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Steam Holiday Sales 2014 | OT | !
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Shadowgrounds easily worth it. Great music and action. It's not a twin-stick shooter, it has responsive KB+M controls. I don't even know if it supports gamepads. Shadowgrounds: Survivor seemed like pointless reheated leftovers and I chose not to finish it. It has trading cards though so you get some of your money back just from idling the cards.
Reposting these, Risk of rain keys should still work, but may not work cuz they're from the humble bundle
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Dang, was it the first day or something?
Before Christmas, for sure. I shelled out 6.74 or something for Morrowind during it. I was mad because it was $5 2 years ago. lol
Eh, Transistor isn't really beaten until you beat New Game + and gotten all the achievements.
Bought Wolfenstein and Divinity. Know very little about both besides the positive receptions, pretty excited! But wow, 44gb for Wolfenstein.
Between getting those and Shovel Knight I think I'm just about done for this sale unless something magical pops up in the next couple days.
The deals weren't mind blowing this time around, but good enough for me to pick up a few cool games for the price of one.
Between getting those and Shovel Knight I think I'm just about done for this sale unless something magical pops up in the next couple days.
The deals weren't mind blowing this time around, but good enough for me to pick up a few cool games for the price of one.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Think I'm probably done unless there's a good $2.50 game I don't own or there's some insane other deal on something I don't have. Everything else I can wait for - my backlog is big enough as it is. Especially with WoW taking up a decent amount of time each week.
Ditto. Unless the Prince of Persia series goes on sale, in my case.
Do we have even a single person here willing to defend Mercenary Kings? Weird how the opinion on GAF is universally negative (at least among the posts I found) but it has positive reviews on Steam.
Assuming I am okay with the game not being a new Metal Slug, is it at all worth looking at if I don't think I'll be playing much mulitplayer?
Assuming I am okay with the game not being a new Metal Slug, is it at all worth looking at if I don't think I'll be playing much mulitplayer?
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Sucks about Luftrausers.
At least I don't have to spend any money today.
Hmm..holy smokes.
My review of that game went from like 8/9 votes to 43/45.
At least I don't have to spend any money today.
Hmm..holy smokes.
My review of that game went from like 8/9 votes to 43/45.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I should probably just buy Lovely Planet at 50% off, right
I don't see that one getting a further deal
I don't see that one getting a further deal
It's great! Never played the original but I like the new one a lot.
chixdiggit
Member
On paper it's an awesome game and I really wanted to like it. Sadly I just didn't have any fun with it. If you are looking for something along the same lines Metal Slug, Bro Force, and Super Time Force Ultra are much better choices.
I put an hour into it on ps4 and never wanted to touch it again. Nice idea marrying the crafting and progression of a monster hunter game with the look of metal slug, but it didn't seem to come together well. The jumping felt awkward, and even as a mh fan I wasn't compelled by the stages or bosses to press on.
I AM SO CONFUSED BY MERCENARY KINGS.
76 metacritic and very positive according to the Steam page.
And I have never heard or read a single positive opinion on the game. I've watched at least a few videos of the game and everybody turned up saying "Meh." The most positive recommendations on here are essentially saying it probably won't kill your puppy.
76 metacritic and very positive according to the Steam page.
And I have never heard or read a single positive opinion on the game. I've watched at least a few videos of the game and everybody turned up saying "Meh." The most positive recommendations on here are essentially saying it probably won't kill your puppy.
I haven't played it, but the art is amazing, which I'm sure gets it at least some positive reviews. I'll probably pick it up eventually when it gets cheap enough.
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
Indeed but it's worth it when caused by not wanting to stop playing that sublime game
.I got it for free on PS+ and I'm a very open person to indie and any type of game. I played it for 2 hours online with my brother and by the end I absolutely hated it!
It has hugely repetitive gameplay, boring maps, dumb gameplay design like bosses warping all around a map and you chasing him... and loads of other things.
Steer clear IMO.
Soyongdori
Member
I impulse bought the long dark when it was 50% off. I hope I did the right thing. Never bought an early access game until now.
Brerlappin
Member
Yeah I played it on PS4, thought it was absolute garbage. Really wouldn't recommend it
The fact that I can't get a single positive opinion on Mercenary Kings makes me want to play it more. It's a relatively well-reviewed game, at some point the odds start leaning towards me liking it, right? If nobody on GAF likes it, and SOME people like it, in theory, that's how statistics work right?
Visualante2
Member
I echo these. While it's not completely awful, some of the design choices like odd enemy respawning and weak maps really bring it down. I would keep clear because there's many more better games out there.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I'm tempted to get Mercenary Kings just to see for myself.
But if I wanted to play Metal Slug, I'd play Metal Slug.
If I wanted to play Monster Hunter, I'd play Metal Slug.
But if I wanted to play Metal Slug, I'd play Metal Slug.
If I wanted to play Monster Hunter, I'd play Metal Slug.
Haunted
Member
It makes a very good first impression thanks to Paul Robertson's excellent pixel art and animation. In theory, it's a great idea for a game. Think the overall mission structure and equipment progression of Monster Hunter paired with classic 2D sidescrolling shooter gameplay. It's solid on paper, but the longer you play, the more you recognise its flaws.
Specifically, I think the problem is that Monster Hunter manages to make its highly repetitive nature (a handful of maps, few enemy mobs, fighting a limited number of bosses time and time again) palatable by falling back on absolutely excellent monster and combat design and a tight balance between exciting content (boss fights!) and downtime (crafting, collecting, traversal). Learning a monster pattern is rewarding, while the AI is varied enough to make fights feel fresh even after many attempts.
Mercenary Kings does not achieve this balance.
My main issue with is is the terrible level design. It's nothing but going through "doors" to get to different points on the map. The actual traversal is terrible, and every mission has you trekking through at least half the map. It's tedious to say the least.
I think this relates more to how much time they put into the game reviewing it. It's fantastic on paper, and the first couple hours are fun just because of the awesome pixel art.
serenewarfare
Banned
It was $16 on GMG and $15 or so on Nuuvem but those deals are over, so yeah I'd grab it at $22.
It fails the key tests for a game, it's not fun to play and it's boring!
It's beginning to sound like we should have a Nuuvem community thread @_@
Really loving This War of Mine.
Lost one of my group members and damn that was sad :'( I took revenge a few days later and murdered the people who did it. One of them begged for his life but I was full of rage. Their supplies really helped.
But she's still dead...
Think I'm going to have to update my GOTY list and add This War of Mine.
Lost one of my group members and damn that was sad :'( I took revenge a few days later and murdered the people who did it. One of them begged for his life but I was full of rage. Their supplies really helped.
But she's still dead...
Think I'm going to have to update my GOTY list and add This War of Mine.
chixdiggit
Member
Seems really interesting. Is Steam the cheapest price? Edit: it is.
Kind of gives me a Metro 2033 vibe that I like.
If you want it now, you pay. If you wait for it to leave early access, you get it free. (Provided you own Don't Starve) Guessing this is more to just encourage people actively interested in giving feedback on it during its EA period.
Already played it for over 4 hours today :lol
Very few games pass the 1 hour mark for me so I'm impressed.
Hopefully the game stays fun and interesting for a while yet. So far so good.
edit: another thing I like about the game is the use of real photos for the characters. Makes them feel more real. Katia is the person I lost:
I think I get that but I can buy the other two items in the MEGA PACK, the game and the Reign of Giants DLC, for the same discounted price that they are in the PACK.
If I do that it'll be cheaper and I get Together for free later.
I can't work out if I'm missing something with all of this or not.
SteamGAF a quick question
re the recent changes in region locking/gifting policies: if someone is in a region not officially supported by steam, but he somehow sends someone in US the money so that he would receive the items he would have wanted to buy in return (as gifts)... would it work or not?
re the recent changes in region locking/gifting policies: if someone is in a region not officially supported by steam, but he somehow sends someone in US the money so that he would receive the items he would have wanted to buy in return (as gifts)... would it work or not?
LurkerPrime
Member
This War of Mine really is fantastic. It manages to use all of its mechanics to reinforce its core concept: preservation of conscience versus perseverance of life. The roguelike elements of survival, permadeath, & randomized areas/resources (+ party members) helps to make it engrssing every session. On top of all this, the game introduces a grim truth when you're on the cusp of defeat...
It's always great when art games have legitimate gameplay as well.
chixdiggit
Member
Already played it for over 4 hours today :lol
Very few games pass the 1 hour mark for me so I'm impressed.
Hopefully the game stays fun and interesting for a while yet. So far so good.
edit: another thing I like about the game is the use of real photos for the characters. Makes them feel more real. Katia is the person I lost:
OK you guys got me. Sold. Man I really need to stop buying stuff.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Holding out for:
- Tales from the Borderlands
- Road Redemption
- Tales from the Borderlands
- Road Redemption
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