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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache
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Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I enjoyed it, and look forward to when it occurs next time. Also be interesting to see who sticks around in our misc discussions, game talk, and anime gif posting over it.
As I said before the sale started and people were having a hissy, I don't mind where we are, no matter where we go, I'll continue to post and talk about horror and niche stuff. Is what it is.
TheAutomator
Banned
I agree. It was surprisingly great.
MakeshiftChef
Member
I spent some Christmas monies over at amazon on a Steam controller. It arrives tomorrow and I am looking forward to messing with it. Apparently that entitled me to a couple games I already own.
"Thank you for purchasing your Steam hardware at Amazon. Your purchase entitles you to a Steam code for 1 copy of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and 1 copy of Left 4 Dead 2."
It looks as though it is one code for both the games. I'm too lazy to modbot it. Send me a PM if you don't own either of them and would like to. Also my friends list could use some more peeps: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MakeshiftChef/
"Thank you for purchasing your Steam hardware at Amazon. Your purchase entitles you to a Steam code for 1 copy of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and 1 copy of Left 4 Dead 2."
It looks as though it is one code for both the games. I'm too lazy to modbot it. Send me a PM if you don't own either of them and would like to. Also my friends list could use some more peeps: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MakeshiftChef/
It was my first winter sale in NeoGAF and IMO this is great, it felt like it reached people outside of SteamGAF.
Shouldn't be much of a surprise, not closing the thread couldn't be a long tradition. Even I joined the thread during a summer sale through a dedicated summer sake thread and I am not that long in here.
I think it's a good idea and more threads who are currently in Community should appear every now and then on the Gaming side (specially some OT's for games who may be active but people refrain from posting due laziness to search the thread or understanding the community side) to gather more people who may not be aware of such thread and then move back to community again. I think this could boost some threads who have been a decent time on the Community side, not sure if people would agree with this.
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
Cool, more news in a couple of weeks according to that too.
My first winter seal too, was good stuff reading recommendations and what not
Cool, added myself.
Tomorrow I'm calling it quits on Revelations' raid mode. If I didn't have a backlog I could be playing this for days, but once I beat the Chasm levels that's it. Life is Strange is waiting.
Corvo Jensen
Banned
lol at thread title
new thread, new opportunities. let's do this.
new thread, new opportunities. let's do this.
A salute to the friends we've lost on our journey on gamingside.
He didn't get banned in the transition, he got banned in an unrelated thread (viHuGi "ps4 lineup is beast") calling out viHuGi as a shill.
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MakeshiftChef
Member
I backed because it' more Shenmue... but man did they ever fuck that campaign up and it appears that they will continue to screw things up.
AHA-Lambda
Member
No one wrote about The Witness? I'm surprised =/
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
I even managed to forget that it's releasing in January too, so I'm not picking it right away
I think that releasing games in January is a bad idea in general
Spring-Loaded
Member
Snakebird?
Thanks for this. I'll read it tomorrow.
Maybe there's still time for you to write up a summary and send it to Mr Orange?
This month is actually great. I already pre-ordered Dragon's Dogma and Resident Evil Zero last month. And now there's Oxenfree, The Witness and Rise of the Tomb Raider for the wishlist as well. My wishlist actually grew through the winter sales.
Jawmuncher
Member
A salute to the friends we've lost on our journey on gamingside.
RIP snake in smash WiiU & 3DS
Also I guess DerExperte or something
Dr Dog is always on point with the recommendations in each Steam thread.
I'm going to try to do Firewatch justice for next month. Hero Prinny better take on Disgaea.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
With how little Jonathan Blow has shown of it or spoken about it, it's a tough one to really 'write up', at least compared to some of the other options. Shame it isn't up there though, I agree. Both it and Firewatch are my two must-buys in the coming months!
Wait a minute, firewatch is supposed to release February too? I thought it was June or something.
XCOM 2, Naruto and Street Fighter V
XCOM 2!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
a bit of thoughts about games I bought recently, please mind that most of them has been played just a bit:
Steredenn
Simple horizontal shmup, you can use two weapons you switch that you get randomly by defeating enemies. "fake" pixel art, that to me means the game had 8bit gfx but uses rotations, different resolutions for sprites / backgrounds / etc (that were not possible on 8bit hardware). It's very random but it's enough tasty. Not much different enemies, just different bosses. My advice is to consider it only if you are very passionate about shmups.
Halfway
Turn tactics rpg, very charming. Story and backgrounds are intriguing, the battles I did were not so easy, so if you're a looking at a space 2d rpg witch turn based combat and interesting setting, you can consider it.
Dungeon Souls
Probably I've been a bit burned out by this genre, but I found it quite amusing. Random dungeons and you have to "cleanse" places in order to proceed; random loot and enemies, several different characters kinds.
Planet Diver
Sorry dev, but I did not have fun at all. If I have to dive into a vertical pit the game I suggest is Downwell. I got even the impression it's a very amateurish game. Quitted in few minutes.
Blue Estate
Rail shooter, better played with lightgun (check Steam page about it). It's mindless fun, stupid and voluptuous characters, long levels, covers, bonuses, different weapons to switch, etc. Really, I bought it thinking it was pretty horrible, but it's a very well packed game. Do you miss House of the Dead, Time Crisis ot the magnificent Elemental Gearbolt? Blue Estate is calling for you.
Galacide
Galacide is a mix between a basic horizontal shmup and a puzzle game. You shoot enemies and you get stuff that helps you to clear the puzzle obstacles. I've been abused by puzzle games, so I had to quit, but it's pretty well packed.
Streets of Fury EX
Scrolling brawled that was a hit on Xbox (360 I suppose). Not bad, imagine Atari's Pit Fighter but with more moves, scrolling brawling, a ton of unlockable characters. There's even Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman / Aaron Paul as a enemy. If you're crying because Namco didn't do any sequel to Urban Reign, this won't fix it but could help you.
Rebel Galaxy
Gaf, I make a confession. I've been a huge arcade games enthusiast for so many years. A friend of mine introduced me to PC gaming when PC gaming meant RTS and Simulation games, but I hadn't the luck to play a lot of "space related" games. Probably for this reason I'm very fascinated for several kind of games which were related to PC gaming. That means, I loved every moment I've spent with Rebel Galaxy. Every thing seems very basic (it's not the marvellous Freespace 2), but even being very simple it was very charming.
Juju
'cause of an overdose, I can't stand platform games. At all. But my 10 yeas old daughter enjoys them, especially if they are good. Most of the time I'm playing *** (reserved for later), she plays Juju and has a lot of fun. Are you trusting a gameholic daughter rised with a Hori stick playing Dodonpachi?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/385250/[/b[
I hate hate hate hate saturday morning toons graphic. And it's everywhere. There are games I can't stand to play because of it. Paint it back is an exception, because is so GREAT, I have to recommend. Just to be a pain in the A**, I found a huge jump in difficulty: from I have not to use my brain at all because it' so simple to F**K what the hell is this... (solved in few dozens minutes). Anyway, if you loved Picross, this is a must.
Undertale
I know I won't be popular at all with this, but this is a game that does nothing to me. And to add fuel to the fire, I had the same problem with Life is Strange. Probably it's because I've seen so many movies and played so many games that I hadn't anything to surprise me. The gameplay is pretty basic, it's a mix of "avoid bullets" and choose the right answer, with a nice retro gfx and soundtrack. The story isn't the usual straight groups of events, but sadly it didn't nothing to me. If you aren't in the forties and if you haven't seen too many movies check it out.
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Another game that failed miserably to appeal to me. Little premise, I had mastered PSP DJ Max portable games, and played so many bemani games that my hands and fingers still hurt, but COTN did absolutely nothing to me. It's a dungeon crawler where you have to move rhythmically and according to enemy pattern. I've been bored to death :/ I know there's even Bard where you haven't to rhythmically move, but my interest died brutally. Again, I've been burned out by this genre.
<<<< Part 2 incoming! >>>>
And more...
Warrior King: Battles: 2003 strategy game with high consensus, played the tutorial it was fun.
a bit of thoughts about games I bought recently, please mind that most of them has been played just a bit:
Steredenn
Simple horizontal shmup, you can use two weapons you switch that you get randomly by defeating enemies. "fake" pixel art, that to me means the game had 8bit gfx but uses rotations, different resolutions for sprites / backgrounds / etc (that were not possible on 8bit hardware). It's very random but it's enough tasty. Not much different enemies, just different bosses. My advice is to consider it only if you are very passionate about shmups.
Halfway
Turn tactics rpg, very charming. Story and backgrounds are intriguing, the battles I did were not so easy, so if you're a looking at a space 2d rpg witch turn based combat and interesting setting, you can consider it.
Dungeon Souls
Probably I've been a bit burned out by this genre, but I found it quite amusing. Random dungeons and you have to "cleanse" places in order to proceed; random loot and enemies, several different characters kinds.
Planet Diver
Sorry dev, but I did not have fun at all. If I have to dive into a vertical pit the game I suggest is Downwell. I got even the impression it's a very amateurish game. Quitted in few minutes.
Blue Estate
Rail shooter, better played with lightgun (check Steam page about it). It's mindless fun, stupid and voluptuous characters, long levels, covers, bonuses, different weapons to switch, etc. Really, I bought it thinking it was pretty horrible, but it's a very well packed game. Do you miss House of the Dead, Time Crisis ot the magnificent Elemental Gearbolt? Blue Estate is calling for you.
Galacide
Galacide is a mix between a basic horizontal shmup and a puzzle game. You shoot enemies and you get stuff that helps you to clear the puzzle obstacles. I've been abused by puzzle games, so I had to quit, but it's pretty well packed.
Streets of Fury EX
Scrolling brawled that was a hit on Xbox (360 I suppose). Not bad, imagine Atari's Pit Fighter but with more moves, scrolling brawling, a ton of unlockable characters. There's even Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman / Aaron Paul as a enemy. If you're crying because Namco didn't do any sequel to Urban Reign, this won't fix it but could help you.
Rebel Galaxy
Gaf, I make a confession. I've been a huge arcade games enthusiast for so many years. A friend of mine introduced me to PC gaming when PC gaming meant RTS and Simulation games, but I hadn't the luck to play a lot of "space related" games. Probably for this reason I'm very fascinated for several kind of games which were related to PC gaming. That means, I loved every moment I've spent with Rebel Galaxy. Every thing seems very basic (it's not the marvellous Freespace 2), but even being very simple it was very charming.
Juju
'cause of an overdose, I can't stand platform games. At all. But my 10 yeas old daughter enjoys them, especially if they are good. Most of the time I'm playing *** (reserved for later), she plays Juju and has a lot of fun. Are you trusting a gameholic daughter rised with a Hori stick playing Dodonpachi?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/385250/[/b[
I hate hate hate hate saturday morning toons graphic. And it's everywhere. There are games I can't stand to play because of it. Paint it back is an exception, because is so GREAT, I have to recommend. Just to be a pain in the A**, I found a huge jump in difficulty: from I have not to use my brain at all because it' so simple to F**K what the hell is this... (solved in few dozens minutes). Anyway, if you loved Picross, this is a must.
Undertale
I know I won't be popular at all with this, but this is a game that does nothing to me. And to add fuel to the fire, I had the same problem with Life is Strange. Probably it's because I've seen so many movies and played so many games that I hadn't anything to surprise me. The gameplay is pretty basic, it's a mix of "avoid bullets" and choose the right answer, with a nice retro gfx and soundtrack. The story isn't the usual straight groups of events, but sadly it didn't nothing to me. If you aren't in the forties and if you haven't seen too many movies check it out.
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Another game that failed miserably to appeal to me. Little premise, I had mastered PSP DJ Max portable games, and played so many bemani games that my hands and fingers still hurt, but COTN did absolutely nothing to me. It's a dungeon crawler where you have to move rhythmically and according to enemy pattern. I've been bored to death :/ I know there's even Bard where you haven't to rhythmically move, but my interest died brutally. Again, I've been burned out by this genre.
<<<< Part 2 incoming! >>>>
And more...
Warrior King: Battles: 2003 strategy game with high consensus, played the tutorial it was fun.
Only the most awaited PC game of the year... XCOM 2!
Bubbavelli
Banned
Ahh yes here we are back in our comfy nook of gaf. Sup everybody
Ah okay. Not interested. That explains why I forgot that one. Naruto is Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 I take it?
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
XCOM 2 is the only game I need until dark souls 3. I will play the shit out of it over those months.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Maybe there's still time for you to write up a summary and send it to Mr Orange?
Wouldn't know what to say tbh!
It's the follow up to Braid and we've waited ages on it, he really hasn't said much about it after all =/
It looks kinda good and he said it won't be priced at AAA pricing.
Really we know almost nothing about it.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Yep that's the update i read, glad to see that door kickers allowed them to make a sequel in full 3D. Now all i gotta figure out is these damn go codes, sounds simple enough but i'm having trouble.
I thought this was March?
It's gonna be really hard for me to resist both Rise of the Tomb Raider and Street Fighter V. Especially the latter, as that is very community driven. Oh well, I gotta skip them.
February 16th. Hopefully that won't slip, it'd be awkward having to rebook the time off work.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Just picked up the final game of the sale:
Trails in the Sky.
Trails in the Sky.
I had my students submit quiz questions to me today for a little quiz game we're going to write this semester. I got two Valve-related questions from my two dozen students.
What is the first name of the founder and current CEO of Valve?
How much does an AK-47 cost in CS:GO?
What is the first name of the founder and current CEO of Valve?
Gabe
How much does an AK-47 cost in CS:GO?
$2700
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