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2010 Steam Holiday Sale Thread: of GAF collectively handing over wallet to Based Gabe
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darkpaladinmfc
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I heavily disagree. I played Doom II for the first time last summer and was amazed by it. Classic Doom is just so fast-paced and fun, being able to dodge most enemy attacks also makes the game, and especially harder difficulties, much more fun. Just enable proper mouselook and you're gravy.CrashPrime said:
Artofwar420
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CrashPrime said:
Thanks, I think this will be the one that I skip...
But Darkpaldinmfc says otherwise!
darkpaladinmfc said:
What to do.
Todays damage isn't so bad;
Sim City 4 (double dip, thanks Steam)
Crysis (ditto)
Dirt 2
I have a question about Rush, what is it exactly? I can't do the research because I am at work, anyone have a quick review or a comparison to games it is like? Doesn't happen to be San Francisco Rush? :lol
Sim City 4 (double dip, thanks Steam)
Crysis (ditto)
Dirt 2
I have a question about Rush, what is it exactly? I can't do the research because I am at work, anyone have a quick review or a comparison to games it is like? Doesn't happen to be San Francisco Rush? :lol
rohlfinator
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I've pretty much cleared out my wishlist except for Assassin's Creed 2, Arkham Asylum, and Dragon Age, but I'm fine with skipping those for now since I'm pretty confident they'll show up again in the future (hopefully when my backlog is smaller).
I don't think I'll be buying anything more unless it's <$5 or an otherwise ridiculously good deal.
I don't think I'll be buying anything more unless it's <$5 or an otherwise ridiculously good deal.
Artofwar420 said:
Classic Doom is a breath of fresh air compared to modern shooters. No running into a room like a lumbering tank killing as many enemies as you can before your health runs low, then hiding behind a rock while you heal up.
In Doom you move like the wind, diving between enemy attacks soaring around the room like death incarnate dealing punishment to hordes of enemies while their attacks whistle harmlessly around you. There is no sensation in all of gaming like blowing through a room with 20+ enemies in Doom II and clearing it completely unscathed. Modern shooters just don't do this anymore, everything is so damn slow and clunky.
CrashPrime
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LovingSteam said:
Oooh. Sacred 2 might be a nice snag. I rented it on X360 awhile ago and felt like I could've loved the game had I played it on PC instead of X360.
Sinatar said:
I'd agree that modern shooters are getting really clunky with cover systems and self healing. However, if you want to talk like diving between enemy attacks and soaring around .. hit up some Serious Sam (the HD remakes were on sale yesterday .. so boo-urns if you haven't already picked those up).
Yesterday was witcher day, today is crysis day.
My brother showed me a neat trick to speed up downloading. I think he nicked it from a steam thread on gaf... I am now downloading at 1mb/s by setting my location to Ukraine where before it was on UK - Manchester and it was really slow.
I must have missed some brilliant deals since I haven't been checking daily :'(
My brother showed me a neat trick to speed up downloading. I think he nicked it from a steam thread on gaf... I am now downloading at 1mb/s by setting my location to Ukraine where before it was on UK - Manchester and it was really slow.
I must have missed some brilliant deals since I haven't been checking daily :'(
ClovingWestbrook
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Sh1ner said:
Take a look at the OP. All of the daily deals so far are listed. On second thought, perhaps you don't want to look... :lol
Lostconfused
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Time for some one to post that pic again.Sh1ner said:
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Hey, thanks to Domino Theory for gifting me Eets! Seems like you're really in the holiday spirit man!
viewtifulsub
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Buy Doom. I replayed it earlier in the year, and it still plays better than every FPS in the last 10 years.Artofwar420 said:
Level design is outstanding, weapons are fun to use and feel perfect, and taking on hordes of demons is always exciting.
Just make sure to extract the Doom 1 & 2 '.wad' files after you download it, and run them through zdoom. With that, you can run Doom in HD with various graphics/gameplay tweaks.
For anyone interested, as long as steam still delivers those DOOM files in .WAD format you can use various free engines such as ZDoom or GZDoom or Doomsday engine to actually load up those wad files with a ton of graphic and gameplay enhancements such as full 3d mouselook and such.
Kinda makes the games like Serious Sam in a way.
Kinda makes the games like Serious Sam in a way.
Liquid Helium
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I ask this every time Crysis is on sale, but have they got rid of the shitty DRM yet? I really want to buy this game but refuse to while that activation limit is in there.
IrishNinja
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dear GAF
1) you guys say i want the crysis, because its apparently a fun/interesting? single player campaign, and my new rig can run it. do i want the crysis or the warhead or both?
2) i havent played SimCity since SNES, on which i adored it. is 4 for me? will i get joy from it, or weep from its complications?
let me know, im looking at the Doom pack and trying to not make my wallet sad. Lost Horizon looks interesting, but not $10 interesting.
PS i too want Gun at 75% or so off.
1) you guys say i want the crysis, because its apparently a fun/interesting? single player campaign, and my new rig can run it. do i want the crysis or the warhead or both?
2) i havent played SimCity since SNES, on which i adored it. is 4 for me? will i get joy from it, or weep from its complications?
let me know, im looking at the Doom pack and trying to not make my wallet sad. Lost Horizon looks interesting, but not $10 interesting.
PS i too want Gun at 75% or so off.
lastplayed
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CrashPrime said:
It's definitely worth getting the PC version, but you can't use the Ice & Blood expansion on Steam. I ended up getting both from GamersGate.
A digital hoarder is a good way to describe myself as well. I dont quite know why. I think it's a rainy day syndrome where i haord shit for the occasion i am in the mood for it.Darkgran said:
I have bought a lot as well and havent played it, although i havent played it simply cause im on holiday and not at my gaming machine.
Nemesis121
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Got Crysis Maximum edition......in my library i see Crysis Wars, is that multi-player?
ClovingWestbrook
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Nemesis121 said:
Yes for Warhead.
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Everyone that like things that are good should buy Mount & Blade: Warband. It is my GOTY by a country mile. The multiplayer is brilliant. Tons of content, rewarding as hell and very much skill based.
You kill someone in Call of Duty, and they fall in a canned animation after you have shot them from acros the room. In Mount & Blade, you see the same cavalry that has been terrorizing your team all game do a swoop around, and you know that it's you in his sights. He pulls back the sword to make the kill too late, you jump up and stab him in the heart with a spear. You watch as he slowly tumbles from the saddle, hits the ground and continues to roll down a hill slowly. You KNOW that you just won.
Even beyond native, there is cRPG, which is one of the best multiplayer experiences I've ever had. You start off a lowly peasant. Unarmored and armed only with a stick and some rocks to throw at the plated nightmares that roam the battlefield slaying all. Everyone on the server knows these people, their names ring fear into the hearts of entire teams while this is what will happen to you:
Dead at the top of the keep.
After some playtime though, you will get some gear and build your character stats up to be able to actually get some kills after the entire game as a peasant was just trying to stay alive. It has a prestige system as well, called retirement, that is actually useful. When you retire your new character gains a slight boost in gold and xp earned as well as getting to choose piece of your equipment to "heirloom". This gives said piece of equipment bonuses. You can heirloom things up to 3 times and it incurs bonuses everytime.
I am about ready to retire for the first time. I am ata point now where I am someone who can pretty much go anywhere without fear of a 1 hit kill. The servers are fantastic as well. There are a bunch of unwritten rules kind of. Like, if you do a high block and an opponent that sees you does as well, you initiate a duel. Happens a lot where there will be crowds of people on each side, each with 1 super soldier, and the supers will start a duel and all the other folks will just wait and watch as they go at it. Remember also, I have not even mentioned the campaign, and this is just one of the MANY mods for Warband.
The campaign is also fantastic. It's a mixture of an RPG and kind of a strategy/kingdom building game. It is 100% open ended and free form, do what you want kill who you want. You can become the king, unite the lands, be a bandit lord etc.. It has a ton of fun systems and the single player battles get crazy. They have a slight bit of the Total War games in them.
Anyway, super long post for a super great game. Get it everyone :lol
edit: for reference this is what I look like now in cRPG
You kill someone in Call of Duty, and they fall in a canned animation after you have shot them from acros the room. In Mount & Blade, you see the same cavalry that has been terrorizing your team all game do a swoop around, and you know that it's you in his sights. He pulls back the sword to make the kill too late, you jump up and stab him in the heart with a spear. You watch as he slowly tumbles from the saddle, hits the ground and continues to roll down a hill slowly. You KNOW that you just won.
Even beyond native, there is cRPG, which is one of the best multiplayer experiences I've ever had. You start off a lowly peasant. Unarmored and armed only with a stick and some rocks to throw at the plated nightmares that roam the battlefield slaying all. Everyone on the server knows these people, their names ring fear into the hearts of entire teams while this is what will happen to you:
Dead at the top of the keep.
After some playtime though, you will get some gear and build your character stats up to be able to actually get some kills after the entire game as a peasant was just trying to stay alive. It has a prestige system as well, called retirement, that is actually useful. When you retire your new character gains a slight boost in gold and xp earned as well as getting to choose piece of your equipment to "heirloom". This gives said piece of equipment bonuses. You can heirloom things up to 3 times and it incurs bonuses everytime.
I am about ready to retire for the first time. I am ata point now where I am someone who can pretty much go anywhere without fear of a 1 hit kill. The servers are fantastic as well. There are a bunch of unwritten rules kind of. Like, if you do a high block and an opponent that sees you does as well, you initiate a duel. Happens a lot where there will be crowds of people on each side, each with 1 super soldier, and the supers will start a duel and all the other folks will just wait and watch as they go at it. Remember also, I have not even mentioned the campaign, and this is just one of the MANY mods for Warband.
The campaign is also fantastic. It's a mixture of an RPG and kind of a strategy/kingdom building game. It is 100% open ended and free form, do what you want kill who you want. You can become the king, unite the lands, be a bandit lord etc.. It has a ton of fun systems and the single player battles get crazy. They have a slight bit of the Total War games in them.
Anyway, super long post for a super great game. Get it everyone :lol
edit: for reference this is what I look like now in cRPG
jaundicejuice
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Bad Company 2 - 7$
Oddbox - 13$
Killingfloor - 7$
A modest 27$ spent thus far.
Oddbox - 13$
Killingfloor - 7$
A modest 27$ spent thus far.
Rated-Rsuperstar
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Is the version of Lost Horizon on Amazon able to connect with steam?
It's pretty god damn hectic. Imagine charging with your companions on horseback across a bridge towards a village where the opponents lie in wait at the other side. You have arrows whizzing by you until you're forced to raise your shield to cover as much of yourself as you can. You see a player to your right falling down, with a few arrows sticking out of his chest. Suddenly, you hit the dirt. Your horse succumbed to it's wounds. You stand up, getting your bearings. Suddenly, an opponent ambushes you from around a hut. He tries to spear you but he misses. You flank him and make a move. The opponent falls. Suddenly, two more opponents appear from around the hill. They start to give chase, flinging spears at you. You run as fast as you can and one spear nicks you in the leg. You're an inch from death. You turn around, ready to make a last stand. But wait? What's that? You hear a horse galloping towards your direction. Your ally came to aid you in your time of crisis. With a swift jab of his spear he impales one of your foes. He turns around and gallops towards the other. But the opponent was ready for him and with a precise strike managed to hit your ally's horse. He falls off with a loud thud onto the ground. Seeing him in danger, despite you being so wounded, you rush towards your foe and swipe at him before he gets to finish off your fallen ally. Now rinse and repeat. And this doesn't even take into account the sieging castle gametypes.Forkball said:
There's team deathmatch. It's a pretty team based game. You won't find yourself oneshotting everyone unless you're really high geared.
wayward archer
Member
Forkball said:
When you look at the server list you'll see the following game types.
Battle: 2 teams, you basically get 1 life per round.
Siege: attackers are trying to capture a flag (stand next to it without any defenders around it for a while, the more attackers the quicker it is taken), attackers respawn instantly outside the castle when they die, defenders respawn inside the castle after 20 seconds.
DM and Team DM: just respawn endlessly and kill
cRPG: a really dumb mod that a lot of people like for some reason where you basically grind battles for equipment and have absolutely no chance to kill a high level player until you've played the game yourself for 30-50 hours or so.
Holy hell, 500+ posts from the new deals this afternoon, and TWO people have posted Global Agenda impressions?
Well, let me: I'm kind of enjoying it. The tutorial area that takes you up to Lv 5 is fairly dull, but it's an over the person shooter MMO. I don't feel hamstrung because I haven't bought a booster. Reminds me a fair bit of Guild Wars.
I'm going to steal a long recommendation post from the Reddit sale thread for today because it's what sold me on it:
If anyone is jumping in and wants to party up, let me know. I may form a GAF clan or whatever.
Well, let me: I'm kind of enjoying it. The tutorial area that takes you up to Lv 5 is fairly dull, but it's an over the person shooter MMO. I don't feel hamstrung because I haven't bought a booster. Reminds me a fair bit of Guild Wars.
I'm going to steal a long recommendation post from the Reddit sale thread for today because it's what sold me on it:
If anyone is jumping in and wants to party up, let me know. I may form a GAF clan or whatever.
D'oh. I was going to say he could spend $10 for both instead of $8-10 for one, but I suppose the retail/Amazon copy only works with Amazon. However, he could spend $8.75 on Amazon for all three games King's Bounty games, so that's still only $13.75 for those plus Lost Horizon!Sysgen said:
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Fuck... I dunno why, but I'm really having a tough time pulling the trigger on Doom III + its expansion. Whhyyyy???
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
The_Technomancer said:
Thanks for Audiosurf!
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