The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Hobo Elf]

I'm tempted to get Esther for that price and see what the fuss was all about. That or play with my ferret when he wakes up.

Just search youtube for 'Dear Esther full game' and there you have it. It's about an hour long, tops, and all you do is wander around listening to the occasional commentary. There is no gameplay. This is one of those games I would consider an empty/wasted spot in a Humble Bundle.

More or less. It was an interesting and novel idea to try out for free when it was a HL2 mod, but I don't see the point in paying money for it.

The point of buying the actual game instead of playing the free mod, is that the game has beautiful visuals and a superb soundtrack.

The mod had a superb soundtrack as well, if not the exact same one as the stand alone (need confirmation on this one).

 

[Morgoth]

Rage is good enough for that price. It's a typical id soft game, that means: Excellent optimization/framrate, excellent art and level design, excellent animations and attention to detail, above average fights and AI, but totally worthless story and dialogs.

 

[Metro]

Morgoth's mediocre tastes shine through yet again:



Not worth it at $10.

As far as Fable, the first one is worth a try at $2.50. I got it during the Winter Sale and it was a decent enough hack-n-slash albeit the story is super generic and there is zero balance in terms of character progression: you can just farm experience infinitely. Lasts a good twenty or so hours. It's not really an ARPG so much as it is one of those newer Zelda games.

 

[Dexter]

How is Rage? I see it's ten dollars right now.

Once again, Gaben cannot into Euros.
I was actually interested in it, but hell is not worth that europrice.

Yep... I'd have gotten it for ten DOLLAHS, but it's this...

 

[Astral Rag]

attention to detail

 

[Gord]

above average fights and AI

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Rage's the typical sub 10 Euro game for me, I'm interested in it, but not enough to spend more than a few bucks.
Also, the download is supposed to be huge?

 

[Astral Rag]

21717MB

Even if you somehow don't care about all the obvious flaws and get this gem cheap on Steam you will certainly RAGE when you try to enter certain locations and get a pop-up telling you you need to buy "additional content" in order to proceed. AFAIK this content was only available in the "Anarchy edition" (pre-order) which can't be obtained anywhere legally.

Also don't buy it for the MP. It's P2P and it's dreadful, shitty vehicular combat and a few lousy coop missions is all you're going to find.

 

[commie]

I'm tempted to get Esther for that price and see what the fuss was all about. That or play with my ferret when he wakes up.

Just search youtube for 'Dear Esther full game' and there you have it. It's about an hour long, tops, and all you do is wander around listening to the occasional commentary. There is no gameplay. This is one of those games I would consider an empty/wasted spot in a Humble Bundle.

More or less. It was an interesting and novel idea to try out for free when it was a HL2 mod, but I don't see the point in paying money for it.

The point of buying the actual game instead of playing the free mod, is that the game has beautiful visuals and a superb soundtrack.

It looks great indeed and the atmosphere....not much of a game of course, but then it's not really a game.

 

[Morgoth]

I like it when people pick out certain boss fights or shitty close-up textures to prove their false points. Sorry guys, you're blind if you don't appreciate the whole picture of RAGE. But please keep slurping Quake 2 and Doom 2 cock please. Would never dare to point out it's bleak and shitty textures, or combat AI, or whatever.

 

[Astral Rag]

Nice trolling.

 

[commie]

I like it when people pick out certain boss fights or shitty close-up textures to prove their false points. Sorry guys, you're blind if you don't appreciate the whole picture of RAGE. But please keep slurping Quake 2 and Doom 2 cock please. Would never dare to point out it's bleak and shitty textures, or combat AI, or whatever.

There was AI in Doom?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Rage is a fucking abortion of a video game. It is aptly titled, I raged hard when I first played that game. It is a total fuck up in every respect.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Even if you somehow don't care about all the obvious flaws and get this gem cheap on Steam you will certainly RAGE when you try to enter certain locations and get a pop-up telling you you need to buy "additional content" in order to proceed. AFAIK this content was only available in the "Anarchy edition" (pre-order) which can't be obtained anywhere legally.

Hmm. New areas saying you need additional content should only be the "Sewers" DLC which is included in all copies of the game. Unless you got it from a gray market place that split the keys up, you should have it. It's listed as a separate key in retail boxes I think.
Not missing much even if you don't have it though. The sewers were really short and basically just had a bunch of those melee guys in 'em.

 

[Keshik]

Well today's deals are dull.

 

[Morgoth]

It doesn't matter what you newfag dipshits say or think.

 

[IDtenT]

Morgoth probably has the worst taste on this forum.

 

[Metro]

It doesn't matter what you newfag dipshits say or think.

Doesn't matter how 'oldfag' you are when you have newfag tastes.

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS I HAD TO GET ONE OF THE INDIE BUNDLES I WANTED A VALLEY WITHOUT WIND AND ATOM ZOMBIE SMASHER

 

[Metro]

Atom Zombie Smasher is pretty fun. The Steam indie bundles aren't terribly priced it's just that I usually own at least half of the games in any given one due to past HIB promotions.

 

[Astral Rag]

Hmm. New areas saying you need additional content should only be the "Sewers" DLC which is included in all copies of the game. Unless you got it from a gray market place that split the keys up, you should have it. It's listed as a separate key in retail boxes I think.
Not missing much even if you don't have it though. The sewers were really short and basically just had a bunch of those melee guys in 'em.

Weird, I have the game on Steam (a gift...), maybe my copy is bugged somehow. Good to know I didn't miss anything special though

 

[Pelvis Knot]

Morgoth's mediocre tastes shine through yet again:



Not worth it at $10.

As far as Fable, the first one is worth a try at $2.50. I got it during the Winter Sale and it was a decent enough hack-n-slash albeit the story is super generic and there is zero balance in terms of character progression: you can just farm experience infinitely. Lasts a good twenty or so hours. It's not really an ARPG so much as it is one of those newer Zelda games.

Haha, I actually laughed out loud while watching this. BTE material imo.

 

[Kitako]

^ the dude looks like is fapping behind that wall

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Went ahead with the Fable pack. I know they're popamole fart simulators, but $12 for both and DLC is a damn fine price. Fairly sure I'll get $12 of entertainment.

Edit: And I did it bros! Broke 1,000 games on my community page count!

 

[sgc_meltdown]

the first FEAR game for $2.50 has the two expansions as well. Bought for copypaste pipe-strewn basement to office slow mo action

also MHC you really are out of control here, please post shots of the terrible interface in the screenshot thread

 

[J_C]

Hey! When did they remove NWN2 from Steam?

Right when legal problems between Atari and Hasbro began. Shame. I wanted to buy it too...

Good that I bought it for cheap earlier.

Also, everybody, don't forget thet New Vegas All DLC edition is 75% off for 45 minutes.

How much did you get it for(NWN2)? I mentioned earlier a Turdstop offer with the whole collection and wanted to get an idea if it's a good deal or not.

As for FNV, I want the retail version to have on my shelf. I know funds go to Beth, but it still would round out the series sitting there.

Right when legal problems between Atari and Hasbro began. Shame. I wanted to buy it too...

How much are you prepared to pay? Turdstop has the NWN and the D&D bundle for $18 now.

Well I bought NWN2 Platinum Edition a while ago, but it was 10 euros IIRC during a sale.