Jive Turkey
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Only in theme and atmosphere.
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Steam Summer Sales 2012 Thread: we still like you Tony
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Only in theme and atmosphere.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I really didn't care for it. I heard great things about the atmosphere and setting, but the horrible voice acting (better to just turn it to Russian) and jankiness of it pulled me out of it. I would randomly get killed and have no idea why, and the weapon system was just confusing. The weapons didn't have names or any way to tell them apart other than trying to memorize, or which ones take which type of ammo, etc. It's not like I need games to hold my hand (Demon's/Dark Souls are two of my favorite games this gen), but most of this game felt shoddy and I had to force myself to finish it. Just don't get your hopes up too high would be my best advice.
I really like the atmosphere, there are some genuine high tension, scary/exciting moments in the game, graphics are pretty too.
What I didn't like is that a lot of the enemies are bullet sponges, I didn't play on Ranger mode though, which I hear is better in that regard somehow.
zephervack
Member
Yes and no.
Unforgiving shooter yes
Pretty on the eyes yes
Optimized no
Open world no
I think its worth it at that price on the tech alone, the engine is janky but the visuals are mind blowing (ahh the joys of eastern European devs)
Koroviev
Member
I'm going to guess U-Play has something to do with it.
*busted*
Your pc felt neglected so I had to show her some tender love and care.
add my black ass, steamid : corkygaf
Micknick16
Member
Unplayable in the sense that it constantly freezes meaning I have to restart my pc
Anything other than this and you're playing it wrong.
Metro 2033 is similar to the STALKER series in that you either love it or hate it. Most people won't consider it average, they'll just be thrown into one of those groups.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Hahaha ♥
I'll add you once I solve a couple of issues! I've contacted the support, waiting for answer atm!
If it's Sands of Time you have to force it to one core or you'll have issues. If it's one of the newer ones then fucked if I know.
That's a PC issue. Sounds like overheating or maybe other problems, it has nothing to do with the game itself.
Blame your computer.
I have not received mine either so your not alone.
Also, that the ending is pretty much the worst pile of steaming horse ass cop out an ending could be!
Love the gameplay, setting, graphics and the game itself. Just sucks the ending is so bad.
Micknick16
Member
I'd have been surprised if it was my PC, but if that's what's most likely, I'll just leave it.
cpp_is_king
Member
Is there any way to tell how many times you've voted? Not sure what my progress towards the badges is, and just want to get an idea if I'm at risk of losing out on the vote 20 times badge.
Thanks for that. It would have taken me a while to figure that out for myself. You saved me some grief
Betta Lines
Member
Cool, thanks for all the replies, worth a try I think.
Already is happening, LOL! After buying all those, all I've been playing so far is..............Hitman 2.
Gabe is really exposing my lack of self control this year.....
On the other hand, if I had bought all those games separately before this sale, I'd probably have spent ~$400-600 vs less than $200 ---- I'll call it a "gaming investment" for the next year ......that will help me sleep more soundly and smooth it over with my wife (also a gamer, fortunately)..... :-D
legacyzero
Banned
STILL can't vote...
zephervack
Member
I was personally really close to buying the pack but in second consideration, I just got Ass Creed 2, not because the other ones suck, but because realistically you will only play that one before the next sale happens, at which point, brotherhood and maybe even Revelations will be $5 as well for the deluxe editions.
Paying $16 for revelations right now and then not playing it until the next sale would make me really mad.
Just get 2 and maybe Brotherhood if you think you will play them back to back.
No, it's still boring. Don't buy it it's not worth your time.
Odds are it will appear again
Its rank 4 top sellers anyways alread, what are you guys doooooooing!
jakershaker
Member
Seriously Microsoft I know you suck at pc gaming but both AoE3 and Fable 3 should be under 5 dollar/euros.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Don't forget about Pixeljunk Eden everyone, it's an amazing, addicting, frustratingly hard, rewarding game with glorious 1080p graphics and one of the best OSTs of all time, and it's only 1.80 euro!
zephervack
Member
Yeah, would have bought both at that price, as it stands, no thanks.
VGChampion
Member
Arma II is this years Vampire: Masquerade. Except Arma II has been on sale before.
Yoshi, add me as well!!! ID is Seph.
Kelegacy
XBOX - RECORD ME LOVING DOWN MY WOMAN GOOD
Yeah I want Bloodlines but instead we keep seeing repeat sales. Grrrrraaahh.
AC2 is a brilliant sequel. I liked some of the ideas of what AC1 wanted to be and thought there was a lot of potential wrapped up in terribly flawed and botched execution, resulting ultimately in a pretty mediocre and repetitive game, but AC2 improves on it drastically in basically every way, and gameplay-wise Brotherhood refines things even further.
If there was ANYTHING you liked about the first Assassin's Creed at all, I would say you should give the rest of the franchise a shot (or at least AC2).
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I will add everyone once this all gets resolved!
zephervack
Member
I have Rage in my cart, about to buy it, but damn I really dont know if I will get to it before Christmas, it will be cheaper around the holiday sales, wont it?
Labombadog
Member
Gentleman Jack
Member
Been trying to use this tab as a way to find perhaps overlooked titles that can be had for a steal, but it's disappointing me lately. Really, why is Dear Esther up there twice? Seeing AAA games in this space is also unhelpful. Didn't we have a 'recommendations for under $10/$5' listing for last year's sale? Where is this year's 'best of the cheap' list?
Could be 75%, but it really depends if you want to save 2.50 or be able to play it now...
What's the deal with the Dragon War Battle Pack DLC for Total War: SHOGUN 2? In the description it says -
I guess it's like they took a chunk out of Fall of the Samurai and made it available to those who just own base SHOGUN 2?
Only two DLCs I don't own for SHOGUN 2 are that and Rise of the Samurai, so I'm definitely picking up Rise but I'm waffling on Dragon War.
I guess it's like they took a chunk out of Fall of the Samurai and made it available to those who just own base SHOGUN 2?
Only two DLCs I don't own for SHOGUN 2 are that and Rise of the Samurai, so I'm definitely picking up Rise but I'm waffling on Dragon War.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
This is some insane future shit going on here. I don't know if we're reaching Matrix or Star Trek with this Steam technology!
I was browsing the store in bed last night. haha
Poor Windows Phone adopters and BB stalwarts. Those guys can actually get to sleep!
I bought Revelations for that $13.59 price. I went "D'oh!" because I'm probably not going to touch it for a while. It was just there so... yeah, it happened.
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