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[iosefe]

Midnight Club II for $3.49 is pretty good, and well worth it for the crazy arcade fun.

Also an excuse to post this whoo.

it was actually your posts and giveaways that put it on my wish list. i really liked what i saw

 

[cj_iwakura]

Okay, it sounds intriguing, but from a gameplay POV it's basically a Visual Novel? Dialogue trees provide the bulk of gameplay options?

There are no dialogue trees. It's an investigative game, the story is linear.

 

[Young Magus]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

 

[Hero Prinny]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

witcher 3 any day of the week. easily one of the greatest games I've ever played.

 

[EndlessSky]

Decided to go with Talos Principle for 75% off ($10) instead of The Witness for $20. Seems more interesting

 

[LurkerPrime]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

Witcher 3.

There is no reality where MGSV comes out ahead.

 

[hooijdonk17]

Need help trimming off some fat:

Also recommendations welcome; list should reflect my current tastes I guess..

Midnight Club II for $3.49 is pretty good, and well worth it for the crazy arcade fun.

Also an excuse to post this whoo.

Ha! Played this on the OG XBOX and had immense fun with it. The rubberband AI can drive a man CRAZY though.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

Does Witcher 3 let you summon a helicopter to the tune of Only Time Will Tell?

 

[hooijdonk17]

Does Witcher 3 let you summon a helicopter to the tune of Only Time Will Tell?

More importantly, do any naked women in Witcher 3 breathe through their skin?

Get Witcher 3, at least it doesn't mock your intellect and is more honest and comfortable with its fan service.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

Witcher 3. Can you believe an MGS game would have grinding in it? No? Well, that's MGSV and why I stopped playing it. Ruined.

 

[Arex]

Just got FFIX.. finally got to play the one of the older FF

Any recent city building games in the similar vibe to Caesar, Pharaoh, or Zeus?

 

[paperspace]

Both
Trust us on this

I'm getting both eventually, I'm just not sure if I can beat both before the GOTY's.

Let me rephrase; which one should I start with?

 

[Ophiuchus]

Dark Souls 3 is overpriced in my region and this discount does not make much sense.

 

[Young Magus]

Edit:
^You in Asia too I take it?

witcher 3 any day of the week. easily one of the greatest games I've ever played.

Witcher 3.

There is no reality where MGSV comes out ahead.

Does Witcher 3 let you summon a helicopter to the tune of Only Time Will Tell?

More importantly, do any naked women in Witcher 3 breathe through their skin?

Get Witcher 3, at least it doesn't mock your intellect and is more honest and comfortable with its fan service.

Witcher 3. Can you believe an MGS game would have grinding in it? No? Well, that's MGSV and why I stopped playing it. Ruined.

GAWDDAMN WHAT A LANDSLIDE!!!!

Ok WItcher 3 it is.

Spoiler

Is the combat as bad as I heard it is?

 

[Plasmid]

This + mad max on bundlestars. Under $100, not too bad. I needed to get some more Vive games. Overall i'm happy with the sales for the year.

 

[Xeteh]

So we just came home from the movie theater and my wife surprised me with an early Christmas present - the HTC Vive.

Since I haven't really paid too much attention to these things before, I'm kinda curious what are some of the essential games for the Vive? Any suggestions?

Holy shit. That's awesome. Can I have your wife?

It isn't really a game but I've heard people praise Google Earth VR pretty hard and it is free!

 

[More_Badass]

Ooh, I can shill for games I love? In that case...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/476650 ($15.99)

This is Suda51 in his prime. Fresh off of his stint with Human Entertainment, at which he made the absolutely deranged Syndrome games, he decided to go his own way and start Grasshopper Entertainment. The result was The Silver Case. Made with a tiny staff and hamstrung by all kinds of restrictions both financial and otherwise, this lead to the creation of the Film Window system.

Are there any other visual novels with a realistic style/aesthetic like this?

I've wanted to get into the genre, since I like text adventures and interactive fiction, but the art that's usually present in visual novels...I cant get past it

 

[paperspace]

Spoiler

Is the combat as bad as I heard it is?

Yes. Get MGSV if you value combat/gameplay.

 

[Hero Prinny]

GAWDDAMN WHAT A LANDSLIDE!!!!

Ok WItcher 3 it is.

Spoiler

Is the combat as bad as I heard it is?

Well i played on hard so and i didnt mess with crafting cause i find that stuff super boring so i only ended up using whatever i found/bought and i thought the combat was servicable, its not not dark souls or whatever people wanted it to be but its way better than witcher 2's combat

 

[cj_iwakura]

Are there any other visual novels with a realistic style/aesthetic like this?

I've wanted to get into the genre, since I like text adventures and interactive fiction, but the art that's usually present in visual novels...I cant get past it

Very, very few. Keep in mind TSC isn't just a VN, it's a full 3d investigative game. The trailers don't really display that aspect of it at all.

I think this is your best entry level title, as long as you realize the plot is insanely convoluted and those of us who've played all Suda's titles struggle to understand the plot.

 

[More_Badass]

Very, very few. Keep in mind TSC isn't just a VN, it's a full 3d investigative game. The trailers don't really display that aspect of it at all.

I think this is your best entry level title, as long as you realize the plot is insanely convoluted and those of us who've played all Suda's titles struggle to understand the plot.

Oh, with like dialogue choices and needing to gather evidence and whatnot?

 

[Skux]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

Witcher 3 is overall the better game. MGSV has amazing gameplay though - the best example of emergent gameplay that currently exists IMO.

 

[Uzzy]

Does Witcher 3 let you summon a helicopter to the tune of Only Time Will Tell?

There's only one song you should use for your helicopter. The Soviets will never see it coming.

Anyway, Witcha 3 vs MGSV isn't a contest. Witcha 3 all day long.

 

[hooijdonk17]

GAWDDAMN WHAT A LANDSLIDE!!!!

Ok WItcher 3 it is.

Spoiler

Is the combat as bad as I heard it is?

Well.. The best thing I can say for Witcher 3 (and Witcher 2) combat is that it's better than Witcher 1.. I guess?

Spoiler

It's still pretty bad. Don't buy it for the combat.

 

[The Foul]

Bought Trillion and Valhalla due to this thread, both are exactly what I'm looking for, well shilled Gaf. Just when you think you own everything...

Looking at FF6, no nostalgia goggles because I'm PAL region, so long as it works with a controller all is good. Maybe not seeing it but I could really use a $100USDish bundle with all the Final Fantasies, 12 seems to be missing tho and I really liked that one. Makes it easier to hold off buying $220AUD worth of Fantasies till a bundle shows up.

My recommendation would be Subterrain. 42% off, $9.85 on my store. Great game I picked up last sale and shilled except now all the bugs are fixed and post-game content added so its the full package. From the steam page "Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! "
Check it out http://store.steampowered.com/app/340490/

 

[cj_iwakura]

Oh, with like dialogue choices and needing to gather evidence and whatnot?

There's no dialogue choices, you investigate crime scenes to find evidence and solve puzzles. You talk to people, but it's straight dialogue, no choices.

There's only one song you should use for your helicopter. The Soviets will never see it coming.

Should've known it was that, haha.

I still love OTWT. You're leaving noooowwww

 

[Lain]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

MGSV, if you're looking for good gameplay.

 

[Nudull]

So.

Tales of Zestiria, Final Fantasy III, Trails in the Sky or Grandia II? Currently have Tales of Symphonia and Ys Origin in the cart.

 

[Jeff6851]

I have GTA V, MGS V Definitive and Borderlands 2 GOTY (just want the DLC why is there no bundle outside of the season pass???) in my cart. Gonna wait till Christmas to get them because I'll get a Steam card.

Adding all that to my backlog along with Witcher 3 and Doom from the previous sale should make me super busy next year.

 

[More_Badass]

GAWDDAMN WHAT A LANDSLIDE!!!!

Ok WItcher 3 it is.

Spoiler

Is the combat as bad as I heard it is?

It's not. Don't go in expecting Dark Souls, and you'll be fine. It's decent and enjoyable, especially with the limb-lopping finishers

 

[me0wish]

So we just came home from the movie theater and my wife surprised me with an early Christmas present - the HTC Vive.

Since I haven't really paid too much attention to these things before, I'm kinda curious what are some of the essential games for the Vive? Any suggestions?

The lab is awesome (and free!), my favorite software for Vive, even if your wife isn't a gamer, she'll enjoy it.

Spoiler

So you know, doesn't feel she wasted 800$

 

[donny2112]

Recommend a Steam game for $0.22 or less!

Buy cards from the marketplace. Can clear out pennies that way pretty easily.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I recommend The Silver Case too, is an unique game. It certainly has it's quirks but if you give yourself to the experience it will provide you with something special.

Is not for everyone, though.

Okay, it sounds intriguing, but from a gameplay POV it's basically a Visual Novel? Dialogue trees provide the bulk of gameplay options?

Is a visual novel, with a few puzzles of it. It has some navigation and interactivity unlike most games of the genre, but it dosn't have dialogue trees.

 

[neonglow]

Made my first order of this sale. I ended up getting Abzu, SquareCell & Papers, Please.

 

[plutoknight]

Is a visual novel, with a few puzzles of it. It has some navigation and interactivity unlike most games of the genre, but it dosn't have dialogue trees.

Sounds like it's more akin to, say, a Phoenix Wright or Ghost Trick-type game?



On an unrelated note, I'm looking at:
Orwell
Virginia
1979 (whatever the Iranian Revolution game was titled!)
The Bunker
Event[0]

I didn't realize Sausage Roll was 24 bucks... I'm not sure I can justify that purchase!

 

[cj_iwakura]

Sounds like it's more akin to, say, a Phoenix Wright or Ghost Trick-type game?

Close. I'd say the nearest approximation is Tex Murphy.

 

[muetimueti]

Made my first order of this sale. I ended up getting Abzu, SquareCell & Papers, Please.

I take it you already played the Hexcells series?

 

[Rhaknar]

FF IV save system is weird. Theres no slots, nor do you even save manually, it seems to auto save before each battle or screen change.

 

[Nudull]

Close. I'd say the nearest approximation is Tex Murphy.

If I had the extra money, I'd totally jump on The Silver Case right now. I may come across some closer to Christmas, so I'll keep it in mind.

FF IV save system is weird. Theres no slots, nor do you even save manually, it seems to auto save before each battle or screen change.

I take FF III has that same deal?

 

[NingenJanai]

Downwell is really good and addictive, but difficult.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Sounds like it's more akin to, say, a Phoenix Wright or Ghost Trick-type game?

Not quite, because Silver Case is not as heavy in the gameplay elements. Is more a VN with some puzzles throw into it.

The unique visual presentation sets ir apart from most games in the genre. So is hard to find similars.

 

[neonglow]

I take it you already played the Hexcells series?

I beat the first one and made it really far into the second one until the last puzzles introduced that increased radius piece.

 

[Tizoc]

Fam help me out here.

MGSV or Witcher 3?

Xanadu next if u dont have it yet ;D
Between those 2 tho depends on if u want stealth or fantasy wrpg adventure with gwent

 

[Professor Lexicovermis]

Street Fighter V
Rivals of Aether
Divekick
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Uplink
Awesomenauts
Enter the Gungeon
Rogue Legacy

Not a bad haul, if I do say so myself!

 

[dani_dc]

I'll start with this.

Might pick up VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action as well.

 

[DocSeuss]

Trying to decide between Everspace and House of the Dying Sun. :s

House of the Dying Sun by a wide margin.

 

[More_Badass]

House of the Dying Sun by a wide margin.

I second this

 

[WinterDemons]

I almost forgot the sale started today.

 

[pantsattack]

Need help trimming off some fat:

Also recommendations welcome; list should reflect my current tastes I guess..



Ha! Played this on the OG XBOX and had immense fun with it. The rubberband AI can drive a man CRAZY though.

There was a giveaway in the last Steam thread with 7 or 8 Corporate Simulators in it. Look for that before buying it.

 

[MulderYuffie]

So.

Tales of Zestiria, Final Fantasy III, Trails in the Sky or Grandia II? Currently have Tales of Symphonia and Ys Origin in the cart.

Trails in the Sky for sure!