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Steam Holiday Sale 2011 | Valve Has Run Out Of 3rd Party Coupons/Games (Dec 19-Jan 2)
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Dog Problems
Banned
Not bad at all.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It's oozing with charm and atmosphere. The gameplay is pretty average, yeah.
More people need to be subscribed to the giveaway thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=33622526
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=33622526
Phife Dawg
Member
So 4 lumps of coal and a 25 % off of Valve coupon - awesome gifts so far 
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Glass Rebel
Member
Can someone tell me how far into the game that Psychonauts thing becomes achievable? I'm a busy man /monocle
Togglesworlh
Banned
Is Chantelise actually good or is it just one of those things people say is good because there aren't many other options? (Recettear is actually good.)
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
You guys have me interested in Westward IV: All Aboard. Anymore impressions on this one?
Its not good, Recettear is/was ace though.
Chantelise is Recettear without originality and more stupid mmo hack and slay farming.
Rodney McKay
Member
I hope I get the 2 gifts I'm owed from doing two of the achievements yesterday. Checked 2 hours ago and still nothing. :|
So what you're saying is you don't yet own it on all available platforms? Sounds like you're missing out!
Damn. What have you been waiting for!
How does Psychonauts hold up? I have a tough time playing "old" 3D games, eeeespecially platformers, on pc.
Glad to see it was indeed a bizarre goal, I loaded it up cheated and gave myself hundreds upon thousands of ships, 30 minutes later I had lost 3000 ships and I promptly uinstalled the game.
Glad to see it was indeed a bizarre goal, I loaded it up cheated and gave myself hundreds upon thousands of ships, 30 minutes later I had lost 3000 ships and I promptly uinstalled the game.
Alright! Game of the day you all should buy (or at least consider):
Dungeons of Dredmor
Gaf Thread
WTF video review
What is it?
Its a roguelike. So, basically you go down a dungeon, kill monsters, get loot and use the loot to kill more monsters. If you never played such a game before, I'd like to mention that these kind of games often have a straight forward highscoring feeling to it. "How many points on my last run?", "Lets try the same char build to see who manages to kill better monsters!" and the likes. Due to that they also belong to the "Losing is Fun" game category since you are motivated to try and try again, next time with better knowledge how to play and other skills to use if you so fancy.
But arent Roguelikes supposedly all hard?
Yes, as mentioned above you wont finish it in your first sitting. But thats the whole POINT! See it as a metagame to improve your skills before actually beating the boss. All the while, the DoD developers made a pretty darn great job to include customization options to cater to different people. If you dont want to get beaten too hard, just go easy and non permanent deaths and you'll get along quite nicely if you want. And if you want it hard... well.. just look at this:
Believe me, you wont like seeing those so called Monster Zoos on Hard.
So lets get to the AWESOME!
This game shows you the necessities of using every inch of possibility you have to survive. You can chose one of 7 skills, which all differ greatly. Here is a picture of all the skills:
The blurry skills are expansion skills, and it will be more than your moneys worth to try them all out. I guess it might take you about 15-20 hours to try all of them. Good value for one buck spent, eh? I'll tell you about the Expansion in a second. But coming back to the skills: How about playing a vegan emo Axe-using Viking Pirate Vampire? Its amazing to see how the skills affect playing style. My first 20 hours of playing this game was basically almost only with random skills to try every single one of them. The game makes you WANT to try all of them since discovering them or even synergies between skills can be extremely rewarding. Its just fun trying out everything.
And then, in the level, you are scraping for every advantage. May it be the mushrooms you can grow or the health you get from enemies as vampire, its amazing how the game, or better your approach to the game, changes depending on which style you choose.
Other than that, its filled with gaming jokes, and lots (and I mean LOTS) of loot to be found. It just doesnt get boring.
DLC? Worth buying?
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yeeees
Seriously though, it just adds more to the base game. An option to play with 5 levels more of the dungeon (15 instead of 10), more level variety, more skills, more loot, basically just more fun.
Verdict:
Don't know what else to say, if these...:
- Fun & Funny
- Lots of Loot
- Playable in short bursts, or devote more attention if you like it
- Doesn't get boring
- Itching the "just one more try" part of our brains
- Still cared about by the devs, just adding a quite substantial patch and even DLC
- Super cheap with one buck
- Support a very promising Indie Dev
...don't convince you, then not much will.
Dungeons of Dredmor
Gaf Thread
WTF video review
What is it?
Its a roguelike. So, basically you go down a dungeon, kill monsters, get loot and use the loot to kill more monsters. If you never played such a game before, I'd like to mention that these kind of games often have a straight forward highscoring feeling to it. "How many points on my last run?", "Lets try the same char build to see who manages to kill better monsters!" and the likes. Due to that they also belong to the "Losing is Fun" game category since you are motivated to try and try again, next time with better knowledge how to play and other skills to use if you so fancy.
But arent Roguelikes supposedly all hard?
Yes, as mentioned above you wont finish it in your first sitting. But thats the whole POINT! See it as a metagame to improve your skills before actually beating the boss. All the while, the DoD developers made a pretty darn great job to include customization options to cater to different people. If you dont want to get beaten too hard, just go easy and non permanent deaths and you'll get along quite nicely if you want. And if you want it hard... well.. just look at this:
Believe me, you wont like seeing those so called Monster Zoos on Hard.
So lets get to the AWESOME!
This game shows you the necessities of using every inch of possibility you have to survive. You can chose one of 7 skills, which all differ greatly. Here is a picture of all the skills:
The blurry skills are expansion skills, and it will be more than your moneys worth to try them all out. I guess it might take you about 15-20 hours to try all of them. Good value for one buck spent, eh? I'll tell you about the Expansion in a second. But coming back to the skills: How about playing a vegan emo Axe-using Viking Pirate Vampire? Its amazing to see how the skills affect playing style. My first 20 hours of playing this game was basically almost only with random skills to try every single one of them. The game makes you WANT to try all of them since discovering them or even synergies between skills can be extremely rewarding. Its just fun trying out everything.
And then, in the level, you are scraping for every advantage. May it be the mushrooms you can grow or the health you get from enemies as vampire, its amazing how the game, or better your approach to the game, changes depending on which style you choose.
Other than that, its filled with gaming jokes, and lots (and I mean LOTS) of loot to be found. It just doesnt get boring.
DLC? Worth buying?
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yeeees
Seriously though, it just adds more to the base game. An option to play with 5 levels more of the dungeon (15 instead of 10), more level variety, more skills, more loot, basically just more fun.
Verdict:
Don't know what else to say, if these...:
- Fun & Funny
- Lots of Loot
- Playable in short bursts, or devote more attention if you like it
- Doesn't get boring
- Itching the "just one more try" part of our brains
- Still cared about by the devs, just adding a quite substantial patch and even DLC
- Super cheap with one buck
- Support a very promising Indie Dev
...don't convince you, then not much will.
Piercedveil
Member
Nothing I want today. I feel somewhat relieved.
TheNamelessOne
Member
You're killing me Toma.
Shorty11857
Member
Never owned a laptop capable of doing any gaming until 2 weeks ago, and never got around to picking up the Orange Box on a console
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think people should consider picking up Clones for $2.50. It's basically Lemmings Online. It's really well made and it's been overlooked for a long time.
plagiarize
Banned
well written adventure platformer with fantastic level variety basically.
TheExecutive
Member
So where is my Civ V GOTY edition anyway?
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Damn it Toma...
Chaos
Member
Thats your wallets speaking. Your gaming self will thank me later
Added it to the post, which I will post a few times more in this thread.
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, Dredmor is really good. I played through it a couple of times back when it came out and fell in love with it.
Chaos
Member
I picked up Spacechem on your recommendation months ago, still haven't played it yet with the backlog under critical mass.
Will spacechem go on sale ehh??
Cant blame you, but you'll be in for a treat when you devote some time to it. DoD is easier pick up and play I guess, but wow, SpaceChem really is a special game.
Was on sale every single big sale since its release so I dont even need my crystal ball.
And the achievement as mentioned by the One.
SpidermanJones
Neo Member
Okay, played Spiral Knights the first and last time. EVAR.
TheNamelessOne
Member
Surely. There is an achievement for it.
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