The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Kitako]

^ Recommended, if you like the genre. I really enjoyed this one even if I'm not that much into platformers. (But truth be told, I'm a sucker for cell shaded graphics)

 

[Don Peste]

But you mean that New Vegas is just a good game, or a good RPG, or even that it is a good sequel to old Fallout?

Because I thought Fallout 3 was and OK shooter. Horrible sequel, but fun as a mindless shooter.

 

[Grunker]

But you mean that New Vegas is just a good game, or a good RPG, or even that it is a good sequel to old Fallout?

Because I thought Fallout 3 was and OK shooter. Horrible sequel, but fun as a mindless shooter.

Well New Vegas i certainly a better shooter than Fallout 3, though not by much. If you liked Fallout 3 as mindless shooter you'll like New Vegas for that and much more. Considering what they had to work with, New Vegas is probably as true a Fallout game as you can get in that engine.

 

[Gord]

But you mean that New Vegas is just a good game, or a good RPG, or even that it is a good sequel to old Fallout?

Because I thought Fallout 3 was and OK shooter. Horrible sequel, but fun as a mindless shooter.

All of that I'd say, given the transition from 3rd person turnbased to 1st person realtime.
There are much more rpg elements than in FO3, and it takes many motives/fractions/people from FO2 and continues them logically.
Probably the best you can expect in this day and age, unless Bethesda drops the franchise and there's a Kickstarter.

The thing that gets in the way of the rpg elements is the high level you can reach when playing (all) the DLCs - meaning you can just raise almost everything, eventually.
In that case I recommend taking the "Logans Loophole" and "Skilled" traits on character creation, as they mean that you can reach max level 30 and won't level as fast.

 

[Infinitron]

Why is Dead Space Pack cheaper than Dead Space 2 alone?

 

[Ulminati]

But you mean that New Vegas is just a good game, or a good RPG, or even that it is a good sequel to old Fallout?

It is a good game, a decent rpg and a flawed-but-genuine sequel to fallout.

 

[DwarvenFood]

4D Boxing

Chris Taylor from Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander worked on design and programming for that

Didn't know that! Man, those old designers were not only able but versatile as fuck..

Need to proclaim my love for 4D Sports Boxing as well, once I was good enough to be able to become the champ, I noticed I did not have enough battles left before retirement, and thus would not make it. Great game !

As for the sale, still hoping Endless Space will get a discount. Only bought Faerie Solitaire.

 

[Gord]

Too bad, Dead Space for 2,50.
That's so cheap that I would have bought it, but the sale ends in little over 4 hours and I won't be home for at least 5.

 

[Infinitron]

Goddammit. I see now that Dead Space games have wildly different prices in different countries.

 

[RK47]

Finished Homefront, that's 2 THQ pack games downed.
I think I'll move on to Space Marine while Titan Quest + Expansion is downloading.

 

[Don Peste]

4D Sports Boxing... Savage, The Champ, Gabor, Phlatulent Phil, Ivan Orrible Attitude... I loved that game, and the main theme. Here's another version:

 

[Ulminati]

4D Sports Boxing

The fight night series are a pretty decent successor to 4DSB. Console-only, sadly.




They're more of a thinking man's beat 'em up. The right analogue stick is used to throw punches (angle determines which hand and type of punch), trigger modifies whether you're puncing at head or torso or blocking. Left analogue stick controls body movement, or leaning your head if trigger is held. There's stamina, health, timing counterpunches etc. The newest one is Fight night champion, which has a carreer/story mode that's supposedly pretty good. fight night 3 and 4 have "legacy mode" which is similar to 4DSB where you fight some fights, then do a training minigame. Overall the FNC campaign - cutscenes and all - held my attention better than legacy mode. If you have a BRO over who is interested in boxing/beat 'em up as well, head to head with custom or pregenerated boxers is great fun.

 

[CorpseZeb]

Is "X3" (and "X3 Albion something") essential better than X2? X2 wasn't an "Elite" clone or "Freelancer" thingy, but rather, was much more "trading and building" type of game. Not so for exploration/ healthy pirating activity. Still... 3 euro... uhm.

Ps. In the other words, what is better "Starport gemini" or "X3"? "Starport", I guess.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey! When did they remove NWN2 from Steam?

 

[Keshik]

That is weird, I can install it but not finding it in the store. Looks like licencing issues with Atari to blame.

 

[Infinitron]

That is weird, I can install it but not finding it in the store.

Yes, Steam doesn't ever remove games from your inventory, they don't want to incite massive butthurt.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Why isn't Risen 2 on sale? I mean, it's not even -25% off.

 

[Pelvis Knot]

Still haven't bought anything, I'm waiting for F:NV with dlc or ARMA, but not for more than 10€.

Ok Gaben, it's nice you listened. Now Arma Combined Ops, thanks.

 

[Gord]

What's that Red Faction thing? Seems to be mostly about destructible environments, judging from their videos.

 

[commie]

So, about SotS2... I've seen many people saying its problems have already been fixed. I've never played it so I don't know the nature of what made it so bad (haven't even read the rants too, at least nothing aside from "it sucks, get the first one"). Was it really fixed or its problems are beyond salvation and I should just skip it completely?

Well it's actually moar of what you got in the first game. I got it for free with my GG blue coins(the benefit of writing 100 reviews for the 1C collection) and it's a good game now. I had the initial TPB version and it barely worked. The latest patch was just released a few days ago, so there's still more to fix and they are making a lot of effort to get back the good will they lost.

 

[commie]

4D Sports Boxing... Savage, The Champ, Gabor, Phlatulent Phil, Ivan Orrible Attitude... I loved that game, and the main theme. Here's another version:

Beating on Larry Lunchbucket just for laughs was always a riot. I'd try to raise my stats as much as I could without fighting anyone too high up so as to not have Larry disappear from my potential opponents and then see how many seconds it took to pulverise him. I loved the 'sad' look in first person mode he'd get when I'd toy with him to knock his stamina down to minimum without actually knocking him out.

Why isn't Risen 2 on sale? I mean, it's not even -25% off.

You can't put a bargain price on quality.



Have any of you guys bought the D&D collection(BG 1+2, IWD 1+2, PS:T, TOEE) and/or the NWN collection(NWN and NWN2 plus all exp) from anywhere before and for what price? I see a pack with both collections on Turdstop for $18 and was wondering if it's good value or not(shit Turdstop client notwithstanding). I pretty much just want it for the NWN2 collection and TOEE(have most of the rest in original boxes but would be nice to have it all convenient like this).

 

[Dexter]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a393536/steam-store-to-offer-non-gaming-apps.html

Valve's Steam storefront is likely to offer non-gaming apps in the future, following reports that new categories have been added to the platform.
Genres including photo editing, accounting, design & illustration, and animation & modelling have appeared on the service's Android application.
The ten additional categories, though currently empty, suggest that Valve is planning to extend its reach beyond gaming and take on the likes of Google Play and iTunes.
Valve is already opening up its service to the community by allowing them to vote which games it should distribute through the Steam Greenlight venture. It has been speculated that the firm could do the same with other software.
Steam's summer sale began last week and will run until July 22, offering discounts on thousands of titles, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Portal 2.
Valve is yet to confirm plans to bring non-gaming applications to Steam.

 

[Don Peste]

GabeN is to be the future Kotick.

 

[RK47]

Well that's 3 down. Space Marine. Huh. Was very forgettable. No memorable tracks. One trick pony mob types. I think I was really happy when Chaos assaulted the world cause the orcs are VERY boring to fight. I'm not surprised it did not succeed well enough to warrant a sequel.

 

[Ulminati]

Well that's 3 down. Space Marine. Huh. Was very forgettable. No memorable tracks. One trick pony mob types. I think I was really happy when Chaos assaulted the world cause the orcs are VERY boring to fight. I'm not surprised it did not succeed well enough to warrant a sequel.

Same. Exterminatus was pretty fun though, and Mira was pretty Bro for a guardsman.
Grabbed Bully Scholarship edition yesterday and it's pretty good so far. I'd LP it if I beleived I would see it through