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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.
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As of right now, no. It was already improved significantly when they released the original DLC though, and assuming the standalone supports the workshop still, I'd bet someone will port the original campaign over in some fashion.
Probably not.
Although, now that I think about, it, I did end up with the Bioshock Infinite TF2 items... like a year after I added the game.
Crimsonclaw111
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What's this about tf2 items.
The Dear Leader
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I got those too, and the Wolfenstein TNO items even though I pre-ordered neither of those games.
Check the Alien Isolation store page and scroll down to "pre-purchase offer"
Hm, in what way was Supreme Commander more "softcore" than TA? The original is sitting in my backlog (trying to go through shorter games first), but I've always been itching to try it out, simply because I was a HUGE fan of TA back in its heyday. Of course, I was never super good at it, but I did enjoy playing someone equally as bad as I was.
Those items were different from the preorder ones.
Crimsonclaw111
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Time to sell some items when I get home.
Bioshock Infinte has TF2-items on season pass too, for ordering it before release of Burial at sea 2.
I don't think you get those before release and they won't be marketable instantly.
On other news There's also Talk like a Pirate Day sale coming.
http://store.steampowered.com//sale/talk_like_a_pirate_day
Don't think that's supposed to be up, but it is.
I don't think you get those before release and they won't be marketable instantly.
On other news There's also Talk like a Pirate Day sale coming.
http://store.steampowered.com//sale/talk_like_a_pirate_day
Don't think that's supposed to be up, but it is.
ANuclearError
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Are the Steam versions of the Monkey Island games worth getting? Tempted to pick them up in that sale.
Crimsonclaw111
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I retract my statement and will instead sell all those bonuses ASAP.
Surprised Heileen and/or Captain Morgane aren't on sale for that.
electroflame
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I've been meaning to as well, but I know that the moment I do they'll end up in a bundle.
Yes. Pretty much the only way to legally get them anyway.
TheFightingFish
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That's interesting I nabbed that in the last Winter Steam sale, which would have been before BAS2 came out. Do you have to do something to get those items?
Yes. While the first one still has a couple of problems, the second one is pretty much perfect.
someguyinahat
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If you've never played the game before or don't remember much about it, then sure. It's pretty much the same game it always was, and you can toggle between new graphics and the originals. Most people who have played it before don't care for the new look of the characters, but YMMV.
Yeah would be instant buy at -75%.
(Probably Gold edition from Brazil / Russia, assuming Russians can buy that using their tricks)
I think you need to start TF2.
I'll buy ac4 gold for $7.50 ubisoft. do it
rainking187
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Yep. Groupees bundles are too hit and miss for me to throw money at them without knowing what the games are. They should do some sort of preview video.
hardcastlemccormick
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I'm not usually one to care about bad writing, but the dialogue in the opening of Alan Wake is so staggeringly terrible.
I have both Alan Wake and American Nightmare...but I'm not sure if I should bother.
I have both Alan Wake and American Nightmare...but I'm not sure if I should bother.
The actual game isn't good either, so...
CheesecakeRecipe
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Both Alan Wake games aren't good? (I have it but haven't touch it yet.)
I haven't played American Nightmare, which is "better" by all accounts, but the gameplay loop of Alan Wake is kinda shit.
The enemies are all the same and keep popping up every time you pass by the trigger points, which gets very fucking annoying indeed if you're backtracking for stuff.
derExperte
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I disagree completely, game is great and the writing works very well in context.
Nabs
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There's absolutely nothing better about American Nightmare.
Alan Wake is pretty damn good.
derExperte
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New Fable Anniversary beta build: http://steamcommunity.com/app/288470/discussions/0/613936673303967004/
Could turn from very lackluster to pretty good if they keep working on it.
Could turn from very lackluster to pretty good if they keep working on it.
Glass Rebel
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I found the game on lower difficulties kinda boring but on Hard and especially Nightmare it really begins to shine. It becomes less of a cookie cutter shooter and more a game about crowd management and survival. It's Remedy's own fault that they couldn't make it work on the default difficulty but I also think it's a shame that people are completely dismissing it because they haven't experienced what the game can be.
Of course there are also others that don't like the game on any difficulty, which is completely fair.
Run.
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but this upcoming RPG Maker game looks good!
It's called Rakuen, and it's from Laura Shigihara (Plants vs. Zombies composer, To the Moon singer of some tracks). It's about a hospitalized boy that imagines being on a storybook.
Here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXJqi2KmhCw
Apparently, it's coming by year's end on PC, according to the game's site. It doesn't mention Steam specifically, but likely will be there (perhaps Greenlight?).
It's called Rakuen, and it's from Laura Shigihara (Plants vs. Zombies composer, To the Moon singer of some tracks). It's about a hospitalized boy that imagines being on a storybook.
Here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXJqi2KmhCw
Apparently, it's coming by year's end on PC, according to the game's site. It doesn't mention Steam specifically, but likely will be there (perhaps Greenlight?).
TouchMyBox
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They're worse than doodoo because the daytime parts are kinda fun, but then the night time shit comes and ruins everything with it's boring terrible repetitive mediocre shooting gallery and stupid loud "spooky" ambient sound 100% of the time.
CheesecakeRecipe
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They're very good, but they get a strange amount of hate. Alan Wake proper isn't shy about the level of cheese it wants to use, between the faux-Stephen King writing segments and the knockoff Twilight Zone show within the game's universe. Some people found that having notes appear which tells them what is about to happen awful, not particularly keeping in mind that it is all part of the larger picture.
Would a giant tractor coming to life and hurling at you be frightening on its own? Sure. But what about the fact that Wake supposedly wrote everything that is happening to himself? It's all a hint to what is actually going on. Whether or not you want to accept that answer is all according to taste. Wake is, by all accounts, somewhat of a hack writer. Many characters add on to this opinion. He's popular, but it doesn't exactly mean he's that good.
As for gameplay, I think the worst offender is that Wake has the athleticism of a 10 year old after thanksgiving dinner. He can run for a few seconds before he starts to tire which can be quite a pain to deal with in some of the longer stretches. It forces you into the dodge > flashlight > shoot mechanic a bit too often. The enemies don't exactly change up at all either, so the same redneck phantom you'll fight in the opening minutes will be the same guy you're dodging at the end. The sense of weight and place though is unlike any other shooter out there. Wake's shifting of his own body is one of my favorite things to come from a physical "feel" in a game since Max Payne 3's treatment of handling gun swapping.
American Nightmare ramps up the cheese factor but improves upon the gunplay. There are different kinds of enemies, the flashlight shield mechanic is much faster and at some point Alan ran a marathon or two. Gone are the beautiful forests though, get ready for flatter desert landscape. The
groundhogs day
hardcastlemccormick
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Aside from the writing. Even if they're trying to establish this character as the mind of a poor writer, it's so crushingly and badly presented that I just couldn't believe it. The opening nightmare level is a perfect example of why "show don't tell" is so true. Wake's monotone monologue totally ruins the tension. Well below the standard of writing I have for even the worst adaption of a Stephen King book.
Probably play a few more levels and see if it gets better. It's really pretty. Too early to judge the mechanics.
EDIT: And even if the writing is supposed to be cheesy, it could still maintain the tension and mystery. Alan Wake does neither of those, from what I played. The writing singlehandedly undermines every oogidy-boog reveal.
You mean the daytime parts that last about 10 minutes?
I'd say it's the balance between how easily you can get fucked over vs how much you can recover from a dire situation.
Freedom = $1.05
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but the game is literally about fending off the darkness. It's like saying that the towns are fun in a zelda game but the dungeons are all pure, unfiltered garbage.
The dlc seems pretty hit and miss, though. The writer is good, American nightmare is ok if not a bit repetitive, and the signal is flat out terrible.
TouchMyBox
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Yeah, pretty much.
Yeah, pretty much.
I liked seeing Sam Lake though.
"zkylon loves our game, let's add spiders."
Finally finished Gemini Rue after having to basically replay the game due to an update borking my savegames.
Good stuff.
I had a similar experience with the Nightmare difficulty, in that I believe it makes the game. I did have fun on normal difficulty as well.
Nightmare isn't that difficult for those worried, it's all about positioning and using your environment.
agreed. someone could easily give away nothing but 25 coupons and then they are eligible for megagiver giveaways?
shady
CrunchyFrog
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Ooh 66 percent off on that monkey island bundle and it's an instant buy.
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