC, and it runs like a charm. So far I like Clear Sky better, though. Thanks for the effort, anyway.TsunamiWombat said: