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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 IV - For me it was Tuesday
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I'm already sweating.
jsr usually pops up on a sale for cheaper frequently, like 1.25 cheap if I remember correctly
StAidan
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I guess I'll be the contrary guy for Anodyne.
I thought Anodyne was pretty mediocre, a poor imitation of the game it was modeled after (Link's Awakening). The plot/story (if you could call it either of those things) was too abstract and obtuse, and the overworld environment was uninspired. The actual feel of the gameplay was too loose and the hit detection unforgiving.
I'll say this in its favor: The dungeon designs were mostly pretty good, with the notable exception of the acrobats' dungeon.
For those who do plan to play it, I'd highly recommend a good d-pad (heck, even a keyboard would be better than an analog stick in this case).
I thought Anodyne was pretty mediocre, a poor imitation of the game it was modeled after (Link's Awakening). The plot/story (if you could call it either of those things) was too abstract and obtuse, and the overworld environment was uninspired. The actual feel of the gameplay was too loose and the hit detection unforgiving.
I'll say this in its favor: The dungeon designs were mostly pretty good, with the notable exception of the acrobats' dungeon.
For those who do plan to play it, I'd highly recommend a good d-pad (heck, even a keyboard would be better than an analog stick in this case).
I didn't encounter many bugs, really. Well no crashes or freezes or falling through the floor or a bugged mission objective or anything of that nature.
Oh, I'm going to buy it. But not for $15 and without every single piece of DLC.
I'll wait for a < $10 GOTY edition.
Nabs
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Origins is fine on PC. It's been patched plenty of times.
More_Badass
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That Dead Space deal, I need Origin to play? (Never dealt with Origin store/games beforea)
RavenValor95
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I've not finished Dead Space, but from what I've played of it, it's a pretty fun shooter, there are a few different weapons each with a secondary ability that helps add in some variety.
For the first bit the enemies are rather basic, but after a while they tend to send in more and more different types of enemies at you at once and you've got to think what's the best way to deal with all the different types of enemies at once while conserving ammo, very fun game(in an intense sort of way)
Rawket Lawnchair
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Went ahead and picked up Arkham Origins, even though I've played it already.
Mr. Poolman
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Yesterday I finished Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons...
Man that game...
Man that game...
Nabs
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You'll need Origin to download it at least. I might have a Steam key if you want to just skip that step.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
They're just following the basic principles of supply and demand.
Hey, man! I know I'm a little late on this, but welcome aboard! I suggest setting aside some money ahead of time for the big sales and sticking to your budget. Also, cards are your friend - they're great for a little extra Steam cash to fund those smaller purchases - and keep an eye out for bundle sales and other outlets that offer good sales that can be redeemed on Steam (Amazon, GMG, etc.)
Eanan
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Cool thanks. Any comment on the DLC question? The only DLC story add on I can see is the Initiation DLC, where you play as young bruce wayne. Any others to recommend?
Also, 3 TF2 Keys (5) for origins off a russian. Good deal.
Bundled games man. Always happens.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Yes, and it works fine. You can even set it up so that when you quit a game, it auto-closes, so you can create a link to the EXE file on steam and it'll run fine.
As an aside, i never could get the steam version of Dead Space to work. I had to redownload the origin version and make a shortcut link to get it running.
PetriP-TNT
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CS:GO got nice UI update (ingame)...
Lost like an euro for buying Deus Ex yesterday from the Humble Store instead of from Steam today ;_; oh the humanity
Lost like an euro for buying Deus Ex yesterday from the Humble Store instead of from Steam today ;_; oh the humanity
HalfwayOrb
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Thanks for Defender's Quest, Rhaknar!
Henry Swanson
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True. Still kind of sucks though. Saving up steam credit for Trails in the Sky is going to take forever...
Mavromatis
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Some game where you throw your children.
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What mother's day coupon?
The official GAF game. Too bad it doesn't have coop.
Gianni Merryman
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Thank you for Restaurant Empires II Bornlivedie!
Eh I'll just wait till it goes on sale. Those features look amazing.
Should have put that money aside for a bigger ssd instead.
Few days ago you could get a £5 off £30 spend coupon from going to their page and letting amazon post some message on your facebook.
jaundicejuice
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You eventually become inured to whole sales thing. But that usually doesn't happen until you own most of the games you know you're interested in and have quite a few unplayed games. Cost becomes less of an issue and time becomes a greater one.
Also what's on sale today will likely be on sale sometime in the future, if you don't have the time to play the game now, you can wait for it to go on sale down the road.
Any lefties?
I like my SSD, but mostly cause my 1.5GB hdd is trash (5400rpm)
they're overrated anyway. Only really notice any important difference in-game when im loading a BF3/BF4 map
Eanan
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I stand by my two 1TB 7200rpm WD Blues. Perfect price/performance for gaming I find.
I only use my SSD for OS and main programs, and Footie manager, which is database HEAVY.
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Crimsonclaw111
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So, what to grab from the Squeenix sale? I already own:
Deus Ex: HR (and the DC version)
Supreme Commander series
Tomb Raider 2013
Sleeping Dogs
Just Cause 2
Deus Ex: HR (and the DC version)
Supreme Commander series
Tomb Raider 2013
Sleeping Dogs
Just Cause 2
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
So it looks like the issues people are having with Enhanced Steam while using Firefox 29 (currently in Beta) is a known bug in that version. Thankfully, the bug has already been fixed in Firefox 30.
Here's hoping Mozilla has their act together and doesn't release Firefox 29 with this bug, as the only resolution I'll be able to give the thousands of people who would probably email me about it not working would be "Update to Firefox Beta, or downgrade to Firefox 28".
Here's hoping Mozilla has their act together and doesn't release Firefox 29 with this bug, as the only resolution I'll be able to give the thousands of people who would probably email me about it not working would be "Update to Firefox Beta, or downgrade to Firefox 28".
Hitman: Blood Money
I would suggest the LoK series collection but Soul Reaver 1 has SERIOUS issues on modern systems (horrible sound crackling, graphical distortions). The others seem to run fine though.
Thanks Zia
The original Deus Ex is still quite a wonderful title with a number of things that help it stand out even in this day and age.
Sleeping Dogs's Year of the Snake and Zodiac Tournament if you don't already own them.
Hitman Collection or at lest Blood Money and Silent Assassin, if you enjoy stealth games with proper planing being the focused.
The Last Remnant if you are earning for a Japanese RPG to play on Steam.
Mini Ninjas is also good, but will get a better sale in the future to be sure. Fun action adventure game, quite kid friendly if that is something you want to consider, but enjoyable enough for someone who has been playing for some time. Good amount of exploration for these types of games, bit like the 90s 3D geometry platformers used to be without such a obsession for collectables.
The original Deus Ex is still quite a wonderful title with a number of things that help it stand out even in this day and age.
Sleeping Dogs's Year of the Snake and Zodiac Tournament if you don't already own them.
Hitman Collection or at lest Blood Money and Silent Assassin, if you enjoy stealth games with proper planing being the focused.
The Last Remnant if you are earning for a Japanese RPG to play on Steam.
Mini Ninjas is also good, but will get a better sale in the future to be sure. Fun action adventure game, quite kid friendly if that is something you want to consider, but enjoyable enough for someone who has been playing for some time. Good amount of exploration for these types of games, bit like the 90s 3D geometry platformers used to be without such a obsession for collectables.
We don't. We buy. We cry about spending so much money on things we never play. We buy again.
Crimsonclaw111
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Looks like I'm going to get:
Deus Ex: GOTY edition
Thief II (I have not played the first but it's in my account)
Hitman Blood Money
Tomb Raider Anniversary
FF VII and VIII will get cheaper and Last Remnant I heard was awful, plus I mostly hate JRPGs. If there's anything else I should grab, let me know!
Deus Ex: GOTY edition
Thief II (I have not played the first but it's in my account)
Hitman Blood Money
Tomb Raider Anniversary
FF VII and VIII will get cheaper and Last Remnant I heard was awful, plus I mostly hate JRPGs. If there's anything else I should grab, let me know!
dirtywhirlwind
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Magikogaming's latest,Platformines is releasing tomorrow by the way.
just played hour and half of Mirror of Fate HD, its awesome, I would say I wish I played it back then on the 3ds, but the performance would probably have ruined it. Really liking it, and I feel like I barely scratched the surface yet. I wonder how long it is. I keep running into a million areas I cant access yet and its messing with my ocd lol, damn metroidvanias
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