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[Labombadog]

I have a minimal budget this year for steam sales and I need some help. I am considering buying the following games:

Metro 2033 (love the STALKER series)
Dear Esther
Ys Oath
AC: Brotherhood ( i have yet to play part 2)

Which games here should i drop? I only have about $35 to last me til the end of the sale.

 

[Leckan]

Of course, the only game (Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition) I really wanted from this sale went on a flash deal while I was asleep and I missed it....

Sorry but I had too.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Lol. I posted last night about missing the Revelations flash deal. Gaben reads this thread confirmed.

 

[scorpscarx]

My Dear Esther purchase is already justified, you can just stare at that distant beach on the title screen in wonder.

Fucking beautiful indeed.

All I have is a compressed steam shot, so I'm not going to post it.

 

[Gully State]

$10 for Rage? I could've sworn I've seen it for $5 on Steam before.

 

[Delusibeta]

Only thing I want from the Indie V bundle is Ys Oath. How are the other games in it? Filler? Only Gemini Rue is not discounted. Hmmmm spend $4.90 for 4 other games that I may never play?

Audiosurf was the game that introduced me to Steam, and still gets played occasionally. I think it's an absolute essential for any PC gamer, well worth the pound fifty. Gemini Rue is apparently a very good point & click game (think Revolution's stuff, not LucasArts), can't comment on the other two. But yeah, get Audiosurf regardless.

 

[Koroviev]

Audiosurf is really fun, my most played Steam game.

And it goes well with the awesome music from Ys. The files are stored in OGG format, you can copy them out and use them in Audiosurf.

This man deserves a medal.

 

[dragonlife]

I have a minimal budget this year for steam sales and I need some help. I am considering buying the following games:

Metro 2033 (love the STALKER series)
Dear Esther
Ys Oath
AC: Brotherhood ( i have yet to play part 2)

Which games here should i drop? I only have about $35 to last me til the end of the sale.

I'd drop Dear Esther, but I say that as someone who has no interest in it. Don't think about dropping OiF.

 

[XPE]

Any thoughs on F.E.A.R 3? Never played any of the sequels, but afaik F.E.A.R 1 is great but bland level design, F.E.A.R 2 is not as good.

Is the 3rd one worth it at $5?

Its a decent game, not as scary as the first 2 games and not as good looking as fear 2, if you haven’t played the first 2 games I would give it a miss, if you have you might enjoy it.

 

[Koroviev]

I have a minimal budget this year for steam sales and I need some help. I am considering buying the following games:

Metro 2033 (love the STALKER series)
Dear Esther
Ys Oath
AC: Brotherhood ( i have yet to play part 2)

Which games here should i drop? I only have about $35 to last me til the end of the sale.

I would drop Dear Esther and Brotherhood.

 

[dark10x]

Do you like Doom and/or Quake? Buy Rage. In true id fashion, the plot is paper-thin, the ending completely sucks, and there's not much to the vehicular gameplay, but the FPS action is utterly fantastic.

Well, I do agree with this as it DOES feature fantastic gameplay.

The problem with Rage is that they regularly force you to speak with characters and return to mission hubs. Without any sort of interesting narrative to follow, however, this ultimately becomes tedious.

Once you're actually out and about taking on missions, however, the game is an absolutely blast to play. I would love a mod that simply allows you to play one mission after another without any of the overworld stuff.

I have a minimal budget this year for steam sales and I need some help. I am considering buying the following games:

Metro 2033 (love the STALKER series)
Dear Esther
Ys Oath
AC: Brotherhood ( i have yet to play part 2)

Which games here should i drop? I only have about $35 to last me til the end of the sale.

Metro is nothing like the STALKER series outside of atmosphere, perhaps. It's a linear action game with poor gun play. It looks fantastic, but it's not a great game.

 

[thefil]

So do any of the Assassin's Creed games have lively multiplayer?

 

[dragonlife]

All I have is a compressed steam shot, so I'm not going to post it.

It doesn't stop some GAF members, haha.

 

[Amagon]

F.E.A.R. 3 worth the $5?

 

[Madrugador]

Damn, I'm having a great time with Dirt 2. I'm liking it more than Dirt 3 actually.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

How much was AC: Revelations on the flash deal. Same price?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Should I bite on this F.E.A.R. Complete collection for $9.99? Never touched a F.E.A.R. game before

I fuckin' love FEAR and FEAR 2 (PC versions, of course.)

FEAR 3 can eat a dick. I knew it was going to be terrible from the moment they announced the new developer for that game... and guess what? It exceeded my expectations of shittiness.

F.E.A.R. 3 worth the $5?

NO

 

[ds8k]

All I want is Super SF4 Arcade Edition around $10. Then I'll bite for sure.

It was a flash sale at that price.

How much was AC: Revelations on the flash deal. Same price?

Yup, same price.

 

[Volcynika]

F.E.A.R. 3 worth the $5?

If you have someone to play through with on co-op, definitely. Had a blast with a friend.

 

[Nabs]

Audiosurf is really fun, my most played Steam game.

And it goes well with the awesome music from Ys. The files are stored in OGG format, you can copy them out and use them in Audiosurf.

Great idea.

 

[Loxley]

Well, I've held off for as long as I can, but I finally made a couple purchases today; namely RAGE and Metro 2033. I wasn't paying attention yesterday and missed the New Vegas daily deal, so here's hoping it shows up one more time at the end.

 

[Shorty11857]

Damage so far:
Deus Ex Human Revolution: The Missing Link
Batman Arkham City + Harley Quinn DLC
Dear Esther


Considering getting either
The Walking Dead or Assassin's Creed collection, not sure which

Other games I want:
The Witcher 1 + 2
Alan Wake Collection
YS games
The Binding of Issac

All of which went on sale while I was away figures. Was only planning to spend 50 euro but looks like that won't be happening...

 

[Ifrit]

Its a decent game, not as scary as the first 2 games and not as good looking as fear 2, if you haven’t played the first 2 games I would give it a miss, if you have you might enjoy it.

Thank you, I guess I'll give it a try at the prequels first

 

[KScorp]

All I want is Super SF4 Arcade Edition around $10. Then I'll bite for sure.

I think it was $10 as a flash deal two days ago. It might make another appearance as a daily I suppose.

 

[sorijealut]

Audiosurf is really fun, my most played Steam game.

And it goes well with the awesome music from Ys. The files are stored in OGG format, you can copy them out and use them in Audiosurf.

You smart man! thanks I will definitely do this.

Indie Bundle V guys.

 

[kurahador]

Been playing The Walking Dead for like 30 minutes, wow the game is great!!

Oh yeah, been asking this before. Did Ghostbusters: The Video Game got removed from steam?

 

[Lupin the Third]

I think it was $10 as a flash deal two days ago. It might make another appearance as a daily I suppose.

What!!cdmnkjlfnsdlkgn

And I've been monitoring those flash deals, too. Grr!!

 

[rockx4]

My purchases have been really limited this time, probably because my backlog is already so bad lol.

So far only Trine 2 and Ys Origin. And I didn't even buy Trine 2, got it gifted.

 

[eshwaaz]

Any thoughs on F.E.A.R 3? Never played any of the sequels, but afaik F.E.A.R 1 is great but bland level design, F.E.A.R 2 is not as good.

Is the 3rd one worth it at $5?

As a generic FPS, it's serviceable. As a FEAR game, it's very poor. Gunplay lacks any punch, it's not creepy in the least, and the co-op focus is forced and detrimental to the single player experience.

 

[CosmicQueso]

No one should buy Ass Creed. They'll only make more of those games if you buy them! Don't!

Really? Well, I'd already bought them all, but now I'll buy them again just to make sure they keep making more. Because they are fun.

 

[Literalage]

I'm really glad they adjusted the assassin's creed bundle. I was worried I would have to wait longer or just pay the 49.99 at the end of the summer sale if it never went any lower.
thats almost everything i wanted now. its all gravy from here on out.

Purchases
-SW:KOTOR
-Ys Origin
-Batman Arkham Asylum
-Batman Arkham City
-L.A. noir (I dont remember buying this wtf)
-Mount and blade:with fire and sword
-Fallout NV DLC
-Assassins Creed
-Assassins Creed 2
-Assassins Creed Brotherhood
-Assassins Creed Revelations

And as I finish writing that I realize I have forgotten the most important sale I was waiting for, ARMA II Combined ops. Dang...

 

[scorpscarx]

I'm pretty sure it was the amazing Xelios that randomly gifted me F3AR out of the blue and I must say it was really good fun and I still haven't even played the coop.

I mean totally forgettable, but I played it in 2 sittings all the way to the ending.

Good graphics.. fun gameplay.

Yes the franchise has gone to shit, but it wasn't THAT bad.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

I missed it too.

Shit so did I. FUUUUUUUU

 

[A Human Becoming]

Depending on the flash deals I might come away today clean.

 

[Katoki]

How much was AC: Revelations on the flash deal. Same price?

Same price for Community Deal. No flash as far as I can tell.

 

[Snuggles]

Been playing The Walking Dead for like 30 minutes, wow the game is great!!

It gets so much better too. Episode 2 was a blast. I ended up playing through both episodes non-stop over one evening. It's definitely my biggest surprise of the year so far, I expected it to be in line with the other Telltale games I've played (which is to say mediocre).

 

[neoism]

good day so far... got cave story played a bunch and got past where I was stuck for a loong time...l ol soooo worth 2.50... lol I bought the dsi version for 10 bones . Got Fear 3 also 5 bones. played for the first one so I'd rather get one fear game then have 4 more I won't install.

 

[Koroviev]

Depending on the flash deals I might come away today clean.

But can you stay clean?

 

[Mangotron]

Is the FEAR pack worth it? I played the demo of Fear 2 a while ago and seem to remember liking it. Are they actually "scary" at all?

 

[Dacvak]

Play AC2 and Brotherhood, skip the other 2 imo.

The first AC is a good proof of concept, but the gameplay is all kinds of repetitive. I would just read a story summary online and hop straight into AC2.

Revelations I'm playing through right now, and it's alright. The gameplay feels the most refined in the series, and there's some inventive set pieces to be experienced, however by this point the standard AC formula is wearing a bit thin on me.

I think I'll just snag 2 for right now, and maybe grab Brotherhood during the Winter sale. Thanks for the input.

 

[OniShiro]

Still regreting not getting the pop pack while it was 9.99€.... Damn..... well, I guess I'll get dear esther....

 

[picklecannon]

Did Arkham City already appear in a daily deal? I forget things easily :3

 

[Eklesp]

good day so far... got cave story played a bunch and got past where I was stuck for a loong time...l ol soooo worth 2.50... lol I bought the dsi version for 10 bones . Got Fear 3 also 5 bones. played for the first one so I'd rather get one fear game then have 4 more I won't install.

many bones

 

[wilflare]

no Daily on Ys Oath right. hmm

 

[Geoff9920]

purchases so far:

Anno 2070
Ys Origin
The Walking Dead
Dead Island
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Rayman Origins
Hitman: Blood Money
Jade Empire

Spoiler

Don't judge me!

Super Street Fighter Arcade Edtion
GRAW 2

That's more than I had anticipated.

 

[Koroviev]

many bones

This pleases us.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Audiosurf is really fun, my most played Steam game.

And it goes well with the awesome music from Ys. The files are stored in OGG format, you can copy them out and use them in Audiosurf.

Gemini Rue and Audiosurf are not filler.

Audiosurf was the game that introduced me to Steam, and still gets played occasionally. I think it's an absolute essential for any PC gamer, well worth the pound fifty. Gemini Rue is apparently a very good point & click game (think Revolution's stuff, not LucasArts), can't comment on the other two. But yeah, get Audiosurf regardless.

This man deserves a medal.

Alright bought. I'm hearing A LOT of good things.

 

[dani_dc]

Just woke dreaming that AC pack was a daily and that they accidently had it at 90% off, only to get to PC and see it's a daily but 73% off. This sales are having a negative effect on me.

 

[scorpscarx]

Is the FEAR pack worth it? I played the demo of Fear 2 a while ago and seem to remember liking it. Are they actually "scary" at all?

Definitely, it's not really about being scary rather than just playing a dark fun fps.

 

[Volcynika]

Did Arkham City already appear in a daily deal? I forget things easily :3

Only a flash deal so far, I think.