Depends what you like, no? Do you like super complexity in your RTS? If not, then the "dumbed-down" opinion of someone might not bother you. Is $5 or whatever very little for you to spend, and you're dying to play an RTS before the summer sale? If so, it might be worth it for ya.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Supreme Commander 2 is a very divisive game. There is many people like me, who like it a lot, but there is as many people who hate it with passion.
This seems to sum it up quite well. If you're a hardcore RTS player you'd probably find it dumbed down, if not you'd find it accessible. Unfortunately this means the game appeals to a different audience than its own predecessor.
Wok
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My brainy friend prefers the first Supreme Commander in its "Forged Alliance" edition.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmm, what are the chances of SCII going in a summer sale?
Dog Problems
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As a daily? Good, I'd say. It'll definitely be discounted throughout the whole thing though.
SteveWinwood
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Lol I thought you meant Starcraft 2. I was just going to respond with 0%.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmmm gonna have to wait for the Square Enix publisher sale in summer. I forgot, but they have publisher dailies in summer right?
crimsonheadGCN
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Spec Ops: The Line was added to the registry.
zerokoolpsx
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Me too, but with Oblivion. Finally saw it for 75% off. Got it $6.24.
Dog Problems
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You mean games that are a part of a publisher sale? Yeah, they'll include those in dailies. Not the actual publisher bundle, but some games.
Yeah. It's been one of those games that routinely gets thrown into the DD at insane deals. But it's also getting a little long in the tooth. Have to think it's eventually going to get thrown out of the rotation. So it's a high probability for DD, but definitely not a lock.
Stallion Free
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I'm hoping 2k sticks with their Steamworks pattern.
Stumpokapow
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Can't wait to check it out in 2018.
Foliorum Viridum
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I still think Spec Ops is going to be shit. Looks so painfully average.
The beta was laughable, but previews have been good all around so maybe it's quite good.
Is there any chance it won't drop down to <$15 within a year, and <$5 within two?
Foliorum Viridum
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I realised a long time ago previews mean fuck all.
Maybe not the best place to ask but can anyone point me to a 'steam mover' program. I have steam on my regular hard drive but want to play the witcher 2 off my ssd. i read that you can get some sort of tool which moves the witcher files and creates links so windows wont have any problems. cheers!
Stallion Free
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Some of the singleplayer scenarios look dope and I love third-person shooters almost as much as FPS games.
SteamMover has a nicer interface (shows your game sizes).
I'm in the unfortunate situation of having my Steam collection spread out across 1x SSD, 1x Raid 0 array, and 1x regular HDD, due to the ridiculous price gouging and profiteering the hard drive manufacturers are engaging in after the floods. (By that, I mean they're profiting above and beyond what they should be only taking into account the extra cost of sourcing parts.)
I'm in the unfortunate situation of having my Steam collection spread out across 1x SSD, 1x Raid 0 array, and 1x regular HDD, due to the ridiculous price gouging and profiteering the hard drive manufacturers are engaging in after the floods. (By that, I mean they're profiting above and beyond what they should be only taking into account the extra cost of sourcing parts.)
As always - yup.
Foliorum Viridum
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I'll happily eat crow if it's good and I don't want it to be bad, but I think it will be.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Oh I have no doubt the price will tank near immediately, I was playing off the fact that this was slated to release in or around 2010.
Oracle Dragon
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The game is quite good. It has been out for a long time and it had patches to address a LOT of the complaints against the original shipping version. I am a huge Supreme Commander / Forged Alliance fan and I was one of the many fans that felt burned by the "dumbing down" of SupCom2 on release.
One PC Gamer UK editor changed it from "good" to his "co-op game of the year" in 2010 after the patches:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/12/25/pc-gamer-uks-co-op-game-of-the-year/
Post-patch(es) steam says I've put 192 hours into the game, almost exclusively in the form of skirmish/co-op/etc. So, I feel it is a great game now and it is a total steal at $5... if you like RTS at all don't pass this up.
NOTE: The DLC Infinite War is pretty much a must-have it adds a LOT to the game in terms of units, maps, tech, etc. It is also on sale.
Nabs
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmm all right then.
NO_Quarter25
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anyone know when the summer sale starts lol
Not definitively.
Though it usually starts at the very end of June. Like the 28th-30th. Somewhere in there. Then it'll run about 10-12 days.
NO_Quarter25
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cool thx
Nabs
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http://www.illwinter.com/ added to the reg.
Well the game only sold 20k units in it's first month on consoles so I can't imagine they were expecting it to set the world on fire on PC. I'm sure it'll do better if/when it hits the $20 price point and below.
It's an incredible game, but I bet the poor demo turned a lot of people off.
I'll probably buy it once it's $20 and gets patched, or a new AMD driver fixes the framerate for my 7970. Framerate sucks too much for my card, no way I'm buying it at full price.
The Broken Ska Record
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I liked the demo, but I'm waiting for a sale before I dive in.
Im sad people...really really sad and i need your help 
for the third time my download of the new update of the witcher 2 is 0% after 9 GB (this is my third post about this but this time i really hope your help) wtf...my download rate is 120 kb/s...this is really a payne... i have job, is simply imposible to leave the PC on..
What a i need to do? how i can pause or restart my download from the porcent of my 9 GB
Please
for the third time my download of the new update of the witcher 2 is 0% after 9 GB (this is my third post about this but this time i really hope your help) wtf...my download rate is 120 kb/s...this is really a payne... i have job, is simply imposible to leave the PC on..What a i need to do? how i can pause or restart my download from the porcent of my 9 GB
Please
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmmm still no Binary Domain in retail. I wonder if the steam items will be added still if I buy it from retail (but apparently it's steamworks so there).
Im sad people...really really sad and i need your help
What a i need to do? how i can pause or restart my download from the porcent of my 9 GB
Please
Go to the Library and at the top, click on "all games" and go down to downloads and just pause the download, sometimes steam doesn't want download for me, I either wait unitil it works or change your download region in options.
Much later, somewhere in may?
TheLucifer
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Probably unrelated, but last night Bethesda said on twitter that today they'd show the first details of the first Skyrim DLC.
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