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[Autofokus]

I was somehow sure I'll like Tower Wars. I don't, bummer.
Somehow lately I can't do right, I blame steam of course.
I noticed when you have a few games, you tend to do better work choosing them and end up enjoying them more. When you have too many, you just make situation even worse by adding even more and then there is nothing to play still, sigh (><)

It's not you, Tower Wars is simply not a good game and I really like the tower defense genre.

 

[wetflame]

Now the sale-waiting begins

You just reminded me to put it on mine.

 

[Salsa]

soon

 

[Milamber]

Is this what we are reduced to? A pretty good Anna game came out and we are just putting it to our wishlists in hope we can buy it at under $10 or less.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

You just reminded me to put it on mine.

The Steam Autumn Sale is on my Facebook Countdowns.

 

[toddhunter]

Is this what we are reduced to? A pretty good Anna game came out and we are just putting it to our wishlists in hope we can buy it at under $10 or less.

Steam needs to add a "don't care" list.

 

[Milamber]

soon

Hope you got neon green buttons and a neon yellow bat top to go with that.

 

[Chance Hale]

Is this what we are reduced to? A pretty good Anna game came out and we are just putting it to our wishlists in hope we can buy it at under $10 or less.

Rescue me from the wishlist slum I'm degrading myself to by gifting me the game!

 

[BorntoPlay]

For games from Origin bundle you can generate even second (Extra) Origin keys, other than that from the bundle itself.

Right click the game from Steam and choose "View CD key" and a new Origin key will appear for that game.

You can get 2x origin keys this way.

 

[Salsa]

Hope you got neon green buttons and a neon yellow bat top to go with that.

this is gonna be batshit

 

[Milamber]

this is gonna be batshit

While you're at it, get neon LED's.

 

[JaseC]

One of these days I'm going to go through Steam's 80-odd pages of games and add all the licensed ones to my wishlist.

 

[wetflame]

Is this what we are reduced to? A pretty good Anna game came out and we are just putting it to our wishlists in hope we can buy it at under $10 or less.

I'm budgeting pretty hard as I'm not only saving to buy a house in London(!) but also hoping to scrape some money together for an engagement ring. If I'm getting games at all recently it's when they're under £5 on Steam, in a Humble Bundle or gifted through the increasingly surprising generosity of my fellow GAFfers. I'm forcing myself to play through my backlog rather than getting new games and using the wishlist as a "games I don't want to forget about but will pick up when I've finished other stuff off and it goes on sale" sort of thing. It looks great, I just can't afford new stuff when I have a bunch of games already I haven't played so I'll get round to it sometime later on.

 

[Salsa]

fightsticks with art unrelated to fighting games are kinda bleh for me but Hotline Miami just kinda makes sense, and "do you like hurting other people?" fits too well

also pink <3

 

[Grief.exe]

Plus its unique.

You won't see any other person with a Hotline Miami fight stick.

 

[Arthea]

Don't beat yourself up because one game didn't click with you!

SteamGAF has a great record when it comes to helping folks find something/working out what to play next. What's in your backlog, or what have you started but not returned to recently? Throw some titles at us, maybe?

Nah, it's OK really, I still can play Civ or King's Bounty or racing games. It's not all gloom and doom, simply I have so many games I don't like, it's getting ridiculous.

It's not you, Tower Wars is simply not a good game and I really like the tower defense genre.

Thanks! I feel better, I probably was spoiled out of tower defense games by Plants and Zombies, then who wasn't. (><)

 

[Milamber]

I'm budgeting pretty hard as I'm not only saving to buy a house in London(!) but also hoping to scrape some money together for an engagement ring. If I'm getting games at all recently it's when they're under £5 on Steam, in a Humble Bundle or gifted through the increasingly surprising generosity of my fellow GAFfers. I'm forcing myself to play through my backlog rather than getting new games and using the wishlist as a "games I don't want to forget about but will pick up when I've finished other stuff off and it goes on sale" sort of thing. It looks great, I just can't afford new stuff when I have a bunch of games already I haven't played so I'll get round to it sometime later on.

Well, that's justified. I'm also helping my younger brother by buying his engagement rings all the while looking for good land to build my future house in too.

I guess I'm speaking to fantomena the younger crowd that has the money and the time but just don't want to buy it at the price it is currently offered.

 

[wetflame]

Well, that's justified. I'm also helping my younger brother by buying his engagement rings all the while looking for good land to build my future house in too.

I guess I'm speaking to fantomena the younger crowd that has the money and the time but just don't want to buy it at the price it is currently offered.

Hope that all works out for you and your brother! I think the "wait for a sale" thing is just part of Steam now. The seasonal sales drill this idea of "don't ever buy at full price" into people, and so everything goes onto the wishlist until it gets a big discount.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I better not buy anything. 2:30am.

 

[wetflame]

I better not buy anything. 2:30am.

Nothing good ever happens after 2am, go to bed.

 

[Milamber]

I better not buy anything. 2:30am.

But it is the best time to buy... while drunk.

I got my Razer Naga that way.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I'm surprised that there are still games being made today that don't feature windowed mode.

 

[Arthea]

I'm budgeting pretty hard as I'm not only saving to buy a house in London(!) but also hoping to scrape some money together for an engagement ring. If I'm getting games at all recently it's when they're under £5 on Steam, in a Humble Bundle or gifted through the increasingly surprising generosity of my fellow GAFfers. I'm forcing myself to play through my backlog rather than getting new games and using the wishlist as a "games I don't want to forget about but will pick up when I've finished other stuff off and it goes on sale" sort of thing. It looks great, I just can't afford new stuff when I have a bunch of games already I haven't played so I'll get round to it sometime later on.

Don't force yourself to play your backlog, it can make you hate gaming in general, true story! I gave up on my backlog entirely, I only hope it's not too late for me.

 

[JaseC]

I paid $20 for the Max Payne 3 Season Pass because I was inebriated, not realising A) It was Aussie Taxed and B) There was a R* sale on and so the game would be a Daily in the near future.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

But it is the best time to buy... while drunk.

I got my Razer Naga that way.

I just get into inane fights on the net.

 

[wetflame]

Don't force yourself to play your backlog, it can make you hate gaming in general, true story! I gave up on my backlog entirely, I only hope it's not too late for me.

Well, I only recently got back into PC gaming as my laptop had died, I finally ended up with a new one earlier in the year and had a bunch of games I never got around to playing/couldn't run before that I can now play through. I'm not forcing myself to play the backlog as such, more like taking advantage of the games I haven't played/finished before buying anything over £5 or so. I don't tend to buy too indiscriminately anymore so more of the stuff in my "backlog" are games that I'd genuinely like to play.

 

[fantomena]

Is Gone Home available at the Humble store?

 

[JaseC]

Is Gone Home available at the Humble store?

There's a Humble Store widget on the official site.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

There's a Humble Store widget on the official site.

But none for HIBs in general.

 

[fantomena]

Any impressions om the new Worms game? The price is so damn high...

 

[JaseC]

But none for HIBs in general.

That's the price you pay for $1 games.

Any impressions om the new Worms game? The price is so damn high...

I haven't played it, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that Armageddon is better.

 

[Chance Hale]

That's the price you pay for $1 games.



I haven't played it, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that Armageddon is better.

They could finally surpass a 14 year old game!
#Believe

 

[RionaaM]

Is this what we are reduced to? A pretty good Anna game came out and we are just putting it to our wishlists in hope we can buy it at under $10 or less.

Don't worry, if I ever win the lottery I promise you I'll buy it at full price. Until then, I'm not gonna spend $18 on it, which I think is way too much.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Da fug? 4 mantis dudes blasted through all of my LVL 3 blast doors and killed every body and ruined my best run ever. Fuck you mantis.

FTL? FML

 

[toddhunter]

esports case....open or don't open? Do I dare roll the dice?

Edit. I didn't roll :|

 

[BorntoPlay]

"To be clear, Games for Windows Live as a service will continue to operate."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/15/microsoft-closing-games-for-windows-live-marketplace

 

[JaseC]

Castlevania's Steam AU page has been updated again to include the ability to purchase! Hooray!

 

[toddhunter]

Castlevania's Steam AU page has been updated again to include the ability to purchase! Hooray!

Hmm at the same price. The question "why?" springs to mind but all's well that ends well I suppose.

 

[Berto]

Any impressions om the new Worms game? The price is so damn high...

It's a Worms game, they're all the same.

 

[JaseC]

Hmm at the same price. The question "why?" springs to mind but all's well that ends well I suppose.

It even unlocks at the same time. Literally nothing changed in the ~two weeks it was missing.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Well, that's justified. I'm also helping my younger brother by buying his engagement rings all the while looking for good land to build my future house in too.

I guess I'm speaking to fantomena the younger crowd that has the money and the time but just don't want to buy it at the price it is currently offered.

I guess I'd be part of that younger crowd (27 still counts, right?), and for me it's about the time for these new games. If it's something i'm going to play right away, sure I'll pay

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close to

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full price for it. If it seems sweet, but i'm not going to be playing it for a while, why would I pay full price for it to sit in my library?

 

[Card Boy]

Castlevania's Steam AU page has been updated again to include the ability to purchase! Hooray!

Its like 17-19bucks in TF2 keys according to Steam Trades.

edit: also where dafuq is that Divekick pre-oreder? doesn't it come out in 4 days?

 

[Chance Hale]

Are these nice Sennheisers I'm looking at going to make all games sound like shit when it turns out they have horrible, compressed soundfiles?

 

[Tellaerin]

"To be clear, Games for Windows Live as a service will continue to operate."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/15/microsoft-closing-games-for-windows-live-marketplace

That's funny, considering that it already fails to operate half the time as it is.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

That's funny, considering that it already fails to operate half the time as it is.

I am sure they meant the actual Windows service that will continue to keep your CPU usage 99% all the time


(I don't know if GFWL runs as service, but fuck GFWL)

 

[Nillansan]

edit: also where dafuq is that Divekick pre-oreder? doesn't it come out in 4 days?

The same happened with Guacamelee and Spelunky, the purchase option won't show up until the very moment the actual game is available on Steam.

 

[JaseC]

The same happened with Guacamelee and Spelunky, the purchase option won't show up until the very moment the actual game is available on Steam.

Yeah, indie games generally don't get pre-purchase periods.

 

[Kipp]

Are these nice Sennheisers I'm looking at going to make all games sound like shit when it turns out they have horrible, compressed soundfiles?

I haven't had any issues with noticing terrible sound quality or anything with my HE-400s, but then again, I haven't played an RPGs or anything where there's a ton of voices (those ones have a higher chance of being bad, I'd suspect, but who knows). What you will start to notice is that a lot of indie games have fantastic audio.

But no, overall, you'll be very pleased with how games sound. I can only remember instances where I've been impressed with audio and I can't remember any instances that were the opposite.

Edit: Which Senns do you plan to get?

 

[Nillansan]

Audiosurf 2 will be available through Steam Early Access next month.

Source

 

[Chance Hale]

I haven't had any issues with noticing terrible sound quality or anything with my HE-400s, but then again, I haven't played an RPGs or anything where there's a ton of voices (those ones have a higher chance of being bad, I'd suspect, but who knows). What you will start to notice is that a lot of indie games have fantastic audio.

But no, overall, you'll be very pleased with how games sound. I can only remember instances where I've been impressed with audio and I can't remember any instances that were the opposite.

Edit: Which Senns do you plan to get?

The 598s were the ones I'm looking at, the 650s apparently don't work as well for gaming. Not sure about the 600s, just started researching.