The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[PulsatingBrain]

Speaking of phone ports, anyone know why phone versions of games are hella cheaper than pc?

Like new shadowrun is $2 and xcom complete is $9? On pc these are like $30 unless there's a sale

I think it's just a matter of what people will pay. They're more likely to settle for some F2P garbage on a phone because it's likely that they're just filling a few minutes while waiting for something. Devs know you'll pay more when you're sitting down at your desk to play something for hours

 

[LESS T_T]

Chicago 1930 re-release on Steam:

 

[Abu Antar]

Chicago 1930 re-release on Steam:

Is this any good? It caught my eye.

 

[Catacombs]

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is free on Steam until September 8th at 10AM Pacific, I guess it's a marketing effort towards promoting their new game.




Don't know why it displays a price, I've added it to my account without any problems.

Here's the announcement:
Link : http://steamcommunity.com/games/113020/announcements/detail/1443823297791476440

For those too lazy to click:

Monaco is FREE (really free) for 24 hours!
7 SEPTEMBER - NOREPRO
If you or your friends haven't played Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, now's your chance. Click a button on the Monaco page and add the game to your library permanently!

That also means you can unlock the 10% pre-order discount on our upcoming game, Tooth and Tail, which comes out next Tuesday! Grab it down before the pre-order discount goes away!

I should probably close this announcement with some sort of clever punchline.

Uggggh arrrgh. I CAN'T HELP MYSELF. SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!..........

IT'S A STEAL!

Thanks for the tip. I wouldn't have heard about a free copy otherwise.

 

[Antigoon]

Walking Dead Season 1 for free @ Humble
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-walking-dead-season-1

 

[LESS T_T]

Be the Captain of your own ship in the 1700's and make decisions that will determine your fate. Control everything from food rationing to amputating limbs. Sail for the British Navy or rebel and become a pirate. The lives of your crew are in your gout ridden hands.

Gameplay Overview

Name your crew, choose your profession, purchase a ship, stock up on supplies, and then set sail at the mercy of the wind. You'll encounter pirates, storms, disease, starvation, and death more as you sail 4,341 miles of open ocean.

Survive the voyage and arrive in Nassau to have your captain's name uploaded to the leaderboard! If you fail and die horribly, you may leave behind a message in a bottle that you'll find as a marker on your next voyages.

Each vessel matches the speed of it's real life counterpart which will give you an accurate depiction of how difficult and tedious a journey across the ocean was in the age of sail. You could enjoy a casual experience on a Frigate as you fly across the waves and decimate pirates in a War Galleon like a rich ponce- or -Suffer a HARDCORE challenge on the Raft and struggle to feed your men daily while your vessel crawls along so slowly you'll BEG the wind to pick up.

The Exciting Stuff!

• 8-bit renditions of nautical shanties and folk songs!
  
• Funny and depressing people to talk to!
  
• Harpoon Fishing!
  
• Treacherous Reefs!
  
• Dynamic Weather!
  
• Varied difficulty by ship!
  
• Hypnotic Water!
  
• Naval Skirmishes!
  
• Online Leaderboards!
  
• Dark Whimsy!
  
• Secrets and Easter eggs!
  
• Turtles!
  
• -and NO crafting! I promise!

Two large content expansions are being developed and will be added for free

• Route Planning - Plot your own course across the Atlantic and visit new locations!
  
• Fantasy Toggle - Fantastic legends of the sea brought to life with myths and monsters!

 

[Dickie]

I love that rendition of The Coast of High Barbary. At least I'm fairly certain that's what that song in the trailer is. It makes me wonder how awesome the rest of the soundtrack is.

Real song for people who don't know it.

 

[Zombra]

Humblebundle's current bundle is all weeb games
I don't play this shit so I don't have any idea. Does anyone know if any of these tiers are worth buying?

Research indicates the Sakura "games" are pretty bad, but I haven't played them. (I don't "get" "visual novels").

HuniePop has good solid puzzle gameplay mixed with a passable "dating sim". The art is only still images, but it's good. I found it ehhh "stimulating". Although I never went back to it after getting all the achievements I wanted, it's worth the $5 you'd pay on Humble imo.

HunieCam Studio has addictive "clicker" gameplay and is fun. The art is much more cartoonish and no nudity; this is about as sexy as it gets. It's not really intended to have a "dual purpose"; it's really just a game, but that game is good for mindless* dopamine. Perfect for when it's 4AM but you don't feel like going to bed yet. I still play this sometimes. Definitely worth $1 on Humble.
*Still requires strategy and systems management to finish a game in the top score bracket. I still don't get the Diamond trophy every time.

 

[pippin]

Sakura Dungeon is a legit dungeon crawler though. It has stats and everything.

 

[Siveon]

Sakura Dungeon is a legit dungeon crawler though. It has stats and everything.

Yup. It takes inspiration from earlier eroge titles such as Dungeon Master Chris, which involve a similar combat system of moving 3 person parties around from the front and back as well as attacking other enemies to remove their... clothing. For extra damage of course.

It's somewhat addicting, but I wouldn't say it stacks up against more serious dungeon crawlers, especially in terms of complexity and dungeon design. It's the equivalent of playing a flash game that so happens to have porn. Although it is one of the only Sakura games that could be counted as an actual "game" which is why it costs the most in the bundle I guess!

Spoiler

I hate how I know this.

 

[pippin]

Yeah well, when characters (which are all female in the game btw) get hit by criticals, they lose pieces of clothing. Eventually they will end up showing tits and pussy because of this. Clearly this is an extremely prestigious mechanic which is urgently lacking in the crpg genre, and SD should be held in high regard because of this.

 

[Siveon]

Yeah well, when characters (which are all female in the game btw) get hit by criticals, they lose pieces of clothing. Eventually they will end up showing tits and pussy because of this. Clearly this is an extremely prestigious mechanic which is urgently lacking in the crpg genre, and SD should be held in high regard because of this.

I mention this already, but I forgot the PCs lose their clothing too. Clearly this is advanced C&C never before seen or used in any other CRPG (aside from Dungeon Master Chris and other similar games).

 

[Zombra]

I'm intrigued, but not $10 intrigued.

 

[hello friend]

I love that rendition of The Coast of High Barbary. At least I'm fairly certain that's what that song in the trailer is. It makes me wonder how awesome the rest of the soundtrack is.

Real song for people who don't know it.

 

[Zombra]

Yay, I'm really happy with [Chicago 1930 rerelease]!

Wishlisted. Wonder what the sticker price will be.

EDIT: Reading some reviews, I'm starting to think there's a reason I never heard of this before.

 

[pippin]

Well, anything Commandos-like is worth playing if you ask me.
Commandos is so fucking great. And while no other Commandos-like game was as good as it, they are at least fucking gorgeous, like Robin Hood.

 

[Zombra]

The first Desperados is at least as good as the best that Commandos games can offer. IMO it's quite better. That game is an absolute masterpiece.

That's why I was a little surprised I never heard of 1930. Desperados is in my lifetime top 5. Played it through like 6 times or something. Yet this, by the same company, never heard of it. Odd.

 

[Catacombs]

Well, anything Commandos-like is worth playing if you ask me.
Commandos is so fucking great. And while no other Commandos-like game was as good as it, they are at least fucking gorgeous, like Robin Hood.

I remember spending hours playing Commandos when I was younger. Those games were fun.

 

[Gepeu]

I remember Chicago 1930, it was dirt cheap to begin with (I got it for 30 potatoes if I recall correctly). But they will probably stick some ridiculous price tag between 10-20€, though.

 

[LESS T_T]

Probably between $8~10, like the publisher Microids' other 2000s games on Steam including The Robin Hood.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Also now we have pretty much all of the Commandos mini genre available on Steam, which is great.

Still missing Star Trek: Away Team.

 

[Meurglys]

Did anybody play Inquisitor? It's %70 off. Setting looks interesting and I heard it's a long game, that's why I am interested.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Did anybody play Inquisitor? It's %70 off. Setting looks interesting and I heard it's a long game, that's why I am interested.

It's been on my backlog for ages. Apparently it's anywhere between 100 and 130 hours long, which is why it's taking me so long to make the time. I've played the first few hours and can definitely vouch for the grim setting. It's very cool.

Here's a gameplay advice thread I've had bookmarked for ages, you might find it handy if you do buy it http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/inquisitor-gameplay-advice.114723/

 

[Baron Dupek]

Did anybody play Inquisitor? It's %70 off. Setting looks interesting and I heard it's a long game, that's why I am interested.

It's very slow paced action RPG, not easy game that might require few restarts and it's easy to screw up something.

Go with Priest armed with bows, do not go melee because it's absolute trash.

 

[Catacombs]

Did anybody play Inquisitor? It's %70 off. Setting looks interesting and I heard it's a long game, that's why I am interested.

It's been on my backlog for ages. Apparently it's anywhere between 100 and 130 hours long, which is why it's taking me so long to make the time. I've played the first few hours and can definitely vouch for the grim setting. It's very cool.

Here's a gameplay advice thread I've had bookmarked for ages, you might find it handy if you do buy it http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/inquisitor-gameplay-advice.114723/

Thanks for the link. I've added this game to my wishlist.
I already have a bunch of stuff on the backlog. Why not just add another one??