B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Guess I'm getting TLJ then.
TLJ is great, nothing quite like it, even it's follow up.
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Steam Summer Sales 2012 Thread 2: No One I Know Voted for Nixon
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TLJ is great, nothing quite like it, even it's follow up.
It's not bad, it had one stand out set piece for me but for the most part it was fairly repetitive with an alright story.
For the price though you won't go wrong.
zerokoolpsx
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I got it for $5 bucks last summer sale. It does go on sale.
You're soo nice! Awesome! haha
Welp. That means I have nothing left to buy this sale.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Oh man, I've been going through all the hidden sales and whatnot, and there are some AWESOME games for $2 or less. Lots of really old-school, campy shooters and stuff. Games that'll be fun for a two-hour retro trip here and there. I'm really thinking of grabbing this pack, too. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15578/
It's pretty cheap, comes with a ton of games, and definitely has a few gems.
It's pretty cheap, comes with a ton of games, and definitely has a few gems.
what is funny with the steam obsession is that deals are completely unseen elsewhere. Bloodlines, fully patched and digital, was 4E last week on dotemu.com DRM free.
Sarcastic Response
Banned
Now you tell me! D:
It's ok though. I'm just being extremely picking now because I only have $6.09 left in my Steam wallet.
Empty Space
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Old World Blues is the strangest bit of Fallout content I've ever seen and is funny. Pretend somebody ripped a bunch of the corny Sci-Fi tropes of the 60s and put them into Fallout. Lonesome Road is the wrap up of the DLC and is about Ulysses, the courier who turned down the chip job, and kind gives a background on the player character before New Vegas. They are totally worth picking up I promise.
SpacePirate Ridley
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It dropped for the first time on this year's winter sales and that sale was repeated various days some months after, then never returning to a sale.
Its a very strange game to see on this type of sales so it could probably appear at the end, or not appear this summer sales what could mean the game is not getting a disccount ever again (at least in the next years).
Or it could not appear this sales to appear in winter, so who knows. The game has a strange pattern for sales.
iAmMaximus
Member
Wow, very much enjoying NFS: HP. Didn't even expect it.
YES. It's brilliant. Everything from the atmosphere to the way the game is structured is just perfect.
elementalsin
Member
Damage so far...
Civ 5
Costume Quest
Dear Esther
Fear
Fear2
Fear3
LA Noire
Portal 2
Psychonaughts
The Ship
Stacking
Stalker: SoC
Stalker: CS
Stalkers: CoD
Trine
Trine 2
Witcher Enhanced
Witcher 2 Enhanced
Right around $80... Bit more than I wanted to spend, but thats a lot of game time for that price. I'm still waiting to see an ARMA drop and maybe a dirt 2 and borderlands return.
Civ 5
Costume Quest
Dear Esther
Fear
Fear2
Fear3
LA Noire
Portal 2
Psychonaughts
The Ship
Stacking
Stalker: SoC
Stalker: CS
Stalkers: CoD
Trine
Trine 2
Witcher Enhanced
Witcher 2 Enhanced
Right around $80... Bit more than I wanted to spend, but thats a lot of game time for that price. I'm still waiting to see an ARMA drop and maybe a dirt 2 and borderlands return.
For all the people trying out The Longest Journey, be aware that it does fall prey to the old school point and click adventure "god awful logic" trap. There are a few real weird puzzles in there.
As I've recommended before though (several times in the last few days, I think) the site http://www.uhs-hints.com/ is really good for this kind of game. IMO a lot of old school adventures are practically unplayable now due to the terrible cat hair mustache style puzzles and I found when I tried to go back and play them I often go to a FAQ for a puzzle much more quickly than I should because I just assume the puzzle is something illogical even when it turns out to not be.
That website is great for giving you enough hints to solve the puzzles in a game without resorting to going straight to the answer and possibly spoiling something for yourself.
As I've recommended before though (several times in the last few days, I think) the site http://www.uhs-hints.com/ is really good for this kind of game. IMO a lot of old school adventures are practically unplayable now due to the terrible cat hair mustache style puzzles and I found when I tried to go back and play them I often go to a FAQ for a puzzle much more quickly than I should because I just assume the puzzle is something illogical even when it turns out to not be.
That website is great for giving you enough hints to solve the puzzles in a game without resorting to going straight to the answer and possibly spoiling something for yourself.
Meh, my generosity here is pretty minimal to some folks here
Now you tell me! D:
It's ok though. I'm just being extremely picking now because I only have $6.09 left in my Steam wallet.
My apologies!
Be confident in the fact that you own a wonderful adventure game!I H8 Memes
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Anybody ever get this message when they try to redeem a game from their inventory? It's happening with my copy of Fallout: New Vegas.
I bought this myself and put it in my inventory because I wanted to wait to download it. Now when i try to activate it I get this message.
I bought this myself and put it in my inventory because I wanted to wait to download it. Now when i try to activate it I get this message.
Wok
Member
It looks so BeMine indie bundle.
Red Blaster
Member
There a list of these hidden sales somewhere?
Thank you. Purchased along with Pripyat.
metalshade
Member
If you have bought a game, then YES it does get removed from your wishlist.
Not sure why everyone was saying no.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Lol, the average Metacritic score for the Meridian pack is about a 55. I still kind of want it, if anything just to add, like, 30 games to my collection for $25.
Really, really stupid reason. There are probably only three or four games I'd even bother ever installing in that pack. Yet for some reason, the whole thing puts a smile on my face. Maybe it's because it's rare to see a publisher that consistently bad. I mean, seriously, there is not a wide spread of scores on their games... They're all nuggets of poop. It's really impressive, in a way.
Really, really stupid reason. There are probably only three or four games I'd even bother ever installing in that pack. Yet for some reason, the whole thing puts a smile on my face. Maybe it's because it's rare to see a publisher that consistently bad. I mean, seriously, there is not a wide spread of scores on their games... They're all nuggets of poop. It's really impressive, in a way.
derExperte
Member
Anybody ever get this message when they try to redeem a game from their inventory? It's happening with my copy of Fallout: New Vegas.
I bought this myself and put it in my inventory because I wanted to wait to download it. Now when i try to activate it I get this message.
Spam the 'Add to my library button' constantly, eventually it will work. I and others had the same problem with games in the inventory.
Having played Krater a bit more I have to say I'm heading toward a good recommendation for this. The updates have really transformed the game and I'm having a blast. Considering I've only played about an hour I can't put down a serious judgment, but I will definitely be playing more today. Loving the implants/boosters system, the overworld map with all the cities and Fallout style random encounters, crafting, character recruitment and upgrading etc. And from what I hear I haven't seen shit yet. I'd like to play enough today to get a recommendation up on Steam, we'll see. I don't wanna be too hasty.
Oh god, you just reminded me of Jack Keene (a fairly decent pirate point-and-click that's no longer offered on Steam), that had one of these infamous unintuitive mash-every-inventory-object-together-until-it-works types of contraptions that you had to figure out how to make.
Edit: oops I lied, Jack Keane is still on Steam, I just can't spell
CaptainSchwann
Member
Well Bloodlines is (hopefully) the last game I'm waiting to buy before the end of the sale, so hopefully it drops soon so I won't be tempted to buy anything else.
Empty Space
Member
I sent you a message in steam do you not see it?
I'd rather buy Scratches, Syberia 1 & 2, and Still Life 1 & 2 for ~$12.50 than buy the entire pack and add the other 25 or whatever games for another ~$12.50.
I picture people new to TLJ tearing their hair out over the inflatable duck series of puzzles. Not as bad as the cat mustache but it's up there in the hall of fame.
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Wow, managed to double post. Thread isn't moving as fast as it used to.
I didn't get anything unfortunately, I left you a message on your profile though.
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Might have to do something with app-ids of the store item and the item in your library not matching up.
ah I know why, i can't install the steam client at work so i can't do messages. pm me on the forums here instead?
Ingueferroque
Banned
The sale turned out to be so disappointing.
Juan Carlo
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Fallout: NV is every bit as good as Fallout 2--at least in terms of plot, writing, humor and world development (all things which Fallout 3 got terribly terribly wrong. Fallout 3 was not a Fallout game. Rather it was an Elder Scrolls game all gussied up in Fallout drag. Bethesda is great at level design, art direction, and creating pretty landscapes, but they are utterly terrible at writing). Combat wise, Fallout:NV isn't as great as it still uses the Gamebryo engine which isn't a great engine for an FPS, but combat is serviceable enough and it's not bad enough to ruin what is an otherwise great game.
Pulled the trigger on The Witcher 2 today and I really want to play it, but its 16 GBs and that would take me about 16 hours to download.
So I decided to trek my way to school. Free wifi, 5mb per seconds DL. Will be done in about 40 minutes. Now I hope something cool comes up at the next flash sale so i can quickly download it.
So I decided to trek my way to school. Free wifi, 5mb per seconds DL. Will be done in about 40 minutes. Now I hope something cool comes up at the next flash sale so i can quickly download it.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Is there a thread or a really nice comprehensive list somewhere of some deeply discounted hidden gems on Steam?
Clever Pun
Member
Thanks Xelios, I look forward to hearing what you think as you keep playing. I'm debating between picking this up, or just saving the money towards the impending Torchlight II release.
Speak for yourself.
Edit: Just noticed this is a new page opener so I'll use it to say: Buy Alan Wake! It's awesome
Ingueferroque
Banned
I don't see why anyone want their digital library to be scattered across multiple services.. one would tend to go to the most secure/successful one so they don't lose their games once the service goes bankrupt.
Uh, I am. I did not speak for you.
This. lol
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