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Steam Summer Sales Thread: remember: you can actually play after buying

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marrec

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BigJiantRobut said:
My shame is endless.



Although to be fair, some of these were comped.
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The only shameful thing about your list is that it does not include Kings Bounty.

RECTIFY THAT SHIT.
 
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Lambtron

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Oh that GTA pack seems like an awesome deal, but I'm saving what little money I have hoping for a DotD on Bloodlines.
 
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Merovin

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So far;

Medal of Honor
Oblivion GOTY
Battlefront 2
Knights of the Old Republic

Do I get Braid again? (Used to own on 360, now have on PS3)

Why am I wanting to spend money just because? :(
 
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coopolon

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Weenerz said:
So I didn't have Shogun 2 installed and I want the ticket, so started downloading it, saw it was 15gb and figured it was a lost cause, but it's going 3.0mb/s, am I lucky or is Steam faster for everyone?
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I've been getting 3 MB/s as well both yesterday and today. I don't want to even check what server I'm connecting to for fear it'll screw it up.
 
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Musiol

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SW:KOTOR for €2,24. Insta buy, also picked up SW: Empire at War Gold. I wanted this games so badly for a long time.
 
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K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
I've drawn first blood, with the Heroes Pack. $5 is why the F not territory.

Damn it, put the Alien/Zombie Shooter games on sale!
 
cicero

cicero

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Green Scar said:
Steam library screenshot time! Post your shame! I have nothing to hide, with my meager collection of games :p

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I feel like buying you a free game just to keep you from going hungry. Like a priest buying a small starving waif a loaf of bread during the dark ages, which, if you aren't packing a hefty Steam library, you surely are in.

hmm. Would it be like giving you a loaf of poisoned bread if I gifted you BAD RATS?!
 
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Empty

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oh neat, spacechem is on mac. didn't realize, gonna grab that.

and here i thought i would escape the steam sale after my desktop stopped working.
 
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Rflagg

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Kotor $2.50 get. I have been wanting to replay this since I started frothing at the mouth over SWTOR.

Wolf Akela said:
KotoR is a pain the ass to get to run properly if you're using Win7.

I've never been able to play my copy for more than an hour. :(
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Have you trying the stuff in the steam forum yet? I am at least hopeful I can get it running decently, and since my xbox stopped working it is my only hope.

Edit I might re buy just cause2 as well just to see it in it's full pc glory.
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Fox318 said:
A very underrated game. Its awesome fun, but JC2 is amazing.
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Yeah, I had fun with it on the X360. The only reason I'm buying it on Steam is because I already own JC2 and it seems strange to not own the other game. :p
 
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jaundicejuice

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Doomrider said:
Hmm, sounds exciting! I can deal with the age thing as long as it manages to pull me in. I've always been curious to play it.

Thanks.



Glad to hear the trip is worth it =P
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Just go full hilt good or evil. Don't vacillate, don't waffle, be so good you've got a halo and an angelic aura or be Snidely Whiplash mustache twinstingly evil. I'd recommend doing two runs at least, be good the first time through to make being evil all the more enjoyable.
 
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marrec

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BigJiantRobut said:
I've been meaning to, actually - is Armored Princess or whatever the best one?
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Yep, though Vanilla KB is good too.

To be honest it will probably go on Daily Deal at some point. It always seems to.
 
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coopolon

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Rflagg said:
Kotor $2.50 get. I have been wanting to replay this since I started frothing at the mouth over SWTOR.


Have you trying the stuff in the steam forum yet? I am at least hopeful I can get it running decently, and since my xbox stopped working it is my only hope.
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theinfinityissue

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Yesterday's damage: Swords and Soldiers. Loved it on ps3, missed it since I had to sell the ps3, and now it has returned to me and brought a ticket with it. Booya.

Today's damage: More substantial. Civ 5 via gamersgate, Vampire: The Masquerade and Hamilton's Great Adventure. Downloading Hamilton first so I can gank my ticket while my civ 5 download limps around all day.

Pretty excited about Vampire, always wanted to play it but never got the chance.
 
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Hot Coldman

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cicero said:
I feel like buying you a free game just to keep you from going hungry. Like a priest buying a small starving waif a loaf of bread during the dark ages, which, if you aren't packing a hefty Steam library, you surely are in.

hmm. Would it be like giving you a loaf of poisoned bread if I gifted you BAD RATS?!
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Bad Rats looks bad

no thank you sire
 
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Gandie

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Edited out the picture, this thread is already moving too fast.

Please not that I generally add all my non-steam games to the library, just to be able to access them quickly.
 
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scitek

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Green Scar said:
Steam library screenshot time! Post your shame! I have nothing to hide, with my meager collection of games :p

http://i.imgur.com/vqt2c.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Mine's tiny compared to many here.

[IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/part17q1n.jpg
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Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
SalsaShark said:
GAF IS FAILING ME AT MAKING ME BUY SPACECHEM

c'mon dudes, i thought this had a big fan following
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Reposting my early impressions of the Puzzle GOTY 2011:

Okay, this is just... incredible and I need to share it with you to convince some more people to buy this game

Spacechem - still on sale for 2 days or something like that

I started of playing the game and mastered the first level in the way the game tutored me.

2 hours later I came back and was able to improve it because of my better skills.

Again 6 hours later I was taking another look at it and further improved myself... now my highscore for the first level is (dont check the spoiler if you have not played the game yet, try to improve on your own pace)
6 symbols and 57 cycles
, which wasnt even remotely thinkable yesterday.

This game is soooo good when it comes to applying you knowledge, improving and refining. I know that there must be an end somewhere regarding to how much you can improve these solutions, but the sole fact that at the different stages my skill in this game was, I was able to come up with completely different solutions is just... blowing my mind.

Seriously, this game is the best game I've ever encountered when it comes to measuring your logic. The first level alone would be simple enough to put into an IQ test and still have quite a lot of range to measure how much people can refine their solution.

When playing just now I needed to think of Layton as a game which sort of measures your problem solving capabilities by giving you puzzles with different set of rules each time. This is sort of the opposite, by giving you the same set of rules and constantly challenging you with more intricate "levels". This is not unlike other games (like Tetris or whatever) but it rather has a sort of "Highscore" game appeal in that you want to play it again and again to improve yourself, but with the difference that its not relying on your maneuverability and dexterity, but rather your problem solving capabilities.

This game is not about atoms and molecules, its about logic. Everyone who likes to challenge his mind should buy and play this game. I agree that the introduction to this game is a bit strange but it clicks after the second or third level and it really deserves your time. I wouldnt be surprised to see this game on a few GOTY lists here on GAF. And it completely blows my mind that most people who play the demo to see what they might be getting themselves into are not even scratching the surface in terms of what they might be able to pull of, and that within the bloody first level.

As for the longevity of this game:

I am currently in World 3 of 9 (each consisting of 5-7 levels) and played for about 9 hours. The levels get progressively more intricate so that the last level I was able to finish took me just about 90 minutes. And there is a shitload of extra levels.

Repeating myself: There is a loooong demo for this game. Give it 1 or 2 hours to explain you the basics.

For the people who do not know what its about, here is a simple level. Goal is to take the atoms on the left and transform them to what you need on the right by picking up, adding and turning the elements:

spacechem-review.jpg


Edit:
Almost forgot, the official thread is over this way.


<- old impressions, but seriously. Its great, great, great.
 
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