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Steam Holiday Sales 2013 |OT2| DIE HARD (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR)

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So guys, a little question that I fear will be flooded and forgotten in an instant during this time of the year (Gabenmas).
Yesterday there was a sale for Steam Marines and the game made me remember another one. Covered on RPS, still not released, sci-fi strategy in a spaceship. Top down view ala rogue-like. It was IMHO a little nicer looking and above all there was this work on UI, I remember some orders were displayed circularly around the soldiers.
Now, if anybody could help, this sure is the type of "oh god I've got the name on the tip of my tongue" thing.
I believe you're talking about Halfway
http://robotality.com/blog/announcing-halfway/

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jediyoshi

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I have only played 1, 2 and 3 myself. And I would say 2 is the best, then 3 and lastly 1.

Hell, I think if you went into 1 now with the mindset that it was the first game in the series, it holds up better than 3. AC was so innocent and wide eyed back then
 

nai

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Hell, I think if you went into 1 now with the mindset that it was the first game in the series, it holds up better than 3. AC was so innocent and wide eyed back then
I'm sure it does. It's just that the first game was a very forgettable experience for me.
 

Creamium

shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
How bad is Assassin's Creed III? Is it really bad, or are people exaggerating?

The pacing is horrible. After 6 hours you're still in tutorial mode. You're on a very tight leash the first half of the game, then it opens up... with just way too much side stuff to do. The game goes from 0 to 11 instead of a gradual progression. Most of the optional missions I didn't even bother to check out, like crafting, the homestead, naval missions, etc. There's no reason or incentive ingame do so either. There's just so much bloat it becomes overwhelming.

You will find more impressions here

It's not worth your time and money
 

GraveHorizon

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I won some games from giveaways here, and now I'm returning the favor!

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Those mystery gifts are some hot shit, and since it's multientry you can enter for multiple games, so go ahead and enter to win them too!
 

Li Kao

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I would think you are talking about C-Wars, but it doesn't take place in a spaceship.

I believe you're talking about Halfway

Thanks a lot to both of you, I feared that a "what is the name of this game" would drown here, and I was tired of browsing RPS by way of tags or search terms like "space" or "marines" :-S
It is indeed Halfway ! And evidently, as curiosity goes, I will look into C-Wars too ^_^
Thanks again.
 

Jawmuncher

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I won some games from giveaways here, and now I'm returning the favor!



Those mystery gifts are some hot shit, and since it's multientry you can enter for multiple games, so go ahead and enter to win them too!

I went for both mystery gifts.
I hope it's bad rats. I want the game since it just seems like a right of passage to have it on you steam account. But you can't actually buy it yourself or it negates it.
 

GraveHorizon

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Another giveaway for trivial game items.

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I went for both mystery gifts.
I hope it's bad rats. I want the game since it just seems like a right of passage to have it on you steam account. But you can't actually buy it yourself or it negates it.

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Thanks a lot to both of you, I feared that a "what is the name of this game" would drown here, and I was tired of browsing RPS by way of tags or search terms like "space" or "marines" :-S
It is indeed Halfway ! And evidently, as curiosity goes, I will look into C-Wars too ^_^
Thanks again.
No problem. You asked at a good time. Thread is kind of slow now. Wait till 12:30 when the Voting ends and the next batch of Sales draws near.
 

Dec

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What is Honeydew Skin of Sklldir?!
I really really wanna know now (><)

Skin to look like Simon from the Yogscast viking whatever persona thing. For Skolldir in Awesomenauts. He voices the character as well (default, even without skin).
 

Dec

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So at this point what are the chances of Valdis Story going on sale? I'll keep waiting until the last day but I'm losing hope.
 

GraveHorizon

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A character DLC for Awesomenauts.

Skin to look like Simon from the Yogscast viking whatever persona thing. For Skolldir in Awesomenauts. He voices the character as well (default, even without skin).

Well, if I had known that I would have put it in the trivial giveaway. Guess I didn't look into it hard enough.

EDIT: One of my mystery gifts is a popular shooter that hit number one in the charts. The other game is not that.
 
How is Giana Sisters?

The music is catchy and I like the character switch mechanic that renders the world in different styles/reveals different things. It's pretty, and I've had fun with it. Just don't go in expecting anything amazing. It's a pretty solid game and you'll likely want to play it a level or two at a time, since it can get a little repetitive.
 

mmitt

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had an old webcam around, decided to try if it'd work with free-track (cheap headtracking solution).
ripped out the IR filter, slapped 3 IR LEDs on a cap and... wow.
ETS2 is now even more fun than it was before :)

again hoping that Assetto Corsa is getting a discount, I really want to try that one out with headtracking too, it's really neat
 
Well, if I had known that I would have put it in the trivial giveaway. Guess I didn't look into it hard enough.

EDIT: One of my mystery gifts is a popular shooter that hit number one in the charts. The other game is not that.

Don't listen to him! It's Kane and Lynch 2! He's been trying to ditch that game for years! I know him in real life and he tried to ditch it on me.
 

graywolf323

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is Steam cloud not syncing saves for anyone else? I'm about to go out of town for the weekend so installed a few games on my macbook that are steam play and steam cloud compatible yet my saves from PC don't show up :-/
 
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