Steam Summer Sale 2011

[Hawkbit]

Owning a PS3, I tried playing Prototype after Infamous and just couldn't do it.  Infamous controlled and looked better in nearly every aspect. 

I also don't care much for games where I have to cut random people in half, into a gory pile of guts.  Every two seconds or so...

[Threash]

Man i am buying like nothing this year because i already own almost everything.

[Morfiend]

Owning a PS3, I tried playing Prototype after Infamous and just couldn't do it.  Infamous controlled and looked better in nearly every aspect. 

I also don't care much for games where I have to cut random people in half, into a gory pile of guts.  Every two seconds or so...

This.

Also, Risen on sale today, anyone have any comment on TAGES DRM?

[Paelos]

Today's sale is the first day that nothing grabs me at all. That's to be expected before the weekend stuff that I'm sure will be great.

[5150]

I might get the Quake pack just because it's so cheap and Audiosurf (if only for the Orange Box soundtrack)

Cities 2011 did get my attention but for some reason I thought it was a subscription game, but I can't see any mention of this on the page so I guess I'm mistaken....

[Paelos]

Also, Risen on sale today, anyone have any comment on TAGES DRM?

It made my Anno game unplayable for about 5 months.

[tgr]

Cities 2011 did get my attention but for some reason I thought it was a subscription game, but I can't see any mention of this on the page so I guess I'm mistaken....

Unless they've made a lot of changes since the 2010 edition, it's probably not worth your time. I kept getting to 1-1.5m people and I would go over some weird threshold and have to basically wipe the entire city to stop the deficit, and had to start to build up from scratch again. Only to have the same thing happen again at the same point.

I'm not buying 2011 to find out, though.

[Hawkbit]

Thoughts on Sanctum?  That is about the only thing I'm considering. 

I've hit the point where everything I buy is going on the back burner, but it might come in handy later in the year. 

[Paelos]

Thoughts on Sanctum?  That is about the only thing I'm considering. 

I've hit the point where everything I buy is going on the back burner, but it might come in handy later in the year. 

I've considered it, but seeing as it's the same principle as "Dungeon Defenders" but it looks less fun, I'm just waiting on DD to get released.

[Tebonas]

I'm not much of a RTS gamer, but at that price I'm seriously considering the Command and Conquer games for the undoubtedly hilarious cutscenes alone.

[NiX]

I might get the Quake pack just because it's so cheap and Audiosurf (if only for the Orange Box soundtrack)

Cities 2011 did get my attention but for some reason I thought it was a subscription game, but I can't see any mention of this on the page so I guess I'm mistaken....

The version on Steam is not sub. I think the same company had announced a web based MMO version with a sub.

Rift worth $10?

[Rasix]

Rift worth $10?

If you're OK with what is essentially a WoW clone without a lot of the quality of life improvements WoW's added over the years.  It's a solid DIKU MMO.  Worth $10 bucks if you're into that sort of thing.

I like the game, but don't go into it with sky high expectations. 

[Threash]

I might get the Quake pack just because it's so cheap and Audiosurf (if only for the Orange Box soundtrack)

Cities 2011 did get my attention but for some reason I thought it was a subscription game, but I can't see any mention of this on the page so I guess I'm mistaken....

The version on Steam is not sub. I think the same company had announced a web based MMO version with a sub.

Rift worth $10?

It's WoW with a better class system and random public quests minus several years of "yeah that kinda sucks, lets's change it".  The Devs work EXTREMELY fast at addressing and fixing the most glaring issues and improving the game though, what is now a few months after launch would have taken WoW 3-4 years to do.

[Sky]

Rift worth $10?

Yes.

[NiX]

Rift worth $10?

If you're OK with what is essentially a WoW clone without a lot of the quality of life improvements WoW's added over the years.  It's a solid DIKU MMO.  Worth $10 bucks if you're into that sort of thing.

I like the game, but don't go into it with sky high expectations. 

Rift worth $10?

Yes.

 

[Mrbloodworth]

Yes its worth 10$.

[Amaron]

Red Alert 3 and the sequel are 4 each.   I gather that RA3 was pretty good but the metacritic for RA3:Uprising is pretty bad.     Should I be grabbing both?  I highly enjoyed the original Red Alert eons ago.

[Kail]

Achievement: The Wonderful End of the World
Wonderful Big Bladder - Reset the game, and complete the entire thing in one sitting

Oh, fuck you, Steam.  Seriously.

Fakeedit: can't even log in, at the moment, for some reason.  Webpage is loading up fine, but the steam client tells me it can't connect to the network.

[Sky]

In this instance, high doesn't really mean all that high. But it was worth the box price at launch for most mmo fans, imo. So for $10 with a free month, it's a great value. You should check it out long enough to get into the souls system with multiple roles and all the souls unlocked, because imo it's a game-changer for the genre.

World event running for farming dailies FOR HATS. C'mon, how can you not love hats?

I heard Scott is changing his name to Hatsman.

Ok, that's it for now.

Sorry.

[Kail]

imo it's a game-changer for the genre.

How's that?  Genuine question, since I haven't played the game.  It sounds like WoW.  As in, almost exactly like WoW.  Except the world is more vanilla.  I've heard people say the game is fun and all that, and it may well be, but I haven't heard what is so revolutionary about it.  Is it just the free respecs and public quests, or is there something I haven't heard of?  I'd buy a revolutionary MMO, but everything I've heard about Rift sounds more iterative than revolutionary.

Still waiting on this connection problem, btw.  Looks like it's related to the Steam beta, just a heads up.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1981285

[Riggswolfe]

So if I know noone in RL who plays Rift is it worth getting? Do enough F13 people play that I could join a guild without it being a ghost town?

[Sky]

How's that?  Genuine question, since I haven't played the game.  It sounds like WoW.  As in, almost exactly like WoW.  Except the world is more vanilla.  

Well, it is like WoW. But with less style and more vanilla. And forgive me, I don't play WoW, so I'm not sure how much of it is like their talent trees. I don't even like WoW, which is one of my central complaints about Rift.

But you get eight souls per calling. Mostly they change up the playstyle and you can mix and match, then save four or five different pre-sets (called roles). Maybe it's just me being out of touch with the mmo genre, but being able to go from a ranger to an assassin by clicking a button in the field, having a totally different play experience, is pretty cool. And when you go to a game that doesn't have it, you notice its absence.

But seriously, it's $10. If you can't get $10 out of a decent mmo, you're not trying.

[Rasix]

So if I know noone in RL who plays Rift is it worth getting? Do enough F13 people play that I could join a guild without it being a ghost town?

I play solo well enough (my running mates from WoW aren't interested).  The rifts/zone invasions are something I participate in often and they help the solo path feel a bit less solitary.

When I'm on in the evenings, it's usually just Phred and I.  Sometimes Sjofn is there lately.  Everyone else seems to have disappeared since the transfer or they're on at a different time or didn't come with us.

This works fine for me since we still have a few guild perks, a guild bank, and a support structure in place for noobs.

[Lucas]

Got bored with Rift: for my personal tastes, I need a lot more starting areas, and a more intriguing and detailed world/lore, something I personally think Rift doesn't offer. But yes, class design is very well done, but not the decisive feature that would keep me playing.

[Azazel]

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

Don't think there's the option on 360.

[Paelos]

Today:

Divinity 2 - $19.99
Red Faction Armageddon - $33.49
Mass Effect 2 - $6.80
Empire TW Napoleon - $10.19
Worms Reloaded - $4.99
Mafia 2 - $7.49
Splinter Cell Conviction - $6.79
Fallout 3 - $10.19
Last Remnant - $9.99
Dirt 3 - $33.49
Universe Sandbox - $4.99
Amnesia Dark Descent - $4.99

[NiX]

I know it isn't going to happen, but I hope they're saving the good stuff for the last 2 days or something. This is mostly sad.

[Trippy]

Well the last day is likely to be retreads so you better hope that tomorrow has something you want for sale.

[bhodi]

I wanted divinity 2, but not for that price. I guess they didn't get the "$15 or less" memo.

Sanctum is ridiculously stupidly hard. I am good at FPS but you have to be super human in order to do it on hard difficulty. Seriously.


Mafia II is worth that price, I enjoyed that game but I already beat it.
Mass effect is worth it, but who doesn't already own it?
Amnesia is fantastic as well, but own it. The rest... meh.

I see poor Nix got suckered into Cities XL. That game is awful.

[Amaron]

I want to know how Last Remnant at 10 bucks is a sale.   Also lack of Mass Effect 2 DLC is fail.

[5150]

I picked up Fallout 3 just to get it it in Steam and Universe Sandbox just to fuck about with.

What are the Mafia games like, I thought they were sandboxy a bit like GTA but watching the trailers I'm getting the impression they aren't?

[Mosesandstick]

The main reason I haven't bought anything this sale is because everything I wanted I already bought from previous sales. Other than that I'm just waiting for versions of games with all of their DLC to go on sale.

[NiX]

I see poor Nix got suckered into Cities XL. That game is awful.

DAMNIT! I debated on that one too. Up until late last night. Sonovabitch. What's awful about it?

Nevermind on today sucking. Paelos neglected to mention the franchise sales, so Splinter Cell complete at $18 is pretty damn good. Same with all the Mafia 2 DLC for $8.

[Paelos]

A few things jump out at me:

1 - Having things up for over $30 is not a sale, Steam. We don't play that.
2 - Who doesn't own ME2 at this point? They pimp that every sale, along with Worms Reloaded.
3 - Last Remnant is a terrible Squeenix port that's not worth $2.
4 - The Total War games are the ones that should have never existed. Do not buy them under any circumstances. Go for Shogun instead if you want.
5 - The Splinter Cell stuff is Ubisoft. So, no.

I'll buy Amnesia and probably not play it until Halloween because it scares me to look at.

[Hawkbit]

FO3 is my last PC game I have on disc.  I would love to dedisc, but I can't justify it at $10 because I'll likely never play it again.  

I would have bought Last Remnanat at 4.99.  Already bought Divinity 2 a week or two ago at that price (which has been worth it).  

Not much else for this day though.