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Only if you plan to play the multiplayer. If so, then yes, best deepest 4x out there.
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The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread
- Thread starter Hobo Elf
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You shd totally review it for the codex (provided your contract doesn't prohibit you from doing this).
Euro Truck Simulator bought
Now to pull out Steering Wheel + TrackIR (
wish I had an oculus rift)
Now to pull out Steering Wheel + TrackIR (
wish I had an oculus rift)
You answered your own question.
As in you do the Plan without any pausing and micro? Because that would suck. (I mean I'd to it with just a Plan but don't want it to be easy as you said)
Most of the levels are made up of you fiddling around with each and every step, corner-check, door breach and so on until you've found the process that'll get your squad through without you even having to pause the game to improvise. iThe game's pretty open to experimentation in regards to tactics, it's just that alot of your options don't really open up until you're like five hours in to the game (iirc you don't even get access to the assault rifle and shield classes until you've beaten a dozen levels with the starter pistol class). So for a long time the most variation you'll get out of your tactics is what kind of rifle you want your guys to carry and what kinds of grenades they use.
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I'm Big Into Anal
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it appears andy warhol was incorrect by 45 minutes then
No. It's shit.
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A detailed, precise, and all-encompassing report on my time playing Contrast:
# I install the game.
# I fire up the game.
# Beautiful music starts playing as the logos play, and seems to perfectly set the mood for the game.
# The title screen appears, and I move the mouse to click a menu option.
# The mouse moves too fast, so I look at the options menu to adjust mouse sensitivity and check out the controls.
# I can't.
# No, really.
# Not only can't I adjust mouse sensitivity, I also can't change the controls. All I get is a screen showing me what keys I can use, and how the controller layout is.
# While I can use the cursor keys instead of WASD to move about, other vital actions assigned to Q and E have no secondary keys, making the cursor keys pointless as I would require 3 hands to play the game.
# I exit the game and spend 10 minutes looking up information on Contrast.
# I find nothing via official means that could help me, and decide to forgo the unofficial means.
# I contact Steam Support and ask for a refund, stating the reason for my request.
# My request is approved within 2 hours.
# Bye bye, Contrast.
This is a damn crying shame. Contrast looks beautiful and promises to be at least a memorable gaming experience. But developers that are so fucking lazy and narrow-minded that they can't bother allowing people to set their own controls deserve no shekels from anyone. Jazzpunk did the exact same thing, but Jazzpunk is a laid-back go-at-your-own-pace adventure game so it didn't really matter. Contrast is a precision-based platformer from what I can tell, being told "Console controller/WASD or Fuck You" is unacceptable.
# I install the game.
# I fire up the game.
# Beautiful music starts playing as the logos play, and seems to perfectly set the mood for the game.
# The title screen appears, and I move the mouse to click a menu option.
# The mouse moves too fast, so I look at the options menu to adjust mouse sensitivity and check out the controls.
# I can't.
# No, really.
# Not only can't I adjust mouse sensitivity, I also can't change the controls. All I get is a screen showing me what keys I can use, and how the controller layout is.
# While I can use the cursor keys instead of WASD to move about, other vital actions assigned to Q and E have no secondary keys, making the cursor keys pointless as I would require 3 hands to play the game.
# I exit the game and spend 10 minutes looking up information on Contrast.
# I find nothing via official means that could help me, and decide to forgo the unofficial means.
# I contact Steam Support and ask for a refund, stating the reason for my request.
# My request is approved within 2 hours.
# Bye bye, Contrast.
This is a damn crying shame. Contrast looks beautiful and promises to be at least a memorable gaming experience. But developers that are so fucking lazy and narrow-minded that they can't bother allowing people to set their own controls deserve no shekels from anyone. Jazzpunk did the exact same thing, but Jazzpunk is a laid-back go-at-your-own-pace adventure game so it didn't really matter. Contrast is a precision-based platformer from what I can tell, being told "Console controller/WASD or Fuck You" is unacceptable.
rohand
Cipher
Bloodlines -76%
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2600/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_308
According to Enhanced Steam and isthereanydeal, a new low.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2600/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_308
According to Enhanced Steam and isthereanydeal, a new low.
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That's 1% lower than the last sale and the one before. I don't really want to play it soon, so I'll probably pass. Would be a whole different situation if the deal was on GOG
SirSingAlot
Arbiter
is Torchlight 2 worth it for 80% off?
also, is it better than Diablo 3, which i hate?
also, is it better than Diablo 3, which i hate?
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Torchlight 2 is better then T1. T1 was very Diablo 1-esque, you have the town and the dungeons below, which were pretty generic, but it had some nice mechanics with the pet and was pretty good for several hours of mindless clicking. T2 is way more like Titan's Quest or Dungeon Siege 1 in the sense that you have to travel from place to place. Also the maps aren't that corridor-y, but it's generally the same mechanic of clicking on stuff until it dies.
tuluse
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I sunk a few hours into Contrast. I played it with a ps3 controller as that's my preferred control for platformers, and the game is a mixed experience. The shadow/light play is a neat mechanic, but thus far rather under-utilized. Instead of focusing on the light stuff and making it really top notch they give you other random abilities that don't make sense, or at least one. You get the ability to charge forward with a lot of force. You use this to bust through wooden barriers and to knock things over. I have no idea why this is in the game, it detracted from it in my opinion. The art direction is really cool and the game is very stylish.
Even with a controller, the controls are crap. Jumping and moving feel weird. It's both too sudden and not crisp enough.
It's a shame as I assume this was an indie production and it probably just needs/needed a bit more work fine tuning to really shine.
Whiran
Magister
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I enjoyed Torchlight 2.
For reference I tend to enjoy all of the diablo-like games. I played Torchlight 2 for longer than I played Diablo 3 however I enjoyed Diablo 3 as well.
I enjoy Path of Exile which I go back to every half year or so.
After I completed Torchlight 2 I did go back to it once and it managed to keep my attention for a few more hours.
Edited to add: I managed to rack up 61 hours all told in Torchlight 2 so it was definitely "worth it" for me.
Basically, if you enjoy that type of game then you'll enjoy Torchlight 2. Torchlight 2 is more like Diablo 2 than Diablo 3.
If you don't like that kind of game then stay away.
Torchlight II is a fun mindless clicky clicky, worth it at 80% off if you like something like that.
Immortal
Arcane
Play Rust / ARK
Diablo169
Arcane
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