Games on SALE!
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Yeah I was up till 3am playing Witcher and I haven't even gone to the Garrison to question about Yennifer's whereabouts yet. Guess I'll buy the xpacs after all.
*sigh, followed by quiet sobs*This doesn't quite seem like a good deal
Went through my wishlist for anything under 10 bucks and decided if I'm not going to buy the fucking game for under 10 bucks that I should bloody well remove it from the list.
Bought a half dozen games.
Wish the big ones I wanted were discounted to the point where I'd buy it. Can't believe GTA5 is still over 40 bucks Canadian on sale.
Bought a half dozen games.
Wish the big ones I wanted were discounted to the point where I'd buy it. Can't believe GTA5 is still over 40 bucks Canadian on sale.
I'm wrapping up the first one, probably 10 hours in. Been very good.
I'm easily distracted by sidequests and herb-picking, so now I've made it all the way to trapping a Griffon. I'm never going to see the end of this game.
Yup. It's a very addictive sandbox game.
"Okay, time to do this story missi - ooh, I'm near this question mark point. Might as well check it out. Cool, got some new stuff out of it. Oh, I'm overburdened. Well, back to town to sell some stuff. Oh, hey , the armorer is selling some treasure maps. And I'm the right level for it. I could go for some new armor. Okay, I have all the plans for the armor, but not the material. Time to buy and farm for it. FINALLY, got the armor. Oh, and I'm close to this side mission. Well, might as well do that while I'm here. Okay, NOW time to do that story miss - Ooh, hey, a question mark point..."
Rough estimate, I just finished the 3rd wish, so I expect 2-3 more hours.
Darksiders
Over-designed characters fighting for...reasons. That's the best summation I can think of. I mean, angels vs demons during the apocalypse. Easy. But I don't understand why the angels attack War, for example. And I don't understand who this third party is; the Council or something. War himself is dull as hell as a character. The whole game plays like a poor man's God of War and this guy's no Kratos. Plus, there are some really weird control schemes going on (like hitting LB & RT to transform).
But I was kind of digging the game. It was big, dumb, but fun.
Until I got the earliest part in the game past the introduction/tutorial. There's a jump early on in a parkade that no matter how many times I double jump, I can't make it. I'm probably doing something wrong.
I'll give it another try sometime, maybe. Might as well since I can't get a refund.
Over-designed characters fighting for...reasons. That's the best summation I can think of. I mean, angels vs demons during the apocalypse. Easy. But I don't understand why the angels attack War, for example. And I don't understand who this third party is; the Council or something. War himself is dull as hell as a character. The whole game plays like a poor man's God of War and this guy's no Kratos. Plus, there are some really weird control schemes going on (like hitting LB & RT to transform).
But I was kind of digging the game. It was big, dumb, but fun.
Until I got the earliest part in the game past the introduction/tutorial. There's a jump early on in a parkade that no matter how many times I double jump, I can't make it. I'm probably doing something wrong.
I'll give it another try sometime, maybe. Might as well since I can't get a refund.
Point of order: that Shadowrun Returns .gif is from Shadowrun: Hong Kong, the most recent title. Also, I highly recommend you pick up Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's cut or Hong Kong instead, unless you have a serious connection to the old SNES Shadowrun game.
I hate being broke. My wishlist is all like, "Come play with us, Nicky. Forever and ever." Anyone mind gifting me a few games on Steam? There's a good lad.
(I'm kidding, of course. You're not a good lad. Er, I mean, you don't have to gift me anything.)
(I'm kidding, of course. You're not a good lad. Er, I mean, you don't have to gift me anything.)
GasBandit
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Things I have in my steam inventory that are up for grabs:
Orcs Must Die 2 complete pack (Game and all DLC), purchased in anticipation of a friend wanting to play it, didn't ever happen
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, the lone leftover of a purchased 4-pack
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, ditto above
Serious Sam 2, take a guess
and I also have 3 leftover gift copies of The Ship: Murder Party from when I tried to get us going playing that.
Orcs Must Die 2 complete pack (Game and all DLC), purchased in anticipation of a friend wanting to play it, didn't ever happen
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, the lone leftover of a purchased 4-pack
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, ditto above
Serious Sam 2, take a guess
and I also have 3 leftover gift copies of The Ship: Murder Party from when I tried to get us going playing that.
GasBandit
Staff member
Reverse-piracy. I used to not pay for games I played. Now I pay for games I don't play. There's a certain harmony to that.
figmentPez
Staff member
The story never really makes a lot of sense. It's all very 90's comic grimdark bullshit (and there's a digital comic that comes with the game, which just muddies things up even more, especially since it contradicts things in Darksiders 2). Mark Hamil as Vulgrim is quite entertaining though, as is a lot of the other voice acting. The dialogue is thoroughly B-movie, but a lot of the cast manage to deliver it in a very entertaining way. Wait until you meet Ulthane, who loves to call the angels "pigeons", he's a kick. Also, I do kind of like how the demons have upside down wings, it's a cool touch I don't think I've seen elsewhere.
The mythology is really hard to follow, especially because it doesn't bother to explain how it differs from all the mythologies it borrows from. Best I can gather, there are remnants from races that came before angels, demons, and humans. It's not clear to me how many different old races there were, but the Makers are among them, and the Council is another group. Anyway, the Council's interest is to preserve the Balance, which I think is a balance between good and evil, but I'm not entirely sure. (Makers are supposedly neutral in all this, I think.) In any case, the angels and the demons are kept in balance by the Council. The four horsemen are the last reaining Nephilim, who were created by Lilith (a demon, or at least she became a demon at some point). The other Nephilim got uppity, and threatened to undo the Balance, and so War, Death, Strife, and Fury fought against their own kind, and then were made agents of the Council, given special powers, but also kept ignorant of a lot of shit.
Not that any of that matters. War is a bland, angry, kill things first and figure it out later type.
You probably are going about things wrong, somehow. None of the platforming is especially precise, unless you're getting to areas you're not supposed to without a later power-up.
Your understanding of the game as a God of War knock-off is close, but you'll also see Zelda-style puzzles/dungeons, a limited capability portal-gun knock-off, and a few scattered bits and pieces stolen from other games as well. Nothing it does is the best in a genre, but it's competent, and very few games can say they've aped Zelda with this much success.
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I figured out what I was doing wrong: there was a ledge I had to shimmy across. But it wasn't very clear and the message that told me I could do that in the game disappeared too quick or was overshadowed by another message or something.
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Why are this guy's prices all wrong?
At least for the games I want, anyway.
--Patrick
Grim Dawn's got a small discount, 25%, but if you're in the market for something TitanQuest-y, boy do you need this game. I've got around 40 hours in it, and it's everything Diablo 3 needed to be at launch.
To be fair, so's Diablo III these days
Oh yeah, D3 is in a much better place now.To be fair, so's Diablo III these days
I'm just saying Grim Dawn will also scratch that itch, but with a much deeper class system.
Welp, sold a bunch of my Steam trading cards for some credit.
Used it to buy Alan Wake American Nightmare and Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015.
....please don't judge me on the latter. I heard it was fun.
Used it to buy Alan Wake American Nightmare and Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015.
....please don't judge me on the latter. I heard it was fun.