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Steam Summer Sale 2017 |OT| The Weather's Hot and the Deals are Not
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... And then when you get back to the first game, you don't remember what you were doing and have to start over.
dragons dogma is $12 so finding a $5 game should be easyyy
dogma defense force in full effect
Atraveller
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Windows Store version received the update as well.
Saucycarpdog
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Nice, thanks!
CecilRousso
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Genres of interest?
dragons dogma is $12 so finding a $5 game should be easyyy
dogma defense force in full effect
I liked some stuff about Dragon's Dogma, but I had a hard time getting a hang of the combat. It was really cool in concept but something about it I never knew if I was picking bad skills, if I just sucked, or if I was trying to fight an enemy that was above my skill level. Maybe all three, who knows, but i found myself dying a fair bit and getting a little lost and impatient wandering around looking for quest objectives.
Racing, platformers, RTS, FPS, Character action, Soulsborne. That's all I can think of right now.
SmokedMeat
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Halo Wars is $15
I saw. unfortunately Halo Wars never caught my interest
I know how you feel. I have 40 games in my wishlist, but I just can't bring myself to buy any of them using Steam Wallet moneys ($12 CAD).
Imp the Dimp
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If you people don't get Dead Cells and Hollow Knight, I don't know what to say
I remember Planescape's story and writing quite fondly. I don't think it's upper tier prose compared to popular literature but it's enjoyable enough and in combination with the the game-y aspects it offers (like atmospheric world and dungeons) it makes for a really great overall experience. It's a very unique game that has not been copied at all.
I remember Planescape's story and writing quite fondly. I don't think it's upper tier prose compared to popular literature but it's enjoyable enough and in combination with the the game-y aspects it offers (like atmospheric world and dungeons) it makes for a really great overall experience. It's a very unique game that has not been copied at all.
Mackenzie 92
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SapphiCine
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I played Stronghold back in the day. Don't remember if I liked it.
Age of Mythology might be worth revisiting. But I think I am in the mood for more modern/unconventional RTS games.
Appealing concept but the visual style is a turn off. Looks like a flash game. :<
I thought that looked interesting. I have the Homeworld Remastered Collection, which I haven't played yet. >_>
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It's technically dog shit sandwich. With a GTX 970 I had to use upscaling and turn everything down to get close to 60fps stable (mostly locked but not always, and this was with a massive GPU OC). And it just never felt smooth, panning the camera was very choppy. To hit 60fps you need to make the game very ugly with lots of aliasing and blurry textures due to upscaling.
The game itself is OK, the combat is enjoyable but very repetitive. The best thing about it is the real life TV show and the story which was very interesting. Overall it's an OK game with awful performance that's probably not worth the frustration.
Exentryk
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I can't recall what was wrong with the vanilla release, but the "FAR" mod fixes everything, and also gives you a choice to bump up the performance.
Mackenzie 92
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For me, having played on Xbox One, it was more that the game takes away control a little too often. The action is super broken up because of it and broke the flow a little. But the action itself was fun.
IIRC Scholar makes certain areas of the game
Shrine of Amana specifically
And Scholar is heavily obsessed with using stone enemies to block off places/paths that weren't blocked in the original. Like to the point where I think someone on the dev team has a serious medusa fetish.
Imp the Dimp
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Just get SotFC.
Dr. Benton Quest
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SotFS.
Try not locking on to most enemies. It feels like the game was balanced around not using the lock on.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
got a huge problem after i found out that lost planet 2 was on sale.. i bought it , installed it . i have direct x 12
game can run on either 9 or 11.
the game wont launch after i pick either 11 or 9. what can i do?
It probably looks for a dx9.dll file before launching. That's my best guess, as I don't own it, but I have used that solution for many games in the past.
chixdiggit
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Really interested in Dead Cells. How does the Early Access effect it? Am I playing a half finished game that I will be sick of before it is done?
autoduelist
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Totally disagree. Games are based on mechanics, from go and chess and backgammon through modern video games. You add graphics and story to said mechanics, but without the mechanics it's not a game. Chess is the same game whether you're playing it on a $1 cheap travel set or a $5000 hand carved masterpiece. We might like to have it look better, feel better, etc... but ultimately it's inconsequential as far as the 'game' goes.
And because of this, we have lots of games with little or no 'story/writing' (not an insult, these are my favorite), and many failed attempts at writing.
See, you can have awful writing and a non-existent, or terrible, or just plain bland story, and still have a very successful game. Any number of games prove this point, from by the book save the world games, or badly translated messes. If these were 'just books', they wouldn't sell. They survive, and even sell extremely well, because in gaming solid mechanics trump all.
So yes, it's perfectly valid to say 'good writing... for a video game'... because it can be true. Many games have terrible writing, and that's okay. It is not a fundamental flaw to a game, like it might be in literature. You can safely say "It's got a deep plot and great acting... for an action movie". In fact, even with books, in genres that sell on something other than quality of writing [romance novels, for example] it's perfectly valid to say 'it's got fantastic writing, for a romance novel' because nobody expects fantastic writing in a romance novel. They are bought for steamy nights of reading, just like games are bought for sweaty nights of playing.
I get that some people don't want this divide. But the divide will always be there - it's inherent to gaming that a game doesn't need good writing to be successful. So yes, we 'should' treat writing differently for games. Because games aren't books. it's okay to admit that. It's okay that some games have terrible writing. It's okay to praise those that get it right. It's okay to buy those that don't, simply because they play well.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Crimsonclaw111
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So yeah are there anymore multiplayer bundles on Steam or are they dead?
i wonder how unions work in america that a game like life is strange just gets a different actress for their main character because this other actress is non-union and that's actually considered super ok to the point the original actress is doing consulting for the game
that's so fucking weird lol
that's so fucking weird lol
chixdiggit
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HP_Wuvcraft
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It is, but it's more like Ashly Burch cares so much that she came on as a writer to be able to least still guide her character.
I haven't purchased much this year. I miss the old format, with the big blocks of games on sale and timers letting you know when the next wave would start. It gave a sense of urgency, and even community with everyone eagerly waiting to see what would be on sale, letting their offline friends know, etc.
I think my favorite has been Memoria. $1.99 for a point-and-click adventure with attractive art, a nice story, just the right amount of challenge, and fully voice acted. It's a gem at this price. Hell it'd be a gem at $9.99.
I think my favorite has been Memoria. $1.99 for a point-and-click adventure with attractive art, a nice story, just the right amount of challenge, and fully voice acted. It's a gem at this price. Hell it'd be a gem at $9.99.
That's why I changed from tank to DPS in FFXIV. lol
Is there a list of "official" sellers vs "gray market" sellers? Anyone have a list or ways to find out?
I keep forgetting CD keys is more "official and safe" than G2A.
chixdiggit
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CD Keys is safe and accepted on GAF.
Haha, well since you're recommending it, I would hope so. But I have no idea how people find good and safe methods without Enhanced Steam. Anyone have other tools they recommend or any list of what people consider gray market vs more official but not steam?
Zap Rowsdower
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IsThereAnyDeal.com.
Thanks!
Tizoc
Member
Sonic mania preorder
Nfs hot pursuit if u like arcade racers
Killer is dead
Transformers devastation
To name a few
Yooka laylee is good but is more than $17
It's a pretty weird thing because in a normal union the person who does the work would basically be blackballed from ever joining the union, so I wonder why that particular person was ok with it.
Then you get weird cases like the original Nier where Laura Bailey and some other folks had to be billed with fake names I believe because the job didn't pay enough to meet the unions standards.
The actors unions are definitely a bit different than the most others for electricians, nurses, etc.
As for unconventional modern RTS, World in Conflict is amazing. I have it but it seems to have been removed from steam. GoG still has it though.
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