The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Astral Rag]

You're right the game is no longer on sale, maybe some Valve employe spilled coffee on his keyboard or maybe I need stronger meds.

 

[Kuattro]

You're right the game is no longer on sale, maybe some Valve employe spilled coffee on his keyboard or maybe I need stronger meds.

No, it actually was on sale, but the sale ended today at 19:00 (well, 19:00 spanish time, whatever it is in other so called parts of the world). When I checked, there were 5 minutes left.

 

[LESS T_T]

Royal Bounty, King's Bounty-like, released: http://store.steampowered.com/app/337210/

 

[LESS T_T]

Looks like some desu pulbishers (Playism, Sekai) are doing catalog-wide sale.

Ah, this is the reason. Japanese Indie Game Festival Sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/doujin/

 

[TripJack]

most disgusting sale ever, Y/N?

 

[Explorerbc]

NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans is the only redeeming element in this sale of weeaboo retardation.

 

[Astral Rag]

most disgusting sale ever, Y/N?

Y

 

[pippin]

But hey, La Mulana and One Way Heroics are discounted.
Also D4 lol

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I hoped that The Legend of Heroes would be on sale. Heard good things about it, from a storyfaggotry perspective. Oh well.

 

[DwarvenFood]

But hey, La Mulana and One Way Heroics are discounted.
Also D4 lol

Is La Mulana any fun ?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Is La Mulana any fun ?

Depends, it's a Metroidvania platformer with gameplay about as fun as banging your head against a rock. It wears thing REALLY quick.

EDIT: Had a look at the weaboo sale - I'm disgraced to say that 8 of the titles are in my Steam library. On the upside, those 8 includes One Way Heroics, La Mulana and Eryi's Action, so it's not all horrible.

 

[pippin]

I'm disgraced to say that 8 of the titles are in my Steam library. On the upside, those 8 includes One Way Heroics, La Mulana and Eryi's Action, so it's not all horrible.

Don't be afraid to say you own Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae as well

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=238011253

 

[Black]

Ah, this is the reason. Japanese Indie Game Festival Sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/doujin/

REAP AND TEAR

 

[Konjad]

At this point Steam is just Android Market for PC games.

I don't complain though. One can just ignore turds and good games have higher chances to be accepted too (I doubt games like Eschalon or AoD would appear there otherwise).

 

[LeStryfe79]

Which of these Japanese games should I buy?

 

[Crooked Bee]

Which of these Japanese games should I buy?

One Way Heroics is the only one I'd call a must buy, especially given that the Plus edition is coming to Steam soon as DLC. The rest of the games in this sale (that I know) are pretty meh.

 

[LESS T_T]

Which of these Japanese games should I buy?

I recommend La-Mulana if you enjoy more slow-paced, exploration/puzzle oriented metroidvania that requires making notes and careful observation (though boss battles can be infuriating).

 

[Gozma]

Has anyone played Starships?

 

[Eyeball]

No, but Beyond Earth is F2P this weekend. Might be worth about 15 minutes to tell just how decliney it is.

 

[Gozma]

I installed it and got turned off by the fact that it's a slight remix of Civ 5 plus a bunch of annoyances, like the fact I have no intuition about whether something is a good territory because instead of cows and wheat the resources are sci-fi energy crystals I have to look up and find what tech allows you to work them and that kinda thing.

 

[Infinitron]

Risen 3 with all DLC for 8 bucks.

 

[Metro]

Don't bother. It's crap.

 

[Matalarata]

I'm actually interested... Are they independent or should I start with the first one? If I can play either which one is the best? I know very little about the franchise...

 

[Straight elf]

They are loosely related, but you won't really lose all that much by going straight for the later installments. However, I would advise against it due to the decline of quality over the course of the franchise. I can sincerely recommend the first Risen. It's truly a good game, especially the first three quarters or so. The second one is ... less good but still entertaining I suppose. The third one is pure shit.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

What the Straight elf said. If you're familiar with Gothic 2, Risen is as close to a straight sequel as you're gonna get. I highly recommend it for that regard. If you're unfamiliar with the Gothic series, then Risen also serves as a good entry point, as it works out some of the "kinks" in the control scheme. (Gothic 1 & 2 had a "Git Gud or GTFO" approach to its controls.)

Risen 2 is...an inferior product to 1, but can still be enjoyed. (Just be ready for the QTE's.)

And I have to second Metro here...not even $8 seems fair enough a price for Risen 3 Complete.