Hero Prinny
Member
I got garden warfare. Was hoping that they'd put dragon age 2 on a bigger discount or bundle it up with origins complete for $10 like they often do(since I also don't own awakening) but no dice.
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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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Kiru
Member
After my recent addiction with Insurgency, I was gifted Verdun by Kiru, and have played it for a few hours.
It's from the semi-realistic sub-genre of shooter, and I can't help but compare it to Insurgency and Red Orchestra.
Pros:
WWI setting is novel, fresh.
Bolt-action rifles, bolt action rifles everywhere! I love bolt action rifles. I always gravitated towards them in all the multiplayer games I've played. My friends thought it was lame to pick them over l33t automatics, but here finally is my dream come true, a game based around bolt actions.
I love the fact that the gun sights intentionally never really line up if you try to aim standing up. Its a nice touch. You have to switch to a more stable stance or hold your breath temporarily.
The game engine is surprisingly modern. Loads fast, vast plains of trenches as far as the eye can see. Change a video setting and it immediately changes in-game with no reloads. A welcome change from insurgency's dated Source engine (although that game's implementation of it is fantastic, the best I've seen from any source-licensed game.)
Cons:
Its a beta and it shows. A lot of core concepts are not explained well and buried in steam guides, which a lot of people must have ignored, since they don't take advantage of it. The game awards leveling up and grants passive bonuses kind of like a RPG or RTS (increase melee range, increased breath hold for snipers etc) but to access the higher tier passives the best way to level up is to stay near your NCO (leader) and follow his instructions. Getting kills/caps near him multiplier the XP earned, and unlocked the higher tier bonuses/perks/passives quickly.
Tied to this lack of in-game direction, fights are usually aimless. Juggling back and forth between two trenches overlooking no man's land gets tiresome and feels pointless after a while. In a way its immersive, since it captures trench warfare in a nutshell, but it does make for some irritation in game as you are ordered to fall back from the nice trench you are camped in, or be executed, only to be shot in the back while retreating.
Has a CoD like level up meta-system. I hate these things. Just give me all the cool shit FFS, Insurgency does this right, nothing is locked away behind a grind.
Has only like a hundred people in each of the regional servers US, EU, AUS at one time.
Compared to the million users Insurgency has snagged due to the humble bundle.(they made a post about it.)
In short, cool game, borrows some concepts form RPGs/RTS about squad cohesion bonuses, shitty unlock system a la COD, plenty of fun maps, perfectly dreary WWI trench atmosphere, needs 6 months to a year to cook and be polished.
Nice short review.
I also don't like the personal level thingie and it's true that they shouldn't put all stuff that is important to fully understand the game in some guides in the community hub, the ingame tutorial is too short. I read that they are trying to switch the game to Unity5 beta to improve physics performance and boost graphics. I'm looking forward to that.
new?
Bundlestars Humongous Bundle
$2.87 (28% off voucher still works now: BONUS28)
Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Pajama Sam's Lost & Found
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Bundlestars Humongous Bundle
$2.87 (28% off voucher still works now: BONUS28)
Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Pajama Sam's Lost & Found
Putt-Putt® and Pep's Dog on a Stick
Putt-Putt® Saves the Zoo
Spy Fox In: Cheese Chase
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
There's a Humble Yogscast Jingle Jam going, 25$ to charity for:
- Bridge Constructor
- Magicka
- Magicka Wizard Wars Unique Item
- Cities in Motion 2
- Ace of Spades: Battle Builder
- Thomas was Alone
- Nights into dreams
- Mark of the Ninja
- Montas (EA)
- Stronghold Crusader HD
- Miner Wars Arena (DRMfree)
- Swords and Soliders HD
- Awesomenauts Skins
Pretty nice bundle. The complete Humongous pack on Humble Bundle was better tho!
NightmareTrigger
Banned
Probably something to do with the scope overlay
Dragon1893
Member
so i did this and now i can see the cutscenes , ty
You're welcome. Wouldn't want anyone to miss the awesomeness of Killer is Dead
Darth Kupi
Banned
Nice short review.
I also don't like the personal level thingie and it's true that they shouldn't put all stuff that is important to fully understand the game in some guides in the community hub, the ingame tutorial is too short. I read that they are trying to switch the game to Unity5 beta to improve physics performance and boost graphics. I'm looking forward to that.
Yes, I was maybe a bit harsher because I forgot it was early access (I just saw it after I had written the post to grab the image).
I guess I've gotten so used to shitty broken games being released that I kinda though this was the real release.
The last update alone added a TON of stuff. A few more updates like that one and it would be golden.
And lets be real, we're not spoiled for choice on the WWI front are we. Putting on a freaky ass gas mask and rushing into a mustard gassed trench only to bayonet some fool coughing his lungs out is a unique experience only this game can provide.
I'd recommend picking it up for its novelty value alone. The devs seem to be giving it their all as well, judging from the last update, so I'm hopeful it will blossom into a real contender for FPS funtimes. I jump in for a few rounds of FFA deathmatch from time to time because, again, I Looooove bolt-action rifles, and there are no goobers picking machine guns in FFA because B-A rifles are all you got. Love it. Also I laughed my ass off when I was playing as the French and used the Chauchat, widely considered to be the WORST gun ever made. It was pretty effective. Realism 1/10. Fix it Verdun, make it suck.
I hope they just fix the melee attacks, because they are just so damn unreliable.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
What the fuck am I even reading and how the hell did you even find this?
I've always wanted to control "unnamed factors" in a video game.
$5.99 is definitely the perfect price point for Murdered: Soul Suspect.
Yep, there's no key, just a download.
It's basically a tactics save that you have to copy and paste on the tactics folder. I think.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
spindoctor
Member
The Samsung EVO 250GB got a further price drop from it's normal sale price of $109 to $99.99 on Amazon. It comes with a uplay copy of Far Cry 4 which can be worth $0-$60 depending on how much you love uplay and/or your ability to hawk the code off to someone. Pretty good deal if anyone is looking.
Jawmuncher
Member
Weird were getting a trailer a day before the game.
corrosivefrost
Member
No... that's a steal. Game's worth $10 to play through, at least. This isn't some indie game.
Why would anyone buy a "YOGSCAST" anything, even if it's "for charity".
Eff that, just give the money to charity instead.
Tizoc
Member
No PS3 ver.? I'll need to ask my brother if he's interested in it.
Darth Kupi
Banned
Failed kickstarters don't fund themselves you know. You need some up front capital.
Wrapped up the campaign + the 3 dlc released so far. Scattered thoughts:
Thanks for the LEGO Batman 3 impressions. Great to hear that PC get's the full fat renderer this time (Marvel and The Hobbit did look like there were missing shaders and effects). Shame to hear the writing isn't up to LB2 standard but it is the series high and you're a tough fellow to please so there's that
.Also...
June can't come soon enough!
Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of "Well, I want to give money to charity, but I'm just going to give it directly to the charities because fuck Yogscast and all they stand for" comments
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
For 5$ more you get a TF Item and a shout-out from the Yogscast though!
This may not be the best thread to ask this but I do believe it's getting a PC version as well;
Has anyone heard anything regarding No Man's Sky lately?
Edit: woot first post as a member, sorry for betraying you Robaperas but my hand was forced.
Time to open a stupid thread and get banned!
Has anyone heard anything regarding No Man's Sky lately?
Edit: woot first post as a member, sorry for betraying you Robaperas but my hand was forced.
Time to open a stupid thread and get banned!
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
They will probably only talk about the PS4 version till the game is out on the console. That's how marketing deals work.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Thanks for the LEGO Batman 3 impressions. Great to hear that PC get's the full fat renderer this time (Marvel and The Hobbit did look like there were missing shaders and effects). Shame to hear the writing isn't up to LB2 standard but it is the series high and you're a tough fellow to please so there's that
They allow you to select between DX11/9 in the options too, which makes the last couple Lego releases a bit puzzling for only including DX9 (though it was handy prior to DSR for downsampling).
Nope. It's starting to look as if it was announced too early.
I listened to them once. It was like listening to male and female pewdiepies talking all at once.
someguyinahat
Member
What, announcement of an announcement? That's been around for years.
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you have to rub it in, haven't you?
I'm firm believer that we'll get it on PC, no one knows when, though and I wouldn't expect news any time soon too.
Value of a game is directly correlated to marketing budget?
ALL the money on Yogscast bundle is going to charity. Yogscast doesn't get a cent.
Last I heard from what little communication I've had with Sean (Murray, founder, project lead) they definitely intend to release on PC. And that was just mere days before they showed up at PS' show, so I'm confident we'll see it, but they'll just not be actively marketing it much I assume.
Sean is going to be at... TGA, I believe, with new footage / exclusive footage / blabla stuff, so more info next friday I suppose.
Kiru
Member
Yeah, you can also catch the devs playing with you sometimes. Deathmatch is really enjoyable for me when there are only a few people on the map. Much more suspense and not pointless running around and getting shot.Yes, I was maybe a bit harsher because I forgot it was early access (I just saw it after I had written the post to grab the image).
I guess I've gotten so used to shitty broken games being released that I kinda though this was the real release.
The last update alone added a TON of stuff. A few more updates like that one and it would be golden.
And lets be real, we're not spoiled for choice on the WWI front are we. Putting on a freaky ass gas mask and rushing into a mustard gassed trench only to bayonet some fool coughing his lungs out is a unique experience only this game can provide.
I'd recommend picking it up for its novelty value alone. The devs seem to be giving it their all as well, judging from the last update, so I'm hopeful it will blossom into a real contender for FPS funtimes. I jump in for a few rounds of FFA deathmatch from time to time because, again, I Looooove bolt-action rifles, and there are no goobers picking machine guns in FFA because B-A rifles are all you got. Love it. Also I laughed my ass off when I was playing as the French and used the Chauchat, widely considered to be the WORST gun ever made. It was pretty effective. Realism 1/10. Fix it Verdun, make it suck.
I hope they just fix the melee attacks, because they are just so damn unreliable.
wait what? That was price mistake and not today, TEW is 20 now
NingenJanai
Member
Sure, sorry for the late reply, I was comuting from work.