Nope, max was 50% on Amazon last month. Never went lower than 25% on Steam.
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Steam Holiday Sales 2013: DIE HARDER
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Nope, max was 50% on Amazon last month. Never went lower than 25% on Steam.
Buster Machine
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PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Same here, I buy a LOT of the cheaper Steam titles during the sales and don't usually make it back to them that much after trying them out. I keep catching myself loading that up when I have some open time.
merry christmas eve, person from the future
Merry Christmas eve, people from the future.
NingenJanai
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what about non people?
They're speciest
crazyrabbits
Banned
Merry Christmas eve morning, people of based future past.
Freeza Under The Shower
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it's not like you'll be missing much. Other than the whole C&C legacy thing. Kind of embarassing EA hasn't put that on gog.com yet. They're old games, I'm not going to buy them just to have be gone again when EA's server go offline. :|
Horsemama1956
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Since everybody will be buying nu-Tomb Raider from Amazon today for $5, I'll throw out my impressions along with everybody else:
It's a solid, fun little game that isn't likely to beat your expectations in any way, but is eminently playable and satisfying regardless. The story is jam-packed with cliches and you can guess the ending from the very first cutscenes, but it moves along at a steady pace and the cast isn't unlikeable so much as bland.
Lara's arc has been talked about a lot, and all the criticism leveled at her progression as a character is probably all valid. But here's the thing - I didn't really care, because it was goofy and empowering. If you're the type to laugh at games that take themselves seriously, as opposed to the type who waxes on about ludonarrative dissonance, chances are you'll have a good time despite the writing on display.
It plays like, well, Uncharted, and, uh, a more open Uncharted. It doesn't really play like the original games, as far as I know. The platforming is extremely generous in letting you grab onto everything, and checkpoints are insanely generous (you actually keep shit you collected after you die). The scenery and basic environmental puzzles were both engaging enough for me to spend time scrounging for scrap and relics and all sorts of almost-Ubisoft-tier collectibles, which is a compliment coming from someone who doesn't like checklists in games. It's 99% optional, so you can go from set piece to set piece if you'd like.
The combat, of which there is a fair amount, is spread throughout the game pretty well. It's surprisingly satisfying, and I would personally put the shooting feedback relatively high up on my list of 3rd-person shooters (higher than Uncharted, for my tastes). Combat also follows the same gentle progression arc, so your guns get better and stuff (and have visual changes, which is always a plus).
I'd give it a solid 8/10 - dock off points if you're [1] tired of AAA games (I don't play them that often) or [2] concerned about ludonarrative dissonance or [3] just not interested in how it plays (like a more open Uncharted). It really is about as AAA as AAA games come, though, and if you're fine with that, go ahead and grab it - it's dirt cheap anyway.
It's a solid, fun little game that isn't likely to beat your expectations in any way, but is eminently playable and satisfying regardless. The story is jam-packed with cliches and you can guess the ending from the very first cutscenes, but it moves along at a steady pace and the cast isn't unlikeable so much as bland.
Lara's arc has been talked about a lot, and all the criticism leveled at her progression as a character is probably all valid. But here's the thing - I didn't really care, because it was goofy and empowering. If you're the type to laugh at games that take themselves seriously, as opposed to the type who waxes on about ludonarrative dissonance, chances are you'll have a good time despite the writing on display.
It plays like, well, Uncharted, and, uh, a more open Uncharted. It doesn't really play like the original games, as far as I know. The platforming is extremely generous in letting you grab onto everything, and checkpoints are insanely generous (you actually keep shit you collected after you die). The scenery and basic environmental puzzles were both engaging enough for me to spend time scrounging for scrap and relics and all sorts of almost-Ubisoft-tier collectibles, which is a compliment coming from someone who doesn't like checklists in games. It's 99% optional, so you can go from set piece to set piece if you'd like.
The combat, of which there is a fair amount, is spread throughout the game pretty well. It's surprisingly satisfying, and I would personally put the shooting feedback relatively high up on my list of 3rd-person shooters (higher than Uncharted, for my tastes). Combat also follows the same gentle progression arc, so your guns get better and stuff (and have visual changes, which is always a plus).
I'd give it a solid 8/10 - dock off points if you're [1] tired of AAA games (I don't play them that often) or [2] concerned about ludonarrative dissonance or [3] just not interested in how it plays (like a more open Uncharted). It really is about as AAA as AAA games come, though, and if you're fine with that, go ahead and grab it - it's dirt cheap anyway.
Worth it just to wade through a river of blood with Lara alone. One of my favorite moments of the year!
Relax, it's Christmas blood.
Sgt.Pepper
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Merry Сhristmas!
reminding about little xmas giveaway
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94658350&postcount=15876
reminding about little xmas giveaway
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94658350&postcount=15876
blasphemy!
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
<3 fellow SteamGAFers
SolidSnakesMyStepDad
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Hahaha nice<3 fellow SteamGAFers
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Have they patched the poor optimization causing retarded low fps even on high end systems yet?
CreepingFear
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Any chance we'll see better sales for Christmas Eve or Christmas or does that not matter? Not necessarily price wise, but title wise.
Kadin
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In my experience, I've never noticed it to be better on these two days. I'd love to be wrong this time though...
It's natural to hope that Xmas and NY eve sales to be better. But then again it's hard to define better
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Frohe Weihnachten alle zusammen!
(Merry Christmas guys!)
A little something that was still in my inventory since last year
And feel free to add me to your friend lists, always room for more GAF love
http://steamcommunity.com/id/godzillasushi
(Merry Christmas guys!)
A little something that was still in my inventory since last year
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The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut -- MB-E9F28EDC550C4BDC
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Highly doubt it. I don't think that's been the case in past years. Besides, "title wise" is too subjective - who's to say one day is better than any other? I think it'll just be a big grab bag like every day. Hopefully it shows up with something you (or the rest of us) want, though.
Wouldn't mind making Copons happy. Voted for MirronMoon EP.
Yeah, I decided to buy it myself. £1.50 transaction tax be damned.
I'm looking forward to it. It's a ways behind in my queue, though. It'll have to wait till I've broken my Hearthstone cherry, for starters.
Infinity
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I'm going through the SP and having a blast with it. Definitely worth it if you were part of the original MK age.
CerebralRogue
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Awesome dude, got it!
Backlogger
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I've been busy with pre-Christmas festivities so I probably missed the discussion. How is Contagion? Specifically co-op mode? Seems like a great price for an early access game, but I don't usually pull the trigger on multi-player only games.
MehsterChief
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Every time I see that phrase I laugh and think of Jim Sterlings mockery of it. Games are entertainment and escapism for me, and I've never taken ludonicto doringo seriously. It's not something I've ever considered while judging a games qualities.
And yeah, Tomb Raider is a fine game.
Huh? Youmadbro?
Currently at work and can't exactly activate a key here.
Dragon1893
Member
That's what Christmas is all about man.
I'm interested in Darkout myself, but it seems nobody played it yet, so I'll leave it till next sale and more friendly price.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
My Christmas Eve morning is composed of me waking up in a cheap hotel somewhere in California with my two younger (but still adult) siblings still laying around and sleeping (we stopped here late) as we travel down to Southern California together to spend Christmas and New Years with family that lives down there, including our grandmother (the one that's living from our Dad's side), an aunt and uncle and two younger cousins and our parents. And as I woke up earlier than they did, just browsing stuff on my phone.
I'm surprisingly content. Hope today's sales are half-way decent.
I'm surprisingly content. Hope today's sales are half-way decent.
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