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EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-19 17:26:38
April 19 2013 17:25 GMT
#5921
Portal 2 is on sale for 4.99. Worth it? I enjoyed the first one but probably wouldn't have paid anything more than $5 for it because it's so short and isn't replayable. I only had it because it was in the orange box. How does portal 2 hold up to the first one?
TheRabidDeer
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States3806 Posts
April 19 2013 18:04 GMT
#5922
I found it to be as enjoyable if not moreso than Portal 1. If you would pay $5 for Portal 1, it is certainly worth it for Portal 2
AnomalySC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States2073 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-19 18:50:58
April 19 2013 18:50 GMT
#5923
On April 20 2013 02:25 EpiK wrote:
Portal 2 is on sale for 4.99. Worth it? I enjoyed the first one but probably wouldn't have paid anything more than $5 for it because it's so short and isn't replayable. I only had it because it was in the orange box. How does portal 2 hold up to the first one?


Portal 2 is better than the original in basically every way, highly recommended. 5 bucks is a steal imo. Not to mention it's hilarious.
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 19 2013 18:54 GMT
#5924
Yeah, if you think Portal 1 is worth that price, Portal 2 is a no-brainer.
Dust14
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium490 Posts
April 19 2013 18:56 GMT
#5925
On April 20 2013 02:25 EpiK wrote:
Portal 2 is on sale for 4.99. Worth it? I enjoyed the first one but probably wouldn't have paid anything more than $5 for it because it's so short and isn't replayable. I only had it because it was in the orange box. How does portal 2 hold up to the first one?

There are like a million user-made rooms for Portal 2. If you wanted to you could probably fill a lot of hours by playing those.
Fyrewolf
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1533 Posts
April 19 2013 19:11 GMT
#5926
I thought Portal 2 was less fun than Portal because it was much more linear in its puzzles, there's only like one place to put a portal in a room and it's the solution, whereas in Portal you could portal anywhere and it was more open ended in how you wanted to solve the puzzle, and the challenges of trying to do least portals/least steps/least time were interesting. That being said, Portal 2 is still a good game and well worth $5. Wheately is fucking annoying though.
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r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
April 19 2013 20:55 GMT
#5927
On April 19 2013 17:10 chocopaw wrote:
The Stronghold Series is on sale. I read that Stronghold 3 had a lot of bugs after launch, but that they got fixed. Is the gold edition playable? And is it fun?

I was a huge fan of the first one, found the second one okay and the third one sad as hell. The gameplay seemed really, really lackluster to me and the missions felt as if I was treated like an idiot for hours because of the slow progress.
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
Mistakes
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1102 Posts
April 19 2013 21:33 GMT
#5928
On April 20 2013 02:25 EpiK wrote:
Portal 2 is on sale for 4.99. Worth it? I enjoyed the first one but probably wouldn't have paid anything more than $5 for it because it's so short and isn't replayable. I only had it because it was in the orange box. How does portal 2 hold up to the first one?


Yes! I played through Portal 1 in like an hour and a half and had fun, but some of the things in the game were blocky-feeling and whatnot. Portal 2 was perfect! If it was still say.. $40 I was still give you the green light to do it. Portal 1 = 4/10, Portal 2 = 10/10 imho.
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Eben
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States769 Posts
April 20 2013 03:44 GMT
#5929
On April 20 2013 05:55 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2013 17:10 chocopaw wrote:
The Stronghold Series is on sale. I read that Stronghold 3 had a lot of bugs after launch, but that they got fixed. Is the gold edition playable? And is it fun?

I was a huge fan of the first one, found the second one okay and the third one sad as hell. The gameplay seemed really, really lackluster to me and the missions felt as if I was treated like an idiot for hours because of the slow progress.


Agreed, the first one was AWESOME. 2nd one was still pretty good... number 3 had soooo many bugs and nothing felt new enough.
AnomalySC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States2073 Posts
April 21 2013 22:07 GMT
#5930
Surgeon Simulator 2013 for 7 bucks. Here is a funny video about the game on ign.com.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/19/sugeon-simulator-2013-the-stupidest-fun-you-can-have-on-steam

And the Witcher 2 for 8 bucks? If you haven't played that yet then you're in for a treat.
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
April 21 2013 22:17 GMT
#5931
On April 22 2013 07:07 AnomalySC2 wrote:
Surgeon Simulator 2013 for 7 bucks. Here is a funny video about the game on ign.com.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/19/sugeon-simulator-2013-the-stupidest-fun-you-can-have-on-steam

And the Witcher 2 for 8 bucks? If you haven't played that yet then you're in for a treat.

Surgeon Simulator is so incredibly glorious. For those not having a clue what it looks like, the original version (just one mission and programmed in 48h I think) is available for free.
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
April 22 2013 21:46 GMT
#5932
I went ahead about bought that witcher 2 + DLC version for 7.99. I figured I should try it as it has the recipe for a game I would enjoy. I've only done the tutorial so far and while it's beautiful and I look forward to the game, the combat/UI etc. is pretty awful compared to other games. I have a better setup now after rebinding a lot of stuff so I'll have to test more with custom config.
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Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10142 Posts
April 22 2013 21:50 GMT
#5933
On April 23 2013 06:46 crms wrote:
I went ahead about bought that witcher 2 + DLC version for 7.99. I figured I should try it as it has the recipe for a game I would enjoy. I've only done the tutorial so far and while it's beautiful and I look forward to the game, the combat/UI etc. is pretty awful compared to other games. I have a better setup now after rebinding a lot of stuff so I'll have to test more with custom config.


Yep, the UI and combat system totally got me out of that game. Everybody says it's a very enjoyable game, but if i don't enjoy the first hour (and no, by this i don't mean instant gratification, but a decent combat system/ui) i can't just try to forget about it.
Janaan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States381 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 22:08:03
April 22 2013 22:07 GMT
#5934
gamersgate has a Spring Sale going on with weekly deals, daily deals, and hugely discounted bundles. Check it out!
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11839 Posts
April 22 2013 22:42 GMT
#5935
From my experience, combat in The Witcher 2 becomes a lot better if you use a controller, which appears to be the case with a lot of melee focussed games. I found it incredibly clunky and hard to even survive the first fight with a keyboard/mouse, and a lot easier and more intuitive with a controller.

Generally speaking, if it is a melee combat game, use a controller. As a gamer you should have one nowadays anyways, there is really no reason not to considering how many games are just plain out better with one.

Only exception i have come cross so far has been Chivalry. Stuff gets complicated once you have combined melee and ranged combat, since aiming anything ranged with a controller is pure horror.

Other then that, the story takes a bit to get going because you really need to get involved with the world and the characters for it to be fun.

And what exactly do you mean when you say that you don't like the UI?
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
April 23 2013 05:15 GMT
#5936
On April 23 2013 06:50 Godwrath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2013 06:46 crms wrote:
I went ahead about bought that witcher 2 + DLC version for 7.99. I figured I should try it as it has the recipe for a game I would enjoy. I've only done the tutorial so far and while it's beautiful and I look forward to the game, the combat/UI etc. is pretty awful compared to other games. I have a better setup now after rebinding a lot of stuff so I'll have to test more with custom config.


Yep, the UI and combat system totally got me out of that game. Everybody says it's a very enjoyable game, but if i don't enjoy the first hour (and no, by this i don't mean instant gratification, but a decent combat system/ui) i can't just try to forget about it.

I can really echo this, I want to replay witcher 2 but the combat/ui really does keeps getting in my way.

An example of a game that did it totally right for me was dragon age: origins, I just keep playing that game because I love how everything looks. Especially the menus/loading screens/etc. The combat is also really good.
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Absentia
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom973 Posts
April 23 2013 07:02 GMT
#5937
On April 23 2013 14:15 solidbebe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2013 06:50 Godwrath wrote:
On April 23 2013 06:46 crms wrote:
I went ahead about bought that witcher 2 + DLC version for 7.99. I figured I should try it as it has the recipe for a game I would enjoy. I've only done the tutorial so far and while it's beautiful and I look forward to the game, the combat/UI etc. is pretty awful compared to other games. I have a better setup now after rebinding a lot of stuff so I'll have to test more with custom config.


Yep, the UI and combat system totally got me out of that game. Everybody says it's a very enjoyable game, but if i don't enjoy the first hour (and no, by this i don't mean instant gratification, but a decent combat system/ui) i can't just try to forget about it.

I can really echo this, I want to replay witcher 2 but the combat/ui really does keeps getting in my way.

An example of a game that did it totally right for me was dragon age: origins, I just keep playing that game because I love how everything looks. Especially the menus/loading screens/etc. The combat is also really good.


Have you played any of the Icewind Dale/Baldur's Gate games? The combat is quite similar to Dragon Age in style but with much more depth, (particularly with difficulty mods). It looks great as well if you play it in widescreen.

I actually really enjoyed the combat in Witcher 2. The main things you need to do are upgrade rolling, upgrade group attacks and spam quen. Upgrading rolling has the additional benefit of allowing you to travel a lot quicker across the map. The Witcher's combat on the hardest setting was all about getting backstabs.
The UI was definitely pretty bad. The first Witcher's UI wasn't good either but they managed to make it worse somehow.

Different strokes for different folks but I couldn't say the UI was ever near a deal breaker for me.
Pibacc
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada545 Posts
April 23 2013 08:26 GMT
#5938
I loved the WItcher 2's combat. It's refreshing from the run up and kill everything method a lot of games have. I actually had to pay attention to my rolling/Quen/attacks to defeat a lot of enemies and I wasn't even on the hardest difficulty (dark?)
Savage88
Profile Joined April 2013
Germany132 Posts
April 23 2013 09:08 GMT
#5939
I just played through Witcher 2 for the 2nd time and have no Idea why you think the Combat is bad. Have you played on Hard+? The Witcher 1 Combat was bad, but Witcher 2 has really solid combat.
Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
April 23 2013 11:36 GMT
#5940
Yeah Witcher1 combat was quite bad.
Witcher2 combat is ... unforgiving at the start but later very rewarding (imho). Without Quen spam ;p
Numer 1 rule is: Dont get hit (roll, parry, quen, stun before attacking).

I just disliked on Hard that I didnt need to use alchemy - hoping on Dark it's better.
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