The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Multi-headed Cow]

Yay or nay?

New Vegas with DLC definitely.
Rage depends on how much you like dumb FPS. Story's basically nothing, level design's basically nothing, graphics are mostly good, enemy variety is poor but fairly entertaining since they react well to being shot. Sure as hell no Doom or Quake but it's alright.
No idea on Fear. I heard it was the most run and gun of the series and not particularly scary but haven't played it yet myself.

Not sure I'm gonna get anything from the Halloween sale. Few games in there I don't own and am interested in but the sales aren't big enough. Looking at you, I Am Alive. Think I'll grab the Club though. Heard decent things about it, it's a score attack styled FPS. Probably worth a look for $3.

 

[IDtenT]

If Gaben was serious about Linux he'd build his own BSD-based Steam OS.

 

[IDtenT]

I must say though, GabeN knows how to play the crowd. He was always going to release this alongside Windows 8.

 

[MaskedMan]

What a boring sale.

 

[Kitako]

Alright so there's the Halloween sale. I'm thinking of getting the following, none of which I've played:

Rage for $10
Fallout: New Vegas + DLC for $15
FEAR 3 for $5

Yay or nay?

Got Rage for 10€ at the last sale, and I regret that. Game last 5 hours, 10 if you do the awful stupid minigames. As someone put it, it's just a glorified demo.

FNV, get it, and if you get bored be sure to play at least the Dead Money dlc, is really worth it.

Never played any FEAR so no word about that.

 

[Morgoth]

Get the F:NV + DLC pack. At the very least, the Old World Blues DLC.

They also have Condemned: Criminal Origins up for 5€, which is excellent and underrated.

Fuck the rest.

 

[PosledniKovboj]

I own FEAR 2, nice game, definitely worth the sale price

 

[sser]

How about the new Deadlight platformer? Also, New Vegas is very worth it at that price.

 

[Morgoth]

Deadlight is shit.

Get Mark of the Ninja instead if you wanna play a platformer.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Gotta love that regional pricing. For example, Alice: Madness Returns is $5 and 12€ depending on where you were unfortunate enough to be born at.

For me, it's $12.

With the discount.

Think I'll be passing up on this sale, nothing interests me.

 

[Jaesun]

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17800/

Gemini Rue and Blackwell Deception are worth the 9$. Don't know about the other 3 though.

 

[Metro]

What a boring sale.

The Halloween sales have just been gimmicky promos to bilk the suckers too impatient to wait another month and a half for the big holiday sale.

 

[barker_s]

How about the new Deadlight platformer?

It's a mixed bag really. On one side it's got great environments, pretty nice storyline and good action sequences. On the other, it's a little too short and really unpolished. Seriously, I can't remember the last time I played such a buggy game - clipping through the floor to your death, getting stuck in areas you were not supposed to be or pushing a crate that you needed to progress off the ledge (and getting stuck). Hell, I even had to change my OS language to get it to run. All in all, check the videos on YouTube and see if you dig it. But even then, I'd wait for at least 75% discount, I don't think it's worth 10€ .

 

[Infinitron]

Ooh: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17798/

 

[mugarod]

How about Dead Rising 2, Alice and Hell Yeah! ? any opinions on any of those?

 

[Turjan]

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/17800/

Gemini Rue and Blackwell Deception are worth the 9$. Don't know about the other 3 though.

I played Kaptain Brawe, and it's pretty mediocre. Fun idea, somewhat crude humor, a bit slow. It's weirdly old-fashioned in its outlook.

 

[Primordial Soup Nazi]

I snagged Penumbra Collector's pack, Prototype, Dark Fall: Lost Souls and Bloody Good Time for $15. I figure something out of that is probably playable. Disappointing sale, though, for the most part.

Any thoughts on Rage for $10?

Gorgeous and boring as all hell.

 

[Turjan]

How about Dead Rising 2, Alice and Hell Yeah! ? any opinions on any of those?

Alice is worth it for the visuals, even if the game itself stays behind its possibilities. Then again, I'm a sucker for weird settings.

 

[Jarpie]

Get the F:NV + DLC pack. At the very least, the Old World Blues DLC.

They also have Condemned: Criminal Origins up for 5€, which is excellent and underrated.

Fuck the rest.

Gotta agree with this, Condemned is fucking great even with the CSI crap and well worth of 5 yurops.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

How about Dead Rising 2, Alice and Hell Yeah! ? any opinions on any of those?

Dead Rising 2's kinda fun. Depends on your threshold for annoyance and gamey things, though. The game is semi-open world, MOST of the world is available to you from the start, but since you're limited on time (Game clock's always ticking) you generally wanna stick to missions instead of exploring unless you've got some free time. It is possible to get in a position where you're fucked and can't advance the story to a good ending/any ending, but DR2 gives you multiple save slots (Unlike the original game) which helps tone that down. Even so, it's not a bad idea to play and try to keep up with the story until you reach a point where you're screwed and then start over. It'll carry your leveled up character over to the new game, and things get MUCH easier with faster move speed, more carrying capacity, health, etc. Think of it sorta like Dark Souls only simpler and friendlier with (maybe) more zombies. Once you know the layout of the world things get a lot easier, and there are plenty of little secrets to find.
Kinda rambled but yeah Dead Rising 2's cool.

Haven't played Alice yet but everything I've heard says really cool visuals and mostly good platforming and combat. If you're interested it's probably worth $5 since I haven't heard anything really BAD about it.

Know nothing about Hell Yeah apart from watching a Giant Bomb video. Didn't look that good to me.

 

[Metro]

Hell Yeah has a demo. Re: Divinity 2 Developer's Cut, they added it free to anyone who already owned DKS.

 

[Turjan]

Re: Divinity 2 Developer's Cut, they added it free to anyone who already owned DKS.

Cool. I haven't even noticed yet. There is an extra entry for the Developer's Cut, but also my Divinity II: DKS game got converted to some other format when I started it.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

but also my Divinity II: DKS game got converted to some other format when I started it.

That's some Steam back-end nonsense. They recently changed something with how Steam handles downloads/patches/installs, which means some games you have installed get checked and updated to whatever the new system is. As an added bonus you can install Steam games outside of the Steam folder now.

 

[HanoverF]

Dead Rising 2 is fun, I'm not sure why the 'Director's Cut' version Off the Record isn't on sale, might want to wait for the Xmas sale. It included a sandbox mode and a bit more content. Anyway both are good mindless zombie killing fun. Some people don't like it cause it has a timer, you're on the clock to complete quests/events and wrangle survivors to the safehouse. Also people didn't like that you aren't supposed to beat it on your first run. You keep your money and xp and can start again, it has some difficulty spikes in quests/psychos that you have to come back at a higher level or know exactly what to bring to the fight. Or people dislike it cause it's zombies. If none of those things deter you, you should check a let's play or something to see the gameplay.

 

[felipepepe]

As an added bonus you can install Steam games outside of the Steam folder now.

ABOUT FUCKING TIME!