The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

Dragon Age with better character system, but worse gui, writing, setting, combat system, and so on. The first was is shit and the second one is meh.

 

Yeah, that would be the "Courier's Stash" DLC which gives you all the preorder packs. At once. It's not really gamebreaking if you decide to take ONE of the packs (And hell, even all of them won't last you forever) but it's still pretty ridiculous.

 

The canteen is the worst of it all... Why make a hardcore mode and then provide an eternal supply of water that only has an effect in that mode?

 

Oh shit, that canteen is infinite? Goddammit. The main problem was I had all these items, and then the doctor gave me more and I lost track of which ones were which. I dropped damn near everything except a 9mm, some crap food, a vault uniform, and the canteen because I figured it was one of them. Thanks for the heads up. Also looking into Drakensang. I actually liked Dragon Age and it's hard to find games of that ilk these days, no matter how streamlined their gameplay has become.

 

The drinking requirement was more tedious than challenging. There was no shortage of purified water as the desert wasn't irradiated. That or the tons of that root beer lying around. Same with eating and sleep. Maybe Sawyer's mod does something to change that. Only good part of the base 'hardcore' mode was non-instant stim packs. I'd say the requirement of a doctor's bag to fix a crippled limb but there were a decent amount of those, too.

 

I loved (okay, maybe that's too strong, I didn't like the writing) Dragon Age, but I found both Drakensang games pretty bad except for the character system (which wins over DA in every category except active abilities). So I've finished neither of them. You might like them though, I suppose.

Have you tried the Game of Thrones RPG? It's surprisingly good.

 

I have to disagree with you here, it's really a different game in mood, style and scope.

About the only thing it has in common with DA is the RTwP combat and the (few in case of second one) places with trash mobs.

It is set in the Dark Eye PnP setting, so don't expect dark and gritty, plus it's not taking itself too seriously (but it's not lulzy or anything).
Drakensang 2, quite refreshingly, also does not have a "You are the chosen one!!1!1" story. The first part kinda has, though.

I'd consider the first one meh to good (65%) and the second one good (75%), but there might be some nostalgia to it - I played Dark Eye PnP for some time and like the setting.

 

The setting is as generic as generic fantasy settings come, honestly.

 

Use the JSawyer mod, he puts all the DLC extras in remote corners of the wasteland and doesn't tell you where they are (unless you read the readme). He also increases the difficulty and fixes a few things, and seeing as he was the lead programmer I think he's pretty much justified in doing so.

 

What's worth getting out of the SW pack? I'm thinking all the Jedi Knight stuff (Jedi Academy is all I have played, and it was pretty fun) and maybe Republic Commando?

 

Jedi Academy, Republic commando, Possibly Kotor (YMMV). If you like Jedi academy, Jedi Outcast is more of the same with less lightsaber styles. Jedi Knight/Mysteries of the Sith were ok back in the day, but really haven't aged gracefully. Dark forces is a fairly interesting shooter.
Don't bother instaling the Farce Unleashed/Starfighter/Empire at war. Havn't tried battlefront.
The pack is missing the real star wars gems (Star Wars: Rebellion, TIE fighter, XWing: Alliance)

 

^ Pretty much that. Battlefront is quite alright if you like Battlefield.

 

Meh, next two flash sales are HOARD (lol) and Super Street Fighter it's over 9000 4. The 'Vote' Deal is a crappy choice between RAGE (only 66% off...), Darkness 2 (flopped hard), and ASSCreed Revelations.

 

Whoever wants to play Hoard on MP - let me know, I'm up for that!

 

Wow, people voted for GRAW 2, next candidates up aren't interesting either.

 

GRAW

I wanted stronghold. Oh well.
Anyone feel strongly about the next vote? I can toss another one in the pot for whatever. Neither Darkness, nor rage nor asscreed interest me.

SSFIVAE flash deal would be interesting if I didn't already own it for console. If you have an arcade stick for the pc and the slightest interest in beat 'em ups, I'd highly reccomend it.

 

Sword of the Stars 2 is only 40% off so far (Although it's a bit cheaper at Gamersgate). Have they finished it yet or is it still pretty much a beta version?

 

As a steam whore this sale is quite dull (I know it's only day 1). I'm mostly loading up my wishlist with crappy, cheap games to purchase on the last day. Maybe I can get to 800 with enough of these 2 freedom bucks games.

 

I'm pretty happy with THQ Pack purchase so far. SR3 is a blast to play, still downloading the rest in the pack. Will surely finish at least 3-4 games in there.
If I'm very inclined into Total War, I would've been all over SEGA's pack / TW: Samurai offering, but eh, I'm apathetic to RTS genre.
Have not given Warlock a spin just yet, but will probably do so tomorrow.

 

I recommend people play the Jedi Knight series in order (JK, MotS, JK2: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy). JK and MotS are still excellent games, the FMV work alone is worth seeing, but the LS/DS paths are done well and the level design is fantastic. Unfortunately, the Steam version doesn't have music, though, so I recommend removing it from an inventory instead.

I bought the Star Wars pack when it was on sale a couple of years ago and played TFU and TFU2, I wish I hadn't. Watch the cutscenes on YouTube if you're into the story, but the story is such an abusive retcon and fanboyish nonsense, I wouldn't bother. The best parts of the EU are to be found elsewhere.

I haven't played Starfighter, Empire at War bored me. And yes, you're right, the best Star Wars games aren't to be found here. I absolutely loved TIE Fighter CD and XWA, hopefully Lucasarts will let GOG.com have them.

 

I dunno if you already decided, but I think Trine 2 is worth it for full price, so with the discount it's great. I thought Trine 1 was okay, a good idea with a lot of flaws, but Trine 2 impressed me. I love how an indie game can be more beautiful than AAA titles and also have fantastic gameplay. It's one of the few games recently that I don't regret buying.

I still have my X-Wing Alliance CDs, I wonder if they are scratched....then again I don't have a joystick and I don't think it would support a gamepad.

 

I have a question: I remember with Divine Divinity, either it or its sequel was really good and the other one was shit, according to something I read on the Codex a long time ago. Which was which?

edit- by the way, out of the new indie bundle oil rush and universe sandbox are turds, botanicula is good, haven't played the other two

 

Same. Pretty certain they aren't scratched, but I don't have a joystick that works anymore. I suppose the BRO thing for me to do would be ripping the CDs and uploading the ISOs somewhere. I don't think you can buy XWA anymore.