Steam "Exploration Sale" -- i.e. Autumn Sale -- now live (November 26 - December 2)
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Green Wiggly
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We are working hard to finalize the process to move your Dark Souls: Prepare to Die saves and achievements to Steam. We need to conduct additional testing and we are now targeting December to begin this process. We'll have more information in the coming weeks. Thank you very much for your patience!
Sounds like it could take awhile.
Chinbo37
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Oh man, I built my gaming pc a couple of years ago but it never got much use. Now that I moved and have a dedicated game room I am into this steam sale.
I posted my pickups from yesterday earlier in the threa but I was browsing and just got the following
Binding of Isaac original and expansion
Gunman Clive
Witcher 1
Witcher 2
All for about 5 bucks.
Amazing!
I posted my pickups from yesterday earlier in the threa but I was browsing and just got the following
Binding of Isaac original and expansion
Gunman Clive
Witcher 1
Witcher 2
All for about 5 bucks.
Amazing!
That's not accurate. Credit is working just fine with VIP deals.
Dunno if anyone saw but Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION Deluxe Edition is on sale! get if you have not! : )
SonicXtreme
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i bought bionic commando (the 3d version) for $2....game seems pretty cool.
jaundicejuice
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It's a flawed Thief game, basically it has a lot of the pitfalls of triple A games, context sensitive controls that feel really out of place in the Thief series (limits where and when you can perform many actions), quick time events, parametric button presses, a few scripted action sequences and far too many cinematics that constantly shove the terrible story and characters in your face. The City, which acts as the main hub between all of the missions, is claustrophobic and this feels more like a constraint of being designed for older consoles than an actual design choice. The paths you travel through the hub to get from one mission to the other are really limited and makes travelling through it rather boring quite quickly. It probably took about halfway through the game for some interesting levels to appear.
It will take you about 15 hours to beat if you don't bother playing through much of the side content if you do buy it. Just don't go in expecting anything great and you might derive some enjoyment out of it.
So jealous, wish I could in the same shoes as your.
Then ignoring Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition ever happened
Decent and solid, but personally I like the background setting and the lore behind more than the main story. At the time of its release, it was my first fantasy game with slightly grounded tone and well thought various aspect of the world which makes me really liked it.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
It still isn't on US steam
It is, it's called Dawn of Discovery over there.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Ahhhh that's odd. First game on steam to have a completely different name for another region?
Enjoy.
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TheLetdown
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For the people who haven't played this and for whatever reason haven't picked it up from the sale. It's a GOG key and must be redeemed through them first. After that, DRM-free.
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Wolf Akela
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Glad I tried the demo for TEW instead of buying the game when it was on sale.
First run:
2nd run onwards:
Maybe there's a fix on pcgamingwi-
oh
First run:
2nd run onwards:
Maybe there's a fix on pcgamingwi-
oh
I would recommend just skipping the original Binding of Isaac at this point. The Remake includes all the original content running in a much more stable environment with plenty of new content.
I would also argue that the redesigns on the original end bosses is significantly better overall.
chrominance
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You're probably right. I guess it's just that for whatever reason, this year seems pretty short on decent FPSes. Besides Wolfenstein, I can't think of any meaty FPS campaigns. Ah well, too bad Ghosts, apparently you're just a little too shitty.
Buttonbasher
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It's a really fun game.
Glad I tried the demo for TEW instead of buying the game when it was on sale.
First run:
Wow, that takes me back.
About 15 hours if you do everything.
Nabs
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It took me 15 hours. I tried to do as much exploring as I could, so that number may be inflated by a few hours.
10-20 hours depending on your playstyle. I ended up at 17 it says according to Steam.
opticalmace
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Stick of Truth is amazing. I've played maybe 30 minutes and this is already one of the best games I've played this year.
I'm a big SP fan though.
I'm a big SP fan though.
That honour goes to Dawn of Magic 2/Time of Shadows.
Americas: Time of Shadows
Everywhere else: Dawn of Magic 2
How's the support for vertical monitors?
EDIT: Ah, vertical screenshots on its page. I'm close to pulling the trigger.
zero shift
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Holy shit. I played Stick of Truth for 30 minutes and it's incredible so far.
So much love and care was put into it. It's so funny.
So much love and care was put into it. It's so funny.
abracadaver
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Are you all buying vanilla anno 1404 or the gold edition?
Crimsonclaw111
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I hope something neat pops up tomorrow. I have an essay to write though so I'm not grabbing many games this sale
Winter, though!
Winter, though!
Orthogonal
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I hope something neat pops up tomorrow. I have an essay to write though so I'm not grabbing many games this sale
Winter, though!
I hope so too. This sale has been a snoozer. We are usually on OT3 by now but this thread barely moves. I guess this is just the appetizer for the big Winter sale.
eyeball_kid
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Witcher 2 is dirt cheap so I was thinking about that, but I have a 5770 and looks like it'd be barely playable with that card.
I know it's old, but how is Total War: Shogun 2? I see they finally ported that to OS X.
Might pick up Endless Legends, though the UI looks rather cramped. Dungeon of the Endless also looks interesting, though I kind of prefer turn-based roguelikes to the rush'n'pause FTL type of gameplay. I'm not sure why that studio isn't getting more attention on GAF...if nothing else, they're making some rather bold game design choices.
I know it's old, but how is Total War: Shogun 2? I see they finally ported that to OS X.
Might pick up Endless Legends, though the UI looks rather cramped. Dungeon of the Endless also looks interesting, though I kind of prefer turn-based roguelikes to the rush'n'pause FTL type of gameplay. I'm not sure why that studio isn't getting more attention on GAF...if nothing else, they're making some rather bold game design choices.
A big part of that is because the general Steam thread was recently moved to Community and therefore, unlike past years, wasn't closed in favour of this thread.
cardinalmind
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I have been playing TW Shogun 2 pretty fine on a laptop with a 840m, I just have to turn some effects down if I play so that I won't lag during the massive battles. Considering some macbooks have a 750m, you can probably play it fine.
It'll be cheaper eventually. Hard to say when since the game took eight months to get this point -- you could be waiting another eight for 75% off.
Hmmmm, I think I'm gonna wait for it to hit around $10. I have Transistor and a few 3ds and PS4 games to play so I'll play those beforehand.
I played Witcher 2 initially with a Nvidia GTS450, which is a weaker card than that. Didn't run super great, but I did complete 3 playthroughs
Baron Aloha
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Thanks. I just went with this option.
That and the lack of flash sales and community vote, those assured that there was a continuous interest in the sales through the entire day by renewing the sales each 8 hours.
EdwardTeach
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Firstly - shogun 2 is not that old! Graphically it is probably not much worse than Rome 2.
Secondly - it is a great game. Arguably the best game since medieval 2. Rome 2 got too complex and just isn't as fun. Playing on one island seems to help the ai remain a challenge, I had a lot of life or death battles. The politics seems to work well also, I have had allies betray me at the worst moment, when they could see I was being aggressive and was overstretched.
mcfishstick
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I got Endless Legend yesterday so have not played much, however if you enjoy civilization and want to see a new spin on that sort of game then get it. The UI is not as intuitive as Civilization, but it should not be hard to get into.
Like I said, I haven't played much, but the game manages to be really atmospheric, and each of the eight races has its own main quest and playstyle. The race I'm using now can actually move its cities around the map since they are built on giant beetles.
Regarding Endless Legend, I picked that up yesterday and played for about 2 hours. I had the same impression of the UI from screenshots but playkng it it's actually really clean and orderly. Have you played Endless Space? It's very similar. There's also an option to zoom in the UI, it takes up too much space that way on my rather old LCD at 1080p but if you've got a bigger screen it's worth a try.
bought gold, is just a little more expensive and you can use the mod http://iaam1404.projectanno.de/start_eng.htm (needs Addon) if you want.
cardinalmind
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Thank Godness anno 1404 isn't available here. Else I'll buy it immediately.
Which is your country? The game is probably available there but under the name of Dawn of Discovery.