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The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread
- Thread starter Hobo Elf
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kingcomrade
Kingcomrade
455 hours of Dota 2, 210 hours of Team Fortress 2 (I bought it way back when it first came out and played it a lot), 185 hours of Left 4 Dead 2, 170 hours of Quake Wars, 74 hours of Anno 2070. None of the other games on my Steam account seem to be higher than 25 or so, enough to be significant.
edit- 74 hours of Killing Floor, 106 hours New Vegas, 56 Borderlands
edit- 74 hours of Killing Floor, 106 hours New Vegas, 56 Borderlands
Very generic action game but also fun. It won't blow your mind but the action is decent and it's nice that you can switch between two characters, one specialising in melee and the other with bows. Co-op has the potential to be fun but I didn't try it at all. It's also nice that you can wander a bit off the beaten path to tackle some dungeons with puzzles. Nothing ground breaking there but it breaks the monotony. Try to get it cheap if you have any interest at all. You won't miss much if you never pick it up, but if you do it's pretty nice to spend a rainy week-end. Also boobs.
sgc_meltdown
Arcane
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How does it compare to say DS3 or Amalur?
I haven't played any of these unfortunately, but if you tell me that DS3 has boobs I'll definitely look into it soon. Amalur, I only played the demo and I wasn't too impressed by the boobs, but I did appreciate that your female avatar could run around the countryside in a thong. E'lara (yet another fucking elf name with an apostrophe!) is clearly fan service, though I guess it could have been far more blatant. At least you can enjoy her signature twirl when the two heroes have to traverse a fissure in a wall. At least they juggle when you turn.
Excidium
P. banal
I assume you meant this
sgc_meltdown
Arcane
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aww bro I meant the combat. But how could I resist quoting boobs?
In any case you have my word that the ones in DS3 respond when you run.
http://www.rpgfrance.com/dev/medias/images/galerie/DungeonSiegeIII/Katarina.jpg
this is her starting outfit. Note the protective hose.
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/square-enix/dungeonsiegeiii/KatMain3.jpg
Multi-headed Cow
Guest
Been waiting for a $5 sale on Steam. Figured it was probably worth that for dumb action.
sgc_meltdown
Arcane
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steam bargains, just like sex
Whoa, I need to play DS3!
Anyway, combat-wise, I still haven't touched DS3 and only the Amalur demo. The last one also played like an action game but you had more choices with skills. One of the cool things with Hunted, and it's a shame that the game is so generic, is that the skills of the 2 characters work well together. Simple exemple: Caddoc, the melee brute, has a skill that will lift every enemy in a certain radius around him in the air, during which time they are helpless and take more damage from arrows. E'lara, the ranged elf girl in slutty outfit, has a skill that lets her shoot an exploding arrow, which is perfect to use when Caddoc uses his previously mentioned skill. In a reverse situation, Caddock may have trouble with enemies wielding a shield, and will often need to wear their shield down before he can actually hit them properly, but E'lara can shoot an arcane arrow that destroys shields and will make it easier for Caddoc to kill the baddies. There aren't too many skills and spells but they are useful in many situations, and can often create opportunities for the other character. Again this should be more fun in co-op but the AI seem to take advantage of that, unless it was just lucky when I played it.
Anyway, combat-wise, I still haven't touched DS3 and only the Amalur demo. The last one also played like an action game but you had more choices with skills. One of the cool things with Hunted, and it's a shame that the game is so generic, is that the skills of the 2 characters work well together. Simple exemple: Caddoc, the melee brute, has a skill that will lift every enemy in a certain radius around him in the air, during which time they are helpless and take more damage from arrows. E'lara, the ranged elf girl in slutty outfit, has a skill that lets her shoot an exploding arrow, which is perfect to use when Caddoc uses his previously mentioned skill. In a reverse situation, Caddock may have trouble with enemies wielding a shield, and will often need to wear their shield down before he can actually hit them properly, but E'lara can shoot an arcane arrow that destroys shields and will make it easier for Caddoc to kill the baddies. There aren't too many skills and spells but they are useful in many situations, and can often create opportunities for the other character. Again this should be more fun in co-op but the AI seem to take advantage of that, unless it was just lucky when I played it.
villain of the story
Arcane
Wait for it, it gets better: While I gave a Steam key for Dredmor to DwarvenFood, I found out that there was also a Desura key in the bundle. So, if anybody else wants a free Dredmor from Desura, let me know.
Multi-headed Cow
Guest
Paradox publisher weekend sale! All Paradox games 50% off, with daily increased deals. Sounds like it's finally going to be time for EU3. And maybe Warlock, might do that for $10.
Warlock is a $20 game? Colour me surprised.
Multi-headed Cow
Guest
Yeah, probably will wait on it even though $10 is within temptation range. Especially since I'll probably jump on EU3 even if it doesn't hit a daily during this sale just because I've had a bro hounding me about how much better EU3 is compared to CK2 and I wanna see if he's full of shit.
He's full of shit. Playing Austria and gaining multiple unions, together with map painting is really really fun, however the end game - like most Paradox games - sucks. You can't go wrong with EUIII, but it's not CKII.
20 Eyes
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HAIL GABEN! I was just thinking about buying A House Divided and For the Motherland. I guess I'll wait to see if either goes on the daily deals list. Too bad the Islam is the Light of the World CKII DLC isn't out yet.
Also, to anyone that might know... is King Arthur II any good? It seems to have poor metacritic reviews, but metacritic is often wrong.
Metro
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If you spot something don't forget to shoot me a Steam message -- I still owe you $15
Hobo Elf
Arcane
How is Warlock now? I heard it was buggy on release, but have they fixed it at all since then? I want to buy it when it's -75% off.
Multi-headed Cow
Guest
Righty-o. Assuming it doesn't end up in a daily deal for this sale I'll probably contact you on Sunday to grab EU3 Chronicles.
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