Bulletstorm says you are wrong
Hard Reset, is good but nothing more than that...when the game ends feels like a demo of 4 hours, ends when the climax begin...and need more variety
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Bulletstorm says you are wrong
Hard Reset, is good but nothing more than that...when the game ends feels like a demo of 4 hours, ends when the climax begin...and need more variety
Lord British
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Hard Reset disappointed me hugely, given the hype. It's competent, but lacks weight to the gunplay, which is all-important in its genre. Amazing looking, though.
Dog Problems
Banned
Eh, I got much, much more enjoyment out of Hard Reset. But I prefer the waves and waves of enemies over a modern shooter.
I haven't played enough of Serious Sam 3 to have a proper opinion on that.
Very linear, run-and-gun, old-school style shooter (health pickups instead of regenerating health) with sort of an Unreal-feel, and a completely incomprehensible storyline. The upgrades system was an appreciated, modern touch though.
Both Bulletstorm and Hard Reset were "one playthrough and move on to the next game" types of deals for me. I got way more mileage out of Borderlands and DXHR (although it's not really fair to call DX a real FPS, as the first-person shooting aspect is a minor part of the game).
XANDER CAGE
Member
Very flashy style, good controls, but ultimately just as linear as most shooter campaigns these days. Don't buy it if you're hoping for level design something similar to Duke 3D or Doom 2 or anything.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Would they have a sale to combat the Amazon Sale?
being Easter Weekend and all, i figured they'd have something better than just Magic the Gathering.
hopefully they add to it.
I find it annoying to be honest, when Amazon does it to price-match a Steam sale, instead of discounting something else so that there is no overlap. Especially in cases when I already have it on Steam to begin with (and even if I didn't, it's several fewer steps for me to buy it direct from Steam) or if the Steam sale is for something I never wanted at all, and I'd like to see different offerings from Amazon.
chixdiggit
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I loved every second of it. It was one of my top games of last year. It's only about 5 hours for a single play through but well worth $7.50.
I also liked Hard Reset a lot, and certainly quite a bit more than Bulletstorm. They are similar in game play I suppose, but couldn't be more different in mood and atmosphere and Hard Reset was much, much better in that regard. And hey, it's getting free DLC soon too. How can you beat that?
UnluckyKate
Member
Extended version is coming for free
No, sorry, but while I'm enjoying my current playthrough of Bulletstorm immensely, I'd still say that Hard Reset's weapon upgrade system and oppressive atmosphere just edges it...so far, at least. I'm only four hours in, so maybe the next few hours of BS will turn my opinion.
Though I'll give Bulletstorm this - it certainly has more Kodak Moments.
Hack, Slash, Loot was released on Steam and is 40% off ($4.19).
It's currently in Indie Royale which is priced just a bit higher at the moment.
It's currently in Indie Royale which is priced just a bit higher at the moment.
Looks pretty cool, anyone try it?
cicero
Member
The overlap is the result of competitive price matching. As for Amazon titles that activate on Steam, I would rather buy on Amazon and have whatever I bought on TWO digital distribution services instead of just one. Tony, the Official Amazon Rep here and on CAG, responds to and actually fulfills sale requests all the time. He also has pointed out that he receives hundreds of emails asking for specific titles from specific publishers. Not sure why they should ignore requests to price match just to achieve some weird "no overlap" requirement that doesn't seem to be vocalized or desired by anyone else.
I don't mind it at all if there's a wide range of offerings in addition to the price-matched stuff, but I've seen weeks where the only digital downloads on major discount at Amazon were things already on sale on Steam, which seems redundant and increases the likelihood I have nothing to buy that week.
Huh, there were 2 dailies today? CreaVures is on sale and ends in 18 hrs: http://store.steampowered.com/app/49810/
75% off/$2.49
75% off/$2.49
Shorty11857
Member
Went out and forgot about the Blur deal, probably grab it next time it's on sale then
Oh my god, that gave me mad Eternity's Child flashbacks, I'm not even joking.
Any word on if it's good or not?
Posted this in the Tribes thread, but I guess it's relevant here too. Evidence has appeared suggesting that Tribes Ascend will be showing up on Steam. Cool 
http://forums.steamp...64&postcount=35
http://forums.steamp...01&postcount=43
http://forums.steamp...64&postcount=35
http://forums.steamp...01&postcount=43
Amazon Video Gamer
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Just to clarify, I keep a spreadsheet of deals and discounts, as well as when they've been discounted on steam vs. Amazon (us). We've been first to market on almost every major promotional discount since November with the exception of the recent Deus Ex sale (which we will be running at the end of April).
This includes our current Spring Sale...which includes:
Darkness II - $12.49
Serious Sam 3 BFE - $12
Dragon Age Origins Ultimate + Dragon Age 2 (Dual Pack) - $10
MLB 2K12 - $19.99
Warhammer: Space Marine - $10
Crusader Kings II - $18
The list goes on.
Historically, we've had the following discounts months in advance of Steam:
1. We had Deus Ex at $9.99 in November...3 times
2. We've had Dungeon Defenders at $1.99, $2.99, and $3.99 at least 5 times
3. We've had Payday: The Heist at $4.99
4. Just Cause 2: $2.49
5. We had Saint's Row The Third for $24.99 in the first week of December
6. Borderlands Game of the Year Edition - $5.99
7. Civ V Game of the Year Edition - $10.19
Again, these are just examples but they represent the whole.
I am sorry we haven't reached you to let you know about these awesome deals, I am constantly trying to expand our message so that more people hear about the deals we're bringing.
Let me know if you have any questions, I'd love to answer them.
Cheers,
Tony
SteveWinwood
Member
Tonys the best.
Posted this in the Tribes thread, but I guess it's relevant here too. Evidence has appeared suggesting that Tribes Ascend will be showing up on Steam. Cool
http://forums.steamp...64&postcount=35
http://forums.steamp...01&postcount=43
Nice! Now we just need Path Of Exile to show up and Firefall!
(Well once they release to open beta and beyond)
ScrabbleDude
Member
Is there any reason to jump on Magic 2012, or is 2013 expected soon?
An upgade on Payday: The Heist from Bo (Overkill Dev)
Also a timeline of what to expect in terms of updates. (we are at update 6)
PC update is up now as of this post.
No patch notes yet, but i discovered a FOV slider in the options menu. up 100 FOV, and up to 75 when aiming down the sights (it has separate sliders for both)
overkill_bo said:
Also a timeline of what to expect in terms of updates. (we are at update 6)
overkill_bo said:
PC update is up now as of this post.
No patch notes yet, but i discovered a FOV slider in the options menu. up 100 FOV, and up to 75 when aiming down the sights (it has separate sliders for both)
cicero
Member
wow. For some reason I had it in my mind that a large chunk of that was in response to Steam sales. I stand corrected, and it feels good. Thank you for taking the initiative in slashing prices!
Indeed!
It's neat but janky. No inventory, lots of rng, and fullscreen uses a tiny portion of your screen
Juan Carlo
Neo Member
It's only worth it if you are the sort of gamer who plays everything on the hardest difficulty. On "easy" or "normal" "Hard Reset" will take you like 4 hours tops and you'll most likely be underwhelmed. However, on "insane" it's a different game entirely. It will probably take you 10 hours or so and is very challenging in a satisfying way (think "Serious Sam" only it's not as long and repetitive as Serious Sam).
I really loved Hard Reset once I pumped the difficulty up to insane.
Nabs
Member
IGN Prime is definitely worth the price.
playing it now. seems pretty bad.
Im_Special
Member
Wrong, game is pretty great. I've put a ridiculous 6 hours into the game today, it's very coffee break like and fast paced, also any roguelike without a huger system is win in my book, also great to play while you listen to podcasts.
Few things though, a lot of the classes suck, you unlock better ones by dieing and they will completely out class previous ones Amazon > Archer for example, and the RNG in this game can be pretty WTF sometimes, like one time I was totally balling on floor 4 with my Warrior, he had 150~ HP 100~/50 ATK which is really good, I drank a potion which reset my stats.... FUUUU. Another was when I was on my Amazon and one fireball from some wizard destroyed all my equipment on floor 5 ... FUUU.
Anyway my first win which probably took me 30 deaths to do, all I had to do was kill that dragon above me which I did in 2 shots.
uh huh ...seemed pretty terrible to me anyway.
half the time its hard to see what you're clicking on and its hard as hell to get any kind of health regen. your health just slowly deteriorates after each enemy encounter until its quickly 'game over'. really takes the fun out of trying to complete any quests.
Thanks for the info, just picked up a Darksiders key for $5.
I think part of the reason why I'm not as up-to-date and aware of the Amazon sales is that when I am, it's usually as a result of someone posting about it on one of the forums I read and not me actually visiting the Amazon site to see them for myself. It's not really obvious to me when I should be checking Amazon to find new discounts, whereas with Steam, they have those countdown timers and you know to check at 1pm EST every day.
Beyond that, there's a lot of clutter and the site looks a bit busy, which is understandable since it's part of the larger Amazon business. But the end result is that the DD section isn't as streamlined as those of the companies that specialize in DD games.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Anyone using the PixelVision skin get this weird stutter when scrolling with the middle mouse button in Steam? If I use the scrollbar everything is fine but when I use the mouse wheel it stutters badly.
Nope, never.
I don't use PixelVision, but this was happening the other week to me. Really odd. Went away on its own though.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Interesting. This may not be related to the skin then. I noticed it started happening after one of the recent Steam updates but I thought it was the skin because I updated that too. It doesn't do it every time but it is happening pretty frequently, especially on the main store page. :/
I meant Saladfish.
Stop joking
That explains why he's in an ad for SW:TOR and is always playing Mass Effect 3 -- he's defected to Origin!
Juan Carlo
Neo Member
RE: Hack, Slash, Loot
I haven't played it enough to say for sure if it's good or not, but I do kind of agree about the graphics. I don't mind retro graphics at all, but I keep looking for a zoom button. Even in fullscreen it's very hard to see what's going on and even harder to read the help texts that appear when you hover over various buttons.
EDIT: Never mind. I guess there is a "magnify" button. It doesn't make text easier to read, but it requires less squinting as far as graphics are concerned.
I haven't played it enough to say for sure if it's good or not, but I do kind of agree about the graphics. I don't mind retro graphics at all, but I keep looking for a zoom button. Even in fullscreen it's very hard to see what's going on and even harder to read the help texts that appear when you hover over various buttons.
EDIT: Never mind. I guess there is a "magnify" button. It doesn't make text easier to read, but it requires less squinting as far as graphics are concerned.
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