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[rockmanjoe]

Buy ALL the Ys games!

 

[Grief.exe]

Why vote for Tomb Raider? It's $8 on Amazon right now.

I voted for Nether, game looks really cool.

This is a mistake, right? They aren't seriously expecting people to vote for a 99 cent discount!?

lol! That rug pulled out from under me!

If only they'd reset the votes when they do this

Not fair to anyone to not reset the votes.

 

[More_Badass]

This man knows what's up!

If anyone has been interested in either/both of these games but been on the fence/waiting for a better price then I strongly recommend that they bite at these prices.

Both are excellent games with many fun hours of gameplay to be had. Treat yourself. Go on, you know you want to!

Two of my favorites, ashamed to say I haven't finished either

Never got back to MotN after switching to PC, and rage-quit XCom after losing Jack Reacher and Lara Croft on the same mission

Hard to decide between two. The only real ninja stealth game or brutal turn based tactics?

Decisions...decisions...

 

[-MD-]

for the new page:

You're a nice guy.

 

[_hekk05]

Two of my favorites, ashamed to say I haven't finished either

Never got back to MotN after switching to PC, and rage-quit XCom after losing Jack Reacher and Lara Croft on the same mission

Hard to decide between two. The only real ninja stealth game or brutal turn based tactics?

Decisions...decisions...

Why not both? Just eat a few less meals next week

 

[KarmaCow]

This is a mistake, right? They aren't seriously expecting people to vote for a 99 cent discount!?

Yea what kind of idiot would vote for Nether, heh.... *cough*

(It seemed more interesting than Tomb Raider or Deadpool on the front page)

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Buy ALL the Ys games!

This is what I'm doing. WAAAHHH, my poor wallet (no, not really).

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Can I deselect these in the respective game menus? So if I wish to play the vanilla game I can? Or once it's added I am then stuck with that content in the game whether I wish it to be in that playthrough or not?

Sorry for the noob question but I'm a noob to DLC and pc gaming so there you are.

 

[iammeiam]

The Raven never actually got a flash sale, did it? I saw it lose the community vote, but haven't seen it pop up since.

 

[Link Man]

Well, even if tomorrow is the recap day, we still have five more rounds of Flash Sales and Community votes, so there's still a chance of seeing something new.

 

[Jawmuncher]

GEEZ these Ys downloads are fucking huge. For anyone who knows my current predicament. I suppose I can try and see if I can get them all done within the month.

 

[chaosblade]

I see the responses to your question above, but I'd like to know what the best Ys to play is period, not just including the steam sale options. I've been wanting to give the series a shot lately and I see it just got a new entry as well. Should I play that over any of these or is one of these the best option?

Origin and Oath in Felghana are generally considered the best the series has to offer, but there are a lot of people who also like/prefer Seven, and Celceta (the most recent release on Vita) builds on Seven's gameplay and structure.

So really, any of those four. You could kind of split the two into categories since they play differently. Origin/Felghana on one side and Seven/Celceta on the other. And I & II in another category for retroness.

 

[warheat1990]

If I don't enjoy Shining Force EXA, should I give Ys a go GAF?

 

[Addnan]

Is Grid 2 worth it?

Try the demo. If you like arcade racers you will probably like it. Lots of drifting.

 

[KarmaCow]

GEEZ these Ys downloads are fucking huge. For anyone who knows my current predicament. I suppose I can try and see if I can get them all done within the month.

Really, Origins and Felgana are both under 2GB which seems reasonable.

 

[kcp12304]

Interesting ideas, great period Hollywood ambiance, realistic face tech, story is compelling for the most part. Interrogation sequences are hit or miss, the open world lacks much of anything to do, the gun play is mediocre, and the pc port of this game is pretty rough.

I enjoyed it when I originally played it though. Sometimes the setting and ambiance can compensate for deficiencies in everything else, for me (similar to how I feel about Bioshock Infinite).

I totally agree. The game is a flawed gem for me. Great for people who like story focused games (the plot isn't great but the cases are engaging), atmosphere, and a bit of adventure game gameplay.

 

[maty]

So many of us were waiting for the MotN DLC to go this low, haha.

Damn right, haha. I can now get MotN back to 100%

 

[Rhaknar]

err Shadowlink you PMed ME with the modbot codes, you need to PM ModBot not me dude lol. gogogo quick

 

[Chunky]

Thanks for the feedback, I ended up getting both!

Sweet, you're in for some bloody amazing times. The soundtracks alone, fucking fantastic. I just rebought Oath after playing it on PSP, I'm not only reminded of how great it is, but the visual upgrade's pretty sweet. Can't say I care about the lack of voice acting, since I generally can't stand voiced text - I always read ahead and just end up skipping it.


Anyway, you're welcome!

 

[Blue-kun]

I see the responses to your question above, but I'd like to know what the best Ys to play is period, not just including the steam sale options. I've been wanting to give the series a shot lately and I see it just got a new entry as well. Should I play that over any of these or is one of these the best option?

This is something where you'll find people disagreeing with each other left and right, simply because the Ys series has been ongoing for decades now and Falcom loves to change stuff up. I'd say MOST of the western fans have either Oath or Origin as their favourite, and they're really good games. PSP's Ys Seven and Vita's Ys Celceta are also great, and I particularly like Seven more than all the others, but they're different in that they have a bigger focus on the RPG parts of the game. More robust skill system, more emphasis on the story (and thus more exposition, which is a minus for some people, 'cause Ys stories are very classic fantasy plots), replacement of Oath/Origin's jump button and platform sections with a guard command and roll to dodge from attacks etc.

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the four games named above. Seven is very similar to Celceta, where as Oath is the same way to Origin. Picking one of them kinda boils down to preference, so check out some videos and see which style you think you prefer and... go with that, first? In the end the ideal result is just playing all of them, lol :V

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Why not both? Just eat a few less meals next week

This is the right answer!

Come on MB, you know you want to!

 

[rrs]

Can I deselect these in the respective game menus? So if I wish to play the vanilla game I can? Or once it's added I am then stuck with that content in the game whether I wish it to be in that playthrough or not?

Sorry for the noob question but I'm a noob to DLC and pc gaming so there you are.

Yeah you can select of you just want base game or expansion content

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Can I deselect these in the respective game menus? So if I wish to play the vanilla game I can? Or once it's added I am then stuck with that content in the game whether I wish it to be in that playthrough or not?

Sorry for the noob question but I'm a noob to DLC and pc gaming so there you are.

I know that a prompt comes up during the game asking you whether you want to play the Slingshot DLC when it would start to become relevant. I don't know if it's possible to disable cosmetic DLC, and I don't own Enemy Within.

 

[mrgone]

There is a poll on their facebook page in which people decide if Enemy Within or Civ5: BNW goes to $9.99. Right now Enemy Within is winning by 300 votes.

Oh, nice! $10 is definitely in the danger zone

 

[jmizzal]

What's peoples verdict in LA noire? never did play it

I loved it personally, and I would like more games like that

 

[Jawmuncher]

Really, Origins and Felgana are both under 2GB which seems reasonable.

True in most cases I would agree.
But where i'm currently add 2GBs looks like 1TB.

 

[Aaron]

Can I deselect these in the respective game menus? So if I wish to play the vanilla game I can? Or once it's added I am then stuck with that content in the game whether I wish it to be in that playthrough or not?

Sorry for the noob question but I'm a noob to DLC and pc gaming so there you are.

In XCOM at least you can play without the DLC if you wish.

 

[derExperte]

There is a poll on their facebook page in which people decide if Enemy Within or Civ5: BNW goes to $9.99. Right now Enemy Within is winning by 300 votes.

I wonder if the 5$ vouchers would apply.

 

[Colin.]

This is a mistake, right? They aren't seriously expecting people to vote for a 99 cent discount!?

People have voted for much less previously (Super Hexagon)

 

[_hekk05]

The Ys giveaway has ended...and...

I won nothing. At least I still have my Psp, with faulty home button.

 

[KarmaCow]

True in most cases I would agree.
But where i'm currently add 2GBs looks like 1TB.

Oh jeez, sorry dude.

 

[Linkark07]

I wonder if the 5$ vouchers would apply.

Doubt it. I think those vouchers will only work in their Editor's choice sale in January.

 

[derExperte]

actually I think I have a theory about why it says the 3rd on the front page, the daily deals always run 48 hours now so the new set tomorrow will end on the 3rd

just everything else will go off sale on the 2nd

The snow globe cards expire on Friday btw.

Valid until Fri Jan 03 2014 20:00:00 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time)

Doubt it. I think those vouchers will only work in their January sale.

It's January in a few hours and it's a sale! But you're probably right, would be too good.

 

[Rhaknar]

Asylum is the king of winning my giveaways, damn son

 

[cicero]

This is something where you'll find people disagreeing with each other left and right, simply because the Ys series has been ongoing for decades now and Falcom loves to change stuff up. I'd say MOST of the western fans have either Oath or Origin as their favourite, and they're really good games. PSP's Ys Seven and Vita's Ys Celceta are also great, and I particularly like Seven more than all the others, but they're different in that they have a bigger focus on the RPG parts of the game. More robust skill system, more emphasis on the story (and thus more exposition, which is a minus for some people, 'cause Ys stories are very classic fantasy plots), replacement of Oath/Origin's jump button and platform sections with a guard command and roll to dodge from attacks etc.

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the four games named above. Seven is very similar to Celceta, where as Oath is the same way to Origin. Picking one of them kinda boils down to preference, so check out some videos and see which style you think you prefer and... go with that, first? In the end the ideal result is just playing all of them, lol :V

Overall I would say that Origin is probably the best for a new player, Chronicles appealed to me on another level though since I owned and played Ys I & II on a TurboDuo back in like 1992.

 

[_hekk05]

The snow globe cards expire on Friday btw.

You've gotta give people a bit of leeway to get rid of those cards.

Market's gonna crash harder than AIG stocks

 

[atomsk]

still holding out hope for Volgarr, otherwise I am dooooone

 

[Camel Master]

Farming Simulator too pricey? Get Agricultural Simulator 2011 here! It is

Spoiler

not

the best game evar!!!

Instructions for participants:
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Rules for this Giveaway:
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Agricultural Simulator 2011 Extended Edition -- MB-2326A6BCD6375B7A - Taken by cicero
Rune Classic -- MB-B03C647A4600163E - Taken by Peachblossom

 

[Tizoc]

Deadpool got replaced by CoD:Ghosts for the community vote.

So does this mean my vote goes to CoD: Ghosts?

 

[Dec]

So does this mean my vote goes to CoD: Ghosts?

Looks like they straight up disappeared. Unclear though.

 

[-MD-]

still holding out hope for Volgarr, otherwise I am dooooone

Valdis has been my #1 since the start of the sale. It's starting to get depressing having it not show up.

Only 1 more set of dailies right? Big ol' sigh. I also really wanna buy Volgarr too.

 

[Kandrick]

Here some more Ys for you all! Good luck!

Instructions for Kandrick:
Press the quote button to the left of this PM, select the quoted text, copy, and paste in the thread. You can remove these lines from the version you paste.

Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- You must have given away a game through ModBot to become eligible for this giveaway.
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- If you won a game from ModBot in the last day, you are not eligible for this giveaway.
- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
- This giveaway has a manual blocklist. The giver has identified members who abuse giveaways and restricted them from participating.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:


Ys: The Oath in Felghana -- MB-6F8D712EC9291305 - Taken by StAidan. 58 entrants total.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Yeah you can select of you just want base game or expansion content

I know that a prompt comes up during the game asking you whether you want to play the Slingshot DLC when it would start to become relevant. I don't know if it's possible to disable cosmetic DLC, and I don't own Enemy Within.

In XCOM at least you can play without the DLC if you wish.

Awesome . Thanks fellow GAFers . I am not intending to get EW yet anyway; sorry I should have made that clear. Partly because I would like it to be cheaper and partly because once it's added it's added, I believe. So I intend to play vanilla XCOM to death first . Just to be safe since I'm in the middle of an XCOM playthrough I'll just add it to my inventory until I wish to add it in to the game. Right, to the Bat Phone cart!

 

[Katoki]

Anyone???

This would be just $3.82.

Check PM.

 

[I H8 Memes]

I'm here if anybody needs help buying uncensored games or cheaper games from the US store.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197978617538/

 

[Laieon]

Is Company of Heroes 2 any good? I never played the first one. Does it have base building? I'm really wanting to play an RTS with base building on the level of AoE or AoM, but it seems like they don't exist anymore

 

[Dreams-Visions]

There is a Demo for Ys Origin for those who want to try it. Also,

GAF, please stop recommending shit with such confidence. I'm getting frustrated adding shit to my cart.

 

[derExperte]

Valdis has been my #1 since the start of the sale. It's starting to get depressing having it not show up.

Only 1 more set of dailies right? Big ol' sigh. I also really wanna buy Volgarr too.

No Valdis, the borked Pac-Man sale and Tetrobot losing the voting are the three tragedies this year.

There's more on my wishlist that could've been a flash of course. Also Dustforce (I know, Humble Store, but I waited so long that I now want a BIG discount).

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Yea what kind of idiot would vote for Nether, heh.... *cough*

(It seemed more interesting than Tomb Raider or Deadpool on the front page)

lol! That rug pulled out from under me!

Fuck it, I'm in.

If it wins, I buy it. If not, I'll see them in the summer sale. I will pay $15 for Nether, and not a penny more.

 

[chaosblade]

Is this where we ask to trade for snow globe cards or is there another thread for that?