Steam Summer sale - 19-30th June

The__Malteser said:
Hi. My friend has a low spec laptop; ASUS K53E (i5 2450M, 4 GB RAM [DDR3, 1333MHz], Integrated Graphics [Integrated Intel® GMA HD according to the website]) and I would like to know if it is possible to run Don't Starve. I know he has a serious graphics issue (integrated graphics ftl!) but I would assume a 'low spec' game would still run. I believe he ran Portal 1 and 2 fine, and also some indie games such as Limbo.
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I would imagine so if it can run Portal 2. I can't access this site as my work computer blocks it but you should find your answer here:

www.dontstarvegame.com/specs

or on the Steam store page for the game.
 
First purchase so far - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
Doesn't this break the mantra of only buying games if they're on a flash / daily sale, otherwise wait until the last day?
 
mrk said:
Sounds like you're expecting things at an unreasonable level. Perhaps this kind of game isn't for you then of you want epic puzzles with minimal immersion.
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You dont need lengthy cut scenes to be immersed in a game. System shock 2 is one of the most immersive and eerily lonely games I have played, and it is a 15 year old title where the atmosphere was created in game as you played, not as you sat and watched a movie scene.

I dont want epic puzzles either, but some variety in gameplay elements other than shooting everything that moves with guns you find.

There are so many diverse elements to FPS games that I just feel like Wolfenstein TNO is lagging way behind. I am sure it has a great story but if the gameplay is repetetive and formulaic surely it is wasted? So would you play it again after completion?

The original Deus ex is also a brilliant and involving game. Technically it is dated for sure, but it is massive. Whilst not strictly non-linear there is a lot to miss if you do not explore, and elements such as selective aug upgrades and weapon modifications add a tactical element to the game as well as allowing the player freedom to develop their character to suit their play styles.

We see similar systems in Bioshock, Borderlands, Dishonored, Mass Effect and other titles which add an element of customisation for a player to feel really immersed in their character and surroundings, and not just playing a pre defined character through a set of scripted events and cut scenes.

I appreciate they were trying to achieve an old school flavour and tip their hats to the forefathers of the FPS genre, but it seems like all they have done is recreated the father with better graphics. I don't know if you played RTCW, but if you did, can you honestly say in gameplay terms that WTNO is any further forward than RTCW was in 2001?
 
Mak3R said:
Calm yourselves...steam version of FC3 launches the Uplay window and you click launch game on it. It's only 1 extra mouse click and 5 more seconds. I know it's painful but not the end of the world...
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You're right, it is 5 seconds but when it comes to bugs and issues with uPlay they're widely and well documented. I've lost savegames due to that buggy mess and the way it does things. I really don't like it, it's a pointless piece of DRM nonsense that most of us could do without. 5 seconds is hardly an issue if it was the only issue I've ever had, but when the buggy mess results in me losing stuff from a game I've been playing, it does make me want to steer clear of it in the future. And we're all perfectly calm. Acme, however, has every right to be annoyed because he just bought a game on Steam thinking it wouldn't use uPlay which as he's already stated gave him issues in the past, and then after buying it has been made aware that it still uses it. I'd be annoyed too to be honest.
 
BuffetSlayer said:
You dont need lengthy cut scenes to be immersed in a game. System shock 2 is one of the most immersive and eerily lonely games I have played, and it is a 15 year old title where the atmosphere was created in game as you played, not as you sat and watched a movie scene.

I dont want epic puzzles either, but some variety in gameplay elements other than shooting everything that moves with guns you find.

There are so many diverse elements to FPS games that I just feel like Wolfenstein TNO is lagging way behind. I am sure it has a great story but if the gameplay is repetetive and formulaic surely it is wasted? So would you play it again after completion?

The original Deus ex is also a brilliant and involving game. Technically it is dated for sure, but it is massive. Whilst not strictly non-linear there is a lot to miss if you do not explore, and elements such as selective aug upgrades and weapon modifications add a tactical element to the game as well as allowing the player freedom to develop their character to suit their play styles.

We see similar systems in Bioshock, Borderlands, Dishonored, Mass Effect and other titles which add an element of customisation for a player to feel really immersed in their character and surroundings, and not just playing a pre defined character through a set of scripted events and cut scenes.

I appreciate they were trying to achieve an old school flavour and tip their hats to the forefathers of the FPS genre, but it seems like all they have done is recreated the father with better graphics. I don't know if you played RTCW, but if you did, can you honestly say in gameplay terms that WTNO is any further forward than RTCW was in 2001?
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Seems to me that you're sufficiently curious about the game to ponder all of the things above yet not sure enough to pay the current asking price to find out for yourself.

I would recommend then that you wait six months / a year till it's a price point you feel is worth a gamble on.

Otherwise said, it's up to you to find out if you like it or not :D
 
joeyjojo said:
That's me!
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Start with the first game first, it's great and once you complete it you carry over into the second with the same outfit, it's pretty badass. The one thing I dislike about the games is the non existent choices in armor, so having the best set in the series is damn nice.
 
Daftbrown said:
I would recommend then that you wait six months / a year till it's a price point you feel is worth a gamble on.
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Yeah, I said a few posts back I would be waiting till it was in the bargain bucket. Subsequent posts have been an explanation as to why I wont buy it at full price and why I feel like it is a bit of a let down as a game (I am a big FPS fan in general and really wanted WTNO to be something great. Seems it isn't :( A bit like the remake of Rise of the Triads wasn't. Like Duke Nukem Forever wasn't, so on and so forth!)
 
i'm waiting for a decent deal on the stalker series.
currently the bundle price is £20.99 on steam.

anyone know what kind of discount this set tends to drop to?

cheers
 
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