Steam Winter Sale 2016 thread of hoping for better deals elsewhere
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Good to know. I think I got my ass handed to me on the very first boss in Origins. And I mean royally handed to me.
- I+II is pretty archaic by modern game standards, I personally really enjoyed them when I played them a few years ago, but I could see a lot of people really hating them.
- Origin is amazing, arguably the best in the series, or at least tied for best with Oath
- VI was the first Ys game to use the engine and gameplay style of Oath/Origin, it's good, but not as refined as the follow ups.
Greatest Ever
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Which Dishonored DLCs are worth it?
Nabs
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The game expects you to be at a particular level before hitting the area boss, and will stop giving you good amounts of XP once you hit it. It's the best type of grind, because you'll only need to spend a minute doing it.
Considering previous sales went as high as 90% off, and the competition of GMG, PS Store and other retailers sometimes offer similar (better) deals; it's a valid question.
On Topic: Nabbed Witcher 3, Farcry Blood Dragon and a friend Gifted me Doom; decent haul for now.
Wok
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Valley is a good purchase for 7! You should have been excited before it was fixed! At least one was and was nice enough to comment to tell me!
If you got a coupon from the Square Enix's surprise box you can use it for additional 50% off in their Store. Probably also a mistake
Did you know about the recent Ubi 30 giveaway, or did you just not wanted to deal with Uplay?
Tizoc
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Oath is a renake of ys 3 actually :3
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Giveaway of the game I usually promote during sales, because it's sweet and awesome.
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Knife of Dunwall and Brigmore Witches. Together, arguably as good as the main game (which means really good).
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I get no pleasure from traversing the levels filled with monotonous enemies. They feel like padding before the boss fights.
Alright, thanks.
Might just fire up Origins this weekend then!rainking187
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The way Steam handles those new bundles where you can complete your collection is pretty cool, but sometimes the pricing can be kind of screwed up, I've seen the old Tomb Raider bundle go for around $12, but the way it's set up now they only added Temple of Osiris and it's DLC, but it now costs $46 if you don't own any of it. I'm glad I bought the old bundle a few months ago.
opticalmace
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Anything vaguely in the vein of Her Story to check out?
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EndlessSky
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Are there any (good) shmups on sale?
thebigmachine
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Didn't know this was a category...
Randomizer123454444
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So I went and bought the Resident Evil bundle.
I have so many resident evil games now! But I've been fan of series from game 1, and I think it's time to fill my collection with games that I never played. Revelations for example.
I have so many resident evil games now! But I've been fan of series from game 1, and I think it's time to fill my collection with games that I never played. Revelations for example.
For some reason Pony World 3 is listed one of the top sellers in that tag
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I mean if you do want to the cheap route, you can subscribe to Giant Bomb and watch their playthrough of it.
Crimzon Clover: http://store.steampowered.com/app/285440/
Blue Revolver: http://store.steampowered.com/app/439490/
Mushihimesama: http://store.steampowered.com/app/377860/
Blue Revolver is way underrated.
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3 is the best one. All the games are good unlike the other packs which have weak games. It also has Quiplash, which is their best game.
The only real reason to buy 2 now is Fibbage, which admittedly is very good. It has old Quiplash which is not necessary. Bidiots is alright but if you want a drawing game I'd just get Drawful 2 which is standalone.
Pack 1 is only worth buying now for You Don't Know Jack, which is just trivia for up to 4 players. But there's a lot of content in YDKJ do it would easily justify its price if you like that.
Looks like Blue Revolver now has Steam Cards and achievements. Those weren't available at release
What's the quickest way of buying cards for badges? I know about http://steam.tools/cards/ but I was more thinking of a tool that buys the cheapest possible badges/card sets for the level you want to reach.
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None that I recall, but it has been almost a year since I played. The game isn't really meant to be scary though, maybe a bit unnerving at times, but not scary.
Stronghammer22
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I bought it at full price ages ago, and I thought it was absolutely worth it. I love XCOM and Massive Chalice is very inspired by it in its gameplay. The trait system is quite interesting, creating the best bloodlines etc. I went through and finished an ironman game on hard - it was a lot of fun! I tried brutal...that's a whole other level of pain. I might try it again though.
Anyway, $1.99 is a no brainer for this, imo.
NingenJanai
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I played it recently and it doesn't have any jump scares, it's a really good game.
Thought this would be a good chance to pick up Pure as I've been meaning to get it for ages (really enjoyed it on the 360), turns out it's been removed from the Steam store. Thankfully I was able to get it elsewhere but just in case anyone else was wanting to pick it up an FYI it's been removed from Steam.
Tizoc
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Well ill give ys 6 its adventurous aspect but ti me it is a game that is in dire need of qol improvementsI just logged in to say that Ys VI is better than Origin.
Thanks, had bought it because it was so cheap, now I can actually play it.
Thanks, I guess that'll work out with some cross-referencing
StereoVsn
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Isn't House of Dying Sun a rather short game? I have heard stated 2-3 hours on Normal and 2-3 more on Hard mode (essentially just going through same game though). That just seems sparse.
Instead I would recommend Starpoint Gemini 2. You command a larger ship then in a normal space fighter game but there are a lot of things to do, cool upgrades, mods, and the developer is working on a sequel with more strategy options.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236150/
NingenJanai
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It's an amazing game, you'll love it.
I hate to be that guy but I'd only recommend DEFCON if you actually have friends to play it with. It's just not very much fun in single-player against the AI (ironic given its origins in WarGames) and I'm not sure how active its multiplayer community is at this point.Need help trimming off some fat:
Tizoc
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Aviary attorney ismshort but if it is $10 or lower insay get it if u like adventure games or phoenix wright seriesNot having a big budget this year and sales not being very generous I've come down to deciding between two games, either Darkest Dungeon or Aviary Attorney. Feels like I would get most bang for the buck with Darkest Dungeon but Aviary Attorney seems so fun.
Darkest dungeon is also good but of xourse a different genre so it comes down to which genre u want for one thing
CecilRousso
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So it might be time to pick up the Transformers game now then, if they're at risk of being delisted after the sale?
You could also give Path of Exile a go for the price of free if you haven't.
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