Steam Summer Sale 2016 - Speculation and Chat

Sonics2k

Links234 wrote: »

Truthfully and brutally, I've never played a game I both love and hate as much as MGSV. Gameplay is terrific, plot seems alright until you get to the latter part of the game expecting something and it just ends rather abruptly, with huge parts of the story left dangling. There's a whole load of missing content. It's worth it for the gameplay, but not the story. In fact, they went the opposite direction of the Kojima indulgence, and the story is quite thin on the ground, with some characters being mere effigies of their former selves.

You're a legend as always Links. I'll probably pick it up while it's cheap. I played a bit of the intro at a friend's house.

Moving house this weekend so need a game to amuse me while I wait for the Internet to kick in.

Links234

You can get MGSV + Ground Zeroes free, cheaper at Gamesplanet: https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-steam-key--2857-1?ref=itad

This Fat Girl Runs

Payday today! Sweet! Splurged a bit but didn't go overboard. Plenty more titles I wanted but I had to weigh them up and pick the ones I would actually play.

Stardew Valley
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tomb Raider 1
Prison Architect
TES: Morrowind
TES: Oblivion

See you in a few months!

sweetie

Ethan Carter, Ryse, Axiom Verge are pretty good value.

WarZoneBrother

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Its got full controller support for a 360 pad anyways so I imagine the Steam Controller will be fine

Now to decide whether to get Stardew Valley, Enter the Gungeon, The Escapists or Portal Knights :rolleyes:

dunworth1

I have party hard sitting in my cart hmm...

Patser

And Portal is finished..

Really cool game, but glad I only spent €2 on it given it's lenght

But damn that's an addictive theme song at the end ---- I'm still alive

Digital Solitude

WarZoneBrother wrote: »

Now to decide whether to get Stardew Valley, Enter the Gungeon, The Escapists or Portal Knights :rolleyes:

All of them you'll make rent don't worry

Monotype

Patser wrote: »

And Portal is finished..

Really cool game, but glad I only spent €2 on it given it's lenght

But damn that's an addictive theme song at the end ---- I'm still alive

Comic is seven years old but still relevant:

pablomakaveli

Been selling my cards the last few days and up to £2.50 now. Ill keep selling till Sunday and maybe pick up a cheap game. Im tempted by the Long Dark. Its only around a fiver now so might pick that up. After playing Firewatch I have an isolated wilderness itch that needs to be scratched.

Sarn

Monotype wrote: »

Comic is seven years old but still relevant:

I thought of the exact same comic when I read the Portal comment above.

No items purchased yet. That's more to do with my ridiculous backlog of games and limited time to play.

dreamers75

Shiminay wrote: »

I was about to say something along the lines of what Links said, only far less eloquently

MGS5 has the best mechanics of any game I've played in the last 5 years. It's combat is meaty and visceral, but it's stealth is sublime and extremely rewarding. Some of it is totally daft (but strapping a balloon to a goat will never not be fun) and some of it very frustrating (

The airport in Africa where you've got to fight and kill 5 or 6 of those Skulls cnuts took me a LONG time to complete

), but overall I really enjoyed the game and especially the multiplayer.

Climbed up the nearest building in sheer terror and well its quite easy from up there.

Sonics2k wrote: »

Haven't bought anything yet, but I am semi tempted to pick up MGS5.

Truthfully and brutally folks, is it actually worth playing as a game and story or will I just end up annoyed by a Hideo Kojima wánkfest

MGSV is 2nd to Witcher 3 for best game of last year, brilliant game everything about the gaming part is brilliant. Minor annoyance having to complete repeatable side quests to advance the main missions. But from stealth to action its a brilliant game.

There may or may not be a plot, I am not really sure and felt if I asked about it I would be mocked. But not really sure what is going on, i doubt anyone really knows what is going on in that game.

WarZoneBrother

30/06/2016 23:19 The parcel has left the GLS location. United Kingdom

Steam Controller in UK wonder if it will arrive tomorrow, hopefully it does... Really want to get dug into Party Hard and Kill to Collect...

the_syco

WarZoneBrother wrote: »

30/06/2016 23:19 The parcel has left the GLS location. United Kingdom

Steam Controller in UK wonder if it will arrive tomorrow, hopefully it does... Really want to get dug into Party Hard and Kill to Collect...

It'll arrive into your nearest An Post depot sometime Friday. If you're not reeally miffed either way, you may get it late Friday, or possibly Saturday.

If you're really looking forward to it, you'll get a slip saying that they missed you on Monday or Tuesday.

=-=

Buying "Mark of the Ninja: Special Edition" - it reminds me of Flashback, for some reason?

/edit
2.5GB download? Frick!
/shakes fist at WinSXS folder size.

Links234

By the way folks, Gone Home is 3.99 so well worth picking up, even if it is a bit short.

WarZoneBrother

It takes them 24 hours to get a parcel from UK to Ireland, and then they don't even ship on Saturdays so item won't be here till Monday... Why on earth did Valve decide to use GLS as their European postal service, they really are dreadful !

dunworth1

WarZoneBrother wrote:

Steam Controller in UK wonder if it will arrive tomorrow, hopefully it does... Really want to get dug into Party Hard and Kill to Collect...

Was going to get it on steam but decided instead to walk into gamestop today and buy for 55

WarZoneBrother

dunworth1 wrote: »

Was going to get it on steam but decided instead to walk into gamestop today and buy for 55

Only reason I purchased off Steam was because I could use Steam Wallet so just sold loadsa items to purchase it, although I was raging when I was hit with the €13.30 postage out of nowhere for a poor service delivery at that...

Links234

So, out of what's on the first page, VERMINTIDE

Its dead Jim

I'm really regretting sending my computer to be repaired. How long can it take I asked, think of all the effort I would save from not attempting to fix it myself. Turns out a ****ing long time and I can't play anything I buy in the steam sale until I get it back.

Saints Row 4 and Arkham Origins look fun anyway

IvoryTower

Flying through party hard, great little game

the_syco

Its dead Jim wrote: »

I'm really regretting sending my computer to be repaired. How long can it take I asked, think of all the effort I would save from not attempting to fix it myself. Turns out a ****ing long time and I can't play anything I buy in the steam sale until I get it back.

With your username, I had to smile :P

What was wrong with it, and was it a desktop or laptop?

Its dead Jim

the_syco wrote: »

With your username, I had to smile :P

What was wrong with it, and was it a desktop or laptop?

Motherboard in the PC I built 5ish years ago died. Resisting the urge to buy a new skylake build.

Links234

So, managed to trade for two more goodies from my wishlist, Momodora: Reverie Under Moonlight, and Convoy. Bringing the grand total up to 14 items from this sale! 15, if we include the Hexen/Heretic bundle for my girlfriend. Doesn't look like I'll be able to trade for SOMA, so might leave that until next sale. But regardless, I am damn pleased with my haul this time around, probably the most I've gotten in a single sale since 2013. My backlog says "OW!" but what the hell? :pac:

Mal-Adjusted

I'm seriously considering Civ Beyond Earth. The only thing is i recently got Alpha Centauri during the GOG sale. Are they essentially the same thing or is there enough difference to justify both?

ionapaul

Bought my first game of the sale - SteamWorld Dig. Have already played an hour or so, lovely little game Will probably buy just one or two cheap ones before the end, in the €2-€5 range, but not sure what to go for.

Links234

ionapaul wrote: »

Bought my first game of the sale - SteamWorld Dig. Have already played an hour or so, lovely little game Will probably buy just one or two cheap ones before the end, in the €2-€5 range, but not sure what to go for.

Been eyeballing Dig for a while, might grab it before the end myself. Want any recommendations for your price range?

Mr E

I got a game called The Bug Butcher last night. Hand drawn art + pang + bullet hell + good sense of humour + change from €4 made it an easy purchase. Good challenge too, especially if going for high scores. Loads of videos on YouTube, but here is a trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0QIdxN8as

Links234

Reminds me a little of Alien Hominid.

Sephiroth_dude

Just got Valkyria Chronicles and how to survive and grandia 2 last week.

TheChrisD

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I'm seriously considering Civ Beyond Earth. The only thing is i recently got Alpha Centauri during the GOG sale. Are they essentially the same thing or is there enough difference to justify both?

Civ:BE is just Civ 5 with a different filter on. If you having Rising Tide it's probably actually an improvement; but I never bought the expansion because I paid full price for the base game and just got burned with how bad it was.

SMAC on the other hand is an absolute classic, it's everything Beyond Earth wanted to and failed to be.

johnny_ultimate

As is increasingly the case, not a whole lot for me this year. Two recent games I'd been meaning to pick up at decent discounts - DOOM and Oxenfree - was about it.

I did finally remember to pick up Mini Metro, which I completely forgot to get when it was in a Humble Bundle a while back. Having played 90 minutes or so, I feel very confident in saying it is a goddamn masterpiece of minimalism, and playing it makes me feel both really relaxed and incredibly anxious at the same time.

Patser

Add another one Banner Saga to Portal and The Few.

Robert ninja

Got thief 1 and 2. It's amazing that the best games on the market are at these kinds of prices.

Skerries

if you want a cheap way of getting cards

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/833/ To be or not to be-that is the question:
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/347/ Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/480/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/481/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/825/ And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep-
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/498/ No more-and by a sleep to say we end
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/505/ The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/538/ That flesh is heir to-'tis a consummation
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/567/ Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/473/ To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/395/ For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/801/ When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/802/ Must give us pause. There's the respect
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/804/ That makes calamity of so long life.

dunworth1

Picked up 7 days to die yesterday with a couple of the lads

Started playing around 9 last night and next thing I knew it was 5am

Agricola

Robert ninja wrote: »

Got thief 1 and 2. It's amazing that the best games on the market are at these kinds of prices.

I vaguely remember reading about a great modern graphics mod for Thief 1 a few years ago. Or was it a complete fan made tribute... Not sure. Either way might look into that now, always wanted to revisit the original but not with 1998 graphics.

Moon54

Agricola wrote: »

I vaguely remember reading about a great modern graphics mod for Thief 1 a few years ago.

Yeah, it's great. The latest version is v1.2 of the Thief HD Texture mod;
http://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-gold-hd-texture-mod

WarZoneBrother

Skerries wrote: »

if you want a cheap way of getting cards

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/833/ To be or not to be-that is the question:
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/347/ Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/480/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/481/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/825/ And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep-
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/498/ No more-and by a sleep to say we end
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/505/ The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/538/ That flesh is heir to-'tis a consummation
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/567/ Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/473/ To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/395/ For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/801/ When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/802/ Must give us pause. There's the respect
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/804/ That makes calamity of so long life.

Thanks alot for that bought nearly all the bundles

Darkglasses

Considering getting Civilization 5, Life is Strange (either episode 1 or the whole lot, not sure yet) and 7 days to die. Anyone think it's a bad idea? I'm hoping Civ is a more relaxed version of Medieval Total War 2. Generally hoping for relaxed rather than difficult gaming at the moment? I understand 7DtD isn't relaxed

WarZoneBrother

Darkglasses wrote: »

Considering getting Civilization 5, Life is Strange (either episode 1 or the whole lot, not sure yet) and 7 days to die. Anyone think it's a bad idea? I'm hoping Civ is a more relaxed version of Medieval Total War 2. Generally hoping for relaxed rather than difficult gaming at the moment? I understand 7DtD isn't relaxed

Life is Strange Episode 1 was my favourite episode out of any episodic games... Great game !

lawlolawl

Darkglasses wrote: »

Considering getting Civilization 5, Life is Strange (either episode 1 or the whole lot, not sure yet) and 7 days to die. Anyone think it's a bad idea? I'm hoping Civ is a more relaxed version of Medieval Total War 2. Generally hoping for relaxed rather than difficult gaming at the moment? I understand 7DtD isn't relaxed

Civ 5 is great, get the thing that includes all the DLC and whatnot. It's a chill game that is great for playing while binge watching TV series or listening to podcasts or whatever.

I know i go on about it, but get all of Life is Strange. Amazing game.

Didn't really get on with 7DtD myself. It's very early access.

Manach

Silent Hunter® III
The Banner Saga
Insurgency
Gauntlet
Black Mesa
Endless Legend™ - Classic Edition
SimplePlanes
XCOM 2

My haul this season. I've played away on Black Mesa & Silent Hunter - both very enjoyable. On downer was XCOM 2 which is buggy as anything and trying to resolve with publisher support.

Mr E

"Encore Sale" now on. Isn't that a bit redundant with the current sale format? There were no daily deals...

ahnowbrowncow

Mr E wrote: »

"Encore Sale" now on. Isn't that a bit redundant with the current sale format? There were no daily deals...

Woo, it's the encore sale, where nothing is different from the previous 11 days of the sale.

Links234

It's kinda funny, SOMA was the main one I wanted, but didn't get it yet. That, and the Life is Strange season pass. Managed to trade for a heck of a lot of stuff though, so that's amazing, but doesn't look too much like I'll be able to make any more trades before the sale's up.

madcabbage

Just picked up Bad Company 2. Really enjoying the Vietnam DLC.

EoinHef

For the first time in a few years i havent bought anything in a steam sale. Currently in the market for a gpu so probably best saving my money for that but nothing really jumped out at me this time.

A few games were on the maybe list but just thought they will be cheaper next sale so ill wait.

degrassinoel

EoinHef wrote: »

For the first time in a few years i havent bought anything in a steam sale. Currently in the market for a gpu so probably best saving my money for that but nothing really jumped out at me this time.

A few games were on the maybe list but just thought they will be cheaper next sale so ill wait.

Same here, bought Doom, The Technomancer and a few Fallout4 dlc's and that was it. Got more time played out of the dlc's than anything else

2Mad2BeMad

Only bought age of empires2 HD mainly for nostalgia reasons but I'm loving it ha nothing else I fancy to be honest can all be gotten cheaper on key sites