Support NeoGAF

[dosh]

My wallet is begging me mercy at this point but Gabe keeps offering up such tasty morsels............

The damage so far:

Total Damage To Date: 164.56 to Steam ; 22.48 to Amazon = $187.04!!

Equivalent of 2 tanks of gas and 2 grocery trips.....and we are still so early on in the sale!!!!

Jesus, that's a backlog. You are allowed to laugh very loudly if you ever look at that library and go "meh, no, don't want to play any of these."

 

[leroidys]

How is Dear Esther? I love the aesthetic, but is the gameplay actually any good? How long is it?

 

[Salsa]

What's the purpose of the steam wallet? Not having to input your CC everytime you make a purchase but not having your CC stored on steam?

that + limiting your budget + credit cards/paypal may block you for a while after doing a lot of small purchases in short amounts of time

 

[Darklord]

WTF! My computer crashed for some reason. When it loaded back up I tried starting steam up again and get this:

What happened?

 

[Stumpokapow]

WTF! My computer crashed for some reason. When it loaded back up I tried starting steam up again and get this:

What happened?

if it keeps happening try deleting clientregistry.blob from the steam folder and relaunching. you won't lose any data.

 

[Yoshichan]

I'm back! Went to the shops and bought a bunch of Monster-drinks...

Time to buy more gaeeeeemz, I'm more pumped now than ever!!!!!

 

[kuroshiki]

Man this year's sale is weak so far.

I usually end up buying 2-3 games at least. Nothing this year so far.

 

[RionaaM]

GAF, can I ask for your opinion on Metro 2033?

 

[Hambone]

Red Faction Guerrilla is such an awesome game, I'm seriously thinking of double dipping at that price.

Hoping that Alan Wake comes back 'round again. I missed it the first time.

 

[Yoshichan]

How is Dear Esther? I love the aesthetic, but is the gameplay actually any good? How long is it?

You press forward for around 1 ½ hours. There's no gameplay besides listening to the story (which gets progressively more confusing the more you play!)

 

[Jive Turkey]

With those three games, that alone is like 100+ hours to complete...before the August 15? releases...sigh.

Here's the good news: now you have something to play so you don't have to pay full price for upcoming releases! This is why backlogs are awesome.

 

[anddo0]

Just got home from work. Which flash deals did I miss?

 

[Dr.Acula]

Man this year's sale is weak so far.

I usually end up buying 2-3 games at least. Nothing this year so far.

You must just have too many games.

 

[zoku88]

Man this year's sale is weak so far.

I usually end up buying 2-3 games at least. Nothing this year so far.

Is that because of lack of interest or because you already own them?

I'll be mad if you skipped on CK2 >_<

 

[HenryHSH]

How is Dear Esther? I love the aesthetic, but is the gameplay actually any good? How long is it?

There's really no gameplay. You just walk around and listen to the narration. Well, there's minor platforming, if you can call it that... (jumping/crouching)

 

[Dacvak]

GAF, can I ask for your opinion on Metro 2033?

No. You can't.

Spoiler

It's alright.

 

[HerbertFish]

You must just have too many games.

Pretty much. I mean the sale is going to be the same pretty much every time around

 

[snoopeasystreet]

GAF, can I ask for your opinion on Metro 2033?

Really great. Its basically stalker meets call of duty so while its linear, there's still systems in place that allow for a bit of emergence. Its a hell of a looker too. If you do get it, play with ranger mode turned on.

 

[Alucrid]

I'd still get it.

For those wondering about FEAR 3, it's definitely more of FEAR 2 style, but it's still a solid shooter and for $5 (which is what I got it for), I really think it's a great deal.

Think it's still worth buying if you have no one to co-op with?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Did anyone that ordered Metro 2033 from Green Man Gaming get a key yet?

 

[Koroviev]

GAF, can I ask for your opinion on Metro 2033?

I really liked what I played of it on 360.

Full disclosure: I love Eastern European things.

 

[Piercedveil]

I wish JC2 would have won I was hoping to play it.

 

[Corky]

You press forward for around 1 ½ hours. There's no gameplay besides listening to the story (which gets progressively more confusing the more you play!)

Wait... the fuck?! You finally converted and got yourself a steam account?

Oooohmygod.

 

[HerbertFish]

What is GMG and it's purpose?

 

[Koroviev]

I wish JC2 would have won I was hoping to play it.

It goes on sale all the time for $5 or less.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

I would pay for a YouTube series about dudebros playing Dear Esther. Kickstart that shit

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Man this year's sale is weak so far.

I usually end up buying 2-3 games at least. Nothing this year so far.

No way you can skip some of these games, unless you already own them.

 

[kidko]

Anybody who likes card games such as Magic the Gathering would do well to check out this game Spectromancer.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22500/

Feel free to add it to your wishlist and wait for a Flash sale or daily deal or something that gets you the DLC for a discount as well. I highly recommend it.

The whole pack is $9.99 right now. Worth it?

 

[I H8 Memes]

I wish JC2 would have won I was hoping to play it.

I sense it will come up in a flash deal soon.

 

[kuroshiki]

Is that because of lack of interest or because you already own them?

I'll be mad if you skipped on CK2 >_<

The only simulation/tactical game I play are ROTK series. If I say homuhomu would you forgive me?

You must just have too many games.

More like lack of interesting game with huge sales. Usually if price is cheap enough I just dive in, saying 'oh what the hell'.

Also I bought games from previous amazon download sales. Price doesn't look that different from steam sales.

No way you can skip some of these games, unless you already own them.

Show me some of 'must have' games from this sales.

 

[storafötter]

This might be a stupid question but does Trine 2 have cross platform play? My sister has a Mac and I am using a Windows pc.

 

[Dog Problems]

How is Dear Esther? I love the aesthetic, but is the gameplay actually any good? How long is it?

Here's what I and one other person recently said about it:

The best way I can describe it is an interactive short story. You're on a path and can explore outside of it, and as you go you're told bits of story along the way. There's other little things to see along the way. It's only about an hour long but it's meant to be played numerous times to fully understand what is going on. Definitely not for everyone.

A mystery wrapped in an enigma.

Spoiler

You walk around an abandoned environment while snippets of narration play, which often have a very tenuous connection to what's happening on your screen. It's quite pretty at times.

 

[Darklord]

if it keeps happening try deleting clientregistry.blob from the steam folder and relaunching. you won't lose any data.

That fixed it. Thanks!

 

[NullPointer]

I wish JC2 would have won I was hoping to play it.

Its worth it at full price.

 

[RionaaM]

Really great. Its basically stalker meets call of duty so while its linear, there's still systems in place that allow for a bit of emergence. Its a hell of a looker too. If you do get it, play with ranger mode turned on.

Shame, I tried Stalker for about half an hour and didn't like it. Maybe it'll be different with this game, tonight I'm gonna watch some vids to see if I'll be able to enjoy it.

Think it's still worth buying if you have no one to co-op with?

If you like shooters then yes, it's pretty fun, although a bit on the short side. But with 2 characters, it has a good replayability factor.
Just bear in mind that it doesn't really feel like a proper F.E.A.R. game, it has a mode arcadey stile, with less scares and more firefights.

 

[Mackenzie 92]

Red Faction Guerrilla is such an awesome game, I'm seriously thinking of double dipping at that price.

Hoping that Alan Wake comes back 'round again. I missed it the first time.

It comes with the DLC, if that helps.

 

[Stumpokapow]

That fixed it. Thanks!

This is the fix for about 95% of all problems that happen with Steam during startup, for future reference.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

AoE III is tempting, but I can pass for now.

Dear Esther for $2.50 was one of the primary things I wanted out of this sale, so instant-buy there for me.

 

[Enco]

Did anyone that ordered Metro 2033 from Green Man Gaming get a key yet?

Yup.

They said the keys should be out today or tomorrow so I'm guessing tomorrow (tuesday).

 

[Yoshichan]

Wait... the fuck?! You finally converted and got yourself a steam account?

Oooohmygod.

It's so weird man, I've had this account for how long, 6+ years but never used it until now?! When I tried to log in for the first time in a looooooong time, YOUR username showed up - HOW COME?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY COMPUTER CORKYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[Betta Lines]

Contemplating Metro 2033. Is it like STALKER?

 

[Marsipolami]

What is GMG and it's purpose?

It's a digital game store. Its purpose is selling games.

(Sometimes they have really cheap games that are cheaper than the ones on Steam and you get a Steam code to activate them on Steam as well. It's really dope. Sometimes.)

Contemplating Metro 2033. Is it like STALKER?

In style, sure, but not at all in gameplay. It's more linear than STALKER. Think along the lines of Call of Duty... meets STALKER.

 

[Yoshichan]

Contemplating Metro 2033. Is it like STALKER?

I bought it today without hesitation... just because it looks fucking amazing. That's all the reason I need.

 

[Watevaman]

Think it's still worth buying if you have no one to co-op with?

I didn't play it co-op (although I wish I did) and it was still very good.

 

[Micknick16]

Picked up Prince of Persia in the flash sale, and it's basically unplayable. This is easily my worst Steam purchase to date, followed by Darksiders.

 

[LuffyZoro]

Anybody who likes card games such as Magic the Gathering would do well to check out this game Spectromancer.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22500/

Feel free to add it to your wishlist and wait for a Flash sale or daily deal or something that gets you the DLC for a discount as well. I highly recommend it.

I went to it's page and checked out the review one of my friends gave it:

Honestly one of the worst games I've ever purchased, and I own Floras Fruit Farm. This game is a broken mess made by inexperienced indie devs who banked on strategy nuts blindly shoveling cash at the game. When you have a strategy game, be sure to NOT include a single card that guarantees victory. That doesn't make a good strategy game, that makes a GREAT racing game. Just see who can dish those cards out the fastest. I would love to find the original devs for this game and beat them in the face.

GOD DAMN IM MAD.

 

[Yoshichan]

Picked up Prince of Persia in the flash sale, and it's basically unplayable. This is easily my worst Steam purchase to date, followed by Darksiders.

Why is it unplayable?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Picked up Prince of Persia in the flash sale, and it's basically unplayable. This is easily my worst Steam purchase to date, followed by Darksiders.

Unplayable, like, you don't like it? Or unplayable, like, it doesn't run properly on your computer?

 

[StuBurns]

Contemplating Metro 2033. Is it like STALKER?

It's not like Stalker really. It's got that same janky, low grade menus feel to it, but it's a lot more 'traditional'.

 

[mrgone]

I hope ARMA II doesn't go on sale at all, just to troll everyone.

I hope that busting ceases to make you feel good :C