Tizoc
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Because I wanna play it when its released?
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Because I wanna play it when its released?
Jawmuncher
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Exactly. After Tomb Raider hit what was it 15 bucks during the summer sale after having been out only a few months I can wait on any Eidos/Square game now.
MMBosstones86
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This man gets it.
Probably Rome, I don't know how it's aged, but it's a fantastic game.
Rome I hasn't aged well so unless you do some heavy modding you may not enjoy it. It's still my second favorite Total War game though (after Medieval II) and is worth playing if you can get over the aged visuals. Shogun 2 is considered the most polished game of the series and is a better starting point because it streamlined without dumbing down a lot of gameplay mechanics, but it is still a pretty difficult game. Whatever game you buy you should definitely start in the easy difficulty and select an easy faction.
GMG had a recent sale where you got a free Rome TW each time you purchased a SEGA title. I've already given away 2 spares I had in the previous thread but I'm pretty sure I have a third one. If I can find it I can gift it to you
Every single deal for the game in the last few months was for Uplay codes.
Jawmuncher
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Tizoc
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I'm a bit of a patient man, I can wait a day or two.
PandaPedinte
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I have a new most hated enemy in video games. this thing is my nemesis holy fuck
I fucking hate these things! The worst thing is your companions are too dumb to use items that remove poison, so if you're playing with hardcore mode enabled they'll get poisoned, waste all the healing items in their inventory and then die. At least ED-E can kill these things from far.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I'm more excited to play Castlevania LOS2 than Thief, but I am still looking forward to trying a 700 point no kills/no alerts/master run in Thief and possibly 100%ing the achievement list.
I have a new most hated enemy in video games. this thing is my nemesis holy fuck
1. Hey a bloatfly !
2. Shoot
3. Game over
AbundantChoice
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People like Sudeki because most people remember it as an old Xbox game, and people freak out with joy every time a console game is "ported" to PC, no matter how trivial (although technically this was ported a long, long time ago).
In all seriousness though, Sudeki's fine. It got some attention when it came out because it lived up to the name "action RPG" in that it was longer than most action games, actually had lots of RPG elements, but the real-time combat was much more action-focused and had you jumping between your party members, doing timed button presses, etc.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I think I've bought every Build a Greenlight bundle, but I keep picking the games that don't get greenlit and passing up the ones that do, ahahah.
That's exactly how it goes for me with groupees bundles, I think I managed to skip all greenlit games in one of doujin bundles, gotta admire such skill in picking. (><)
afternoon delight
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Oh god I exploited so many badly rendered rocks to sneak past these hellacious, terrible fiends.
Looks like Thi4f is getting some day-one DLC in the form of booster packs and a challenge map. That or Squeenix is just preparing the items for later.
Edit: Yeah, it's day-one: all the items have a release date of the 25th here (i.e. when the store updates):
Edit: Yeah, it's day-one: all the items have a release date of the 25th here (i.e. when the store updates):
I have a new most hated enemy in video games. this thing is my nemesis holy fuck
They are insanely resistant.
I'm waiting for GOTY or complete edition, that is.
Da DreadLord
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GamersGate Big Red Carpet Sale!
Todays Daily deals:
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - 75%
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare - 75%
Endless Space - Emperor Special Edition - 75%
The Walking Dead Season 1 - 75%
Stop it with the sales already..
more sales please
Keep in mind I can't run any of older TW games on win8, and I'm not alone at this.
Rome is an old game, if you want new, you want Rome 2 and I doubt it can be bought for 2.75. Shogun 2 must have been cheaper at some point as I have it too with fall of samurai and I probably haven't paid 20 for it (don't really remember, I might be wrong on this one). Rome 2 had all sorts of problems, but it seems they fixed it by now. As for Shogun 2, it is beloved game by many. I still haven't gotten around to playing it for any longer time, ashamed to say.
Basically you can start with any game, you choose.
Thank you all for the answers.
I was thinking of TW:Rome just for its cheap price and I don't really mind the ageing, as it's just to try it out, but if there are issues with Win 8 (better: with Win 8.1) then it's a nnnnnope.
Soooo, I guess I'll wait for a better deal on Shogun 2!
derExperte
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I bought Rome when it was 1€ last summer and it ran fine despite W8. At least for the hour I played.
MMBosstones86
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Thank you all for the answers.
I was thinking of TW:Rome just for its cheap price and I don't really mind the ageing, as it's just to try it out, but if there are issues with Win 8 (better: with Win 8.1) then it's a nnnnnope.
Soooo, I guess I'll wait for a better deal on Shogun 2!
I think thats a good way to start. If you enjoy the content, you can look at Shogun 2. Game is routinely on sale on Steam and the like.
spinalscratch
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So, according to the reviews and SquareEnix's previous behavior,the new Thief can be a weekend deal?
derExperte
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So, according to the reviews and SquareEnix's previous behavior,the new Thief can be a weekend deal?
Why wait? 33% off during this weeks midweek madness before more people read the reviews.
To be fair though not everyone is down on the game, some 8/10s and RPS didn't hate it.
arts&crafts
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I am 99% sure i bought that greenlight bundle for Angvik but alas it is not in my purchases
Started playing Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~. Boy, steam overlay is really sluggish here...
It has begun...
Wowwww!!
M'lady...
*unzips*
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I ended up finishing The Raven. It's a nice little European point-and-click RPG. Light puzzle elements, mostly inventory puzzles and nothing that requires lugging items half-way through the game or truly non-linear thinking. It's a nice little story, sort of in the vein of Agatha Christie's Poirot (the main character is a total resemblance). There's a character in the game that's directly supposed to be Agatha Christie.
It's told over three episodes, which take a total of maybe 7-8 hours, and I think if you like point and clicks you'll find this well worth your time. The highlight is the gorgeous fully orchestrated score. The game also includes a making of where you can see the orchestra play one of the main themes. It's also a generally pretty looking game with bright, crisp graphics. Animation is, as is typical of the genre, a little rough and the FMVs are overly compressed perhaps to help fit on console disc size constraints?
The game is a little buggy at times, but nothing I couldn't get through. I have one complaint about the story that I want to try to express without spoiling anything. The game uses an unusual narrative structure. You play in linear time until a point in episode 2, and then the narrative jumps back in terms of time period. As a result, I felt like the back half of the game didn't do a lot to advance the story, but rather it mostly explained things you had already experienced but didn't have a full explanation for. This also requires reusing some setpieces from earlier, so by about half-way through episode 2 you've seen 90%+ of the game screens. There's a very good reason for this which pays off both as you're playing the game and in the ending, so I understand why it happened... but it made the game feel a little shorter than I'd have hoped as a result. It also caught me a little off guard as I received the game as a gift for Christmas and hadn't read anything about it before I played it. Not sure if promotional materials make this particular concept clear.
Anyway, if you're considering upping your pledge on this week's Humble Weekly in order to get the game, I'd say it's definitely worth the price premium. But if not, this might be something for you to keep an eye on for some later date. I enjoyed it a good deal and at the end of it wanted to play another PnC, which is generally a good sign.
It's told over three episodes, which take a total of maybe 7-8 hours, and I think if you like point and clicks you'll find this well worth your time. The highlight is the gorgeous fully orchestrated score. The game also includes a making of where you can see the orchestra play one of the main themes. It's also a generally pretty looking game with bright, crisp graphics. Animation is, as is typical of the genre, a little rough and the FMVs are overly compressed perhaps to help fit on console disc size constraints?
The game is a little buggy at times, but nothing I couldn't get through. I have one complaint about the story that I want to try to express without spoiling anything. The game uses an unusual narrative structure. You play in linear time until a point in episode 2, and then the narrative jumps back in terms of time period. As a result, I felt like the back half of the game didn't do a lot to advance the story, but rather it mostly explained things you had already experienced but didn't have a full explanation for. This also requires reusing some setpieces from earlier, so by about half-way through episode 2 you've seen 90%+ of the game screens. There's a very good reason for this which pays off both as you're playing the game and in the ending, so I understand why it happened... but it made the game feel a little shorter than I'd have hoped as a result. It also caught me a little off guard as I received the game as a gift for Christmas and hadn't read anything about it before I played it. Not sure if promotional materials make this particular concept clear.
Anyway, if you're considering upping your pledge on this week's Humble Weekly in order to get the game, I'd say it's definitely worth the price premium. But if not, this might be something for you to keep an eye on for some later date. I enjoyed it a good deal and at the end of it wanted to play another PnC, which is generally a good sign.
Rickenslacker
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The class and weapon selection was pretty sparse but the combat was really fun. You actually had melee combat that had more involvement than other open world-like RPGs that are "just madly swipe in front of you", and while two-handed weaponry was weaker than the singled handed/dual wielding styles, it was so much fun to use. I just loved coming in and slamming a giant hammer and wrecking everything. Being able to actually climb larger enemies and pick up smaller ones is pretty interesting in its own right.
The character creation is pretty standout on its own, I was impressed that I could actually play as an intimidatingly large hulking woman while pairing her with a companion pawn that was a petite crossdressing elf.
Nice review Stump, appreciate it. Have been interested in this one since it released, but waiting for a nice price drop since PnC aren't really my thing.
Da DreadLord
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ChimpanzeeThat
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I have a new most hated enemy in video games. this thing is my nemesis holy fuck
I remember coming across them very early on in New Vegas thinking "lol, just a weird looking Bloatfly"
That's when i decided to just not wander around like a lunatic like i had done in Fallout 3.
Ban Puncher
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Last Baron
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Third day in a row without any Playfire Rewards updates. Twitter has been silent for equally as long and I can't seem to find anything about them taking a break. Anyone know what's going on?
ashecitism
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ugh, that Rocket thread is hurting my brain
What, no 'Put It In' option?
I've wasted $5.
I at least got the toilet to blow me..
Well...
Edit:
$5.
Well, crap. I may be forced to break my "wait for a sale" rule and pick that up.
Sudeki was one of those games I really wanted to play on the Xbox back in the day, but never had a chance to. Even if it turns out to be godawful, I feel obligated to get it just to satisfy my curiosity after all this time, if that makes sense.
Backlogger
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So I have Assassins Creed 1 already on Steam. Should I pick up 2? I haven't even played though the first one yet...
I was hoping for better mark downs on Driver SF and CoJ Gunslinger during this sale.
I was hoping for better mark downs on Driver SF and CoJ Gunslinger during this sale.
Last Baron
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The first one is really repetitive and boring. Just read a plot synopsis and move on from there.
At $5 I'm sure you can forgive yourself.
But... but that's a whole bundle, man! Maybe even two bundles!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Cazadors aren't too bad if you can attack them from a distance. Aim for one of their wings and hope that you cripple it. Then you can take your time, shooting the thing in the head as you back away.
What is pretty amazing about the balance of the game is that you never truly lord over cazadors. Even if you're at max level with the best guns, two or three unexpectedly popping up will almost always end in your death.
What is pretty amazing about the balance of the game is that you never truly lord over cazadors. Even if you're at max level with the best guns, two or three unexpectedly popping up will almost always end in your death.
I like Deponia. Art is great. So far the puzzles draw a good line between whimsy and logic. Writing is a little weird at times, but I've played through way worse.
IIRC that sniper companion could own them if he had clear line of sight from far enough away.
IIRC that sniper companion could own them if he had clear line of sight from far enough away.
corrosivefrost
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I disagree.
The first one is leaps and bounds over the sequel, as I never really wanted to play GTA: Renaissance.
The first game, as stupid as some of the "intel" missions are, at least gives you a sense of building up to and forming a plan for taking out your targets. The game feels like the focus is actually, y'know, assassinations.
Krystof Koreni
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Posted already? Today's IGS is for Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan, an ARPG-lite which was Greenlit in January.
It's an iOS port: 148 Apps gave it 4/5, PocketGamer thought it was alright but had control issues (6/10).
It's an iOS port: 148 Apps gave it 4/5, PocketGamer thought it was alright but had control issues (6/10).
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Boone is a boon.
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