Wok
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The DLC is great but I like the vanilla game and want to play it without all the new additions. Remember it is a rogue-like and the DLC makes it a ton harder.
I am trying again to give this key away.
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Steam Winter Sales 2012 Thread 2: [Extended To Jan 7th For Encore Deals]
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The DLC is great but I like the vanilla game and want to play it without all the new additions. Remember it is a rogue-like and the DLC makes it a ton harder.
I am trying again to give this key away.
la flama blanca
Banned
Is steam slow as fuck for anyone else?
Ah of course, I agree. Definitely some familiar links that are cool to experience.
Yeah a little bit. Usually bogs down a bit around sale reset time.
Immortal Technique
Member
Had it for awhile now, but, in hindsight knowing what value I got out of this game, I'd pay $60 easily.
I own all of them sans F1 and Fable stuff. I think the deals are fine. Just less money to spend for me is all.
Wok
Member
la flama blanca
Banned
I cant even access the community tab or ingame store in dota. Just times out! D:
Too much pressure! OK, if they get to 75% off I'll buy them today. As long as they still play fine, I can tolerate outdated graphics.
Syphon Filter
Member
what's wrong? the deals are pretty good!
Delusibeta
Banned
We've also seen literally all of them before in this sale.
Exactly. Terrible deals.
Wasn't that a pricing error?
Prophane33
Member
With deals like these my impatience is going to end up getting the best of me...then with my luck everything I buy goes on daily (as unlikely as that is).
Just because they've happened before doesn't make them bad.
jokingbird
Member
If no one else has, I would take it as a gift for someone I know. Feel free to not send it if this does not meet your criteria.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I just started Alan Wake a couple days ago and I'm actually really impressed. Looks stunning at times and runs beautifully, and while the dialogue seemed a little stilted and wooden at the beginning, the game's style has grown on me.
There are some combat scenarios that instantly made me mad and spiteful, but I like what they were going for. My main gripe is that it's often too difficult to maneuver away from enemies because they're faster than you and they can hit you many times in succession because being hit stuns you but offers no brief period of invincibility so you can recover. I also don't like the heavy enemy type; I think it's much more satisfying to quickly flashlight someone and then shoot them.
Do I want American Nightmare? Is there greater emphasis on combat and if so, is it improved?
There are some combat scenarios that instantly made me mad and spiteful, but I like what they were going for. My main gripe is that it's often too difficult to maneuver away from enemies because they're faster than you and they can hit you many times in succession because being hit stuns you but offers no brief period of invincibility so you can recover. I also don't like the heavy enemy type; I think it's much more satisfying to quickly flashlight someone and then shoot them.
Do I want American Nightmare? Is there greater emphasis on combat and if so, is it improved?
Yes it does. How about actually doing the work so the dailys are new? It really wouldn't be that much work.
I'm sure they're doing zero work on daily deals and such and you know how much work it would be to make it acceptable to you.
Prophane33
Member
I would argue that it doesn't make the deals bad; the sale on the other hand, worse Steam sale ever.
blame space
Banned
been waiting on $5 deus ex.. sweet
While AW1 is a game about atmosphere and thriller aspects, AWAN is more of an action game. It's simpler, but I wouldn't say if that's better or worse. For combat, it got better mechanics, but also you fight more. The enemies have more variety, so that's important.
Yeah, American Nightmare improves on the combat. More weapons, more enemy variety, etc, although they don't stray away much from the first game's formula. I honestly played it more because I like the story and style than because of the gameplay, but I think it's still pretty fun.
Nabs
Member
You need to add friends in almost every EA game, even the ones that require Origin.
Yeah it's dumb.
Visualante2
Member
I think they need to stop doing flash sales.
BarrenMind
Member
I saw someone mention in the other thread that Amazon was going to discount Kingdoms of Amalur quite a bit at some point. Anyone know if I missed that?
vikingvessel
Member
I wish they would have extended or repeated the Need For Speed/Shift deal that ended prematurely.
Assuming it's discounted to a few bucks again*, I say yes. Combat is improved insofar that there are a wider assortment of weapons and enemy encounters offer slightly more difficulty in that some of the enemies aren't as simple as "shine the flashlight and shoot" (one particular type devolves into a smaller group of enemies when coming into contact with light, for instance). The story, while its premise is mildly interesting, falls flat considering the creative scope and does nothing to move the overarching narrative forward. Similarly, the game itself was clearly limited by the file size limitation imposed by XBLA, with the texture quality ranging from decent to awful, and, more importantly, the campaign consisting of three small locales that are repeated thrice.
Really, it boils down to:
Did you particularly enjoy Alan Wake?
If "Yes": Buy American Nightmare
If "No": Skip
Edit: * I derped and thought the game was part of the Community's Choice poll, haha.
Not sure when or if that happened, but forewarning for those that care: any copy of Amalur not purchased on Steam is not redeemable on Steam. The Steam version is its own, separate SKU self-published by 38 Studios, not EA, and will probably never drop below $59.99.
Syphon Filter
Member
Got good reviews, don't see why it's bad.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Well shoot...I just got Human Revolution for $10. Lame sauce.
robotzombie
Member
There is no chance of Lost Planet 2 ever going on sale, is there 
cicero
Member
Indeed. New daily deals, new flash deals, and new deals for Community votes. It shouldn't take THAT much effort, as we can clearly see from previous superior Steam sales.
brandonh83
Banned
Went ahead and got American Nightmare. It's been driving me nuts for months and I figured this could be the last time I could get it for so cheap. No regrets. I may get the main game at a later date despite thinking it was just "okay" but literally saved from mediocrity by its atmosphere.
So true. It's always only one more turn and yesterday I ended up playing it when it was getting bright outside.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Nope. Got it for that price. It has been 75% off on prior sales as well, just not this sale.
No. Don't pollute your library or you brain's memory with this title.
Because it was a major publisher and with the hype of the previous game, big site reviewers thought that's what they were supposed to give it. Not deserved one bit.
BarrenMind
Member
Thanks for the confirmation, I was wondering about this too and had a feeling this was the case.
Syphon Filter
Member
what was wrong with it?
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