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The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

Multi-headed Cow

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Big rocks are pretty scary.

Unfortunately looks like I've probably already got everything I'd want out of the sale. There are definitely some good deals though. $5 Bloodlines for example.
 

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Or Railworks for that matter.

Kind of want Dead Space 2, but otherwise not much else to get, as I already have most of the interesting games there and generally don't like horror games to begin with. Ah well.
 

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Multi-headed Cow said:
Big rocks are pretty scary.

Unfortunately looks like I've probably already got everything I'd want out of the sale. There are definitely some good deals though. $5 Bloodlines for example.

Yeah,I guess fighting the Plague and zombie Aristotle and Plato makes it a horror title

I seem to have most of the interesting titles too but there are good deals like Bloodlines,Amnesia,Penumbra,STALKER etc
 

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All these "complete pack" things piss me off because I already have the core games from some of them and I end up spending more if I buy the DLC/Expansion seperately. Steam lets you gift things if they're extra, right?
 

Multi-headed Cow

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Menckenstein said:
All these "complete pack" things piss me off because I already have the core games from some of them and I end up spending more if I buy the DLC/Expansion seperately. Steam lets you gift things if they're extra, right?
Always assume you won't get duplicates from bundles in Steam. Occasionally you will, but the vast majority of the time you won't.
 

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Sale is a bit mediocre. Obviously I knew the selection would be themed but the discounts themselves aren't anything great. Maybe one or two titles I might grab.
 

Multi-headed Cow

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God damn it I'm tempted to pick up Rock of Ages. Been interested in it, but I know it'll get cheaper. Most likely even during the winter sale in a couple months.

Then again it's only $7.50. Unless it ends up in a 5 games for $5 indie pack, even a 75% off sale in the future wouldn't be too heartbreaking. I normally buy games on Steam when I feel they're worth the price and try not to worry about inevitable better deals in the future, but 25% off is a pretty slight deal. IT IS OVERLOADING MY BRIAN
 

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I remember reading this thread during the summer sale, when people were talking about Terraria. Now it's being sold for $5, is it still as good a deal now as it was then?
 
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I think it is.

Only problem with Terraria is that the beggining is sloooooow as fuck, so you really need a lot of patience to start another game...
 

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Well, depends on who you ask. They revamped the health/potion system to make combat more difficult. Potions are now much weaker with long cooldowns, but you regenerate hp naturally when you haven't taken any damage. Starts slow and scales up over time. Works well imo, but some people are raging over it.

First major content patch is due out some time in november/december, going to add new areas, items, and minerals. I've been trying to avoid reading about it since the devs like to spoil every last detail.
 

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Got Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Dracula: Origin from the Halloween sale. They seem like they could be rather decent adventure games. The Sherlock Holmes story is a Cthulhu mystery investigation which sounds pretty rad. Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu? Sign me up.

But I also got The Haunted: Hells Reach. I was half expecting a mediocre time killer that would be fun for a few days for the price 10 bucks, and that would've been ok, but the game ended up being a whole lot more fun than I thought. It's a real challenge to boot. Lots of cool monster variety, levels are rather big and well designed and it also has cool boss fights that I wasn't aware of but pleasantly surprised to discover when we finally managed to beat one level on Normal with my friend. Well recommended, but only if you have friends to play with. Everyone else is such a giant pussy that they only seem to play this game on Easy.
 

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Huh. Took a peek at the Haunted forum on Steam and found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1IYKaw_aQ that. Looks kinda fun. Gameplay seems pretty sharp and action packed. Well shit, now I'm interested.

Not sure I wanna dump $15 on it at 4 pack price since I have so damn many zombie murdering games, but that does look appealing.
 

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Multi-headed Cow said:
Huh. Took a peek at the Haunted forum on Steam and found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1IYKaw_aQ that. Looks kinda fun. Gameplay seems pretty sharp and action packed. Well shit, now I'm interested.

Not sure I wanna dump $15 on it at 4 pack price since I have so damn many zombie murdering games, but that does look appealing.

Wasn't it on sale earlier this week?
 

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Sale is pretty disappointing. Can't believe they're not going toe-to-toe with Amazon with their Dead Island price point. $29.99 isn't too bad.
 

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Killing Floor is recommended, good to great co-op FPS zombie shooter.

Painkiller Complete pack is recommended, good to great balls to the wall FPS. Though you probably could just buy Painkiller Black and ignore the rest.

Left 4 Dead 2 is recommended, good to great co-op FPS zombie shooter. Little point in picking up L4D1 as well, as most all of the campaigns from that have been added to 2. The look of 1 might be a bit better but the gameplay improvements in 2 sorta make up for it.

Penumba collection is recommended, first person horror adventure games.

Amnesia the Dark Descent is recommended, first person horror adventure game by the guys what did Penumba.

Zombie Driver is recommended, you drive a car and kill zombies for points. The campaign and racing modes are nothing special, the score attack mode is best.

Borderlands is recommended, first person shooter action RPG hybrid. Kinda irritating humor and uses Gamespy (FOR SHAME) but I ended up getting hooked on it for a good while. $7.50 for the complete set is probably worth a roll of the dice if FPS action RPG sounds interesting to you.

Dead Island sorta recommended but not really at that price.

Bioshock 1 and 2 recommended. Most Codex bros disapprove of it due to dumbing down and mostly stealing System Shock 2's story, but I loved both of them. I played 'em like straight shooters with some light looting sprinkled on top and had a grand time, and I liked the story and setting of Bioshock more than SS2.

Plants VS Zombies recommended. Simple tower defense-esque game by Popcap, but like most/many Popcap games it's addicting enough to just sit and waste time playing.

Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines FUCKING RECOMMENDED GOD DAMN PISS ASS. Possibly my favorite RPG, it sexy-wrestles with Fallout 1 for position.

Dead Space pack probably recommended. Actually just started playing Dead Space 1 last night and I'm having a pretty good time with it. Controls may be shit for PC (Which is what I heard anyway) so I decided to play it with a 360 controller. Still, does seem like a fun horror shooter.

Fear collection recommended. Vaguely horror FPS games. Haven't played 2 yet, but 1 was a pretty decent shooter with bullet time. $7 for 1, 2, and all their DLC/expansions seems quite fine for some shooting.

Space Pirates and Zombies sorta recommended. It's grindy as fuck, but I did have fun. Was recently patched to make the late game more difficult so MAYBE it's in a bit better shape. Not the greatest deal in the world, so you could wait.

Ghost Master sorta recommended. Played it years ago when it was new and kind of enjoyed it. Sort of a bizarre puzzle game where you control ghosts and have to work to make as many people insane/scared as possible. At a dollar it might be worth checking out, but since I haven't played in years my memories might be rose tinted.

Terraria recommended. 2D randomized world platforming adventure game sandbox thing, with relatively large free content patches. Well worth $5 (Or $2.50 if you get in a bundle).

Nation Red highly recommended. Score attack zombie shooter. Vaguely like Crimsonland if you ever played that, or Robotron if you haven't. Campaign is pretty much nothing, the score attack modes are where it's at. Has been patched like crazy including free new content, well worth picking up if you like that style of game.

Overlord complete pack maybe recommended. Some bros like it. I only took a brief look at the first one and the humor annoyed me a bit, but at $5 for the whole shebang it might be worth considering in case you end up enjoying it.

STALKER recommended. Either the bundle or just Call of Pripyat. Plus it'll make Skyway angry if you buy it and enjoy it.

Atom Zombie Smasher highly recommended. BEST WEIRD ZOMBIE STRATEGY GAME EVER. I've proselytized this game on the Codex a bit already, but rest assured it's worth $3.50.

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For $5 Terraria is a hell of a lot of game and, as mentioned, they're coming out with a pretty major content update (for free) in November.
 

Bruticis

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Another vote for Terraria, I had a lot of fun wasting countless hours mining, building, and exploring.
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I got Scratches (hope it runs on Windows 7, the CD version didn't), the Fear Collection, and Burn Zombie Burn!

I really recommend Burn Zombie Burn, the PSN version was TONS of fun. It's best played in co-op.
 

Metro

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There's no online Co-op in the PC version. Basically just shovel ware.
 

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