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STEAM | August 2014 - Everybody loves iDLEM@STER
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I'll PM you in a moment.
Unlike previous Groupees build-a-bundles, the different games in this bundle have different prices. Lili, Isomer, and The Campaign Series: Fall Weiss are all $1 each, while all the others are 50 cents each. Wonder if they are still dividing the proceeds evenly or if that affects the developer share as well.
No, but they almost always have special days where you only have to buy one game minimum.
No, but they almost always have special days where you only have to buy one game minimum.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Never bought from Groupees, but can you just buy 1 game? I only want Lily and it's making me pick 2 to 9 it says.
What a shame. ~JC Denton
On the Indiegala bundle.
Looks mad fun. Singleplayer would have been awesome.
Here some gifs.
Don't know if it's worth 1,79. Nothing else looks good to me.
That looks like it would be extremely fun with local multiplayer! I can't find anywhere if it supports that, though. Probably not.
YianGaruga
Banned
It has a 2 game minimum
Blak_Status
Member
You need to "bundle". Just pick up OJ for the extra 50 cents.
2 is minimum, yes
salazar547
Member
i think you have to pick at least 2 games , just get some orange juice , if you already have the game , do a giveaway
The Dear Leader
Banned
2 minimum okay, 100% OJ looks okay I guess, and Isomer looks neat.
Oh wow, this looks like one of the best bundles Groupees has ever done!
I know SteamGAF loves 100% Orange Juice, but can anyone reccomend anything else? Or is there a title on there that needs to be avoided? I watched all the videos and they all look pretty cool, particularily Isomer.
I played Little Big Adventure / Twinsen's Odyssey as a kid; I'm suprised to see that it's coming to Steam!
I know SteamGAF loves 100% Orange Juice, but can anyone reccomend anything else? Or is there a title on there that needs to be avoided? I watched all the videos and they all look pretty cool, particularily Isomer.
I played Little Big Adventure / Twinsen's Odyssey as a kid; I'm suprised to see that it's coming to Steam!
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Sounds to me like they're running an experiment here to look at how they can maximize revenue in future bundles. How do users value Steam keys versus non-Steam keys, do users value more valuable games more than less valuable games or are they just buying for the +1, etc. The Build a Bundle structure makes for very easy generation of empirical data for comparison.
Jawmuncher
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100%OJ to get on that board game fun and 99 Spirits for a unique "jrpg"
It's usually instant for me, when using Google Wallet. I had to use Amazon today though since Google Wallet wasn't getting through and I still don't have the games.
morning
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At least I'm not the only one having the issue then.
YianGaruga
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The support chat is full with people having problems right now
Kinda weird how they've (Groupees BaB) priced things. First 2 games is $1.50, but then it alternates between $0.50 and $1 increases for every game, so it's cheaper to buy all the games in three separate groups than as a whole.
D'oh! You guys are right. My mistake.
D'oh! You guys are right. My mistake.
I would have rebought Bloodrayne for the steam key.
I already own it on disc and on GOG, so no sale there, Groupees.
Only worth it if you have a friend to play with.
I already own it on disc and on GOG, so no sale there, Groupees.
Only worth it if you have a friend to play with.
YianGaruga
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The games are priced differently. It's not dependent on the order.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Not exactly. Lili, Isomer, and Campaign Series are $1 each. The rest are 50 cents.
but whats the point if they don't give any choice? I bought LBA because I thought it's a gog gift (I know, I should have checked), I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. But how do they know, that I have no interest in a game, or I'm not buying it because it's not gog/steam key?
They don't!
In for Lili and 100% look at all dat juice
I remember it being one of the few single player fpses I could get into, probably because of the mechs
I remember it being one of the few single player fpses I could get into, probably because of the mechs
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Empirical tests don't need to be fully 1:1 like that to be effective, and they don't need to correctly interpret your individual motivations to be effective. If they notice that in aggregate, GOG keys sell less than Steam-when-ready keys, then they're going to form a conclusion about the value of GOG keys.
BinaryPork2737
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And the wait is excruciating.
A line was crossed when one of the people who were antagonizing me created a fake account on Steam and added me to bombard me with very heavy insults and threats (I don't have any proof, but I know very well who it was).
I've been having discussions with a few members from here lately (I also received a lot of PMs, I read them all, you guys are awesome
I hope things get back to normal soon. Depression can do things to people, so I sort of understand why you did what you did. I'm never really good with this kind of thing, but I hope things get better.
The way I look at it, is if someone 'wins' any giveaway it was beneficial for someone. The 'free key' etc giveaways kind of work themselves out as the community gets flooded with them. If no one takes them, it isn't counted as giving a game away.
Same thing happens with bundle fodder. Try giving away a Bioshock key right now and see how long it takes
Exactly. Off the top of my head, I can only think of one giveaway that didn't sit well with me.
Hell yeah Cage of Night. Lili looks somewhat decent too, will buy.
Even better news!
I bought Isomer from an Indie Royal bundle in the past, had to email the dev for a Steam key, and they never responded. So fuck that price.
StAidan
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A little surprised I haven't seen more of these given away during the sale, so here's a few more. I opened it to all of SteamGAF this time (but no, I'm still not entering, tempting though it may be ).
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As a fan of arena shooters and a former fan of Halo that TOXIKK game easily draws my attention. It looks less like that disappointing Halo 4 and more like a proper PC Version of Halo 2. Admitted I'm easily impressed by arena shooters and especially in this case with my former Halo affection I probably should lower my hype level a bit (but i would only consider supporting this after they show some proper gameplay footage, also don't know anything about the developers yet).
But as much as they celebrate it not being Free 2 Play ... i don't know if that will help the game at all with both Quake Live and UT4 being free games. Without having any hard facts to back it up, i think its save to say that the only successful "retail" multilayer shooters on PC are BF, CS:GO and maybe CoD. Even a massively hyped Titanfall seems to struggles to maintain a proper playercount (on PC) and on top this is an arena shooter, something that the average FPS player is probably not that interested in.
While i agree with them that F2P and Arena Shooter don't really work well together maybe they should have looked at CS:GO and Dota 2 and used the same workshop approach by selling user made weapon skins and/or armor pieces.
But then again it is great that they are planing to provide an SDK that will allow people to share their created content for free.
I'm really curious how this game will turn out and overall I'm glad to see more Arena Shooters.
(but i would only consider supporting this after they show some proper gameplay footage, also don't know anything about the developers yet).But as much as they celebrate it not being Free 2 Play ... i don't know if that will help the game at all with both Quake Live and UT4 being free games. Without having any hard facts to back it up, i think its save to say that the only successful "retail" multilayer shooters on PC are BF, CS:GO and maybe CoD. Even a massively hyped Titanfall seems to struggles to maintain a proper playercount (on PC) and on top this is an arena shooter, something that the average FPS player is probably not that interested in.
While i agree with them that F2P and Arena Shooter don't really work well together maybe they should have looked at CS:GO and Dota 2 and used the same workshop approach by selling user made weapon skins and/or armor pieces.
But then again it is great that they are planing to provide an SDK that will allow people to share their created content for free.
I'm really curious how this game will turn out and overall I'm glad to see more Arena Shooters.
Yeah, groupees has always been willing to be a bit more experimental. I always thought it was strange that their BaBs still divided the sales profits evenly, even for the games not chosen. Will be interesting to see what the bonuses for this bundle are as well.
I have never opted to not buy the whole thing in a BaB, but I'm really not trying to have yet another text-driven WW2 strategy game on my account... So do I have to pass some money threshold to be eligible for bonuses?
Armoured Priest
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I'd second this...but I am a sucker for OSTs.
Its always the surest way to get me to pay extra.
I got my key, you need to be more polite next time and not email "GIVE ME MY KEY MOTHERFUCKERS"
DaBargainHunta
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What else is good in addition to Lili and 100%?
I see your point, but I think it would tell more if they gave choice what to get, then again, that probably makes it too complicated for a bundle.
derExperte
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