Games on SALE!
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/233450/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1I heard it was good but still fairly alpha/beta? Think it was Gas who said so
GasBandit
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It's remarkably stable for an early access title, and fun for a few hours, but has no endgame other than "continue to buy adjacent plots of land and increase the size/population of your prison."I heard it was good but still fairly alpha/beta? Think it was Gas who said so
It's worth 10 bucks.
Week 2 of Nintendo's Smashing Sale:
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) - $29.99
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Wii U) - $4.99
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Wii U) - $4.99
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons / Ages (3DS) - $3.99
- Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS) - $29.99
- F-Zero (Wii U) - $4.99
- Sonic the Hedgehog (3DS) - $3.49
- Kid Icarus (Wii U) - $3.49
- Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) - $24.99
- Mega Man (3DS) - $3.49
- Mega Man 2 (3DS) - $3.49
- Mega Man X (Wii U) - $4.99
- Mega Man X2 (Wii U) - $4.99
Counter-points:
1. Good for yooooooouuuu
.2. I'd like it to have Virtual Console features, like being able to use other 3DS functions or have restore points.
3. It's one out of five or six GBA games on Wii U that I want on a portable console, and there will probably be more in the future. Right now it's a bullet point for the Wii U's features, but hopefully they'll start bringing them over to the 3DS at some point.
figmentPez
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Steam has Skyrim Legendary edition for $13.59 this weekend.
I've yet to play Skyrim at all. Not that my notebook could even run it on the lowest settings.
I've yet to stop playing Skyrim. I keep adding new mods to it. I've already planned out what mods I'm going to add for my next playthrough.
Not necessarily a game sale, but you can get Call of Duty: Ghosts for <$5 at Target for the next week (which, incidentally, trades into Gamestop for $17).
Target is doing a deal this week (9/14 to 9/20) where you can pre-order one of several games for $1 and get $20 off a current game. They are concurrently doing a promotion on their website where Call of Duty: Ghosts is $23.49. This brings the price of CoD: Ghosts down to $3.49 + tax. This price match is allowed by Target's rules and their point-of-sale system, but some Targets do not allow "double stacking" like this.
Regardless, it's an easy way to get either the game or get a good amount of Gamestop credit. Additionally, since Gamestop now sells numerous different gift cards, you can easily convert this credit into Amazon / Google Play / iTunes credit.
Target is doing a deal this week (9/14 to 9/20) where you can pre-order one of several games for $1 and get $20 off a current game. They are concurrently doing a promotion on their website where Call of Duty: Ghosts is $23.49. This brings the price of CoD: Ghosts down to $3.49 + tax. This price match is allowed by Target's rules and their point-of-sale system, but some Targets do not allow "double stacking" like this.
Regardless, it's an easy way to get either the game or get a good amount of Gamestop credit. Additionally, since Gamestop now sells numerous different gift cards, you can easily convert this credit into Amazon / Google Play / iTunes credit.
Another PSN sale, for Squenix and Capcom:
Square Enix Sale (PS+ Price, Sale Price)
Square Enix Sale (PS+ Price, Sale Price)
- American Mensa Academy (PS3) – $9.99 (no PS+ discount)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut (PS3) – $8.99, $9.99
- Gex: Enter the Gecko (PSOne Classic) – $1.79, $1.99
- Hitman: Absolution (PS3) – $6.29, $6.99
- Hitman Trilogy HD – $13.49, $14.99
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin HD (PS3) – $6.29, $6.99
- Hitman Blood Money HD (PS3) – $6.29, $6.99
- Hitman Contracts HD (PS3) – $6.29, $6.99
- Just Cause 2 (PS3) – $7.19, $7.99
- Just Cause 2 Ultimate Edition (PS3) – $10.79, $11.99
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (PS3) – $3.59, $3.99
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PSOne Classic) – $1.79, $1.99
- Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS4) – $17.99, $19.99
- Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS3) – $17.99, $19.99
- Pandemonium (PSOne Classic) – $1.79, $1.99
- Quantum Conundrum (PS3) – $4.49, $4.99
- Thief (PS4) – $17.99, $19.99
- Thief (PS3) – $17.99, $19.99
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) – $17.99, $19.99
- Tomb Raider (PS3) – $8.99, $9.99
- Tomb Raider: Underworld (PS3) – $4.49, $4.99
- Tomb Raider (PSOne Classic) – $2.24, $2.49
- Tomb Raider 2 (PSOne Classic) – $2.24, $2.49
- Tomb Raider 3 (PSOne Classic) – $2.24, $2.49
- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PSOne Classic) – $2.24, $2.49
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PSP) – $3.59, $3.99
- Tomb Raider Legend (PSP) – $12.99 (no PS+ discount)
- Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium (PS2 Classic) – $4.99
- Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2 Classic) – $4.99
- Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (PS3) – $6.99
- Devil May Cry HD Collection (PS3) – $11.99
- DmC Devil May Cry (PS3) – $15.99
- Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3) – $6.99
- Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (PS3) – $7.49
- Lost Planet 3 (PS3) – $13.49
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (PSP, PS Vita Compatible) – $9.99
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP, PS Vita Compatible) – $19.99
- Okami HD (PS3) – $6.99
- Resident Evil 4 HD (PS3) – $6.99
- Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (PS3) – $14.99
- Resident Evil 6 (PS3) – $9.99
- Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Edition (PS3) – $13.49
- Resident Evil: Revelations (PS3) – $13.49
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (PS3) – $3.99
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PSOne Classic) – $5.99
- Street Fighter x Tekken (PS Vita) – $9.99
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3) – $4.99
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3) – $4.99
I'm a little surprised the Square Enix sale didn't include some Final Fantasy titles. I've been thinking of getting a PSP or Vita in order to play the remastered Final Fantasy IV, but was waiting for it to go on sale. Eh, I've been on the fence about buying it, anyway, since there's not much point getting one just to play one game. Just wish it was available somewhere that wasn't portable.
You'll notice that all of the stuff on sale is from Eidos. You only see stuff from the Japanese side of Square Enix (I.E. the only side the company and many fans care about) go on sale during anniversaries and major holiday sales. That's their bread and butter and they feel it's priced fairly. Some of it even IS priced fairly.
Ah, you're right. I saw Square Enix and didn't notice the correlation between all the games.
It's both. It's not a terrible game, but it's incredibly mediocre and has problems... the company that made it went out of business already, essentially because SE cut them off when the game didn't sell.
It's not bad, I even want to buy it when it gets cheaper, but the studio that made it was in financial trouble and tanked soon after its release.
Steam uploaded Final Fantasy IV today. I'm sure I've mentioned multiple times it's one of my favourite games of all time.
Except...it's the DS or 3DS version, where the graphics are more comparable to FF VII than the top-down sprite game that I hold dear to my heart. It's not the remastered version that was on the Wii and then later PSP.
So, I finally, FINALLY get one of my favourite games on Steam and I don't think I want to get it.
Except...it's the DS or 3DS version, where the graphics are more comparable to FF VII than the top-down sprite game that I hold dear to my heart. It's not the remastered version that was on the Wii and then later PSP.
So, I finally, FINALLY get one of my favourite games on Steam and I don't think I want to get it.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/234650/ - Shadowrun Returns for $3.74. It's well worth it. Once Dragonfall gets a little cheaper, I'm getting that too.
*sob!* B-b-b-but it's my favourite game! Or at least tied with Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father!
It looks like a port of a port: it's the DS version, but it looks like it was a port of that from iPad or something. Fortunately, the DS version is fantastic. It has an augment system (you can give your characters different abilities you've found, including stuff from temp allies like Edward and Yang) that makes combat deeper, extra side quests and items, an extra summon, and bonus bosses (A "united" form of the Four Lords of the Elements and a smaller version of the Giant of Babel you can fight on the moon). I know the graphics aren't amazing (though they look good on the DS) but it's easily one of the best versions of the game. I highly recommend it.[DOUBLEPOST=1410995439,1410995321][/DOUBLEPOST]Steam uploaded Final Fantasy IV today. I'm sure I've mentioned multiple times it's one of my favourite games of all time.
Except...it's the DS or 3DS version, where the graphics are more comparable to FF VII than the top-down sprite game that I hold dear to my heart. It's not the remastered version that was on the Wii and then later PSP.
So, I finally, FINALLY get one of my favourite games on Steam and I don't think I want to get it.
This is blatant lies. It's full 3D, it just keeps the top-down perspective.
But I LIKED the simplistic system IV had. The augment system sounds like it's complicated like later FF games. No thanks.
You know... SNES games can be emulated on just about anything.
Just saying this for no reason whatsoever.
Oh, I know. I've played it emmulated multiple times. Is it weird to say that it's not the same?
figmentPez
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GasBandit
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Nothing's ever the same as it was when you were 8. I could get you an SNES, a 28" CRT, and a copy of the game to play.. and it still probably wouldn't be the same.
Augment system is completely optional. You don't have to use it if you don't want to and your play will be barely affected. Also, it's not that complicated. You basically just change the character's attack menu... so, for instance, you could take Attack and Item off of Rosa and instead give her a passive that speeds up her spells and one that lets you turn ALL spells into multi target spells, making her better as a buffer and healer. This can make the game way easier if you start using some broken combos, like Darkside+Cover+Counter.
Does it make it more fun and interesting though? Hell yes. Having two characters use Twin to cast a unique spell per a pairing is neat. Sing becomes way more useful when you start getting new songs like ones that give regen or speed you up. Yang's abilities can make some characters way more powerful. You can also learn the special abilities of the 4 Lords of the Elements, letting you d stuff like fire of Maelstroms or Curses. It's just way more fun.
Oh, I know. Though to be fair, I still greatly enjoy revisiting the game. If only to revisit the Mt. Ordeals part of the game, because it's fun to see Cecil start at Level 1 and then jump like 10 levels for the first few fights. It's just one of those games that really grabbed me and still does for some reason. I've never gotten tired of it.
And here's how much I've realized I'm not interested in this version of the game? @Adam gifted it to me just now...and I declined it. Seriously sat there for several minutes, contemplating it, hovering the mouse cursor over the Decline button.[DOUBLEPOST=1410996708,1410996561][/DOUBLEPOST]
So other characters can use inherent abilities that others had? Again, no. I liked that each character had their own unique set of skills and you had to change up how you played as the story switched them out on you. Giving inherent, character-defining abilities to someone else just wouldn't feel right to me. And it's just the look of the whole game. It's just not my FF IV.
Gah. I really didn't want to have this huge discussion on this. Sorry guys. You all probably think I'm being nuts here.
It's not just the features, it's the overall look and the terrible voice acting (skimmed a few videos to check it out). The whole aesthetic that I love isn't there.
Fair enough then. I didn't like what they did to the Parasite Eve series so I never did buy 3rd Birthday. Also I don't have a PSP so I'd have had nothing to play it on.