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Seemed about time for a new thread, so here it is. Welcome to the Steam Deals Thread V11!

Daily Deal
Luftrausers - $9.99 $5.99
 
Yesterday's Deal
Metro: Last Light Complete Edition - $19.99 $9.99
Metro 2033 - $14.99 $3.74
 
Weekend Deals
Europa Universalis IV - $39.99 $9.99
Europa Universalis IV Extreme Edition - $44.99 $11.24 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Europa Universalis III Collection - 39.99 9.99
Europa Universalis III Complete - 14.99 3.74 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition - 9.99 2.49
PAYDAY 2 - 29.99 9.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
PAYDAY™ The Heist - 14.99 4.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]

Midweek Madness
Audiosurf 2 - $14.99 $8.99
Audiosurf - $9.99 $2.49
XCOM Complete - $49.99 $24.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler][/customspoiler]
Painkiller Complete Pack - $69.99 $13.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler][/customspoiler]
 
Weeklong Deals
Pool Nation - $9.99 $1.49
Booster Trooper - $4.99 $0.74
Zeno Clash - $9.99 $1.99
Thunder Wolves - $9.99 $1.99
Alien Breed™ Trilogy - $22.99 $11.49 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
Two Worlds II - $19.99 $4.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne - $14.99 $3.74
Titan Quest - $14.99 $3.74
Sine Mora - $9.99 $2.49
Primal Carnage - $14.99 $3.74
Mirror's Edge™ - $19.99 $4.99
Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina - $7.99 $1.99
Guncraft - $14.99 $3.74
Expeditions: Conquistador - $19.99 $4.99
Alien Spidy - $9.99 $2.49
Violett - $9.99 $2.99
Dark Matter - $14.99 $4.49
Survivor Squad - $8.99 $2.96
Victoria II - $19.99 $6.79
Star Trek - $14.99 $5.09
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition - $14.99 $5.09
Tiny Troopers - $4.99 $2.49
Spate - $9.99 $4.99
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition - $19.99 $9.99
Litil Divil - $9.99 $4.99
Last Dream - $9.99 $4.99
KickBeat Steam Edition - $9.99 $4.99
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
Dead Space Pack - $34.99 $8.74 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
Earthworm Jim Collection - $19.99 $9.99
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension - $34.99 $17.49
Desert Thunder - $9.99 $4.99
Construction Machines 2014 - $14.99 $7.49
Tower of Guns - $14.99 $8.24
PlayClaw - Game Video Recorder - $49.99 $29.99
Vox - $9.99 $7.49
Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath) - $9.99 $7.49
Obscure - $6.99 $5.24
Action Indie Pack - $14.99 $1.49
Geneforge Saga - $19.99 $3.99

Miscellaneous Deals (end time varies)
Cloudbuilt - $19.99 $9.19
Titan Quest Gold - $19.99 $4.99
Football Manager 2014 - $49.99 $12.5
Dracula Trilogy - $19.99 $9.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
The Wolf Among Us - $24.99 $16.74
MXGP - $39.99 $25.19
FX Eleven - $19.99 $9.99
Franchise Hockey Manager 2014 - $39.99 $19.99
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - $14.99 $6.00
 
Thread under construction, more to be added shortly...
 
Thanks to EastX, Detruire, Psydero, and everyone else that has contributed to the thread!
 
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BobbyTastic said:
Remember Me 2: Remember Who?
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agentghost said:
ya.. what the hell man.. no boob job, no take back
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The girl I'm currently investing time into has 36DDs, and they're real, so still no thanks.

Motoki said:
If it lets you, try to reserve it for store pickup. That's what I did.
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Downside of living on Maui, two stores, both with the worst fucking stock of things ever. Both stores probably never even had the damn things.

 
Captain Urahara said:
That's exactly what I did. We'll see if they try to sell me some open copy with everything ransacked out of it.
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Don't get your hopes up. Selling open, ransacked copies is pretty much Gamestop's favorite pastime.

zenii said:
In regards to D3 on PC and controllers;

The disparity between the two versions boils down to the way movement is handled, where the player's focus is on the screen, and what this means for the number of monsters attacking you at the same time. On console, the player moves more, using the new rolling evade move on the right thumbstick, and is attacked by fewer monsters at a time to make allowances for the fact that movement isn't handled automatically and the player's focus is narrower. In other words, there's a subtle but important difference in pace and combat balance between the two games.
"The rhythm on PC is tactactactactactac - you're clicking the mouse, you're telling your character where to go," Berger said. "On console, the rhythm is very different. It flows more, because you're constantly repositioning your character with the thumbstick; you're really never stationary on console, whereas on PC you're a lot more stationary... When you're playing on the PC, you're not really looking at your character as much, you're kind of focusing on the cursor. Whereas on console it's the exact opposite, you're drawn in.
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All true, but still more PR speak than a valid reason why we can't have both, especially when the game is already extremely playable using D3Gamepad (see my last post.) If the game on PC required any real degree of precision with the mouse, I'd be more inclined to agree, but most attacks have such huge aoe you only have to be basically facing the right direction to hit anything.

Also, ignoring all else, Blizzard has infinite money, and could bloody well do it if they really wanted to. They just don't.

 
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MysterD said:
I know D3 is not supposed to be Dragon Age in terms of characters, story, plot, narrative, etc...

...but, what D3 throws at us is nothing special - even for within its own loot-heavy ARPG genre! It actually tries to emphasize its story elements w/ the way it delivers them (Lore, banter, cut-scenes)....and doesn't deliver anything special here.
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A lack of likes on this post just means your really wrong... DIII story, while no Bioware epic, is far far better than what you normally see in ARPGs. Hell, truth be told its a far better story than you see in most games. Its solid, builds on and respects the lore built on from the first game, it doesn't over stay its welcome, every plot twist isn't predictable, etc.

Honestly, go back and play the original and then go and play DIII again and tell me its not an epic improvement. Truthfully, one could argue that the Diablo series once again leads the way in the genre... This time with story and not just placeholders to do quests.

I can/do agree that the launch of DIII sucked. It wasn't horrible when I got around to it but 2.0 was still an amazing improvement but I've never understood the need to dismantle a game on every level just because it disappoints. (Massively or otherwise)

Captain Urahara said:
Gotta cancel my order at the Bioware Store and get this instead. There goes all my money >.>
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What did you have preordered at the Bioware Store?

Hoarder said:
Pinnacle Game Profiler is 75% off right now ($4.99) today. It's great for mapping all those unsupported precision FPS games to the 360 controller.

http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/purchase/STEAMCODE400N
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Like others I've used the free version... I even have a paid version of Xpadder (I got it for some prebuilt profile for some game or another... Cannot remember which) but I liked Pinnacle better from what I remember. I used it when I first thought about moving to PC a number of years ago.

Happy to own it for that price. :D

Motoki said:
:roll: @ Bioware for not putting controller support into PC versions of their newer games that were so blatantly obviously designed with consoles in mind.

I once read a comment by a Bioware employee on their forums when questioned why Dragon Age 2 didn't have controller support that they didn't want to "ruin the integrity of the PC version". Yeah, too late for that.
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Holy Cow... I never knew that Bioware did that to the PC versions. That just amazing me.

 
Captain Urahara said:
No PS3 or 360 Defiance UE's within a hundred miles from me. Good thing I'm aiming for the PC version which it says it has low stock in the store right next to my workplace. Gonna aim to pick that up tomorrow.
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Yeah, that how it looks in my end.. Though I have 4 stores within town that have it.

I'm just not sure I want it... I don't really need that giant box hanging around (Its why I passed on that DSII CE being on sale, well that and its price) and stuff.

I am excited to see that Season 2 of the show is starting back up soon! :)

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
A lack of likes on this post just means your really wrong... DIII story, while no Bioware epic, is far far better than what you normally see in ARPGs. Hell, truth be told its a far better story than you see in most games. Its solid, builds on and respects the lore built on from the first game, it doesn't over stay its welcome, every plot twist isn't predictable, etc.

Honestly, go back and play the original and then go and play DIII again and tell me its not an epic improvement. Truthfully, one could argue that the Diablo series once again leads the way in the genre... This time with story and not just placeholders to do quests.

I can/do agree that the launch of DIII sucked. It wasn't horrible when I got around to it but 2.0 was still an amazing improvement but I've never understood the need to dismantle a game on every level just because it disappoints. (Massively or otherwise)
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I actually like what they did with the lore and story of Diablo III. They way built on what was basically a foundation of 'Go kill some evil demon, or something' of the first game. I admit I even read all the short stories off the web site. The lore is definitely there if you look.

The narrated journals were nice, and some are easier to find than others so hunting those all down can be a game in an of itself. Also the companions and side characters were an interesting addition, though admittedly you really don't get resolution on the 3 companions or Covetous Shen until RoS.

Also the PC is fully voiced and each of the 6 classes have their own personalities and say different things even in the same circumstances.

While still not a primarily story based game, I'd say D3 has better story and lore than most hack and slash ARPGs, including the older Diablos.

I mean they've had panels at conventions with multiple Blizzard people answering questions from the audience just on story and lore. I don't think your average ARPG has even enough content to do that.

INMATEofARKHAM said:
Yeah, that how it looks in my end.. Though I have 4 stores within town that have it.

I'm just not sure I want it... I don't really need that giant box hanging around (Its why I passed on that DSII CE being on sale, well that and its price) and stuff.

I am excited to see that Season 2 of the show is starting back up soon! :)
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It's an insanely good deal though. That edition originally went for $150. The bag is useful, statue seems well made for an alien, um, thing. You get $15 worth of in game currency, the season pass with all the DLC, plus other stuff in game, etc etc. It's nuts for $8 and not even having to pay shipping.

*Edited to add: SyFy takes forever between seasons of their shows.

 
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Motoki said:
I actually like what they did with the lore and story of Diablo III. They way built on what was basically a foundation of 'Go kill some evil demon, or something' of the first game. I admit I even read all the short stories off the web site. The lore is definitely there if you look.

The narrated journals were nice, and some are easier to find than others so hunting those all down can be a game in an of itself. Also the companions and side characters were an interesting addition, though admittedly you really don't get resolution on the 3 companions or Covetous Shen until RoS.

Also the PC is fully voiced and each of the 6 classes have their own personalities and say different things even in the same circumstances.

While still not a primarily story based game, I'd say D3 has better story and lore than most hack and slash ARPGs, including the older Diablos.

I mean they've had panels at conventions with multiple Blizzard people answering questions from the audience just on story and lore. I don't think your average ARPG has even enough content to do that.

It's an insanely good deal though. That edition originally went for $150. The bag is useful, statue seems well made for an alien, um, thing. You get $15 worth of in game currency, the season pass with all the DLC, plus other stuff in game, etc etc. It's nuts for $8 and not even having to pay shipping.

*Edited to add: SyFy takes forever between seasons of their shows.
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Good points on Defiance, maybe I should do the unthinkable and shop at Gamestop in the morning... (as for your edit. Yeah, that does seem to be their norm and a bit surprising in Defiance's place since they pretty much had to agree to at least two season.)

As for DIII lore and story. You said it much better than me. Totally agree.

Idiotekque said:
MysterD's posts get likes? :whistle2:k
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Sometimes... but I think its mostly people just click on the screen to start a scroll while not paying attention... :p

(And no, he does get quite a few...)

 
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Yeah so if anyone can find a Defiance Ultimate Edition (not Collector's) at a store by them, I'll buy it (shipping can't be more than $10 or so).

 
Idiotekque said:
Yeah so if anyone can find a Defiance Ultimate Edition (not Collector's) at a store by them, I'll buy it (shipping can't be more than $10 or so).
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I have only seen screenshots but it looks like a huge freaking box and I suspect shipping would be more than 10 bucks.

Edit: Yup... Its huge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPfX3H9XaP0

Edit: Reserved one for myself.

 
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MysterD said:
I dropped D3 pretty much, after finishing its base-game campaign. Of course - this was all before Paragon Levels, Torment Levels, Loot 2.0, and RoS were introduced.

If I could get RoS cheap enough to suit me - that would probably get me right back into wanting to play more D3.
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MysterD said:
I dropped $10 on D3 (base-game), during TRU PC Games Blowout, a few years back.
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Paragon was introduced in Patch 1.04, three months after D3's release. There was Paragon when you played.

Dumbass Toaster

But you never saw it because you finished the campaign on one character, once... so what lv30? You're only halfway to level cap and without many of your signature skills. It's like saying you beat WoW but never reached max level.

BobbyTastic said:
I'll elaborate, but I know some of you are really into it, and I don't really care enough about it to get into an argument.

[customspoiler=Nerd Stuff]Artstyle, level cap (which requires expansions to boost), cooldowns, transmog, highly restricted valuable gear, unbalanced PvP (unnecessarily huge #s), lack of specialization [/customspoiler]

Considering people originally called WoW a ripoff of D2, I guess it's not all that surprising, but still.
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By those measures many modern games are close to WoW. Look, wow did a lot of things right (particularly the MMO-death penalty, bad enough so you don't want to die, but not overly harsh like EQ) and a lot of games have emulated these successful systems. Nothing you mention is sufficiently unique to WoW & D3 to really make your point.

Motoki said:
They're still officially supporting Diablo II which is 14 years old so it's not like there's any huge danger of Diablo III getting taken down soon. If it came to that for some reason I'm sure they'd work something out. The online component is a pretty big part of the game though and I don't think they would take that down lightly even when numbers dwindle.
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Yep! There was even a 6-month Diablo 2 Ladder Reset today. Blizz doesn't have many properties and they're heavily invested in the few they have.

Neuropod said:
It really doesn't sound like Blizzard has any interest in adding controller support, but I found this program and it does a pretty damn good job of emulating such. Basically it binds your analog stick to rotate in a circle around the center of the screen, which combined with the 'Force Move' key (has to be set to B) lets you move your character around and aim your attacks, while other keys or mouse movements can be bound to other buttons. It's a bit finicky for navigating menus and picking up items, but for combat it works really well.

It's pretty customizable but not exactly intuitive to set up. See this video for an explanation. I have no idea if this will still be viable for higher-level play but for now I'm having a lot of fun with it.
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In easy difficulties, sure, but you're not going to do that in challenging torment levels. Also you're overgeneralizing, some attacks (e.g. Cascade on my Wizard) take a good bit of precision.

However it looks like a good candidate for the steampad.

 
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Thanks to Moose (MrDRM) & Squirrel and Franklin the Turtle (Syntax Error - your avatar looks like a turtle. is it a turtle?), I've decided not to buy Remember Me, as I would probably remember it for reasons not originally intended. Saving money to use on crap bundles = Win!

Idiotekque said:
Yeah so if anyone can find a Defiance Ultimate Edition (not Collector's) at a store by them, I'll buy it (shipping can't be more than $10 or so).
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I have a few GS stores around where I live and where I work. I'll give them a call and report here how many (if any) I can get. You'll get first dibs.

update: called several GS stores and there is only one available in my area.
 
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I tried playing Darkout yesterday. It's like a zoomed-in Terraria with less-pixelish graphics.

You start when your escape pod crash lands on a planet (this, along with starting in a prison, are always my favourite way to start a game) and you're tasked with chopping a few trees down to build your first hut and survive the night. (Darkness is BAD)

I manage that, craft a few items (it's heavily influenced by Terraria) and the fcking thing crashes at the autosave point. 10 minutes in. Every time.

I want to like you, Darkout. Why won't you let me like you?

Other observations:

- tutorial doesn't flow very well, but does enough;
- it seems a little buggy. On my first play, it wouldn't acknowledge mouse clicks on the environment;
- it has Steam achievements. This may sound trivial but I like games that guide me somehow. I really don't like sandboxy sandboxes;
- the setting is cool. I actually WANT to explore the world I've landed in.

I'm going to try again tonight, I'm mindful that I should probably play something other than D3 and Starbound isn't quite at a stage I want to play yet.

Here endeth my two penneth.

Obligatory :whee:
 
travathian said:
Disable autosave, and just manual save?
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I'll be trying that, but people have reported problems with saving in general. There's no point me playing for an hour (instead of 10 minutes) only to have the game crash on me.

I'll do some digging later on and see if there's a fix. I think I read that there was some antivirus issue that could be to blame.
 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Yeah, I already owned the game and everything is in one code. You just activate it on your Defiance account (not on Steam) and it upgrades you to the Ultimate Version.
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Thanks. Just needed that confirmation. Definitely interested now.

Captain Urahara said:
That's exactly what I did. We'll see if they try to sell me some open copy with everything ransacked out of it.
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Me too. Hopefully they honour hold requests.

asheskitty said:
By those measures many modern games are close to WoW. Look, wow did a lot of things right (particularly the MMO-death penalty, bad enough so you don't want to die, but not overly harsh like EQ) and a lot of games have emulated these successful systems. Nothing you mention is sufficiently unique to WoW & D3 to really make your point.
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Well maybe a lot of modern games aped things from WoW? A lot of games have tried to be "WoW killers", which is part of the reason for my dislike of it in the first place.

I agree with you on the death system, actually. I never said WoW didn't do anything right. My main point lies in the fact that these two games are made by the same group of people. Now if some other developer made Diablo 3, I'd have a weaker case, but it's obvious that the D3 devs looked at their successful cashcow WoW for some of their ideas moving forward from D2.

But ultimately, that's just the vibe I got from the game. I don't think D3 is a bad game, just has a bad association for me, and I think it could have been better freed from certain precedents. That's all.

 
Re: D3 pre-post-multi-conceptions

I played it at launch like many others did. I played because many WoW friends did, and it let me stay in touch with some old gaming pals (I hadn't really got to know the CAG/BGCQ crowd at this stage). I played it largely because they did. But I can't say I really enjoyed it much. I didn't even hit max level, I was either really bad at it or I just made some terrible spec/gear choices.

It's now a game that, after loot 2.0/RoS, allows me to literally pick up and play for as long as I like. It's about incremental increases, occasional reward and achievable goals. It's rare that a game like that can get the effort/reward trade-off so well balanced.

When you've got a kid who likes to disrupt your gaming time, a pick-up-n-play experience like D3 is a godsend.
 
I thought you won Diablo 3 from me in my Extra Life giveaway? Or was that Starcraft 2?

Edit: We also need to grab a beer sometime. Let me know when you are in town.
 
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Re: D3 pre-post-multi-conceptions

I played it at launch like many others did. I played because many WoW friends did, and it let me stay in touch with some old gaming pals (I hadn't really got to know the CAG/BGCQ crowd at this stage). I played it largely because they did. But I can't say I really enjoyed it much. I didn't even hit max level, I was either really bad at it or I just made some terrible spec/gear choices.

It's now a game that, after loot 2.0/RoS, allows me to literally pick up and play for as long as I like. It's about incremental increases, occasional reward and achievable goals. It's rare that a game like that can get the effort/reward trade-off so well balanced.

When you've got a kid who likes to disrupt your gaming time, a pick-up-n-play experience like D3 is a godsend.
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This is why I like it too. I can play for 2 hours or 20 minutes and still feel like I accomplished something. Now with the loot buff that they kept from the anniversary it's even better. Granted my damn gloves and ring have yet to drop....but one day...one day.
 
hey guys, i'm gonna buy Pool Nation, so expect it in today's Humble Bundle. 

and any early impressions for Watch______________________________Dogs pc version?

 
Dr Sasquatch said:
New deal at IndieGamestand: Copod (Greenlight). Pay $1 for Desura and eventual possible Steam keys, BTA for the soundtrack.
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Crap. I forgot about IGS this weekend and missed Soul Gambler.

asheskitty said:
But you never saw it because you finished the campaign on one character, once... so what lv30? You're only halfway to level cap and without many of your signature skills. It's like saying you beat WoW but never reached max level.
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I've been reading this Diablo III discussion but I've withheld my remarks up to this point. However, like MysterD, I got the game during the TRU closeout $10 deal as a PM via Best Buy so I didn't have a lot of financial stake involved in it--and that's how I wanted it, because it was intriguing enough to buy but not at anything even remotely approaching MSRP because I didn't care for the first two. The only "Diablo"-style ARPGs in recent memory that I played and actually enjoyed enough to finish were Titan Quest and Dungeon Siege II. For the most part, the idea of grinding monsters and looting them for stuff for its own sake doesn't hold much appeal for me. Diablo II seemed to be a very well-designed and constructed game experience but it was rather boring. Diablo III had enough story and character to draw me in despite the mechanics of the game so I played my Wizard up through the end of the story mode--once. Yep, I got to somewhere in the low 30s. To me, that's beating Diablo III. I have no desire to go back and replay the same content with harder monsters and more gemgaws solely for sake of having fancier doodads and new skills. Also I rarely play with other sentient lifeforms so the multiplayer's not a draw either.

I finished the game with a single toon and that's me calling it done. I get that other people play these games differently, and I've never held it against them, but I think that all ways that devs allow a game to be played are legitimate. I've been playing Skyrim off-and-on for, well, actually I don't remember when I started, probably around last November. I've clocked over 140 hours in it, which is an extraordinary amount of time in a single game for me. The whole time I've played as an Argonian male. He started out as a stealth archer and I'm currently working to build his destruction and one-handed weapon skills at level 48. I've completed the civil war and Alduin questlines, all of the other major questlines in the main game, the Dawnguard main quest, and I've just started exploring Solstheim. When he's finished the Dragonborn questline, I'll probably put him out to pasture and call Skyrim "finished." I understand that other people have put hundreds and thousands of hours into Skyrim and have played through the story content many times with many different characters, but again that's not for me. There are too many other things I have backlogged and I have limited (in a good week, maybe 12-15 hours) gaming time in my life.

I'm not saying there are not genuine disagreements to be had about the quality of the content in Diablo III and other games, but belittling someone because of how they choose to play a game is not appropriate, in my view.

 
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Preedatore said:
I thought you won Diablo 3 from me in my Extra Life giveaway? Or was that Starcraft 2?

Edit: We also need to grab a beer sometime. Let me know when you are in town.
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It was SC2, which I'll totally get around to playing. One day. One day.

That beer sounds good. You're only 4000 miles round the corner.

Edit: mobile font size fail. That was meant to be tiny.
 
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bubzers said:
Thanks to Moose (MrDRM) & Squirrel and Franklin the Turtle (Syntax Error - your avatar looks like a turtle. is it a turtle?), I've decided not to buy Remember Me, as I would probably remember it for reasons not originally intended. Saving money to use on crap bundles = Win!

I have a few GS stores around where I live and where I work. I'll give them a call and report here how many (if any) I can get. You'll get first dibs.
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I liked it. It's not perfect but they tried to do something different. It's sort of a linear adventure game in full 3D with a lite combat system. There's memory remix scenes too which are few but rather unique. Its strong point definitely isn't combat and if you want an open world game you'll be disappointed. I think it does atmosphere and story well. It's sort of Total Recall in Paris.

I know it's kind of a polarizing game and I get the gripes about it. You can see that it had the potential to be a lot more. Still I personally enjoyed it and thought it was worth the $10 I paid. *shrug*

BobbyTastic said:
Well maybe a lot of modern games aped things from WoW? A lot of games have tried to be "WoW killers", which is part of the reason for my dislike of it in the first place.
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Games copying WoW to a high degree is getting really stale, I'll grant you (they next big thing is MMOs copying Minecraft btw) but I never really felt 'Okay this is exactly like WoW so why am I playing this and not Wow' with Diablo III the way I did with say Wildstar.

Flowette said:
Re: D3 pre-post-multi-conceptions

I played it at launch like many others did. I played because many WoW friends did, and it let me stay in touch with some old gaming pals (I hadn't really got to know the CAG/BGCQ crowd at this stage). I played it largely because they did. But I can't say I really enjoyed it much. I didn't even hit max level, I was either really bad at it or I just made some terrible spec/gear choices.

It's now a game that, after loot 2.0/RoS, allows me to literally pick up and play for as long as I like. It's about incremental increases, occasional reward and achievable goals. It's rare that a game like that can get the effort/reward trade-off so well balanced.

When you've got a kid who likes to disrupt your gaming time, a pick-up-n-play experience like D3 is a godsend.
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Drabelincoln said:
This is why I like it too. I can play for 2 hours or 20 minutes and still feel like I accomplished something. Now with the loot buff that they kept from the anniversary it's even better. Granted my damn gloves and ring have yet to drop....but one day...one day.
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Agreed. It's rare that a non-casual game just lets you play satisfying sessions in short bursts and feel rewarded for it but they did a good job doing that.

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I'm not saying there are not genuine disagreements to be had about the quality of the content in Diablo III and other games, but belittling someone because of how they choose to play a game is not appropriate, in my view.
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The problem is he wasn't getting the concept of end-game and that that in and of itself is a mode that people play through the campaign just to get to. That sort of design does borrow heavily from MMOs and it's more complex than a simplistic new game+ concept as some extra little bonus that some single player games use going back to the SNES days.

He also went on to say that one the one hand he doesn't play games after the end of the campaign that the adventure mode, which is exactly that, was what he was looking for when I don't think he understands what the Adventure mode is at all.

He's basically Beatrice from the esurance commercials.

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Because there aren't enough Lego games and Batman games and Lego Batman games, now they're making a Lego Batman 3. It's nice that these publishers are taking a chance on something different.

 
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BrownDerby said:
Because there aren't enough Lego games and Batman games and Lego Batman games, now they're making a Lego Batman 3. It's nice that these publishers are taking a chance on something different.
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But its Lego Batman.... in spaaaace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75gnar-W_k

 
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Motoki said:
The problem is he wasn't getting the concept of end-game and that that in and of itself is a mode that people play through the campaign just to get to. That sort of design does borrow heavily from MMOs and it's more complex than a simplistic new game+ concept as some extra little bonus that some single player games use going back to the SNES days.

He also went on to say that one the one hand he doesn't play games after the end of the campaign that the adventure mode, which is exactly that, was what he was looking for when I don't think he understands what the Adventure mode is at all.

He's basically Beatrice from the esurance commercials.
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I'm not sure I know what the endgame is considered to be for pre-RoS Diablo III, besides replaying the game at incrementally-higher difficulty levels for better drops and harder opponents, so I'm not really clear on what that first paragraph is alluding to (to me, replaying on Nightmare, etc. mode is basically a New Game + mode, but maybe there's something I'm missing). The adventure mode does look like something that might interest me, but I understand that one of the points made earlier was that there is no story development or significant NPC interaction involved, but the randomized goals and rewards are there so it's not merely replaying the same content ad nauseum).

BrownDerby said:
Because there aren't enough Lego games and Batman games and Lego Batman games, now they're making a Lego Batman 3. It's nice that these publishers are taking a chance on something different.
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Please make it stop.

 
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Just don't have Inquisitor and don't really want it....pass.

 
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Those Books and Artbook PDFs should be in the $1 tier, surely?

I've been really looking forward to Reboot 4.0, the other's have been great, but I own over 80% of these already =/

 
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warreni said:
Crap. I forgot about IGS this weekend and missed Soul Gambler.

I've been reading this Diablo III discussion but I've withheld my remarks up to this point. However, like MysterD, I got the game during the TRU closeout $10 deal as a PM via Best Buy so I didn't have a lot of financial stake involved in it--and that's how I wanted it, because it was intriguing enough to buy but not at anything even remotely approaching MSRP because I didn't care for the first two. The only "Diablo"-style ARPGs in recent memory that I played and actually enjoyed enough to finish were Titan Quest and Dungeon Siege II. For the most part, the idea of grinding monsters and looting them for stuff for its own sake doesn't hold much appeal for me. Diablo II seemed to be a very well-designed and constructed game experience but it was rather boring. Diablo III had enough story and character to draw me in despite the mechanics of the game so I played my Wizard up through the end of the story mode--once. Yep, I got to somewhere in the low 30s. To me, that's beating Diablo III. I have no desire to go back and replay the same content with harder monsters and more gemgaws solely for sake of having fancier doodads and new skills. Also I rarely play with other sentient lifeforms so the multiplayer's not a draw either.

I finished the game with a single toon and that's me calling it done. I get that other people play these games differently, and I've never held it against them, but I think that all ways that devs allow a game to be played are legitimate. I've been playing Skyrim off-and-on for, well, actually I don't remember when I started, probably around last November. I've clocked over 140 hours in it, which is an extraordinary amount of time in a single game for me. The whole time I've played as an Argonian male. He started out as a stealth archer and I'm currently working to build his destruction and one-handed weapon skills at level 48. I've completed the civil war and Alduin questlines, all of the other major questlines in the main game, the Dawnguard main quest, and I've just started exploring Solstheim. When he's finished the Dragonborn questline, I'll probably put him out to pasture and call Skyrim "finished." I understand that other people have put hundreds and thousands of hours into Skyrim and have played through the story content many times with many different characters, but again that's not for me. There are too many other things I have backlogged and I have limited (in a good week, maybe 12-15 hours) gaming time in my life.

I'm not saying there are not genuine disagreements to be had about the quality of the content in Diablo III and other games, but belittling someone because of how they choose to play a game is not appropriate, in my view.
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I'm belittling someone because they only played a little bit of the game and act like they're and expert on them.

I played two hours of WarZ, which I felt was a walking simulator with death. Although I didn't enjoy it, it's just that, I didn't enjoy it. Clearly there are some people who enjoy that stuff. Also reminded me of WoW on a PVP server... getting ganked while trying to pick flowers, also not my thing. I don't enjoy it. There's a segment of people who do enjoy it. I don't pretend to be an expert from my little time with it, it's not for me, enough said.

Comparing Skyrim and Diablo 3... sure on a personal level it makes sense but they are very different games that aren't naturally ranked against each other. It's like comparing Mass Effect to Super Meat Boy.

I like racing games a lot. With the right car/track/physics I'm happy to spend hours honing my lap times by tenths of a second. Hidden Object Games are dull as heck, but you don't see me crapping on those saying ya'll should be playing Assetto Corsa.

Diablo 3 has changed and improved a whole lot (general consensus) with 2.0, continuing to dump on D3 v1.0 is old and tired.

 
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