The Steam sale and other bargains thread

[Ian]

I was about to call it the Steam sale thread after the old one but with the likes of GOG, GMG, etc. that was a bit restrictive.

Still, it's Steam which shall be kicking us off as Warner Brothers have got a sale on on Steam.

Highlights:

Shadow of Mordor - £12
Arkhams Asylum, City and Origins - £3.74 each
Bastion - £2.74
Lego Marvel - £3.74
Lego Batman + 2 - £3.74
A load of other Lego games - various reductions


Plus others which I don't give a shit about.

[Disco]

The current Humble Bundle is terribly tempting and has a little over 10 hours left

https://www.humblebundle.com/

Basically a whole host of Total War game for about a tenner. Despite owning all of them already I'm sorely tempted to get it for Rome 2 alone.

[Alex Ferguson]

I picked up Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie on the DS for £4.99. I was a big fan of Dragon Warrior Monsters on the GBC and I love RPGs so I couldn't not pick it up.

[elth]

The Warner Bros sale is also on Xbox this week and no doubt the PS Store too, so check those out as well.

[Boydy]

I don't think we've got a thread for Steam's sales, do we?

They've got a Halloween one on now, mostly featuring 'scary' games.

I'm pretty tempted by Dead State and Neo Scavenger. Anyone played these?

[Ian]

One here: http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?58-The-bargains-thread

I didn't call it the Steam thread because there's so much going on with Humble, GOG and various other games sites. Maybe for searching purposes I should have put Steam in the title but it won't let me edit it. :moop:

I played a bit of the Neo Scavenger demo and enjoyed it, I'd also quite like Dyling Light which is half price to £20 in that. But given I've just spent a chunk on Far Cry 4 and Rocket League I'd probably better kerb my spending until the Christmas sale.

[Boydy]

One here: http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?58-The-bargains-thread

I didn't call it the Steam thread because there's so much going on with Humble, GOG and various other games sites. Maybe for searching purposes I should have put Steam in the title but it won't let me edit it. :moop:

I played a bit of the Neo Scavenger demo and enjoyed it, I'd also quite like Dyling Light which is half price to £20 in that. But given I've just spent a chunk on Far Cry 4 and Rocket League I'd probably better kerb my spending until the Christmas sale.

Ah, yeah, so there is. If a mod could move this into that thread please, that'd be great. Thank you.

I posted a link for you the other day to CD Keys where Dying Light was only £12.99.

Wait, £13.99. Here - http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/dying-light-pc-cd-key-steam

[Shindig]

I'll keep an eye out mainly because I don't think Footy Manager will be fun to live stream for a period of time.

[Ian]

So you did, completely forgot about that. I'd better wait anyway. :(


Ah, yeah, so there is. If a mod could move this into that thread please, that'd be great. Thank you.

And change the title to what I tried to change it to as well, if we can please.
The Steam sale and other bargains thread

I'll tag phonics and ItalAussie in here to draw their attention.

[phonics]

That I managed to pull this off while hammered is testament to my brilliance.

[DC]

if you haven't got it yet - Crusader Kings II is £5.99 for the basic game, and £25 for the "Collection". Just don't be fooled, the Collection isn't 100% of the DLC. Asshats.

[elth]

Paradox have an annoying habit of messing you around like that.

Is there anything else good in the sale? Not that I need more games, but I've been pretty underwhelmed by what's wandered across the featured and top selling lists.

[Ian]

Crypt of the Necrodancer is meant to be very good in spite of/because of its strange rhythm-action-rogue-lite style. Gunpoint is well worth £3 if you don't have it already, Broforce looks ace as well.

Haven't dug through the whole list though.

[phonics]

Broforce gets boring very fast and then is over. Unless you've got mates willing to couch co-op it, don't bother.

[DC]

Paradox have an annoying habit of messing you around like that.

Is there anything else good in the sale? Not that I need more games, but I've been pretty underwhelmed by what's wandered across the featured and top selling lists.

If you haven't got them then;

Bioshock Triplepack is a fiver.
Payday2 under a fiver.
Stalker games less than a fiver (Triplepack bundled for a tenner)
Dragonfall £3
Hotline Miami £2
Divinity Triplepack £4

Otherwise most major named brands are 10 to 30% off at most.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If you're buying Payday 2 (everyone fucking should it's great), then buy the GOTY edition which comes with most of the DLC for £7.49.

[Baz]

Broforce gets boring very fast and then is over. Unless you've got mates willing to couch co-op it, don't bother.Even then it's not much cop.

[Shindig]

Witcher 2 is tempting. If only I had the time.

[elth]

If you haven't got them then;

Bioshock Triplepack is a fiver.
Payday2 under a fiver.
Stalker games less than a fiver (Triplepack bundled for a tenner)
Dragonfall £3
Hotline Miami £2
Divinity Triplepack £4

Otherwise most major named brands are 10 to 30% off at most.

Got all of them apart from the Divinity games, I'll check them out though, cheers.

[Boydy]

I bought Neo Scavenger and Dead State in the end. I played the Neo Scavenger demo first and decided it was worth it. Hadn't tried Dead State though so I'm going into it blind. Anyone played it? Is it any good?

[Ian]

GOG sale.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/04/gog-fall-sale/

Pillars of Eternity at £18 isn't half tempting.

[Disco]

Oh, I meant to post about the new Humble Bundle...

https://www.humblebundle.com/

[Samadini]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/299500/

International Snooker down from £9.99 to 99p

[Shindig]

That is some excellent bootleg snooker music.

[Samadini]

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/grimfandango_storefront

Grim Fandango Remastered for £2.50

[Disco]

G2A are officially cunts, please feel free to firebomb their offices.

[Ian]

Forgot to get Grim Fandango for cheap. :(

[Ian]

Steam Autumn sale is afoot. AFOOT, I tells ya.

Nothing I fancy today.

*tightens belt.*

[Disco]

There's also a sale at http://www.gog.com/

Tempted by the Star Trek pack, I have great nostalgia for the old point and click ones.

[Nick]

Having the day off work, today of all days, has been terrible for me. I picked up:

Until Dawn - £18.49 from Amazon
The Witcher III - £23.99 from Base
Metal Gear Solid 5 - £26.50 from Amazon

all in the sale. The missus is going to kill me.

[Weaver]

Just paid something like £6.80 for GTA: Vice City (I never did complete that one), Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2, the Original Worms and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

What a fucking weekend this is.

[elth]

The knowledge that literally every game in history will be on sale at least 4 times a year these days means I'm pretty good at avoiding event sales now. Sure, it's £6 now, but it'll be £3.75 in 3 years when I actually get around to wanting to play it.

[Shindig]

The Witcher 2 being on sale again for the third time in a month says as much. Oh, Dark Souls for a fiver. Already have it on PS3 but running at 60FPS would be nice.

Dark Souls and Walking Dead bought for under a tenner. I can get shot of my physical copy of Dark Souls.

[Ian]

It's coming.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/12/17/steam-holiday-sale-date/

[Disco]

I'm adding stuff to my wishlist in preparation.

[Shindig]

May continue my 'replace physical with digital on the cheap' mandate. Or just skip Bastion for the 17th time in a year. With AGDQ coming in January, there'll be a humble bundle for that as well.

[Disco]

I'll consider any of:

Wasteland 2
TW Rome 2 & Attila
Pillars of Eternity
Undertale
The two Interplay Star Trek games

plus whatever else tickles my fancy.

[Disco]

I thought it kicked off today.

[Ian]

Tonight.

[Bernanke]

No dailies or flash deals. :(

http://i.imgur.com/CRfrft2.gif

Currently looking at:

Back To Bed (definitely)
Grim Fandango: Remastered
The Magic Circle (only 33% though)
The Long Dark
Sunless Sea (definitely)
This War of Mine
Undertale
Jotun
Her Story (most likely)
Betrayer
Kentucky Route Zero ( definitely, should've bought this a long time ago)
Battleblock Theater
Hand of Fate
Age of Mythology
Ori and the Blind Forest (definitely)
The Talos Principle (definitely)

[Ian]

Any of my current wishlist (Phantom Pain, Kentucky Route Zero, Game of Thrones, 80 days and Pillars of Eternity) are all on my radar.

Definitely not all of them, though... :uhoh:

[Bernanke]

Lol, KY0 is apparently only 3/5ths done still. The original plan was all 5 episodes by fall 2013.

Still gonna hold off on that then.

[Disco]

Everything on my wishlist is substantially reduced, it's like some kind of delicious torture.

[Shindig]

Both Borderlands are up. I'm looking at the Bethesda stuff and realising I'll never play Skyrim or Fallout again. I might just purge them off my shelf and grab them on a whim if I ever decide otherwise.

[Ian]

In the Star Wars mood so might finally buy Republic Commando.

[Ian]

Wolfenstein as well. Ffffff-....

[Shindig]

All the Arkham that matters. £3.74 a pop.

[Bernanke]

Back to Bed
Her Story
LISA
Sunless Sea

Done for this time around I think.

[Ian]

At such point as Arkham Knight is megacheap I'll take a punt on it but not before then.

[Shindig]

Even with WB's "no questions asked" refund policy?

[Samadini]

Rocket League £8.40 using this code - XMAS20-PERGMG-SVINGS
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/racing/rocket-league/?source=webgains_UK&siteid=20363&utm_source=HotUKDeals&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Webgains

[CJay]

Just bought Eurotruck Simulator 2. :drool:

[Disco]

Good choice, if you like it there's an American version coming out in February.

I've gone for Rome 2 plus both Star Trek games.

[Boydy]

Are they not doing daily deals this time or what? And flash sales?

[ItalAussie]

Grim Fandango is super cheap.

[Boydy]

Bought Spelunky.

Wouldn't have bothered if I'd realised there were FUCKING SPIDERS in it. There should be a warning or something.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm umming and ahhing over Rust (probably shit) and Ori & the blind forest.

[Raoul Duke]

There's a 3rd ish off Fallout 4 on the Playstation :nodd:

[Ian]

Sir, You Are Being Hunted for £3.

I really need to play more of it. I don't think I've ever successfully finished a playthrough because I'm a bit shit. No idea if the multiplayer is any good. Mahow'd probably hate it, what with the requirement for stealth and stuff.

More I've spotted:
Grim Fandango - £2.19
Gunpoint - £1.50 (I've got this already but it's well worth your time.)

[Boydy]

It's not as fun without the daily deals. :(

[ItalAussie]

Thomas was Alone and Machinarium are both on sale for pocket change, and well worth that.

[Ian]

The robot band alone is worth whatever they're charging for Machinarium.

Also just spotted that Time, Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That are available for a combined sum of £1.04. That's robbery and if you've ever enjoyed an adventure game you owe it to yourself to try them at that price. So funny.

[ItalAussie]

Seconding Ian's recommendations. One of the funniest series I've played.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't buy shit right now, the store and checkout are laggy as fuck for me.

Cord's PC must be on :(

[Boydy]

I can't buy shit right now, the store and checkout are laggy as fuck for me.

Cord's PC must be on :(

Same here.

[Shindig]

Probably some shitty attack by some nerds thinking this'll get them Half-Life 3 or something.

[Ian]

Some caching issue, apparently, but Valve reckon nobody's steam wallets or details were rifled through though they are recommending a password change to be on the safe side (though you can't view a password so unless they think somebody has had at the database, which they claim they haven't, what would be the point?)

Anyway, on that note I appear to have just bought Republic Commando, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Grim Fandango, 80 Days, Game of Thrones (the Telltale one) , Pillars of Eternity and MGSV.

[randomlegend]

Want a game to play. Recommendations?

Thinking Dark Souls 2.

[Shindig]

I do not like that game. And I love Dark Souls. Erm... there's a minimum spend on steam to avoid having to fund a wallet, right?

[randomlegend]

Bought Ori and the Dark Forest. Give it a whirl later.

EDIT: By which I mean Blind Forest.

[Baz]

I've got 66p on Steam from selling cards. Anything worth getting for that cheap?

[Boydy]

Just bought Cities Skylines and Deus Ex Human Revolution

[Ian]

Human Revolution at £4 or whatever is a steal.

That version might have the less devastatingly shit boss fights as well.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I bought that for about the same as that a couple of years ago and it's still untouched.

[randomlegend]

Just bought Cities Skylines and Deus Ex Human Revolution

I was looking at Cities but it seems a bit bloody involved and I can't see how it can be that fun.

Ori is brilliant on the other hand.

[Raoul Duke]

Cities: Skylines was great. If you liked Sim City then it's worth it.

[Pepe]

Cities Skylines is excellent. Banished was very good to if you're into the whole city building thing.

[Boydy]

Cities Skylines is excellent. Banished was very good to if you're into the whole city building thing.

Yeah, I was thinking about getting that before. Don't really want/need both at the same time but might get it when it's on sale anyway.

I tried Cities earlier and very quickly ran out of money. Don't really know what I'm doing.

[Pepe]

Typical liberal.

[Raoul Duke]

Stop wasting money on flood defences for the poor, brah.

[Mike]

Temped by Elite :O

[Boydy]

This attempt is going better after I read a little about the game first. I was building too much crap way too early before. Poontown is buzzing now. Although all the fuckers are crying about taxes because I raised them a little to build an elementary school. What a bastard I am, ensuring your children can read and write, you ungrateful fucks.

[Pepe]

Sounds like mert and his friends.

[Boydy]

Sales ends tomorrow.

What else should I buy? I'd quite like something action-y.

[CJay]

Metro Redux? I'll be starting into it sometime in the next two weeks probably.

[Boydy]

I bought it before. I gave it a go but I didn't like the whole having to conserve ammo thing. I don't like bullets being scarce. It's also scary. :(

[CJay]

Fair enough. :D

What's the discount on FC4?

[Raoul Duke]

Just Cause 3 :nodd:

[Boydy]

Fair enough. :D

What's the discount on FC4?
It's pretty cheap actually. Still annoyed about FC3 messing up on the missions and buggering my game. Not sure I can be arsed with their terrible stoyrlines right now but I might buy it when it's cheap for later anyway.

Just Cause 3 :nodd:
It's still quite expensive, isn't it? Also, Just Cause 2 was fun for a while but quickly got boring. Is this one any better?

[Raoul Duke]

I've not played the previous ones, but this one's still fun and I'm maybe only 50% of the way through.

It's still new I guess, so won't have dropped much yet.

[QE Harold Flair]

Harold coming up trumps again for the people (who like gammon)

https://www.westingourmet.co.uk/premium-rindless-gammon.html?utm_source=09-02-16&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gammon-steak-offer

https://s3.amazonaws.com/WG-Email-Images/2016/02-09-gammon-steak/gammon-header.jpg

[wullie]

Steam sale, not steak sale.

[QE Harold Flair]

Ah, I did a search for deals, didn't notice it was in gamezine :D

[Mike]

Is that some 'Cook, Serve, Delicious' DLC?

[Ian]

Gammon: The Game

[Weaver]

There's no need to get so salty, lads.

[Shindig]

Most realistic eggs ever seen in a video game.

[Raoul Duke]

Euro Steak Eating Simulator IV

[QE Harold Flair]

I made a right pig's ear of that.

[Ian]

Stop bacon fun of Harold, you guys.

[Disco]

Arkham Asylum, that one works all on it's own.

[Samadini]

Grim Fandango is the daily deal at the moment on Humble. £1.57

https://www.humblebundle.com/store

[Baz]

Don't do it!

[Disco]

Yeah go on, do it.

[Disco]

Humble Store are having a sale, looks like a perfect opportunity to buy things I won't play for years!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store

[Ian]

Sir, You Are Being Hunted, a game I need to go back and play more of because it's great, for under £2 is a good deal.

[Disco]

I keep seeing that but I'm not sure. I just bought Sorcery 1 & 2 for a couple of quid and I'm tempted to Banner Saga for not much more.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've bought it along with Punch Club.

[Disco]

Sorcery is fun, well worth it already and I've only done the first part. Any game that makes me regret not buying a bag of teeth is doing something right.

[Ian]

I keep seeing that but I'm not sure.

If you like stealth games then at that price it's worth a shot. If stealth isn't your bag then avoid it.

It's a fairly pure stealth game.

[Ian]

Me and Cord just did some multiplayer Sir there and it was good fun. Quite a different affair to the single-player and we did suffer a bit of a sudden difficulty spike as it suddenly started spawning harder robots before we were really ready for them but it's good. We killed two robots between us but at least one of those was mine when I bled to death soon after.

[Disco]

60% off Pillars of Eternity on Steam at the moment, first time it's had a decent discount that I can remember.

[Ian]

Gentlemen.

Hold onto wallets and/or PayPal details.

The sale has begun.

[Samadini]

CD keys and the likes have meant Ive not bothered with the Steam sales lately. You can get the games at sale price almost all year round now.

[Ian]

I've no issue with giving money to developers for something I want.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

CD Keys and Kinguin for me.

I got Pillars of Eternity a week after release for £4 on Kinguin, it's in the Steam sale for £13.99...

[Boydy]

Is CD Keys dodgy or not? I've read stuff about them just being nicked codes or whatever but I dunno if that's true. What about Kinguin as well? I've never even heard of it.

Also, the sale. :cool: I was just wondering yesterday when the next one was going to be. Seemed like it had been a while.

[Ian]

I don't think I've ever read anybody having had an issue with the big key sites from a consumer perspective but they're obviously bent in some way or another.

[Boydy]

Yeah, I've bought off CD Keys a couple of times with no problems but if they are just a bunch of crooks I'd rather not give them my money.

[Disco]

The issue with key marketplaces is that people use stolen credit cards to buy keys then sell them on these sites, obviously this means they aren't terribly scrupulous plus when the fraud is discovered the money is often dragged back from developers. If you're going to use them then try and take advantage of any 'insurance' that places like G2A employ which guarantees your purchase for a few extra pennies. If you don't (like I didn't last time) they will not give a shit if they sell you a key that's already been used.

[Ian]

This War of Mine gets added to the pile.

Not bought anything else so far. Considering Just Cause 3, Undertale and The Curious Expedition (only thing stopping me here is that it's Early Access.)

[Disco]

Ian, did you finish Pillars? Or get far enough to know if I really should get the White March as well.

[Shindig]

My finger's twitching to buy something.

[Ian]

I'm toying with buying Assassin's Creed: Syndicate for Cor Blimey good times.


Ian, did you finish Pillars? Or get far enough to know if I really should get the White March as well.

I need to go back to it because I decided to do the optional dungeon grind bit in one long slog rather than a level at a time and got sick of it. I've played nearly 30 hours though and it's very, very good.

[Raoul Duke]

Just Cause 3 was a great blast

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're a dick Ian.

I've not got a pot to piss in right now and you just keep bringing up games I want to buy :\

I'm thinking of buying Syndicate on PS4 later tonight now.

[Ian]

Just Cause 3 was a great blast

Grappling things to each other. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're a dick Ian.

I've not got a pot to piss in right now and you just keep bringing up games I want to buy :\

I'm thinking of buying Syndicate on PS4 later tonight now.
Tesco wouldn't sell me it because no one has a key to the games locker/cabinet at night because that's too logical. Ordered for £18 from simply games instead.

[Ian]

Mark the Ninja (I wish that's what it was called) on sale for under £3 is a bargain.

[Ian]

Firewatch and Borderlands 2: bought.

[Shindig]

It's a sign, lads. Was about to put in payment details for Sleeping Dogs when I looked at the date and realised my council tax was due. Shame I can't fix my PS4 disc.

[Byron]

Transistor for £3.49, holy fuck what a deal.

Also got Freedom Planet for £5.49 as it's the best Sonic platformer since Sonic 3 and Knuckles, just ignore the absolutely bollocks 'story'.

[Disco]

Not much really grabbing me in this one, I bought Pillars but that's all.

[Ian]

I think with the loss of the daily deals and reduced stuff getting reduced even harder I'm splurging more and just looking out for ones I particularly want.

[Disco]

Yeah, having said that I've just seen the other Divinity games and Garrys Mod for pence so I'm having them.

[Patje]

It's why I keep wishlists. Same on the Ipad.

Might check my wishlist later on.

[Shindig]

I'll only dive deep when my PS3 finally croaks, probably. Or if I ever commit to my PC as my one and only gaming platform.

[Ian]

Witcher 3 expansions bought. :moop:

The only shock is that it's taken me this long to cave.

[Disco]

Yeah, having said that I've just seen the other Divinity games and Garrys Mod for pence so I'm having them.

Also, if anyone likes proper RPGS the latest Divinity game (Original Sin Enhanced Edition) is down to £15. It's not nothing but well worth it for such a superb game.

[Ian]

Steam have a sale for QuakeCon which includes Dishonored plus the two excellent DLCs for £9.

[Baz]

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[Ian]

Worth keeping an eye on https://www.gog.com/ as they have deals changing daily in their 'Monstrous Fall Sale." FTL for less than $3, Braid for under $5, deals on Witcher 3 DLC, lots of stuff.

[Boydy]

Dirt 3 is free on the Humble store at the minute.

[Shindig]

Free on PS Plus, as well for PS3.

[Boydy]

There's a Steam sale on again.

I'm tempted by Banished but other than that I think I've got nearly everything I want off Steam by now.

[Shindig]

Sleeping Dogs for a fiver again. Might actually go for it, despite the sketchy controller support. Also, I'm now aware Walking Dead: Season Three is beginning in a month.

[Patje]

Almost all of my wishlist was on sale last weekend. Only thing I bought was Armello, a board game with cards and dice and a small RPG scale (stats, equipment, followers (party)). The RNG is similar to Blood Bowl, which is a game I absolutely love (as some might know on here). There are tactics and strategies you can think of, but with this much RNG in a game, you have to be flexible.

Simply loving it. 4 win conditions, which I all achieved albeit I had to take quite the effort for the Spirit and Rot victory. Kingslayer and Prestige are the easier ones to accomplish. I also love all the characters you can play as and while some might suit a certain victory more, they all can achieve all victories.

Quite happy with my only purchase. :D
That happy that I took up Blood Bowl again as well. :D

Edit: And did I mention that it's gorgeous? No I didn't. It's gorgeous.

[Baz]

Also, I'm now aware Walking Dead: Season Three is beginning in a month.Any news on this?

[Patje]

First episode of Season Three will be released on December 20th, I believe.

[Foe]

If you're a sky subscription person keep an eye on your emails.

just got a 13.99 voucher for sky store for free which I used to buy and download finding dory. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Vermintide at £7.81 until the 22nd.

Third Hard lads? I enjoyed the weekend we had and wouldn't mind dipping back in.

[Ian]

£8 probably isn't bad... I'm for it if we get for. Samadini and Cord , you game?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bought the Steam Link and Controller just now for £43.98.

I wont use it much but at the same time I couldn't say no.

Bought from Game because Steam charge £10 for shipping the fucking crooks.

[Samadini]

I've used my link once for about half an hour, seething it's now £12 cheaper than when I bought it. Didn't see the point in buying the controller.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't have an Xbox controller, although I've just seen that you can use Dualshock's on them.

I'll cancel the order, hopefully. There's no cancel button ffs.

[phonics]

You can use Dualshocks but they're not very well supported. You have to install 3rd party software and it'll still display the XBox buttons.

I';m still using my wired 360 controller. Truly the best controller ever made and can take an absolute pasting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I might buy a wireless 360 controller then.

[wullie]

I used the PS4 controller for Euro Truck Simulator and it worked perfectly, needed a USB driver installed but hopefully the native support works well now.

Got a Team 17 pack with Escapists, Escapists Walking Dead and something else I can't remember, and also LA Cops because I love that kind of 70s cop show thing.

[Disco]

That's what I use if I need a controller, it needs a usb receiver so if the wired ones can plug straight in then they're just as good.

[Boydy]

I';m still using my wired 360 controller. Truly the best controller ever made and can take an absolute pasting.

Same here. It's just perfect.

[Ian]

The Sorcery! games and The Curious Expedition both bought.

It begins.

[Pepe]

Civilization Beyond Erth any good? How about Total War Attila?

[Disco]

White March 1 & 2 are on offer so that's probably all I'll be tempted to.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I wanted Civ 6, the discount being offered is shit though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Actually, I'm tempted by Just Cause 3.

[Pepe]

I wanted Civ 6, the discount being offered is shit though.

Same here.

[phonics]

Beyond Earth was big ol' garbage.

[Ian]

Disco Steam tells me you've got the Sorcery! games. Have you played them? It occurs to me it might be a good one to play with my niece, just not sure whether they child-friendly. I know they're adaptations of choose-your-own books so I'm guessing they are.

[Disco]

How old is she? There's fighting and the art style is very much in the same vein as the books (ie not cartoony at all), but there's nothing horrendous in there, especially not in the first one.

[Ian]

How old is she? There's fighting and the art style is very much in the same vein as the books (ie not cartoony at all), but there's nothing horrendous in there, especially not in the first one.

She's just turned eight.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sorcery, Invisible Inc, Just Cause 3 and Blood Bowl 2 got.

[Disco]

Should be fine, try the first one, it's more of a 'which path should we take through the countryside' (admittedly with the odd sword fight and spike trap) than the second one which takes place in a city.

[Boydy]

Is Invisible Inc any good? Thinking of getting it too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ian recommended it after I finished Xcom 2.

[Boydy]

Steam seems to have gone down now. Annoying. I wanted to play some Pro Evo but it won't start in offline mode.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just ordered God of War 3 remastered for £10.85 on Shopto and GTA V with $2.5m for £23 on Tesco. Although I used £20.50 club-card points for GTA.

I shouldn't open Hotukdeals :\

[Raoul Duke]

Just Cause 3 was a blast, for anyone thinking about it

[phonics]

Invisible Inc is fantastic.

[Ian]

Yeah I'll probably pick that up. Loved the first two.

JC2 with the unbreakable rope mod. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bought Doom, 78 fucking gigs though.

I don't have enough space, ugh.

[Ian]

Bought Just Cause 3. :drool:

I've been quite good in this sale, way better, so far, than I expected. Though that's partly because I've been waiting TTHard Lads to confirm something four of us are going to buy.

[Shindig]

Yeah, Doom's a proper hog. I've probably had half a dozen patches over the year that were 15GBs each.

[Boydy]

I'm not really into fantasy settings but I'm tempted to give The Witcher a go given how much everyone bangs on about it.

Are there any big spiders in it? That put me right off Skyrim when I tried it before.

[Ian]

Not that many. And while it is a fantasy setting it's quite.... urgh, I hate to use the word "gritty" but it's about as grounded as you can expect something to be when it has dragons and shit in it.
Cord for example hates the dwarves/elves/whatever style of fantasy but bloody loves him some Witcher.

[Boydy]

So there are big spiders in it?

[Disco]

I still never went back to the Witcher, the first one was such a weird janky mess that it put me off.

[Boydy]

I'm on about The Witcher 3 here.

[Raoul Duke]

The Witcher (3) was awesome

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Despite not having an appetite for anything in particular it feels rude not to buy something with the reductions on offer.

[Boydy]

Mass Effect 2 is free to download for PC.


Do you need to have played the first to know what's going on?

[phonics]

No, they give you a series of choices at the beginning that cover the basics. It might be worth watching a primer video just so you can understand the world.

Make sure you tell them you saved Ashley though.

edit: And personally I think the female Sheperd is a better actor than male. Just a tip.

[Patje]

The female voice actor is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better, actually.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah but then you have to be a girl :\

[Disco]

Ewww.

[Shindig]

But then you can punch reporters across the galaxy without fear of gender politics.

[Ian]

Jennifer Hale. :wub:

The voices in the trailers for Andromeda both sound a bit shit.

[Disco]

I could have sworn I bought White March during the sale, I certainly meant to.

[Bernanke]

https://www.humblebundle.com/overwhelmingly-positive-bundle

Pony Island is supposedly a really good game.

[wullie]

I went for the Assassin's Creed bundle on there. I'd never heard of the Chronicles games but they remind me of Deadlight and games like that, a bit of Prince of Persia too.

[Ian]

GOG have a rather excellent sale on just now.

Might buy Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich just to see if Tombstone is still the best.

[Ian]

I definitely don't need a stack of new games but the new Humble Bundle looks good:
https://www.humblebundle.com/humble-indie-bundle-18

That's got to be worth the top-level price for Owlboy and KZR alone, but I quite fancy Steamworld Heist as well.

[phonics]

These things were good when they weren't once a week.

[Ian]

What does the frequency of the deals matter?

[Patje]

Less urge to buy.

Steamworld Heist does look pretty sweet, got it on my wishlist in the app store for the Ipad since it first arrived.

[Ian]

Steam sale starts tomorrow.

Paypal are doing a fiver off if you buy through them and spend £20.

EDIT: Though I can't work out how to actually get it. Any links i find seem to have a number of uses or whatever, even though Paypal themselves advertised it and I can't find a link for it that actually works. That's a bit of a ballache.

[wullie]

I've gone for Beat Cop (http://store.steampowered.com/app/461950/Beat_Cop/), The Political Machine (http://store.steampowered.com/app/404620/The_Political_Machine_2016/) and Game Corp DX (http://store.steampowered.com/app/399670/Game_Corp_DX/) which looks ropey, but costs the same as a Crunchie so balls to it

[Ian]

Only thing tempting me at the current prices so far is the Hitman season pack for £15.

[Disco]

Wasteland 2 is winking seductively at me from my wishlist but I've just bought Skylines and Dragon Age 3 so I may not get anything at all.

[Mike]

Just built a new PC so it's time to hit the steam sale

[Mike]

Or load up FM

[Ian]

First blood.

I've bought Hotline Miami 2 and Ronin.

[Shindig]

I'm adding Ultra Street Fighter 4 to my wishlist. I kinda sorta like fighting games now. Or at least the things that make them fun to watch.

[Boydy]

Nothing's taken my fancy yet.

[Ian]

Hitman added to the pile.

[Boydy]

Might go for Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and/or The Witcher 3. They're not really my type of games but they've got such good reviews I am tempted just to see what they're like.

[Mike]

Shadow of Mordor's price is insane. I'll be picking it up.

[Boydy]

Yeah, at that price, I can't really go wrong, can I? It's less than a pint.

[Boydy]

Bought it.

Also bought Thomas Was Alone.

[Bernanke]

Thomas Was Alone is class.

Picked up:

Hollow Knight
Oxenfree
KOTOR II
Morphblade
Broken Age
Stories Untold
The Talos Principle

[Boydy]

Thomas Was Alone is class.


Played a bit of it now. It's really good.

Had a bit more of a browse and I'm considering:
Titan Souls
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Red Faction Guerrilla
Lost Planet 3
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Xenonauts
Ronin

[wullie]

I like the look of Domina, although the spiel uses 'roguelike' which I take to mean I'll die instantly and hate it.

[Patje]

I wasn't going to buy anything. So I've caved in and bought Renowned Explorers: International Society.
I'll do my best to keep the purchases low this sale.

I think.

[Bernanke]

I wasn't going to buy anything. So I've caved in and bought Renowned Explorers: International Society.
I'll do my best to keep the purchases low this sale.

I think.

That looks ace.

Damnit.

[Disco]

I like the look of Domina, although the spiel uses 'roguelike' which I take to mean I'll die instantly and hate it.

You can choose to take control of the fights or not so while it has 'roguelike elements' you can play it as a straight up management game. Having said that there's no save system (actually none at all) so you have to play a game in one sitting.

[wullie]

I've gone for it. I suspect I won't get on with it, but the setting drew me in.

[Disco]

That's the spirit. The soundtrack is immense so you've at least got that.

[Shindig]

I like the look of Domina, although the spiel uses 'roguelike' which I take to mean I'll die instantly and hate it.

Yeah, that term is review poison to me. I've never had a good one thrown at me.

[Ian]

"Roguelike" is used to describe fucking all sorts these days.

Like "RPG."

[Boydy]

Yeah, it seems to be on every other game on Steam. I'm not even entirely sure what it means. Is it just procedurally generated levels and perma-death?

[Boydy]

I don't know shit about Lord of the Rings (never watched the films or read the book) but Shadow of Mordor is quality. The combat is great fun and it looks lovely. Well worth the three quid odd I paid.

[Ian]

LOTR: Shadow of Batman's Creed is one of the few games of that sort where I'd recommend battering through the early stages of the story first. Basically until you get to the mind control stuff (whatever it's called.)


Yeah, it seems to be on every other game on Steam. I'm not even entirely sure what it means. Is it just procedurally generated levels and perma-death?

Any or all of perma-death, randomness, procedural generation, turn-based combat, ways the games mechanics interact with each other.

Much in the same way that anything where you can level-up is now described as having RPG features.

[wullie]

Turn-based combat is an instant no-go for me. I loved Final Fantasy 8 but part of me died whenever it would cut away to a battle screen, so the closest I get to RPG territory is Zelda.

[Ian]

I think my favourite proper roguelike is still ZangbandTK once I got the hang of it and the turn-based combat (which didn't cut away, the whole thing was basically turn-based) could really drive home a desperate situation. I had one save where I was trying to farm lgiant lice for XP. Basically giant lice multiply non-stop if you don't kill them fast enough but you can abuse this if you bottleneck them so they only come at you one at a time which I did.... only to then realise I couldn't close the door on them again once I stopped and they'd pour out and fill the entire level. Too weak to kill me because I'd taken a bunch of levels from murdering them but I'd be physically unable to move through them if they surrounded me.

So I'm desperately looking at the map to see if I can get to an exit before they swarm me, seeing if I had any abilities that could help at all.... the last resort I had was an unidentified wand that might chuck a giant fireball and obliterate a load of them or might randomly turn one of them into something even more unpleasant. Tried it. It teleported me right into the middle of the room I'd trapped them in. :D

Man I love that bastard of a game.

[Disco]

I loved that random mentalness in Brogue, for every time a mystery potion or weapon saves your bacon there's another one that just sets you on fire or turns a bat into a dragon.

[phonics]

Dead Cells is actually kind of ruined by it's rougelikeishness.

Each run unlocks blueprints and if you complete a level while carrying a blueprint, that weapon/skill will be possible to unlock for every next round. The problem being that the opening Weapons/Skills are so much better than the gimmicky stuff you get later that you're actually hamstrung by unlocking items rather than unlocking cool shit.

[Ian]

Ugh, I'm reeeeaally tempted to ignore my usual preference for ignoring games while they're still in early access and just buy Streets of Rogue.

[Shindig]

Sonic CD for a quid? HELP!

[Ian]

I've bought Door Kickers.

[Ian]

Watch Dogs for under £8 lads. Lend me your wisdom.

[Raoul Duke]

First or second one?

[Ian]

First.

I know it had many a flaw, but is it a "Don't even bother" type affair or just a let-down that promised too much?

[Disco]

Sub par GTA in a world they chickened out of making properly dystopian.

Probably worth a go for that money though.

[Ian]

I shall definitely be buying The Signal from Tolva so I may hold off on Watch Dogs for now anyway.

[Raoul Duke]

I actually kinda enjoyed the first. There's enough there for it to be worth 8 quid.

[wullie]

http://i.imgur.com/G5xQkxF.png

I didn't realise the achievements you get in games could convert into hard cash. In a few hours I've already made a whopping 68p which isn't much but puts me 11p away from basically being given a free game from my wishlist. Capitalist paradise, I'm glad I voted Alan Sugar for king now

[Ian]

Is that from the badges that appear in your inventory while you're playing stuff?

[Disco]

I'm almost at a fiver from flogging the cards you get given, other than Valve making millions off the marketplace I'm not sure what the point of them is.

[wullie]

I downloaded some idler thing that just seems to sit there going through the games in your library and automatically generating cards, even games you don't actually have installed. I don't understand it, but I'm slowly reaping the tiny rewards.

[phonics]

That time I bought a brand new game by selling a drop I got in TF2, I almost cried.

[Disco]

We're the reason Half Life 3 doesn't exist.

Linkage wullie?