dwarf Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 Borderlands 2 and Dishonoured are free to play on Steam for a few days.
Cube Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 Dishonoured is a brilliant game and well worth playing.
dwarf Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 They weren't my bag but they're undeniably solid.
The Bard Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 Dishonored was dope, one of my favourites last gen, but not sure what they're playing at making it free for a weekend. You can easily finish it in that amount of time, and there's no incentive to return, whereas with a grind heavy loot based multiplayer game like Borderlands, I can see the point in giving out a little something to get people hooked.
dwarf Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 S'what I thought, but it has been out for ages and the sales can't be anything special so they may as well rekindle interest somehow.
flameboy Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 I'm still playing through Borderlands 2 as it is...I've banked Dishonoured on games with gold despite not owning a 360 (one day when they are dirt cheap $89 at moment without HDD, waiting for the model with small HDD to be dirt sub $100) but may play it on this weekend see if I can get through it.
Dcubed Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Wow! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=920197 Valkyria Chronicles is coming to PC!? HOLY CRAP! WOW! I'm honestly shocked! I never thought it would ever end up getting ported anywhere!! (Custom engine used for just this one game, publisher who wanted out of console style productions etc) Out of all the PS3 3rd party exclusives, this and Ni No Kuni were the two most unlikely to ever get ported in my mind! I still can't believe it! A chance for VC 2 and 3 (the latter in English!?) to follow? Is it possible!? Either way, they are guaranteed my support! I LOVE this game!
Ike Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Wow! I still can't believe it! A chance for VC 2 and 3 (the latter in English!?) to follow? Is it possible!? Either way, they are guaranteed my support! I LOVE this game! If this sells well, then possibly. Been meaning to play this for ages. Good excuse to do so now.
Happenstance Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Was just coming to post that myself. I didnt have a chance to complete the game before my PS3 died so Im really happy I'll be able to now on PC. Also in big PC news. X-Wing and Tie Fighter are getting re-released on GOG finally!
Dcubed Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Was just coming to post that myself. I didnt have a chance to complete the game before my PS3 died so Im really happy I'll be able to now on PC. Also in big PC news. X-Wing and Tie Fighter are getting re-released on GOG finally! Yup and there's another 24 classic Lucasarts games coming to GOG soon as well! Not played most of those classic Lucasarts games either, so that's big news to me too!
flameboy Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 What an awesome Humble Bundle! I nearly bought Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Jazzpunk and Risk of Rain or within the last week!
MATtheHAT Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 What an awesome Humble Bundle! I nearly bought Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Jazzpunk and Risk of Rain or within the last week! Best one for a while imo: https://www.humblebundle.com/ Also Teleglitch: Die More Edition is completely free. You don't need to buy the bundle or anything.
Happenstance Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Nice of them to give multiple keys for Risk of Rain as well so you can give them out for multiplayer goodness.
Sméagol Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I just noticed the Steam Halloween sale. Loads of mostly indie games on my wishlist are on sale, but I don´t want to spend too much on games this month, so I think I´ll stick to The vanishing of Ethan Carter, and The long dark. Maybe Murdered: soul suspect.
flameboy Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 I just noticed the Steam Halloween sale. Loads of mostly indie games on my wishlist are on sale, but I don´t want to spend too much on games this month, so I think I´ll stick to The vanishing of Ethan Carter, and The long dark. Maybe Murdered: soul suspect. Yeah I'm kind of the same picked up the Humble Bundle and think that might be enough for me. I still have Outlast to finish as well!!!! The end of year sale will be upon us before long!
flameboy Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Did anyone play Home which came with last week's Weekly Humble Bundle? What a load of crap...should have trusted the Steam reviews. Only took an hour to play through but still what a waste of time.
Sméagol Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 Did anyone play Home which came with last week's Weekly Humble Bundle? What a load of crap...should have trusted the Steam reviews. Only took an hour to play through but still what a waste of time. Well, Steam reviews are "mostly positive". But I bought it a long time ago, and didn´t like it either. Graphics are nice, but you´re playing it for the story, and the story simply isn´t good. Good news: [Valkyria chronicles on Steam] If I´m not buying it it´s because I still hope to get a PS3 retail copy one day, but I´ll probably will get it.
Jonnas Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 Wow, and quite cheap, at that (though I'll probably only buy it when there's a good discount)
MATtheHAT Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Valkyria Chronicles, absolutely sublime and a real treat at 1080p 60fps. Decent PS3 port too.
Sméagol Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 I´ve bought it, and am downloading it now. But it´s taking a while.. 16.5 GB? No offense, but the game doesn´t look like it uses that much data.. Or will I be treated to some gorgeous anime cut scenes or something?
MATtheHAT Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 I´ve bought it, and am downloading it now. But it´s taking a while.. 16.5 GB? No offense, but the game doesn't look like it uses that much data.. Or will I be treated to some gorgeous anime cut scenes or something? To be honest, I can't see why it's that size. It looks pretty, in fact it looks fantastic, but it's basically the PS3 assets up-scaled. Still, definitely worth the wait.
MoogleViper Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 Three free copies of Insurgency available. Click here to get one, first three gets 'em.
Dcubed Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 Speaking of Valkyria Chronicles... http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/six-year-old-rpg-valkyria-chronicles-tops-steam-sellers-list/0141295 “During its first 24 hours on sale, blew all forecasts and predictions out of the water. The award-winning Strategy RPG, originally released in 2008 for PlayStation 3, forced its way to the top of the Steam download charts, beating a host of brand new games to reach number one,” Sega said. Sega Europe’s senior VP of commercial publishing John Clark added: “We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fans for their support in the phenomenal success of this launch. We’re also delighted at the response from the Steam community which indicates that newcomers to the series are finding it as enchanting and engaging as those who have played it before.” Well done guys!! Great news! Now if we could just get PC ports of VC 2 and 3 (In English please!)
flameboy Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 Got to say this is the worst launch of an expansion by Blizzard so far for WOW. The lag is unbearable. Content and game seems fine but you cant enjoy it since no one can do anything. Absolute farce. These game companies need to held accountable for this. Especially the big guys EA, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard etc. This pre order trend needs to be reversed. Games should be held accountable. So far this year i have come across too many games that have serious issues day 1. Ok so how would you have them resolve this? It's all well complaining but if it was down to you how would you come up with a working solution? To me if it's just lag issues then it's likely server load...the simple way to deal with that is more servers, however is it really that easy? What about in a months time when things have stabilized and the number of people on is more spread out? Then you are left with a bunch of servers likely gathering dust? Sure companies offer cloud based server rental solutions but then that's still an additional cost that's short term but needs managing. How do they cover this cost? Raise game prices? Hardly seems fair to people who wait for the launch hell to end. Charge premium for earlier adopters? Again doesn't seem fair and then if there are any problems you've got the whole issue of people paying that premium price and then still being able to access the game. I think we've seen a rising trend of games industry justifying ways to pass on online costs to us and I wonder if this will the next one to do so. In this vein I do wonder if things like the Day 0 Edition of Call of Duty may soon be twisted and used to start a worrying trend. How's about people who want to access the game early pay a premium price to cover those early costs? Of course none of this applies to games that just outright are broken.
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