Marlow Briggs as always. But honestly would be better to just wait until the winter sale on everything at this point.
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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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Marlow Briggs as always. But honestly would be better to just wait until the winter sale on everything at this point.
MMBosstones86
Member
He's talking about Ground Zeroes releasing after the Autumn sales.
Though, I don't know where he got that information from.
Yes, but I suggest these DLC's for single player...
Tomb Raider: Tomb of the Lost Adventurer
Tomb Raider: Animal Instinct
Tomb Raider: Headshot Reticule
Tomb Raider: Agility Skill
Tomb Raider: Pistol Burst
Tomb Raider: Pistol Silencer
Or alternative thinking. Ground Zeroes has a release date of 18th December, which happens to be a Thursday, with the probability of being the Winter Steam Sale start day. Just throwing that out there.
Oh yeah buy Blacklist if you haven't already and are pining for a decent SC game. The Charlie side missions are awful but a real return to form.
Oh yeah buy Blacklist if you haven't already and are pining for a decent SC game. The Charlie side missions are awful but a real return to form.
VikasNarula
Member
Shadowrun Returns went from 75% off to 90% off as part of the Shadowrun Dragonfall Director's Cut sale.
It's his stupid "joke", his version of "hl3 is cominnnn guyz!"
Annoying as fuck.
AHA-Lambda
Member
This makes a lot more sense
bet there's no discount
I'll try to be up for it anyway, but if not I'll PM you, I'm good for it - other gaffers can vouch for me
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
No. If anything, it will happen the way Dogg said it would. It won't have a pre-purchase period and will likely be released at the start of the winter sales.
MMBosstones86
Member
I would really be surprised if there is no discount, judging by how they ran MGR:R.
Also, if anyone is interested or backed SUPERHOT - it is shaping up really well. For those that don't know, it is a FPS that has time dependant on any and all movement. It is also being made for VR. Here are a bunch of animated gifs
derExperte
Member
Hahaha. We won't fall for this!
I suggest only getting Lost Adventurer. And even that is borderline.
But the weapon upgrades and skills...
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.
That you can earn yourself in-game...
Blacklist is amazing. It's well worth it.
Florida Man
Banned
It's good!
derExperte
Member
I completed the game on hard and got (almost) all single player achievements without them. The game is easy anyway.
It's worse than that. The devs gave the Yogscast lads a sizeable sum from the KS campaign so they could do the rewards and all that, but they never did. They never tried. They were also supposed to contract some people for it iirc, but again, never happened and the few hundred grand Yogs got just up n' vanished.
Speaking about Tomb Raider and DLC the Japanese language pack is still only -50% off
Speaking of which (that's a lot of speaking in one post) from anyone who owns it what does Japanese Lara sound like?
I would say -10% off at the most was what I would have been expecting for a prepurchase discount but no idea now. Eh I'm buying it even it it ends up £19.99 right off the bat (I've got Metal Gear issues).
Speaking of which (that's a lot of speaking in one post) from anyone who owns it what does Japanese Lara sound like?
I would say -10% off at the most was what I would have been expecting for a prepurchase discount but no idea now. Eh I'm buying it even it it ends up £19.99 right off the bat (I've got Metal Gear issues).
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Didn't back it but the demo was really good.
No problem ^_^
I won't focus much on the looks and performance because it was a beta and I want to give Ubi the benefit of doubt.
As for gameplay the driving was a bit wonky at first but you'll grow into it though some cars are easier to handle to begin with. The fact that the cars have stats is a bit confusing, I played for a very long time and was never able to figure out when a stat increase was noticeable but some cars seem to have a specific build in mind.
That being said you should be able to do with just about any car, if you need more performance out of your car there's events scattered around the world (almost too many) that will give you better parts for the car depending on how you perform.
The story, from the little slice we got to see, is serviceable at best. Just a reason for you to go to certain places, do certain activities and a meaning to justify why you can't access all types of cars to begin with. It doesn't help that when you go too long without doing a mission you have someone calling you constantly saying "Hey, why aren't you here? You really should be here, hurry up!"
Driving around: maybe the most important fact. The game as a disappointing way to present scenery though that could be understandable due to it's scale, I remember eagerly making my way to the Niagara Falls only to realise I couldn't actually see them but was instead greeted with a baked penning scene.
That's not to say it's bad, it's good but in the places you wouldn't expect, instead of shinning when you go to a landmark the game actually shines when you explore the areas. It gives you the roads you've dreampt of driving in almost all the setting you could imagine. I remember driving down the Strip and even though it wasn't right on scale it was still a sight to be hold, or seeing a monastery looking house in the middle of the desert (actually went on google maps to see if I could find it). In short it's best when it depicts the mundane.
There's a problem though that did get on my nerves some times: inexplicably crash resistant objects.
Microtransactions... It wasn't the story that made me feel like passing the game, it's not a great racing game but it's a very good game to cruise around and just enjoy driving and I can appreciate that. What I can't appreciate is the way the economy in the game smothers you by making content out of your financial reach and then flaunters how easy it is to acquire the things you want "if only" your willing to pay a bit more, a bit more for a new car, a bit more for customisation, a bit more for a new vehicle mod.
Sure, you can buy all those things with in game currency but it'll take dedication and grinding because the amount of money you'll receive throughout the game will not be enough. This is what soured my experience.
Sorry if It was longer than you'd expect ^_^;
Florida Man
Banned
The original game (demo? proof of concept?) was great - definitely looking forward to seeing how this turns out.Also, if anyone is interested or backed SUPERHOT - it is shaping up really well. For those that don't know, it is a FPS that has time dependant on any and all movement. It is also being made for VR. Here are a bunch of animated gifs
AHA-Lambda
Member
I decided against my cheap AC Unity order, that horrible realisation that even if the game is cheap it's still going to be rubbish. Maybe it's cos it wasn't on Steam that I had this moment of clarity
That sounds awesome
Also, if anyone is interested or backed SUPERHOT - it is shaping up really well. For those that don't know, it is a FPS that has time dependant on any and all movement. It is also being made for VR. Here are a bunch of animated gifs
That sounds awesome
Really? That's good then. I just looked at the game's page after the purchase and the 2 DLCs didn't show up as owned.
spindoctor
Member
Comes to AUD$128 shipped and I think I could make half of that back with FC4. Do you know what the deal is with the game? Does the redemption code come with the drive or does Amazon e-mail it once the order has been shipped?
Edit: Google's cache of the page mentions Far Cry 4 but the current version does not. Oh well.
Far as I can tell, Amazon will email you a code which you then have to use on the uplay store to bring the price of the game down to zero and 'purchase' it from there. That's what was written on the Samsung page for the offer anyway.
As for Amazon, this is the link for the Far Cry 4 promo and it still lists the 250 as a qualifying product.
I demand that you label this drive after me if you purchase it.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Worst voice actor prize goes toooooo
that guy who voices the pig with wings in Valkyria Chronicles.
5th day of no purchases in Valve Autumn Wallet Saver
that guy who voices the pig with wings in Valkyria Chronicles.
5th day of no purchases in Valve Autumn Wallet Saver
Wait, you're playing with English voices?
Why would you do that? All the voices are horrible.
Also, worst English one is the old guy in the cemetery.
They turned him into a creepy pervert for the dub =p
Chairmanchuck
Member
I decided against my cheap AC Unity order, that horrible realisation that even if the game is cheap it's still going to be rubbish. Maybe it's cos it wasn't on Steam that I had this moment of clarity
I finished it 99% yesterday (because 1% is behind that horrible app, that deletes your progress) and I have to say:
Wait. While the core gameplay is cool and similar to AC2/Brotherhood/Revelations, the performance is not that good and is still riddled with bugs. Wait a few months till that is fixed.
the game i want isn't 75% off it sucks
They're included as part of the Deluxe edition, don't worry.
I've been playing the game with the english dub only. Guess it's time to change to japanese.
Because I'm too broke and can't really buy anything this time! =p
(People love hyperbole and every sale is the worst sale ever)
I have no clue (><)
It was a good sale for me, I bought quite a few games after adamantly deciding not to buy anything till winter sale... again
PetriP-TNT
Member
Yeah I bet that the japanese pig with wings is solid gold, I gotta try those japanese voices
Florida Man
Banned
Might have to grab this Chaos Theory I've heard so much about.
Is this the game with the co-op fun?
Is this the game with the co-op fun?
The lack of price mistakes is always disappointing.
Read this guy for he is writing truth.