Did that the last time. This time it has to be at least 150, exponential growth and such, hurray for capitalism!
Somehow I'm grateful that I'm going to spend the next few days with my girlfriend, who believes that internet was made for other people, so my wallet won't be abused for some time.
To be fair, it scares me. I don't know want to spend much, but being a "veteran" of these damn sales, I already know I'm gonna buy a gakload of games I'll never touch... just like in all the previous sales...
And is still prohibitively expensive if you actually want to do anything in it, since all actual game content is scattered throughout a billion separate DLCs!
Is Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion a standalone? Or an expansion? And how much RTS does it have? I don’t have the twitch reflex I used to, so prefer turn based, but do enjoy games like DoW, starcraft, etc. But also Civ V, RFTS, Spaceward Ho, etc.
Nevelon wrote: Is Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion a standalone? Or an expansion? And how much RTS does it have? I don’t have the twitch reflex I used to, so prefer turn based, but do enjoy games like DoW, starcraft, etc. But also Civ V, RFTS, Spaceward Ho, etc.
Standalone, it contains all the features from the previous Sins games.
It depends on what RTS games you're used to. Sins can take a good while to get going, and it's only really your corvettes that'll feel like they have any real speed, especially turning. It can be quite slow-paced, and doesn't really rely on having split-second reactions if that's what you're worried about.
Nevelon wrote: Is Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion a standalone? Or an expansion? And how much RTS does it have? I don’t have the twitch reflex I used to, so prefer turn based, but do enjoy games like DoW, starcraft, etc. But also Civ V, RFTS, Spaceward Ho, etc.
Standalone, it contains all the features from the previous Sins games.
It depends on what RTS games you're used to. Sins can take a good while to get going, and it's only really your corvettes that'll feel like they have any real speed, especially turning. It can be quite slow-paced, and doesn't really rely on having split-second reactions if that's what you're worried about.
The quick stuff is what I'm worried about. RTS games where you need to micro-manage every unit (select, activate ability, choose target, repeat for everyone) are too much like work. I’m fine sending waves of things at foes, or telling the lot of them to focus fire on the big thing.
Nevelon wrote: Is Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion a standalone? Or an expansion? And how much RTS does it have? I don’t have the twitch reflex I used to, so prefer turn based, but do enjoy games like DoW, starcraft, etc. But also Civ V, RFTS, Spaceward Ho, etc.
Standalone, it contains all the features from the previous Sins games.
It depends on what RTS games you're used to. Sins can take a good while to get going, and it's only really your corvettes that'll feel like they have any real speed, especially turning. It can be quite slow-paced, and doesn't really rely on having split-second reactions if that's what you're worried about.
The quick stuff is what I'm worried about. RTS games where you need to micro-manage every unit (select, activate ability, choose target, repeat for everyone) are too much like work. I’m fine sending waves of things at foes, or telling the lot of them to focus fire on the big thing.
How is it for single player replayability?
AFAIK doesn't have a story mode. That said, a single match can last for hours.
So much people complaining of buying games they'll never play, so depressing when I don't have enough money to by one so I play everyone I big to death... :whimpering:
The Dark Apostle wrote: So much people complaining of buying games they'll never play, so depressing when I don't have enough money to by one so I play everyone I big to death... :whimpering:
I fairly regularly give game codes away when I buy bundles.... I have a thread devoted to it somewhere around here.
The Dark Apostle wrote: So much people complaining of buying games they'll never play, so depressing when I don't have enough money to by one so I play everyone I big to death... :whimpering:
I fairly regularly give game codes away when I buy bundles.... I have a thread devoted to it somewhere around here.
AFAIK doesn't have a story mode. That said, a single match can last for hours.
Which imo is somewhat ironic given how much ink was spent on the backstory. One of the factions in Sins even has an "impending doom" angle to its backstory (they're apparently being chased by something, but the nature of their pursuer is unknown because anything and everything - including their original homeworlds - that has come in contact with their pursuer has been lost). But as the game is multi-player only, it has no effect on anything in the game.
well i pretty much cleared out my wishlist for games i had some interest in but never got around to getting:
Xcom
Payday 2
Gmod
Goat Simulator
I also picked up Mirrors Edge because it was cheap as hell and it looked pretty nice from some playthrough i watched.
The Witcher 2 because it looked cool and i remember Vader did a song for the first game.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Yes get it. It's like a real time 4X with a good emphasis on fleet combat. Lots of fun if you like long play sessions and cool space combat.
X-Com - Very, very worth it. The "complete pack" that comes with the two DLC's and Enemy Within is 67% off and worth every penny. Don't bother with the deal that comes with The Bureau because that game is pants.
Deathklaat wrote: well i pretty much cleared out my wishlist for games i had some interest in but never got around to getting:
Xcom
Payday 2
Gmod
Goat Simulator
I also picked up Mirrors Edge because it was cheap as hell and it looked pretty nice from some playthrough i watched.
The Witcher 2 because it looked cool and i remember Vader did a song for the first game.
Mirrors Edge is good, imo. Of course, since I played it on the 360, it might not be as good on the PC. The focus is primarily on the parkour action, though there's plenty of need to avoid (or otherwise deal with) armed hostiles over the course of the game.
There was also a DLC released on the console that was exclusively free-running, but I don't see it on Steam. I'd easily recognize it based on screenshots because the structures you were running on were rather bizarre.
I take pride that I won't be buying anything during these sales... then remember that I will most likely plunking down even more money on Star Trek/X-wing expansion packs.
...
Maybe it would have been better if I stuck to video games.
X-Com - Very, very worth it. The "complete pack" that comes with the two DLC's and Enemy Within is 67% off and worth every penny. Don't bother with the deal that comes with The Bureau because that game is pants.
I'm not all that enamoured of the Firaxis XCOM, its a decent game but it has lost too much of the original and I find that I tend to get quite bored with it. Xenonauts is a better XCOM game, but that's just been released so its not on sale.
The Bureau isn't actually all that bad for a cover shooter, its XCOM in name only though, the only similarities are a couple of enemies.
Yes that game is sex esp. 'enemy within'. EXALT are a very fun enemy. They're basically the illuminati. Too bad we didn't get to fight them more. They die like punks though. The aliens are a tougher enemy.
As for xenonauts so far I'm not enjoying it as much as I did 'xcom: enemy unknown'. It feels so dated. The cover system seems kind of bad, your guys' arc of sight is crap and just certain stupid things. I dunno we'll see if I can figure out some of this. It might just be because I'm new to the game and should read the manual more for this one. The aerial combat is more complicated though in a way you might see in older games. I'm not sure how I feel about time units. So far I think people love 'xenonauts' because it reminds them of the old 'xcom' they played. I only played the current 'xcom: enemy unknown' and 'enemy within' so I'm just not feeling it. The music in both is nice but I love how the guy that did the music for 'deus ex: human revolution' did the music for 'xcom: enemy unknown' and I enjoy the 80's-90's action movie feel of some of the battle music in 'enemy unknown'.
I guess I can't really judge since I only just started 'xenonauts'. Besides it's not like 'enemy unknown' wasn't bugged up the *** for the longest time. It still probably is in 'enemy within' but I haven't been playing it. Personally when I was playing 'xenonauts' I couldn't help but feel "Why am I not just playing 'xcom: enemy within'?". I dunno maybe that feeling will pass.
The original X-COM is currently on sale for £1.49, all the original games are worth playing aside from Enforcer and possibly Interceptor (its a flight sim).
I picked up Stick of Truth last night. It only had a 33% markdown, but it was a "voted on" special, which suggests to me that it isn't going to get any better than that. And the game was only released in April, so I'm actually a bit surprised that it got any kind of markdown at all.
Picked up X-Com yesterday; can't wait to start that. Other than that, I haven't found too much. Payday 2 looks neat, but I doubt I'd actually play it much. I really wanted the Legendary Edition of Skyrim to get cheaper...
I have had steam for a couple of years now but never used it all that much. I have heard of this 'Steam Sale' and the laments of gamers everywhere about how light their wallets become...I didn't believe them until now.
Whenever I get food now I find myself wondering what game(s) I could be getting with the money instead. As of now the damage has been relatively light with me ony purchasing Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. But I have several other games, an the list keeps growing, that is making my wallet shirk in fear.
squall018 wrote: I might look into Sins if they put it back up. I kind of hem and hawed and now its gone.
It'll come back. The sale ends on the 30th, meaning the last day of the same is the 29th. Everything that's been on sale tends to come back on the 29th. Keep an eye on flash sales though. Flash sales have the lowest possible price, so it's good to get it then. Otherwise wait until it comes back.
Sales also roll-over. So what was on sale yesterday will still be on sale today, just down the bottom of the page.
I'm unsure of which of the 10000 different versions it is. I wish Ubisoft would stop fething around with its games and just release the game as something you can buy without needing a chart to determine what utterly needless Day1 DLC you'll get.
I picked up an intriguing little text adventure game called "Heroes Rise : Prodigy" and its sequel. I'm not normally the person who plays these, especially since I am not that much into superheroes - but the description sounded interesting, and all those positive reviews made me think that three bucks aren't much monies to risk and I should give it a try.
Boy, was that the right call. The game had me hooked right from the start. Played 'till 8am this morning. The story feels fresh yet with familiar elements, you have a bit of customisation regarding your character, and the game features a crazy range of branching dialogue/event trees that make it feel very "open" in regards to your choices (even more true for the sequel, Heroes Rise : The Hero Project). There's classic superhero themes, socio-political issues (both current and fictional), stunning twists, conspiracies, well-written fight scenes, and even optional romance.
Also, damn. Today it's Wasteland 2 and Project Zomboid. And here I thought that I could maybe escape The Gaben's grasp for once and survive a Steam Sale buying no more than a single game.
mega_bassist wrote:Picked up X-Com yesterday; can't wait to start that.
Grey Templar wrote:Picked up all the DLC and expansion packs for XCOM.
I picked up Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and i just bought Banished. I've bought a couple of games i already had on 360 as well, however i've restricted myself to only re-buying if it's 75% or better.
Can't bring myself to buy any Ubisoft games, i haven't got a Uplay and i don't really want one.
I share my steam account with my 3 brothers. Together they picked up: Terraria, Dawn of War, Dawn of War Winter Assault. Dawn of War II, Dawn of War II Chaos Rising Plants VS Zombies Game of the year edition. And some DLC for DoW II
Also, got the Legendary Edition of Skyrim for dirt cheap on flash sale.
Avatar 720 wrote: I feel like I'm the only person in the world who really didn't like Terraria. =|
I played it for a bit at my brother's house, and didn't care much for it. A friend actually gifted it to me...but I never bothered installing it. just never held my interest.
squall018 wrote: I saw Terraria was super cheap. Whats so great about it?
It's a cute 2D Minecraft-esque sandbox game. It's pretty enjoyable to go through, especially with a friend or two, but I found it very easy to get sick of in a short period of time.
motyak wrote: Is it end game expansion, or should I buy it before I fire it up the first time?
There's an option to play either 'enemy unknown' or 'enemy within' when you start the game up. Saves from one don't carry over to the other. Hope that answers your question.
The latter - it's still the same campaign with the same ending, it "just" adds new features and some new missions; more stuff to do on in the middle, if you will.
In short: just buy everything, install the mod, and then have the complete experience right from the start.
[edit] To clarify, in addition to the above: Yes, technically you get two buttons with which you can launch both campaigns independently.
There's really no point to this, though, because "Enemy Within" is just "Enemy Unknown +1". I suppose it was deemed necessary due to save incompatibility, but other than that the EU button is redundant, unless you intentionally want to remove those additional features from your game again.
To my knowledge 'enemy within' nerfed some of the better abilities in 'enemy unknown'. For instance they nerfed squadsight and buffed snap shot though nobody takes snap shot for the most part still so they just nerfed squadsight mostly. Squadsight doesn't get a critical chance to hit in enemy within unless you do a headshot or something. Sectopods are also a crap ton harder in 'enemy within'.
There are things people never talk much about like medals which are kind of useful. They also changed some of the officer academy upgrades. I preferred some of the older ones but luckily genetic upgrades and medals should fix some things.
Other than that there's one base defense against aliens, several new missions, a new rogue agency of illuminati dudes, new gear and just other stuff in general. The last patch I played heavily increased the price of mimetic skin though (it costs a lot of meld in comparison to all the other abilities). I remember way back when you could do it more cheaply and just throw a couple guys on some walls and use them to spot while cloaked. Helped even more when they were supports because you could still use items that didn't hurt anybody without revealing position (like smoke grenades and flashbang grenades).
Never had any problems with Squadsight. That was a vital skill. Enemy Within does allow you to randomise skills, meaning your Sniper may not even be able to get Squadsight, but I don't think they nerfed it.
H.B.M.C. wrote: Never had any problems with Squadsight. That was a vital skill. Enemy Within does allow you to randomise skills, meaning your Sniper may not even be able to get Squadsight, but I don't think they nerfed it.
They did. I played hundreds of hours to know they nerfed it. I think they also nerfed how 'in the zone' works with 'squadsight' since I used to rack up 6 kills with one after nuking the enemy with rockets all in the same turn. Now that kind of doesn't happen so much. The slightly buffed snap shot by taking away more of the negative penalty of moving before sniping.
I am currently totaling over 800 hours of xcom enemy unknown and enemy within play time. I played it to death and play it much more casually now when I have no other games to play.
Honestly I think I mostly just played without the 2nd wave options. The game is hard enough on impossible difficulty. I'd prefer to see if I can get an impossible ironman game done.
'Enemy within' plays a lot differently than 'enemy unknown' sometimes too. EW has a lot more mech enemies that lack area of effect attacks so things like smoke grenades become more useful whereas EU has more tough biological units. That said when you face EXALT they are all biological and have no psychics or any resistance to flashbang grenades so spam the crap out of em. Also EXALT is almost always one weapon and armor level tech behind. I will admit though they definitely have style. The EXALT base assault was kind of fun. I just wish there was more of em to knock around.
H.B.M.C. wrote: They reminded me of the cult from X-Com: Apocalylse. I used to send single guys to cult HQ's to give them XP and steal stuff. Great fun.
Once again I only played 'enemy unknown' and 'enemy within'. I'm playing 'xenonauts' now and it's a lot of fun though. I think I may use explosives more. Other than the laser cannon I haven't seen them in action much. Never got to use the rocketeer yet. Was about to try nuking the inside of an enemy UFO despite all the massive loss in tech but he managed to get sniped early. In the last mission I played I set up all my guys around the UFO and basically opened it with one guy and fired two laser shots into it eliminating every baddie in the main room. I suffered monetarily for it but it was glorious. I think I have the screenshots before and after since I knew it'd be glorious.
H.B.M.C. wrote: Never had any problems with Squadsight. That was a vital skill. Enemy Within does allow you to randomise skills, meaning your Sniper may not even be able to get Squadsight, but I don't think they nerfed it.
They did, actually.
In EW, Squad Sight cannot crit.
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H.B.M.C. wrote: They reminded me of the cult from X-Com: Apocalylse. I used to send single guys to cult HQ's to give them XP and steal stuff. Great fun.
Oh yeah, Apoc was awesome.
Hopefully they will do that next and skip TFTD.
Not wanting to be the party pooper, but since this is about steam sales and not Xcom...iirc, we have a X-Com thread already
I am not quite happy with the offers so far...lots of smaller discounts but a few good ones. I am looking forward to seeing more Early Access games on discount - at least those are ones we haven't yet bought!
I bought payday the heist, and xcom the bureau. $7.50 in total. My budget is $25. In a year or two there's going to be way more games that I've wanted but never got. And I'll be aiming for those next. In the meantime, I also have the problem of having a truckload of games I haven't played yet. I played skyrim for only 6 hours so far, my guy is level 5. Haven't finished AC2 yet, bioshock infinite, borderlands 2, most of the games in the total wars series, and a ton of less popular games. One game I really want is Thief. I'm still holding out for a target of under $10. Also waiting for xcom enemy unknown to go under $5. I have all the time in the world, judging by my library. I have like 20 games over $30 on my wishlist. People bought them at release prices. In a few years, I'll be buying all of them for under $10
illuknisaa wrote: I wonder is betrayer worth hat money? Is kindoms of amalur worth hat monies?
Kingdoms of Amalur is...solid. Average. Imagine Dragon Age 2 without a party. Very action-based and simple combat, low difficulty, but interesting and engaging story with tons, really, TONS of sidequests.
I've enjoyed Kingdoms of Amalur so far (I'm about half-way through the game, but it's been a while since I played last). I got both the DLC expansions, and the one on the floating island is the best one (though the island adventure was fun).
I actually like it more than Skyrim because the combat is more fun. It's not a spectacle fighter, but it has elements of that in the combat. Colourful graphical style, good story, tons of fun enemies and NPC's with hilarious voices, and just tons and tons of stuff to do.
H.B.M.C. wrote: I've enjoyed Kingdoms of Amalur so far (I'm about half-way through the game, but it's been a while since I played last). I got both the DLC expansions, and the one on the floating island is the best one (though the island adventure was fun).
I actually like it more than Skyrim because the combat is more fun. It's not a spectacle fighter, but it has elements of that in the combat. Colourful graphical style, good story, tons of fun enemies and NPC's with hilarious voices, and just tons and tons of stuff to do.
That sounds promising. Is it suitable for keyboard + mouse and are the controls customisable?
H.B.M.C. wrote: Couldn't tell you sorry. My version is the PS3 version. Nevertheless, you can plug a 360 or PS3 controller into a PC and just use that.
I don't really like to use a controller if i can help it. Thanks though.
Looking through the Amalur forum on steam it seems the keyboard controls can be changed even though it's implemented in a not entirely straight forward way judging from some of the complaints.
Really pissed off the game I've really been wanting (fallout NV ultimate edition) is really low (-66%) making it €6 (im embarrassed to say I don't even have that amount of money to spare) FML I'm poor as gak and can't get it, so much for getting a nice new summer game, guess I'll just play some BS F2P game to pass time :(
Whelp. The "Rogue Legacy" is an absolute blast. Probably doesn't get any lower than this so I had to get it. It's my first true Rogue-like game and I'm loving it :3
Read the books and played a small bit of 2033 is the other good, got it on my wish list , maybe a kind internet stranger will take pity on me and I can play it
Yeah, I hit Metro for 3 bucks-ish, but that was accounted for by my card sales, so it was free. Tossing up whether to buy last light as well, or save that for the christmas sales
How do you make money off card sales? All mine seem to be worth 13 cents each. I keep seeing people here mention it, and then have a look at get terribly dissapointed. Maybe I need to by more games.
Well, I have so many games, and with 5 card drops a game or so, that's a lot of 13-20 cent sales. Which, come sale time on steam, leads to a couple of games in the 0-4 dollar category. Which then leads to more cards.
It's not 'making money', its just helping feed the addiction
Bullockist wrote: How do you make money off card sales? All mine seem to be worth 13 cents each. I keep seeing people here mention it, and then have a look at get terribly dissapointed. Maybe I need to by more games.
Foil cards and TF2 hats get you more cash, its not exactly big money though, I think the most I have made out of a single sale is £1.50.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Whelp. The "Rogue Legacy" is an absolute blast. Probably doesn't get any lower than this so I had to get it. It's my first true Rogue-like game and I'm loving it :3
I already lost so many god-damn heroes xD
I ended up getting Rogue Legacy on sale as well, and its an absolute blast.
I have done pretty well with the cards. You don't make a lot of money, its just that money goes much furthur during the sale.
I think the real issue is that only so many good games are released every year. And after a couple of years of Steam sales, most people have already picked up the older classics. So they get ignored (for obvious reasons).
I picked up Saints Row IV a couple of days ago. Mirror's Edge is currently up for just $5. Fallout: New Vegas is currently going for less than $7. The issue with those games isn't that they're boring games. The issue with them is that most people who might be interested in them already have them (I already own the latter two, although my copy of Mirror's Edge is the 360 version). If they weren't willing to pay retail, then they got them at the previous Summer Sale instead. I think the real issue is that the Summer Sale has just been too successful.
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Bromsy wrote: So far I have picked up Crusader Kings 2, the Metro series, Plague Inc Evolved, one of the State of Decay DLCs, and Age of Wonders 3.
The only things I am still looking at are Banished and Tropico 5 if they go on to have a decent discount, which I am doubting.
The only things I am still looking at are Banished and Tropico 5 if they go on to have a decent discount, which I am doubting.
Banished is remarkably dull. It has a reputation for being difficult but once you have basic food production up and running all you have to do is rebuild after natural disasters and attempt to collect all the crops. Most things that have had dailies should turn up again on the last day.
I have hardly bought anything this year. Planetary Annihilation, Skyrim DLC, and Age of Empires II, about £15-20 in all. I am at the stage now where I already own most of the games that I am interested in (and more than a few that I'm not).
I bought Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. I'd been waiting for that to go on sale. $3 seems like a good deal.
Eumerin wrote: I think the real issue is that only so many good games are released every year. And after a couple of years of Steam sales, most people have already picked up the older classics. So they get ignored (for obvious reasons).
I have to agree. My first steam sale, just after I got my new computer last year, was an amazing sale. I bought tons of stuff. The one after that was almost as good. This one? Well I pretty much have everything I want... so none of it is really necessary.
I do take umbrage with Early Access games going up on sale though. We shouldn't be buying incomplete games.
I'm new to the Steam Sales. I'll say that this one seems pretty hit or miss. I did pick up some amazing games for cheap (both Metro games, Skyrim w/DLC, X-Com, and Payday 2 for $38 total)...but half of the time, I wasn't interested in anything listed.
And to clarify, when I mentioned I was disappointed, that was at the current games listed. I won't say that the sale has been "bad" per say, but that I just haven't been interested. Hell, some of the games they put up on the second/third day of the sale actually had terrible reviews from users and critics.
I've only gotten 1 game so far (Space Hulk) as anything else on my wish list hasn't popped up as a daily or flash sale. I can wait till the 30th for the few games I want to get as low as possible. Outside that I haven't been getting games just because they are cheap.
I've been very conservative with my money aswell, but I'm just holding on until the final day. All the games I want are mostly under 3€, so I'm just waiting to see if any show up in a community / daily / flash until the final day.
Nah, I just haven't been in the mood for the AAA titles. It seems I'm getting much, much, much more fun from the indie games lately. It's being refreshing.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Nah, I just haven't been in the mood for the AAA titles. It seems I'm getting much, much, much more fun from the indie games lately. It's being refreshing.
See I don't understand that. AAA isn't a genre. Neither is "indie".
Steam sales actually lost to my PS plus subscription oddly enough, since they don't offer a lot of the Jap games I was interested in like Persona 4 Golden or Arena. Plus I got stuff like Bioshock Infinite as a free game from them a while ago.
Banished is remarkably dull. It has a reputation for being difficult but once you have basic food production up and running all you have to do is rebuild after natural disasters and attempt to collect all the crops.
I am waiting for a much higher than 50% discount. I would pony up for a 75% off or more version just to kick it around a bit.
So far I am really diggin' Age of Wonders. Plague Inc is basically a mobile game but it's fun to while away an hour or two exterminating humanity, and the different types of diseases change up gameplay enough to make repeated playthroughs interesting. Haven't installed Metro yet or tried the State of Decay endless mode DLC.
If anyone likes space games or 4xs I can recommend Endless Space. It's pretty solid.
I usually prefer the PC myself but what's all this PC master race crap I hear about all the time. I mean really if you want a good gauge of the gamers you play against just figure into the game's intelligence and what audiences they appeal to.
If you play call of duty or halo watch out for 13 year olds with no restrictions on the F-word whereas with more complicated games like deus ex would have a better crowd though it might have BDSM fetishists and people that think corporations, lung cancer (smoking) and hookers go together like peanut butter and jelly. So in a sense cyber-punk is like if grand theft auto was more thought provoking and futuristic possibly (well sorta). Oh and then you have the JRPG group that is pretty much the same thing as the anime crowd. I won't get into it much but they probably have mouse pads with anime boobs to rest your wrist on and a pillow case of their favorite naked waifu or something. Yeah....
TheDraconicLord wrote: Nah, I just haven't been in the mood for the AAA titles. It seems I'm getting much, much, much more fun from the indie games lately. It's being refreshing.
See I don't understand that. AAA isn't a genre. Neither is "indie".
Hum, it's just a convenient way to distinguish between major titles made by a large team and other more unknown titles made by a smaller team.
Ahtman wrote:
flamingkillamajig wrote: I usually prefer the PC myself but what's all this PC master race crap I hear about all the time.
It is the attitude that not only is gaming on a PC better, the people that do so are also better people; console is for peasants, PC is master race.
Ahtman wrote: It is the attitude that not only is gaming on a PC better, the people that do so are also better people; console is for peasants, PC is master race.
As one of the recently uplifted, I can tell you that this is true.
Ahtman wrote: It is the attitude that not only is gaming on a PC better, the people that do so are also better people; console is for peasants, PC is master race.
As one of the recently uplifted, I can tell you that this is true.
Why PC players cling to being the "master race" is that I am a god with mouse and keyboard, then play the same game on console with a controller and wandered around getting beat up at every turn... was like I was drunk. For button mashing, a controller cannot be beat (as well as maneuvering) but looking around and acquiring targets without aim assist is BRUTAL. Mouse just kills it for speed and precise aim.
So... I have an appreciation for the hardships mortals face.
Don't bother buying Fallout 3 if you have windows 7 or later, I have just spent about half an hour fiddling with .ini files and it still crashes before you can even start the game.
Palindrome wrote: Don't bother buying Fallout 3 if you have windows 7 or later, I have just spent about half an hour fiddling with .ini files and it still crashes before you can even start the game.
And this is why one should always stay informed when it comes to the quirks of various games.
Talizvar wrote: Why PC players cling to being the "master race" is that I am a god with mouse and keyboard, then play the same game on console with a controller and wandered around getting beat up at every turn... was like I was drunk. For button mashing, a controller cannot be beat (as well as maneuvering) but looking around and acquiring targets without aim assist is BRUTAL. Mouse just kills it for speed and precise aim.
So... I have an appreciation for the hardships mortals face.
You can get game pads for the PC when the keyboard and mouse is not the best tool for the game.
Cheesecat wrote: You can get game pads for the PC when the keyboard and mouse is not the best tool for the game.
Well aware, but mouse and keyboard (and more flexibility of power and storage) is what differentiates it the most in my eyes.
When I play a console I am forced to use a controller rather than an option on the PC... not the ideal for me.
Cheesecat wrote: You can get game pads for the PC when the keyboard and mouse is not the best tool for the game.
Well aware, but mouse and keyboard (and more flexibility of power and storage) is what differentiates it the most in my eyes.
When I play a console I am forced to use a controller rather than an option on the PC... not the ideal for me.
Aye, the option part is key. Mouse and Keyboard is objective bad for, say, flight games. If I want to putter around Ace Combat for some Su-33 fun, I use my PS3 controller, makes life a lot easier. However, after growing up with Counter-Strike, I just can't do console FPSs. It's a shame some times; I love the aesthetic of the Resistance series, I enjoyed Halo 1 on my PC quite a bit, and would like to play the others, but it feels like being in a drunken stupor to use a controller.
As for the sale, I grabbed Call of Juarez; Gunslinger. It was a genuinely fun, arcadey western FPS. Good presentation, fun quirks, well worth the $3.75.
I also got Rome:Total War for $5, purely so I could play the awesome Europa Barbarorum mod again; my old R:TW disks haven't survived. That mod is better than Rome 2 by a fair margin. Especially because it doesn't crash constantly...
All I'm waiting for now is to see if Victoria 2 goes on sale for more than 50%; I'd like to nab the expansions, as i"m a suck for Paradox games and the 19th century in general.
I ended up buying Kerbal Space Program yesterday. I messed around with it some last night. I have a feeling that game will devour large portions of my life.
squall018 wrote: I ended up buying Kerbal Space Program yesterday. I messed around with it some last night. I have a feeling that game will devour large portions of my life.
How is this game? Been a bit curious about this one and been considering buying it.
squall018 wrote: I ended up buying Kerbal Space Program yesterday. I messed around with it some last night. I have a feeling that game will devour large portions of my life.
Trust me, KSP isn't just a game, it's a way of life.
Also, on the whole "PC vs Console" debate for FPS games, I honestly have decided it comes down to people preferring the control scheme they're most used to. I personally am no good with either a mouse or a gamepad. Believe it or not I actually prefer a laptop track pad. After beating a couple FPS games with it (because I had no mouse with me at college) I couldn't imagine playing an FPS with anything else. This is the point where everybody is free to go
squall018 wrote: I ended up buying Kerbal Space Program yesterday. I messed around with it some last night. I have a feeling that game will devour large portions of my life.
How is this game? Been a bit curious about this one and been considering buying it.
Can't really say as I have spent about 45 minutes with. It doesn't seem to be something you can just play around with. It looks like you really have to sink your teeth into it. Steep learning curve.
Palindrome wrote: Don't bother buying Fallout 3 if you have windows 7 or later, I have just spent about half an hour fiddling with .ini files and it still crashes before you can even start the game.
Hmmmm...I have Windows 7 and Fallout 3 chugs along just fine on it for me.
Palindrome wrote: Don't bother buying Fallout 3 if you have windows 7 or later, I have just spent about half an hour fiddling with .ini files and it still crashes before you can even start the game.
I vaguely remember downloading a patch thing that made it work fine.
I don't remember where I found it.
So I guess all this post is good for is me lauding my ability to play fallout 3 over you.... phrasing.
squall018 wrote: I ended up buying Kerbal Space Program yesterday. I messed around with it some last night. I have a feeling that game will devour large portions of my life.
How is this game? Been a bit curious about this one and been considering buying it.
Kerbal Space Program is definitely worth getting. You've got a whole bunch of parts and you can assemble them into different land, air and space vehicles and dock them together, go to other planets, capture asteroids. For example, here's a spaceplane of my own design, after reaching orbit:
I have bought
Outlast
Fear (All of them)
Doom BFG edition
Home
I have no mouth and I must Scream
And thats it thus far.
So any suggestions?
I see you have no problems with "pixelated" horror games, so check out "Lone Survivor". Looks pretty good from what I saw in a Let's Play.
I have my eye on "The Cat Lady". Seems pretty cool but unfortunately the pack that had it didn't win the "Community's Choice" vote.
"Cry of Fear" is Free and from what I saw in a Let's Play it can be pretty darn good.
Check the "Penumbra" series. This one is more about puzzle and survival, I can only guess this is where Amnesia got it's inspiration from.
And of course if the platform isn't a problem, get the Project Zero / Fatal Frame (different name in Europe and USA) series for PS2. Damn, I love these games.
Wait, as in it ends at 2359 on the 30th of June, or it ends at 0000 on the 30th June? Because I planned on buying Xcom Enemy Within before the sale ended.
Wait, as in it ends at 2359 on the 30th of June, or it ends at 0000 on the 30th June? Because I planned on buying Xcom Enemy Within before the sale ended.
I think it will end on 23:59 on the 30th in what ever timezone Seattle is in.
Voting is closed. There won't be another player's choice after this batch expires, which happens to be the same time everything else expires. Sale ends on the 30th, meaning it ends on the 30th. It doesn't last 'til the end of the 30th, it means it ends when the 30th begins.
At least, that's the way Valve has done it in the past.
Voting is closed. There won't be another player's choice after this batch expires, which happens to be the same time everything else expires. Sale ends on the 30th, meaning it ends on the 30th. It doesn't last 'til the end of the 30th, it means it ends when the 30th begins.
At least, that's the way Valve has done it in the past.
Ah well, time zones
At 7 pm here (it's 1:15 pm here now), the last day starts and you get one more day with the "most favorite" sales.
Just picked up Avernum 4,5, and 6 for $3. I pumped so much time into Exile:Escape from the Pit back in the day. I can't wait to see where the series has gone.
State of Decay ...because zombies. I'm into open world survival games, but didn't pick this particular one up because it didn't have mouse support. Even if I can't manage to have it work on my linux laptop at least I didn't have to drop anything more than £5 on it.
I do not recommend State of Decay. This is not a game which you will finish in one sitting, and for some idiotic reason the developers decided that bad things should happen when you stop playing it. For example, I'd set up some traps to defend my neighbours from zombie hordes and shut down the game... the next day when I started it up again, the game told me they had all been overrun by zombies.
Of for feth's sake! I hate games like that. That's like one of those stupid facebook games which forces you to keep coming back to spend cash or your base will be overrun. Presumably there's a way to get around that, either by editing the files or downloading a mod (ie like setting the timer back or something). Presumably developers assume that players don't have anything to do than play their game. That reminds me of strategy games that don't have a pause button (because "real life doesn't have one"), yeah, but I need to go take a piss mate. That or The End's battle from Metal Gear Solid, though at least that was funny when the game tells you off for quitting during the middle of a fight.
In MGS3 all your food could spoil if you left the game long enough. I wouldn't want that as a standard part of the game. That would just get tedious real fast.
It's a shame too, as I liked the look of that game.
Yeah, but IRC you didn't need to each much in the first place and rations were readily available in enemy camps. Sure though that could become a problem if you were playing on the harder difficulties, though I suppose you could just reset the in game clock if it became too much of an issue. I agree though, its a dumb mechanic that shouldn't be in any games unless it add to the gameplay (somehow). People have lives, so a game forcing you to play them for such arbitrary reasons just makes the developers come across as obtuse. At least in MGS 3 the mechanic does come into play in a funny way in that particular fight with the End too. As everything's apparently in real time, and the guy you're fighting is pretty old, if you don't play the game for a couple of days the enemy winds up dying of old age. ...Another silly Kojima game of course. =P
It's a shame too, as I liked the look of that game.
I have completed the base game and I am currently playing through the Lifeline campaign and it has never happened to me. Food and the like get used up when offline (although you can build outposts which collect basic resources) but I have never had anyone killed, or at least I can't remember it happening.
What I find irritating is that there are too many missions, you don't get much opportunity to simply explore as you are always having to save someone or defend your base.
Good:
Borderlands 2 - a shallower FPSRPG sandbox than Elder Scrolls or Fallout, but still fun.
Fallout: New Vegas - would be the best FPSRPG sandbox if it wasn't the buggiest.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown - would be better with Bethesda-level modding support.
Bad:
State of Decay - would have been good in the hands of a better dev team. DIAS gameplay and Ironman mode don't mix.
The Witcher 2 - I found the world too unpleasant to want to continue.
I have bought
Outlast
Fear (All of them)
Doom BFG edition
Home
I have no mouth and I must Scream
And thats it thus far.
So any suggestions?
I see you have no problems with "pixelated" horror games, so check out "Lone Survivor". Looks pretty good from what I saw in a Let's Play.
I have my eye on "The Cat Lady". Seems pretty cool but unfortunately the pack that had it didn't win the "Community's Choice" vote.
"Cry of Fear" is Free and from what I saw in a Let's Play it can be pretty darn good.
Check the "Penumbra" series. This one is more about puzzle and survival, I can only guess this is where Amnesia got it's inspiration from.
And of course if the platform isn't a problem, get the Project Zero / Fatal Frame (different name in Europe and USA) series for PS2. Damn, I love these games.
Tropico 4's pretty much an expandalone of 3. It includes 3's content whilst adding more of it own and IRC some more functionality. They're decent enough, but once you have things up its easy to just coast through the end game (setting the game to one of the hard difficulties is recommended). I'd suggest playing through the story mode then sandbox if you want to kill some time. Once you reach the end game you may find yourself doing your best to piss off the super powers or trying to start a revolution against you, but by that point you'll be so entrenched in power that it can be a real challenge (I mean you can outlaw entire opposition factions, kill their leaders, murder people in the streets, start burning books and yet people'll still worship you). 5 is apparently more of the same, though it cuts out most of the character building elements (which are robust-ish. If you're going to buy the game most of the DLC include odd bit of extra clothing or traits to the creator) and suffers from the same slow down in its end game.
One thing that new players probably won't know (I can't remember if its explicitly listed in the controls) is that you can switch between various designs for most of the props in the world. Its been a while since I played unfortunately, but have a go at hammering the keys about the comma key when you have an object selected. =P
As far as DLC go I'd say pick up the big ones, but unless you're just wanting more content or if they're pennies avoid the DLCs. Most of them add in a new scenario, character traits and clothing, plus the odd new prop. I'm assuming that 5, like 4 before it, will already include most of the props, so if you're buying the DLC just for those you may as well buy 5.
Don't buy 3 when 4's available. 4's just 3 with more content and all of the DLCs. There's no point in buying three and its DLC when you can have all of that already included in 4. =P
Melissia wrote: Got Tropico 4. Seems interesteing, has good reviews.
Never played Tropico, but they looked interesting. If you've played them how are they?
It's good. Like Sim City but for an island nation with you as a Fidel Castro stand-in. In fact, the tutorial you play AS Fidel Castro, learning from General Santana. Afterwards though you can customize your own character, and it's quite in depth and adds for some nice characterization of your tinpot dictator. It has an exellent sense of humor, and the gameplay is pretty good.
The Witcher 2 - I found the world too unpleasant to want to continue.
That's a shame, 'cause The Witcher 2 is a fantastic game.
I wasn't much a fan of the gameplay either. It was my first Third Person Brawler since Arkham City, and Geralt handles like a cow in a shopping cart in comparison.
H.B.M.C. wrote: Well there's your problem: It's not a brawler.
Do you have a better name for a Third Person not-Shooter? However you want to put it, the combat in Arkham City was fun. The combat in The Witcher 2 was not.
Yeah. There are different types of games played in 3rd person. Just 'cause you don't shoot doesn't make it a "brawler". And games like Assassin's Creed are usually called "Open World" games anyway.
And the Witcher 2 is neither. It's an third person RPG.
That's a shame, 'cause The Witcher 2 is a fantastic game.
I second that emotion. For all its flaws the Witcher 2 is probably my favourite of all the open world on rails games (Mass effect et al). As the Witcher 3 seems to be dealing specifically with the most irritating issues I can safely say that it is currently one of my most anticipated games.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Also, am I the only one who found the combat in the Arkham game's over rated, at least when playing as Batman? I always found him to be too sluggish.
You are. The combat in those games was basically perfect (well, not Origins... they did something intangible in that game that made it not as tight). Every move is deliberate, and you methodically press the attack and direction buttons (plus special combos) rather than just madly mashing attack.
Oh, I don't mean the combat in general, I just meant as Batman.
I liked fighting as Cat Woman, but Wayne? Not so much.
I probably should have used better wording.
And it's over ladies and gents, I hope you didn't break the bank
This year I got plenty of low cost games, man, with around 11€ in this final day I got 6 I had my eye on and one bonus because... well, it was 0.19€ . Not saying "no" to that
Nearly every game i bought is a game i was interested in at some point but never bought my only real impulse buy was the Witcher 2
in all i spent like $60 but i think it was worth it as i will be occupied for quite a long time with:
Goat Simulator
Gary's Mod
Payday 2
Mirror's Edge
The Witcher 2
XCom
Fallout 3
Fallout NV
Civ5 DLC pack - I still don't like Civ5
Fallout 3 complete- can't get it to work
Planetary Annihilation -a strange Supreme commander 1 and 2 hybrid, not bad but not finished
Skyrim DLC pack - I'm still replaying the main game at the moment so not tried these yet
State of Decay Lifeline DLC - not enjoying it
Baldurs Gate 1+2 - I wanted a digital copy
Palindrome wrote: Civ5 DLC pack - I still don't like Civ5
Fallout 3 complete- can't get it to work
Planetary Annihilation -a strange Supreme commander 1 and 2 hybrid, not bad but not finished
Skyrim DLC pack - I'm still replaying the main game at the moment so not tried these yet
State of Decay Lifeline DLC - not enjoying it
Baldurs Gate 1+2 - I wanted a digital copy
About £25-30
are you running windows 7 that you are having the Fallout 3 issues?
i run 7 and it would get to the main menu and crash. i changed some of the settings, namely the screen resolution and graphic settings and it worked fine.
I am on Windows 8 and I have already spent quite a lot of time downloading d3d files and fiddling with .ini settings. It just doesn't get past the play button. Apparently it may be something to do with GFWL so I will probably wait for that to finally die off before trying again.
I have already completed FO3 and most of the DLC anyway, I mostly bought it on Steam to have a digital copy.
so I play everyone I big to death... :whimpering:
Haven't finished AC2 yet, bioshock infinite, borderlands 2, most of the games in the total wars series, and a ton of less popular games. One game I really want is Thief. I'm still holding out for a target of under $10. Also waiting for xcom enemy unknown to go under $5. I have all the time in the world, judging by my library. I have like 20 games over $30 on my wishlist. People bought them at release prices. In a few years, I'll be buying all of them for under $10 
*sobs*
