Let's talk about Stream and buy mountains of games
I thought we might like to have a Steam offers catch-all thread, and maybe even any general discussion about the service.
Like many of us here I have been using Steam since it first appeared with Half Life 2. Initially it seemed pointless and intrusive, but we put up with it because, well, we needed to play CS:S and HL2. Over the years I have found myself buying more and more from Steam and now I pretty much exclusively buy my games there. In fact Valve have so got their model sorted that I would pay a few dollars more for the ease of having it in my Steam collection rather than the hassle of hard copy install.
This is not really necessary though since these days if you wait around for offers you can end up owning more than you can ever play. I have Batman, Far Cry 2, Bioshock 2, Borderlands, Torchlight and much more just half played or not played at all. All of these have been purchased at a reduced rate.
Anyway rather than waffle on further the reason I started this thread is to point out
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Left 4 Dead was my game of 2008 but I had enough other stuff to play and was a bit pissed off that they released 2 so quickly afterwards that I didn't buy it at full price. Now I am immediately picking it up. Sadly for you hardened players you can expect a wave of n00bs to arrive due to this deal.
That is all, feel free to add any good Steam offers as and when they appear to this thread and also to discuss the Steam service in general.
Great bundle if you don't own these games already: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/aweso...
Board game bundle is better imo
Some extras:
Love Letter: RN7W7-NCXKG-R5R0D
Small World: MCPCX-D2ZJP-R2LC8
Carcassonne: NL4DY-Q0RZE-7VCB2
Carcassonne DLC - Inns & Cathedrals: KK4EK-K958M-JXZFJ
I ignore digital board games even though I love regular board games and my collection has been growing lately now that my kids are growing too (8yo and 5yo) - am I missing out?
I like app board games on the ipad but don't play on steam
The big advantages are the ability to play against the computer so you don't need an actual group (although most of them can be played multiplayer as well).
And depending on the type of boardgames you play the setup/tear down time, games like Gloomhaven can be a ****ing beast to bring out with tons of setup time plus having to read a 50+ page instruction book to learn how to play.
Then separate from the actual boardgame "games" like those in the humble bundle is Tabletop Simulator. Looking at the Steam Workshop there are basically mods to play any boardgame.
Snagged Love Letter, thanks Daer!
South Scrimshaw is a cool visual novel. It's free and about an hour long.
The story is a documentary of the Brillo whale, a species on another planet.
Anyone look into Palworld? It's a brand new Pokemon/Minecraft/Survival game in early access. It came out Thursday and already has a ton of positive reviews...
Sold 2 million copies in 24 hours...
Its basically Ark/Conan Exiles with a Pokemon artstyle.
Balatro just got a release date of February 20th. It is a rogue like that has some pokerish types of rules for racking up the score. Doesn't sound like much when you read it, but the game is incredibly addictive. They released a demo a few days ago.
Horizon Forbidden West is releasing on PC March 21st.
I've been waiting to play it on PC since it came out on PS. Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my all time fav single player games so I have high hopes for HFW.
Balatro just got a release date of February 20th. It is a rogue like that has some pokerish types of rules for racking up the score. Doesn't sound like much when you read it, but the game is incredibly addictive. They released a demo a few days ago.
Been looking forward to this, they had a different demo out a few months ago and I put 9 hours into it.
Nice, forbidden West should be good.
I have lots of small issues with zero dawn but at the end of the day it's just fun to play.
Been looking forward to this, they had a different demo out a few months ago and I put 9 hours into it.
So did I. I only didn't have ten times as much because they took the demo down soon after I learned about it. The perfect game to play on the second monitor while watching Youtube or whatever.
Anyone want a code for the original Fallout on GOG?
Balatro just got a release date of February 20th. It is a rogue like that has some pokerish types of rules for racking up the score. Doesn't sound like much when you read it, but the game is incredibly addictive. They released a demo a few days ago.
Wishlisting.
For whatever reason Slay the Spire never hooked me originally. Then I committed over Christmas to playing it on Switch while back at the folks place, and I've subsequently logged an insane amount of hours on it since, both on Switch and PC. I think these kinds of roguelikes are what my game tastes have morphed into.
Wishlisting.
For whatever reason Slay the Spire never hooked me originally. Then I committed over Christmas to playing it on Switch while back at the folks place, and I've subsequently logged an insane amount of hours on it since, both on Switch and PC. I think these kinds of roguelikes are what my game tastes have morphed into.
Same. When you are an adult is very hard to set aside the necessary time to play a new Final Fantasy or Elden Ring. Even if you do have the time, it feels like the time and attention investment to put into those kinds of games can be steep, as after a hard day of work you just want to relax and unwind. Games like Slay the Spire or Balatro, which may take an hour of your time per run and are easily played on a second monitor, is just the kind of game that one can easily unwind with.
I'm over 400 hrs into Slay the Spire and loving it in spite of still not having beaten A20. The beauty of the game is that it's oddly satisfying even when you lose a run.
Balatro demo was a great recommendation. Very addictive and I'm even starting to like the weird music.
Have you checked out the mods for StS?
Personally I don't like using mods that alter gameplay. The only StS one that looks interesting to me is the one that Baalorlord uses in his videos that lets you color code the paths. Incidentally he's awesome to watch and helped me unlock a bunch of cheevos.
Finally beat the Balatro demo by leveling up Full Houses to like level 7 (Planet cards are the best imo) and combined with that X3 multi joker if you use all the suits let me get some yuge scores. Also finding out you can rearrange the jokers helped. I'm wondering how the released game will crank up the challenge, maybe just by adding more rounds with increasingly difficult boss blinds I suppose. Looks very promising.
I just used the mods for extra characters. Obviously they can vary a lot, some very silly, some are really well done though.
STS never looked that interesting to me, but finally gave it a shot last night.
Got to the 8th fight (?) before dying. I'll probably give it another go.
