corrosivefrost
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This probably heavily depends on the size of the DLC. At least for me.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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This probably heavily depends on the size of the DLC. At least for me.
The games aren't going to disappear, Paradox probably isn't publishing the sequels.
Paradox is losing publishing rights entirely -- they're reverting back to TaleWorlds:
You get Steam keys if you buy the games from TaleWorlds' site, so there's a good chance the games will still be available on Steam even after Paradox loses their rights.
Yeah, I did some poking around last night and decided against buying spare keys from Indie Gala.
toddhunter
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To be fair, the $24 complete addition isn't a bad deal next to the $18 base game we get.
BertleTheTurtle
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Legend of Dead Kel got some good reviews.
Destructoid said:
Teeth of Naros weren't very good though.
Destructoid said:
I have no idea about how useful the Weapons and Armor are.
I bought the complete pack for $25-30 (the base price was higher) or whatever it was last time it was on sale when people were sure it would never go on sale again so I guess $6 extra just isn't a big deal to me. I also like to have all the DLC for my games (even though for some I don't.)
Wish I could tell you. I haven't started playing Amalur yet, though I'm looking forward to it. (I seem to remember JaseC being pretty positive about the game.) I've finally gotten around to starting my ME3 playthrough now that I have all the story DLC, and that's pretty much been occupying my gaming time lately. (Haven't been babbling about my experience here because this is the Steam thread, and since ME3's Origin only, you might throw a brick at me or something if I did.)
It's not a bad investment if you're okay with the sort of RPG depth seen in the likes of Fable. The game's biggest faults are that it's far too big for its own good and little attention was paid to balancing, so, particularly if you're one to complete sidequests before progressing forward with the main mission line, it's quite easy to become overpowered and stay above the curve, removing any semblance of challenge.
It runs not good on PS3, that's why I wanted it on PC and Jasec told me it runs great on PC, I believe him
Yeah, the PC version is fine. Loading times are virtually non-existent even if you're running it from a HDD.
He already owns it, and he played it alot
I'd still like to get around to the DLC at some point.
I bought it -- at full price -- during last year's Summer Sale as I assumed the game would disappear from Steam due to 38 Studios being dissolved. I was wrong, but better safe than sorry!
I can confirm this. If you want to be challenged, start on hardest difficulty and do only main questline/major sidequests. Otherwise you will reach maximum possible level halfway through the game.
Combat is fun, fun, fun though. Pity there aren't more enemy types in the game, there's like, 20 of them not including color swaps.
The Dear Leader
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I bought the base game of Kingdoms of Amalur and I'm loving it so far, wish I would have played it before when I didn't have such a huge backlog, but I'm wrecking shit up with my Commander Shepard armor and Omniblades.
Buttonbasher
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I just finished Outlast. I wasn't as impressed as others seem to have been. It's way more of a thriller game with jump scares, than what I consider to be a horror game.
There's usually a point in these kinds of games where the scare tactics fade away, and you notice the mechanics behind them. Once that occurs, the game suddenly has a lot less tension, since instead of being super afraid of the monster pursuing you, you're now just paying attention to their looping routine around the level.
That happened within the first 20 minutes of Outlast for me. It's not necessarily a terrible thing, but it did remove a lot of tension from the game from that point on. It continued to degrade from there, as you find out that dying is often more advantageous than hiding, as it gets you to the starting point in the many "Go find three Fuses/Turn two cranks/Pull two lever" 'puzzles' the game throws at you. When caught, you get a very clear look at a 3D rendered generic looking monster, which tears away any remaining fear of them. The sound design does a pretty good job at trying to restore some of it, and the chase sequences remained pretty okay because of that alone.
The thing that made games like Amnesia really special to me, is the looming sense of dread. Outlast never really had that for me. The nightvision camera effects were cool though, and the game does have it's moments of legitimate spooks. It's just more often than not, you're left with a bad stealth game, with increasingly ineffective jump scares.
I'll still probably check out the DLC, since I liked the game well enough. I just wished that the spooks lasted longer than they did.
I also finished Castle of Illusion - Starring Mickey Mouse! right before Outlast (the ultimate palate cleanser). It's a pretty good 3D sidescroller with some pretty problematic 3D movement platforming sections (as in behind the back camera, no longer sidescrolling). I had a ton of issue knowing where I was going to land in these bits, and died countless times because of it. The sidescrolling stuff is pretty awesome though. It has a pretty good challenge curve to it. It's worth checking out.
Yes yes y'all.
Note: I'm fairly sure this hasn't been used, my sincere apologies if it has though..
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Is naruto region locked, or can I use the key on my eu account
The NA sub only excludes Japan and China, so if you're in either of those countries you'll need to use Spotflux to activate the key.
So a dutch account wouldn't be a problem, great. Been wanting a pricedrop for naruto for some time. Thanks Jasec
Jiggaloboy
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The Inversion/Enslaved deal is live on amazon.
Mavromatis
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Thanks for the OMD2.
Leon Belmont
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Not yet, I still can see the old price!
Yeah it changed it now!
poopninjamvc3mk
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I see the deal 7.49
Buttonbasher
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It's correct in the cart. That threw me off too at first.
Camel Master
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Just bought it and Steam says it's not available in my country (Finland) and that "the purchase has been canceled". Damn..
Enslaved worked fine tho.
jaundicejuice
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I can see why Splinter Cell: Blacklist is divisive like Hitman Absolution. I think it's got some neat stealth mechanics but the whole mark and execute system, the level and encounter design feel like they are funneling me into these action-y combat situations and rewarding me for my aggressive play. One of the scoring trees is for pure stealth but the other two are for aggressive stealth (shooting everyone you see without being detected) and open combat. The only thing that stops this from being a completely standard third person shooter is the fact that Sam can't sponge much damage and your ammunition for silenced weapons is kind of limited, although there seem to be frequent refresh points for your gear and ammo peppered throughout a level.
I like the sticky cover system, how easy it is to dart from cover to cover. I like the detection system and representation for where you were last spotted. The noisy surfaces scattered across a level are neat too but don't seem to have a whole lot of impact on the actual game. The controls are well implemented on mouse and keyboard but they feel almost too simple. There's too few buttons doing too many context sensitive things and not a lot of them feel stealth oriented. Then there's the mark and execute stuff, persistent in the H.U.D. with lots of prompts to use it. It's been a long time since I last played a Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory, and this doesn't really feel much like Splinter Cell games I played back in the day. It's all kinds of dumb fun though, I'll blast my way through the story campaign and call it a day.
Had some uPlay shenanigans when I first launched the game, after I entered the serial key there was no play button available in the launcher. Exiting the client didn't work, I had to manually kill the instance with task manager, relaunched and was able to play. It's not GFWL bad but uPlay is still kinda awful.
I like the sticky cover system, how easy it is to dart from cover to cover. I like the detection system and representation for where you were last spotted. The noisy surfaces scattered across a level are neat too but don't seem to have a whole lot of impact on the actual game. The controls are well implemented on mouse and keyboard but they feel almost too simple. There's too few buttons doing too many context sensitive things and not a lot of them feel stealth oriented. Then there's the mark and execute stuff, persistent in the H.U.D. with lots of prompts to use it. It's been a long time since I last played a Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory, and this doesn't really feel much like Splinter Cell games I played back in the day. It's all kinds of dumb fun though, I'll blast my way through the story campaign and call it a day.
Had some uPlay shenanigans when I first launched the game, after I entered the serial key there was no play button available in the launcher. Exiting the client didn't work, I had to manually kill the instance with task manager, relaunched and was able to play. It's not GFWL bad but uPlay is still kinda awful.
Not a game for me, but I'm sure someone will be able to enjoy it.
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Rawket Lawnchair
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I believe we can all agree that being broke sucks.
CheesecakeRecipe
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who's dick do I have to suck for $2.50 enslaved
The day I can't buy a game is the day I will dissolve into nothingness. Having no money does suck, though: I had to all but skip the 2012 Autumn and Winter Sales entirely due an abrupt change of Christmas plans and was ill-prepared for last year's Ubi sale as it was two months early (March rather than May) and I'd just bought a second 670.
Activation is locked to North, South and Central America, to be thorough.
charlequin
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I guess I'll buy Enslaved for $2.50. I GUESS.
whoa whoa whoa, is tht for Enslaved also?
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Frank Jaeger
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Oh mighty JaseC, king of Steam Library peasants, how risky would it be to use a VPN to redeem Inversion!?
Praise the Sartoise Romulan!
Enslaved is fine, unless you happen to be in Japan or China.
Theoretically it carries the risk of your account being restricted (the SSA says that VPN usage may lead to one's account being banned/disabled, but Valve stopped doing that almost two years ago now in favour of a restriction-based system so people could still access their existing library), however there are no verified or reputable reports of Valve caring about VPN usage when it comes to activating region-locked keys or unlocking games early; neither affect Valve's bottom line.
Edit: Uh, fixed. Got my wires crossed for a moment there.
Edit edit: You can even use a VPN to get around the recently-introduced gifting/trading restriction but I wouldn't recommend that.
Leon Belmont
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Here we go... enjoy
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the dude on the enslaved cover looks like the Dothraki leader that gets to bone Daenerys Targaryen
It's $7.50 on amazon now btw
It's $7.50 on amazon now btw
The Dear Leader
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Man I knew I should have bought something else and got another $5 coupon, I really want Enslaved and Inversion. Is there anyway to get another coupon during the sale? I highly doubt it but it's worth an ask.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Finally something interesting in that Amazon sale and I has no monies. Who needs an education, right? I coulda bought a lot of 2.49 games for the cost of tuition. If people want it and are willing to google wallet money to me (you can do that, right?) I do have 5 of those coupons. At least Amazon says I have $25 in credit for games, so yeah. I stopped using paypal when they kept constantly locking me out of my account and asking for proof of address multiple times a year.
I super wanna try Enslaved, so I hope it goes cheap again later in the year.
:O I just checked my PMs, and I won Stealth Bastard! Thanks, Ezra. (I should probably check those more often...)
If people want it and are willing to google wallet money to me (you can do that, right?) I do have 5 of those coupons. At least Amazon says I have $25 in credit for games, so yeah. I stopped using paypal when they kept constantly locking me out of my account and asking for proof of address multiple times a year. I super wanna try Enslaved, so I hope it goes cheap again later in the year.
:O I just checked my PMs, and I won Stealth Bastard! Thanks, Ezra.
(I should probably check those more often...)Best you can do is ask someone with spares to help you out in exchange for PayPal Bucks or something else of equal value. Alternatively, you might find people in the trading scene selling the game for a key or two.
That depends... are you just looking for help?
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So, yeah. US only i'm afraid. Too bad, looks like dumb fun. Atleast I can gift something again.
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I don't have any EC coupons but if one has a spare I could do the paypal thang and send $2.50 in e-currency in exchange for said enslaved
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