The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[CrimsonAngel]

I got.

Delve Deeper.
Kings bounty all of them.
Red Alert 3 and Red Alert 3: Uprising
Disciples 2 + Expansion
Divinity 2.
Back to the Future.
Bio shock 1 and 2.
Beat Hazard
Harvest: Massive Encounter.
Heroes of Might and Magic 5.
Star Ruler
Tropico 3.

And that was all for this time.

 

[Bruticis]

I filled up with most of the DLC I was missing:

Alien Breed: Impact
Dwarfs!?
Delve Deeper
Terraria
Supreme Commander 2 - Infinite War Battle Pack One
Empire and Napoleon: Total War - Game of the Year Edition
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Sanctum
Killing Floor
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Mr. Robot
AI War: Light of the Spire DLC
Nation Red
King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame Druids DLC
Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money
Fallout New Vegas Honest Hearts DLC
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
Drakensang: Phileasson's Secret
Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest
Gratuitous Space Battles: Nomads
Gratuitous Space Battles: The Order Expansion
Gratuitous Space Battles: Swarm DLC
Guardians of Graxia Elves and Dwarves Expansion
Gratuitous Space Battles: Tribe Expansion
Toki Tori
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4
Magicka: Robe Bundle
Magicka: Nippon DLC
Magicka: Marshland
Magicka: Frozen Lake
Magicka: Watchtower
Magicka: Final Frontier
The Heroes Pack
JC2 DLC - Rico's Signature Gun
JC2 DLC - Chevalier Classic
JC2 DLC - Bull's Eye Assault Rifle
JC2 Black Market Boom Pack
JC2 DLC: Black Market Aerial Pack
JC2 DLC - Agency Hovercraft
JC2 DLC - Monster Truck
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Ikko Ikki Clan DLC
Paradox Fantasy Pack - Summer Sale 2011

Out of all that crap I've been playing Terraria the most (was lucky enough to grab it for $2.50). Call me full on derp but damn the game is addicting.

 

[JrK]

Only got Just Cause 2, didn't bother with DLC cause I have principles. It has the exact same flaws as Far Cry 2, in fact I think it IS Far Cry 2 but then third person and with the grappling hook to get around quickly.

 

[TripJack]

i got nothing because steam is a big steaming piece of shit

 

[CrimsonAngel]

i got nothing because steam is a big steaming piece of shit

Hipster.

 

[TripJack]

that hurts me angel

besides, if i was a hipster i would be praising steam and spending hundreds of dollars on steam games and worshipping gabes tremendous cock and buying hats for team fortress kekekeke since that is the hip thing to do these days

 

[Peter]

Ugh, I'm sure there's a good game hidden in Ass Creed 2, but there are a ton of annoyances preventing me from enjoying it, like the seeming lack of a block button, the game not recognizing the triggers on my gamepad, the fact that the gamepad only works if you exit the controls menu with the configuration set to gamepad (usually both keboard and pad just work at all times), the overdone Italian accents etc. And not to be a graphics whore, but the game sure did look a lot prettier in videos and screenshots, but hey, you know, consoles.

Truly annoyed by a console port for the first time in the year I've had a high end PC for. Downloading GTA IV as we speak, though, so Ass Creed will probably seem a lot less worse after I play that

 

[TripJack]

I'm sure there's a good game hidden in Ass Creed 2

nope

 

[Peter]

Seemed to be more or less Codex approved. We'll see how it goes.

 

[sser]

I find those games to be really boring. What mystifies me is that the first one was hella boring, so when the second one came out everyone was saying, "It's totally different. It doesn't get stale and old like the first one!" Yet it was the same game except the location was Italy instead of the Levant.

 

[HanoverF]

Well the first one consisted of getting an assassination mission, pickpocketing something, spying on someone, and interrogating someone and then the assassinations were pretty much cookie cutter with a few exceptions. The second game did away with all that (well you still assassinate people, but each assassination usually offers unique challenges) it also added some pretty good platforming areas and the combat is better if probably too easy. They also did away with the boring travel from town to town while slowing trotting your horse past guards, lest they get suspicious, also running no longer pisses off guards. For some reason guards in Assassins Creed generally hated speed.

 

[Metro]

So I've played Terraria for about ~10 or so hours now and it's a great game. More than worth the pittance of $2.50 I got it at. Imagine a 'Metroidvania' style game with huge open world exploration and a crafting system. Apparently it's getting a major update soon as the developers considering it to have been in 'beta' stage the last few months. The difficulty will be increased along with improved UI, AI changes, and several other balance tweaks. Highly recommend it if you're into these type of games.

 

[Bruticis]

So I've played Terraria for about ~10 or so hours now and it's a great game. More than worth the pittance of $2.50 I got it at. Imagine a 'Metroidvania' style game with huge open world exploration and a crafting system. Apparently it's getting a major update soon as the developers considering it to have been in 'beta' stage the last few months. The difficulty will be increased along with improved UI, AI changes, and several other balance tweaks. Highly recommend it if you're into these type of games.

This, plus 10! I tired minecraft, hated it. I have no idea what's got me so hooked on the game but I'm enjoying it greatly. We need a KKKodex server.

 

[Excidium]

Terraria is pretty fun, and has a lot more content than I expected. Also it has some really challenging bosses.

I don't know why people compare it to Minecraft, it has nothing to do with minecraft. I think only 10% of my playtime was spent building stuff. You just build your house and expand it so you can get new NPCs to live in it like merchants and healers. But the name "minecraft" sure fits Terraria a lot better.

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT DEADRISING 2 I BOUGHTN IT FOR THE FAGBOX TODAY MY WIFE AND I GOT DRUNK AND WENT SHOPING AND I CONVINCED HER THAT SINCE SHE SPENT MONEY ON THE KIDS I SHOULD GET SOMETHING FOR MYSELF]]

BROS ANYWAYS IT WAS TO COMOPLICATED FOR SOME CODEX POSTERS TO UNDERSTAND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOUR BROS PICKED IT UP

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Well, I bought Portal 2 at the 50% reduced price. Took me 8 hours to install it... and 7 hours to complete the singleplayer campaign.

First impressions are not very good. While there were some really cool moments in there, as well as some cool segments (Cave Johnson), and the puzzles were mostly OK, the rest was bad. DNF-level bad. Running through corridors with only one way to go 99% of the time, invisible walls everywhere, and goddamn was Wheatley ANNOYING. The "I am a British neurotic" shtick got old really quick. While the puzzles were good, I was starting to wish for the game to end as soon at the start of Chapter 7.

I haven't touched the co-op part yet, and I'm hoping that is the real core of the game, because right now I feel $25 is too much for this.

And yes, while I loathe Steam and avoid using it whenever possible, I make an exception with Valve games. It's their DRM system, after all. But after this... better hurry up and roll out HL2:Ep3 and get it over with.

 

[Metro]

I'm avoiding it until it hits $10. Friend of mine who is usually a big supporter of Valve said it wasn't worth anymore than $20. The fact that people went ballistic over it and hailing it as Game of the Year just shows you how little content people expect these days. I look at a game like Terraria for $10 that's packed with content and interesting game play and wonder why Valve can't actually put out similar creative stuff rather than rehash the same IPs and slap $50 price tags on $20 games. And their next 'big' title is Dota 2? Don't get me wrong, I like Dota and will probably buy it so long as it is reasonably priced (they'd be morons to charge more than $20 for a revamp of a game people play for free) but still... I think Half Life is the only 'in house' IP they actually developed, the rest they just bought out/hired mod teams or small studios.

Par for the course for Gabe and company. Their titles are more flash and polish than actual substance. They aren't bad games just grossly overhyped.

 

[kingcomrade]

25 dollars is not too much for Portal 2. I don't know who pissed on your face but I bought it for 40 and didn't regret it.
[quote\The fact that people went ballistic over it and hailing it as Game of the Year just shows you how little content people expect these days.]/quote]
What? Have you even played Portal 2?

 

[Metro]

What? Have you even played Portal 2?

I've personally played about a fourth of it and my friend who bought it has played the entire single player and entire co-op campaign. His Steam /played time shows about 17 hours and given that counts loading times and/or his being afk and various other things it's probably more like 15 hours of game play for both, total. I didn't say it was a bad game I just said, like most of Valve's titles it's a $20-$25ish title wrapped up in flashy packaging/hype.

Maybe you're being sarcastic, though, hard to tell with you.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Seconding the amount of time Portal 2 takes including co-op. I've also got 17 hours listed after playing through the whole singleplayer and co-op campaigns, with some additional dicking around in co-op. To be fair I'll probably play through everything again, but it is awfully short.

Hoping the new maps DLC will help, but I doubt it will do much.

 

[Peter]

18 hours here. Now I can't help but wonder where I got the extra hour.

 

[Sergiu64]

Finally got The Witcher 2 from this sale, wasn't a gigantic sale on it since its still fairly new, but I figured $33 is a fair price for it.

 

[Mangoose]

Forgot about grabbing Elven Legacy for cheap before the sale ended... Oh well...

 

[Metro]

Dungeons of Dredmore got released today with a 10% discount off it's already low price, so $4.50. Also the Cthulu Saves the World/Breath of Death double pack is available for $2.69 -- they're made in the style of Dragon Warrior/Final Fantasy 1.

 

[Crichton]

Forgot about grabbing Elven Legacy for cheap before the sale ended... Oh well...

Hey Mangoose, I bought the pack and that means that I now have a redundant physical copy of Elven Legacy (just EL, not the Ranger, Siege and whatever). If you'd like it, just PM your address.