brandonh83
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Come on guys Dark Souls is a great game that has never been on sale a billion times across various Steam sales...
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Steam Summer Sales 2014 |OT3| Sale over, new thread tonight/tomorrow
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Gianni Merryman
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I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people vote for the batch including their favourite games, so mainstream games such as FarCry 3, GTA4, Borderlands 2, Bioshock infinite or Dark soul are always going to win against less popular ones.
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Yeah, lol. At least before I had one day with two cards.
I hope I have done everything right
Crikey. A giveaway filled with quality stuff - done right, indeed.
BinaryPork2737
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The Civ V DLC makes the game way better, so you should probably pick it up if you own, or plan to buy, Civ V. The Brave New World expansion is great.
super-famicom
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Well, if you want to play an excellent ~20 hour game with notzombies, a B-movie script with awesome lines, and the ability to roundhouse kick and suplex dudes, buy RE4. If you want a relaxing, city building game where you are responsible for the lives of a handful of people, that you can spend countless hours on, buy Banished.
ffty. Though in all seriousness, it's easy to forget how small Gaf and other forums are compared to the whole user base. Look at the games we all have multiples of from humble bundles and such, and yet they still sell well on Steam.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
Funny how teams are using the steals on each other and not on red. Everyone is fighting for second lol
the difference in this game might be $2.50...
multiply that by 50 games that are only a mere $2.50 more then you would like to spend and you are looking at $100 more spent on games then you really wanted to spend.
I can't speak for others, but for me I set certain prices on games, and unless the game hits that price or lower I just won't buy it in general (unless I see something that changes my mind to spend a little more) Heck there have been some games I set a $20 price point on and have had it available for $20.50 and still won't bite.
SolidSnakeUS
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Red is destroying everyone .
.Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Well, bought BNW. Thanks everybody for the recommendations.
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!
Stay away. Stay far, far away.
I kept hearing that it was a Metroidvania-type game, and after beating it, I can only conclude that either I've got the definition of Metroidvania wrong or people are using the term wrong.
If you want a good idea of what Steamworld Dig is like, just play Motherload (flash game). Steamworld is pretty much the exact same thing. You dig down, get a bunch of ores, sell them for upgrades, repeat until you've won the game. There are some upgrades you find in caves along the way that let you maneuver better and dig through harder material, and there are some smaller caves scattered around that have some fairly simplistic puzzles, but there aren't nearly enough of them and the puzzles never really get difficult. spent the entire time playing the game expecting that it would start getting interesting "any minute now", and then the credits rolled.
See, when I hear Metroidvania, I expect something with a little more emphasis on platforming and exploring, with a large, sprawling map to explore and unlock, which Steamworld completely lacks. Sure, it looks nice and sounds nice, but if you're looking for an actual compelling gameplay experience, don't bother.
This is amazing.
super-famicom
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Incredible. "I don't give a Bad Rats," Haha.
phoenix296
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For the first day, red's outlook looked very grim. But they've come back and they're out for blood. Go team red!
BibiMaghoo
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Red is destroying everyone
We were Team White once, before bathing in the blood of our enemies.
1. It's compelling because it's fun.
2. People are using "Metroidvania" wrong if they say the game is a Metroidvania.
Also, Ikaruga is a dozen years old game, already published for 4 platforms other than PC (Dreamcast, Gamecube, XBLA and even Android).
I personally had it on Gamecube back in the day and I currently own a sealed Ikaruga for DC.
I'd dip again, but I'd like to minimize the expenses this time.
AstuteClass
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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.
It's cool, I have a BeastStation 4 for Bloodborne
Sony sends its regards
Baron_Calamity
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Don't know. Beyond Earth could be a train wreak. We just don't know.
TheExhaustedWalrus
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Tough choice. Thanks for the post, though.
BinaryPork2737
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harrypmgaga
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If Valve was taking money laundering seriously, they would've implemented a variety of other measures that plenty of other open user-to-user markets use. I can understand the credit card thing, but fucking users over because their browser-based authentication is absolute garbage is ridiculous.
Thanks. <3
Hardcore hamlet (the small village, not the Danish prince) simulator, afaik.
Piercedveil
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Red team is stacked
It's not really like Black and White. It's a simulation game like settlers, only more harsh.
super-famicom
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I'd probably go for the game with the bigger discount at this point (Banished)
PepsimanVsJoe
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It's cute for an hour or two.
Even with all the effects turned to 0% it boils my eyeballs after awhile.
Do like: Kickstarter giving some love to its gaming kickstarters.
https://www.kickstarter.com/play?ref=play_announcement
Not so much: Kickstarter Steam Sale page with ~100 games, nothing on storefront (obv)
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/kickstarter
Way to get buried under all those sales during the summer sale :/
https://www.kickstarter.com/play?ref=play_announcement
Not so much: Kickstarter Steam Sale page with ~100 games, nothing on storefront (obv)
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/kickstarter
Way to get buried under all those sales during the summer sale :/
I enjoyed beat hazard, the dlc helped make it more interesting so you won't want to get just the base game... you will have to decide if this looks fun at all
Jeez how fucking hard it is to keep track of a conversation in this thread... :/
Ok. Now this is probably the most accurate answer (regarding my confused question) I had!
I'll hold for now, and see if someone will convince me to definitely buy it.
Ok. Now this is probably the most accurate answer (regarding my confused question) I had!
I'll hold for now, and see if someone will convince me to definitely buy it.
Blak_Status
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LOL
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Here's something that could happen if your Steam account was hacked.
Hacker sells all of your steam inventory to legitimate buyers at a 15% discount from standard price to pad your steam wallet as much as they can.
Hacker empties your steam wallet buying tf2 keys
Hacker sends tf2 keys to another mule account
Mule account trades tf2 keys for games with a legitimate account who thinks he's doing a legitimate trade
Mule account sends games to hacker's actual account (or maybe uses them in an even more complicated trade)
Legitimate purchaser sells tf2 keys for credit.
This is a fairly simple money laundering operation that would be possible on Steam. It's possible because you can sell on the market, you can trade, there's a scrip currency proxy as well as a cash balance, you can gift, and games can be redeemed to an item inventory instead of just added to an account. Other services do not have these features.
Blizzard is probably the only service that is even comparable in scope to Valve in terms of allowing a user-based market.
It doesn't fuck users over. It limits them from a short period of time from doing a limited range of things on a specific new computer. It's implemented as unobtrusively as possible.
Which features should Valve implement? Other than more robust 2FA (authenticators, SMS, biometric, whatever), I can't think of any marketplace that has notably better options in this regard.
Hacker sells all of your steam inventory to legitimate buyers at a 15% discount from standard price to pad your steam wallet as much as they can.
Hacker empties your steam wallet buying tf2 keys
Hacker sends tf2 keys to another mule account
Mule account trades tf2 keys for games with a legitimate account who thinks he's doing a legitimate trade
Mule account sends games to hacker's actual account (or maybe uses them in an even more complicated trade)
Legitimate purchaser sells tf2 keys for credit.
This is a fairly simple money laundering operation that would be possible on Steam. It's possible because you can sell on the market, you can trade, there's a scrip currency proxy as well as a cash balance, you can gift, and games can be redeemed to an item inventory instead of just added to an account. Other services do not have these features.
Blizzard is probably the only service that is even comparable in scope to Valve in terms of allowing a user-based market.
It doesn't fuck users over. It limits them from a short period of time from doing a limited range of things on a specific new computer. It's implemented as unobtrusively as possible.
Which features should Valve implement? Other than more robust 2FA (authenticators, SMS, biometric, whatever), I can't think of any marketplace that has notably better options in this regard.
Melhisedek
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Guys how is Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and are the DLCs worth it?
xBladeM6x
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This might just be the most nostalgic and best thing I've ever seen in my life. Thank you based jetbarakat.
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