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Steam Winter Sales 2012 Thread 2: [Extended To Jan 7th For Encore Deals]
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You want to play among the stars?
I wanna play in somebody's head. lol
Rage is good. Shocked people expected it to be like fallout 3. The developer is "id"!
Haunted
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Euros
Pachterballs
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games impression add:
BINDING OF ISSAC
weird, endless dungeon crawler with random combat (its sort of arcadey) and I can't get to the end level boss yet. Its kind of random in terms of items and power up and I had to google joy to key to make it work with the joypad.
fun though.
was going to buy rage off sarcasm's post - then I realised I bought it:
probably going to add:
torchlight2
and
maxpayne3 for $10 from amazon.
BINDING OF ISSAC
weird, endless dungeon crawler with random combat (its sort of arcadey) and I can't get to the end level boss yet. Its kind of random in terms of items and power up and I had to google joy to key to make it work with the joypad.
fun though.
was going to buy rage off sarcasm's post - then I realised I bought it:
probably going to add:
torchlight2
and
maxpayne3 for $10 from amazon.
Yeah, but you could easily play two dozen games from your backlog with the time Civ 5 will consume.
Rage is kinda cool, but I'd rather it were a straight up shooter. Maybe something like Crysis, expansive environments but in a linear sequence and just a lot of room to playing around with the game's mechanics.
Sure, MP1/2 had its share of being pretentious and overwrought, but the games were quirky and had mystery and suspense, and took inspirations from all over the place, from John Woo films to The Matrix to Film Noir, David Lynch, classic gaming tropes, nordic mythology and packaged them into something very cohesive with itself. It wasn't afraid to be weird or funny and the story actually moved his character forward and tried new stuff. How often do we get love stories in videogames?
It's flawed but it had ambition and heart in spades, two things I think Max Payne 3 severly lacks, and it shows compared to the first two.
Max Payne 3 is what? A side story at best? In Man on Fire Creasy actually grew as a character, based on a child that made him see the good in life and gave him the way to redeem himself from his past. In Max Payne 3 Max re-recovers from a depression that was resolved at the end of MP2, and gets over a sudden alcoholism just because he has to save a bunch of horrible Dan Houser people no one can possibly like, just because it's his job.
And seriously, Badgad with G-Strings is the worst line I've ever heard in gaming history.
I really am having trouble accepting how opposite your opinion can be of mine, but I guess that's life.
Sure, MP1/2 had its share of being pretentious and overwrought, but the games were quirky and had mystery and suspense, and took inspirations from all over the place, from John Woo films to The Matrix to Film Noir, David Lynch, classic gaming tropes, nordic mythology and packaged them into something very cohesive with itself. It wasn't afraid to be weird or funny and the story actually moved his character forward and tried new stuff. How often do we get love stories in videogames?
It's flawed but it had ambition and heart in spades, two things I think Max Payne 3 severly lacks, and it shows compared to the first two.
Max Payne 3 is what? A side story at best? In Man on Fire Creasy actually grew as a character, based on a child that made him see the good in life and gave him the way to redeem himself from his past. In Max Payne 3 Max re-recovers from a depression that was resolved at the end of MP2, and gets over a sudden alcoholism just because he has to save a bunch of horrible Dan Houser people no one can possibly like, just because it's his job.
And seriously, Badgad with G-Strings is the worst line I've ever heard in gaming history.
MMBosstones86
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you'll want it. Nightmare in Northpoint anyway
Depends on how you define "well". Your CPU is going to hurt performance more than your GPU, but as long as you're not expecting 60fps, you should find the game's performance to be acceptable.
I H8 Memes
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Hard to say with that set up. How well does your PC handle Crysis or Crysis Warhead? Crysis 2 runs slightly better than those 2 games.
Soyongdori
Member
About to pull the trigger on Dead Island.
Is the game any fun?
Is the game any fun?
I really liked it, and even if you get bored halfway through (campaign is massive) you'll get your 5 bucks worth.
Spicy Chicken Combo
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If you have the steam client its on the front store page. As for your second question I'm not sure.
I've had a lot of fun with Dead Island. Just go into it expecting something a little different.
TSW hasn't been.
toddhunter
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Yes very much. Kept waiting for a little red dragon or something.
Ah ok, thanks for the responses.
For a second I thought we'd still have more deals for a few more days. Time to buy Ticket to Ride and the Comedy Club game then.
True. Still, I had hope it would reach USD$15 to get more people playing, and gain a bit of momentum.
Nabs
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It takes 30 seconds to fix almost everything.
Pachterballs
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its $10 on amazon if you have a voucher from them. $15 there.
Jables Swan
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I think it's the same on Amazon but with a $5 discount coupon it'll be cheaper.
Koroviev
Member
I need to give it more time, but the art style and that lady's voice are distracting. I feel that the game would have been better served by some over-the-top Asian movie sensibilities.
It's available from Amazon for $13 provided you purchased a DD game during December.
mouse and keyboard controls? it's also the principle. rewarding a good for nothing no work port with money seems like a bad idea.
I did not which means it would be 18, if I had the 5 credit I would have already bought the game.
Yeah, it's $10 inclusive of the promotional credit discount.
chixdiggit
Member
Pretty much this. I already sunk way too much time into Civ 5. Gods and Kings is really great but I should have held off on buying it until i played through some of the other stuff I bought.
You're rewarding them much less by buying it for cheap at Amazon.
That's the idea!
Koroviev
Member
If you're enjoying Gods and Kings, then just roll with it. Your backlog is a library, not an obligation. Even if you don't get around to playing all or even most of your games, at the very least you've supported the types of games that you like and so will continue to see them in the future.
toddhunter
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I agree and it has made me skip any of the "story" type parts. Which hasn't really helped me enjoy it too much (just not getting sucked in yet)
Baconsaurus Rex
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It actually feels more like a burden to me
UnluckyKate
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So I think the damage is done for this year. Here is the damage:
I see SLeeping Dogs, FTL and Xcom. You have good taste. now go have fun
(space marines is fun too)
Wolf Akela
Member
Didn't the PC version do well enough that From/Namco's actually putting good effort to the sequel?
I'd rather have a PC version than no version at all. DSfix fixes everything but the sloppy multiplayer that's present in every version.
Both of the major issues were actually fixed by modders either right after release or shortly before. The game does look amazing with downsampling, SSAO, and SSMA after the Durante fix. And from what I hear the mouse patch is great, though I use a controller which works perfectly.
toddhunter
Member
Time will tell. Expectations set to "dubious" given I thought even the console versions were rushed and unfinished... but hoping for the best.
Is anybody up for creating the 'Last Day of Steam Sales' since SalsaShark is away?
cicero
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Soyongdori
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I want to buy Sleeping Dogs, but my CPU is beyond its limits for recent titles.
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