figmentPez
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How did you manage to find it amidst the flood of DLC?
Steam, this is not what I want to see when I'm looking at a sale. Give me one entry for DLC, and have it click to expand to all the DLC for a title.
Games on SALE!
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Steam, this is not what I want to see when I'm looking at a sale. Give me one entry for DLC, and have it click to expand to all the DLC for a title.
I thought they had a checkbox when browsing to hide DLC, but if they did I don't know where it's hidden now.
Tempted to pick up the Dungeon Siege collection, 5 bucks is hard to pass up.
Man, that sale page has me going 'huh? I own that?' way too often. I didn't even know I owned Daikatana! Or any of the Final Fantasies! Or "the last remnant", whatever that may be
Tempted by the Dungeon Siege packtoo, but I still haven't finished either II or III, so why buy the first or the expansion for III?
Tempted by the Dungeon Siege packtoo, but I still haven't finished either II or III, so why buy the first or the expansion for III?
The Last Remnant is a strategic, turn based RPG that plays more like a traditional Final Fantasy than say a Tactics game. It's not a BAD game... it has an interesting world, decent music and graphics, and some interesting mechanics. But the story is completely fucking boring (I stopped at the end of the first disk) and it has the problem of Final Fantasy 8, in that enemies get stronger as you level up, so grinding for parts for gear or levels just makes you weaker in the long run. You also have limited control over what exactly you do in battle: the game gives you a few options each turn and you have to pick. So you might want to cast a spell only to be told you can only do an all-out attack... worse, the more options you give a character for things they can do, the worse they become because you can't control what option comes up. This means you will focus on maybe 3 things for each squad (an attack, a heal, and something else) and never use any of the other things you can do. There will be entire attack trees you will NEVER use because it makes you too diverse to be viable.Man, that sale page has me going 'huh? I own that?' way too often. I didn't even know I owned Daikatana! Or any of the Final Fantasies! Or "the last remnant", whatever that may be
Tempted by the Dungeon Siege packtoo, but I still haven't finished either II or III, so why buy the first or the expansion for III?
The PC version is better about a lot of this (including letting you make your entire army up of heroes instead of 6 heroes and a bunch of randos) but the game is still kind of a mess.
GasBandit
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Steam's doing a "Midweek Mystery" sale now thru the 13th. Mystery games are up to 75% off.
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/mystery_midweek/
Not sure I see anything there I want that I don't already have. Slightly tempted by the Sam & Max complete seasons, as I enjoyed the first Sam & Max back in the early 90s but never got around to the recent remakes.
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/mystery_midweek/
Not sure I see anything there I want that I don't already have. Slightly tempted by the Sam & Max complete seasons, as I enjoyed the first Sam & Max back in the early 90s but never got around to the recent remakes.
As usual when they go on sale, I recommend the Blackwell adventure games. Gunpoint is also a fun, short platformer.
Has anyone played the Broken Sword games? I've never had the chance and I've wondered if they're worth it.
Has anyone played the Broken Sword games? I've never had the chance and I've wondered if they're worth it.
What can people tell me about the current Co-Op Humble Bundle?
I've played Damned. It's a fun idea, but it's horribly skewed towards the player playing the monster because they only need to hit you once for you to be out of the game... but a successful survivor game is going to be AT LEAST 10-15 minutes if they don't spread out and rush. The idea is that the monsters aren't supposed to know where you are while they are lurking and that you are supposed to be able to evade or escape them if they show up, but this doesn't work in practice.
- The Lurker is the most disadvantaged monster, but his ability to set traps means that he essentially always has an idea of where you are if played competently at all. Survivors can hold you off with a door, but if they don't have total line of sight in the room they are in, they have a good chance of getting attacked from behind and being completely fucked.
- Bloody Mary is the slowest and can only attack you once her meter charges, but simply being near her at all charges the meter and if she's berserk, you HAVE to hide somewhere she can't get to, like in a closet, because she is much faster than you. This can lead to unwinnable situations where you are essentially trying to escape her, but charging her at the same time.
- The Phantom can't see you if you aren't moving, but he's always active, reasonably fast, and doors can't stop him. If you wait at a chokepoint, you will win every time.
To put it simply, Damned sucks because it's not balanced. If you want a co-op experience like this, wait and see if Last Year can beat it's legal issues.
As for Contagion... it's kind of like a slower paced Left 4 Dead where things like ammo actually matter?
- The Lurker is the most disadvantaged monster, but his ability to set traps means that he essentially always has an idea of where you are if played competently at all. Survivors can hold you off with a door, but if they don't have total line of sight in the room they are in, they have a good chance of getting attacked from behind and being completely fucked.
- Bloody Mary is the slowest and can only attack you once her meter charges, but simply being near her at all charges the meter and if she's berserk, you HAVE to hide somewhere she can't get to, like in a closet, because she is much faster than you. This can lead to unwinnable situations where you are essentially trying to escape her, but charging her at the same time.
- The Phantom can't see you if you aren't moving, but he's always active, reasonably fast, and doors can't stop him. If you wait at a chokepoint, you will win every time.
To put it simply, Damned sucks because it's not balanced. If you want a co-op experience like this, wait and see if Last Year can beat it's legal issues.
As for Contagion... it's kind of like a slower paced Left 4 Dead where things like ammo actually matter?
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figmentPez
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figmentPez
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GOG.com is doing another "insomnia" sale. Basically it's a lot of flash sales, with a promise of free games at random times.
At the most inopportune moments possible, sadly
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17410/
The Serious Sam collection is currently 90% (nintey!
) off on Steam.
I've heard those games are fun. Worth getting?
The Serious Sam collection is currently 90% (nintey!
) off on Steam.I've heard those games are fun. Worth getting?
If you like old school fps action games, sure. They're a lot of fun.http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17410/
The Serious Sam collection is currently 90% (nintey!
I've heard those games are fun. Worth getting?
figmentPez
Staff member
Spin-offs aside, they're a rather specific sub-genre of FPS. Personally they're too frantic and demanding for my tastes. I had some amount of fun playing Serious Sam back in the day, but it didn't hold lasting appeal for me, and I don't think I'd play another.
I consider the fast paced arena style shooter the 'classic' style of fps. It's what most of the old school shooters were: Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Shadow Warrior, Duke Nukem, etc. It's also what People Can Fly (and later called Flying Wild Hog) tried to bring back with games like Painkiller and Hard Reset (and to an extent, Bulletstorm).
GasBandit
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I say yes. The Serious Sam series was a bright spot in a dark period in first person shooter development. Literally. All the other games were so freaking dark you couldn't see anything. Serious Sam is a challenge mostly born from numbers, but it's a lot of fun and very cathartic after a hard day, and one of the better coop experiences I had with Pauline.http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17410/
The Serious Sam collection is currently 90% (nintey!
I've heard those games are fun. Worth getting?
VERY FUN IN COOP on harder difficulties.http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17410/
The Serious Sam collection is currently 90% (nintey!
I've heard those games are fun. Worth getting?
That's where I got my origin name.
figmentPez
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Posting here because I'm not sure what other thread to put it in. The latest Humble eBook Bundle is
Bloom County
Name your price for Volumes 1 - 4 (1980 - 1984)
Pay more than the average for Volumes 5 - 9 (1985 - 1989)
Pay more than the average +$5 for Outland and Opus. (1989 - 1995 & 2003 - 2008)
If anyone knows a better thread to put this in, please post it there. I'm pretty sure there are some big Bloom County fans on the forums.
Bloom County
Name your price for Volumes 1 - 4 (1980 - 1984)
Pay more than the average for Volumes 5 - 9 (1985 - 1989)
Pay more than the average +$5 for Outland and Opus. (1989 - 1995 & 2003 - 2008)
If anyone knows a better thread to put this in, please post it there. I'm pretty sure there are some big Bloom County fans on the forums.
Not sure where else you could post it, honestly. And while I've never really been a big fan of the comic, that's still a damn great deal.
Possibly the webcomic jamboree?
Anyway, I have to say...average + $5 is a fairly shitty thing to do (for very loose use of the word, I admit). It'll drive up the average like no tomorrow, and people who're a bit late to the party will get shafted. Usually, when it's "what you want"/"more than average"/"more than X amount", you'll see the average be slightly above that number. People always tend to choose the highest option with HB because they're incredible value for money....but in this scenario that means everyone will keep raising the average 'till people don't think it's worth it, settle for less, bring it back down....or don't buy it after all. I'm curious to see how much the price point on this one will move.
Anyway, I have to say...average + $5 is a fairly shitty thing to do (for very loose use of the word, I admit). It'll drive up the average like no tomorrow, and people who're a bit late to the party will get shafted. Usually, when it's "what you want"/"more than average"/"more than X amount", you'll see the average be slightly above that number. People always tend to choose the highest option with HB because they're incredible value for money....but in this scenario that means everyone will keep raising the average 'till people don't think it's worth it, settle for less, bring it back down....or don't buy it after all. I'm curious to see how much the price point on this one will move.
figmentPez
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I have to agree. It's not the first pricing experiment that Humble Bundle has tried that I didn't think was well thought-out. Even more so for this particular bundle, because it's all one IP. There are going to be very few people who buy the cheapest bundle because they aren't interested in any of the higher tiers. Most people who want Bloom County are going to want it all.
I'm not a big enough Bloom County fan to want the set, but I am kind of tempted to get a $1 version, just to help keep the average down.
#firstworldproblem the super discount store that gives to charity is encouraging people to pay too much.
I'm just busting your chops, but that thought amused me too much not to post. I typically buy the $1 because I'm super cheap, so I already have no room to talk.
Larson made a stink about people posting his comics online in any way, so I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.
figmentPez
Staff member
Red Faction Guerrilla is having a free weekend on Steam, if you like open-world games, and you haven't played this one yet, then you should check it out. The current version uses Steamworks as it's DRM, so it's not saddled with Windows Live anymore.
At the one year anniversary, Titanfall DLC season pass is now free. All platforms it's available on.
Steam is also have an Ubisoft weekend sale.
Hard to tell if there's more than half a dozen games on sale with all the DLC listed.
Hard to tell if there's more than half a dozen games on sale with all the DLC listed.
GasBandit
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Tropico 5 and Killing Floor are free to play this weekend, and 75% off to buy.
I think I'll pick up 5. Tropico 4 was a shameless copypaste of tropico 3 with expansion content tacked on, so I skipped it, but there's probably enough new stuff now to justify a $10 purchase.
I already own Killing Floor. I love that game. I wish more of my friends played it. But you've heard me bemoan all that before.
If you DON'T know what Killing Floor is, here's a video of me playing it.
I think I'll pick up 5. Tropico 4 was a shameless copypaste of tropico 3 with expansion content tacked on, so I skipped it, but there's probably enough new stuff now to justify a $10 purchase.
I already own Killing Floor. I love that game. I wish more of my friends played it. But you've heard me bemoan all that before.
If you DON'T know what Killing Floor is, here's a video of me playing it.
I feel the same way. It's so much of a team game and so hard to find good teammates.
Pretty much everything 2K Games published is on sale this week on Steam, looks like.
It's disconcerting how much of that entire catalog is already in my library. It's like Pre-Sequel, Beyond Earth, Evolve and the Bureau are all that aren't.