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[jshackles]

I just finished a few hours of playing Submerged, which is 66% off ($6.79) right now which matches it's current historical low price (although it's $3.99 on sale on PSN for + members, which is where I bought it.)

The game focuses on exploration and storytelling rather than combat or action. In a way, it's really relaxing as you take your boat out over a long lost forgotten sunken city which happens to be the ruins of a modern day metropolis. Your job is to gather supplies to aid your wounded younger brother. The focus on exploration here really shines, and the graphics are pretty nice too with some great water and lighting effects.

As you progress through the story, you're given a series of pictograms that tell the story of what happened to the city, and also tell the story of how you got there to begin with and what happened to your brother. There is some voice acting but it's all in a strange made up language, so a lot of the story telling is done through pictures and body language.

You can find and pick up boat upgrades as well as story pieces, and you get a telescope which you can use to look for supplies and also watch the local wildlife. Once you find the supplies you can dock your boat and gather them up by climbing ledges, vines, ladders, gutters, etc.

It's pretty short probably around 3 hours (more if you want to gather up all the things) but it's a nice little game you should keep an eye on if you're a fan of story-heavy exploration games.

 

[bobnowhere]

State of Anarchy actually looks ok too

I almost bought it a couple of days ago for $0.49. Was looking for a last purchase for 50 cents or so but chose a Carmegeddon instead.

 

[BigTnaples]

So just ran it with stats on. I'm getting between 15-30% GPU usage on both GPU's in the scenes where the Framerate hits 12-15FPS in the bench..

75-85% usage in the first part..


So, looks as if it may indeed just be my CPU.


Even cranking it to 4K, my usage goes up, but in that last scene, my FPS tanks. Unless I change the number of units on screen, from ultra to high or medium, it smooths out the Framerate.

(Of course then the battles look much less impressive due to the lack of units...)



Is the 3770k really THAT outdated? I was under the impression it kept up pretty well with most games?( haven't had a problem until now)

 

[Sarcasm]

So in like roughly 8 hours (give or take) is the encore?

Still have three more cards to get right?

 

[Deques]

So in like roughly 8 hours (give or take) is the encore?

Still have three more cards to get right?

Encore of what?

Anyway, there will be three more cards to get

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Today was surprisingly great given how the past week had been rather low for a sale.

 

[Monooboe]

Multi-tiered boss fights that don't have checkpoints surely has to be the worst gamedesign right? I'm shaking I'm so damn mad. So close to uninstalling Witcher 3 and deleting it from my account.

 

[Ladekabel]

Bought Tennis Elbow. Asked for a refund 5 minutes later. Holy shit that game is bad. With the same 13€ I then went playing tennis with a friend. Way better.

I was thinking about putting Tennis Elbow on my wishlist for a later sale. What's so bad about it?

 

[LurkerPrime]

Why couldn't the Total Warhammer: Chaos DLC just go on sale? It would make everything so much easier for me.

Valve pls

Multi-tiered boss fights that don't have checkpoints surely has to be the worst gamedesign right? I'm shaking I'm so damn mad. So close to uninstalling Witcher 3 and deleting it from my account.

No, it's still unskippable cutscenes/dialog. Definitely up there, though. I remember a boss from Mass Effect 1 that I always got stuck on (elevator Krogan ambush) that was the worst. And it had both unskippable cutscenes and uncheckpointed battles.


Is it a boss werewolf or Jenny? Because the former was the most difficult fight in the game for me, due to how early it was and my general lack of alchemy at the time. Really had to scrounge together everything I had to beat it during the second stage.

I, uh, really loved it though.

 

[Jadax]

Anyone have that list of crazy-cheap bundles/price glitch bundles.

 

[Monooboe]

And it had both unskippable cutscenes and uncheckpointed battles.

Haha yeah you are right, that really is the worst!

Is it a boss werewolf or Jenny? Because the former was the most difficult fight in the game for me, due to how early it was and my general lack of alchemy at the time. Really had to scrounge together everything I had to beat it during the second stage.

I, uh, really loved it though.

I'm the latter parts of Blood & Wine. Of course, overall I love Witcher 3, still think it among the best games I've played. Luckily boss fights like that are uncommon in the game.

 

[LurkerPrime]

I'm the latter parts of Blood & Wine. Of course, overall I love Witcher 3, still think it among the best games I've played. Luckily boss fights like that are uncommon in the game.

Ah. I'm only at the beginning of Blood & Wine. Definitely some long boss fights, even early on. Hopefully I don't get crushed too much later on... though with how I've specced Geralt (magic & alchemy) I feel like there's not much that can actually hurt him.

Potions are really, stupidly powerful if you can get the tier-3 recipes. The combat-focused default Geralt I used in Heart of Stone had me wishing I imported my real Geralt the entire time...

 

[Sun Bather]

Dropsy is 60% at only 4 euros. It's a great little adventure game.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/274350/

 

[Servizio]

I remember the Draugr fight in Witcher 2 when the game launched being some infuriating bullshit, speaking of multi-tiered bosses with unskippable cutscenes that take away your characters default skillset on top of everything.

I love the Witcher games but if they have one obvious reoccurring blindspot, it seems to be playtesting their boss battles. The barghest in W1 had some of the same nonsense, now that I think of it.

Uh, on the bright side, you can expect the fight you're thinking of to be patched or tweaked in some way in a month or two.

 

[CecilRousso]

Multi-tiered boss fights that don't have checkpoints surely has to be the worst gamedesign right? I'm shaking I'm so damn mad. So close to uninstalling Witcher 3 and deleting it from my account.

Does it help to lower the difficulty? I always do that on bosses that annoy me, because I don't want them to stand in the way for the rest of the game.

 

[derExperte]

Is the 3770k really THAT outdated? I was under the impression it kept up pretty well with most games?( haven't had a problem until now)

On average you're right but the lows will be much lower, overclocking should give you a massive boost in situations like that. Also I doubt the Total Wars will run on any CPU without some noticeable drops, they're known to eat hardware alive, don't get fooled by benchmarks not showing minimum fps.

 

[Monooboe]

Ah. I'm only at the beginning of Blood & Wine. Definitely some long boss fights, even early on. Hopefully I don't get crushed too much later on... though with how I've specced Geralt (magic & alchemy) I feel like there's not much that can actually hurt him.

Potions are really, stupidly powerful if you can get the tier-3 recipes. The combat-focused default Geralt I used in Heart of Stone had me wishing I imported my real Geralt the entire time...

Ah yeah I think you are probably more prepared than I was. I didn't have good oils or potions and was too late to craft.

Does it help to lower the difficulty? I always do that on bosses that annoy me, because I don't want them to stand in the way for the rest of the game.

Ah yeah that's what I did, it became way too easy but felt good to get on with the story.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Subnautica is really great!

 

[Skirn]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

 

[Rizzi]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

Blood and Wine is fantastic.

 

[Corpekata]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

B&W is barely on sale, get the others and snag it later given it'll be barely different price wise when you decide to go for it.

 

[Chaos17]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

Dream don't die and Bullet & Crime are cheaper if you're looking for Tell tale type of game (like Life it's Strange)

 

[Jadax]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

How much did you like vanilla Witcher 3?

imo Blood and Wine > Soma + Life is Strange. A lot of people like LiS, I thought it was ok, the story of Witcher is just on a whole different level.

 

[Uzzy]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

Honestly, you can't go wrong with either choice. Life is Strange is phenomenal, it's a wonderfully human cult indie movie in video game form, and took 2nd place in the SteamGAF GOTY poll for a reason (mostly cause I intimidated everyone into voting for it.)

If you're a Sci-Fi fan then SOMA is essential, it's a horror game that's possibly better if you make the monsters non-hostile, as it's main source of horror is just the subject matter it explores. The exploration of the meaning of existence, consciousness, humanity and what makes a life worth living will stick with you for a long, long time.

Witcher 3: Blood and Wine, of course, is more Witcher 3 goodness.

 

[Henry Swanson]

I'm looking for something with a good story. Should I go with Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (18€) or SOMA+Life is Strange (24€). I really liked Heart of Stone, but sci-fi's also right up my alley.

I haven't played Blood and Wine (or Witcher 3 for that matter), nor have I played SOMA, so my opinion here doesn't count for much, but Life is Strange is one of the absolute best games I have ever played. Everyone needs to experience it.

 

[Vargavinter]

Hmmmm, I still havent bought anything so far but I want to but there is to much "want" and to little "fund". Eyeing GTA but 35 euro is a lot.

 

[Skirn]

B&W is barely on sale, get the others and snag it later given it'll be barely different price wise when you decide to go for it.

That's a good point. It'll probably be cheaper during the Winter Sale.

Thanks guys! SOMA and LiS it is, then. Didn't know LiS almost got SteamGAF GOTY, now I'm genuinely hyped.

 

[Lashley]

Bought Tennis Elbow. Asked for a refund 5 minutes later. Holy shit that game is bad. With the same 13€ I then went playing tennis with a friend. Way better.

Is it bad? I've bought it but yet to play it, downloaded some mods though

 

[Pjsprojects]

For first time in a Steam sale I've only purchased one game! F1 Race Stars.
Enough to say I miss the daily deals :-(

 

[Endruen]

Still no confirmation about Minerva's Den for the collection?

 

[demented waffle]

Fable anniversary
Watch dogs complete
Shadow of mordor
Age of empires 2 HD
South Park
Stardew Valley

All for around $51 or so. Not bad.

 

[Large Professor]

Played half an hour of momodora rutm. So far I'm impressed, the game is absolutely gorgeous (if you're into pixel art) and the controls are tight.

 

[MetalSlug]

For first time in a Steam sale I've only purchased one game! F1 Race Stars.
Enough to say I miss the daily deals :-(

I've done great this year. I've managed not to buy anything from GoG and Steam this summer. I think the daily deals not being present have helped.

 

[drotahorror]

Anyone have any suggestions for some space combat games? Kind of like Freespace 2 or something but tons better graphics? (even with the mods)

Anyone?

 

[Large Professor]

Anyone?

Elite: Dangerous?

 

[Lain]

2nd regret of the sale: Dragon Fin Soup

This game has a very charming art style and in theory it should be good

That's mostly positive

but the reality is that the controls are weird and clunky (even in the options menu, oh my god the options menu), the UI can be annoying as well as the constant prompt about you being sure you want to every time you try to enter a house/step on a teleporter/talk to a merchant and the game still has crash to desktop bugs which were reported last year.
I spent 4 hours with it before hitting that bug. Now every time I try to to talk to that NPC to begin that quest, I end up at my desktop, with the constant reminder that I can't refund the game staring me right in the eye

I'd also add the lack of a proper tutorial to at least ease you into the game but, heh, at this point who cares.

 

[Ban Puncher]

If art style meant a good game than all anime games would be good games.

 

[Ludens]

2nd regret of the sale: Dragon Fin Soup

This game has a very charming art style and in theory it should be good

but the reality is that the controls are weird and clunky (even in the options menu, oh my god the options menu), the UI can be annoying as well as the constant prompt about you being sure you want to every time you try to enter a house/step on a teleporter/talk to a merchant and the game still has crash to desktop bugs which were reported last year.
I spent 4 hours with it before hitting that bug. Now every time I try to to talk to that NPC to begin that quest, I end up at my desktop, with the constant reminder that I can't refund the game staring me right in the eye

I'd also add the lack of a proper tutorial to at least ease you into the game but, heh, at this point who cares.

I'm still waiting for my Steam key since I own it on PSN.

 

[Parsnip]

Why? Assuming the retail copy was legitimately obtained what's the problem.

It's a weird thing.
Ripping keys from cheaper regions at retail space feels dirty to me.
But before Russian bear was locked in its cage, I didn't have any problems doing the same digitally.

 

[Sarcasm]

I'm still waiting for my Steam key since I own it on PSN.

Wait if you own it on PSN you get a steam key?

 

[Corpekata]

Yeah Dragon Fin Soup sucks. It controls like an unholy abomination of trying to please KBAM and controllers at once and it's not fun on either.

I can see there being SOME appeal for console users since there aren't many games like it on console, but for PC there's like a dozen better roguelikes to play. And even then most roguelikes run on like toasters so you'd have to be like a hardcore console fanboy that faints at the sight of a PC to really get anything out of it.

 

[chadskin]

I just finished a few hours of playing Submerged, which is 66% off ($6.79) right now which matches it's current historical low price (although it's $3.99 on sale on PSN for + members, which is where I bought it.)

The game focuses on exploration and storytelling rather than combat or action. In a way, it's really relaxing as you take your boat out over a long lost forgotten sunken city which happens to be the ruins of a modern day metropolis. Your job is to gather supplies to aid your wounded younger brother. The focus on exploration here really shines, and the graphics are pretty nice too with some great water and lighting effects.

As you progress through the story, you're given a series of pictograms that tell the story of what happened to the city, and also tell the story of how you got there to begin with and what happened to your brother. There is some voice acting but it's all in a strange made up language, so a lot of the story telling is done through pictures and body language.

You can find and pick up boat upgrades as well as story pieces, and you get a telescope which you can use to look for supplies and also watch the local wildlife. Once you find the supplies you can dock your boat and gather them up by climbing ledges, vines, ladders, gutters, etc.

It's pretty short probably around 3 hours (more if you want to gather up all the things) but it's a nice little game you should keep an eye on if you're a fan of story-heavy exploration games.

Thanks for the write-up and reminder, always meant to pick this up once it goes cheap. Now I did.

 

[MikeE21286]

Every Steam sale I end up buying a game I don't really want, just because it's cheap. Every time.

True...but I'll still probably convince myself to keep those games because I might want to play them "one day", even though I know deep down I'll probably never want to play them.

I am giving you an internet hug because that reminds me of myself lol

 

[Jintor]

what's ETA until end of sale? I need to know if I need to burn this cart NOW

 

[Faenix1]

after stardew I'm contemplating Bioshock and Bioshock 2.

Got 'em on PS3, and would prefer 'em on PS4, but for some reason I want the PC versions. Not sure about the DLC though and would rather not spend $2.50 on it. Ah, choices..

 

[Sarcasm]

after stardew I'm contemplating Bioshock and Bioshock 2.

Got 'em on PS3, and would prefer 'em on PS4, but for some reason I want the PC versions. Not sure about the DLC though and would rather not spend $2.50 on it. Ah, choices..

If you buy B1 + B2 + DLC you get remastered free on PC.

 

[Corpekata]

what's ETA until end of sale? I need to know if I need to burn this cart NOW

27 hours. You can check on store pages you'll see the countdown near the purchase button.

 

[Lashley]

Yeah, Tennis Elbow is shit. Hope I can get a refund for it without refunding other games

EDIT: Refund request sorted easy enough, best thing Steam introduced.

 

[Ludens]

Wait if you own it on PSN you get a steam key?

Yes you should, but I didn't receive my key yet.

 

[Jintor]

oh cool it emptied my cart

fuck!

i had a cart for a fucking reason, steam, jesus christ