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STEAM | December 2016 - Winter (Sale) Is Coming Dec 22nd
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texhnolyze
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided -67%
No idea if this is a better or equal deal to upcoming winter sale =/
The fatalist in me says it might be worst later because it's a 2 week discount instead of 2 days.
It's on its the lowest price ever, right? Pretty sure it won't go lower than that.
If anything, it might get worse discount on the winter sale.
Well I just added well over 100 keys I had neglected in various accounts (Humble, Indiegala, etc.) I had to stop twice because Steam scolded me for adding too many keys. And I really did cut way back on buying bundles this year.
Big giveaway will be incoming - would like Yogscast to be done, but will probably just do it in the sale thread shortly after it goes up.
Big giveaway will be incoming - would like Yogscast to be done, but will probably just do it in the sale thread shortly after it goes up.
Hero Prinny
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so got around to finally playing trails in the sky. I don't miss anything of value by basically ignoring the bulletin board quests, right? I finished the prologue and I've been tackling the bulletin board quest just in case they actually add something later on.
texhnolyze
Banned
PSN holiday sale is finally up on my region.
But man, it's so underwhelming it makes the new Steam sales look so sexy.
But man, it's so underwhelming it makes the new Steam sales look so sexy.
not in my experience
in fact, i'd say they detract from your experience cos they waste your time
you might want to do a few of em to keep leveled up and stuff
Hero Prinny
Member
alright cool, so when i play tmrw I'll just dive right back into the main story then.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
You know it'll be disappointing.
Kiru
Member
Bought everything on release. Only played a few minutes for benchmarking reasons lol.
after seeing this comic i was expecting this to be my case but um... mistakes were made and uhh.... i don't think we'll see much of fournival anymore lol
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
You can hide all group announcements, but not certain ones. I don't think anyway.
Kinda disappointed that no one on GAF seems to be into Vermintide. The new Karak Azgaraz DLC came out for it last week but there has been zero talk on it. The new levels in it are really well done compared to the Drachenfel DLC, there are no "filler" maps like Summoner's Peak.
Nyteshade517
Member
all games during the sale must be bought using Bison Dollars
me0wish
Member
I think it will automatically take you to the store page of the region of your account, but years ago, I had to use country codes to buy my games.
http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=uk for example will take you to the UK store.
That's just the way the game is, no modding required for amazing animations.I think that is Deadly Premonition? IS that actually in the game or is it modded? That animation looks fantastic
These types of puzzles are pretty easy though.*ahem*
FUCK YOUUUUUUUUU
The puzzle doesn't reset even if you walk through a green (checkpoint) door. Reloading didn't help since I'd already walked through said door after messing with the puzzle, so it just kept the pieces in place. I didn't save during the chapter.
NingenJanai
Member
I finished the game and liked it, but not enough to play more of it.
I only played the first two maps but it's fun for sure. I also need to try that VR thing.
You can add me on Steam (I am in eurozone, though). Maybe I can find some time during the holidays. (and for Deathwing also).
hooijdonk17
Member
Warhammer Fantasy isn't my thing.. Deathwing could have sucked me in but instead of making it Vermintide in space they completely fucked it up.
LurkerPrime
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But waaaaagh is so much better with sword and spell, rather than gun and saw. Like, Space Marine is good, but imagine if it had Arkham melee combat instead.
waaaaaaaaaaaagh
Me too, but if the action is good I am game.
I did not enjoy any other Warhammer fantasy game though.
I would be so into Total Warhammer 40K.
It's really not a single player game, there are bots but they're just there to tank hits for you but you have to do most of the killing yourself although they've improved their behavior in the last recent patch. Bots are still better than brand new players though you want real players if you go for the harder difficulties.
I really need to play through it >.< I struggled with the early broken PC port, hopefully mods have fixed most of it now.
On another note does anyone fancy a copy of Tomb Raider: Underworld? I did a raffle yesterday via Modbot but the winner won another raffle so the key hasn't been used. However Modbot won't let me make another raffle with it even after sending it a "nuke" message.
So if you want a copy of Tomb Raider: Underworld send me a PM!
If your store region changes, you can switch back to your home region via the cart or account page:
http://store.steampowered.com/cart/
http://store.steampowered.com/account/
You're given two options: one based on your IP and another based on the region within which you last completed a purchase.
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Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Tale of Tales games are rated risky by the Removed Games Collectors group because after the failure of Sunset, the husband and wife team that make up Tale of Tales said new development was unsustainable and I guess this caused collectors to get worried the old games might be pulled. That was a few years ago and they've since announced new titles and stuff, so I would rate these very low risk, but if perchance you had an eye on them, it might make sense to buy just for piece of mind.
its as good as the left 4 dead single player
It won't change. I am an American living in Taiwan and I changed it to Taiwan for regional pricing.
To change the region I needed a form of payment and address, all done in settings, for it to actually change.
So just continue using your form of payment from where you live and you will be fine.
Regginator
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided -67%
No idea if this is a better or equal deal to upcoming winter sale =/
The fatalist in me says it might be worst later because it's a 2 week discount instead of 2 days.
It's a great price for a great playing game. Much better than the €37 I spent on launch only to get burned hard on the story. But the gameplay and level design were amazing, several steps above Human Revolution in that regard. I'd say get it, it won't get cheaper this Winter Sale.
(And if it miraculously does, you can always refund it seeing as the sale starts tomorrow.)
Why is this so expensive? (or trying to be, as nobody has bought it)
It doesn't even show up on profile, so it doesn't even give +1, so basically useless even for collecting.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
oh boy I can feel the sales
InquisitorAles
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So, i played around 250 games (not idling for cards) from my steam library in 2 years, i thought it was good result, but then i noticed that my backlog become a little bigger than it was when last time i checked it...
So, i played around 250 games (not idling for cards) from my steam library in 2 years, i thought it was good result, but then i noticed that my backlog become a little bigger than it was when last time i checked it...
250 games in two years seems to be a good accomplishment. I think I only play around 70 games in a year
Vermintide isn't a single player game, it's more akin to Melee weapon focused Left 4 Dead sans the Wizard which is mostly spellcaster. It takes a while to ramp up imo but I like it a decent amount. There's no versus or anything but each character gets different weapons that promote different play styles and learning each ones job for your team and how you fit in becomes pretty essential and more important than L4D in my opinion.
That said, like L4D, every character has the same mechanics sans the Bright Wizard which is a spellcaster with an overheat system, but distinct nuances of how to deal with the rats and fit in your party. The Elf can get a bow that shoots Trueflight Homing arrows to easily rid of single hazardous specials or she can get the Hagbane Poison Cloud arrow tips that can impact with giant gas clouds that poisons tons of rats in the area to clear thick waves of rats. For the most part though, the main gameplay is pretty much what you'd expect from L4D with +1 fantasy weapons, you learn how to slash with small weapons being quicker but hit less rats but can headshot for higher damage, or big weapons that either hit super hard for one rat or hit masses of rats, you learn how to push and backdash to kite rats while killing or do what ever job you feel fits with your dudes.
For example, The Dwarf character is wielding a hammer+shield melee with a fireball shooting pistols (very particular loadout) for ranged, this dwarf playing to his melee weapon can stun the entire wave infront of him if playing proper, and keep them stunned, but his tools do very little AOE damage to actually clear and kill the rats rather than stun them, he can switch inbetween stuns to the flame pistols to give them flame dots and such but won't immediately help to the literal 50-100 rats infront of him at that very moment. Meanwhile behind the Dwarf could be the Wizard with a Conflaguration staff, when taking time to charge without being hit, she can lay down a massive fire rune/trap on the ground dealing massive aoe damage to an area, but getting hit cancels charge and an immediate rune has less radius and damage.
In the same scenario, the Dwarf might be able to keep a horde of normal rats at bay but a Packmaster (a special like the L4D2 jockey) might slip between the normal rats being meat shields to capture a play him and pull him through the horde as the Dwarf doesn't have direct damage in this loadout to pick him off immediately. Instead the Dwarf could've used a single shot rifle that only deals damage to 2 rats, immediate and passthrough penetrated target, but does massive damage to those to pick off Packmaster before he hides in the wave. That said, if he wanted to he could also of chose a Pickaxe or other melee weapon to play more a damage dealing fighter.
Game has a loot system for progression. Honestly from the begging its kind of slow and a drag, but your definitely notice the power growth by mid/later game. Get loot by finishing maps and rolling dice for loot on a table, higher number better loot. Collecting items that can make that map harder during that run can guarantee you dice success or give you better dice in general for easier rolls. Each level start from white to Green/Blue/Orange
will give better flatout damage and add a trait perk. Traits can be things like insta kill chance, healing on hit, harder pushes, attack speed buff on hit, or passives like that and higher quality items give you up to 3 different traits on one weapon. You can turn in 5 lower quality weapons to upgrade to the next tier, or melt them for ore to use them for many things such as reroll their traits or gamble on a loot drop. After you beat every non-dlc map once, you get a quest board that will give you options for guaranteed rewards such as weapons you can choose form and ore for doing the daily's mission+objective such as killing and Ogre/Tank.
Cataclysm is the highest difficulty and you can get through it pretty much the same way you could with other difficulties even with your starting weapons just with little to zero mistakes, that said for best case scenario you will need Orange-pseudo highest tier upgraded weapons to play it to have any fun as you'd probably have to hit a normal trash rat like 5 times to kill it. That said the upgrade system is pretty noticeable, rats die much easier or waves cleared way faster, and you get very simple diabloesque traits on your weapons to cultivate your gameplay style. It isn't big enough to make builds or minmax, but definitely noticeable and give you a big power boost feel (ex. there's a trait called killing blow that normally has 15% chance to instakill a human sized rat on hit, i have it on a fast hitting weapon that hits up to 4 rats in range and I see them melt all the time, there's also an enhanced version of that with 3% to kill any rat. I've killed a Rat Ogre (L4D Tank) instantly and saw it's body pulverized flying across the room due to the proc.
tldr+endgame;
-Play with friends but its semi decent enough as L4D to just be with randos.
-Story is L4Dish kinda nothing, Characters *can be as charming as L4D1 at certain moments.
-L4D with +1 Fantasy Weapons as the focus instead of Guns *although there are still guns
-Plays a bit more tactile than pve L4D as you are more intimate with rats because of melee focus so understand your weapon (range/amount of targets can hit/amount of stamina left to block before you get destroyed) and how to kite
-Player progression is primarily through player skill not really any crazy super hidden mechanics but Difficulty/Loot+Damage thresholds are a factor because while you can beat every difficulty with starter weapons it's much funner to instakill rats and have sweet perks like healing yourself gives an aura that gives a heal to everyone on your team getting them out of black and white death.
-It is like <$9 for base game on greenman if you have vip account and code.
Tizoc
Member
The launch price hurts it sadly
I have it on ps4 and would def get it on steam if it were cheaper ;o
I agree with you there, I hope they figure out their upgrade model with future iterations like the community moderator says they're going to.
Having to pay extra for DLC that was free on PS4 is not fun.
Tizoc
Member
Just release it close to console release if not day and date
Great - thanks for that. Was worried I'll miss the window for a sale since I'm leaving and arriving on the day the sale starts and ends.
Broken Age seems super...obtuse. At least this second part does, im having a rough time with it, I dont remember having much trouble with part 1
edit: friend gifted me The Park, thats on the short side IIRC, like 1 or 2 hours long? Might do that one
edit: friend gifted me The Park, thats on the short side IIRC, like 1 or 2 hours long? Might do that one
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