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Steam Summer Camp 2011 - Immediate Regrets :(
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Bobs Big Boy
Member
No regrets for this sale.
Only ended up picking up Frozen Synapse, Jolly Rover, and Jamestown.
Jolly Rover might have been the only impulsive buy for me, but it's not a bad little adventure game by any means, and I still got a decent playthrough out of it for the price.
Only ended up picking up Frozen Synapse, Jolly Rover, and Jamestown.
Jolly Rover might have been the only impulsive buy for me, but it's not a bad little adventure game by any means, and I still got a decent playthrough out of it for the price.
funkystudent
Member
I know they where crazy cheap but why did I buy these Penny Arcade games?
I am never going to play them.
I am never going to play them.
Shard said:
Also, try to win some territories back (destroying all ZED) at the beginning, going to level 1 outbreaks instead of 2-3 ones. That way you get +20 score all the rest of the game, and that's a lot. Also, the Zed score does not increase much. If you fight +3 right at the beginning you usually get 300-400, but the Zeds win 200-300 as well.
SUPER DESTROYMAN
Member
Maybe I shouldn't have bought assassins creed yet...
About a month ago I built my really nice computer rig that can play tons of super demanding games. And here I am playing Plants vs. Zombies and VVVVVV.
I can't say I regret that. I'm having more fun with gaming than I've had in years. I guess I regret buying at least ONE game that actually can push the limits of my rig.
I can't say I regret that. I'm having more fun with gaming than I've had in years. I guess I regret buying at least ONE game that actually can push the limits of my rig.
Shard said:
Well, it's kind of odd, since the balance shifts back and forth as the game progresses. When it starts, the balance is kind of in the player's favor, but once the Level 4 outbreaks start happening, the balance slowly shifts back to the side of the Zed, so it's more a matter of getting enough points to win the campaign before Zed overtakes you.
A few little pointers:
- Always keep an eye on what units you're going to be taking into a mission. They're shown on the right side of the map for a given month. If you're going to have barricades, tnt, landmines, and bait, don't go attacking a level 4 outbreak.
- Also keep in mind what the "condition" for the month is. NEVER attack a level 4 zone on a "shorter day" month. Even when I had artillery, infantry, and snipers at my disposal, I have yet to clear a level 4 zone in 30 seconds.
- It actually does make a little difference which territories you claim. Not in points, but in containing the spread of the infection. From what I've noticed so far (I could be wrong on this), level 4 zones can only raise the infection levels of adjacent zones. So, if you can secure (either by capturing it or just by "winning" the round) a zone that will cut off a level 4 area, it won't spread to the rest of the map, giving you some time.
- Some of the research items are... well, they're absolutely useless. Personally, I ALWAYS research the artillery and Catbird Cannon upgrades first. While you don't get the artillery every round, you get it often enough to make the extra shell fired per upgrade very useful.
- Sometimes you're just screwed. I'm attempting a 20,000 point game at the moment (the "long" one) and right now every territory that isn't owned by me or blacked out is a level 4. This means that the rounds where I get a crappy loadout are pretty much a wash. No matter what I've tried, it just doesn't seem possible to clear out a level 4 without at LEAST infantry, and artillery seems necessary as well.
So far the only game I really regret is Transformers. I don't wtf I was thinking. I looked at videos and I HATED the world, it was so dark, but at the same time everything was shiny. But it looked like a good TPS, and I like good TPS. A lot of people complained about its generic mechanics, but I've never been bothered by generic mechanics in short action games so I figured I wouldn't care.
Turns out I really do the hate the world it's set in. I don't know who anyone or WTF is going on. I finally figured out the controls, but I still don't like the shooting (sorry, I'm terrible at describing what I like or don't like about shooting mechanics), and it actually is too generic for me.
Oh well, $I've wasted $7.50 on much sillier things before.
I also found out I don't like Terraria, but I did get to play it for about 5 hours and so don't really regret that purchase.
Turns out I really do the hate the world it's set in. I don't know who anyone or WTF is going on. I finally figured out the controls, but I still don't like the shooting (sorry, I'm terrible at describing what I like or don't like about shooting mechanics), and it actually is too generic for me.
Oh well, $I've wasted $7.50 on much sillier things before.
I also found out I don't like Terraria, but I did get to play it for about 5 hours and so don't really regret that purchase.
Nealand Liquor
Member
I might be regretting Deus Ex. Now I say might simply because if I can get joytokey figured out with this game I may actually begin to enjoy the game.
I personally HATE using the keyboard. Movement is just too awkward feeling for me and I find it impossible to enjoy games when the keyboard is my only option.
I personally HATE using the keyboard. Movement is just too awkward feeling for me and I find it impossible to enjoy games when the keyboard is my only option.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Nealand Liquor said:
:O
gregor7777
Banned
dani_dc said:
Agreed. Choosing your mercs every month should have been a base mechanic.
gregor7777 said:
I haven't tried with that modifier on yet, but I'm thinking that if/when I do, I'm pretty much going to go Infantry/Artillery/Sniper every single month. As annoying as the mechanic is, those three merc units are so insanely powerful compared to the others that I can't imagine it being worth it to go for anything BUT that combination.
Sye d'Burns
Member
Salazar said:
Strangely enough, Fuel crashes to the desktop as soon as I hit the menu on the mini but works just fine on the mbp. They're virtually the same machines internally running the same steam install on a firewire drive.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I have no real regrets but I can tell some games I will not playing as much. Audiosurf seems wonky to me and Beat Hazards visuals are hard on the eyes. I've actually been playing more JC2 than anything else right now with some Last Remnant (liking it so far).
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Biggest regret is not getting the DOOM complete collection when it was incredibly low in price, £4 or something.
DoctorWho said:
On that note, I've been wondering about someone setting up a "book club" sort of thing where people meet up each week on a given online game to ensure there's people to play with. It would at least ensure some population. Not sure about the organisational requirements, though, particularly with international factors.
Houston3000
Member
Head over to the Terraria OT here, the last few pages. If you're playing the game singleplayer find someone to play multiplayer with, it's infinitely better (I even enjoyed single player so that's saying alot), or jump on the GAF server and ask around.coopolon said:
The game has major patches every few weeks. When 1.0.6 comes out (probably later this week or early next week) the GAF server is going to load a new world and I think a lot of players are going to roll new characters from scratch - might be fun to join in with that group, do the bosses together, build houses, etc...
Edit: When I say major I really mean it to, a few weeks ago there was no jungles in the game, no deserts, no oceans, no potion system, no clothing system, half the enemies weren't in the game (no bats, crabs, piranhas, vultures, demons, hellbats, lava slimes, snatchers, harpies, sharks, jellyfish, antlions, etc...), tons of items, weapons, accessories weren't in the game. The game is literally constantly being added to in major ways - definitely stay in tune.
My friend had the subtitle issue once and fixed it by restarting his PC. They're just chat bubbles over NPCs, the language they talk is complete gibberish. The only UI elements are 8 round buttons in the bottom left of the screen and a tiny little HP bar under your character... I don't think the buttons show up either until you complete the tutorial IIRC.Darklord said:Magicka. I can't see subtitles or the UI. The games broken for me.
Picked up:
- Amnesia
- Guild Wars Trilogy
- Singularity
- THQ Pack
- Monkey Island pack
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Just Cause 2
- Borderlands: GOTY
- Witcher 2
In terms of regrets:
- I was GOING to regret Witcher 2, because I didn't pick it up when it was first on sale, but then the encore sale happened, so that's no longer a regret
- I kind of regret Guild Wars, simply because NCSoft's Support sucks ass, and took over two days to give me the name of the character I created and played for 10 minutes, locking me out of my account.
- I regret buying Alpha Protocol two weeks before the sale. Not the game, but that I paid $20 for it. Oh, who am I kidding? I fucking love Alpha Protocol.
Other than that, I'm fairly happy. Borderlands was doing a lot of screen tearing, but a manual edit to the config file fixed that. But it's clear that the textures were made for consoles, because when you see them all high-res, they look not terrific (at least on people).
- Amnesia
- Guild Wars Trilogy
- Singularity
- THQ Pack
- Monkey Island pack
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Just Cause 2
- Borderlands: GOTY
- Witcher 2
In terms of regrets:
- I was GOING to regret Witcher 2, because I didn't pick it up when it was first on sale, but then the encore sale happened, so that's no longer a regret
- I kind of regret Guild Wars, simply because NCSoft's Support sucks ass, and took over two days to give me the name of the character I created and played for 10 minutes, locking me out of my account.
- I regret buying Alpha Protocol two weeks before the sale. Not the game, but that I paid $20 for it. Oh, who am I kidding? I fucking love Alpha Protocol.
Other than that, I'm fairly happy. Borderlands was doing a lot of screen tearing, but a manual edit to the config file fixed that. But it's clear that the textures were made for consoles, because when you see them all high-res, they look not terrific (at least on people).
MetalFearSolid
Banned
DoctorWho said:
wow Blur was fun IMO..
Azure Dream
Member
I actually liked Beat Hazard as it originally was, but I kind of regret getting the "Ultra" DLC. It took an easy but amusing shooter and shoved in some unpleasant mechanics, especially all the tractor beam enemies that now screw with your ability to move, bounce you around, etc. I didn't play it all that much to begin with, now I'm not sure I want to touch it at all anymore.
Funnily enough, the game gets "better" when you can start just cheating through it: build a ship with three rotors (left, right, and up) and a parasol (and when you get them, some rockets), and take everything else off (except maybe a base if you need the spacing). You can then pretty much breeze through the levels without caring about 90% of the hazards, with much better maneuverability than if you had wheels or what have you.
I rarely say this, but the developers, if they're still in business, owe people refunds for taking their money with a product like this. At the very least, it's been too long for some simple patches to have not been made.
I owned Doc Clock from some Indie Pack but had never played it. What a miserable experience it was getting to the Lava level. The "funny" dialogue literally obscures your progress at some points, and most of the time conversations don't finish because you actively have to stop and let them finish, instead of just hitting the enemies and moving on. The Rewind mechanic is ONLY there because the physics are shitty and unreliable, and sometimes even the rewinding doesn't even work right. Trying to build things is a nightmare, there's no way to force something to stay still or suspended in the air, so trying to bolt wheels onto your car is amazingly awkward. Your arm has a limited range, which makes building fun, and is sometimes impeded by obstructions, sometimes rolls right around them. There's no way to move objects that are glued together as a whole, they all come apart if you even just grab the wrong piece. The Doc has annoying animations for simple things like "can't walk past a wall" ("shrug!"), falling too far (which can kill him, even if you're just trying to get down from the top of your vehicle), and instead of walking up tilted inclines, he sometimes "climbs" up them like a stack of boxes. The game's not clear about which objects it will carry on to the next level, sometimes leaving behind important pieces like rotors, sometimes stocking them away properly in your backpack. The items you tack onto your vehicles are semi-automatic, which means rockets only fire if they align with certain axes while you're pressing certain arrow keys, and generally it means way too often you'll be flipped over and dragging yourself on your ass or face, and you won't care because it means you're at least making steady progress through the level.Derrick01 said:
Funnily enough, the game gets "better" when you can start just cheating through it: build a ship with three rotors (left, right, and up) and a parasol (and when you get them, some rockets), and take everything else off (except maybe a base if you need the spacing). You can then pretty much breeze through the levels without caring about 90% of the hazards, with much better maneuverability than if you had wheels or what have you.
I rarely say this, but the developers, if they're still in business, owe people refunds for taking their money with a product like this. At the very least, it's been too long for some simple patches to have not been made.
BattleMedic
Member
Napoleon: Total War is too big, I won't be able to install it until I get another Hard Drive but I've managed to fit Empire on my current one.