Crater
1941
I didn’t know much about eXceed games, so I looked at the bundle…
“eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package”
Huh?
I looked at that and thought “meh, it’s just the Japanese being Japanese again.” That and the super-huge eyes were enough to make me back out of the page pretty quickly.
That’s just 2 eyes. Take a gander at War of the Human Tanks! “you must not look away…”
Giaddon
1944
Steam today: Jazzpunk - $5.09 - (66% off). QT3 thread
Steam midweek #1: Payday 2 - $14.99 - (50% off). All DLCs also 50% off.
Steam midweek #2: Max Payne 3 - $4.99 - (75% off). Entire franchise on sale.
Unrelated: Game Dev Tycoon - $4.99 - (50% off). Now with steam workshop support.
robc04
1946
Holy crap, I haven’t bought a game since 6/29/2014!
Nothing has even tempted me since then, and I probably bought some things that day I didn’t really have to have.
biosc1
1947
Some good games here. I bought it and have been playing The Cursed Heart. These games are nicer than they used to be, that’s for sure.
CraigM
1948
Cross post from the wargaming thread, but Unity of Command, one of the finest strategy games in years, is on sale here for $3.99. Buy it, it really is fantastic.
Steam today: Always Sometimes Monsters - $4.99 - (50% off). QT3 thread, very lightly used.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is currently available for pre-order from GMG for 25% off ($37.50) using voucher code HEA34T-3L03RY-JLXOOR.
Not going to fall for this. I tried playing a wargame back in the early 90s.
Never again! I thought.
But then, in the late 90s, Sid Meier was coming out with a wargame. I loved Covert Action, Civ, Pirates, etc. If there was one man who could potentially get me into wargames, surely it was Sid Meier, I thought. So I bought Sid Meier’s Gettysburg on release day.
Big mistake. Even Sid Meier can’t work miracles.
Never again! I thought.
Until CraigM tried to convince me to buy a wargame because it was on sale.
Unity of Command is a wargame, right? For Grognards?
CraigM
1952
It is, but then kinda not. See wargames are known for having really detailed ‘simulations’ with things like facing, armor penetration,combat factors, yadda yadda yadda. Unity of Command strips out all the cruft, and designs a game with a hook that makes the tactics 1) the focus and 2) easy to grok. It is all about supply, which is visually represented on the board. Everything flows from the idea of ‘how do I cut off a bunch of enemy unit’s supply, while protecting my own?’. Encirclement, penetration, zone of control, all that flows naturally from this one concept, so much so it is all modeled without any special rules for the most part. So all the turn based tactical decisions are around a fairly simple decision matrix. Because of this the AI is also quite good usually. They are able to exploit weakness in your line, shutting down your attack for lack of supply, and build defenses that delay you just enough to make your goal unattainable (in the base game you are the Germans, who can roll the Russians in a fight, but time is your constraint).
It also has a much nicer sprite based unit display than your average hex and counter game. If turn based strategy titles simply aren’t your thing, well this isn’t going to be your thing anyhow. If you do though, I really can’t reccomend it highly enough. Don’t take my word for it though, listen to what 3 Moves Ahead has to say.
robc04
1953
Rock8man, Unity of Command is challenging but not complex. I’m not a big wargamer and loved it (and I didn’t like Sid Meier’s Gettysburg). CraigM sums it up pretty perfectly. If you were going to try 1 more wargame, Unity of Command would be a fine choice.
Ok. I’m down for this. Baby’s 2nd wargame! Yay! I’ll report back in the Unity of Command thread.
Steam today: Awesomenauts - $1.99 - (80% off).
Steam weekend #1: Sanctum 2 - $2.24 - (85% off). Free weekend!
Steam weekend #2: Kalypso anniversary sale. Publisher’s page, not the sales page.
[indent]Tropico, Disciples 3, Patrician, Omerta, Port Royale, the new Jagged Alliance, Dungeons, etc.[/indent]
CraigM
1956
Yay! If you have any quesitons, I will be (more than) happy to aid as best I can.
Giaddon
1957
GOG is having a sale on platformers. I want to highlightValdis Story: Abyssal City ($5), a little-known but fantastic metroidvania with some RPG flourishes.
Valdis Story is cheaper than that on Steam during major sales, but while I’d agree it’s worth the $5 it’s selling for right now, I certainly wouldn’t call it “fantastic.” It’s decent, and the combat grading system that ties into XP bonuses is pretty cool, but the controls feel a bit off, I’m not a fan of the level design, I actively dislike the way mobility upgrades work, and the game has an undocumented time mechanic that makes it possible to miss content without knowing about it.
I also wouldn’t call it a “Metroidvania,” as much because it has very little Metroid influence (“we have backtracking!” does not count as “Metroid influence,” devs, so please stop acting like it does) as because “Metroidvania” is an awful term people should stop using.
I really liked Dust: An Elysian Tale. If you like hand-drawn art and really impactful (if often too easy) combat with amazing VFX, I think you’ll like it too. I guess I should mention that if you’re totally turned off by furries, it might bug you, but I have no particular love for those kinds of characters and I had no problem with it.
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is also a lovely and unique platformer, and Waking Mars is stupendous.
Agreed on Dust: An Elysian Tale. Wonderful (if easy) game with tons of character.
