The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Are any of them good?
I mean 'good', not 'good for the price'.
Not really no, most of them are really bad...
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STEAM | July 2014 25TH THREAD EDITION (2008-2014)
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Not really no, most of them are really bad...
Are any of them good?
I mean 'good', not 'good for the price'.
None of them are good no according to the steam reviews.
Cheers.
Yeah, Stump PM'd me a list... but before checking my inbox I bought the bundle, haha.
jshackles
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Yes, items in the game have a set amount of durability, and you'll need to either visit someone with the repair skill or repair them yourself (by leveling up your own repair skill) before they break.
finally i can take Warehouse and Logistics Simulator off my wishlist and put it where it belongs, in my game showcase
Gangxxter
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How is Bridge It and Roller Coaster Rampage? Worth 3.50 ?
Leon Belmont
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It would be cool to see the dragon transformation in Divine Divinity! Thanks bro!
Well that's its. I'm probably not getting Original Sin until the game come out and have a big sale on it.
I know its silly for me to not get the game based on one little game mechanic.. But I hate it the same way some people hate QTEs. Which I don't mind.
I'm glad the game is really good so far though
The first two Red Faction games were great in their time, but I don't imagine they hold up well today. Plus they are FPSs, so it might not be worth it for you.
Red Faction Guerrilla is an open world, destruction focused, third-person shooter. If being in third person alleviates your motion sickness issues, it is definitely worth playing. The level of destruction you can do in an open world setting is fantastic, including taking out the base of a tower, and having it collapse on a nearby building, destroying that as well. And you get a ton of tools to help blow stuff up, from remote mines, to a disintegration rifle, to a singularity grenade. Though sometimes it is fun to just run around knocking out walls with your sledgehammer.
Red Faction Armageddon is also a third-person shooter, but unlike Guerrilla, it has no open world and instead has a completely linear (and generic) shooter campaign. It does still have the destruction mechanics of Guerrilla, but being that you spend 95% of your time inside narrow caverns with few meaningful structures to be found, there isn't a lot of fun to be had in blowing stuff up. It's not "bad" though, and it does have a few interesting weapons. You probably have better games to play though.
TL;DR version: Play Guerrilla, skip the rest. Is it worth $6 for just Guerrilla? I think so, but it is a 5 year old game, so your mileage may vary.
SourCinnamon
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This weekend I finished TRAUMA (thanks for the giveaway PossumMeat!). A unique experience for sure. The puzzle-esque gameplay was fun but probably the part I most enjoyed was the story. Each photograph you find gives you a bit of information about the mind of the protagonist. Her past, her fears, her traumas. It's a bit short buy I enjoyed every part of it.
Thanks for the link to the soundtrack, Clockwork Tower Music is amazing, as is the Lost City music An Underlying Problem. My goodness this OST is wonderful.
Lost City song brings back so much memories of Megaman, this track is so good.
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I still prefer The Longest Journey (and it's one of my favourite games ever), but Dreamfall is great as well.
Dreamfall Chapters seems very ambitious. I have great hopes.
You are missing out on a lot of fun by doing that. The music levels were sogood.
Didn't realize it included the soundtrack too, awesome. Hope I win, game looks really interesting and would love to check it out.
Also wish I'd caught all this Divinity talk during the sale, could have picked up Divine Divinity and Dragon Commander on the cheap.
Thanks for Wizardry 8 Jase ! One of the rare series of RPG I didn't try. The shame :S
Atraveller
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New thread syndrome.
Cyberquake
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No worries, enjoy it!
I havent started a single divinity game so far. My backlog is too huge across all my gaming platforms
It's got some really great systems though other than the writing I don't think you can really compare it to Original Sin at all.
New BundleStars
http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/big-sims-bundle/
Professional Farmer 2014
Woodcutter Simulator 2013 Gold Edition
Airport Simulator 2014
Warehouse and Logistics Simulator
Towtruck Simulator 2015
Skyscraper Simulator
Agricultural Simulator: Historical Farming
Bridge It (Plus)
Trainz: Murchison 2
Trainz: Classic Cabon City
Trainz: Settle & Carlisle
Roller Coaster Rampage
3,50
Sadly I already own all these Simulator goodness
Are any of them good?
I mean 'good', not 'good for the price'.
Beyond novel curiosities that are entertaining for 10-15 minutes? No.
Professional Farmer 2014 had potential to be the turnaround game for the notoriously cash-grab sim developer UIG Entertainment, but it fell just short of the mark. The engine is actually quite nice looking but its performance is lacking. Still, you could squeeze some hours out of PF14 if you tried.
And in spite of Airport Simulator 2014 being nothing more than, "Drive Service Trucks Up To Parked Airplanes Simulator 2014". If found it a kind of fun in spite of itself.
Trainz is a poor-man's Railworks Train Simulator.
I own all titles listed and I'd say the rest are throwaway. I have a strange fascination with janky budget sims, but only on a cheap (>$5), dip your toes in for a few minutes level.
If your time is valuable and you still want to explore the vehicle sim genre, stick with Euro Truck Simulator 2, Train Simulator 2014, Farming Simulator 2013, OMSI 2, etc. There's a lot of quality product out there in a sea of disposable budget titles.
DaBargainHunta
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Meh. I guess some people are excited about these games, because BundleStars keeps doing these types of bundles, but it always feels like a complete waste of a bundle to me. Different strokes for different folks and all that, I guess.
Terra_Ex
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It's pretty good when it gets going, I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely worth playing through.
Danke JaseC!
Bel_Air_Jeff
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I also started playing Mirror's Edge last night. OH MY GOD....
it's really fun.
I also think there's quite a few new regulars that have stayed after the Summer Sale thread.
They did a KS update last Friday saying that the first book/episode would come out this Autumn, so I was expecting the store page to show up sooner than later. Woot.
I hope the game is good.
Bel_Air_Jeff
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Feels really good right now to have bough Original Sin for 11$ several months ago
CURSES!
Madrugador
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Abyss Odyssey looks great. I may actually get it just to support the chilean industry.
Also, looks like it's full of chilean references which is cool.
Also, looks like it's full of chilean references which is cool.
It's the post-sale syndrome
Hero Prinny
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Aw man, i missed that system shock 2 giveaway, LAME! so what game have you been playing(if any), steamgaf? Im about to go play state of decay for a bit before heading off to the theater to see transformers with the family
so what game have you been playing(if any), steamgaf? Im about to go play state of decay for a bit before heading off to the theater to see transformers with the familyI loved Divinity 2. It's a really different game, gameplay-wise, from Divinity Original Sin. The quirkiness and the humor is the same, though.
Divinity 2 in a third person action/RPG and you only control your own character. But your character can turn into a dragon and destroy enemies with fire.
The story is good and there are some interesting places to explore. I would recommend this to anyone who likes quirky and original Action-RPGs.
PetriP-TNT
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Aw man, i missed that system shock 2 giveaway, LAME!
http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/aftershock-bundle/
1. buy this bundle
2. install System Shock 2.
It's not rocket science, really.
Autofokus
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Thanks for your impressions, appreciate it.
I'm gonna skip this bundle. From all mentioned games I only have ETS2, which I really liked.
Freedom = $1.05
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i wish capcom would speed up with the removal of GFWL on some of their older games just so they'll go on sale. I've always been interested in DR2OTR but I'm holding out hope that there'll be a sale around when DR3 launches.
Well if everything is good (even if the combat) is different. That might be good enough for me to get Original Sin.
Atraveller
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My condolences.Aw man, i missed that system shock 2 giveaway, LAME!
KillerDark
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Yea it is, I got hooked on that when I played it. I thought it was really cool the way movement and navigation worked in that game. Hopefully the second one will be just as good!
Skyfireblaze
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Yeah, I'm one of these people!
I had no idea how amazing SteamGAF is or I would have come earlier D: But now I should go back to trying to make Dynasty Warriors 8 working properly with the Skyrim ENB... if I only could get the DoF to focus...Seeing all those Divinity: OS screens in my Steam feed is making me want to finally start Divine Divinity.
Fact is, I tried it some time ago, but it run kinda weird (Win 8.1).
Now I can't remember which problems I had, but do you guys know if there are any known patches or mods I should install to best enjoy the game?
Fact is, I tried it some time ago, but it run kinda weird (Win 8.1).
Now I can't remember which problems I had, but do you guys know if there are any known patches or mods I should install to best enjoy the game?
According to the steam community forums it should run fine if you use the "software rendering option".
Hero Prinny
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Oooh ill buy this later, thanks for the heads up
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