Steam Summer Sale 2011

[5150]

Is X any good?

I'd say yes but then I've played them since the get go (the older ones may not have dated very well)

If you liked Elite it's probably fair to say you will like X. The original is the most Elite-like with the later ones adding more stuff like the ability to change ships etc.

[Merusk]

Is X any good?

There's some who like it, but it felt like single player EVE to me.  I regretted the purchase after a few hours of just trying to learn the game.

[Ruvaldt]

Is X any good?

X3:TC is a great game with some caveats.  It's a fabulous sandbox, but expect a steep learning curve, a lackluster UI, and a long period of time in-game before it really hits its stride.  I think I spent a good 200 hours in it a few years ago and was thoroughly entertained, but only because I was able to devote large amounts of time to it at a single sitting.  Also, the modding community is phenomenal.

[Kail]

Dumb question for someone who knows X3: an achievement for today is in X3, to blow up a solar power plant.  I don't even know what that is, I think I've gotten about three missions in to the terran defender storyline in my attempts to figure this game out.  What all would I need to do to get that, and is it something I can realistically achieve in a day or two starting from basically scratch and with minimal knowledge of the game?

[Ruvaldt]

As I recall, there aren't a whole lot of them in the Terran systems so that might explain why you haven't seen any.  There are a few in the Venus, Moon and Mercury systems.  A solar power plant is essentially a big floating factory that looks like a solar array and produces energy for other factories.  You're not likely to be able to destroy any of those without cheating if you just started today.  If you really want to try though, the closest plant that would be defended the least is in a system called Elysium of Light.  A good system map can be found here: http://eng.x3tc.ru/x3_tc_map/

[fuser]

Oooh F1 2010 is a buy for sure and the X collection

[5150]

Dumb question for someone who knows X3: an achievement for today is in X3, to blow up a solar power plant.  I don't even know what that is, I think I've gotten about three missions in to the terran defender storyline in my attempts to figure this game out.  What all would I need to do to get that, and is it something I can realistically achieve in a day or two starting from basically scratch and with minimal knowledge of the game?

If you dont mind 'cheating' about the 5th post down has a saved game

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=303411&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

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Dont know about the rest of the world but it looks like someone at Steam made a cock up on the X Superbox price, initially it was listed at £4.99 but that has now been updated/corrected to £9.99 with X3:TC being £4.99!

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If you choose to use the saved game you will need to do the following to be able to attack it as its not an enemy

Shift+C > Combat > Attack...

The pick your current sector and the power plant you want to destroy. Then just spam L to launch missiles

[tgr]

F1 2010

GFWL. vOv

I'm going to have to squee like a fanboy over the id superpack at 30 euro.

[Paelos]

I bought the X3 gold pack. The rest of the sale is pretty meh to me.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I waited for a sale to buy portal2, I am in no way disappointed with today's deals.

[tgr]

I bought the X3 gold pack. The rest of the sale is pretty meh to me.

Even the universal sandbox?

[K9]

NWN2, any thoughts?

[Kail]

NWN2, any thoughts?

I grabbed it just for a discless copy.  I thought it was pretty decent, but then, I liked NWN1 too.  It's got some drawbacks compared to the first one (multiplayer is horrible, some of the specialty classes with interesting visual traits are missing them, the game is paced worse, etc.) but there are some interesting ideas.  Companions have better and more interesting stories, there's a bit where you have to manage and upgrade a castle (how much gold do you want to spend on upgraded fortifications vs. better roads for merchant caravans, that kind of thing), the story and dialogue are mostly better than NWN1.  There's some unevenness and unfinished areas (this is Obsidian) such as the ending, but overall, it's not bad.  It does start off kind of slow, though, so if you're dicouraged easily, you might not get your seven bucks worth out of it.

First xpac seemed interesting, but I only played the first bit of it.  Haven't tried the second one yet.

[Thrawn]

Are any of the Prince of Persia games past The Sands of Time worth playing?

Anyone?

[Setanta]

I didn't finish them if that answers your question. "Ok" for amusement factor but not immersive/engrossing.

I just grabbed Lego Indiana Jones (first 3 movies) and Supreme Commander 2 - I'm a sucker for the Lego games (one day Batman, one day) and SC2 was at the right price whether I like it or not.

[Kail]

Are any of the Prince of Persia games past The Sands of Time worth playing?

Anyone?

Honestly, not sure.  Sands of Time is good, if you don't have it.  Forgotten Sands has Ubisoft's AIDS all over it.  Otherwise I haven't played much of them myself.  Allegedly they're not horrible, but not as good as Sands of Time.  The only one I've heard solid recommendations for was Prince of Persia blank.

[Azazel]

I didn't notice ME2 for that price, somehow I thought it was more. So I picked up Worms and Universe Sandbox. Then later I noticed ME, but then I had dinner, played some LOTRO, and didn't re-remember until just now. 

[Kageru]

Portal 2 on special, yes thanks. Bought the splinter cell set too. I'm really going to have to stop playing MMO's for about 6 months and work through the stupidly large backlog of steam games I have.

Still enjoying going into the Australian EB stores and just laughing.

[NiX]

Just an FYI for some, if you didn't buy a Bioware game due to DLC, don't hold your breath unless they release something like the DA1: Ultimate Edition.

[Severian]

Dont know about the rest of the world but it looks like someone at Steam made a cock up on the X Superbox price, initially it was listed at £4.99 but that has now been updated/corrected to £9.99 with X3:TC being £4.99!

I didn't happen to notice that, but I did buy Terraria at $2.49 earlier in today's sale (75% off). Same sale, still front page, but now Terraria is $4.99 (50% off). I note that it's the #2 seller, I wonder if there was a hard cap on the number of times it could be bought for 75% off, that would be an explanation.

[5150]

Dont know about the rest of the world but it looks like someone at Steam made a cock up on the X Superbox price, initially it was listed at £4.99 but that has now been updated/corrected to £9.99 with X3:TC being £4.99!

I didn't happen to notice that, but I did buy Terraria at $2.49 earlier in today's sale (75% off). Same sale, still front page, but now Terraria is $4.99 (50% off). I note that it's the #2 seller, I wonder if there was a hard cap on the number of times it could be bought for 75% off, that would be an explanation.

Iirc it was only 75% off for 24 hours

[jakonovski]

Right, final day is approaching and when the bell tolls I shall at least be buying the two modern Wolfenstein games, as well as the Longest Journey/Dreamfall bundle. Nexus: the Jupiter Incident doesn't seem to be discounted but I should get it anyway.

[Amaron]

Iirc it was only 75% off for 24 hours

It still hasn't been 24 hours.   The price has definitely changed to 50% off though.   It really does make me curious about what kind of agreements everyone signs for Steam games.

[5150]

Iirc it was only 75% off for 24 hours

It still hasn't been 24 hours.   The price has definitely changed to 50% off though.   It really does make me curious about what kind of agreements everyone signs for Steam games.

My bad, I didn't realise it was one of todays specials.

Given the cock up with the X superbox I can imagine its probably the same thing where someone posted it up incorrectly originally

Anyone got opinions on Post Apocalyptic Mayhem?

[Azazel]

Right, final day is approaching and when the bell tolls I shall at least be buying the two modern Wolfenstein games,

Two modern ones? You mean the recent one, and... RTCW from 2001 or whenever it was?

[tgr]

Where the most recent one wasn't very good?

[Azazel]

No, the recent one is actually pretty good.

[jakonovski]

Right, final day is approaching and when the bell tolls I shall at least be buying the two modern Wolfenstein games,

Two modern ones? You mean the recent one, and... RTCW from 2001 or whenever it was?

For some reason I had been under the impression that it came out in 03 or 04, which is enough for me to call something modern. But yeah, that and the latest game.

[Azazel]

Oh, it might have been. I was just guesstimating. It was an excellent game for it's time. I haven't replayed it again in years now, but I played through it a few times, and the MP was just fantastic for the day. Hitting those bunkers with a flamethrower is one of my great gaming memories.

[tgr]

http://wonder-tonic.com/wolf1d/

[Amaron]

So the last day is just repeats it seems?

[5150]

Steam strikes again, Dawn of war 2: Retribution listed at 75% off on the front page but only 50% off when you get to the product page (since corrected but I have screenshots this time)

I'd have bought it at 75% off too....

But yes just seems like repeats :-(

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looks like there are more repeats than those shown on the front page as Duke and X seem to be discounted for another 24 hours.....

-edit 2-
Duke has since gone back up. The weekend offers are obviously run by the 'B' team...

[jakonovski]

Any last minute recommendations, especially on stuff that didn't get headlines?

[Rasix]

So the last day is just repeats it seems?

Always is.

[bhodi]

Last day to get me to buy shit you recommend!