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STEAM | July 2016 - Post Sale Hauls, Post Sale Blues
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CraigerGamer
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Anyone having issues with Steam servers at the moment? Login scream says steam is under a heavy load at the moment and I can't get my inventory or a game to connect in CS:go.
How difficult would it be to write a bot to beat the game?
BoosterDuck
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it a uplay copy it's not worth it
Everything you post I picture Nick Wilde running a scam and it always works.
Only time I see uplay is on through my steam. So he is right in a sense.
LurkerPrime
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Welp, 4/5 Total Warhammer campaigns CONQUERED. Time for something a little different.
Tell me everything y'all know about Risen 3, 'cause I'm about to be wading into it. The store page description is surprisingly vague, considering it's bullet-pointed...
Tell me everything y'all know about Risen 3, 'cause I'm about to be wading into it. The store page description is surprisingly vague, considering it's bullet-pointed...
Isn't Risen 3 the worst in the franchise and also a mess of bugs and glitches? And I don't think the Risen series was ever particularly known for quality. I recall reviews ripping it apart back at release, but it might still be a fun game to play.
Don't know about 3, but 2 was a mess as far as I'm concerned. Clunky combat and poor performance. I mean, I can deal with clunkiness, but Risen 2 was beyond tolerable.
First one I enjoyed somewhat, though it did take a lot of getting used to.
Well nevermind, somehow I was confusing the Risen series with Sacred, which doesn't even belongs to the same genre lol (granted, that franchise isn't hold on high regards neither). I really gotta get some sleep ><
I believe I played Risen 2 for a short bit, but nothing outstanding came from it, so you're better off going for something else.
Risen 3 isn't a good game but I liked it. It's weird. The devs have the right sort of balance of quests + exploration nailed down for the most part. It's not something I would recommend outright but if you have tolerance for eurojank it's worth experiencing.
Risen 1 is a good game, and I'd classify 2 and 3 more as interesting failures that just manage to tickle my fancy.
Risen 1 is a good game, and I'd classify 2 and 3 more as interesting failures that just manage to tickle my fancy.
My friends and I all agree
Great game>Awful game>Mediocre game
At least you can write something about the first two and get an experience from it. Hell, it might be so awful it becomes enjoyable in some twisted sense, Deadly Premonition style!
It's still there, though the stakes of the story are a bit higher so it's a bit less high seas adventure in tone.
One of the weirdest things about Risen 3 is that it features a new main character but has him in the orbit of nearly all the Risen 2 characters and plot, and he's not that different of a lead so it becomes sort of baffling why they even switched.
Can we talk about Sacred 2 tho
because now that I'm refreshing my memories about it, I'm reminded that it was one of the first games where the developers stated the world's size as a big feature (if I recall correctly, he said that it would took 9 hours from going to one end of the map to another), and I got so impressed with it. Man we were naive back then.
because now that I'm refreshing my memories about it, I'm reminded that it was one of the first games where the developers stated the world's size as a big feature (if I recall correctly, he said that it would took 9 hours from going to one end of the map to another), and I got so impressed with it. Man we were naive back then.
I spent a ton of time getting mods and stuff set up for Sacred 2 and then barely ended up playing it at all.
Could it be it was more fun to mod the game rather than play it?
I dunno that I'd call it fun to mod, I just remember installing a bunch of stuff like fan patches and little tweaks that seemed important or useful and then the game just sort of started off slow and I got distracted after a couple hours and never went back to it. I've had the same problem with basically any long game in recent years, I just can't mentally commit to anything really long unless it's easy to play in bite sized chunks. My list of unplayed rpgs has been growing since my early days on Steam. Hell one of my first summer sale purchases ever was a bundle of Gothic 2&3 and I played one of them once for like a half hour.
There's a part of me morbidly curious about Sacred 3 since I have no real expectations.
Sacred 2 was amazing, damn the haters. Lots of interesting character builds and a huge game experience so you got to see the end if your build without needing to play the same content a dozen times.
Also - somewhat unique classes rather than just Magic one, Strong one, Bow one, hybrid one,etc.
Wish the pc version had controller support.
Also - somewhat unique classes rather than just Magic one, Strong one, Bow one, hybrid one,etc.
Wish the pc version had controller support.
I think the haters were just for Sacred 3, I heard almost universal praise for Sacred 2 and it's definitely on my "should go back to" list, but that list is very long.
Risen 3 is the sequel to risen 2 which was the sequel to risen 1 which was the spiritual successor to Gothic 3 which was the sequel to Gothic 2 which was the sequel to Gothic 1.
It's also the prequel to ELEX aka gothic in space because piranha bytes never made a game that isn't Gothic.
NingenJanai
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Most of the Sacred 3 hate is just because it's a completely different kind of game from Sacred 1 and 2, but Sacred 3 is a good game too.
I think you're the first person I've heard say anything positive about Sacred 3 lol
LurkerPrime
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I wanted to like Sacred 2, but the camera angle kills it.
Meanwhile Sacred 3 is an abomination, if only for how blatantly it sacrificed the IP. It was like an X-COM --> The Bureau level of misguidedness. (And even worse in Sacred's case, because it had the double-whammy of Sacred: Citadel vs. The Bureau's XCOM.)
I also really miss R2's protagonist. R3's is bland and burdened with a terrible script and VO. Has none of the previous protag's charisma.
Oh, and the combat. I know people complainted about R2's (I played it late when it was patched andliked didn't mind it) but R3's is leagues worse. It is Animation Lock: The Game.
I'm only like two hours in, so maybe it will improve.
...Maybe.
R2 is a lot of fun in this respect, yeah. It's the closest we'll probably ever get to Jack Sparrow's RPG. Especially since Raven's Cry was such a massively crushing, black-hole-tier of a disappointment.
Meanwhile Sacred 3 is an abomination, if only for how blatantly it sacrificed the IP. It was like an X-COM --> The Bureau level of misguidedness. (And even worse in Sacred's case, because it had the double-whammy of Sacred: Citadel vs. The Bureau's XCOM.)
So far Risen 3 seems like a huge step back from Risen 2. R2 embraced the pirate-y nature and sheer absurdity of itself, whereas Risen 3 is like "what if the Witcher sucked" so far. It has the eurojank, but none of the charm. Like, it feels like it's just going through the motions... I'd swear they were trying to mimic the Witcher 3 with a lot of their design decisions, but IIRC they were both in development around the same time, so... yeah.
I also really miss R2's protagonist. R3's is bland and burdened with a terrible script and VO. Has none of the previous protag's charisma.
Oh, and the combat. I know people complainted about R2's (I played it late when it was patched and
I'm only like two hours in, so maybe it will improve.
...Maybe.
R2 is a lot of fun in this respect, yeah. It's the closest we'll probably ever get to Jack Sparrow's RPG. Especially since Raven's Cry was such a massively crushing, black-hole-tier of a disappointment.
Total War: Warhammer is £32.99 (38.77) over at Gamesplanet.
https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/total-war-warhammer-steam-key--2794-1
https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/total-war-warhammer-steam-key--2794-1
Tizoc
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That's 40 usd for me after conversion if i bought it
Will wqit for cheaper discount personally :x
texhnolyze
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Risen 3 is like on my top list on my backlog. The game is installed and ready to play. I'm somewhat immune to jankiness. Let's see how far I can go with it later. Sadly I'm hundreds of kilometers away from home right now.
LurkerPrime
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Necropolis releasing next Tuesday. Fuck, I hope the reviews will be good for that one, it's one of the few games I might be playing on release this year
Tizoc
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This DoE key isn't redeemed last I chceked ^^;
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Kaleinc
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Sacred 2 is another low effort arpg full of bugs. Some attacks miss for no reason, doesn't have that meaty satisfying impact on hit, loot is garbage. Bosses are awful.
Visuals are decent for its time and that's it.
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I haven't finished it either but I kinda want to replay it already. But I get your points, and overall the game is definitely easier than Limbo.
But actually... In that genre for me Unravel beats both. Very underrated game, loved it.
Stallion Free
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I wish it wasn't a rogue-like/procedurally-generated. I'd actually buy it at $30 then.
Ok so Pokemon GO seems to be the shit right now, all my friends are playing this - random people on the street at certain points all seem to be playing it (I don't know what a gym is but apparently one of my friends has a strong pokemon at a gym??
Now I'm starting to get the urge to play it too.
Now I'm starting to get the urge to play it too.
It's not available here :/
bobnowhere
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There are better mobile games out this week than to waste time on that.
I get the sentiment, even if I on the other hand am interested because of those reasons.
My main concern is that at the moment 95% of the footage is sword&board (there have been snippets of axe, hammer and an off-hand crossbow) and that might get repetitive unless the roguelite aspect unlocks some seriously gameplay changing stuff.
TheAutomator
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like?
Super Stickman Golf 3 and Battlefleet Gothic Leviathan.
I prefer not to install APKs from other places than trusted ones
What the heck is "eurojanky"?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473187
I think it means overcomplicated system without an easy GUI (graphical user interface)
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