Steam Summer Sale 2011

[Sky]

Bought Guild Wars. Wish I had bought Drakensang. Dammit.

[Lantyssa]

Give it a chance.  If you really need help, let me know.  I'm waist-deep into EVE right now, but I could pop over.

[Sky]

Not sure it's anything you can help with. As I said in the "What're you playing" thread, I just don't like the controls. I'll definitely give it some time, but with the things I don't like about Rift, the controls are definitely not one of them.

[Ard]

This is why I linked the trial instead of telling people to buy the game. 

The bulk of what I do, when playing solo, is hitting ctrl + 1-8 or spacebar to mark targets for your heroes, and to cause you to get into range of your targets at the same time, while also using the flags to move the hero blob away from pathers.  I treat the game more like Baldur's Gate than WoW, but I also don't play with anyone else usually.

[Trippy]

No! Somebody broke the store!

[Paelos]

GTA 4 - $9.99
SIMS 3 - $13.60
FARCRY 2 - $4.99
L4D 2 - $4.99
LOST PLANET 2 - $19.99
GOTHIC 4 - $12.49
ATOM ZOMBIE SMASHER - $2.99
JAMESTOWN - $4.99
KILLING FLOOR - $4.99
KINGS BOUNTY ARMORED PRINCESS - $4.99
PROTOTYPE - $14.99
ARKHAM ASYLUM - $7.49

[Rokal]

King's Bounty is awesome. It's where I wish the HoMM/Disciples series had gone. I sunk about 75 hours into Legend (the first game), and it's a steal for $3.

[Trippy]

Phew, it's back. I haven't spent enough money yet!

[Ard]

Half those are franchise sales where the other games are also on sale.

The Sims one makes me laugh because it's barely more on sale than it was before, which I wouldn't even count as having been on sale in the first place.

[Paelos]

Kings Bounty is worth it. Stay away from the Gothic stuff. They are awful.

I think I'm going to get Atom Zombie Smasher as it looks really cool. Lots of action games I could care less about though.

[Bunk]

Fine! It almost feels like an obligation to get something everyday. $7 bucks for all three games - I really won't care if I don't like it.

That silly Two Worlds 2 has me totally hooked by the way.

[Ruvaldt]

I might pick up Atom Zombie Smasher for $3.

Rokal and Paelos are right about King's Bounty: well worth the price.

Everything else I would want on that list I already own, except for Prototype, but even that's too expensive at $15.  I have enough of a backlog to wait until Christmas when it'll be cheaper.

[5150]

It does strike me as odd how Steam appear to discount sequels more than the originals.

Blood Bowl: Legendary was on sale but Dark Elves wasn't and now L4D is barely cheaper than L4D2 (and not on the front page)

I picked up L4D2 during the Xmas sale (pretty sure L4D wasn't on offer then) so I feel obliged to get L4D now despite feeling it should be significantly cheaper than L4D2 is.

Already got Batman & Farcry at xmas so nothing else appears today (much to the relief of my wallet!)

[Teleku]

Legendary edition isn't a sequel, more of a huge upgrade.  Its pretty much totally pointless to buy Dark Elf edition now (since your locked out of playing against people with legendary edition), and they should yank it from even being available for purchase.

[Sky]

Stay away from the Gothic stuff. They are awful.

So wrong. They're just a bit eurojanky. But I like them better than what Bethesda has been crapping out (I discovered Gothic while waiting for Morrowind to be released and really liked the former much more).

The thing to be aware of is that Gothic 4 is by a different developer than 1-3 (they made Risen, the actual Gothic 4). So as a Gothic fan, I still see $13 as too much! :)

The older ones are dated, so Risen is the one to play these days. I would rate Gothics: Risen, 2, 1, 3.

[Paelos]

Don't listen to Sky. He defends Gothic constantly. You could make the case that #2 is worth the $2.50, but the rest of them, including the mythical 4 that's not 4 are all ass.

Gothic 3 was not a game. It was an undefendable buggy turd. It ranks up there as one of the worst games I've ever played that was remotely functional.

[Ingmar]

I tried to play Risen a couple times. No es bueno.

[Amaron]

Yep gothic isn't worth getting.   If you want to go that way you're far better off getting Risen.

[Kail]

The Sims one makes me laugh because it's barely more on sale than it was before, which I wouldn't even count as having been on sale in the first place.

Actually, the Sims wasn't on sale at all, it was the pack that was, and for like $80.00.  I can blow $15.00 on a virtual dollhouse, $80.00 not so much, even if it lets me buy twice as many chaise longues.  I mean, some of these expansions are as expensive as the base game, yeesh.

What's the consensus on Prototype?  I've had it on my wish list for a while, but never actually seen or played it.  I'm playing the hell out of Saint's Row 2 and figure I might grab Prototype to scratch the sandbox itch when I finish.

The only other game I'm eyeing is Arcania, since I already have the other gothic games (haven't touched them yet, though).

[Fabricated]

Posting this yet again. Re: Gothic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uG8-wyblQ#t=14s

[Morfiend]

Don't listen to Sky. He defends Gothic constantly. You could make the case that #2 is worth the $2.50, but the rest of them, including the mythical 4 that's not 4 are all ass.

Gothic 3 was not a game. It was an undefendable buggy turd. It ranks up there as one of the worst games I've ever played that was remotely functional.

I bought Gothic 1-3 in a previous sale. I couldnt do it. 1 and 2 where so dated, and 3 was just so buggy I lasted about 30 minutes. Two Worlds 2 on the other hand seems like what I thought Gothic would have been.

[bhodi]

King's Bounty is awesome. It's where I wish the HoMM/Disciples series had gone. I sunk about 75 hours into Legend (the first game), and it's a steal for $3.

You should just skip right to crossworlds. There's hundreds of hours of game play time combined with all the campaigns, and you might as well enjoy the best the series has to offer at first. Play the orcs on the march campaign before the rest.

I bought Gothic 2 but couldn't get into it with the funky control scheme. Didn't like it at all. I'm hoping oblivion will be better once I get to it.

Today's haul:

You now own Killing Floor, Killing Floor - Outbreak Character Pack, Killing Floor - Nightfall Character Pack, Killing Floor SDK, Killing Floor - PostMortem Character Pack, Killing Floor - London's Finest DLC Character pack, Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2, Killing Floor - Steampunk DLC, Atom Zombie Smasher .

[Strazos]

Would anyone mind giving a short run-down on how King's Bounty is different from HoMM, or better? Looks like similar play, though with bits where you run around with your avatar directly like a dungeon crawler.

[Ard]

It's basically HoMM without the city building or defending.  It's more exploration and story based.  The combat is nearly identical otherwise.

[Strazos]

Hmm...I don't mind city building but can do without...and I don't mind defending, but hate trying to finish the AI off on large maps, where they run around with hit-and-run tactics with no hope of actually winning.

Welp, sign me up I guess. Is there a reason to play all three? Are they all 1 integrated game, or separate?

[Ard]

The Legend and Armored Princess are both separate campaigns, with slightly different rules.  I believe Crossworlds is an addon for armored princess that introduces things into it, and also adds it's own campaign, but I can't remember for sure and haven't played it yet myself.  At the price they're selling it at, unless you'd need to sell a kidney or a child into slavery, I'd just buy them all since they're pretty solid games.  They're honestly the best HoMM series of games to come out since HoMM3.

That said, take any suggestions from me with a grain of salt.  I have odd taste in games.  Armored Princess has a demo up on steam if you really want to check it out first.

edit:  ah yeah, looked up crossworlds, and it indeed adds stuff to armored princess, and also adds two other campaigns.  Between all 3, it's a retarded amount of content if you like this style of game.

[Ingmar]

Note that if bad dialogue translations bother you, you will find a lot to be bothered by in the King's Bounty games.

[Strazos]

I got KB and that weird zombie game Trippy alluded to.

I'm so weak - Damn you, Steam!

[Trippy]

No! Somebody broke the store!

Server clock is drifting

[Morfiend]

Grabbed L4D2 since I never picked it up before. Also Atom Zombie Smasher, which is fun, but hard.

[Paelos]

Atom Zombie Smasher is fun and tough.

[Thrawn]

Atom Zombie Smasher is fun and tough.

Really?  I thought it looked pretty meh...I haven't bought a single game today, don't make me break that! 

[Strazos]

It's an interesting, but seemingly simple game that looks like it can get pretty deep quickly.

[Azazel]

What's the consensus on Prototype?  I've had it on my wish list for a while, but never actually seen or played it.  I'm playing the hell out of Saint's Row 2 and figure I might grab Prototype to scratch the sandbox itch when I finish.

I enjoyed Prototype a lot (on 360) not long after it came out. Right up until I got stuck on a mission involving a scientist and a tank - and just couldn't get past it. It's been sitting in the pile ever since.. stuck between not wanting to go back to it, not quite wanting to get rid of it, and not wanting to restart on a lower difficulty level because of the sheer amount of time I put into collecting almost all of the orbs in the city. Annoying.

[Sky]

That's the rare scenario where I just cheat through it.