The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Sizzle]

Anyone try "This is the police"? Apparently it's very linear (or scripted) which is unfortunate but the idea is cool.

Played it for a bit. I like the idea and the voiceovers (the main guy is voiced by Duke Nukem!), but it's very slow.

You get a call about some disturbance or robbery, and you dispatch an officer or two. Then you watch them sloooooooowly make their way to the scene (which often takes two or three hours in game time) and you get a pop-up with the result. That's mostly it. You sometimes get special events where you have to decide which course of action to take (a) Go in guns blazing; b) Observe the situation; c) Call for backup; etc.), but they seem pretty easy to figure out. And you also get "cases" where you have to decide if you're going to be an honest or crooked cop, as well as some light sim elements, mostly to do with hiring/firing/promoting your employees.

The game takes place in 180 days, and I've only played the first 10 or so, but I probably won't continue with it, haven't found it all that fun.

 

[LESS T_T]

Quakecon sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/quakconweekend/

Nothing is discounted more than 50%, and it doesn't look like there'll be flash deals. Also no Quakecon bundle this year.

 

[Zewp]

Bethesda got greedy as fuck after the release of Steam refunds. Bunch a cunts.

They're also fucking retarded with foreign currency. Since South Africa got Steam in Rands, most developers/publishers have been working it out at R10/$1 to try and price it more fairly and match what we pay at retail. Bethesda decided fuck you and just convert directly, screwing us over to the point that some stuff that are on sale are more expensive than just buying it for full price retail.

 

[Spectacle]

d00m 50% off after less than 3 months. :O Sales can't have been good.

 

[Zewp]

I suspect it might be because they've seen they're not going to make money from their Season Pass. The MP is largely considered awful and that's what the entire season pass is based on.

 

[Kuattro]

Mordheim at 60% and with the weekend for free. Just in case someone (like myself) hasn't played it yet.

And Arkham Knight is on a nice enough sale that I wouldn't feel bad about buying it if it turned to be a big turd. But there's being a turd, and then there's being a broken turd. ¿Anyone could tell me if the game is in a playable state now?

 

[rohand]

Mordheim at 60% and with the weekend for free. Just in case someone (like myself) hasn't played it yet.

And Arkham Knight is on a nice enough sale that I wouldn't feel bad about buying it if it turned to be a big turd. But there's being a turd, and then there's being a broken turd. ¿Anyone could tell me if the game is in a playable state now?

I got it and it was reasonably good on my GTX 970 4GB - I don't know if it's because of its current state or what.

You can always buy, test it and refund it.

 

[Zarniwoop]

You mean GTX970 3.5GB

 

[Wayward Son]

With Jagged Alliance 1 on sale, would you guys recommend it?

 

[DwarvenFood]

Consensus is that JA2 is superior, but 1 isn't a bad game. Only to complete the collection I suppose.

 

[4249]

Some interesting weekly deals this week.

The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge -70% 2,99€
7 Mages -50% 6,99€
Ruzar - The Life Stone -40% 7,79€
Hard West -50% 9,99€
Lords of Xulima -50% 9,99€
Stronghold HD -75% 0,99€
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD -75% 2,49€
Legends of Eisenwald -50% 9,99€
Avernum: Escape From the Pit -70% 2,99€
Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal -75% 1,99€
Inquisitor -80% 2,59€

Some seem to be on sale every week though, like Inquisitor and Spiderweb stuff.

 

[Multidirectional]

^Thanks, got Stronghold and Crusader HD, hopefully I'll like it.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

^Thanks, got Stronghold and Crusader HD, hopefully I'll like it.

They're both p. fun, especially Crusader.

 

[pippin]

Even if it's on sale often, Inquisitor is still worth buying.

 

[Multidirectional]

Loving Stronghold combat campaign. Fucking typical, cheapest Steam purchases end up being the best ones. Should stop buying anything above 3 euros.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Should stop buying anything above 3 euros.

~Metro

 

[Delterius]

This is our Holy Creed.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

^

Adjusted for inflation that's 36.88$ by the way.

 

[sser]

Should only beg for anything above 3 euros.

~Metro

Fixed.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

^

Adjusted for inflation that's 36.88$ by the way.

which country's inflation? What about world trends?

Shitposting is serious business, you know

 

[Wayward Son]

^

Adjusted for inflation that's 36.88$ by the way.

which country's inflation? What about world trends?

Shitposting is serious business, you know

I'm going to assume USD, since I forget if any other countries use dollars and the meme uses bucks, an American slang for dollars.

 

[Country_Gravy]

Wait....people use currency other than dollars?

 

[Filthy Sauce]

Siralim 2, a turn based RPG just came out. I know nothing about it though. Description seems like pokemon.

 

[pippin]

Wait....people use currency other than dollars?

Bring back the gold standard!

 

[Anthedon]

We have this figured out. We have the most currency: Brofists.

Oh wait.