The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[Sceptic]

Wait BOTH PA games? I thought the series got canned after the first one.

How are the games btw?

 

[Gragt]

I only played the demo of the first one, but the first type of enemy you encounter is the fruit fucker.

 

[Zed]

Complete King Arthur pack for 11 doolars or something, dirt cheap.

EDIT: Actually it's quite silly cheap. The new The Druids expansion (released yesterday) is 11,34 europe-doolars. The pack, including that expansion and every other expansion and DLC available, costs 11,69 europe-dolars.

 

[reaven]

The base game for 3 € its a really sweet deal. But I bought the entire thing.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Is the Saxons campaign any good? I've got King Arthur from a previous sale and haven't gotten into it yet, wondering if I should throw a dollar at Steam to get the Saxons campaign too.

 

[Angthoron]

If you bought it at the Christmas sale, it seems that the package then included both. I had no time to play yet, either, but that's what Steam seems to be telling me.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I got it earlier than that, and I don't have it.

 

[Angthoron]

I got it earlier than that, and I don't have it.

Ah, well. In that case - from what I've read, Saxons isn't a bad campaign, but it doesn't have the RPG element used either much, or at all. On the other hand, there's a better-developed diplomacy and faction play. Plus this "Saxons" pack at current sale includes two other DLCs, or included them yesterday when I was looking at the sale. Don't know anything about those though, they seemed fairly straightforward anyway.

And on that note - poor 3DO, if only they had survived til the DLC era, they could've sold those mini-addons and gotten rich.

 

[Tycn]

Steam version has atrocious performance for some people, namely myself. Might torrent it some time and see how it runs.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Steam version has atrocious performance for some people, namely myself. Might torrent it some time and see how it runs.

If you want, you could right click the game and go to properties, and disable Steam community in-game. If it's Steam fucking it up for you that might clear it up.

 

[reaven]

Guardians of Graxia is on sale too, was that any good?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Damn, check out the Railworks sale. Are people really that stupid to buy all those DLC or is the company that makes them really insane?

 

[piydek]

I really hope magicka will be on sale soon.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I really hope Divinity 2 goes on sale again soon.

 

[mikaelis]

So, two items on sale, I might be looking forward to:

1) King's Crusade -75% - Guys from King Arthur. Is it any good? I loved KA. The only problem is that I really liked magic system there, and they got rid of it here. On the other hand, they got rid of global management and left only tactical side of it. Anyone played it? Heard it's buggy like hell.

2) DoW 2 + Chaos Rising (-75% if bought together). Now, I know, I know. It is decline, boring fest, etc. in comparison to DoW 1. However, what cought my attention is that it is more tactical game than RTS plus heavy on RPG part. And many people actually praise great athmosphere - gritty, story-driven - which reminds me of Myth series (yeah I know I am repetitive). So, shitness aside, is it in somewhat similar vein?

Just to be clear, I despise typical RTS where you build the base, exploit resources, build units and flood (or be flooded if you sucked at management) by the enemies.

EDIT:::

Have you played Kings' Crusade RK47? I liked your KA Let's play, so your opinion would be very welcome. It is Neocore game afterwards, so should be similar to King Arthur.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

It's noooothing at all like Myth. It's much closer to an action RPG than anything. Only control 4 units at once (Each unit generally being a squad of 3-4 bros), leveling up and getting abilities and collecting white/green/purple phat lewtz. It can be reasonably fun if you aren't expecting anything at all like DoW1 and are a fan of Warhammer silliness.
As far as tactics go, ehhh. You generally find a few abilities you like on squads and then exploit them as much as possible. The AI is almost non-existent in the campaign, so it's not like you have to think on your feet much.

So yeah. $20 isn't bad if you're a Warhammer fan, but if not I'm not sure I'd recommend it on gameplay alone. Or if you like leveling up and collecting loot, I guess.

 

[mikaelis]

It can be reasonably fun if you aren't expecting anything at all like DoW1 and are a fan of Warhammer silliness.

Yeah, I am not expecting anything similar to typical RTS (which I assume DoW is - might be wrong though).
As for Warhammer silliness, I have no idea to be honest. Never been in touch with WH40K. Other future-fantasy settings may also be described as silly. I guess the overall consistency and atmosphere of settings (which is subjective) is then decisive.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Here are a few not terribly good video reviews. Explains it a little more, and would let you see it in action a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8Jmh8Nqvw DoW2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Bo1Mgtuh4 Chaos Rising

And yeah, DoW1 is much more typical RTS.

 

[Gragt]

I like that Relic tried to make something different with the sequel, and succeeded. Campaign was ok with a few false notes, but Chaos Rising improved it a lot.

Already got Retribution pre-ordered. For the Emperor!

 

[RK47]

So, two items on sale, I might be looking forward to:

1) King's Crusade -75% - Guys from King Arthur. Is it any good? I loved KA. The only problem is that I really liked magic system there, and they got rid of it here. On the other hand, they got rid of global management and left only tactical side of it. Anyone played it? Heard it's buggy like hell.

2) DoW 2 + Chaos Rising (-75% if bought together). Now, I know, I know. It is decline, boring fest, etc. in comparison to DoW 1. However, what cought my attention is that it is more tactical game than RTS plus heavy on RPG part. And many people actually praise great athmosphere - gritty, story-driven - which reminds me of Myth series (yeah I know I am repetitive). So, shitness aside, is it in somewhat similar vein?

Just to be clear, I despise typical RTS where you build the base, exploit resources, build units and flood (or be flooded if you sucked at management) by the enemies.

EDIT:::

Have you played Kings' Crusade RK47? I liked your KA Let's play, so your opinion would be very welcome. It is Neocore game afterwards, so should be similar to King Arthur.

I did not like the demo much. You could download the demo and give it a try. They might have removed the magic, but the skills systems still remains, like cleave and support blessings by heroes.

The map however...it's strange why they introduce map objectives into the game. It's like a pseudo-RTS scripted missions for the first province I took in the demo.

The first map I played gave an assault in multiple stages. First you have to land a few units, and hold on till the rest arrives at the shores, followed with 'Destroy North or South Fortification' so forth.

It was USD 30.00 that time. But now the price dropped to USD 9.00 I might give it a try. But the Voice-acting and briefing is horrible in the demo. Or maybe it's just me. I'll buy it to support Neocore but wouldn't recommend.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

http://www.getgamesgo.com/catalogue/game/just-cause-2

Just Cause 2 for $7.50 activates on Steam since it uses Steamworks. A bro price on a bro game.

 

[RK47]

it only runs on Win 7 I'd buy it maybe.

 

[Metro]

Square-Enix promo week -- anything in that catalog worth getting? I'm thinking Just Cause 1 since I lack the system to play JC2. Maybe the new Tomb Raider will get a 75% discount but I won't hold my breath.

 

[Gerrard]

The first Just Cause isn't really worth getting.

 

[Metro]

The first Just Cause isn't really worth getting.