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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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don't even joke like this, or you'll summon Knurek and he'll show you how this could turn to be very real very soon!
Baron_Calamity
Member
Anyone want to share their auction strategies?
I'm hanging back for the first couple of rounds. Just to see how it pans out. I probably could win one I want if i dumped all my gems in but I want to see if I can maximize my resources. Wonder if the first few have a crazy amount and after we get through the first few rounds will bids settle down or will they get more nuts as people try to win anything.
I'm hanging back for the first couple of rounds. Just to see how it pans out. I probably could win one I want if i dumped all my gems in but I want to see if I can maximize my resources. Wonder if the first few have a crazy amount and after we get through the first few rounds will bids settle down or will they get more nuts as people try to win anything.
I only know that it's been described like some sort of FFT game on some previous Steam thread, and that every time I went to playism site I saw that game and hoped it'd get on Steam at some point.
If it comes with a nice first week discount might grab it right away on release.
It's not acceptable behavior at all.
Collar Duty Advanced Woofware got pricematched on Amazon, 25% off
MMBosstones86
Member
I threw 500 gems at a few which puts me around 5th right now on a couple of obscure games. Hoping for luck really and they fall through the cracks.
This whole auction thing sounds like a disaster as far as keeping track of prices and market value to see if you are actually getting a deal.
Atraveller
Banned
Nothing beats the Russian copies, which are still region free IIRC.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I really hope that was a calculated decision by Activision because that would be amazing if companies started doing that for games they wanted to give a second wind.
someguyinahat
Member
*Looks at highest bids*
*Looks at price of gem sacks*
*Compares to actual price of games*
Um...don't? A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
PC sales were that bad XD
MMBosstones86
Member
You must have some really obscure stuff.
Hell, most of the stuff I did my 1 gem tracking bid on that's obscure (like the Heroes Rise games) is already more expensive in gems than it will be during the sale...
Tizoc
Member
Holy shit indeed lol.
Atraveller
Banned
It has been going on for too long to be intentional, given Acti's love for money.
ikr?
derExperte
Member
I'm kinda hoping that the price of gem sacks rises further as soon as the auction starts when people need more gems to bid higher.
Woody Invincible
Banned
I don't really want to give away my obscure games, but some games are actually a bundle when you go to bid on it.
Heroes Rise Trilogy? Poked at it with 500 gems and it puts you at #21
derExperte
Member
Local time. In 1:30hrs.
Thanks.
Woody Invincible
Banned
Thanks, get excite!
So cute. Reminds me that I have to get a pet spider one of those days.
salazar547
Member
well i tried bit dungeon II today , its basically zelda x dark souls , there are many dungeons and you can enter any of them at any time and all of them have a boss fight , the controls are really simple , you attack by moving like Ys 1 and there is a block button and thats it so dont expect anything too complex in the gameplay , there are bonfires just like dark souls but they only work for healing and seeing your stats
im having fun with the game so i would recommend it especially since is less than $5 atm
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im having fun with the game so i would recommend it especially since is less than $5 atm
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Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Holy shit! Look at this update to Mind: Path to Thalamus. This game, remember?
Full Changelog here.
He addressed pretty much every major complaint I had about the game. Gonna run through it again and see how it feels now.
Full Changelog here.
He addressed pretty much every major complaint I had about the game. Gonna run through it again and see how it feels now.
someguyinahat
Member
Anyone else find that a comparison of any game to Dark Souls is essentially meaningless? 90% of games are apparently something x dark souls.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Hmmm good point. Wonder if I should sell my gems now or wait till after the first auction and see if the price per sack goes up?
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
shush you ... they ARE going to release it (eventually) ... and it IS going to be at least decent
I'm sure of that ... they did make Two Worlds II after all - and it was a pretty good game so now is a high time to play it
ya, I still haven't (._.)
could you please stop changing your avatars
I think best price will be 5 minutes before the first auction ends. But then again I don't really know, I guess you could wait for the last auction as well, might rise more then.
MMBosstones86
Member
Probably already mentioned, but more Payday 2 DLC on the way
http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/thediamond/
Diamond Heist : $6.99
Clover Character Pack : $4.99
Guess with the new character comes a new perk deck as well : Burgler
http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/thediamond/
Diamond Heist : $6.99
Clover Character Pack : $4.99
Guess with the new character comes a new perk deck as well : Burgler
Starwolf_UK
Member
If any of you bought the groupees Bulid a Greenlight 8 bundle Angels of Fasaria got greenlit, keys are now in the groupees profile and it has trading cards which currently have starting prices of £0.08-£0.15, not bad (or 4 gems if that is the payment you prefer).
As for the game itself, fucking terrible (if you couldn't tell from the screenshots), amateur hour my first RPG maker game that has no place being on the Steam store. Now don't let the user reviews fool you about it being an impossible RPG as it is the opposite after about 5 minutes in when (provided you know to go North which isn't told to you) you get a healer who is a better tank than your knight and very soon gets offensive magic that completely out damages him. That is the game is braindead easy with enemies who can barely scratch you (yet still go first and are hard to run away from, the worst they can do is unexplained status aliments which just prolong battles) except for those one or two enemies who can OHKO the entire party with no warning...well that is what saving anywhere is for.
In fact the biggest hurdle any progress was the general RPG Maker engine bug of a direction key getting stuck for no reason.
Thankfully, the asking price on the Steam store should keep people away though...
As for the game itself, fucking terrible (if you couldn't tell from the screenshots), amateur hour my first RPG maker game that has no place being on the Steam store. Now don't let the user reviews fool you about it being an impossible RPG as it is the opposite after about 5 minutes in when (provided you know to go North which isn't told to you) you get a healer who is a better tank than your knight and very soon gets offensive magic that completely out damages him. That is the game is braindead easy with enemies who can barely scratch you (yet still go first and are hard to run away from, the worst they can do is unexplained status aliments which just prolong battles) except for those one or two enemies who can OHKO the entire party with no warning...well that is what saving anywhere is for.
In fact the biggest hurdle any progress was the general RPG Maker engine bug of a direction key getting stuck for no reason.
Thankfully, the asking price on the Steam store should keep people away though...
Oh man, my gem count is so pathetic I can't even make a sack...
salazar547
Member
there is health regeneration in casual mode , also you take less damage from enemies
The Dear Leader
Banned
I'm probably going to hold off until a sale on these, I know they give away a lot of free DLC and they have to make money somehow, but $11.98 for 1 heist, 1 new character, a gun or two and a perk deck seems a little high to me. Maybe they will announce if they packs are more substantial than that but I doubt it will be that much.
Jawmuncher
Member
Sounds like I should play on casual
MMBosstones86
Member
I waited for 75% off for the rest of the DLC, will probably do the same here. It adds cool stuff, but not for that much coin.
The Dear Leader
Banned
That gif is better and less painful to look at than 100% of the threads in gaming though.
Clover seems cool, and getting a L85 rifle is awesome. But Payday 2 DLC is on sale so often that it's just sensible to wait. Hell, the Historical Weapons Pack was 75% off in the autumn sale, and that had just come out.
I'm almost certainly going to finish off Watch Dogs tonight.
It's been a weird experience. The game keeps hitting this great sweet spot where I'm having a blast and then something comes along that takes me out of the zone and makes me dislike it again.
The story could have actually been pretty good, but the classic recent Ubisoft storytelling strategy of telling you very little is in full effect, just like with the AC series. There's so much we don't know about Aiden or the background of the plot, but rather than treat any of it as a mystery, the characters know about things and just don't bother talking about them.
The combat is pretty solid. Hacking can actually add a fair bit of strategy to it, and varied enemy types (the ones that call in reinforcements if you don't kill them or jam their comms fast enough specifically) can force you to mix up your strategies at the last second. Even the stealth works pretty well, when it's not on rails and gives you more than one possible path.
But then there's anything involving a car chase. If you're chasing after someone else by car, you have exactly two options: a) ram the enemy car until it breaks or b)hope the enemy car runs over some steam pipes or barriers you can hack to instantly destroy it. Unlike the GTA games, you can't fire your guns while driving, so you're incredibly limited in what you can do in a car. There's a lot of stuff to hack on the roads, but most of it does very little. The worst offender is all the traffic lights. You can hack each and every set, but there's little point. Unlike what was shown in the E3 trailer, all that happens is the cars that are stopped from the red lights get a green light and start to pull through the intersection. Absolutely irrelevant at the speeds you're whipping past the intersection.
And if you're being chased by police... oh jeez. There's a couple of very specific tricks to their AI you can exploit (they don't follow over bridges you hack, they don't follow you into water), but other than that, they're relentless. You can destroy car after car by hacking steam pipes, but a new patrol car instantly spawns and joins the chase.
Very few games have bounced me back and forth so much.
It's been a weird experience. The game keeps hitting this great sweet spot where I'm having a blast and then something comes along that takes me out of the zone and makes me dislike it again.
The story could have actually been pretty good, but the classic recent Ubisoft storytelling strategy of telling you very little is in full effect, just like with the AC series. There's so much we don't know about Aiden or the background of the plot, but rather than treat any of it as a mystery, the characters know about things and just don't bother talking about them.
The combat is pretty solid. Hacking can actually add a fair bit of strategy to it, and varied enemy types (the ones that call in reinforcements if you don't kill them or jam their comms fast enough specifically) can force you to mix up your strategies at the last second. Even the stealth works pretty well, when it's not on rails and gives you more than one possible path.
But then there's anything involving a car chase. If you're chasing after someone else by car, you have exactly two options: a) ram the enemy car until it breaks or b)hope the enemy car runs over some steam pipes or barriers you can hack to instantly destroy it. Unlike the GTA games, you can't fire your guns while driving, so you're incredibly limited in what you can do in a car. There's a lot of stuff to hack on the roads, but most of it does very little. The worst offender is all the traffic lights. You can hack each and every set, but there's little point. Unlike what was shown in the E3 trailer, all that happens is the cars that are stopped from the red lights get a green light and start to pull through the intersection. Absolutely irrelevant at the speeds you're whipping past the intersection.
And if you're being chased by police... oh jeez. There's a couple of very specific tricks to their AI you can exploit (they don't follow over bridges you hack, they don't follow you into water), but other than that, they're relentless. You can destroy car after car by hacking steam pipes, but a new patrol car instantly spawns and joins the chase.
Very few games have bounced me back and forth so much.
derExperte
Member
True. I'd rather have a spider in my mouth than a Pokemon game in my 3DS.
Meh, I can parse text much better than a disgusting pic of a spider
Besides, I usually know what to expect when entering a thread. I don't expect to see stuff like this in this one.
MMBosstones86
Member
Meh, I can parse text much better than a disgusting pic of a spider
Besides, I usually know what to expect when entering a thread. I don't expect to see stuff like this in this one.
if was a link.
Just don't click on Milamber links
Tizoc
Member
I played on Normal...and the later bosses are brutal.
Now try and play as Carol (green cat) or Milla and see if it plays anything like the Sonic games ;P
dirtywhirlwind
Member
Man, some of these bids in the auction are fucking nuts. Why would anyone pay like twice as much as the store price?
Thank god it's not for charity.
Thank god it's not for charity.
derExperte
Member
Wouldn't that make it better?
Arthea, since I hate myself, I really think I should play a terrible RPG Maker game after I'm done with Memoria.
What's the single worst RPG Maker game you can think of that's available on Steam?
You haven't played many RPG Maker games, have you?
What's the single worst RPG Maker game you can think of that's available on Steam?
You haven't played many RPG Maker games, have you?
MMBosstones86
Member
To the Moon
New Naruto game is coming to PC next year
http://kotaku.com/narutos-next-ultimate-ninja-storm-targets-ps4-and-xbox-1671182694
http://kotaku.com/narutos-next-ultimate-ninja-storm-targets-ps4-and-xbox-1671182694