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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates VIII - Don't ask when the sales are starting.
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NingenJanai
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A friend made me download Rift last weekend and I'm now 10 hours played with no stopping in sight...
toddhunter
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You could love them and spend a huge amount of time engrossed in the action. You will make new friends to fight alongside and also get annoyed by other people who get you quite angry. A little sleep will be lost thinking about the people who ruin your experience, but you slowly learn to ignore the bad eggs and focus on the positives so your enjoyment continues.
You then start spending more and more money to compete at a higher level and stay alongside the friends you are getting to know outside of the game. It never gets out of hand, but you are conscious of spending too much out of your monthly budget. Ultimately you decide it is worth it for you because you want to engage more with the community you are now a part of. Some of them you have on twitter, another person posts often on your facebook account and you hope to meet up with them "soon".
Finally you start to get bored with the games and wonder what else is available. You crave a more complete experience that isn't so demanding on your time and wallet. It is at this point that you purchase and play through the complete edition of Assassin's creed 3.
That is what could go wrong.
Excellent, thanks. Been waiting to find it cheap.
That was one quality post *chuckles*
I'm not sure that Assassin's Creed isn't better match though.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Spent the last few hours modding New Vegas so I haven't spent any time putting together my deal wishlist.
What deals is everyone buying/looking forward to?
What deals is everyone buying/looking forward to?
Wow, I didn't even get AC3 yet. It can't be that bad? Can I skip it and go straight to AC4?
Nabs
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Pick up the one that says (Download).
AHA-Lambda
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It's dead, the game is a novelty item that quickly loses its appeal.
Yep, just figured that out. Thanks, though!
Jawmuncher
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I love all the earlier talk that said this game was going to be a FGC game for years to come. It's fun no doubt but like you said it loses appeal pretty quick.
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Grabbed Enslaved, Ridge Racer, and 2 copies of Star Trek from the amazon sale.
They won't be any cheaper during the Steam Sale. Now I just have to see if Steam will lower Ace Combat to 4.99. It's still 7.49 on amazon.
toddhunter
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Sort of chicken and the egg problem for me. It is only fun when played against other people... but since there are no people to play against, nobody wants to play.
I think it is a good enough game to have in your library. You might just drag it out on your steambox one day, when you are your mates are pissed.
Jawmuncher
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Yeah I grabbed 2. One for me and One for my dad.
10 dollars total for coop seems like a good deal to me. He's a Star Trek fan and I have been wanting to play it. Doesn't look that bad.
Don't know exactly how long but it'll still be available after 7 hours though.
It just started, so I would say you will have your chance to buy it, unless it's soldout
Tizoc
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Gotcha, at worst I could just wait til the Winter Seal when it may be $7.49.
Jiggaloboy
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Enslaved price should be good through Dec. 2nd so I'd say you're fine.
http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/wiki/amazon/sale
http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/wiki/amazon/sale
Ah, that's pretty cool. The GB quick look made it look a little rough, but nothing a good co-op partner couldn't fix.
American Horror Story ruined the new Star Trek stuff for me, though. Second season spoilers:
The actor who plays Spock has a fairly lengthy, graphic rape scene.
Edit: Disregard.
That's what happens when you allow the people who post in the Steam forums to read and rate your reviews. Set them to friends only, and forget that such a kind of people exist.
No, I'm not implying they are inferior to us. I'm plainly saying it
Funnily same goes for most professional reviews, even more so these days. At least with someone you know, if even only vaguely, you can get an idea if thier opinion aligns with your own.
For example I know you're a fan of classic Duke, Grief hates what Skryim turned into with a passion, Jase only really finishes AC games, morningbus and Borderlands are a bad combination, Copons is really into ETS2, Derrick has "high standards" but thinks all indie games are straight out of the SNES era, Stumps reviews usually tear a game to shreds exposing its flaws that most will overlook ect, ect.
Using just those small bits of information gives you an insight into what others like and hate and how that corresponds with your own tastes. Why better than any distant or detached review.
Only sale thread worth reading is Toma's usual indie and hidden gem related brouhaha. A lot slower moving and with people giving good recommendations instead of asking the same questions ever 10th post.
Visualante2
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What is this, beige Wednesday?
Visualante2
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Burial at Sea discount, Heavy Gunpoint discount.
Aren't "regulars" and "Steam thread veterans" the same thing? Why would we fight ourselves?
Jawmuncher
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Yeah the stuff I watched as well seemed to be ok as long as the partner wasn't AI
Yeah I can definitely see how that can be an issue with actors.
Especially as you mentioned if the scene is graphic.
....It's a prequel? That can't be right. AC3 spoilers
They mention Abstergo Entertainment could 'survive as a company' thanks to a generous donation from Desmond Miles (AKA his body after he died or something, I only read the spoilers of 3 and haven't played it
From what I've seen about it, it majorly spoils stuff that happens outside the Animus in AC3 so if you care about the plot of the games (hahahahahaha) you shouldn't skip 3.
It's *not* a prequel, it takes place after AC3 in the modern era time-line. It just that the Animus person you're playing as is the AC3's Animus person's grandfather.
Or,if you're reeeeeaaly into the plot of AC3 and it's connections to 4 you can go buy the tie-in novel
At one,point in the UK this was keeping James Patterson's latest off the top spot in Waterstones own best sellers chart.
At one,point in the UK this was keeping James Patterson's latest off the top spot in Waterstones own best sellers chart.
Star Wars franchise pack at 75% off, and maybe the Splinter Cell (or Tom Clancy) pack too. Dmc for $7.5 would be nice, same with Remember Me. The Carpe Fulgur pack is tempting, and Rocksmith for cheap is a must, now that I have the cable. What else? Hopefully nothing more, I already spent a lot in games this month between bundles, Kid Icarus, Zelda ALBW and The World Ends With You.
Oh, BTW, for people without beastly computers, here's my impression of AC4:
My rig is a measly Pentium G2120 with 8GB of RAM and Radeon 6770 (so, basically 5770, pre-GCN architecture), my monitor's native res is 1366x768 if that's important.
With enviromental detail set to low, texture detail set to high, SMAA, reflections set to low, VSYNC enabled, and all the fancy stuff (SSAO, Godrays, etc) disabled... I get almost constant 30 fps throughout the game (introduction and few missions in Havana so far). It dips slightly when it streams new textures from time to time, but is definitely playable and enjoyable. Looks great as well, even with the reduced IQ.
My rig is a measly Pentium G2120 with 8GB of RAM and Radeon 6770 (so, basically 5770, pre-GCN architecture), my monitor's native res is 1366x768 if that's important.
With enviromental detail set to low, texture detail set to high, SMAA, reflections set to low, VSYNC enabled, and all the fancy stuff (SSAO, Godrays, etc) disabled... I get almost constant 30 fps throughout the game (introduction and few missions in Havana so far). It dips slightly when it streams new textures from time to time, but is definitely playable and enjoyable. Looks great as well, even with the reduced IQ.
Bioshock: Infinite* is $7.99 at Gamefly with the code GFDNOV20
*This title is available for purchase in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and United States.
Lots of other stuff on sale as well.
*This title is available for purchase in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and United States.
Lots of other stuff on sale as well.
I totally agree. If you know the person's tastes, you can interpretate and understand their opinions better. You can learn from them, even if you disagree.
For example, if you see Derrick praising an indie game you know it must be great. If I complain about a Duke game it probably sucks hard. If Jase praises... Nah, we all know Jase doesn't play any game
that doesn't have Assassin's Creed in its title
toddhunter
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Thanks.
$10 brave new world http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/download-sid-meier's-civilization-v-brave-new-world/5006002
$3.75 bully http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/download-bully-scholarship-edition/5006359
caught my eye
For example, if you see Derrick praising an indie game you know it must be great. If I complain about a Duke game it probably sucks hard. If Jase praises... Nah, we all know Jase doesn't play any gamethat doesn't have Assassin's Creed in its title
I don't think that really works in all cases. If I think somebody has terrible taste in games, them praising one isn't going to make me buy it.
My take would be that he'd be either a) drunk or b) brainwashed.
If Jase praises... Nah, we all know Jase doesn't play any gamethat doesn't have Assassin's Creed in its title
Guilty as charged.
Bu-bu-but Kingdoms of Amalur?
I totally agree. If you know the person's tastes, you can interpretate and understand their opinions better. You can learn from them, even if you disagree.
For example, if you see Derrick praising an indie game you know it must be great. If I complain about a Duke game it probably sucks hard. If Jase praises... Nah, we all know Jase doesn't play any gamethat doesn't have Assassin's Creed in its title
I don't think it's that simple. Even when someone not into indie games likes one, it doesn't mean other person will like the same game. It still come down to tastes.
That's why I think that only reviews worth taking into account are from people that are knowledgeable in genre they are writing about and aren't too emotional. Then it's easier to get impression of game itself, even if person doesn't like or like too much. I've read very little helpful reviews, reviewers tend to write about their impressions not actually a game. I know it's hard to leave yourself out of the picture, but that's what makes a good review, for me that is.
Amalur was before I began buying games willy-nilly.
I was young and naive pre-Summer Sale 2012.Got these games from the SuperBRJam, if you haven't, do check it out!
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£5.43 with the coupon. Do I want it? I havent played Civ V in a long time. I haven't even tried it with Gods & Kings expansion...
I plan to buy little at this sale (like in every sale
Only if deal is very good and it's a game a plan to play in near future.
This sale is more like introduction to winter sale.
Well, we'll see go it'll go, soon enough
I would so buy BNW for $5... but then, I won't be playing any other games for a long long time.
I'll wait
Only if deal is very good and it's a game a plan to play in near future.
This sale is more like introduction to winter sale.
Well, we'll see go it'll go, soon enough
I would so buy BNW for $5... but then, I won't be playing any other games for a long long time.
I'll wait
Yeah they should totally embed Civ5 and ETS2 together, so you can plan your next city construction while driving on a straight road, and wait for opponents' turns when steering.
I thought that's what you already did!
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