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The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread
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Multi-headed Cow
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Played Toy Soldiers for an hour. Game gives kind of a bad first impression (GFWL, apparently bugged so it doesn't list 1920X1080 even though it supposedly supports it, no multiplayer unlike the console version) but the gameplay itself is pretty good. Action tower defense, similar to Orcs Must Die in style. You plop your turrets down and then take control of them for bonus firing rate/damage/to target a specific unit. Actually lost the third mission on normal difficulty because you end up against a dead 'ard boss, which bodes well for difficulty. Each mission has a little goal (Blow up 3 barracks with a howitzer, get a 10X combo with a vickers, kill 50 infantry with poison gas, etc) which gets you basically an in-game achievement to obsess over, and then each mission gives you a medal if you can beat it on the hardest difficulty.
So after an hour, seems Orcs Must Die-ish and pretty good. Would've been even better if they did a better job porting it.
So after an hour, seems Orcs Must Die-ish and pretty good. Would've been even better if they did a better job porting it.
Stinger
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GoG has had Thief all this time?! Well shit what a waste of 2 years. How did I not know this?!
I'd brofist you if I could
Metro
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SS3 is a worthy successor to FE and SE. That said, Amazon is going to be running a promo on it soon, possibly for less (U.S. IP and/or billing address required). Also I'd say there's a pretty good chance it will be cheaper during Steam's Summer Sale in ~6 weeks or less. Haven't played UFO: Afterlight but from what I'm told it's a pretty good tactical RPG/strategy game. Doubt it'll get cheaper unless you're thinking of buying the 1C Space Collection that has it, the Star Wolf series, and the Space Rangers games in one bundle. There might also be someone who bought the 1C complete collection from Gay-mer's Gate for $20 who has a spare copy of the game to give you or doesn't want it.
Captain Shrek
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Totally.
Captain Shrek
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2.50. Yes. It is probably the best of the worst follow up series.
No. The UFO clones are all pale imitations. If you have an itching for XCOM-style gameplay, replay the original UFO: Enemy unknown. It's better.
Captain Shrek
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Look. There is NO doubt whatsoever that the original X-COM is a better series than the modern UFO games. I am clearly agreeing to that. What I am saying however, is that 2.5 is NOT a bad price to pay for UFO:Afterlight NOT because its a sequel to XCOM (horror) its just that game is actually worth 2.50.
Sergiu64
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Is DS3 worth it for $5?
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I don't know. If I were buying it again, knowing all I know about it now, I would say no. The gameplay is extremely repetitive and tiresome. However the plot and some of the quests show brief and rare flashes of something more. George Ziets is a talented writer (he's the main guy behind Mask of the Betrayer) but he was constrained in this game by the push towards making it a casual action game, and the limits of the Dungeon Siege license. If you like action RPGs then I'd say go for it, if you're a normal RPG guy I'd say skip it.
Metro
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There's a demo on Steam you can try. It's not great but it's worth $5.
Multi-headed Cow
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Supreme Commander 2 has possibly the best skirmish AI of any RTS I've played, and I've played a bunch. Pretty good for $5, and the $3 DLC is worthwhile if you end up liking the game. Specifically skirmish AI though, campaign has RTS-standard "Make a blob and attack-move player" AI.
Dungeon Derp 3 is Obsidian's worst game, not even worth it if it was for free.
The Onyx engine is quite impressive though.
The Onyx engine is quite impressive though.
Metro
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Didn't you like DA2?
This is why you make no sense. You pan DS3 which admittedly is nothing amazing but you're all over Binary Domain a shitty console cover shooter?
Binary Domain is not shitty.
DS3 is.
Case closed. And now fuck off you popamole defender.
DS3 is.
Case closed. And now fuck off you popamole defender.
Metro
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Irony. What is Binary Domain but popamole?
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