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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition
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Damn...I don't know if you guys familiar with Ultimate Game Card (UGC), but it seems like they're retiring soon.
Tizoc
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We on SteamGAF have a...reputation for buying games that we later ignore and relegate to our backlog, never to be played. It's a bad habit, to be sure, but when you're like me and have over 770 games in your Steam library alone, it becomes impossible to play all of them in a single lifetime.
JaseC is the de facto God Emperor and Presidente de la Vita of Steam hoarders - he has nearly every game released on Steam so far, except for certain ones that were delisted before he could buy them. Therefore, if you, by some chance, have a copy of The Wheelman languishing in your inventory unused, give him a PM - it couldn't hurt, at least.
He is also the High Priest of the Church of Ronan.
No man has that much free time.
We on SteamGAF have a...reputation for buying games that we later ignore and relegate to our backlog, never to be played. It's a bad habit, to be sure, but when you're like me and have over 770 games in your Steam library alone, it becomes impossible to play all of them in a single lifetime.
JaseC is the de facto God Emperor and Presidente de la Vita of Steam hoarders - he has nearly every game released on Steam so far, except for certain ones that were delisted before he could buy them. Therefore, if you, by some chance, have a copy of The Wheelman languishing in your inventory unused, give him a PM - it couldn't hurt, at least.
That's okay, Wheelman will be back in due time.
I should have put this on my resume before submitting a job application last night.
Fare Godmace
Member
Does GMG usually price match Steam, or has it held a Summer Sale alongside Steam's in previous years? I'm aware they've just had that International Federation of Deals thing, but there wasn't much that piqued my interest.
I've got ~20 euro sitting on both my GMG and Steam account waiting for the Summer Sale(s), and I could pick up Akrham Origins right now @ GMG for 12 euro. However, if they also get a 75% discount during the Steam Summer Sale, it'd only cost 10 euro then On the other hand, I'd have less money for other games (namely Dark Souls and Bioshock Infinite)
So, should I take the plunge now, or play the wait and see game?
I've got ~20 euro sitting on both my GMG and Steam account waiting for the Summer Sale(s), and I could pick up Akrham Origins right now @ GMG for 12 euro. However, if they also get a 75% discount during the Steam Summer Sale, it'd only cost 10 euro then On the other hand, I'd have less money for other games (namely Dark Souls and Bioshock Infinite)
So, should I take the plunge now, or play the wait and see game?
Do it, probably won't be cheaper on Steam. Either way I think that Steam credit is more valuable, especially since GMG doesn't let you use credit in conjunction with vouchers anymore.
GMG doesn't price-match. Amazon does, though, in many cases.
I think you'll find that was just implemented for the sale. -20% codes worked with credit prior to it.
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That Splinter Cell price is good enough for me. Deluxe edition here I come.
Well yeah, that's why I mentioned that at all. I wouldn't be surprised if they kept this system going forward though with all of the Playfire Rewards people have accumulated.
Fare Godmace
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Yeah, I just found out about this Bummer :/ However, I'm positive it will be a couple of euros cheaper on Steam, since the game's base price is 20 instead of GMG's 28 It will would be a small difference, of course, but a difference nonetheless!
Thanks, Jase. I know Amazon price matches most things, but I don't have any Amazon credit right now
I think I'll wait for the Steam sale, and I'll just pick it on the encore day if I still have enough cash. Otherwise, I guess I'll just wait for the GOTY edition.
DaBargainHunta
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The game keeps crashing on me (even when I open it outside of Steam or run it in compatibility mode).
But from the little I was able to play, holy shit, Muffin Knight is a pretty blatant ripoff. Same mechanics exactly, same type of weapons, even very similar wording for the tutorial messages. I'm not sure if the stage structure in Super Crate Box changes, but the tutorial areas in both are almost an exact match. Obviously, Muffin has much nicer graphics (and doesn't crash), but DAMN!
this was their summer sale. nobody has sales at the same time as steam, thats why everyone is having theirs now
TheLetdown
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How "open world" is State of Decay? I've got some GMG credit (more, if all of it would show up) and that price is already cheap.
The reason I ask is that I've lately found myself disliking games that are too open, mostly caused by my game time being limited.
For reference, Far Cry 3 left me lukewarm, but I enjoyed Arkham Origins (but much less than Asylum.). If that helps you help me.
The reason I ask is that I've lately found myself disliking games that are too open, mostly caused by my game time being limited.
For reference, Far Cry 3 left me lukewarm, but I enjoyed Arkham Origins (but much less than Asylum.). If that helps you help me.
My ongoing love affair with Uncharted 2- the train boss. Fuck him. The fight is actually quite short, and you're supposed to end it with this weird melee sequence in which you counter him three times, then a prompt appears asking you to punch his dick into oblivion. Except.. up until this point, all melee counters had tells giving you the signal to counter (time slowing down after an opponent grabs you), but with the boss, the third counter has to be performed *after* he starts a combo that will most likely kill you. No time slowing. Yeah. And the next chapter consists of you redoing most of the prologue verbatim, followed by a section that implies you're meant to stealth past enemies. (You start right behind one enemy, and the others are searching around) Except... if you do, and reach the climbing portion at the end of the area, two enemies will magically appear behind you and murder you. Every time. Apparently, there's three waves of enemies you have to kill beforehand, so the game effectively lies to you.
dream
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State of Decay may actually be perfect for you then. It's not too open, and you're generally given clear, specific tasks to perform.
Feel you. Played the game when I still was "addicted" to trophies and to achieve platinum I beat that shit three fricken times and that train boss was one of the most annoying sections. Such a waste of time lol (the two additional playthroughs I mean, UC2 is pretty sweet).
jaundicejuice
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And this is what I have to install and play after Thief.
I guess I COULD buy it while it's 50% off, but I'm gonna wait for the daily. 8)
Baron von Loathsome
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I noticed that Playfire Rewards gave me $6.
Arkham Origins Blackgate get.
Arkham Origins Blackgate get.
You're supposed to dick punch monsters into oblivion in conjunction with shooting them. Later half, you get more ammo than you can carry. I miss the old inventory where you could store shit between chapters. I miss the old weapon system. I miss old Ada's not-Glenn Close face.
TheLetdown
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Nice! Thanks. It's too good of a deal to pass up, then.
Well this has forced my hand a little but seeing as the Sale is around the corner and I've got some free time before popping doing the boozer to watch Italy make England look silly again, so here goes. Should you buy Splinter Cell: Blacklist now or possibly wait for a lower discount during the sale? Well that's a tricky one as it has been -75% off before I believe but then again this might saw things in your favour if you intend to play it and not just have it as a +1.
So what's the jist? Well after the event of Conviction and all is right in the word of Sam Fisher (well as much can be for a grisly bear type of man) he's back to his normal spy like 9-5 job. Whilst at a US Air Force Base in Guam with his old buddy Victor Coste and his new clichéd hacker colleague Charlie Cole a terrorist attack occurs leaving Victor seriously injured. Sam and Charlie along with former CIA superstar Isaac Briggs and long time love her, hate her handler Anna Grimsdottir as assembled into a task force by the President to seek out the group claiming responsibility for the attack, a group calling themselves 'The Engineers'. Of course with Third Echelon being as bent as a nine bob note and disbanded after the last game the only thing left to do is set up a new department, yep you guessed it Forth Echelon.
This sets Sam and the gang on a series of globe trotting adventures from their trusty hub come transport aircraft the Paladin. This is actually more like a Mass Effect style hub where you can chat to your crew, customise and upgrade your weaponry, gadgets and suit (even down to the colour of your goggle lights!). This is also where you will find the various people who offer side missions as well but more on that a little later.
Levels do play out like mini sandboxes. Though while not open (really there is only 2 or 3 entry points and sometimes only one way to do things) you can adopt various playstyles, in fact the game scores and ranks you on it. Ghost for the sneaky get in get out and not disturb a mouse style. Panther for the more get in close, stalk and hunt down foes. And then there's Assault for those with short attention spans who like to blow stuff up (can be fun but not this series strength to be honest). You can also mix and match these as well though trying to ghost in after you set the alarms off isn't going to work obviously.
For your arsenal you have a bevy of pistols for your side arm slot, various sub machine guns, shotguns, assault rifles and the like for you loud option gun and a stun gun or crossbow for your non lethal/stealthy weapon. Gadgets though is where the selection and playstyles can really be tweaked. You can only equip a set amount of gadgets (I think 3 from the start but as you upgrade your suit you get more ammunition and more slots). The types of gadgets range from distraction like stick noise makers, cover like smoke screens, observation like a rotor drone (can upgrade this too in an awesome way) and sticky cameras and the usual lethal options like grenades and such. There's a lot of gadgets and can get you out of a jam or make sneaking though undetected a piece of cake. Sam still can peak under doors and mark targets along with the mark and execute mechanic from Conviction has returned.
Side content is a bit of a mixed bag. Your colleagues on the Paladin offer you missions. Grim gives you sneaking missions which I really liked, Charlie gives you wave defence/horde mode missions which I loathed, Briggs is where the co-op campaign missions are and these were a blast with a buddy and later on another person abroad the Paladin offers a kills all the dudes series of mission which were a bit up and down.
Story is not too bad considering how flat some of the plots in the series has been. It felt like something along the lines of a series of 24 but waay more action focused (saying that one of the cast was in 24 which might be why it comes to mind). Gameplay, while not the slower paced plan and strike mechanics of Chaos Theory I found it much more enjoyable than the action packed Conviction. It's like a combination of all the mechanics from in the series to date which chances for player expression and small deviation. Some levels offer a little more flexibility and the side missions being smaller areas and non story driven offer more flexibility.
Port performance is just crazy. It's an Unreal Engine 2.5 game with a hefty amount of modification and a few Nvidia bells and whistles but I could easily get 120fps at 1920x1080 with 4xTXAA and all the Nvidia settings turned up on a 4670K and a 780 without too much messing and it downsampled really well. Didn't really need that much CPU power as none of my cores got above 40% when I was monitoring so even with an older CPU and GPU combination you should be able to get a decent level of performance. It also has a DX9 render but crashed when I tried to use GeDoSaTo wit it but Durante has been pumping out the updates so might work now.
The new voice for Sam works well though Michael Ironside will always hold a special place in my heart. Price to content at the current price is good value for money I feel as the main campaign is about 8-10 hours and with the co-op campaign and the side missions you should get in and around 14-16 hours worth of play here. I haven'y played too much of the Multiplayer but it's brought back the 3 vs 3 Spies vs Mercs modes. They're not too bad but how the state of the community is now I don't know.
Also Sober's OT has waaaaay more detail than I can cram in to this post off the top of me head so if you're interested you should go check it out.
So should you by Splinter Cell: Blacklist? Well that's up to you ultimately. If you're a series fan it's a return to form, though while not the highs of Chaos Theory it much more back to the key focus of the first handful of games.
Hahaha talk of the devil.
So what's the jist? Well after the event of Conviction and all is right in the word of Sam Fisher (well as much can be for a grisly bear type of man) he's back to his normal spy like 9-5 job. Whilst at a US Air Force Base in Guam with his old buddy Victor Coste and his new clichéd hacker colleague Charlie Cole a terrorist attack occurs leaving Victor seriously injured. Sam and Charlie along with former CIA superstar Isaac Briggs and long time love her, hate her handler Anna Grimsdottir as assembled into a task force by the President to seek out the group claiming responsibility for the attack, a group calling themselves 'The Engineers'. Of course with Third Echelon being as bent as a nine bob note and disbanded after the last game the only thing left to do is set up a new department, yep you guessed it Forth Echelon.
This sets Sam and the gang on a series of globe trotting adventures from their trusty hub come transport aircraft the Paladin. This is actually more like a Mass Effect style hub where you can chat to your crew, customise and upgrade your weaponry, gadgets and suit (even down to the colour of your goggle lights!). This is also where you will find the various people who offer side missions as well but more on that a little later.
Levels do play out like mini sandboxes. Though while not open (really there is only 2 or 3 entry points and sometimes only one way to do things) you can adopt various playstyles, in fact the game scores and ranks you on it. Ghost for the sneaky get in get out and not disturb a mouse style. Panther for the more get in close, stalk and hunt down foes. And then there's Assault for those with short attention spans who like to blow stuff up (can be fun but not this series strength to be honest). You can also mix and match these as well though trying to ghost in after you set the alarms off isn't going to work obviously.
For your arsenal you have a bevy of pistols for your side arm slot, various sub machine guns, shotguns, assault rifles and the like for you loud option gun and a stun gun or crossbow for your non lethal/stealthy weapon. Gadgets though is where the selection and playstyles can really be tweaked. You can only equip a set amount of gadgets (I think 3 from the start but as you upgrade your suit you get more ammunition and more slots). The types of gadgets range from distraction like stick noise makers, cover like smoke screens, observation like a rotor drone (can upgrade this too in an awesome way) and sticky cameras and the usual lethal options like grenades and such. There's a lot of gadgets and can get you out of a jam or make sneaking though undetected a piece of cake. Sam still can peak under doors and mark targets along with the mark and execute mechanic from Conviction has returned.
Side content is a bit of a mixed bag. Your colleagues on the Paladin offer you missions. Grim gives you sneaking missions which I really liked, Charlie gives you wave defence/horde mode missions which I loathed, Briggs is where the co-op campaign missions are and these were a blast with a buddy and later on another person abroad the Paladin offers a kills all the dudes series of mission which were a bit up and down.
Story is not too bad considering how flat some of the plots in the series has been. It felt like something along the lines of a series of 24 but waay more action focused (saying that one of the cast was in 24 which might be why it comes to mind). Gameplay, while not the slower paced plan and strike mechanics of Chaos Theory I found it much more enjoyable than the action packed Conviction. It's like a combination of all the mechanics from in the series to date which chances for player expression and small deviation. Some levels offer a little more flexibility and the side missions being smaller areas and non story driven offer more flexibility.
Port performance is just crazy. It's an Unreal Engine 2.5 game with a hefty amount of modification and a few Nvidia bells and whistles but I could easily get 120fps at 1920x1080 with 4xTXAA and all the Nvidia settings turned up on a 4670K and a 780 without too much messing and it downsampled really well. Didn't really need that much CPU power as none of my cores got above 40% when I was monitoring so even with an older CPU and GPU combination you should be able to get a decent level of performance. It also has a DX9 render but crashed when I tried to use GeDoSaTo wit it but Durante has been pumping out the updates so might work now.
The new voice for Sam works well though Michael Ironside will always hold a special place in my heart. Price to content at the current price is good value for money I feel as the main campaign is about 8-10 hours and with the co-op campaign and the side missions you should get in and around 14-16 hours worth of play here. I haven'y played too much of the Multiplayer but it's brought back the 3 vs 3 Spies vs Mercs modes. They're not too bad but how the state of the community is now I don't know.
Also Sober's OT has waaaaay more detail than I can cram in to this post off the top of me head so if you're interested you should go check it out.
So should you by Splinter Cell: Blacklist? Well that's up to you ultimately. If you're a series fan it's a return to form, though while not the highs of Chaos Theory it much more back to the key focus of the first handful of games.
Hahaha talk of the devil.
I eagerly await your impressions
I really liked Splinter Cell. The stealth side-missions take a bit of patience to adjust to, but I finished them all and had fun. (Though if you do them mid-game you'll have access to gear that will make them a cakewalk, but the gear is optional) They play almost the same as the Deniable Ops DLC for Conviction, but without you needing to devote six hours of your life per mission.
Ingueferroque
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Giving away some old things, I apologize if some of the keys don't work.. but they all should!
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Soundtrack is not by Amon Tobin, would not recommend.
Seriously though, it's the best game in the series since Chaos Theory, and it does a great job at offering varied playstyles to the player, all as viable options. You can play it like an action game, or go full stealth with no one ever knowing you even were there. Being able to customize the colour of your goggles is the best thing ever.
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Thanks for Divine Divinity!
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I have yet to actually dislike a single Splinter Cell game (even had a blast with Conviction) so I'm pretty sure I'll love Blacklist
Jawmuncher
Member
Also equip the skills for more ammo depending on which ammo you want. For Chris stick with his machine gun ammo.
There was a bug that was rewarding playfire credit to games that weren't eligible. I also had about $6 of mistakes. They said they won't take it away though - so enjoy. Bug has been fixed.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Is Unreal 2k4 from GoG compatible with the Steam version? No fundamental differences, as all versions (Steamworks, physical disc, etc) can connect to the same servers right?
Jawmuncher
Member
That moment when you forget your steam password....man I want that splinter cell blacklist. Why can't I reset my password from the website so lame.
What do you mean by nothing is happening? Is there something that you think should be showing up?
isnt it supposed to scan your games?
lucebuce12
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Thank ya kindly for Supreme Commander:FA.
Thank you.
You're probably going to love Balcklist then. I still prefer Chaos Theory but only by a small margin and it's been a while since I've played CT so I might be viewing that with nostalgia specs on.
Yes, it's not instant. lol @ you if you think this is going to be timely! It seems especially slow during the weekend and the system was extra strained the past week or so because of the GMG sale and the plethora of rewards they had up to promote it. Your stuff might show up in a couple of days or a week? Have to be patient with this. That is assuming you did everything right, and I guess there is some chance that the accounts aren't linked correctly.
DaBargainHunta
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Thank you for Anodyne! A Zelda-esque game should be right up my alley.
More_Badass
Member
Well I finally have Blacklist. Splinter Cell introduced me to stealth games, I still consider Chaos Theory the best in the genre along with Hitman Blood Money and Mark of the Ninja, and I've enjoyed every SC game (even Conviction)
Very eager to play since I've heard Blacklist is a return to form for the series after Conviction's missteps. Those who have played, how does it rank next to Chaos Theory?
Very eager to play since I've heard Blacklist is a return to form for the series after Conviction's missteps. Those who have played, how does it rank next to Chaos Theory?
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