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Tictock
United States6052 Posts
On May 09 2018 08:00 Hannibaal wrote: No doubt video games are in decline quality because of the AAA companies. Lol, what an obvious and terribaal troll. Am disappointed that Nier Automata is not on sale, kinda odd for a game over a year old to still be $60. Any opinions on Ni No Kuni 2? Have only seen snippets and am not sure if it lives up to the hype. | ||
TheEmulator
28094 Posts
On June 22 2018 07:50 Tictock wrote: Lol, what an obvious and terribaal troll. Am disappointed that Nier Automata is not on sale, kinda odd for a game over a year old to still be $60. Any opinions on Ni No Kuni 2? Have only seen snippets and am not sure if it lives up to the hype. It's fun. Worth the sale price imo. The story, art, characters, etc are all great. The biggest gripe people had was that the gameplay is quite easy, but it's still enjoyable. Also wasn't Nier: Automata on sale with the last steam sale? | ||
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Tictock
United States6052 Posts
I've been working multiple jobs and not paying attn to steam sales for the past couple years. Sucks for me I guess | ||
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Sermokala
United States14056 Posts
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Nightmarjoo
United States3360 Posts
I picked up Alien Isolation, a survival/tension game a buddy had recommended for $10. I haven't played it yet, but my understanding is it's based on the original Alien movie and you spend the game being hunted by a single alien whose AI is setup to give you a hard time without overwhelming you (but you will die a lot). Other things I saw on sale that I can recommend: Saints Row series: Sandbox games similar to GTA with an emphasis on silliness and fun. Saints Row 2 is my favourite crime/city-based sandbox game of all time. I highly recommend it. Its graphics are a bit dated and the gameplay (movement/controls) can feel a little clunky by today's standards, but the game is still very playable, has a good story and characters I could care about, good character customization/creation capacity, good voice acting for six different player voices (three for each sex), and lots of silly fun. If the dated elements of 2 are too much for you, I can still recommend Saints Row The Third. I prefer the second game to it, feeling that the story, characters, and city size and depth all weren't as good in the third game compared to the second. However, the third game has very smooth gameplay, beautiful graphics, and a faster start if you really want to jump into the craziness. Total War series: Turn based strategy with the option of real-time battles involving formations (units) of 30-120 units. I still love and play Rome 2: Total War and can highly recommend it. The downside is there are a lot of purchaseable dlcs which unlock probably half the total number of playable factions and new campaigns (different time periods within classical history). The good news is the base game is good enough and has enough factions from across the playable region (Britain to Afghanistan including North Africa) to give you plenty of options and replayability. Attila Total War is a little smoother than Rome 2 being the newer game, but it costs less for a reason. The campaign map is just as big, but because so much of the territory is split between the Western Roman Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, and the Sassanid Persian Empire that it feels more constrained both geographically and in what options you have. Game isn't bad, but I personally could never fall in love with it the way I did with Rome 2. I played the first Warhammer Total War, but it wasn't my cup of tea so I can't really comment. At least it's cheap right now. Warhammer II also on sale, but I never played it. Homeworld: Remastered Collection (Homeworld 1 and 2 with updated graphics) is on a big sale. Both games are good, and the price for the collection at $8.74 is a steal. These games are real time strategy in full 3d space. That is, that you can give your units orders in (x, y, z) coordinates. The second game doesn't emphasize the vertical dimension as much though. You can change your camera to be zoomed out watching your fleet battle the enemy's or zoomed in to follow a single interceptor dogfighting an enemy fighter. The graphics for both games are nice, and I really enjoyed the custom battles against the AI. I didn't care for the main story line/missions as much, but I didn't play through them too far so I can't comment on whether they were good outside of teaching the controls and gameplay. I never played Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, but the price for all three games is pretty good too. I think it's a land-based version of the Homeworld take on rts, kind of like a on-the-ground version of Starcraft or something. There's a thread about it here on TL. Rebel Galaxy: 3d space action shooter. You fly a frigate with top/bottom turrets and naval boat style broadsides as main weapons, fly around a series of randomly generated solar systems, get missions from space stations, shoot alien space pirates, local militia (law enforcement), miners, or traders, get money from those, buy new weapons and upgrades for your ship, move on to harder solar systems, and do it some more. There's not a lot of complexity in the game, but I had a thoroughly enjoyable time anyway. You can only fly around in (x, y), but enemy fighters (tiny ships) can fly above/below around you. There's no character customization, but you never leave your ship so it doesn't matter. The main story line is pretty boring, but it never ties you down to it so you can do whatever you want. It's really fun to get in way over your head in a difficult battle, whether you're fighting some huge imposing battlecruiser or getting bogged down by a swarm of enemy ships, and either realize you're screwed and try to escape or successfully survive the onslaught and collect a ton of money, goods, and ship-parts. It's awesome to finally be able to beat some ship or fleet size that you couldn't before because you're either better at battling, have upgraded your ship just well enough to win, or even just by making a few smarter decisions on the fly. The game looks alright graphically. What I really like about it visually is the designs of the ships and weapon effects. They do a good job of making different alien species (and their ships) look and sound distinct and interesting without making things hard to follow. Same goes for the weapon effects: different weapon types are good for different things and they're easy to follow visually without battles getting too messy. Apparently the game started as a Starwars space shooter, but Lucas Arts or EA or whoever had the rights decided against it and they made the game anyway but without any Starwars-specific themed stuff. The aliens and their languages are still reminiscent of Starwars though. Assassin's Creed: Origins. By no means a small release, but it's half off. I didn't finish the game, but I played for about 30 hours without it getting boring. I stopped playing when I moved and got into different stuff after, but from what I experienced I can recommend it. The world is really well-made and feels sufficiently different across the playable world. The game takes place in Ptolemaic Egypt at the onset of heavy Roman intervention, and they do a good job of making you feel the cultural distinction between a Hellenistic Greek/Macedonian, actual Egyptian, and Roman Republican dominated area. I will say that the challenge of the game is lacking even on the hardest difficulty, but my understanding is that's not unusual for an Assassin's Creed game (this is my first). Enemies that are your level or lower are easy to kill, most are one-shotable, and the stronger enemies aren't really any tougher to beat. Enemies that are sufficiently higher level than you are functionally unkillable, and while there is some thrill in being chased by these guys, I mostly just found it annoying that you can't use skill to overcome the level discrepancy. One time I encountered a roaming unique enemy in a remote enough area that I ran in circles around some box abusing his bad hunting AI (worse than Skyrim), repeatedly using my normally 1shot assassinate ability then losing aggro for about half an hour before he dropped. Normally though this strategy isn't viable because if someone else can spot you you won't lose aggro and therefore can't "assassinate" again. I will say that I chose that tedium, it wasn't forced on me by any means, and most of the time it's not an issue. Stronghold or its sequel Stronghold: Crusader (and hd versions): real time strategy and builder with lots of economics and optimization. Games have great soundtracks, good graphics for the old isometric style (like Broodwar, though you can rotate in 90 degree intervals), and great overall gameplay and replayability. The building/economic side is definitely better developed than its combat, there's almost no point in micro-managing units at all, so battles come down to numbers, quality of units, and how well you've built up your defences or undermine the enemy's. The good news is it's sufficiently complicated to manage the different elements of your castle: feeding the population that you put to work collecting resources and making weapons/armour, using your resources to build your castle and the facilities which house your population and make available their jobs, and making an army of just the right size just in time to defend waves of enemies. If all that sounded too demanding, don't worry, there are enough difficulty settings that you can comfortably learn the complexities of the game without being overwhelmed, and once you're ready you can torture yourself with very demanding scenarios which require quick decision making, actual mechanical skill, and proper optimization. Elder Scrolls and Fallout: 1st/3rd person open-world/sandbox rpgs with shooter elements. I don't believe these need any other introduction. I can't speak for Elder Scrolls Online, but the rest of the games, including the older ones, are all worth playing. | ||
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Yurie
11964 Posts
For free for 30h more. Good game even if later instalments in the series overshadow it. | ||
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Soltanol
Germany55 Posts
There are 3-4 DLC by now, these are included right? (i only care for the solo player stuff) On the Square homepage is a Royal Edition with an extra area and other stuff. Is this also in the Windows edition? | ||
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Yurie
11964 Posts
On June 22 2018 16:34 Soltanol wrote: I just saw Final Fantasy 15 is down to 50% in the Steam Sale, so maybe someone can help me out and explain which content is included in the FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION? There are 3-4 DLC by now, these are included right? (i only care for the solo player stuff) On the Square homepage is a Royal Edition with an extra area and other stuff. Is this also in the Windows edition? Descriptions says this. I assume a few more DLC or expansions will be added later on but think it is all released for now. Think one more will be released with Windows Store release which is pretty soon. + Show Spoiler + KEY FEATURES: Includes all of the exciting content released as part of continuous game updates (Chapter 13 alternate route, off-road Regalia customisation, character swap feature and more!). And comes with all of content released in the Season Pass - Episode Gladiolus, Episode Prompto, Multiplayer Expansion: Comrades, and Episode Ignis Get ready to be at the centre of the ultimate fantasy adventure. Main game: FINAL FANTASY XV New Features: “Insomnia City Ruins: Expanded Map” – a new map that takes you right up to the end First Person Mode Armiger Unleashed Use of the Royal Cruiser has been unlocked, with new fishing spots and recipes Additional quest to acquire and upgrade the Regalia TYPE-D Additional Achievements DLC: FFXV Episode Gladiolus FFXV Episode Prompto FFXV Episode Ignis FFXV MULTIPLAYER EXPANSION: COMRADES FFXV Booster Pack+ FFXV Holiday Pack+ *Moogle Chocobo Carnival tickets are not included in the FFXV Holiday Pack+. Bonus Items: [Weapon] Masamune (FFXV Original Model) [Weapon] Mage Mashers (FFIX Model) [Weapon] Blazefire Saber XV (FFXV Original Color) [Weapon] Gae Bolg (FFXIV Model) [Regalia Coloring] Platinum Leviathan [Regalia Coloring] 16-Bit Buddies [Regalia Coloring] Cindymobile [Regalia Coloring] Gold Chocobo [Outfit] Royal Raiment [Item] Travel Pack [Item] Camera Kit [Item] Angler Set [Item] Gourmand Set | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9754 Posts
Play the Homeworld campaign dude. Just do it. It is one of the finest, smartest campaigns I've ever seen in a game. Even if you have to force yourself to get through the first few missions, its totally worth it. Everything about that campaign is almost perfect. | ||
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SoSexy
Italy3725 Posts
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
might as well get one i guess | ||
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gTank
Austria2601 Posts
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
On June 22 2018 20:35 SoSexy wrote: Is Fallout 4 GOTY worth it? Do you need mods for the best experience? I wanted to buy it but over the years I've read all these reviews about how settlements are useless etc and I'm not very convinced... Buy Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 and never even bother with whatever Bethesda does to butcher that universe. Even as "modern fallout" it's awful. On June 22 2018 21:52 gTank wrote: Should I go for Divinity Original sin 1 or 2? Played 1 and it's pretty good and sequel is even better from what I heard. So why not both?  It's great fun in co-op, can recommend! | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
But play with a controller. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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ItsFunToLose
United States776 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
On June 22 2018 21:52 gTank wrote: Should I go for Divinity Original sin 1 or 2? D:OS 1 is a lot cheaper. I haven't played 2 yet for that reason. i don't have a lot of money. I played through the whole game in coop with my girlfriend, and found it to be pretty fun. There are a few very annoying puzzles, especially during the end. But it is generally a good and fun game. I have heard the D:OS 2 is a bit better, and i suppose i am going to get that one once it is at about 10€, too. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
I'm a bit shocked and pleased I'm under $600 (over 10 years). Even including other platforms, that's under $100 a year. I'm cheap as fuck... | ||
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TheEmulator
28094 Posts
On June 23 2018 03:50 WolfintheSheep wrote: So apparently Steam has page that shows how much $ you've spent: https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend I'm a bit shocked and pleased I'm under $600 (over 10 years). Even including other platforms, that's under $100 a year. I'm cheap as fuck... Alright the number I got really depresses me. I guess it was mostly money well spent and it's been over a lot of years. I need to go through all my other steam accounts to get the true number tho  | ||
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
Obviously i have a hard time figuring out exactly how much money i have spent on that account, but i think the number shown is not correct. That would mean that i spent about 10€/month on steam for the last 10 years. | ||
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