The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

KoolNoodles · May 31, 2015

CreamyBlood said:
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Brofist for Jeremy Brett. There might be Sherlocks with better production values, but there might not ever be a Holmes actor as messed up as Holmes was supposed to be.

Somberlain · May 31, 2015

Are Two Worlds games and their DLC worth it? They seem to be very cheap now.

I played TW2 around the time it came out and it felt banal shit boring, aside from the crafting and spell systems. I don't know if patches, mods and DLCs made it better later, though.

Konjad · May 31, 2015

Somberlain said:
Are Two Worlds games and their DLC worth it? They seem to be very cheap now.

I played TW2 around the time it came out and it felt banal shit boring, aside from the crafting and spell systems. I don't know if patches, mods and DLCs made it better later, though.

Two Worlds is a very enjoyable game if you enjoy exploration. A nice non-level-scaled open world with some quite interesting areas. Shit story, but who cares.

Two Worlds 2 is not worth playing though, they took away the very enjoyable exploration of the original and made a linear game. With shit story too.

I recommend TW to those who enjoy exploration, I recommend TW2 to no one.

Don Peste · May 31, 2015

Konjad said:
Somberlain said:

Are Two Worlds games and their DLC worth it? They seem to be very cheap now.

I played TW2 around the time it came out and it felt banal shit boring, aside from the crafting and spell systems. I don't know if patches, mods and DLCs made it better later, though.

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Two Worlds is a very enjoyable game if you enjoy exploration. A nice non-level-scaled open world with some quite interesting areas. Shit story, but who cares.

Two Worlds 2 is not worth playing though, they took away the very enjoyable exploration of the original and made a linear game. With shit story too.

I recommend TW to those who enjoy exploration, I recommend TW2 to no one.

Would you recommend TW2 to Metro?

Humppaleka · Jun 1, 2015

TW2 was fun enough, just get WorldMerge mod and you're set. I squeezed plenty of enjoyable hours out of it. Although I do have shit taste. :smug:

LundB · Jun 1, 2015

I've never played TW2 but I remember Konjad coming into CDS all upset because he trusted some NPC in it who lied to him and scammed him. Then half an hour later he felt even more betrayed when for some reason he gave the same NPC another chance at trust and got tricked AGAIN.

Only the finest rpgs offer such emotional engagement. His anti-recommendation is clearly just shame and bitterness.

(Also I'm.not sure if that story is more a reflection on Konjad for being gullible, or RPGs in general for conditioning players to expect random guys on the street to be inordinately helpful and trustworthy more often than not.)

ERYFKRAD · Jun 1, 2015

TW2+worldmerge is decent. Plus there's some decent rooftop hopping here and there.

Baron Dupek · Jun 1, 2015

he trusted some NPC in it who lied to him and scammed him. Then half an hour later he felt even more betrayed when for some reason he gave the same NPC another chance at trust and got tricked AGAIN.

That sounds like my experience from Planet Alcatraz playthrough. All side quests went to "I have nothing to pay you" and when you kick their ass - they indeed have nothing in the pockets. Last thing you notice is incoming grenades rain from local authority for harassing citizens.
And the first person, who paid for my job, was "bridge troll" - in this game he's black old geezer.

LESS T_T · Jun 1, 2015

TripJack · Jun 1, 2015

don't think 14 days is typical

MaskedMan · Jun 1, 2015

The Silent Age is 70% off less than a week after release, could be a pricing error, but it's a cellphone port so I dunno. :hero:

picked it up cause point and click

Konjad · Jun 1, 2015

XCOM Enemy Unknown is on sale, just as the full pack, but not the Enemy Within expansion alone. ffs.

Bruticis · Jun 1, 2015

LESS T_T said:
Btw, This week's weeklong deals expires in 7 days, unlike typical 14 days.

Summer is coming after all.

Week longs are always 7 days.

MaskedMan said:
The Silent Age is 70% off less than a week after release, could be a pricing error, but it's a cellphone port so I dunno. picked it up cause point and click

It's an error, the dev confirmed on the Steam forums.

LESS T_T · Jun 1, 2015

Also:

Mordheim: City of the Damned -33% ($21.43) http://store.steampowered.com/app/276810/

TripJack said:
don't think 14 days is typical

Bruticis said:
Week longs are always 7 days.

OK, fixed it.

Jasede · Jun 1, 2015

Konjad

You can buy the expansion alone on Steam, it's also on sale for 8.24 EUR (from Europe)
However... the pack with the game + expansion + the DLCs is 7.49 EUR.

=> Buy the pack, gift someone the base game. I might do the same. Tempting.

Konjad · Jun 1, 2015

Jasede said:
=> Buy the pack, gift someone the base game. I might do the same. Tempting.

Can you do that? I thought the second copy of a game disappears when you buy a full pack and already have a base game.

pippin · Jun 1, 2015

Konjad said:
Jasede said:

=> Buy the pack, gift someone the base game. I might do the same. Tempting.

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Can you do that? I thought the second copy of a game disappears when you buy a full pack and already have a base game.

Only certain game packs allow duplicate/giftable copies.

Jasede · Jun 1, 2015

I will let you know if I do get it if I got an extra or not. I am not sure yet. On the one hand I had fun with the base game and would not mind playing again with the expansion - on the other my 40+ hours of weekly assignments in addition to school and online classes don't really leave me much time to do anything that takes longer than writing a few Codex posts here and there.

Modron · Jun 2, 2015

Jasede said:
I will let you know if I do get it if I got an extra or not. I am not sure yet. On the one hand I had fun with the base game and would not mind playing again with the expansion - on the other my 40+ hours of weekly assignments in addition to school and online classes don't really leave me much time to do anything that takes longer than writing a few Codex posts here and there.

Usually the pack will tell you if you get an extra copy in your cart; I can pretty much guarantee you it won't though really only a handful of valve games do the whole extra copy crap and beyond that it's mostly pre-order bonuses.

Metro · Jun 2, 2015

^ That. It almost never happens.

Ulminati · Jun 2, 2015

Bruticis said:
MaskedMan said:

The Silent Age is 70% off less than a week after release, could be a pricing error, but it's a cellphone port so I dunno. picked it up cause point and click

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It's an error, the dev confirmed on the Steam forums.

So does steam pay the devs the remaining cash from the sales with the wrong discount, or are devs shit out of luck?

Coyote · Jun 2, 2015

Bruticis said:
Alleged Steam Summer sale dates have been leaked:
http://ru.ign.com/vse/75198/news/obiavleno-vremia-provedeniia-letnei-rasprodazhi-v
I dont speak Farsi but I'm assuming that says June 11 to June 22 (which isn't summer)

Seems like a pretty good bet; the last couple of big sales have started on Thursdays, and "mysterious" cards are apparently showing up if you craft a badge.

Konjad · Jun 2, 2015

Steam has a "mysterious" badge now.

Coyote · Jun 2, 2015

Konjad Jasede Looks like XCOM: Enemy Unknown Complete is now 5,99€ on GamesPlanet France. Activates on Steam (key is sent via e-mail), and it comes out to a bit over half the current Steam price if you're paying in US$ - about $6.60-6.75 after conversion.

Don Peste · Jun 2, 2015

Is this anything interesting?

Added integration with Steam Refunds and Support Site

Edit: It is http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

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