Steam Summer Sale 2018...

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Pete Dero

Damage :

DCS

DCS AVB8
AJS-37 Viggen: 16-2 Red Flag Campaign    
F-15C Aggressors BFM Campaign
M-2000C Red Flag Campaign    
P-51D Charnwood Campaign

Steam

Power & Revolution + 2018 DLC
Graviteam Tactics: Final Offensive
Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Endless Space 2 - Untold Tales    
Endless Space 2 - Lost Symphony
Planet coaster DLC

777 Studios

Campaign Blazing Steppe

Tacview

Upgrade to advanced version

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Still looking for TTP  (time to play)

Gusington

Bought Ghost of a Tale for my daughters, two DLCs for Assassin's Creed: Origins for myself and Clad in Iron: Philippines to fit in here.


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steve58

Anyone running Endless Space 2 on an older PC?   I'm wondering how it would run on my old 2.66GHz core 2 quad.  I've got 8GB RAM and a GTX 750 w/2GB VRAM.
Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

ComradeP

QuoteHas anyone played Into the Breach?  FTL was fun for 10 minutes or so, but nothing more.

I bought it after the sale started and have played it for about 8 hours thus far.

It's growing on me, but I didn't like the randomness at first. Most of the time, the AI is "fair", but that's also because it makes suboptimal moves that you can counter. It can be a bit of a puzzle game, and not all builds are viable. Expect that you'll have to restart a few times before you get the hang of it.

You can take 1 pilot with you when you restart. That pilots keeps all experience, levels and skills. Everybody else starts over. You can't take equipment, items or upgrades with you when you restart.

It's a bit of an acquired taste due to the roguelike nature. I've never played FTL, but one of my friends did and told me that it becomes boring after you figure out the pattern to use for each situation. He only had to restart if he got screwed over by random events. There is more room for error in Into the Breach.

Note that even many people that liked it have spent at most about 20 hours or so on the game on Steam judging by the reviews. I think it will turn into a quick distraction or break kind of game for me, where you can complete a scenario or two before getting back to work.
The fact that these people drew inspiration...and then became chicken farmers - Cyrano, Dragon' Up The Past #45

Pete Dero

Quote from: steve58 on July 01, 2018, 11:48:39 AM
Anyone running Endless Space 2 on an older PC?   I'm wondering how it would run on my old 2.66GHz core 2 quad.  I've got 8GB RAM and a GTX 750 w/2GB VRAM.

It is not very demanding on hardware. 


If found this as minimum requirements (http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=23511&game=Endless%20Space%202)

CPU : Core i3-4330TE 2.4GHz or APU A6-6400K Dual-Core

Graphic Card : GeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 5830

1 GB VRAM and 4 GB RAM

steve58

Thanks Pete.  Guess I'll give it a go then.
Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

FarAway Sooner

I think (could be wrong?) that Steam offered free play on that game for a weekend (similar to what the did with ES1).  I played it and liked it, but didn't find much original about it.  It was a polished and enjoyable Space 4x game, and quite beautiful, but didn't seem to have the excellent Quest system or the innovative city building that made Endless Legend such an excellent game.

It felt more derivative than innovative.  Or maybe I just didn't play it enough to unwrap that tasty goodness?

From the limited time that I played, I didn't get much sense of emerging story lines (aside from some end-of-game conflict with major baddies, I'm sure).  Distant Worlds: Universe spoiled me in that regard, even if some of the story lines were very random and only showed up once in a blue moon (e.g., a Colony ship escorted by an advanced heavy warship show up asking for asylum from powerful enemies). 

JudgeDredd

Quote from: -budd- on June 30, 2018, 01:27:02 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on June 29, 2018, 12:50:14 AM
Has anyone got Steep? Is it any good? It's only £8 - but still, I'd like to know how it plays. I've seen videos - but I want to know what a gamer thinks.

What about Dying Light? 7 Days to Die? Motorsport Manager?

I can give some info on 7 Days to Die, and my answer would be it depends....let me explain. How do you feel about survival games would be my first question? The game can be tough for new comers to get started, but there are settings to make it more approachable.

Graphics are voxel based but look pretty good when turned up, but its an alpha so FPS drop at higher settings does happen when a bunch of zombies are on screen.
If your going to build bases the resource gathering can be pretty grindy but there is creative mode that you can play and gift yourself the stuff you need. You can play on the stock map or a random generated map or get a map seed from the forums. Every 7th day your going to have to defend yourself and your base from zombies, you cant hide, they always find you, the zombie hordes get bigger each time. They will tear up your base and you'll have to repair it before the next horde, of course you can always take over an existing structure and fortify it. If i remember right there are 4 biomes, wastelands, desert, snow, green, some are harder to survive in then others, especially for new players. You can base above or below ground, but like i said resource gathering takes time[unless your in creative mode]. You can go nomad and just wander the map and bunkering down every 7th day. There are various setting when starting to adjust the game to your liking i.e starting horde size, whether zombies only walk, what you lose on death ect. ect.

If can be fun and a bit tense exploring the map when you first start, especially the towns and cities, sneaking around scrounging for food, water and weapons while avoiding the zombies. Deciding where you'll spend the night each day, you generally don't want to get caught out after dark. usually the nights are for crafting items, cooking food, boiling water, of course you could go out at night but i wouldn't recommend it until your geared up proper.

After almost a 1000 hours into the game i had a lot of fun in single player and multiplayer. Looks like alpha 17 will drop by the end of July, so a restart will be needed. What got old for me was the 7 day horde, the map features and the grind....of course this is after almost a 1000 hours. I not much looking forward to the stuff there focusing on and adding to the game, traps, electricity stuff, vehicles, a copter/plane thing. Some things i am looking forward to improved random gen maps, raiders/bandits, i'd really like them to focus on the zombie AI and map features with more interesting POI's [points of interest]. There's probably more stuff but i haven't been keeping up with it. i'll jump back in when alpha 17 drops.  There are some other survival games that i enjoy more right now, The Forest, Subnautica, Empyrion, P.A.M.E.L.A., Subsistance, the last three are in alpha still but completely playable. The Forest and Subnautica are released and are fantastic survival games, what makes them different from 7DTD is the over arching story/goals which 7DTD doesn't have and the environments are more interesting, especially Subnautica.
Of course this is all IMHO, hope it helps.
Thanks budd.

I think the concern for me is the 7 day horde and worse, the increased difficulty of those hordes.

I do like the idea of Survival games, but I haven't found one that really grabbed me yet. The Forest was a bit basic and I found the combat a bit mullered. I actually do have Dying Light which is the closest  I've gotten to fun - but the graphics are a bit poor for my liking.

I think the problem is they're all in Alpha or beta aren't they? So it's really hard to tell which ones "fit" because they're all incomplete - or are there any "complete" ones out there?

What was the one based on the ARMAII engine where you were on your own in a world with other people who just killed you to be twats?
Alba gu' brath

Kvothe

If you're looking for a decent survival game Judge, I would recommend 'The Long Dark'. The campaign is being readjusted as they made it linear, which was a bizzare idea and people complained, but for pure survival try the sandbox mode. It's very hard, beautiful to look at and is constantly being updated.


bob48

I also brought all the DLC for 'Darkest Dungeon'
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Kvothe

I splurged...

Advanced Tactics Gold,
Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm,
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris,
Pike and Shot: Campaigns,
Templar Battleforce,
Unity of Command (had it drm free but wanted it on Steam).

I'm terrible at tactics and strategy but hoping to learn how to play better using youtube videos and asking for help on here.

Steelgrave

Quote from: JudgeDredd on July 02, 2018, 04:05:46 AM

I think the concern for me is the 7 day horde and worse, the increased difficulty of those hordes.


JD, you can increase or decrease the difficulty of the game at any point, including the number of zombies which appear in the horde (as little as 4 at a time, although they are replaced quickly), whether or not your zombies ever run (except feral....feral always run), how thick walls are, the percentage of goods found, how often looted containers replenish, etc.... The game is very customizable. Once you start leveling up you will encounter tougher zombies more often but you will be better equipped to handle them. And creative mode can be turned on or off very easily. It's a game which can be tweaked to your style or level of interest fairly easily. You can even turn zombies off if you want to get a head start for your first few days. It's fun but I will be glad when it's finally a finished product....I've played it on and off since beta 4.2 and have 1500 hours invested O0

-budd-

Watched a video on alpha 17 yesterday, looks to be out soon. Mentioned improved zombie pathing, and something like 70+ POI's added, but I think some of that is just new house designs. The pathing on the video did look better, and zombies can hit you while moving, which is a pretty big change. I think it's been almost a year since the last update, so it should be a big one.

JD, from the ones that I play only The Forest and Subnautica are officially released. Those are story based games so they don't stay in alpha/beta quite as long. I'm fine with 7DTD staying in alpha for now as that means they'll keep adding, refining stuff and since theres no story i don't have to worry about spoiling it. The game has been playable for a long time.

I forgot about the Long Dark, I had it early on and refunded it as trying to keep from freezing was really hard then, have to give it another look.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be Yourself; Everyone Else is Taken ~Oscar Wilde

*I'm in the Wargamer middle ground*
I don't buy all the wargames I want, I just buy more than I need.

Skwerl

Ogre
XCom Enemy Within (somehow I missed this one the first time around)
Dominions 5
XCom 2 War of the Chosen
Kingdoms of Amalur + all DLC