Don't look at them as filthy DLC. Think good old add-ons. They are expansions that add both a lot to the game. It's not some pretty skins or some additional units, its a row of whole new possiblities and playstyles.$7.5 each is a lot for DLC, though.
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Steam Summer Sales 2014 |OT3| Sale over, new thread tonight/tomorrow
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corrosivefrost
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Steamworld Dig is only a "metroidvania" in the sense that you gain new abilities as the game goes on. It's not really like there's a lot to explore, unless you consider going down for 5 hours interesting.
I'm not sure why the game gets all the praise it does -- maybe because even though it's gameplay might be repetitive, it's somehow compelling.
It's one of those games that has me baffled by the reception it gets. It's not bad at all, that could be why. It does control well even though it doesn't need to, the art is very nice even though the environments are bland, it sounds good, no single part of it is terrible. I just don't feel any compelling reason to play the game.
If you're looking for an action game with a horror aesthetic..yes. Boob lady and Mr. Hair, are incredibly bad character design and detract from the game.
A good traditional Resident Evil game? Not so much.
Same with RE4. About $1.50 away from getting it with just wallet credit, but can't sell cards to get to that. :/
So, Steamworld Dig.
I have it wishlisted a LONG time ago and I can't remember why anymore.
On Steam I read it's a metroidvania, which is good.
But at the same time, looking at its screens, it gives me puzzle-platforming vibes. Like Fez (imho pretentious) or Full Bore (imho boring).
Anyone who played it could solve my doubt?
Thanks!
Yeah, I want that one too but it seems like it has mining mechanics like Terraria and Minecraft and I'm not really into that. Gonna pass for now.
Bought Dishonored GOTY, that's my first purchase in the sales.
BinaryPork2737
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Dear Steam users that voted for Dark Souls instead of Ikaruga,
Just remember that the Sony published PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, the successor to the Souls games, will never come to PC.
Ikaruga sends its regards.
Visualante2
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Shaking my head at Ikaruga, praying for a flash dealio at this point. Dishonored has been cheaper at gamefly i think ill skip it, but a nice deal.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Brave New World contains all the new features from Gods and Kings though, right? Is Gods and Kings worth it just for some extra civs?
a secret-boss
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I wonder if Banished will go lower in Holiday sale
harrypmgaga
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The problem is that Valve have no idea how to design and implement two-factor authentication (like other big corporations do, it's not scary: Microsoft, Google, et al all do this) such that they needn't go down this ridiculous road.
dark_inferno
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Its always the same. "Oh this game is famous and i heard alot about it. These games... never heard of it.Im going to vote for the game i already have because i never heard of the rest."
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Haha I just noticed the accounting software in the flash sale. You have room for that but not the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Editions? WHY!?
You just watched NGNL ep 12 didn't you
super-famicom
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At its current price, I'd say buy it. It's a short game, but I really enjoyed it. I posted some brief impressions on the previous page.
It's the definitive version. Great port and Capcpom did the community right by it.
First time in 60fps, most of the effects that are present in the GC version are also present here, like specular highlights, and there's currently a modder (crisdecuba) making a FANTASTIC texture mod for the game that really looks incredible.
Another modder is helping him (Albert) who lives in Spain and is finding the ACTUAL original, source buildings that Capcom used when designing RE4.
So you get stuff like this, which is a texture created from the actual original windows that Capcom used for textures, and the following one, which was a picture of the actual hole in the wall in Spain that Capcom used in game to texture.
TheExhaustedWalrus
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Limited funds, man.
Just buying Brave New World gives you everything in Gods and Kings except for the extra nations and scenarios.
Oh really? Good catch. Fall of Rome (in G&K) is a fantastic scenario and the achievement for beating it deity considered the most prestigious of them all. The social trees are reworked so that if you're a Roman faction you actually have to take penalties instead of new techs and just hang on the best you can. As a barbarian you get to go nuts on them!
You might be better off with smaller packs. If I had to recommend one $1 DLC pack I'd say Polynesia. You get a pretty neat civilization with a unique improvement, Moai, Easter Island statues that must be built on the shore and give +1 culture and another +1 culture for each adjacent statue. Awesome Maori warriors that upgrade really nicely. Plus ocean travel, from the start of the game, with increased vision. The scenario is great too. You pick one of many Polynesian tribes, each with their own social tech trees and abilities. Everyone strives for cultural victory and science is artificially limited... until European technology is introduced. A gunpowder bloodbath ensues as you try to use this new technology on the other tribes before they use it on you!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/99610/
Scenarios are not like they used to be. You don't jump in a standard game set up to look like some historical event, lines of tanks looking at each other in WWII. Now they tweak game mechanics which creates very enjoyable emergent gameplay.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
heh... there goes red again, that was a 12k steal and 12k burst combined. Big'ish lead now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
How many of those other corporations have user-to-user markets that are abused for money laundering? Please don't reply as though you're a person with experience designing 2FA systems. Valve's 2FA system sucks because it's email only, not because there are account restrictions for the market.
Thank you very much! Interested to play it, heard a lot about it.
Baron_Calamity
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You will do fine. Just don't forget to breath.
Wreck-It Ralph
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I just spent my last ten bucks on Dishonored with its DLC.
Hooray, I'm now completely broke!
Hooray, I'm now completely broke!
Thank you both!
My point was actually that I found myself to get bored by puzzle platformers, so I needed to know if this was one of them too.
But: no puzzle solving + relaxing pace = I'll buy it!
Uh... how do you compare Full Bore with Spelunky?
Ok, they're both 2D and set in an underground setting, but... that's it, really!
I got bored by Full Bore (ffs, that name, really
) because I didn't feel engaged by its puzzles. I don't mean they were too easy for me, but just that I didn't have fun solving them. (ie. I had loads of fun playing The Swapper)Willy Wanka
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Dear Steam users that voted for Dark Souls instead of Ikaruga,
Just remember that the Sony published PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, the successor to the Souls games, will never come to PC.
Ikaruga sends its regards.
I voted for the other group because I fancied buying Blockland. I went to the game's store page to add it to my cart and... I already own it.
I'm so sorry Ikaruga dudes.
Just grab brave new world as it includes all the game play changes in God's and kings and is only missing the extra civ and scenarios.$7.5 each is a lot for DLC, though.
legacyzero
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Dear Steam users that voted for Dark Souls instead of Ikaruga,
Just remember that the Sony published PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, the successor to the Souls games, will never come to PC.
Ikaruga sends its regards.
Ice cold.
You are aware that a US dollar isn't worth the same everywhere, right? Each country has different currencies, each currency has a different value, each GAFfer has a different salary (if any). You know that what's small change to you may not be for someone else, don't you? Saying "the game is cheap for me, so it must be cheap for you too" is a bit silly.
That coin was loaded. I'd flip it again.
ieptbarakat
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http://a.pomf.se/nrpowt.webm
A couple of mistakes and a few missed opportunities, but it's my first try and I used movie maker.
A couple of mistakes and a few missed opportunities, but it's my first try and I used movie maker.
hmmm
I'm gonna have to craft another counterstrike badge for the third day in a row aren't I
Oh, yeah, you should be fine with Brave New World alone. My mistake, forgot that BNW has the stuff from GaK. Just buy Brave New World then.
Haha, didn't thought at that.
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Deleted member 57681
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Brave New World contains a lot of Gods & Kings content, so when in doubt grab that. It's pretty substantial.
Hellsing321
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Red running wild on you!
Boo this man .gif
Gonna have to get a PS4 soon. Also ice cold bro
outunderthestars
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I'm probably going to end up around $100 with another $35 or so in purchases for giveaways....
Well, he's right.
People do silly stuff and then blame Valve (see also: the M&M cards "oh no I got locked out because I tried to attach 20 different credit cards in one day It's not fair!!")
legacyzero
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Red puttin in that work for a three-peat?
cicero
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I hope I have done everything right
Is the Dark Souls listed here the first game or Dark Souls II? I ask because I was under the impression that it had been mistakenly listed before.
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