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You sure it's not due to your speaker set-up? Surround sound will split the audio between the front left/right speakers, which will make it harder to hear.

I never finished the first Bioshock so I started playing it again to prep for the first and see the end. My audio does exactly the same thing as Joph's. Journal's/Radio are quiet rest of noises loud.

It was actually a lot of forum reading just to get the game to launch in Win7 64x with realtek audio. Then the sound did not work at all in game. Had to enable a setting called "Stereo Mix" in my recording setting's for the sound properties. Then adjust the launch variables default.ini. Game was released for XP, so I had tried compatibility mode for both the game.exe and the steam.exe with no love. Fortunately the .ini fix I found did the trick.

I was just happy to get it launched and with sound, I can live with the journal being quiet becuase it's fun going back into Rapture. :)

Today's deals:

Batman: AA GOTY $7.50 (75%)
L4D2 Franchise 75% off: Either game $5, both for $7.50
Far Cry franchise 75% off: Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition $5, Far Cry $2.50
Kings Bounty franchise 80% off, $3-5 per game
Sims 3 franchise 66% off, the main game $13, and all 417 expansions 66% off or a complete pack for $80
Jamestown $5 (50%)
Lost Planet 2 $20 (50%)
Gothic series 75% off. Gothic 4 $12.50, or bundle with everything $9
Atom Zombie Smasher $3 (70%)
Killing Floor $5 (75%) or bundle with DLC $7.50
Grand Theft Auto 4 complete (with dlcs) $10 (75%)
Prototype $15 (50%)


I thought I remembered hearing that L4D2 is primarily co-op/team play with little single player appeal. Is this correct?
Everyone and their dog seems to love Batman AA so maybe I'll break my two day no-buying streak before it's three days. How's Far Cry 2? Worth getting? I only remember the name.

Someone elsewhere said L4D2 was still amusing as a single player and I know some folks I can co-op with so I did L4D2, Far Cry 2 & Batman: AA.

welcome to the steam sale backlog of games you'll never finish :P

For the price you're paying now you won't feel guilty if you never finish them.

Thursday's sales:

Audiosurf $1.50 (85%)
Risen $15 (50%)
Rift $10 (75%)
Quake franchise 75% off, or a complete pack for $7.50
Dead Rising 2 $20 (50%)
Sanctum $3.75 (75%) or 4 pack $10
Command and Conquer franchise 80% off, all games either $4 or $6
Street Fighter 4 $15 (50%)
Company of Heroes Franchise 75% off. $2.50 original, $5 expansions.
Tomb Raider franchise 75% off
Cities XL 2011 $8 (80%)
Counter-strike Source $5 (50%)

Folks are saying I should get Audiosurf for the buck-fiddy so I'll probably do that. Maybe Company of Heroes as well; at least the original.

I bought the original Company of Heroes, downloading it now.

I bought Company of Heroes and the Opposing Fronts pack. Also Audiosurf which I wasted two hours on last night without realizing it. I'm a global champion on Doris Day's "Girl From Ipanema"!

Fallout 3 + DLC is a vertiable boatload of content for $10. I'd highly recommend it.

I'm kind of curious about Amnesia, but just don't think I'd get much mileage out of it. I really have to drag myself to complete true horror games.

It's my opinion only, so take it for what it's worth. Both FO and ME are 2 of my favorite gaming series in recent years. FO is just massively huge, and ME is a story I just had to buy a 360 for. The fact that it was later released on the PC chaps my *** a little bit, but oh well. Like someone else mentioned, FO3 + all the DLC is a serious assload of content for 10 bucks. I'm even thinking about grabbing it because I don't have all of the DLC for the 360.

Picked up ME 1 & 2, FO3 and Amnesia. People elsewhere were recommending it with one guy saying "The only reason not to buy this for $5 is if you really don't own $5. In which case, PM me and I'll gift it to you because you should play this game."

As it turns out, I do have five bucks but that was a heck of an endorsement.

Edit: I've played FO 1 & 2. I'll admit that the first person thing gave me pause and the worry that it was trading in some of its charm for slickness.

Edit II: I suppose I should be thankful that game-makers' obsession with consoles has retarded technical development since it means that my "pretty new but hardly top of the line" system still exceeds the recommended specs for these games.

Edited, Jul 8th 2011 7:00pm by Jophiel