The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[BlackAdderBG]

Is Dragon's Dogma any good?

Felt like all this new action MMOs ,if that is your thing go for it.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Is Dragon's Dogma any good?

It's so good, you should buy 3. There's a lot more detail about why (or why you might not like it) in the thread.

 

[Mozg]

I didn't have a lot of fun on the first 5-6 hours, on the way to that big city. Maybe it was because I decided to take a detour from following the main story and the game didn't like it.

It really doesn't. The game's open world and minor sidequest shit is garbage (some people disagree with me on this). Sidequests for the "romances" are also almost all total fetch garbage. Anyone playing it should beeline main quest shit before they overlevel and put a clamp on their sense of completionism - you aren't missing anything. Main quests will take you to almost all locations, so you'll just be backtracking if you explore the landmass beforehand.

 

[Infinitron]

Divinity: Original Sin is 50% off for the first time.

 

[Bubbles]

Divinity: Original Sin is 50% off for the first time.

Poor Beamdog.

 

[sser]

80% off Stronghold: Crusader 2. Pretty big discount although reviews are all over the place.

 

[LESS T_T]

Oh yeah, weeklong deals: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?filter=weeklongdeals

Elminage Gothic -50% ($4.99)
The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge -40% ($5.99)
Ruzar - The Life Stone -30% ($9.09)
The Troma Project -80% ($1.39)
The Witness -10% ($35.99)
Sins of Solar Empire: Rebellion -75% ($9.99)
Blackwell Epiphany -50% ($4.99)
Marauder -90% ($0.99)
AquaNox -75% ($1.24)
AquaNox 2: Revelation -75% ($1.24)

 

[Infinitron]

Blackwell Epiphany has had its base price reduced, first time it's been so cheap.

 

[pippin]

At this point it should be included in a bundle with the previous 4 games. It doesn't make sense to sell them on their own,especially considering each game is like 3 hours long (Epiphany is 5 hours long iirc).

 

[Zewp]

Hmm, maybe I'll finally pick up Sins: Rebellion.

Not that I think I have the time for a game like that anymore.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Besides Marauder and Elminage (which got bigger discounts anyway) there is not much to get.
Aquanox 1&2 does not count.

 

[LESS T_T]

Pyrodactyl and Shamus Young's procedural shmup Good Robot is out now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/358830/

 

[pakoito]

Same day as Gungeon? http://store.steampowered.com/app/311690/

 

[Mozg]

Anyone want to vouch for Gungeon? The weapons seem kinda boring.

Edit - Man it's hard. 2/3 first floor bosses are about as hard as Hush from BoI using a basic character with decent tears and damage, and take almost as long with the default guns (although the second floor bosses aren't noticeably harder and you have a better chance to have a high power gun by that point, so maybe it flattens out). This may be a Spelunky situation for me where I admit defeat unless the unlockable shit gives some hardcore powerups.

Makes me appreciate how much BoI manages to make rooms and bosses that seem hard at first but that rapidly become manageable once you figure out a basic tactic (and nothing takes 2-3 minutes to fight aside from Hush).

 

[Zarniwoop]

wtf is with Steam pimping this VR shit harder than Melcar pimping his aunt?

Now it's 100% indie shitgames, Early Access shitgames and VR shitgames. Where are the actual normal games these days? What happened Gaben, you used to be cool.

 

[Mozg]

VR shit is about tech people imagining getting in on the ground floor of the next new media, which is a 100x initial capital sycophants-write-books-about-how-great-I-am Steve Jobs kinda opportunity.

 

[pippin]

What happened Gaben, you used to be cool.

You are like 6 years late with this question.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

What happened Gaben, you used to be cool.

You are like 6 years late with this question.

He started losing weight.

 

[Harpsichord]

This may be a Spelunky situation for me where I admit defeat unless the unlockable shit gives some hardcore powerups.

You've retrieved the Orb of Zot but you haven't beaten Spelunky? It only requires a tiny bit of item luck once you know the game, cape lets you practically skip the caves...

 

[Baron Dupek]

They failed with SteamOS, Steam Controler and Steam something else now they want revenge. Plus - paid mods via DOTA.

 

[Mozg]

You've retrieved the Orb of Zot but you haven't beaten Spelunky? It only requires a tiny bit of item luck once you know the game, cape lets you practically skip the caves...

Don't taunt me, I put in a fair chunk of time and still died in the caves to things I'd handled a dozen times before distressingly often. I am platformer impaired to the point that a rogue style game with lots of instant deaths for platforming fuckups is not worth grinding out a couple dozen playthroughs to randomly get a win on the one that I happen to not mess up something easy.

On that note Gungeon softens up enormously once you've added some shit to the item pool and recognize some simple concepts.

 

[LESS T_T]

You know that a week is longer than you think: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?filter=weeklongdeals

Mark of the Ninja: Special Edition -67% ($5.93)
Silent Storm Gold Edition -75% ($2.49)
Sorcerer King -50% ($12.49)
Technobabylon -50% ($7.49)
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 -75% ($7.49) (and other MoW games)
Invisible, Inc. -40% ($11.99)
Black Closet -35% ($12.99)

 

[Hobo Elf]

Sorcerer King seems to always be on sale when I look. Did the game bomb that bad or what?

 

[Metro]

Isn't it basically a PvE version of Legendary Heroes/Fallen Enchantress/Whatever?

 

[Dreed]

Legends of Eisenwald for $4.99 as a daily deal: http://store.steampowered.com/app/246760/