Game Deals Thread
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@cartman82 It's one of those "critically acclaimed, but nobody's actually played it" games.
Also as a game it's really not that interesting. Just a generic cover shooter, of which about 47 came out the same year.
As a narrative, however, it's a fucking amazing incredible work of art.
And I still say anybody who has the "Deer Hunter" achievement in that game should be locked away.
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@cartman82 Because it's name is equivalent to "<Insert author>'s <some kind of team> <cool words>" and is, as far as I know, a modern day, use-the-same-guns-as-in-every-game-that-has-made-money-in-the-past-10-years-other-than-fortnite FPS, which are a dime a trillion. My brain automatically filters those out.
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Guacamelee, an excellent Metroidvania game where you play as a Luchador and use wrestling moves, is $1.99 USD (90% off) on Steam for both editions plus the soundtrack.
You can also buy individual editions for $1.49 and the soundtrack for $0.69, but it'd be kinda silly to do that.
Edit: As to why there are two editions, some people didn't like the changes made in the newer edition, so they still sell the older edition as well.
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@powerlord The same company makes Mutant Blobs Attack! which is a far better game and also 90% discounted.
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Crusader Kings 2 available for free until 10am Pacific on April 7th:
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Stand byCarry on
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@magus said in Game Deals Thread:
@cartman82 Because it's name is equivalent to "<Insert author>'s <some kind of team> <cool words>" and is, as far as I know, a modern day, use-the-same-guns-as-in-every-game-that-has-made-money-in-the-past-10-years-other-than-fortnite FPS, which are a dime a trillion. My brain automatically filters those out.
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Spec Ops: The Line was a lot more original when it came out, and there weren't many cover shooters for it to compete with.
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Part of the reason it looks generic is for story purposes-- it's a shooter with this weird meta-story about the experience of playing a shooter. It's kind of a deconstruction of itself. So complaining that it looks too much like other day modern shooters is like complaining that Saint's Row 3 looks too much like GTA: it does, but that's also kind of the point.
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The story is so good it's worth getting through the mediocre game play anyway.
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Everybody should play Spec Ops: The Line.
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But nobody should have the "Deer Hunter" achievement.
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@boomzilla you cut out the Spec Ops off topic but left the post that started the off topic? You'll be forced to make another cut in a few hours.
@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
@magus said in Game Deals Thread:
@cartman82 Because it's name is equivalent to "<Insert author>'s <some kind of team> <cool words>" and is, as far as I know, a modern day, use-the-same-guns-as-in-every-game-that-has-made-money-in-the-past-10-years-other-than-fortnite FPS, which are a dime a trillion. My brain automatically filters those out.
- Spec Ops: The Line was a lot more original when it came out, and there weren't many cover shooters for it to compete with.
It was released in 20-fucking-12. On cover shooters front, it had to compete with Uncharted, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, Mass Effect, Gears of War, and countless other.
- Part of the reason it looks generic is for story purposes-- it's a shooter with this weird meta-story about the experience of playing a shooter. It's kind of a deconstruction of itself. So complaining that it looks too much like other day modern shooters is like complaining that Saint's Row 3 looks too much like GTA: it does, but that's also kind of the point.
The problem is, unlike books and movies where the story is the main focus and usually the only thing that keeps you going, the most important part of video games is always gameplay. Awesome gameplay always trumps shitty story, and shitty gameplay always trumps awesome story. There is some minimum gameplay quality below which players simply won't stay to listen to your story - and even above that threshold, there's a gray zone where they will stay if story is good, but won't fully enjoy or immerse themselves in it because gameplay sucks. On the other hand, even the worst possible story won't deter anyone from good gameplay.
- The story is so good it's worth getting through the mediocre game play anyway.
Maybe. But definitely not the first 2 hours in.
- Everybody should play Spec Ops: The Line.
And everybody should write in Rust. Thankfully, neither you nor me have any power over what other people do.
- But nobody should have the "Deer Hunter" achievement.
This sentence tells me nothing. But it makes me (and most likely everyone else who read it) want to google it up, which would probably spoil the entire ending and make playing the game completely pointless (instead of mostly pointless).
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@tsaukpaetra I mean, he did split the topic. He certainly didn't do it out of his own free will.
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
This sentence tells me nothing. But it makes me (and most likely everyone else who read it) want to google it up, which would probably spoil the entire ending and make playing the game completely pointless (instead of mostly pointless).
It has nothing to do with the ending of the game.
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Where's the game deal
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
want to google it up,
Google indicates it's something you get by going off the beaten path immediately after starting the game and engaging in senseless violence against irrelevant entities.
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@blakeyrat so now I'm confused as hell. Why should nobody have this achievement? It's arguably the least bad thing you can do throught the entire game. Or are you saying that everyone who has it is cheating bastard for consulting a strategy guide?
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
@boomzilla you cut out the Spec Ops off topic but left the post that started the off topic?
I have no idea what you're talking about because that would have required me to read that stuff.
You'll be forced to make another cut in a few hours.
Or I'll just take that fbmac way out.
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
@blakeyrat so now I'm confused as hell. Why should nobody have this achievement? It's arguably the least bad thing you can do throught the entire game. Or are you saying that everyone who has it is cheating bastard for consulting a strategy guide?
There is exactly one thing in the entire game that isn't soul-shattering or horrible. That achievement is for killing it.
There's only two opportunities to get it.
Towards the latter part of the game you come across a solder burned with white phosphorus alive but on in soul-wrenching agony. For plot reasons, you have exactly one bullet in your gun at the time. You look up from his writhing body and there's a gorgeous majestic oryx standing in the distance. You can pick what you use the bullet on.
When I first played the game, I missed the oryx in chapter one, and I thought that was the only place in the game you could get that achievement. I thought they put it in as something of a horrible psychological test, a "who the fuck would even do this?" kind of thing. I was wrong, but my reality is better than the actual one.
Either way, you're a bad person if you have that achievement.
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@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
I was wrong, but my reality is better than the actual one.
I think the opportunity to do it right at the beginning without any repercussions is there precisely to make you feel like an even bigger asshole later on. So the real reality is better.
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
I was wrong, but my reality is better than the actual one.
I think the opportunity to do it right at the beginning without any repercussions is there precisely to make you feel like an even bigger asshole later on. So the real reality is better.
So the difference is being an asshole when it doesn't matter, versus being an asshole when it's symbolically significant?
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@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
Either way, you're a bad person if you have that achievement.
I think you're a bad person if you even finish the game. I didn't stop playing it 1/3rd in because of gameblay, but because of morals.
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@gąska Must be.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Game Deals Thread:
@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
I was wrong, but my reality is better than the actual one.
I think the opportunity to do it right at the beginning without any repercussions is there precisely to make you feel like an even bigger asshole later on. So the real reality is better.
So the difference is being an asshole when it doesn't matter, versus being an asshole when it's symbolically significant?
More like doing the terrible thing to get achievement you otherwise miss, versus doing the terrible thing to get achievement you could get anyway.
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@gąska That's silly. It's just a game.
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Mentioned in passing conversation:
Apparently on sale for 60 percent off.
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@pie_flavor said in Game Deals Thread:
@gąska That's silly. It's just a game.
Play it. You'll understand.
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@gąska said in Game Deals Thread:
I think you're a bad person if you even finish the game. I didn't stop playing it 1/3rd in because of gameblay, but because of morals.
Is that what "The Line" in the title means? As in "there are lines one shouldn't cross"?
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@zecc said in Game Deals Thread:
Is that what "The Line" in the title means? As in "there are lines one shouldn't cross"?
Maybe. I always assumed it referred to the line dividing the player and the character.
And I seriously totally get not finishing the game because of how horrible it is ("horrible" morally, not gameplay-wise). You could even argue that's how you win.
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@blakeyrat said in Game Deals Thread:
And I seriously totally get not finishing the game because of how horrible it is ("horrible" morally, not gameplay-wise).
this is the game with the white phosphorous/mass death scene followed by you fighting some spooky desert sand monster, right?
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@bb36e I don't remember a sand monster, but it's been years.
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@tsaukpaetra That is a fairly obnoxious art style.
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Going back to the REAL thread subject...
Satellite Reign free for 46 hours
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World is free until Sunday:
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@choonster Interesting description. Is it any good?
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@masonwheeler said in Game Deals Thread:
@choonster Interesting description. Is it any good?
No idea, I've never played it or heard of it before now. I just pick up free games whenever they're available.
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Mini Ninjas is available for free until May 15, 11:59 PM PST:
You have to have a Square Enix Store account and enter the code "MiniNinjas" at checkout. The game is apparently redeemed on Steam (the store page doesn't say it, but where I found out about it claims it is a Steam key).
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The flame in the flood free for a limited time
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Free for 48 hours
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@timebandit Very nice! I'd take advantage of the offer if I didn't already have it. :P
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@masonwheeler Pass it to your friends :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:
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Just discovered that all of the free Humble Store games have a short window to redeem the codes. Guess who didn't bother doing that for the last couple of years!
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@coldandtired Same as anything. Xbox Gold, or PS Plus, you have to redeem during the month the game is free.
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@blakeyrat At least with those you only have to 'buy' the games.
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Prismata is free until Monday May 21st 10AM PDT
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@chaostheeternal Yet another collectible card game. But at least the hologram chick has a really tight-fitting jumpsuit.
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I've got to admit I've enjoyed playing Faeria a lot more than I expected. I thought I'd give it a try and uninstall it after they started harassing me for $$$, but that second moment actually never came (at least not yet).
I don't give a rat's ass about the card collecting aspect, but I find the game mechanics of board control fun.
Unlocking Pandora mode made the deck building aspect even less relevant. Every day they let me play a Pandora round for free. In this mode, I get to pick 1 out of 5 cards 30 times to build a temporary deck that is good for three games. Parallel to this, they also give me optional rewards for stuff like "play 20 yellow cards" without any time pressure. This has kept the game surprisingly fresh.
Also, for a free-to-play game they are also surprisingly unannoying. Sure, they ask to validate my email address every time I launch the game, and since I never did I have no idea whether they are spammy or not; but other than that there are no annoying popups.
I get the vibe that their general philosophy seems to be "not pay to win, but pay to progress faster", and since I always play single player and I don't care about getting to more powerful cards faster, I'm happy to stay a freeloader.
All in all, it's a game I'd recommend. (or I wouldn't be making this post)
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@coldandtired said in Game Deals Thread:
Just discovered that all of the free Humble Store games have a short window to redeem the codes. Guess who didn't bother doing that for the last couple of years!
Same here. Oh well. It's not like I cared about any of these games anyway.
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@chaostheeternal said in Game Deals Thread:
Prismata is free until Monday May 21st 10AM PDT
I feel like I would have enjoyed this game a lot more if it didn't get stuck like this:
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@zecc Well, I was going to give some snarky WOMM response, but...
https://i.imgur.com/UTVceyP.jpg
Though I'm betting that's more a result of my university blocking all P2P connections than it is a problem with the game itself (except of course for the problem of using P2P connections for a game server!).
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It worked now. if wonder if it was due to me rebooting. I guess simply restarting Steam wasn' t enough.
Update 14 minutes in: is this ever going to reach a point where I'm not either clicking through dialogue or mindless clicking between my units and theirs?
Update one hour into the game: the game's alright, I guess, but why is there's no indication of whether I've attained all optional goals?