Steam Sale Spotlight

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is...


£1.49 / $2.49, with a three-pack (one for you, two to gift) being £3.74 / $6.24. DLC's 49 pennies, all currencies.

The (first) Weekend Deal is the Deus Ex series. All three games (and the DLC for Human Revolutions) is 75% off, with the collection of everything being £9.99 / $14.99. Damn good price.

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

The (first) Weekend Deal is the Deus Ex series. All three games (and the DLC for Human Revolutions) is 75% off, with the collection of everything being £9.99 / $14.99. Damn good price.

Holy crap! I loved Human Revolution, but I thought the DLC was meh at best(new story...), then of course we have the big boy of them all, the original Deus Ex, which I never actually beat...

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is...


...again. Haven't they sold enough of these? £2.99 / $3.99.

Also, a new game by the makers of The Whispered World is out. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a point-and-click adventure that has an interesting premise and looks gorgeous. It's also 10% off at a not at all converted 26.99, which sadly means they've lost a sale from me. Sigh.

Oh, and Lego Batman 2's out as well. Meh.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Also, a new game by the makers of The Whispered World is out. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a point-and-click adventure that has an interesting premise and looks gorgeous.

This looks...a LOT less pretty than Whispered World, to me.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

This looks...a LOT less pretty than Whispered World, to me.

Looks aren't everything. Just look at LIMBO, which is a piece of garbage but looks really pretty.

Edit: looking at the screenshots now and I have no idea what you are writing about. It looks phantastic.
But why is it 35.99€ wen it is 27$? Did EA release this?

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

Looks aren't everything. Just look at LIMBO, which is a piece of garbage but looks really pretty.

I was commenting on the "gorgeous" statement. Looks ARE everything when you're talking about how gorgeous something is. Looks are also one of the few things you can comment on when it's a game you haven't, um, played.

Also, I thought Limbo was kind of cute for what it was. Mostly generic, but as you'd attest; well presented. I wouldn't recommend paying full price for it though.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

But why is it 35.99€ wen it is 27$? Did EA release this?

The pricing on this one is just a failure all round, really. Shame.

And when I said it looked gorgeous, I wasn't comparing it to anything. I just looked at the screenshots and thought "Ooo, pretty". There is a disclaimer in my sig, y'know. Not there for s**ts and giggles.

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

I was commenting on the "gorgeous" statement. Looks ARE everything when you're talking about how gorgeous something is. Looks are also one of the few things you can comment on when it's a game you haven't, um, played.

Also, I thought Limbo was kind of cute for what it was. Mostly generic, but as you'd attest; well presented. I wouldn't recommend paying full price for it though.

Well, looks are also in the eye of the beholder according to the saying. Personally, it's unlikely that I will find a game prettier than Trine 2 anytime soon. Then again, I just have this thing where I really like that particular color palate.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

And when I said it looked gorgeous, I wasn't comparing it to anything. I just looked at the screenshots and thought "Ooo, pretty". There is a disclaimer in my sig, y'know. Not there for s**ts and giggles.

Well, you brought up Whispered World, probably the most visually gorgeous adventure game available right now, and then say this is gorgeous. =p

[Darth Marsden]

I, you, just... shut up.

Today's Daily Deal is...


£3.99 / $4.99.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is...


£1.19 / $1.69.

[MusicallyInspired]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

No it's not. The pixels are square instead of rectangular.

I'm afraid you're wrong, Chyron, and Laserschwertz is correct.

These characters do not look squashed to me

That's because you're used to it. But they are and aren't the way the artists intended. I think the only Scumm game in 320x200 that's meant to be 16:9 ratio was DOTT because circles come out looking like correct circles. There was a discussion about this a while back on the ScummVM forums, or Vogons or something, about which games were designed for 16:9 and which for 4:3. But with very very few exceptions, all 320x200 games were meant to be 4:3 (rectangular pixels) because of the CRT monitor.

Perfect example, look at Laserschwerts' example image again. The upper round window above the doorway is squished in the pixel-perfect version on the left. But in the aspect ratio corrected version on the right it looks perfectly round.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is...



£3.99 / $4.99. According to our German friend, it's awful, and I've no reason to doubt him.

Somewhat related - anyone know when the Summer Sale actually starts?

[der_ketzer]

Worth noting: The 4-pack is only 8$. Buy it and trick 3 friends to play this! Unfortunately this will also give you one copy...

Obvious TotalBiscuit video.

[Gman5852]

Ok so, I went to the steam forums of this to see if there were any fanbois for this game mad at TB(there are), and well... here is what I've found out about this game

• The devs put in a naked skin of one of the characters in the files for no reason. Apparantly the texture the characters naked, then the clothes
• The EXE is actually L4D.exe instead of the game itself
• The devs have been caught bumping the score on this on metacritic
• they only have one quotable review from "valid gaming" which is in fact, a review "company" that just happens to be based in the exact same city
• The game was originally $20, apparantly the devs don't know much on marketing
• According to the steam achievements. Only 1.8% beat all the levels
• there are only 5 levels
• Anyone notice how one of the characters is a flat out rip-off of Bill from Left 4 Dead?

Yeah...
Not to mention everything TB also stated.
EDIT:I would just get Penny Arcade 3 instead, same price and probably more fun.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

EDIT:I would just get Penny Arcade 3 instead, same price and probably more fun.

Is that out yet, or are you just cruelly raising my hopes again?

[der_ketzer]

It is out. I bought it and am downloading it right now.

[Darth Marsden]

Wow, so it must have come out like an hour ago or something. Bought!

[RetroVortex]

I bought it. (Episode 3 that is, not Constipations 1984)

But I actually need to play the first two before I can dig into that! XD

[der_ketzer]

Who is playing the game with his mind orb?