The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - AUTUMN SALE 2024

[Sceptic]

There's 50% off of Duke Nukem forevah (lol!)

Stay the hell away from this one until they patch the loading times. It's pretty much unplayable if you happen to be one of the unlucky people with 3+ minutes of loading.

 

[Grunker]

Fuck the loading times. Game is shit, period.

 

[Metro]

Fuck the loading times. Game is shit, period.

This. I might pick it up down the road for $5 or less out of morbid curiosity.

 

[TripJack]

Thinking of the PoP pack (5 games for $15.00) and the Hitman pack (3 for $7.50). Worth it or not?

Come on paco you know the answer is no.

I remember liking the first next gen PoP game. The 2nd and 3rd were total shit in comparison as i recall. Plus the developers behind the series (ubisoft montreal) only makes shit games these days and are not worth supporting. Torrent the first game and call it a day.

As for the Hitman bundle, I'll assume that the one not included is the one that sucked (i.e. Contracts). If that's not the case, then it is a crap deal anyways because I wouldn't spend one dollar on that piece of shit game. Alas, despite the fact that the other 3 range from decent to good, this is another case of developer making only shit games nowadays I mean let's face it: Hitman 5 is going to be retard papamole shit and we all know it. You'd be pissing your money away my friend. Might as well start the torrents now and go pick up a six pack with the $7.50 while they download.

 

[Grunker]

The 2nd and 3rd were total shit in comparison as i recall.

Not really. Yahtzee actually describes it pretty accurately: Each new game in the trilogy takes one step forward, then two steps back. For example, Warrior Within has much, much better combat than Sands of Time, but the boss-fights are mind-numbingly boring and the story and characterization is not at all on par with SoT.

 

[sser]

I would get the PoP pack for Sands of Time alone. That is a damn good game.

 

[TripJack]

I would get the PoP pack for Sands of Time alone.

15 bucks for a game that is coming up on being 8 years old?

Ridiculous.

 

[Sceptic]

Fuck the loading times. Game is shit, period.

I wouldn't know, as I didn't get past the loading screen...

Tried the core affinity thing that works with ME2 loading times, but DNF takes another several minutes just to get back from Desktop to the main menu. Eventually just gave up without ever seeing anything of the game. Sad really.

 

[Angthoron]

Is Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem any good?

 

[Metro]

Ever play Twisted Metal? Multiplayer, however, is dead.

 

[Ulminati]

Eh, fuck this. That makes it 9 days of sales with nothing I ended up getting. Tomorrow better be goddamn epic, or I'll be pissed as hell they delayed Dungeons of Dredmor for this.

 

[Metro]

Tomorrow will be repeats -- nothing new.

 

[oldmanpaco]

I would get the PoP pack for Sands of Time alone.

15 bucks for a game that is coming up on being 8 years old?

Ridiculous.

You can get SoT for $2.50.

Tomorrow will be repeats -- nothing new.

Since I wasn't paying attention to the first few days hopefully they will have a bunch of stuff I didn't see.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

Bought Dragon Derp and Ass Effect, now waiting for New Vegas to complete the new holy trinity. (Fucking resisted FO3). I kinda did not check all the new shit on release.

 

[Konjad]

Ever play Twisted Metal? Multiplayer, however, is dead.

I remember playing Twisted Metal II back in '99. It was fun as hell. I wouldn't play it today, though.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

FNV already was a daily deal Jimmy. Might show up in the repeats though, assuming they do them.

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436731

here is a compiled list of titles that are not shown on the main page. There is quite a few good ones in this list. Like Machinarium is worth the 3$.

 

[Grunker]

Is Hinterland worth 2,5?

 

[jagged-jimmy]

FNV already was a daily deal Jimmy. Might show up in the repeats though, assuming they do them.

I can wait very looooooooong. I guess on christmas there will be a pack with all dlc then.

 

[oldmanpaco]

Hinterland? I remember hearing about his but don't remember any details.

 

[Ashery]

Is Hinterland worth 2,5?

Fuck no.

While it may seem like an interesting blend of genres, there' s *no* meat to it. There may have been improvements since it was initially released, but they'd have to redo the game from scratch to potentially make it enjoyable.

 

[Ulminati]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436731

here is a compiled list of titles that are not shown on the main page. There is quite a few good ones in this list. Like Machinarium is worth the 3$.

I'd reccomend the dreamfall/longest journey pack if you like old-fashioned adventure games. There are some popamole moments, but they're decent fun. the ending of Dreamfall was a bit of a downer, since it leads up to a third game that was never released. If you're getting only one of them, Dreamfall assumes the player knows of the events from The Longest Journey, and TLJ is the better game. So yeah, TLJ > DF.

Aquaria is all kinds of awesome if you can get past how increibly sappy the story is. One of the most original platform-ish games I've played in recent memory and looks absolutely gorgeous.

World of goo. If you haven't gotten it already, DO IT NOW! Easily the best puzzle game since lemmings.

Osmos is another really good puzzle game. Very relaxing. highly reccomended. Has some glitches with some older nvidia cards.

Gish is a pretty fun platform game. You control a blob of goo, and you can make it heavy, sticky or slippery to help you navigate the levels. the graphics are looking a little dated by now, but if you like old-school platform games with a twist, this is definately worth getting.

The penny arcade 2-pack is surprisingly fun. Good value for money at less than a euro per episode. Only get this if you find PA moderately entertaining. If you hate PA, you'll hate this as well.

Hinterland is crap.

I got Mr. Robot ages ago. It's got pretty neat produciton values for an indie. It's got JRPG mechanics, which is kinda meh. I got bored of it pretty quickly. I'd give it a pass, but if you actually find final fantasy had compelling gameplay, you might find 2½ euros worth of fun here.

In the lucasarts adventure pack, fate of atlantis is a MUST. Easily on par with Monkey Island 2, Sam & Max and Day of the Tentacle. Last crusade is fairly lacklustre. Loom was ok for the time, but way too short and simple by todays standards. The Dig was ok. It's a bit short and the puzzles are so-so. But the graphics are pretty and the story is ok(ish). (Bonus info: The Dig's story was written by Steven Speilberg and originally intended to be a short film).

Darwinia receives a lot of praise. I found it boring, banal, shit. I'd give it a pass.

Lost horizon is an ok(ish) old-school puzzle game. But I think 10 bucks is more than you're going to find worth of entertainment in it.

Sid Meiers pirates is great fun if you want a mindless time waster. If you name your captain Sparrow or Barbossa, you're a fag.

 

[sser]

I would get the PoP pack for Sands of Time alone.

15 bucks for a game that is coming up on being 8 years old?

Ridiculous.

You can get SoT for $2.50.

Jesus fucking Christ I was just trying to describe how good it was

 

[Metro]

If you name your captain Sparrow or Barbossa, you're a fag.

Johnny Depp is a fag, but come on, Geoffrey Rush is cool!

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Hahaha, price on Terraria went up to $5. Still worth it, but good for bros who snuck in at the $2.50 price.