go for V for now, only be sure to buy complete version, because expansions are pricey if bought separately and you wanna have those.
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go for V for now, only be sure to buy complete version, because expansions are pricey if bought separately and you wanna have those.
CountAntonius
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Tempted by City Skylines and Tell Tale game of thrones series. Opinions?
60 fps fix is legit.
Especially when combined with 4xSGSSAA (which is enough to murder GTX970 at times, word of warning).
The IQ is just... unbeatable.
Arthea, why not recommend some RPG Maker titles for folks looking for jRPG goodness?
: 60% off, €3.99
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derExperte
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So do preorders count towards getting sale cards? Where can I see how much I've already spent? Wasn't that always on the checkout/cart page (edit: found it)? Is this the laziest big sale Valve has ever done?
Cities Skylines is great. My favorite city builder.
Second that. Fun times.
I am pretty sure that I am doing it correctly. I might also pick up Contradiction, another game without a discount.
The missus just gave me a £20 steam gift card as an early Xmas present...
Bought undertale so far. Don't know what else to get!
New Order looks good, but is the story as good as what people make out? Not really into mindless shooters. Also 40+ gigs to download is a PITA.
Apart from that not really sure what to get.
Bought undertale so far. Don't know what else to get!
New Order looks good, but is the story as good as what people make out? Not really into mindless shooters. Also 40+ gigs to download is a PITA.
Apart from that not really sure what to get.
I thought it made a game crash for many people, and caused other problems too. At least I remember this from that fix discussion thread.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Here's my review of Silent Hill Homecoming I wrote on Steam:
A bit of a warning, this will be my rantiest review I think I've ever done.
Let me start off by politely, and courteously, taking a moment to ask why, out of every Silent Hill game, is this the only one on Steam? Now don't get me wrong, I'll get to Homecoming in a moment, but as most other entries in the series had PC ports, why. biased Konami, is this the only one Steam gets?
With that out of the way, Silent Hill Homecoming is the sixth main entry in the SH series, a psychological survival-horror series that has come to be known best for its atmosphere, story, surrealism, and creepy monster designs.
Silent Hill Homecoming came out on the heels of the Silent Hill film, and it shows. Several monster designs and much of the visual look of the game can be attributed to the film. Most notably, the game has some impressive Otherworld transition sequences inspired by the movies. They look cool, and sound cool, so they at least get the job done there.
And that's something to be said for Homecoming. It's not a terrible looking game, the designs of the characters and monsters at least look cool, the environments look appropriately ominous, and the fog effects, while a bit sparser than other entries in the series, are still rather well-handled.
However, the film inspiration becomes a bit much in areas. This was the game that shoe-horned Pyramid Head in for no reason, and I literally mean no reason. Oh, he appears in cutscenes, but not a single time in gameplay. Not once. And that's not even arguing on how he has no reason to be here. Both in the fact he literally does nothing in the story and it goes against on what Pyramid Head was in SH2. And then there's scenes that were so obviously inspired by the movie, and enemies inspired by the movie. It essentially is an extension to the Silent Hill movie in game form, honestly.
But so much goes against what the SH series is. I was literally in hysterics during a scene almost half-way in the game when suddenly you get a sassy black sidekick comic relief character and escape a police station being invaded Dawn of the Dead style by giant hammerhead land-shark monsters. Don't get me wrong, this is brilliant B-Movie hamminess, but what the ♥♥♥♥ is it doing in the ♥♥♥♥ing Silent Hill series?
And that's what I think one of Homecoming's biggest problems is. It doesn't know what the SH series is. I am convinced the creators just watched the SH movie and made the game based off of that. There's no other explanation for it. Homecoming must of at one point in development been a video game adaption of the movie, because it has so much in common with the film; the nurses work just like they do in the film, so does the cult, and the aesthetics... But it's almost nothing like how the rest of the series is.
But let's get off our fixations of its identity crisis and focus more on the game as its own experience.
Silent Hill Homecoming tells the story of a man named Alex Sheppard who's returning from the military to visit his home in Sheppard's Glen (of course conveniently named after his family). He's been gone for a long time and finds that his hometown has completely changed. There's a few people still living in town, but the place is mostly deserted. Alex comes home to find his brother and father are missing, and his mom seems completely out of it with a pistol on her lap. Alex goes to investigate what exactly has happened to his family, and to this town, and what sort of connection it has with the nearby local resort town of Silent Hill.
To the story's credit, I did end up liking a few of the characters, most notably Alex, who did end up earning some sympathy from me through his journey. And Wheeler, your sassy black comedy relief character, was enjoyable, though so out of place. Most everyone else was forgettable, however. The plot twists unfortunately are mostly super predictable, the worst of all being the 'main' twist, and while I don't want to spoil the game, towards the end we get into some ludicrous Saw-inspired segments that just feel completely out of left field and unneeded. Homecoming also holds my personal honor for having the worst multiple endings I have ever experienced in a horror game. I'm not kidding, they are that bad.
The game has a few puzzles, and by puzzles I mean over half of them are sliding tile puzzles or this puzzle about crossing wires. Whoever the ♥♥♥♥ at Double Helix thought that making most of the puzzles in the game ♥♥♥♥ing sliding puzzles really deserves a solid kick in the ♥♥♥.
The game is also overly focused on combat. The combat to be fair isn't bad, with a very Zelda-esque system, being able to lock-onto enemies and circle and roll-dodge from them, but the weapons are notably unbalanced with some being far better than others. Also while technically the 'best' combat system in the series (and they try to rationalize it with the fact Alex is an ex-soldier), the series was never really about the combat, making it feel like the developers missed the point.
Also the PC port is a hit or miss based on your system. It either works perfectly fine, or it doesn't. Fans have made a lot of work-arounds for problems in the game, but it has had absolutely no official support. It was basically released on Steam, and left to die there.
This so far makes it sound like I hate Homecoming, but in earnest I didn't.
Homecoming has so much wrong with it, as a Silent Hill game, as a horror game, and as an action game, that it's easy to mention, but it's actually not a terrible game, and has several quite good moments and actually is an okay to good game, though I'd argue one of the weakest in its series.
Homecoming has some decent moments. Exploring the house is both interesting and a bit haunting. Going into the basement the first time is a bit unnerving. A few of the boss fights, especially the second one, are actually well-done. The game isn't too repetitive and does have moments that split away from just combat or just exploration. Speaking of that, there's a decent exploration element in this game that often is a bit rewarding for little extra tidbits, imagery, and sometimes goodies and hidden weapons. The game has some fun unlockable costumes and weapons.
The story is enjoyable in a B-fare kind of way, and is backed by good music and sound design. While not Akira's best work, the music still holds up well for the title. There are small touches to the game too and details that are appreciated, including each grave stone in the graveyard having a different description on them (and there are many), some small scares that the player may miss if they aren't observant or don't explore a bit. The atmosphere is okay, though the game really isn't scary.
But I didn't hate my time with it, in fact, I would say I enjoyed myself playing it. It's got so many flaws and they're so easy to point out, but despite it all there is an enjoyable game in here. It honestly probably would of been better if it was Silent Hill The Movie: The Game though, as it really does things that just doesn't sit right as a fan of the series. But in its own way, it's an enjoyable B-Movie sort of horror game that has dips into legitimately good moments and ideas.
If you go in expecting some B-Horror fun, as opposed to a Silent Hill game, it's a pretty okay to good game in its own right, just has some flaws, but I wouldn't say the flaws ruin the game and there is some fun and interesting sections to be had as the game goes on. If you go to it for a Silent Hill fix, however, I think you'll be bitterly disappointed. A misguided, but ultimately pretty okay game, that could of been a good game if it wasn't bogged down by a few problems.
kavanf1
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I do, I just don't have the Complete Edition. I have the original game and separate DLC.
Kaleinc
Banned
Well yes.
Kurt Russell
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Skylines is probably great. I hated the TT GoT game. All the choices lead to nothing (I know that all the TT games do this, but in the GoT game it's too obvious)
City Skylines is great and they are adding more to it regularly. Very addictive and easy to sink lots of time into.
go to your badge of the sale, click on how do I earn card drops, you'll see it there.
edited: I'm not sure what you mean, it was like that for a long time, unless I forgot.
Maiden Voyage
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I am in the minority here, but the first Shadowrun game is the one I prefer. I still need to pick up Hong Kong, but that will have to wait for another sale.
smokeandmirrors
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if you like city builders then you cant go wrong with Cities Skylines at all. It's a solid city builder and there are a ton of mods on the workshop for it. It is absolutely the successor to the Sim City series.
If you want the whole thing the game on Greenmangaming is the same price as team but with the code: XMAS20-PERGMG-SVINGS it brings it to under 10 bucks. Also the DLC is 6 bucks on amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015RMHO18/?tag=neogaf0e-20 if you're in the US.
I don't want to sound like a hater -- I admit I didn't give the game as much of a chance as it probably deserves -- but coming off of Civilization IV, I found V extremely disappointing. Granted, I'm talking vanilla Civ V, and knowing previous entries, I'm positive that has something to do with it.
Fachasaurus
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So it's safe to pull the trigger on the list of games I have added to my cart without worrying if it will be reduced further?
I have to highly recommend Infested Planet @ $4.94
Simple description: Starship Troopers meets 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKyrJRreqV0
Thanks for this recommendation, bought it and played for about half an hour, really enjoying it. Gotta finish some other games before I get back to it but I am looking forward to that.
Maiden Voyage
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Yes. No more dailies or flash deals.
PSA for anyone considering The original Force Unleashed: The sound is totally screwed up if you are using a 5.1 setup. Music only comes out of the left speaker, and no audio comes out of the back channels. I have been looking for a fix for years but do not believe there is one. I have tried both a digital and pc speaker 5.1 setup.
fuzzylogic
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Dirty Bomb didn't discount the Starter Pack... blarg. Everything in your store is horrible value for the money DB, I like the game and want to pay, but you make it so hard. Dirty Bomb makes Call of Duty and its map packs look like the deal of the century. I could pay about $200 to get all the mercs and a weapon loadout for each of them, but... nah.
The game seems to exclusively target whales, or people that play nothing except Dirty Bomb. $10 mercs? Who do you think you are Nexon? Blizzard?
Does anyone know who's making the hidden gems thread? I'd like to know so I can keep on the lookout for it.
The game seems to exclusively target whales, or people that play nothing except Dirty Bomb. $10 mercs? Who do you think you are Nexon? Blizzard?
Does anyone know who's making the hidden gems thread? I'd like to know so I can keep on the lookout for it.
Mmmm... Should i?
Yeah, Life is Strange it is.
Cities Skylines is one of the best games of the year and supported by a phenomenal business model.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
One purchase at a time per person.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
You can buy them all at once then place them in your inventory as gifts at checkout. Once your purchase is complete you can go into your Steam inventory and individually gift the games from there.
0 crashes during my playthrough (52 hours)
There was one story cutscene that required going back to 30 fps, has been fixed since.
Necromanti
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I'm guessing they'll be highlighting different deals each day instead. It's not exactly easy to see the deals in an easily digestible manner as it is.
Maiden Voyage
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oh I'm totally with you, I hated vanilla Civ V, I still think it's very flawed Civ game, for reasons I won't go into here, but at least expansions made it more fun to play and it's likable now.
no sound problems too people were having? that's good to know!
I really liked how the twist at the ending was that the protag never actually was a soldier. He basically just learned all the skills through a feverdream of beeing one
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25% and 33% on the games I wanted, can't afford to pull the trigger at that discount 
I'll go in on this. Sent you a PM
Just a heads up, Cities Skylines is a few dollars cheaper on GMG when you apply their 20% off coupon.
As someone who knew nothing of wolf among us I loved it. I also extremely enjoyed tales of borderlands but you might enjoy it more if u actually played the series. Either way I say get both. If you played borderlands go for tales if not I say go with wolf.
CountAntonius
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Well I am convinced. Is enhanced edition worth buying? 5 Dollars for a few landmarks doesn't seem very worth it?
I have funds on steam thanks to selling a CSGO case drop. Thanks though.
Stratosphere
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So what's the verdict on stasis?
OniBarubary
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Aw rasberries
iceblade997
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If you only have the standard game, the consensus is that Art of War is great for expanding the war stuff and a must-buy. The other DLCs tend to be more optional - a few have nifty features (Conquest of Paradise allows for, for example, a Random New World (they just reworked how that is done in 1.14) and supporting independence of people), etc. I'm not familiar with whether or not The Cossacks is being looked at as a good expansion though, but certainly if you only have the base game, get Art of War then look at the others bit by bit and see which strike your fancy. This video is outdated (doesn't have the 2 most recent expansions) but the advice still stands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFc_4IsaCb0
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