The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Gragt]

I'm not big on tower defense either. I enjoyed Plants vs Zombie for the casual and humourous take on it, and action hybrids like Orcs Must Die! Other than that Revenge of the Titans caught my attention by being very challenging, which is probably why Defense Grid never appealed to me because it looked too easy. Might be wrong as I never tried it, but I saw that people complained more about RotT than GD, so that must be a sign.

 

[Kitako]

I really don't get the tower defense game hoohah. Place big turret near corner/u-turn/intersection where enemies will converge. Place slowing turret just before killzone. Twiddle thumbs. when money comes in, place more turret near killzone or after slowing turret. I did a couple of DG levels for the steam sale 'chievements and it felt like it was impossible to fail in that game. Worst case scenario would be sudden bullshit wave of enemies that are immune to whatever you've built, but that's only going to surprise you once. Is memorizing a static spawn order really that gripping entertainment? Is there some weird, hidden mechanic I completely missed because I got bored winning every level by semirandomly placing the same 4-5 scructures over and over?

The first 5-6 missions of campaign are basically tutorial.
Advanced maps take some tries to get them right.
The portal-themed expansion was hell of fun on hard, you really had to get your shit together thinking of routes/tower placement.

 

[Ulminati]

PvZ was allright mainly for the humour. Also zombies hit back instead of just running down the same path over and over. It was still a bit of a cakewalk though

I think I played to mission 7 or 8 in defense grid before deciding it was banalshitboring. Maybe I missed out, maybe I didn't I guess.

 

[Grunker]

Defense Grid doesn't follow the formula you talk about Ulm. It also has some pretty good mechanics that removed some of the shit from other Tower Defense games. But in the end, games like Defense Grid are like shallow action RPGs - they're good for relaxing and emptying your head, nothing more.

Certainly not one of the best games ever

 

[Ulminati]

The levels I played certainly did. But again, I only played it long enough to get that steam achievement for the christmas sale.

 

[IDtenT]

... And Defense Grid is the daily sale.

 

[Grunker]

haha

 

[sgc_meltdown]

The only tower defense game I paid for and the only one I still have on my harddrive is immortal defense. Defense Grid 2 for one million is an obscene goal and can go eat a dick, I'd rather funnel that shit into xenonauts or the shadowrun kickstarter or even an alien shooter 3

 

[Metro]

I enjoyed Defense Grid. Enjoyed it so much that I bought the mini-expansions during one Steam Sale and the 'Monster/Portal' DLC during another sale... but have yet to play them. It's a good game but I just got bored. A million dollars seems like double the amount they would actually need for a proper sequel. Arguably even quadruple.

 

[Grunker]

I enjoyed Defense Grid. Enjoyed it so much that I bought the mini-expansions during one Steam Sale and the 'Monster/Portal' DLC during another sale... but have yet to play them. It's a good game but I just got bored. A million dollars seems like double the amount they would actually need for a proper sequel. Arguably even quadruple.

The Portal expansion is surprisingly good, and actually introduces some interesting spins on the mechanics. Play it.

I agree that a million dollars is way over what they should ask. Kickstarter inflation here we go. Won't be backing, probaly.

 

[Livonya]

I played the demo for Defense Grid, but didn't really care for it... I didn't hate it, just wasn't impressed enough to care.

Maybe I should give it another shot.

There are some other tower defense games that I enjoyed.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

IIRC the Defense Grid demo doesn't give you a taste of the harder stuff. Getting through the story isn't that difficult, getting gold on every single map and every single challenge is where it's at. I'm 92% on my Defense Grid achievements, one day I'll complete you you little minx.

 

[Grunker]

I haven't got quite the level of OCD needed to do that. Plus, "juking" (i.e. selling a tower and rebuying it to make enemies wander back and forth endlessly) really cheapen the leaderboards.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I haven't got quite the level of OCD needed to do that. Plus, "juking" (i.e. selling a tower and rebuying it to make enemies wander back and forth endlessly) really cheapen the leaderboards.

Yeah, I don't do that. Seems kinda stupid when Defense Grid has the fantastic backspace to quick load the last checkpoint feature. Makes tweaking your setup super easy, and is part of why after playing Defense Grid I can't really stick with other tower defense games.

Then again I don't aim for world leaderboards either, I mainly go for medals and occasionally get in a slap fight with Steam bros on the friends leaderboards.

 

[Zed]

Elemental TD for WC3 (and now Starcraft 2) is the only TD I've ever really enjoyed.
Well there was this 1 versus 1 TD where you sent units to each other which was also fun.

 

[Kane]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/...4ymIRJapHjLakV5fz-Jk_Q/preview?pli=1&sle=true

 

[DwarvenFood]

What is that ? I do not just click on stuff you know..

 

[Kane]

Full list of Steam™ Summer Sale 2012 Bundles/Packs + General Tips

 

[Ulminati]

Nice. Not too many things I'm after, but I may stockpile some keys to hand out to TRU BROs later

there's even a DESU bundle to keep the jrpg faggots happy: http://cdr.thebronasium.com/sub/apps/15400

 

[Grunker]

In the interest of keeping appearances, my brofist is meant for the first part of your post.

 

[Konjad]

I'm not really after bundles, I just hope for a nice single games' discounts. Bundles were always shit anyway, having one or two good titles at best.

 

[Dexter]

I found this xD

 

[Menckenstein]

 

[Ulminati]

All praise unto the God-GabeN of mankind!

 

[Merkwürdigliebe]

So it begins.



My body wallet is ready.