The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[TripJack]

all shall bow before the sacred cow

 

[mikaelis]

Finally, I jewed some geld for Shogun 2, as it was 75% off. Was hesitating already like 3 or 4 times for such a discount. But for fucks sake 26 Gb installation? What did they put there? Blu-ray porn?

 

[Astral Rag]

MegaTextures

 

[sgc_meltdown]

like max payne I suspect it's for cutscenes at an excessive quality

either that or they have sacred 2 high resolution pack levels of texture res for ingame models

it certainly isn't for fucking gameplay

 

[Forest Dweller]

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.

That's worse than the Dragon Age DLC.

Alright, fuck it, torrenting this game on principle now.

Finally, I jewed some geld for Shogun 2, as it was 75% off. Was hesitating already like 3 or 4 times for such a discount. But for fucks sake 26 Gb installation? What did they put there? Blu-ray porn?

You bought the pack didn't you? The one including Rise of the Samurai dlc and Fall of the Samurai Expansion? You can play them all from the main Shogun 2 menu apparently. I was concerned at first because Fall of the Samurai was supposed to be a "standalone expansion." I thought there was some Steam error preventing it from downloading.

In other words that download includes all three campaigns.

 

[Metro]

The Paradox bundles are back at Amazon. If anyone just wants the CK2 DLC + Majesty HD Gold + Majesty 2 Collection Steam Keys I'd be willing to buy the Pint Sized Pack and trade them for a copy of Hard Reset (currently $3.75).

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

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

Probably will be a while before I get to it. It's my understanding that the interface is so terrible that it wouldn't even screenshot well, but maybe if I do a miniature "Let's play changing your equipment in Fable 3" it'd work.

Kinda surprised Age of Empires 3 complete is current top seller on Steam. Today's sales were kind of a bummer, but AoE3? Maaaaaaaaaaaan I dunno.
Not quite enough of a Steamwhore to rebuy it on Steam for $10 when I got AoE3 complete from GFWL's store for a penny.

 

[insukk]

So, what about Cave Story? Is it good for a Metroidvania gameplay?

 

[Metro]

So, what about Cave Story? Is it good for a Metroidvania gameplay?

It's pretty solid. Granted I only played about three or so hours before I moved on to something else but apparently it's a fairly sizable world and there are a variety of endings.

 

[insukk]

Thank You, kind sir, i'll grab it then.

 

[Metro]

And... Beyond G&E loses the vote despite never having been 75% off in favor of Mirror's Edge which is almost always available for $5. Ah well, hopefully it's a flash deal.

 

[TripJack]

The original version of Cave Story is freeware bro you might want to check that out instead

 

[Metro]

^ Also true. Although the flash deal is only up for another 30 minutes.

 

[insukk]

Didn't knew about freeware thing, but it doesn't matter now, i bought it already. Spending money these days is way too easy.

 

[Don Peste]

MW3, Skyrim and Desu Ex, or Hitler, Stalin and Whatever. Where is my Victoria II?
Bah.

 

[Metro]

Derp Rising 2 Off the Record for $10. Never played a Derp Rising game but I enjoy me some free roam zombie killing so I'll probably grab it.

 

[RK47]

Strange they never include the original DR2 with it. How stingy.

 

[Metro]

MW3, Skyrim and Desu Ex, or Hitler, Stalin and Whatever. Where is my Victoria II?
Bah.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008G0ZDZI

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Derp Rising 2 Off the Record for $10. Never played a Derp Rising game but I enjoy me some free roam zombie killing so I'll probably grab it.

it needs multiplayer to really shine. It depends on what you think about the grinding needed to get all the skills and weapon cards, infinite zombie respawning(moderately slow while you're in area, instant when you zone), consolized interface, zombies being more of an environmental hazard than a lethal infestation and therefore your special weapons being only worthwhile in boss battles, the time limit and general b-movie poker faced kookiness atmosphere(i.e. not grimdark)

if you're playing it with someone else it becomes hilarious if you use a placard to try and stave off a psycho boss attack pattern or have to resort to a huge novelty shampoo bottle to defend yourself on low health but if you're playing alone you either have to larp the hilarity or minmax with the obviously most effective weapons and food items

likewise the camera function just pales compared to straight up killing or mission completing but taking pictures of your teammate while he's being savaged by a zombie to get extra event points instead of helping him is p. lulzy

on the plus side the reporter chick is totally hot

 

[IDtenT]

Where is my Victoria II?
Bah.

Agreed. I've been wanting the expansion since it came out and it's just never been at a good discount.

 

[Metro]

stuff re: DR2 OTR

Does it play well enough with M+K? I've also heard you need a GFWL account even for single player only... so I'm sort of leaning against it at this point.

 

[HanoverF]

Strange they never include the original DR2 with it. How stingy.

It's basically the same game with a bunch of the terrible shit removed and slightly retuned and a free roam mode added. Just watch a LP if you really want to see the Chuck Greene story.

Also

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Does it play well enough with M+K? I've also heard you need a GFWL account even for single player only...

yeah, the controls are decent

I'm not sure about the GFWL thing, there should always be an offline account option that lets you save games and shit locally

 

[TripJack]

Where is my Victoria II?

an excellent question

if none of the paradox games besides ck2 get a discount i might shit myself in rage

 

[Metro]

Prepare to shit yourself. Well, maybe not but it doesn't look good. Six more days of 'new' deals and it's pretty obvious they just rotate stuff around from daily to community vote to flash deal.