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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 II - ITT we buy $1 games and complain about them

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kaleii

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New bundle at Bundle Stars: Catnip.
http://www.bundlestars.com/

All of them look really bad, at a glance ... Anyone played them? All are Steam except the first one.

£1.00 (UK), €1.17 (EU), $1.26 (USD)
Pushcat (Desura)
Metal Drift

£3.94 (UK), €4.64 (EU), $4.99 (USD)
Wasteland Angel
Obulis
Nicopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Chains
Post Mortem
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
+ 2 secret games that aren't unlocked yet.
 

Uiki

Member
Does anyone know how much God Mode would cost?

I remember something like 800mp on xbox360 so 10$ on steam, but i'm not so sure.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Every new thread I check that list hoping to somehow be there and then notice that I only have 30 something posts and JaseC have nearly 900. I meant there can't be so many Saoirse pictures now can there?

The dude has an unfair geographical advantage. He posts while the rest of the world sleeps.

New bundle at Bundle Stars: Catnip.
http://www.bundlestars.com/

All of them look really bad, at a glance ... Anyone played them? All are Steam except the first one.

£1.00 (UK), €1.17 (EU), $1.26 (USD)
Pushcat (Desura)
Metal Drift

£3.94 (UK), €4.64 (EU), $4.99 (USD)
Wasteland Angel
Obulis
Nicopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Chains
Post Mortem
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
+ 2 secret games that aren't unlocked yet.

There's scraping the bottom of the barrel then there's checking under the fingernails of the guy who scraped the barrel. This is lower than that.
 

Varg

Banned
Seems that I have a 25% off bit trip runner 2 coupon in my steam inventory right now. If your interested in the game and want it just send an invite my way. ID is SnakeVargas86
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
I reached the second town in Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath last night and in terms of world building and art design this is some seriously c-tier Dreamworks stuff. I would be embarrassed if someone walked in and saw the art and heard the dialogue.

I'm not a big fan of the gameplay loop either. Switching between 1st and 3rd person continuously feels awkward and the enemy spam is tiring.
 

Def Jukie

Member
Under the trusted sites that sell keys in the OP, Gamefly should be added. They have had some good deals recently and they are legit.
 

Macmanus

Member
Any WRPG fans thoughts on Divinity 2 Directors Cut? The game looks pretty solid but I haven't heard much about it.
 
I really wish Spec Ops: The Line was a better game. I really do.

The game part is as good as Bioshock Infinite. Even the Story is nearly as good as Bioshock Infinite. But in the end Bioshock Infinite gets "Game of all Generations" while Spec Ops gets declared as Piece of shit from some guys.
 

Derrick01

Banned
The game part is as good as Bioshock Infinite. Even the Story is nearly as good as Bioshock Infinite. But in the end Bioshock Infinite gets "Game of all Generations" while Spec Ops gets declared as Piece of shit from some guys.

I definitely had more "fun" playing Spec Ops than Bioshock. It was a tougher game on normal than Bioshock is on Hard and you didn't have to spend 6 hours scavenging for shit in every corner. Infinite's probably the longest 12 hour game I've ever played, it seriously felt like 25 hours.
 

nexen

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Why do I want to buy Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity?
I own the first one on CD and both of them on GoG.
I already finished the first one and my backlog is so large I doubt I'll ever even install the second.

...and yet...compelled.
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
I really wish Spec Ops: The Line was a better game. I really do.

Yeah, there is a lot of missed potential.

1. They hardly used sand. They just kinda forget about it completely later on. It should have been cool as shit. More sand whirl pools, unsteady ground, dunes, etc. There are so many cool setpiece opportunities that they failed on implementing.

2. Enemy spam. Encounters could have been so much more meaningful if everyone didn't consist of 20 enemies minimum. Second waves are terrible design in these games.

3. Co-op. You are with 2 other dudes for like the whole game. Rework that shit a bit and you could at least have 2 player co-op. It makes these kinds of games replayable. Inversion is a decent game, but I played it twice because a friend got a co-op and there was a co-op opportunity. It made the game even better. The co-op content they added in the patch to Spec Ops was shit and completely missed the point.
 

Sblargh

Banned
I definitely had more "fun" playing Spec Ops than Bioshock. It was a tougher game on normal than Bioshock is on Hard and you didn't have to spend 6 hours scavenging for shit in every corner. Infinite's probably the longest 12 hour game I've ever played, it seriously felt like 25 hours.

I disagree, but only because one game lets you shoot crows with your hand and the other doesn't.
 

nexen

Member
WTF? Wasn't NWN2 made available on Steam again after a prolonged absence? It's gone now...

I own it on steam. Huh, yeah I cant find it for sale either.

It is on sale on GOG right now. Up to 80% off if you already own or buy a bunch of other D&D games on there.
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
The game part is as good as Bioshock Infinite. Even the Story is nearly as good as Bioshock Infinite. But in the end Bioshock Infinite gets "Game of all Generations" while Spec Ops gets declared as Piece of shit from some guys.

One has you sit behind cover for 6 hours, the other gives the player some degree of choice as to how they approach things.

One apes an incredibly well known story that has been aped multiple times through film and games. The other feels fairly creative.
 
One has you sit behind cover for 6 hours, the other gives the player some degree of choice as to how they approach things.

One apes an incredibly well known story that has been aped multiple times through film and games. The other feels fairly creative.

The funny thing is : I dont know wich game you mean with the gameplay and with the story. Because those description could fit on both games.
 

Sblargh

Banned
Spec Ops gameplay isn't great, but it does marry the narrative to be constantly shot at. To feel trapped behind a little piece of wall with the entire world against you. I can't see this game being made any other way.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The funny thing is : I dont know wich game you mean with the gameplay and with the story. Because those description could fit on both games.

1) I don't think anyone would use the word "cover" while describing Bioshock's gameplay.

2) Spec Ops is based off Heart of Darkness, which has been adapted many times in many different forms of media. Bioshock is its own original story.

At this point to continue this discussion, you're going to have to start being incredibly disingenuous.
 
The game part is as good as Bioshock Infinite. Even the Story is nearly as good as Bioshock Infinite. But in the end Bioshock Infinite gets "Game of all Generations" while Spec Ops gets declared as Piece of shit from some guys.

Haha, it really isn't. Bioshock Infinite gives you so many tools for creative combat and experimentation, it isn't even a comparison.

Yeah, there is a lot of missed potential.

1. They hardly used sand. They just kinda forget about it completely later on. It should have been cool as shit. More sand whirl pools, unsteady ground, dunes, etc. There are so many cool setpiece opportunities that they failed on implementing.

2. Enemy spam. Encounters could have been so much more meaningful if everyone didn't consist of 20 enemies minimum. Second waves are terrible design in these games.

3. Co-op. You are with 2 other dudes for like the whole game. Rework that shit a bit and you could at least have 2 player co-op. It makes these kinds of games replayable. Inversion is a decent game, but I played it twice because a friend got a co-op and there was a co-op opportunity. It made the game even better. The co-op content they added in the patch to Spec Ops was shit and completely missed the point.

I 100% agree on the first and the second, can't comment on the third.

The first time I got to use the sand to bury enemies was pretty cool and I thought it'd be an integral part of the game. Second time it took me ages to break that window and that was it. I'm pretty close to the end so I don't expect it to drastically change.

I somehow feel it'd have been better as a shorter game because it's really overstaying it's welcome, mostly because of enemy spam. The execution leaves a lot to be desired and I feel it'd have had a way bigger impact with less shooting but I guess they wanted us to notice Walker going from
"Tango down!" to "HOSTILE FUCKING DOWN!"
. Meh.
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
quick bioshock question but I'm afraid to ask in any bioshock threads.

Just about to finish Bioshock 1 and I'm loving the atmosphere and the story, but don't care for the action particularly. I read that Bioshock 2 has less story/more action so would I be ok to skip it and go straight to Infinite?
 

Macmanus

Member
The funny thing is : I dont know wich game you mean with the gameplay and with the story. Because those description could fit on both games.

Bioshock isn't a cover based shooter...

q I read that Bioshock 2 has less story/more action so would I be ok to skip it and go straight to Infinite?

I absolutely loved Bioshock, and have absolutely no desire to play Bioshock 2. I'm with you, except I don't care what people say, I'm just not going to play it.
 

Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
Spec Ops gameplay isn't great, but it does marry the narrative to be constantly shot at. To feel trapped behind a little piece of wall with the entire world against you. I can't see this game being made any other way.

My biggest issue was enemy spam. It was like there were conveyor belts behind the monster closets, spitting out row after row of faceless army dudes. Shit gets tiring pretty quick.
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
quick bioshock question but I'm afraid to ask in any bioshock threads.

Just about to finish Bioshock 1 and I'm loving the atmosphere and the story, but don't care for the action particularly. I read that Bioshock 2 has less story/more action so would I be ok to skip it and go straight to Infinite?
Nah BS2 is a similar ratio to 1. Def worth playing since the combat is tighter.
 

Dr Dogg

Member
quick bioshock question but I'm afraid to ask in any bioshock threads.

Just about to finish Bioshock 1 and I'm loving the atmosphere and the story, but don't care for the action particularly. I read that Bioshock 2 has less story/more action so would I be ok to skip it and go straight to Infinite?

That's what I did and no harm done. Infinite is a separate story and characters. 2 carries on from the first but you could dive into Infinite not having played either.
 

morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Now that I think about it, Grand Theft Auto is pretty indistinguishable from Tetris.
 

Sblargh

Banned
quick bioshock question but I'm afraid to ask in any bioshock threads.

Just about to finish Bioshock 1 and I'm loving the atmosphere and the story, but don't care for the action particularly. I read that Bioshock 2 has less story/more action so would I be ok to skip it and go straight to Infinite?

Do it. You won't miss a thing.
 
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