Rolander on 14/7/2013 at 08:47
Just a bit more and System Shock 2 will be at US$2.50!
Hippy hippy bounce bounce :cheeky:
icemann on 14/7/2013 at 11:50
It's that as we speak.
bleaksand on 14/7/2013 at 12:04
Question: Is it possible to buy a gift for a friend through the steam mobile app?
I've only used it a couple times for myself and can't recall if I was given an option at checkout.
(Damn steam events with ungodly hour flash-deal cycles)
ANSWER: Yes.
Also, … is Witcher 2 that much of a big improvement over the first? Cuz I took a break from the first game somewhere in chapter 2 and never came back … :bored:
Jason Moyer on 14/7/2013 at 12:31
It's not bad, but it's kind of mediocre imho. The combat is your standard gamepad-oriented melee hack-and-roll affair but not nearly as polished as many other games that focus on that. The story is good, but occasionally wanders into your standard fantasy "why am I supposed to give a shit about all of these generic fantasy sounding things" moments. Geralt is a strong enough character that it doesn't have too many of those moments, but it still happens. There isn't quite as much reactivity to the story as in the first game, but it still gives you some fairly hard choices with far-reaching consequences. The character-build system is similar to Witcher 1 IIRC, you can focus on swordplay or magic or alchemy and it seems balanced enough to make each build playable if you stick to a skill tree. The biggest let down for me, really, was the combat. It just feels kind of clunky. Then again, that was the weakest part of the first game too. The writing is often crude and humorous, although it seems a bit less overtly sexist than the first game. I dunno, I'd recommend it over most dark fantasy CRPG's but there are games with better combat (Dark Souls, Ninja Blade, Darksiders, etc) and reactive-style games with better writing (anything by Obsidian). If you've already played all the good gamepad-oriented hack-and-slash games and all of the Obsidian RPG's then I'd say go for it, it's probably the next best thing.
bleaksand on 14/7/2013 at 12:47
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
It's not bad, …
[snippity-snip] … I'd say go for it, it's probably the next best thing.
If I didn't have a year's backlog of games waiting, … I'd buy it.
If I had started using up some
steam-wallet-windfall, … I'd not be tempted.
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UPDATE #1: Yeah … I bought it.
UPDATE #2: Holy crap-i-moly!!! … 16GB?!? … 16GB?!?henke on 14/7/2013 at 14:01
Quote Posted by bleaksand
is
Witcher 2 that much of a big improvement over the first?
Cuz I took a break from the first game somewhere in chapter 2 and never came back … :bored:I also took a break from The Witcher early on and never came back. Then I played Witcher 2 and took a break early on... and never came back. The sequel
was better though.
Neb on 14/7/2013 at 15:28
To Metro or not to Metro? -40%. It's not going to be any cheaper, is it?
Jason Moyer on 14/7/2013 at 16:05
Quote Posted by henke
I also took a break from The Witcher early on and never came back. Then I played Witcher 2 and took a break early on... and never came back. The sequel
was better though.
Both games are pretty boring for the first 5-6 hours and get significantly better after that.
Renzatic on 14/7/2013 at 16:07
What Moyer said. The Witcher games tend to start out (real) slow, but get crazier the farther you get into them.
Muzman on 14/7/2013 at 16:40
Quote Posted by Neb
To Metro or not to Metro? -40%. It's not going to be any cheaper, is it?
Last year the pattern seemed to be that they would come in lower first and the come back later at a higher price (lower discount) to catch all those undecideds on the second go.
(Some bias here. I've seen supermarkets do exactly this sort of thing. Wouldn't surprise me if steam had no real pattern so no one can figure it out like I am attempting to)
