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Steam Holiday Sales 2013: DIE HARDER
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Flogging the dolphin?
ColonialRaptor
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Steam is easily the best gaming system of all of them, there is no comparison. PSN and Xbox Live just don't even compare. I hope there are no illusions about this?
How can anyone rebute that?
Things like the Free to Play games and the Snow Globes... that shit is just the best. If you feel like making your Steam account and collecting foil cards. Collecting cards is one of the coolest additions to and online system that I've ever seen, in addition to achievements it's just a rad idea. I don't even know if there is any purposeful benefit of having them but it still a rad idea.
Steam Sales just break the back of anything else... from what I imagine it should have killed piracy. Why pirate some shitty non complete version of a game when you can virtually always end up getting it on Steam eventually for SO cheap? I mean Metal Gear Rising before it even comes out being on sale for $19.99 is just freaking COOL man.
How can anyone rebute that?
Things like the Free to Play games and the Snow Globes... that shit is just the best. If you feel like making your Steam account and collecting foil cards. Collecting cards is one of the coolest additions to and online system that I've ever seen, in addition to achievements it's just a rad idea. I don't even know if there is any purposeful benefit of having them but it still a rad idea.
Steam Sales just break the back of anything else... from what I imagine it should have killed piracy. Why pirate some shitty non complete version of a game when you can virtually always end up getting it on Steam eventually for SO cheap? I mean Metal Gear Rising before it even comes out being on sale for $19.99 is just freaking COOL man.
MulderWasTaken
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Thanks for EDGE, mmitt!
I'm a dope and assumed the game not being highlighted as owned meant it wasn't part of the Collector Pack:
I should have scrolled down when on the store page, haha. How bembarrassing.
Wow, yeah, there's a ~three-month gap on the first page (late June -> early Oct).
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I should have scrolled down when on the store page, haha. How bembarrassing.
Wow, yeah, there's a ~three-month gap on the first page (late June -> early Oct).
Marketing? A good ending?
If you look at Infinite, its one of those games that fell in the infatuation period. It takes time for people to come down from the highs experienced from the ending and objectively look at the game.
That's why the entire last page you see essentially all of the people trash Infinite, where as when the game was released, it was the complete opposite.
I'll concede that point, the word bad is a bit of a stretch.
BoosterDuck
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Valve gives value to their services.
Microsoft and Sony, charge for their services, reducing their overall value.
Intheflorsh
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If you've ever wanted to play Monaco the way it was intended (with other people), tonight's the night. 1,378 players.
ramoisdead
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I guess Valve caught on with the Two Tribes bundle being less expensive than Toki Tori 2+'s flash deal. The bundle is showing up on my browser for 77% off - $4.59
e36wheelman
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I miss the Potato Sack stuff. Why they went from having you play the games to making you idle boggles my mind.
neoism
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I'm sooo fucking glad I played Infinite for the story and didn't ruin my experience by playing it on 1999 mode the first time like most of gaf... played that shit on easy first time and fucking LOOOVED it Best story in awhile... I loved Dishonored as well but for me it was a pure stealth game 100% so story was meaningless to me...
Not sure where all the simi hate for Bio is coming from lately.. :/ I still think Bio 1 is the best something about Bio 2 just doesn't sit right with me and I've pasted it buy for even 4 bones lol...Guess I just don't like the fact your a big heavy bulky Big daddy for the whole game. but Infinite was fucking amazing.... it worked for a shooter but for me the story was soo good I just didn't noticed all of the gameplay problems everyone had.... but yeah playing on 1999 mode first time wasn't worth it... Most artificial difficulties aren't worth it...
Thug Waffle
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the op in last year's thread had screengrabs of each day's new sales. i miss that easy access.
this is the time of giving, not groaning, however. i will be giving myself a fair share of new titles i'll play for a little and then drop altogether.
this is the time of giving, not groaning, however. i will be giving myself a fair share of new titles i'll play for a little and then drop altogether.
ColonialRaptor
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You have to play the games for the snow globes, it's just like the Potato Sack
In addition to a piece of BioInf DLC, the Arkham Origins Season Pass, Dishonored RU GOTY and the best pirate game ever, I just bought everything I didn't own that was <99 Russiabucks (the aforementioned Nancy Drew game being one such game).
e36wheelman
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No, now you just idle. You used to have to get achievements and a lot of the indie games updated with holiday themed stuff.
BolognaSoup
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Picked up that Toki Tori bundle and the Balance of the Force Pack for Pinball FX 2 ($2.49!). That'll be all for me this sale.
Thug Waffle
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everyone should really just buy mirror's edge if they haven't already. it's always $5 during these sales and it's always a killer deal.
Atraveller
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I never knew Bioshock Infinite and Dishonored's stories are "bad".
neoism
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Seriously man if your want a great story go BI(play on easy and enjoy it, dont ruin it with 1999 mode where every enemy takes 3 clips) Dishonored is a great stealth game I fucking LOOOOOOOOVE stealth games.. but BI > DH
Both have shit endings.
Baron_Calamity
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Being in the US, what would happen if i tried to buy the pirate game?
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
so, if Stanley Parable is on sale now, does that mean it won't go any lower during the entire holiday sale?
Atraveller
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e36wheelman
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neoism
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ME2 is the only EA game I will ever buy only if Solar Fields does the OST though.... ME is a masterpiece <3 <3
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Some of those achievement based ones (at least the first year or so) to get badge components or their past equivalents was a giant pain in the ass, though.
Some TF2 achieves come to mind as being annoying as all hell to pull off.
Sidenote, can you even get globes by idling? I thought it was only 10 dollar increments/crafting a badge/voting every third time.
Or did you mean idling for the cards to unlock the badges, to get the globes?
e36wheelman
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Atraveller
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Besides the inventory system, mako and copy and paste dungeons.
ColonialRaptor
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OH MY GOD I just found out you can SELL Cards... that is OFF TE HOOK!
You'd get an error when checking out. It's only available on the Russian store as the one language the game supports is, you guessed it, Russian, haha.
e36wheelman
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Yeah but that was the fun. The difficulty. I didn't mean you get globes, I meant idle, collect regular cards, trade/sell, trade/buy globes.
Intheflorsh
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The "good" path's ending is incredibly abrupt, but I liked the one of the final interactions you have with the bad guy. Dishonored's DLC had a much better executed story.
Dusk Golem
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Thank you JaseC, I have a strange affinity to the Nancy Drew games, should be an interesting ride to get through all of them next year.
Learning about the world, reading those books and short stories, and discovering all about the people via the Heart for their secret thoughts, that's the story for Dishonored and I enjoyed it for that.
I do believe it's a world worth exploring and it let me get more out of it than Bioshock Infinity (but not Bioshock 1) did.
Edit: Oh and since it's a new page, I'll ask again. Anyone want the Super Meat Boy Profile background for Steam free? It just needs a good home and it's not worth it for me to ell on market place.
I do believe it's a world worth exploring and it let me get more out of it than Bioshock Infinity (but not Bioshock 1) did.
Edit: Oh and since it's a new page, I'll ask again. Anyone want the Super Meat Boy Profile background for Steam free? It just needs a good home and it's not worth it for me to ell on market place.
neoism
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Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
edit: Nvm, wrong association, lol.
Atraveller
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I always think that maybe Ken should delay the game, and go for the next gen(now this gen) release. The game would be much better.
It is awesome. I went from selling enough cards to buy Monaco, to selling enough to buy Dust, to making my way to buying Infinite. Have $6 something so far. I'm hoping to make it to at least $8.
I found the biggest problem with ME2 was the pacing. You spend so much time just getting your squad together and depending on the order, you barely get to play with some of the later character.
I also felt that it also required that you already be emotionally invested in the story / characters. That said, it ends on such a satisfying high note that you're almost instantly pumped for the third one.
(No mako in ME2.)
lol Mirror's Edge 2I mean.
Doh, you got me too...
(No Mako in Mirror's Edge 2)
VikasNarula
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i blindly bought all BIT.TRIP games just because i enjoyed runner and beat.
are they good ?
are they good ?
But what is their secret? Now I am intrigued.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
how long does Stanley Parable take to beat a first time?
Intheflorsh
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I've played an hour of the original game tonight and I'm really impressed. It really feels like the perfect combination of a rythym game and a platformer.
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