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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 - Year of the SteamBox
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SteveWinwood
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Fuck I missed anno. Oh well summer sale it is for it.
It best be 75% off by then, though I have my doubts.
Edit: And I wish Ubi would patch up the Steam version of Anno 1404 so it'd be available for purchase once more. I almost can't believe the stubbornness.
Nabs
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48 hour deals, bro.
Holy shit, thank you JaseC just bought it
SteveWinwood
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Oh thank goodness.
DunderHassan
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AlphaProspector
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If the game is light and not too heavy on the MB count, no. If you did like me and bought something like L.A. Noire, you are in for a rough ride.
Also, Steam offers up.
Rayman Origins. I KNEW IT! But 66% off. This will never be 75% off, right? Y U DO THIS UBISOFT! Let me be cheapass!
I really shouldn't since I'm poor for the next ~four weeks, but I'll bite on Anno Deluxe.
If the game is light and not too heavy on the MB count, no. If you did like me and bought something like L.A. Noire, you are in for a rough ride.
Also, Steam offers up.
Rayman Origins. I KNEW IT! But 66% off. This will never be 75% off, right? Y U DO THIS UBISOFT! Let me be cheapass!
It's 66% off but the price was lowered to half (from 30 to 15) since last sale.
I bought the game at 66% off during the Christmas sale and paid around 10 euros if I recall, the game currently costs 5 euros, which should be the cheapest it has been so far.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Very good price on Rayman, finally bit on that.
I still havent finished it, but honestly I think it's pretty great
im pretty sure some people dislike it is because the original reveal trailer showed it to be a much more ambitious, open game.
it's pretty straight forward, but you'll be doing some stuff that you dont get to do in a lot of other games. Being careful with ammo, scaring enemies by pointing guns at them even if they arent loaded, etc. Some of the stuff that The Last of Us seems to do on the side actually (not comparable in any way but you get what I mean).
It's fun for what it is, definetly worth it at that price IMO.
Subterranean
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Perfect price for Rayman. I am buying it and you should too!
For you? No. For anyone? Still no.
What the? I'll buy Anno for 7.50. Are you selling multiple copies I mean? If someone else wants it to play right away, they can have it.
Stallion Free
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I can't see the gameplay in those screens.
What's with the bar?
oh you
emphasis on stamina bar, lots of climbing, barely any ammo on the weapons, first person aiming
that's the sort of thing I meant
you get that bar when you're running/climbing. When you're climbing it doesnt stop draining unless you stop climbing or use an item that's sort of sticks a thing in the wall and lets you rest. It can get a bit tricky to manage
yeah I really should
AlphaProspector
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That's an interesting bit of info! Thanks. Guess I'll budge and just get it, heh.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I'd think twice and then not bother recommending the act of breathing to Derrick.
What happens if the bar runs out when you're running? Do you collapse and die?
Even assuming all those were sold at $5, that's a tidy ~$1.05m.
you walk, I think
it's only an issue when you're climbing
or I guess if you're trying to run away or something
dude we both know you're gonna buy it why are you asking :b
AlphaProspector
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Well, gotta discount Valve's 30% and Devolver Digital's cut from that as well as other taxes but it probably left them quite a bloody hefty sum!
Why not? I like games. Just don't recommend me some stupid person's shooter like Tomb Raider and I'll take almost anything else into consideration.
that seems.. disappointing?
I expected more tbh. It's probably one of the most talked about games from 2012, at least indie-wise.
again: it's pretty straight forward. I cant remember if they straight up put an arrow to where you wanna go but there's not THAT much exploration involved (there's some in some areas)
but yeah I mean for that price you'll probably give it more of a chance
Yeah, I factored in Valve's presumed 30% cut.
Walk? Not hardcore enough!
I've had it since release.
I bought DyslexicAlucard the erroneously-priced Blands 2 Season Pass and I Am Alive was the only similarly-priced title of note available at the time.The scarce ammo is probably enough to get me to buy at that price. It helps that it's not really my money
I mean I know better than to expect something crazy deep with that game but it could still be interesting I suppose.
Can't really go wrong for the current price, it's not an amazing game but it's fairly entertaining.
I checked the US price and while it was also cut, the cut wasn't as big as the European one ($10 dollars instead of 15 euros I believe), though before the game was priced as $1=1 before, while now it seems to have a more appropriate conversion.
The scarce ammo is probably enough to get me to buy at that price. It helps that it's not really my money
there's some sort of.. "enemy juggling" if you will that is kinda nice
having only one bullet and running into two guys for example. At first you start pointing at both and they both get their hands up (as long as you go back and forth between one and the other), but if you dont decide what to do quickly one starts to call bullshit on you and starts walking forward calling your bluff, that kinda thing
it's pretty fantastic the first couple times, then it gets a bit repetitive but its still tolerable
Dreadful. Mouse control sucks, locked at 30fps, Uplay
there's some fixes out there so it might be worth it if you look into those, not sure
Results may vary but when I bought it at release I had to hunt down a cracked .exe to run it. Friend who purchased it on a low end machine maybe 4 months ago couldn't run it at all.
Netrunner2k2
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Yeah, my experience with it at launch was pretty bad from what I remember. I'd have to look at the notes to see if they patched anything up.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Really poor. 30FPS locked and a stuttery as hell engine, which can be unlocked but the physics are based on framerate so once you do the game becomes nearly unplayable because of all the fluids and sand flying everywhere. The gameplay is supremely shallow as well, there's zero sandbox to the gameplay until you beat it and even then it's not worth playing around in. Oh, and the mouse controls are mapped out to emulate a control stick which makes no goddamn sense. As far as I know, Ubi has never fixed any of this and the port has remained squandered.
My vote is pass.
RoaringHawk
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So with the recent announcements (Civ expansion, SR4,...), is it safe to assume that the Halo Trilogy is coming to Steam?!
Yeah, I think it is coming. Too many other crazy things have come true off of that list and from MS.
What do those recent announcements have to do with the probability of the halo trilogy coming to steam?
If you were talking about AoE2 and Microsoft forsaking GFWL, probability looks good.
Thanks salsa, sounds good so I'm glad I bought it. It's almost done downloading so once I get out if class I'll play it for a few minutes before leaving for work and offer my first impression.
Hahaha oh you guys
And this is why lol
you have a tast in games that is very different from the majority.Stallion Free
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What's the point in recommending something to you when you hated the last 100 games you played? Did it come out in the last 8 years? Safe bet Derrick doesn't like it!
ClovingWestbrook
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pretty much.
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