The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Excidium]

Better to just buy Retribution, mainly because of the multiplayer. I heard the campaign is weaker than Chaos Rising, but at least you aren't forced to play as spess mahreens. :D

The Chaos Rising campaign is great, but too short. I think I was done in like 10 hours and I did every optional objective...better to just get it in the bay of pirates unless you have spare money. The original DoW2 campaign is easy, long and repetitive as fuck. I don't recommend it, I only went through it because I hate playing sequels without playing the original (completionistfag).

I bought Retri during the summer sale but just installed yesterday.

 

[Secretninja]

Someone on ocn posted this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NBZBM4/ retribution for 11.99 that activates. Think it is worth it? I have so much shit to play but I hate starcraftfags and have been looking for a rts with a bit of an online population.

 

[EvilSatan]

Secretninja, just fyi, All of the retribution fags are going to rape you when you first get on. The game is imbalanced. Also, there is little deviation in multiplayer strategy.


It was my least favorite DOW game.

 

[Excidium]

If you do buy, add me on Steam, I'm a noob too so things get balanced.

 

[AlaCarcuss]

Chaos Rising has a decent single player campaign (though more-so an action RPG than an RTS), and you'll need Retribution for multiplayer. I wouldn't get vanilla DoW2 (both the expansions are standalone).

Yeah, I don't particularly like RTS as a genre (such a contradiction in terms - there's very little opportunity to be strategic in a real time game) but I really like the DOWII games. Mainly because they're not RTS but, as Mangoose says, more like ARPG's with some nice squad based tactical combat.

That's a good deal for Retribution on Amazon - think I'll pick it up (already have the first two).

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

It's a real shame that Section 8 will probably end up with no players again in a week or two, because it's pretty damn awesome. Also works surprisingly well given it's using GFWL.

Maaaaaaan, vehicles are a bitch though. At one point the enemy team had 4 mechs all rolling together and it was impossible to stop, even with rockets and anti-vehicle mortars. I just unlocked napalm missiles though and EMP machine gun to knock down shields and then flip to the missiles seems pretty good.

 

[Kane]

It's a real shame that Section 8 will probably end up with no players again in a week or two, because it's pretty damn awesome.

yeah. the game isn't named CoD or Battlefield though, that's it's problem.

 

[Hobo Elf]

It's a real shame that Section 8 will probably end up with no players again in a week or two, because it's pretty damn awesome. Also works surprisingly well given it's using GFWL.

Phew. Dodged a bullet there.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

This picture makes me happy.

 

[Excidium]

Look at that hover hand.

 

[Metro]

Considering Tricia Helfer is probably around 120ish pounds by extrapolation Gabe must be around 500 because you could fit four of her in the same space.

 

[Zed]

he's sweating like a pig.

actually he's sweating worse than a pig.

I wonder if you could use his t-shirt as a parachute.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I wonder if he could use a parachute as a parachute.

 

[Gragt]

I guess he's also trying to weight a tonne.

 

[Konjad]

I guess he's also trying to weight a tonne.

Not his fault people give him so much money he don't know what to do with it, so he eats it.


Actually I like Valve very much.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

Whats wrong guise? Butthurt because his hover hand is closer to the hot chick then any of your extremities will ever be?

 

[Hobo Elf]

What you actually can't see is that his hand is reaching for the cookie jar behind her.

 

[Metro]

Serious Sam 3 preorders are now up. Deluxe Edition is $50 list price and normal is $40 list price. If you own one of the other Serious Sam games on Steam you can get a 20% preorder discount, knocking it down to $40 and $32 respectively. The Deluxe comes with the classic versions of the first and second encounter (and they're giftable if you already own them) along with sound track, multiplayer skins, and some other stuff.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

That's quite a bit more expensive than the previous games.

 

[Metro]

Still a good price compared to modern games. Did you really think they were going to price it at $20? The remakes were, well, remakes and the original Sam games were released in, what, 2002?

 

[sgc_meltdown]

I thought my bro MHC would appreciate this

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

 

[Angthoron]

Borderlands GotY on sale today, 7,50, as well as DLCs and so on.

 

[Secretninja]

suicidebunny and i just started a fresh playthrough, if anyone wants to join us i am sure we could fit you in. for 7.50 you would be hard pressed to find more fun.

 

[Metro]

Not a Steam sale but thought I'd mention it here rather than make a new thread -- Torchlight 2 is going to be priced at $20, same as the first. I'm sure Steam will have some preorder deal and that it'll be 50-75% off a month or so after release!