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[Toma]

So, I was annoying a few more people to play Sentinel (currently on a $1 deal for the next 36 hours if you want the Steam/Desura/GoG keys once they become available over here: https://indiegamestand.com/

I just wanted to post a quick reminder of the deal with an update from the OT, where I gifted 20+ keys and asked for some game impressions in return. Maybe those are interesting to others who might not only want to rely on my word on the matter

Thanks to Toma, I've been able to play Sentinel for somewhat more than an hour now.

My impression of Sentinel is that it's by far worth its money. It's a TD-game with a twist. Just like almost every other game in its genre, you'll have to place your defenses next to the road that leads to your stronghold, castle or in this case your system.

An extra degree of difficulty is added by letting the player himself juggle with the power supply of these defenses. The more powerbars these individual defense systems have, the more powerful they are. Keep an eye on the other roads though, as I tended to suffer from an extreme case of tunnelvision. The lack of overview immediately hurt me a wave later, as I also forgot to collect the resources that randomly flew on the field.

Music is a big thing in Sentinel and makes the game a must-have for house/trance aficionados. The OST (including 16 songs) on itself is amazing and in combination with the gameplay it creates a great setting that I've yet to see in a similar game.

Thanks again Toma! Get the game here (Pay what you want), and don't forget to Greenlight it here.

Firstly, thanks to Toma for posting the thread and then going the extra mile with the gift keys! Keep on shining, you crazy indie-loving GAFfer!

Alrighty then, I've played the first two levels (about 15 minutes) and I'm diggin it. I'm a fan of "active" tower-defense games -- meaning that you can do things (like man a laser tower!) as the round progresses. Obviously you manage resources, upgrade towers, etc during waves but actually participating in the fight is a nice touch. I really like the idea of shared power. Each tower can give or receive power from another tower and this is like a player-controlled instant upgrade instead of the traditional resource-controlled upgrade. Don't worry traditionalists, random(?) falling gems will permanently upgrade towers but the shared power bonus is a welcome tweak to the tower-defense formula. More player activity!

The music goes great with the simple geometric visuals. I love how the beat syncs up with the towers (I'm a sucker for that kind of effect). It's got that Lumines feel to it, where the music dictates how the rhythm echoes throughout the playing field. I'm thinking that I should have actually paid above average to get the soundtrack, hopefully I can buy it later.

My only quibble is that sometimes things get lost in the mix, be it towers, enemies, or falling resources. It doesn't help that each level uses a singular color for the grid and for every icon. When things get hectic it's easy to lose track of an inactive tower or falling resources. I know that's usually a problem in most TDs, but maybe giving each icon class a unique outline would help? Upon re-checking, it kinda already does that so it's probably just me. Either way, it's not a huge deal.

Two thumbs up! I like my time with it so far, here's to blasting more viruses!

Got a chance to play the first few level and a bonus level, and I like what I have played so far. It's a very active Tower Defense where you will constantly need to manage and redistribute power or even manually control a tower. Because of this I think this will appeal to a lot of people that find Tower Defense games boring, but it also runs the risk of putting too much on some gamers plate. Luckily there is a pause button lol.

I love that a tower can be sort of upgraded by turning down or off towers to give another tower more of a shared power pool. The first bonus level is actually a really good excercise in this in that you only have 2 squares to place a tower to attack creeps (one for each lane), however, at the bottom of the grid is several open spaces for you to place cheap towers. Placing those cheap towers adds a power unit to your pool and so then turning off that cheap tower gives you a unit of power to add to the laser towers to kill creeps. It's a hectic excercise, but it does a lot to teach you how mastering power levels can work in your favor. Only thing I didn't like about that level is that there is a tower in that level that I couldn't figure out what it was for, but I am guessing it is meant to only attack the second enemy type that shows up towards the end. There just wasn't any info that I saw that made that known, so a bit of trial and error may be involved with the game. Not much hand holding, both positive and negative depending.

The dynamic music is cool as well. Overall well worth your cash and vote for greenlight. Also give it a go even if you don't like Tower Defense much, it is much more active than most games in the genre, which typically are place towers, wait for waves, upgrade, wait, build, wait.

The thread is over here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=596791

And the $1 deal (or $0,25 if you dont need the keys which $1 might give you once its released on Desura/GoG/Steam) is over here:
https://indiegamestand.com/

I'll stop annoying you about the game here now, but I'd love to see some more people over in the OT that are interested in the game.

 

[TheNamelessOne]

Alien CM will finally be mine? http://uk.download-shop.sega.com/buy-download-pc-games/Aliens:-Colonial-Marines(TM)-3072-38.html

Worth it at that price? For the laughs if nothing else.

 

[derExperte]

Papo & Yo - yay or nay? I think I've heard some mixed things on it.

It's very, very easy and not especially subtle regarding it's underlying theme. Which wasn't a problem for me and the wonderful presentation makes it a must buy at this price imo.

Posted? Over an hour Saints Row 4 gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWsP-OEAdY

Worth it at that price? For the laughs if nothing else.

I officially hate everyone that buys that before owning Papo & Yo. On the other hand they now own A:CM which is punishment enough I guess.

 

[Caerith]

Alien CM will finally be mine? http://uk.download-shop.sega.com/buy-download-pc-games/Aliens:-Colonial-Marines(TM)-3072-38.html

That's nothing to be happy about.

 

[didamangi]

Alien CM will finally be mine? http://uk.download-shop.sega.com/buy-download-pc-games/Aliens:-Colonial-Marines(TM)-3072-38.html

No thx, will wait for the GOTY version.

 

[Sober]

The last mission has you chasing a crazy dictator who is riding on a nuclear missle, you do so by surfing on your own missile and hopping from missle to missle to get him.

Yea it has a story, and it's *insane*.

That actually sounds awesome, but most of the fun I had with JC2 was jumping into random areas and fucking shit up.

The community made MP mode must be a blast.

 

[TheNamelessOne]

Posted? Over an hour Saints Row 4 gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWsP-OEAdY

I find it incredibly unsettling that everything I've seen of this is Blood Dragonesque nighttime... I really, really hope it isn't permanently nighttime.

 

[Addnan]

Lets see how this goes then.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Lets see how this goes then.

youarealreadydead.jpg

It's very, very easy and not especially subtle regarding it's underlying theme. Which wasn't a problem for me and the wonderful presentation makes it a must buy at this price imo.

Posted? Over an hour Saints Row 4 gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWsP-OEAdY



I officially hate everyone that buys that before owning Papo & Yo. On the other hand they now own A:CM which is punishment enough I guess.

of course Nolan North and Troy Baker are in Saint's Row 4

 

[toddhunter]

I find it incredibly unsettling that everything I've seen of this is Blood Dragonesque nighttime... I really, really hope it isn't permanently nighttime.

I don't really like what I see.

But then I just purchased Aliens so I don't know.

 

[JaseC]

GetGames is having a BioShock sale:

- 75% off BioShock and BioShock 2 ($4.99 each)
- 50% off BioShock Infinite ($29.99)

The BioInf Season Pass has no discount, unfortunately.

 

[Acccent]

Lets see how this goes then.

 

[wilflare]

I have a feeling that Papa & Yo may be humblebundled... :/

 

[JaseC]

I have a feeling that Papa & Yo may be humblebundled... :/

When it comes to indie games, it's a matter of when.

 

[Caerith]

I have a feeling that Papa & Yo may be humblebundled... :/

If so, I hope it's one of those "has a separate key from the games I actually want" bundles. I'm sure it's a great game or whatever, but the subject matter does not appeal to me.

 

[fantomena]

My confession: I pre-ordered Aliens: CM for 36$ and liked the game a lot. Give it 7/10.

 

[MMBosstones86]

My confession: I pre-ordered Aliens: CM for 36$ and liked the game a lot. Give it 7/10.

looks like a 7/10 to me...

 

[TheNamelessOne]

My confession: I pre-ordered Aliens: CM for 36$ and liked the game a lot. Give it 7/10.

 

[liezryou]

Couldn't Steam Support move it to your other account? Like, tell them you accidentally activated it on your imaginary brother's account or something.

They don't do that, they are really strict about that stuff. They can deactivate the key off your account but it will stay 'used' as in no one can ever activate it again.

 

[C00kie M0nster]

My confession: I pre-ordered Aliens: CM for 36$ and liked the game a lot. Give it 7/10.

Did you complete it initially or wait till after all the patches? I'm contemplating getting it now but I want all the story DLC (no matter how bad it is) at a reasonable price before I dive in.

 

[FloatOn]

Ever have one of those days where you don't want to be at work and just sit around and play steam games all day?

edit: plus side of today is that it's "founder's day" for my company. which means free steak for all.

 

[fantomena]

Did you complete it initially or wait till after all the patches? I'm contemplating getting it now but I want all the story DLC (no matter how bad it is) at a reasonable price before I dive in.

I completed it as soon as it was released. Might be a 8/10 now after the patches.

 

[liezryou]

Ever have one of those days where you don't want to be at work and just sit around and stare at your steam library all day?

Fixed

 

[NingenJanai]

Ever have one of those days where you don't want to be at work and just sit around and play steam games all day?

You mean those days that end with an y?

 

[fantomena]

Ever have one of those days where you don't want to be at work and just sit around and stare at your library all day?

I have those days all the week.

 

[FloatOn]

sometimes I stare at JaseC and Xelios steam library. It stares back.

 

[Echoplx]

My confession: I pre-ordered Aliens: CM for 36$ and liked the game a lot. Give it 7/10.

No wonder devs send you review codes, you have no standards.

 

[fantomena]

Even though I liked Aliens: CM I regret pre-ordering it due to the fast price drop.

I have actually stopped pre-ordering/buying games at release for full now. PC games are dropping in price so fast (Tomb raider, Aliens: CM, Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2, AC3 etc.) that I need to be strong and wait for a sale.

The only games I might get at release is Watch Dogs and DayZ, maybe Spelunky and Ducktales too.

 

[FloatOn]

Even though I liked Aliens: CM I regret pre-ordering it due to the fast price drop.

I have actually stopped pre-ordering/buying games at release for full now. PC games are dropping in price so fast (Tomb raider, Aliens: CM, Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2, AC3 etc.) that I need to be strong and wait for a sale.

The only games I might get at release is Watch Dogs and DayZ, maybe Spelunky and Ducktales too.

I'm calling it now. Watch Dogs is gonna be bad. I was pretty excited when info first started coming out but the more I see of it the more unappealing it seems.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Even though I liked Aliens: CM I regret pre-ordering it due to the fast price drop.

I have actually stopped pre-ordering/buying games at release for full now. PC games are dropping in price so fast (Tomb raider, Aliens: CM, Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2, AC3 etc.) that I need to be strong and wait for a sale.

The only games I might get at release is Watch Dogs and DayZ, maybe Spelunky and Ducktales too.

You forgot Total War: Rome II.

 

[Acccent]

Even though I liked Aliens: CM I regret pre-ordering it due to the fast price drop.

I have actually stopped pre-ordering/buying games at release for full now. PC games are dropping in price so fast (Tomb raider, Aliens: CM, Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2, AC3 etc.) that I need to be strong and wait for a sale.

The only games I might get at release is Watch Dogs and DayZ, maybe Spelunky and Ducktales too.

 

[fantomena]

I'm calling it now. Watch Dogs is gonna be bad. I was pretty excited when info first started coming out but the more I see of it the more unappealing it seems.

Yeah, Im not sure if Im getting it on release. It was very cool when it was showed for the first time on E3 (2012?), but now it does not seems so appealing to me.

Also, being a reviewer/previewer have made me spare a lot of money, but i think I will buy DayZ just to support the devs.

You forgot Total War: Rome II.

I don't think I will use 54,99€ on it since I have not even played any of the other Total War games yet.

 

[wilflare]

When it comes to indie games, it's a matter of when.

I guess that includes...
Mercenary Kings
FEZ
Skulls of Shogun
Skullgirls
Dust?

 

[fantomena]

Dust?

Dust is published by Microsoft, so I don't think so.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I'm calling it now. Watch Dogs is gonna be bad. I was pretty excited when info first started coming out but the more I see of it the more unappealing it seems.

blasphemy

Does look a bit unsexy compared to when it was first debuted...but i'm still pretty hyped.

 

[FloatOn]

blasphemy

Does look a bit unsexy compared to when it was first debuted...but i'm still pretty hyped.

I just feel like it's going to devolve into Assassins Creed style tedium.

We'll see. I just generally don't have much faith in Ubisoft.

 

[Fuu]

I'm unsure if I should start Aquaria or Fez later today, I want to play the shorter game first and initially don't plan on using guides for either. The average in HLTB says Aquaria is the longer game, requiring more than twice as many hours than Fez for main and main+extras, but I heard Fez has some hairsplitting puzzles that may take a long time to solve and a lot of wandering.

 

[Megasoum]

I guess that includes...
Mercenary Kings
FEZ
Skulls of Shogun
Skullgirls
Dust?

Mercenary Kings is not even out yet lol, give them some time.

 

[Overdoziz]

Time passes way too quickly in Bully. Feels like I have to go to class to play bad minigames every other minute.

 

[tjohn86]

Alien CM will finally be mine? http://uk.download-shop.sega.com/buy-download-pc-games/Aliens:-Colonial-Marines(TM)-3072-38.html

Wish the seasons pass was cheap...

 

[More_Badass]

Woo hoo, I decided to check Amazon on a whim and they sell Teleglitch as an online game code! I guess that Amazon gift card will come in handy after all

Anyone know if I get the PC download on Amazon, do I get a Steam key?

 

[Volcynika]

Woo hoo, I decided to check Amazon on a whim and they sell Teleglitch as a download. I guess that Amazon gift card will come in handy after all

Anyone know if I get the PC download on Amazon, do I get a Steam key?

Read the store page?

Teleglitch: Die More Edition [Online Game Code]
by Paradox Interactive
DRM: Steam
Be the first to review this item

 

[More_Badass]

Read the store page?

I'm on my iPhone, mobile site

Edit: oh thanks, this is great

 

[Stallion Free]

Time passes way too quickly in Bully. Feels like I have to go to class to play bad minigames every other minute.

It does start to wear very very thin after like one season change.

 

[PaleFolklore]

Are there any chess games on Steam with matchmaking?

 

[FloatOn]

I'm unsure if I should start Aquaria or Fez later today, I want to play the shorter game first and initially don't plan on using guides for either. The average in HLTB says Aquaria is the longer game, requiring more than twice as many hours than Fez for main and main+extras, but I heard Fez has some hairsplitting puzzles that may take a long time to solve and a lot of wandering.

Fez is really really obtuse. I had to put it on the shelf because it was starting to stress me out.

I think Aquaria while having a bit more content is probably more of a relaxing experience.

 

[wilflare]

Mercenary Kings is not even out yet lol, give them some time.

I'm looking forward to FEZ though... But it's kinda sad to be thinking

"Indie...?
"Wait for humble bundle...

 

[liezryou]

Soo someone convince me not to spend 100$ on dota 2 international keys in hopes of finding one of the 3 rare couriers in there ; ; (Extremely low drop chance).

 

[hlhbk]

I completed it as soon as it was released. Might be a 2/10 now after the patches.

Fixed it for you. Terrible Terrible game and I preordered it at full price.

 

[Dawg]

Are there any chess games on Steam with matchmaking?

Good times