The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Bruticis]

Binary Domain is the daily deal for 10 bucks. I know it's been that price once already but at the time I still had my wits about me and refrained from purchasing it. Now could be the time to let go and pick it up.

 

[Secretninja]

If you have never played tropico get 1. 3 and 4 are exactly the same, other than 4 having retarded dlc

 

[Icewater]

Binary Domain for $10, worth it?

 

[Metro]

Only if you have the same taste in games as Morgoth. It's a third person cover shooting Gears of War clone.

 

[Kitako]

Binary Domain for $10, worth it?

It has the demo on Steam, if you want to try before buy. That saved me some money.

 

[Angthoron]

Binary Domain for $10, worth it?

Only if you have the same taste in games as Morgoth. It's a third person cover shooting Gears of War clone.

I don't have the same taste in games as Morgoth, but it is worth 10 dorrars. It's a TPS with a silly story, silly characters, and robot dismemberment - shoot off their limbs and head for different results. Way better than Mass Effect in terms of combat and, yes, presentation as well, if ME series had taken the same light-hearted approach to their shit, it'd actually be a decent series worth playing. Overall, several hours of fun (for me anyway), and for the price of a 3D movie, definitely worth a grab.

Should also point out that I've not enjoyed TPS games of the current generation all that much, if that helps for reference.

Oh yeah, and if you play the demo, go to the external setup tool and make sure that controls are switched to Keyboard scheme - including context menu hints, it was driving me fucking wild until some bro pointed out I was doing it wrong and it could be much fucking better.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Initial impression of Dungeons before even getting the game running: Mandatory Kalypso account registration.

I have regrets.

 

[Metro]

It's terrible. I hope you didn't buy it.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

I have regrets.

always look at the drm section of any game before purchasing

even if the game is something you actually want because otherwise suddenly TAGES and it's too late son, you got gabened gabened

also I would not play dungeons for free

come on bros would you buy a shitty cd from a terrible band just because it was 90% off and they say they were inspired by the best

 

[Country_Gravy]

I have regrets.

always look at the drm section of any game before purchasing

even if the game is something you actually want because otherwise suddenly TAGES and it's too late son, you got gabened gabened

also I would not play dungeons for free

come on bros would you buy a shitty cd from a terrible band just because it was 90% off and they say they were inspired by the best

You buy CDs?

 

[sgc_meltdown]

You buy CDs?

high level theoretical scenario for the sake of philosophical argument

 

[Metro]

I lived with TAGES on Risen. I guess I only have two installs left but it isn't a game I foresee myself playing again.

 

[Metro]

MHC, your mission is to stop playing shitty games like Dungeons and go get the viral acheesement in Orcs Must Die 2 so you can spread it to me.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

It's terrible. I hope you didn't buy it.

I did. Despite hearing bad things about it at $6 I bought the complete pack because I was interested enough to want to look at it myself. BUT GODDAMN KALYPSO ACCOUNT.
Haven't actually played enough to make a judgment on the game itself yet. Voice acting is fucking horrendous though, so there's that. Trying to keep an open non-Dungeon Keeper mind as far as gameplay is concerned but I'm not sure I'll be able to keep it up.

always look at the drm section of any game before purchasing

I looked at Steam's page and glanced at the Steam forum for it and didn't see mention of Kalypso account nonsense. When I say glance I mean it though, didn't even look over the first page of the forum much.
Limited activations bother me way less with Gaben magic pricing too. I've picked up some shit like Blood Bowl with limited activations simply because it was cheap and/or good.

acheesement

Please no Metro. Please.
Also now that I think about it I guess OMD2 doesn't have any matchmaking, so you'd manually have to dig up someone with the achievement and play with 'em? Huh.

 

[Metro]

Unfortunately, yes. And, you're right: they don't list the Kalypso registration on the DRM section. Same with Tropico 4 and, I suspect, all new Kalypso games.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

I looked at Steam's page and glanced at the Steam forum for it and didn't see mention of Kalypso account nonsense. When I say glance I mean it though, didn't even look over the first page of the forum much.

after seeing a load of reddit omg steam refunded me because of shitty reason <3 gaben XD threads I think you have a pretty safe bet at getting a refund

mention that they did not state that kalypso registration was a requirement for singleplayer on their store page

with any luck the representive will refund your golds and harrumph a bit about how this is a one time special exception

try it man you a loyal customer

ps be nice about it

 

[Secretninja]

That would reduce the number of steam titles he owns and therefore be counter productive.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

That would reduce the number of steam titles he owns and therefore be counter productive.

if he really wanted that he could have gotten secret of the magic crystals for a low price and easily increased his favor with kaiser gaben

who knows where mhc's heart takes him

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

after seeing a load of reddit omg steam refunded me because of shitty reason <3 gaben XD threads I think you have a pretty safe bet at getting a refund

mention that they did not state that kalypso registration was a requirement for singleplayer on their store page

with any luck the representive will refund your golds and harrumph a bit about how this is a one time special exception

try it man you a loyal customer

ps be nice about it

Nah, not THAT bothered by it. Even if I knew it had it beforehand I probably would've bought it anyway.
Also find it odd to hear that Steam was refunding games. I was under the impression you got basically one refund barring a good excuse and that was it.

Here, to cheer you up enjoy this screenshot of my recent Skyrim adventures.
http://i.imgur.com/PmHqI.jpg

 

[sgc_meltdown]

my recent Skyrim adventures

you can't fool me with that blurring and lensflare mhc

the meshes probably don't even line up properly and your victorious scene here is a dirty lie made of intersecting model parts and terrain clipping

ps should have bought this instead in the spirit of exploration
http://store.steampowered.com/app/201490/?snr=1_4_4__106_1

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

my recent Skyrim adventures

you can't fool me with that blurring and lensflare mhc

the meshes probably don't even line up properly and your victorious scene here is a dirty lie made of intersecting model parts and terrain clipping

Hey, I had to make it according to Skyrim screenshot standards which clearly state blur + lensflare = graphics!

 

[sgc_meltdown]

as this is an indoor shot you still need a warm bloom shader mod

like so

http://i.imgur.com/xBm6l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gXzNv.jpg

note the reddish orange tint

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Fuck, you're right. I knew I forgot something.

 

[Azalin]

My paycheck bounced this month so I can't buy Tropico 4 for super cheap. I'll have to resort to furious wanking to recover from this significant blow.

So you are implying that in other months when you have money you don't resort to furious wanking?

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Only when people mention Prisoner of Ice on the Codex, my dear Azalin.