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

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Fornaximus said:
For a dollar? Yes. I don't think I got my money's worth when I bought it at launch on PS3, though. Wasn't as fun as I had hoped. More frustrating than anything.
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I thought it was hard in a good way, not too frustrating. But I think I lot of people agreed with you, so they patched it to make it a little more forgiving (more time boosts, and added a "continue"). It has an amazing look, and the music is great. It is a great buy for $1.
 
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Artofwar420 said:
I did the trade, I seriously didn't know about the pricing error, do I have to take a screenshot of how much it cost me gaf?
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No need, you already posted a screenshot of you buying the ... 2 pack.

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PaulLFC

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Does anyone have any impressions of Spacebase DF-9? Is it worth playing yet with still being in early access? I like these sort of games usually, and it's been reduced to $15 on the Humble Store at the moment (Steam key with purchase).

For those interested, Sir, You Are Being Hunted has been reduced to $12 there too, and has a Steam key.
 
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TheFLYINGManga_Ka

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Wow! Lords of Shadow looks amazing in 1080p and 60fps!

The way it's meant to be played...

...but I forget that it's still sadly bogged down by those awful tutorials, one of the WORST I've seen in a game!

Every movement, the game stops and tells me what to do or what button to press! Way too much!

I still like the game though.
 
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VitalNerve

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I have been playing FTL the past couple of days and wow is it good. Although I keep on dying, just like a couple of other games I own. Regardless, I find myself coming back to it and loving it more and more.
 
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Pakkidis

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VitalNerve said:
I have been playing FTL the past couple of days and wow is it good. Although I keep on dying, just like a couple of other games I own. Regardless, I find myself coming back to it and loving it more and more.
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Beating the final boss is one of the best experiences a game has to offer, more so than big budgeted titles I've played.
 
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super-famicom

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VitalNerve said:
I have been playing FTL the past couple of days and wow is it good. Although I keep on dying, just like a couple of other games I own. Regardless, I find myself coming back to it and loving it more and more.
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FTL is amazing! I'm glad you're liking it. Once you get the hang of things, play on Normal and don't look back.
 
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toddhunter said:
No need, you already posted a screenshot of you buying the ... 2 pack.

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If I ever need a detective you are my first call.

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An-Det

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I really with Bioshock Infinite: Columbia's Finest would go on sale at some point. It's not in the season pass, so it's not like there's a conflict there.
 
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Here are my How To Survive impressions. I thought it was a solid game, fun, not going to blow you away or anything or wow you, but a good "b-movie" experience so to speak.

After choosing one of three characters, you find yourself on the corpse littered shores of a remote archipelago. The world of How To Survive is set across four islands, each larger than the last. The islands aren't massive but they're diverse, from the woods of the first one to fellow survivor (and your guide) Kovac's compound and the swampy marshes and jungles of the other two. You'll unlock each island as you progress through the story, as well earn weapons and tools to unlock new areas. For example the machete can chop away path-blocking bushes and you'll learn how to ignite campfires. The atmosphere is wonderful: daylight fades, night descends on the landscape, campfires flicker, the tide rolls in and out, birds fly off and when you approach, deer and tapir roam the underbrush.

Fire and illumination is important, because when night falls, creatures besides zombies roam the islands, and your precious torches, campfires, and flashlight can keep them at bay. The zombies themselves are varied as well, from simple shamblers to helmet-wearing armored undead. Thankfully your character is more than able to hold his own, thanks to a large assortment of melee weapons, projectiles, equipable armor (visible on your character), stat boosting items, and skills that allow you to craft distractions or incidenary arrows. Combat isn't the most complex mechanic but it's certainly fun. Blades lop off heads and limbs, heavy weapons explode heads, guns blow zombies apart, and melee finishers on staggered enemies are always satisfying. A crafting system allows you to swap out weapon parts to add attributes like rapid fire or make special weapons like a bone boomerang.

And that's not all! You need to watch your hunger, thirst, and exhaustion; hunting deer, fishing, filling water bottles, and sleeping in designated safehouses will keep you at peak levels. I did feel that too many missions just fell into fetch quest territory and bosses were more frustrating than anything else. The survival elements seem tacked on, just more meters to worry about rather than an deep organic feature. There's also a huge amount of ammo lying around; it was rare that I didn't have 500 rounds or more for my weapons.

Besides a single player campaign (which features co-operative play as well), there's a challenge mode to test you zombie killing skills as well as an iron man difficulty that severely limits your supplies and health. How To Survive doesn't reinvent the genre and nothing really blew me away, but its mix of satisfying zombie killing and RPG elements create a fun solid experience that's worth playing.
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Derrick01 said:
Reason why you shouldn't? There is none. Thief 2 is still the greatest stealth game ever.
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derFeef said:
Fantastic games. They did not age well in some areas, but still awesome stealth games.
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Baron von Loathsome said:
Only if you hate stealth games.
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I've been wanting to get into the series, and unless there's a chance it'll become a daily (which I doubt, but you never know), I'm gonna pick it up now.

Only thing is, I hear not great things about Deadly Shadows, and yet it's the priciest among the three.
 
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