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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying
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Where's Dirt 3?
Fine Ham Abounds
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I'm coming from more or less the same position, and all I can say is Fallout 3 was kinda dull and I put maybe 10 hours into it. After the 900th subway tunnel with nothing interesting in it, I just took an extended hiatus.Xamdou said:
New Vegas started a bit slow but frankly grabbed me from the beginning and most of the next 2 weeks disappeared. It just has more personality, a bit less repetitiveness, and although seemingly wandering around randomly is a part of both games, everything just seems laid out better with less wasted space and more interesting things to do when you do find new things.
Xamdou said:
Grab the originals on GOG.com for cheap. They stand up nicely today, and have amazing soundtracks.
EDIT: Also with the focus on Portal, TF, and L4D, when is Valve going to try to throw more support behind Alien Swarm? The game looks great, plays great, still has that unused alien boss model...and honestly could turn into a nice franchise.
That and there really arent that many atmospheric action sci-fi space games anymore aside from Dead Space.
Zero-Crescent
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After much contemplating, I decided to go with Mafia 2 w/ the Joe and Jimmy DLC missions. I was trying to decide between that, Mass Effect 2, and some combination of Splinter Cell games, probably vanilla Conviction with the DLC and Chaos Theory. Ultimately, I decided to eliminate ME2 since apparently the DLC is on a separate service, and it was a tough choice between M2 and SC.
Day 1 (06/30/11):
Back to the Future ($12.49)
Lead & Gold ($1.50)
Medal of Honor ($10.19)
Day 2 (7/01/11):
Just Cause 2 + All DLC ($7.22)
Day 3 (7/02/11):
Magicka Complete Pack ($8.49)
Day 4 (7/03/11):
Torchlight ($2.99)
Tropico 3 Gold Edition ($4.99)
Day 5 (7/04/11):
Alpha Protocol ($4.99)
Day 7 (07/06/11):
Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY ($7.49)
Day 9 (07/08/11):
Mafia 2 + Joe and Jimmy DLC ($12.47)
Day 1 (06/30/11):
Back to the Future ($12.49)
Lead & Gold ($1.50)
Medal of Honor ($10.19)
Day 2 (7/01/11):
Just Cause 2 + All DLC ($7.22)
Day 3 (7/02/11):
Magicka Complete Pack ($8.49)
Day 4 (7/03/11):
Torchlight ($2.99)
Tropico 3 Gold Edition ($4.99)
Day 5 (7/04/11):
Alpha Protocol ($4.99)
Day 7 (07/06/11):
Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY ($7.49)
Day 9 (07/08/11):
Mafia 2 + Joe and Jimmy DLC ($12.47)
I've been staring at The Last Remnant all afternoon. Is this one of the games that doesn't ever get sales? I'm tempted to pick it up, but I have a stack of unfinished JRPGs as long as my arm (literally, I think) as well as a ton of other games to play through. I'm mostly positive I wouldn't even download it until after the next sale.
Broder Salsa
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Trojita said:
Yeah you will no doubt, doesn't have much of a impact on the enjoyment of the game if any.
The Broken Ska Record
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Children of the Nile: Alexandria is $0.62.magichans said:
PixyJunket
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Children of the Nile: Alexandria is $0.62 right now.magichans said:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/17120/
But spend an sixty three cents and get Faerie Solitaire.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/38600/
PixyJunket
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You actually have to have one paid for game to have an "activated" account.awwyeahgurrl said:
Sgt.Pepper
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Last year it was on sale...for $20. You can use a site that is posted in the OP to check price history.mrgone said:
http://www.steamgamesales.com/view-history.php?id=144
CornBurrito
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Vaporak said:
Tried the demo, got a black screen error. I'm fucked basically (people with the same graphics card have posted on the forum and there is seemingly no fix).
toastyToast
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Would it be worth getting FO3 if I bought NV the other day? I got about half way through it around the time it came out and sort of stopped for some reason and never went back.
Sgt.Pepper
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Well, it is a sequel. So if the story interests you, I'd say yes.KyteTron said:
vertigogogo
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Vaporak said:
Amnesia is the first game to rattle my cage since Silent Hill 2. Complete steal at that price.
I've been following this thread, locked outside the walls of NeoGAF, for the entirety of the summer sale (and before that). When it hits "sale time" I head straight for this thread rather than fight the rush of consumers assaulting the Steam servers.
I'm at around $115 spent at the moment, with $35 in the wallet remaining. I've been a part of Steam sales before, but not spending this much. Moving more towards the PC side of gaming, I guess this will be the sale where I pick up a ton of backlogged games that I won't need to buy in later sales. I've purchased a lot of games based on comments in this thread, so thanks goes out for introducing me to a ton of great games (Beat Hazard, I'm especially looking at you).
This is my first post, and I guess I couldn't be a (Junior) member of NeoGAF without waiting to see if Vampire ends up being a daily - and having my $13.39 set aside if it's not.
I'm at around $115 spent at the moment, with $35 in the wallet remaining. I've been a part of Steam sales before, but not spending this much. Moving more towards the PC side of gaming, I guess this will be the sale where I pick up a ton of backlogged games that I won't need to buy in later sales. I've purchased a lot of games based on comments in this thread, so thanks goes out for introducing me to a ton of great games (Beat Hazard, I'm especially looking at you).
This is my first post, and I guess I couldn't be a (Junior) member of NeoGAF without waiting to see if Vampire ends up being a daily - and having my $13.39 set aside if it's not.
Gvaz said:
Well, that's... Disappointing. Opening that last gate in the demo was really intense; "I'M ABOUT TO DIENONONONO" intense. The game seems to rely a lot on immersion, though. Not that that's a bad thing, but I tried playing through the demo a second time in a more "relaxed" fashion and it didn't feel as powerful and oppresive.
It seems to do a nice job of pulling the player in, though, so no problem.
Gvaz said:Well that was cute:
I gave up on the last artifact though because that was total bullshit. Wall grapple, spin land on a slope, then align, jump, then align jump just for one part with 1-2 second reactions. Yeah I don't think that's gonna happen.
This my current game as well.
Yeah i actually did this one last week, jesus it was shit. I don't think you have to align for the slope jumps, it jumps the way you're sliding (could be wrong). The wall run backward jump takes some getting use to. Just played a level that required it, luckily no double slope jump afterwards.
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InsertNameHere said:
wasn't someone working on a hidden gems list or something?? where is that thing
Stumpokapow
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ohhthegore said:
salsa will be posting it as the final day starts. i gather he's ... being pretty thorough with it.
It's amazing how much if a difference there is in first impressions for me between Red Alert 3 and C&C4.
Red Alert 3:
Time travel! Communists! Bears! Mecha! Hell March! Logo! Woo!
Command and Conquer 4:
Kane? Kane! Chat room? Why am I in a chat room for single player again? Nod campaign? Do I have to unlock Nod?! Why do I need experience points? What the hell happened to C&C?
Good to see Kane again, though. But it's time for Red Alert 3. At least that looks fun.
Red Alert 3:
Time travel! Communists! Bears! Mecha! Hell March! Logo! Woo!
Command and Conquer 4:
Kane? Kane! Chat room? Why am I in a chat room for single player again? Nod campaign? Do I have to unlock Nod?! Why do I need experience points? What the hell happened to C&C?
Good to see Kane again, though. But it's time for Red Alert 3. At least that looks fun.
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