The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[markec]

This is my complete haul for this sale.

Criminal Girls: Invite Only
Crusader Kings II: Jade Dragon
7 Mages
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern
The Quest
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy Steam
Half-Life Complete
Dark Futures Bundle

I also bought bundle with special editions of first two Monkey Islands on G2A for 1.5 euros.

 

[GrainWetski]

This is a pretty good dual-stick shooter. Only caveat I would underline is the dual-stick part. I thought it controlled like ass with KB&M, as most of those types of games do.

Most of them play better with MOUSE and keyboard because aiming tends to be important in any such game that is remotely good.

 

[Azalin]

Prey
Doom
Bastard
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Charlie Murder
The Dishwasher:Vampire Smile

That's it for me,not bad

 

[Hobo Elf]

Prey
Endless Space 2 (refunded)
Endless Legend: Tempest
nuMaster of Orion
MidBoss (refunded)

Not bad, definitely the best I've done in years. Still feel like I could squeeze one more game out of the sale.

 

[Arkast]

9th Dawn Classic
9th Dawn II
Balrum
Dungeons of Dredmor Complete (good deal on this)
Spring City Tales (I'm a sucker for goofy furry graphics)
The Quest Deluxe Edition

and Cat Quest for the iPad for $1.99

I had a lot of fun researching new games to try via steampeek.hu, and will get more roguelikes like Dungeonmans when they go on deeper discount.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I can't fucking believe how badly the vehicles handle in Just Cause 3. Absolutely terrible. It wouldn't even really matter, except some of the story missions are set up so you need to use them

 

[Don Peste]

Do the Steam versions for Gothic and Gothic 2 work properly?

 

[unfairlight]

On their own, not really. If you are content with BSODing when you change a setting and 640x480 then they'll do fine but if you want a smoother experience, it's better to get system pack.
I used this guide and it worked fine, you can skip L'Hiver though.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=636014226

 

[toro]

had to do a doubletake at what I was looking at here

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

I bought Nex Machina. I've read some reviews and it seems Housemarque made something really great. I think Great Deceiver really liked it on codex. I already finished Outland which was for free at some time and I thought it would be a good "thank you" for them. The sales were low considering the quality of the game, which is sad. Instead of replaying same arcade titles I will have something new as well.
I still think about grabbing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and play it after buying a new toaster.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Ninja Destroyer The decline of Housemarque really bummed me out. Nex Machina is one of the best games of all time.

 

[DalekFlay]

Most of them play better with MOUSE and keyboard because aiming tends to be important in any such game that is remotely good.

Game is clearly designed around the twin-stick method, but if you like/are used to using KB&M with these types of games then maybe it controls better than I give it credit for. Feels really off to moi though, and I switched to pad pretty quickly. YMMV.

 

[Okagron]

The Witcher 1 and 2 are super cheap (the former is 1,20 bucks and the latter 2,69), so i decided to buy both. Might replay the first one, i haven't played that one in years.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Wow, I played the Saliens game yesterday to try a giveaway, and I guessed it would be pointless, but I wanted to get Subnautica, but I had the risk of getting stranded deep or SOMA, or none at all. Today, to my surprise, Subnautica is in my library...

 

[Jigawatt]

I gave myself a budget of NZ$100 since that's what a single new release usually costs down at the shoppes. For exactly NZ$99.76 I came away with

Homeworld Remastered Collection | Slay the Spire | Bayonetta | Divinity: Dragon Commander | Thief™ II: The Metal Age | Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal | E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy | Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | Arx Fatalis | Thief™ Gold | Jagged Alliance 2 Gold | Half-Life | [URL='https://store.steampowered.com/app/595520/FINAL_FANTASY_XII_THE_ZODIAC_AGE/']FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE | Mount & Blade: Warband[/URL]

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS I HAVE SO MUCH SHIT TO PLAY A FUCKINF BACKLOG MIGHT AS WELL BE A GRAVRSTONE

I BOUGHT SHIT I MIGHT WANNA PLAY BUT I WOULD NEVER RE VR BUY

MOTHER RUSSIA BLEEDS

 

[Okagron]

Bought Deus Ex (the first one) and System Shock 2. They were both cheap as hell.

 

[Krivol]

Bought Dishonored and Talos Principle. Both are not that bad...

 

[Black Plague]

Shaved an edge from a coin and got Straimium Immortaly

" I'm pretty sure whoever made this game was high on several different drugs but it just adds to the charm."

I don't even know what it is but looks like a Spectrum game.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Final haul wound up as

• Just Cause 3 + DLC
• Dying Light Enhanced
• Vanquish
• Bayonetta
• Prey
• Balrum
• Lyne
• Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Not bad, didn't spend too much, although I kind of regret JC3 because of the abysmal driving.

Spoiler

 

[mck]

All I bought was Rust and Jagged Alliance 2 Gold for a whopping total of like $10

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Okay, I bought KCD. Are you happy? Is this what you wanted? To turn me into a whore?

Sorry, I had a bit of a crisis there.

 

[Abu Antar]

I bought the thrid Trails in the Sky game, and it wasn’t even directly from Steam.

 

[Villagkouras]

• SQUIRM
• LYNE
• Hook
• Hexcells
• SiNKR
• Refunct
• FEZ
• The Cat Lady
• NEO Scavenger
• Risk of Rain
• Arx Fatalis
• Crypt of NecroDancer
• Superflight

Not bad for 21€, most all of them were money from trading cards, now waiting for the next sale in December, hopefully with better deals.

 

[Dickie]

Dungeon warfare 2 is about to come out on the 29th, finally. Seems to be getting little attention so far, so I figured I'd mention it.

The first one was a really nice trap-based defense game with lots of physics influence. I think it was on some of the big flash sites first and came to public attention that way.
Not sure about the new one, might just be on steam (?)... So I'm worried it'll flop or something because it's been ages since the last game and there's all but a few forum topics in the steam forum for the new one.

It's out now with 10% off. I'll probably be playing this tonight. Tearing people in half with harpoons is one of my greatest joys.