Let's talk about Stream and buy mountains of games - Page 626 - Video Games

Bought Darkest Dungeon today and quite enjoying it. It's quite harder than I expected which is actually really awesome. Anyone else playing this game?

Quote

01-20-2016 , 02:41 PM

#15627

MinusEV

Giftastic!

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,228

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomdemaine

They got rid of "cheese strategies" like continually stunning mobs, stacking stress past 100% and their corpse system makes things more difficult (and more interesting imo) whether these strategies were worth eliminating or not is subjective but I personally think it added to the game and made it less likely that one strategy is dominant in all situations.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnord_too

I was actually playing it while typing my response! I stopped playing about two weeks ago since I knew I was restarting yesterday with the new release. Before that I played 100+ game weeks on the last build. I really enjoy the game, which is pretty dark. The voice over and writing is just incredible. Probably my favorite part of the game is starting a new boss mission and hearing the monologue prelude.

Edit - I would say most of my most heart breaking losses were totally on me gambling and knowingly taking risks I didn't have to because I was greedy. Also, I know I don't dismiss heroes enough. Occasionally rng will screw you, but you actually have a fair amount of protection against your characters dying. They don't die when they hit zero hp, even if they are sitting on 1 hp and get hit for 20. And just healing them 1 gets you back above the threshold. And when they take damage at zero they usually survive.

The stress mechanic is pretty well done, too.

Thanks - looks like I'll have to pick it up pretty soon then

Quote

01-20-2016 , 02:47 PM

#15628

Anssi A

veteran

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,202

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkFanIA

Is civ BE worth the extra 5ish bucks on top of the the 9.80 tier?

Yes, 5$ is about as much as I'd pay for it. It is really fun for 1-2 games.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 02:54 PM

#15629

Jiggymike

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13,420

Quote:

Originally Posted by RockerguyAA

New Humble Bundle seems nice. I didn't have XCOM or CIV5 so snap bought the bundle. I was trying to avoid CIV5 because a guy on my steam friends list has over 8,400 hours logged into that game, which I find terrifying.

I was going to give away the crappy stuff like CIV3, CIV4, Starships, Ace Patrol, Pirates... but they now bundle each tier of games under one steam key.

Looks like the "more games coming later" are the old X-Com games and two map packs for Civ V, according to people who know how to look this stuff up in the Steamdb.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 03:20 PM

#15630

tomdemaine

Just tries harder

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,065

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnord_too

I like that it's utterly ridiculous but they play it 100% straight. There's no knowing nods or any ironic immersion breaking asides that I've noticed.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 03:57 PM

#15631

mashxx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7,809

fine, thanks 2+2 for your opinions on Darkest Dungeon, I'll pick it up eventually probably on some sale.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 04:01 PM

#15632

DoGGz

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 17,315

So I guess I should finally get xcom now?

Quote

01-20-2016 , 04:20 PM

#15633

master3004

Revisionist Historian

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 56,420

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoGGz

So I guess I should finally get xcom now?

This is probably one of the best bundles they have put out, so yeah go for it.

Of course XCOM2 comes out in 13 days, so hyyyyyype

Quote

01-20-2016 , 05:00 PM

#15634

Jackitos

srs biz

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17,561

Quote:

Originally Posted by mashxx

fine, thanks 2+2 for your opinions on Darkest Dungeon, I'll pick it up eventually probably on some sale.

This seems less than sincere

Quote

01-20-2016 , 06:37 PM

#15635

mashxx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7,809

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackitos

This seems less than sincere

Jesus grow up and get a life, tool.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 07:49 PM

#15636

I_AM_EVIL

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,268

Scrap Mechanic looks like it could be a fun game. I've been watching lirik and shortyy play it for the last hour and they're doing some crazy ****.

Creative mode is the only setting working right now but it has a lot of options to build different things.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 07:54 PM

#15637

weeeez

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,727

what happened to the games I already owned with that humble bundle one key system?

Quote

01-20-2016 , 09:08 PM

#15638

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 12,373

Pinball Arcade >>>>>>>>>>>>> Pinball FX2

and I love me some pfx2. can't believe I just found this. played all kinds of Fun House last night.

Waiting for the next sale to grab the other packs.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 10:11 PM

#15639

DoGGz

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 17,315

Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

This is probably one of the best bundles they have put out, so yeah go for it.

Of course XCOM2 comes out in 13 days, so hyyyyyype

Thats kinda the point, right? If I end up liking xcom I got a new game to dive into after 100 odd hours.

Quote

01-20-2016 , 11:41 PM

#15640

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anssi A

Yes, 5$ is about as much as I'd pay for it. It is really fun for 1-2 games.

Yeah maybe standing alone, but with the 3 previous Civs and XCOM it's gonna be a long time before you crack it open for those 1-2 games.

http://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri

is a better use of that $5

Quote

01-21-2016 , 12:14 AM

#15641

Cry Me A River

Orange is the new Green

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,784

Quote:

Originally Posted by #Thinman

Pinball Arcade >>>>>>>>>>>>> Pinball FX2

FYI - It's really good on phone too.

Quote

01-21-2016 , 01:23 AM

#15642

Mark_K

Fast Food Value KING

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 28,242

$6 for Alpha Centauri+DLC seems like a steal.

I paid 3 times that last fall...

Quote

01-21-2016 , 08:38 PM

#15643

fnord_too

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 29,116

Ack, I thought that humble bundle with roundabout was until the end of the month

Quote

01-22-2016 , 01:51 PM

#15644

I_AM_EVIL

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,268

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned but Atari announced they're releasing 100 classic games in a bundle on Steam.

Uhh. Yes, please. Goodbye social life.

Quote

01-26-2016 , 09:23 AM

#15645

Lateralus

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 308

Quote:

Originally Posted by dev0wned

Bought Darkest Dungeon today and quite enjoying it. It's quite harder than I expected which is actually really awesome. Anyone else playing this game?

Got that half a year ago in alpha, and played a bit (~20 weeks or so), quite enjoyable.

I would really like an in-depth guide to this game (roster composition, efficient party/skill setup, recommendations for optimal hamlet and skill upgrade order etc.) If anyone has a good resource on that (apart from the wiki), please share!