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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What about the tickets for tomorrow though?
Oh, same. I remember when Valve put TF2 on sale for like $1 for one hour only. While I was at work or something. Didn't stop me from eventually buying it but still: dammit.Foliorum Viridum said:
Had Terraria stayed at $2.50, I might have picked it up sometime before the daily ended as an impulse buy. When it changed to $5, that probability disappeared, but only because I wasn't that interested in it in the first place.
CecilRousso
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You dont mean that you only buy boxed copies of PC games do you?54-46! said:
Snkfanatic
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ASilva said:
Just Cause 2 is just flat out amazing in general. I can spend so much time just flying around in the chopper and blowing stuff up. Not to mention it is one gorgeous looking game
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
If you don't know then there is no new sales! All hope is lost.3chopl0x said:
Alex Connolly
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Herla said:
You can play it fine with a mouse and keyboard. It has a default control scheme that feels like a distant cousin of Freelancer...which might not mean much if you've never played a space fighter/flight game. I'd say you'd be better off looking towards a more traditional dogfighter game like Descent: Freespace if you're looking for a shooty-shoot. If you don't mind a slow grind of careful choices and accumulation of wealth, goods, etc., and are looking for a massive and meaty sandbox game to play out your galactic corporate dreams in...
...X3: Terran Conflict is the king. Unless you want to pay per month, then you go to EVE.
I have to say though, while I loved the empire building aspect, after 30 hours or so I was done with the game. There is not enough challenge in the business aspect of the game for me, and the interface is not prepared for managing a large business empire. Getting to have a nice business is nice, but once you have your first proper factory complex, there's just not all that much left if you ask me.Pylon_Trooper said:
Oh, and I thought anything related to piloting ships yourself was pointless
. Should've spent more dev time on business aspect, and no time on piloting shit.What of the following tickets are easy and quick if I hardly played the games before?
team fortress 2
Toki Tori
Magicka
Nation Red
And Yet It Moves
Left 4 Dead 2
RusH
Sanctum
Audiosurf
Tidalis
Poker Night (thought I had it, won a hand with 6 and 9, but nothing).
Fortix 2
Atom Zombie Smasher?
Day of defeat
X3 -terran conflict
I would like to get 1-4 tickets and then I'm probably satisfied.
team fortress 2
Toki Tori
Magicka
Nation Red
And Yet It Moves
Left 4 Dead 2
RusH
Sanctum
Audiosurf
Tidalis
Poker Night (thought I had it, won a hand with 6 and 9, but nothing).
Fortix 2
Atom Zombie Smasher?
Day of defeat
X3 -terran conflict
I would like to get 1-4 tickets and then I'm probably satisfied.
I have a spare copy of Frozen Synapse if anyone wants to buy it off me. I bought the pack that included two copies and the soundtrack but no one I know wants the game. I'm not really looking to trade it for a game as the only games I currently want is Witcher 2 and Alice and they cost a lot more then FS. The pack cost £11 during the sale so im happy to let it go for £5 if that sounds fair?
First come first serve, PM me your steam name and we can sort it out from there
Edit: Gone
First come first serve, PM me your steam name and we can sort it out from there
Edit: Gone
CecilRousso
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Benedict said:
TF2 and Audiosurf.
Alex Connolly
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Kabouter said:I have to say though, while I loved the empire building aspect, after 30 hours or so I was done with the game. There is not enough challenge in the business aspect of the game for me, and the interface is not prepared for managing a large business empire. Getting to have a nice business is nice, but once you have your first proper factory complex, there's just not all that much left if you ask me.
Oh, and I thought anything related to piloting ships yourself was pointless
Yeah, but you're Kabouter.
I can see where you're coming from, though. I'd be interested to see what Egosoft do with the next X game to make the sectors/universe more dynamic. For me, what makes the franchise so wonderful is the ambience. Autopilot and flicking through menus on an upgraded computer system. It's more the mindset of the X games that set them apart.
Foliorum Viridum said:
It's not so much the price as the buzzkill when a great deal for an anticipated game gets a little less great. Particularly when there was opportunity to take advantage. It's frustrating to see prices in your cart change. An hour of the game washed away whatever bitter flavour was left over from that, though. And replaced it with a seething hatred for slimes.
Great game. Definitely worth the $5, in my opinion.
Schmattakopf
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Haha, what!?Everdred said:
CecilRousso
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Mr_Zombie said:
I guess you could, but isn´t choosing that mode a way of making it harder than it has to be? I took the ticket by playing Oxygene IV in Pointman Pro mode.
Petrie said:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CXYMFS/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I'd love it if anyone could give me impressions on this, or other similarly priced sticks. I'm not going to go all-out seeing as I don't even know if I'll get into the game/genre, but it seems like it'd be hard to really enjoy this game with Mouse and Keyboard. If I'm wrong do say so though!
I bought that exact stick after the holiday sale. Haven't really used it much, but it's definitely a good value. Quality product for the money.
OmegaDragon
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Benedict said:
No effort required:
Day of defeat: very easy. Find an empty server with kalt and colmar. Win the map. Maybe you can even create your own server to get the achievement
team fortress 2: find a 2fort server, pick heavy, go outside
Magicka: local server, put drops on high and only the standard magicks. get rain, spam it
Don't need to have unlocked maps/levels, but the achievement itself can be tricky:
Audiosurf: use pointman pro or vegas. Pointman: fill the grid with a much blocks as you can, but leave 1 space open then wait for a red paint. Fill it completely, use paint. Vegas: same, but you get random powerups.
Left 4 Dead 2: you can play it offline on easy. The final map might be tricky, grab a pipebomb/bilebomb just after the first tank (you are in some kind of sewer) and use it when you are near the chopper. Also grab a melee weapon in the saferoom.
You need to have unlocked some maps/levels,
And Yet It Moves: it's in the third map, doesn't take too long.
Toki Tori: You need to finish the first world. Not too hard and shouldn't take much time. Solutions for the ticket are in the OP
brain_stew
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Which servers are running quick as the speeds I'm getting here in the UK are pathetic.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
I'm getting Supreme Commander 2, even though I've read so little about it (if somebody thinks I shouldn't, speak now or forever hold your peace).
I'm wondering about the DLC though. Has anyone tried Infinite War Battle Pack? Some thoughts would be appreciated.
I'm wondering about the DLC though. Has anyone tried Infinite War Battle Pack? Some thoughts would be appreciated.
Jinfash said:
For the price, it's not bad. Sadly it's a shade of its former release though. Wish Supreme Commander one was on steam :<
The campaign is just painful (mostly the forced acting). In fact, I might be too jaded to answer this for you, perhaps you should get more opinions.
Simply put. SP 1 >>>>>>>> SP 2
(Never tried the DLC, seems to add a few units, which the game damn well needs)
RiverBed said:
Assuming Supreme Commander 2 requires you to enter the key into Steam (which I think it may, but can't guarantee), yeah. You'll be required to tie the serial to your Steam account and play it through that. The disc will basically just operate as the download file. And even then, the game's gotten a lot of updates, so you'll probably have a hefty download before you can play the first time.
OmegaDragon said:
I think you can create as server for Colmar, as the objective is just planting bombs on targets. Kalt requires two people to capture the point in the middle of the map, though, so best to look for a server with a low population.
Kalt is a bitch to win a legitimate game on, too
Yaska
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You can do Kalt solo. Just need to spawn a bot through console, set sv_cheats to 0 and enter retry so the session retries. That's how I got it. Also need to set the bot to imitate you.mrgone said:I think you can create as server for Colmar, as the objective is just planting bombs on targets. Kalt requires two people to capture the point in the middle of the map, though, so best to look for a server with a low population.
Kalt is a bitch to win a legitimate game on, too
Servbot #42
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Well i wake up only to found out that Terraria had it's price increased, pretty dick move Steam i was gonna get that! now i dunno :/
PixyJunket
Member
Yeah? This is on my wishlist and I just might buy one more ticket game today depending on what today's tickets are. I feel like I can squeeze out one more piece of DLC from the prize booth and I might as well grab that A Reckless Disregard for Gravity one since it's the last game in the prize booth I might ever buy.Benedict said:
My ticket redemption haul so far:
SpaceChem
Delve Deeper
Winter Voices
A.R.E.S.
Magicka
Beat Hazard
Team Fortress 2
Portal 2
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