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This is making my wallet hurt. Just got AC2, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Bioshock 2 for myself, gifted Defense Grid and Lara Croft to friends.... and I haven't even paid my electric bill yet. :(
 
WabeWalker said:
You've done very well for yourself. Now your problem is finding the time to play through those. Bioshock 2 and Just Cause 2 were 2... excuse me, two of the best games from this year.
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Bioshock 2 can be beaten in less than 6 hours, and no, it's not one of the best games released this year. It's worth playing through once, and once only.
 
Fail said:
Bioshock 2 can be beaten in less than 6 hours, and no, it's not one of the best games released this year. It's worth playing through once, and once only.
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Glad I passed. That just doesn't sound like a $10 game to me.

(Then again Sniper Ghost Warrior got awful reviews, and my first playthru only took five hrs, but I've still played it thru at least a half-dozen times now in the last two weeks.)
 
Just picked up AC2 and avp. 20 bucks for both to mess around with figure I couldn't go wrong.
 
Tolyngee said:
Glad I passed. That just doesn't sound like a $10 game to me.

(Then again Sniper Ghost Warrior got awful reviews, and my first playthru only took five hrs, but I've still played it thru at least a half-dozen times now in the last two weeks.)
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If you want my honest opinion, Bioshock 2 was a complete step back from top to bottom from the original Bioshock. The ONLY thing they improved on with Bioshock 2 was the gameplay, which was very good unless you kept using the cheese combo of using a freeze plasmid and then using the drill to destroy enemies, very overpowered.

The story completely sucked and the "different endings" really aren't different endings, it's just basically the same ol ending with a slightly different conclusion.

It has it's moments like I said, it's worth playing through ONCE only, after that, you'll pretty much never touch it again.

Multiplayer sucks in the game, I have no idea why they even bothered to put it in, it's complete garbage. It plays like a FPS from the late 90's.
 
I'm out $52.45 so far. I'm getting a lot of games that I really don't need to buy like stuff I own on the 360 or really old games that I'm getting just to have again. I'm going ti need to take a year off of work to get through my backlog now.
 
Fail said:
If you want my honest opinion, Bioshock 2 was a complete step back from top to bottom from the original Bioshock.
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Forgot to mention I still haven't even played the original Bioshock.

I guess if you can't be bothered with the first game, considering buying the second game seems like a waste of time regardless... But @ $5, I would have bought it.
 
Well . . . you should play the first game . . . it's definitely the shit, even after all these years, I liked it so much, I have a copy on Steam, and a copy on my PS3 . . .

The story is much better than the contrived half assed bullshit you see in most FPS games.

If you've read 1984, or are a fan of dystopian fiction, then I know for sure you will like it. On PC, the mouse aiming is kinda funky, but on PS3 you get aim assist, which is great. It's a solid, solid game, a great experience.
 
Holy Crap. picked up JC2 for $7. one of the dumbest, most implausible games I've ever played. also great stupid fun and awesome for that price. lol, can't wait to see what's on sale next.
 
Fail said:
Well . . . you should play the first game . . . it's definitely the shit, even after all these years, I liked it so much, I have a copy on Steam, and a copy on my PS3 . . .

The story is much better than the contrived half assed bullshit you see in most FPS games.

If you've read 1984, or are a fan of dystopian fiction, then I know for sure you will like it. On PC, the mouse aiming is kinda funky, but on PS3 you get aim assist, which is great. It's a solid, solid game, a great experience.
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Oh, back in 2007 I was super-excited for the release of Bioshock... but then the game was released and was V- instead of H+, and it was a no-buy on principle right there for me.

Unfortunately I never got back to it, regardless of it even being officially patched a few months later.
 
well, no reason not to add it to the other 389 games you have on Steam
 
pre xmas
just cause 2
avp
trine
metro 2033

xmas sale count
humble bundle 1&2
winterbottom
super meat boy
fear complete
witcher ee

and theres so much more sale left til jan 2 T.T

my wallet hates steam. =[
 
Fail said:
Bioshock 2 can be beaten in less than 6 hours, and no, it's not one of the best games released this year. It's worth playing through once, and once only.
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I thought Bioshock 2 was pretty good. The story was disappointing but the gameplay was better...I enjoyed ploughing through dozens of splicers while guarding the Little Sisters and being able to have plasmids and weapons primed at once. The Minerva's Den add-on had a good story, though.
 
Plague_Injected said:
I thought Bioshock 2 was pretty good. The story was disappointing but the gameplay was better...I enjoyed ploughing through dozens of splicers while guarding the Little Sisters and being able to have plasmids and weapons primed at once. The Minerva's Den add-on had a good story, though.
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I addressed the story and gameplay in a previous post on this page.

Gameplay = improved, story = bad
 
PeeWeePee said:
any1 have bully? is this game any good
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naw game doesnt impress me waiting til its a buck. Speaking of a buck well spent Seriously That puzzle quest thing is ridiculous. I'm like 12 hours in now. I bought it this morning :O

Officially puzzle quest is better than Crysis and Farcy 2.
 
piscian18 said:
naw game doesnt impress me waiting til its a buck. Speaking of a buck well spent Seriously That puzzle quest thing is ridiculous. I'm like 12 hours in now. I bought it this morning :O

Officially puzzle quest is better than Crysis and Farcy 2.
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I'm gonna have to check it out then, I've seen many of your posts, you're a person with good taste.
 
Plague_Injected said:
Yeah Singularity was pretty much the death knell for Raven after a long line of non-successes over the last eight or so years.
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Such a shame as well, Raven used to be considered a top tier developer putting out innovative and creative games.

Heretic, Hexen, Jedi Knight 2, Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2 and Voyager Elite Force were all amazing. Now one of my favorite gaming developers has been reduced to churning out mediocre multiplatform experiences.
 
Thuleman said:
The Golden Rule of Steam Sales is to never ever buy anything that's more than $5. It works brilliantly and saved me tons of money on games I'd never play/finish anyway.
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+1 you sir are a genius! :p your right that's been my rule during the Thanksgiving sale and the current Christmas sale buy anything that I WANT TO PLAY under 5.00 so far I'm up to 20 games and spend about 30 bucks ;p (pick up tons of the indie packs)
 
Zhaxra said:
This is making my wallet hurt. Just got AC2, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Bioshock 2 for myself, gifted Defense Grid and Lara Croft to friends.... and I haven't even paid my electric bill yet. :(
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Um priorities much? :confused:
 
eggrock said:
Is AC2 that good? I'm seeing a few comments around here that are pretty positive about the game.
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AC2 is my favorite game of all time. I spent a shit ton of hours on the game & even tho Its completed i still play it.
 
Tolyngee said:
Glad I passed. That just doesn't sound like a $10 game to me.

(Then again Sniper Ghost Warrior got awful reviews, and my first playthru only took five hrs, but I've still played it thru at least a half-dozen times now in the last two weeks.)
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Bioshock 2 isnt really that great anyways. Bioshock 1 is way better
 
4LC4PON3 said:
Bioshock 2 isnt really that great anyways. Bioshock 1 is way better
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I liked the plot of Bioshock 2 more. Other than that they're just the same shit in different levels.

Is AC2 that good? I'm seeing a few comments around here that are pretty positive about the game.
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I liked it a lot despite the DRM.


I played the Lara Croft game coop with my brother earlier. It's surprisingly fun. I had a lot of chuckle out loud (literally) moments while we played. The puzzles are pretty fun when there's two people.
 
Fail said:
I'm gonna have to check it out then, I've seen many of your posts, you're a person with good taste.
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Sickb0y said:
+1 you sir are a genius! :p your right that's been my rule during the Thanksgiving sale and the current Christmas sale buy anything that I WANT TO PLAY under 5.00 so far I'm up to 20 games and spend about 30 bucks ;p (pick up tons of the indie packs)
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Yeah I think once you have like 10 games left over from other sales you still havent played it's time to invoke the $5 rule. I'm frustrated with myself for buying games AC and Ghostbusters when Ive played maybe 5 minutes of those in the last year and I'm getting way enjoyment out of $1 games like puzzle quest(yeah wife already stormed off to bed) and necrovision.

It's weird how people are. I have two console cousins who were hardcore CoD ($60 sheesus) people until I offhandedly mentioned killing floor was $5 and now theyre obsessed with it and bitching at me for not playing it anymore. I'm not saying these games are for everybody but never overlook budget titles.
 
piscian18 said:
It's weird how people are. I have two console cousins who were hardcore CoD ($60 sheesus) people until I offhandedly mentioned killing floor was $5 and now theyre obsessed with it and bitching at me for not playing it anymore. I'm not saying these games are for everybody but never overlook budget titles.
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Got a few friends on Left 4 Dead 2. They were basically big board gamers (yea I know... DnD, and literally board games). The last PC game they played for more than 5 minutes was SC1. They're now hooked. They have more play time in that game than I do.
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
Got a few friends on Left 4 Dead 2. They were basically big board gamers (yea I know... DnD, and literally board games). The last PC game they played for more than 5 minutes was SC1. They're now hooked. They have more play time in that game than I do.
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I really like the games of L4D 1 and 2, but I wind up not playing them very much because you basically always HAVE to play with friends in order to have an enjoyable game. Random PUGs always have too many assholes, quitters, griefers, or something else equally annoying.

I prefer games that I can play when I want to play them. Other than the community, I think they're great games.
 
eggrock said:
I have something like 350km driven in game the few days I've played and there are a lot of different vehicles to drive.
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That's crazy! I'm at about 55% completion IIRC, and I've only driven maybe a few kilometers altogether. When it comes to traveling, I much prefer to just hijack a chopper / plane or use my grapple & chute.
 
4LC4PON3 said:
AC2 is my favorite game of all time. I spent a shit ton of hours on the game & even tho Its completed i still play it.
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Should I play the first one first? Does the story carry over? I bought them both a few months ago from Ubisoft for a buck each, just haven't had time to play them.
 
Zepher said:
Should I play the first one first? Does the story carry over? I bought them both a few months ago from Ubisoft for a buck each, just haven't had time to play them.
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I would. It was a good game albeit very repetitive at times. AC2 fixes just about everything wrong in AC1. Also, the story does carry over.
 
Zhaxra said:
This is making my wallet hurt. Just got AC2, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Bioshock 2 for myself, gifted Defense Grid and Lara Croft to friends.... and I haven't even paid my electric bill yet. :(
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I hope you have a gas generator, because it is going to be hard to play all those games with no electricity. :D
 
Zepher said:
Should I play the first one first? Does the story carry over? I bought them both a few months ago from Ubisoft for a buck each, just haven't had time to play them.
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I would play the first "AC" it does get Repetitive & you have to look past that but once you hit "AC2" the game is so redefine that its just truly an amazing game.
 
Guys I have a xmas party to go to today for my daughter. I will be updating the front page as always from her house & I will also be including the list as always on the front page. Im hoping for a good day of sales today.

so far ive spent 20 bucks thats including the Witcher EE I gifted to a great user on hardforum

Day 3 deals were not that great hoping for a better day today & im with all of you guys. I dont buy any games over $10.00
 
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I'm not buying any more games, dammit leave me in peace will you.

The convenience of Steam and so many tempting games to buy, just one click away...
 
4LC4PON3 said:
Day 3 deals were not that great hoping for a better day today & im with all of you guys. I dont buy any games over $10.00
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Same here, my limit is 10 bucks per game

Hence I've yet to play FEAR 2, only bought it this week when it finally hit below 10 bucks :p
 
New deals are up. Pretty meh in my opinion.

Wings of Prey - $6
Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition - $19.99
Blur - $14.99
Darksiders - $10
Risen - $14.99
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 - $9.99
Alpha Protocol - $7.50
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - $3.00
Dead Rising 2 - $19.99
Patrician IV - $7.50
Silent Hunter Games - All 66% off
DeathSpank - $7.49
 
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Mass Effect 2 - $10
Darksiders - $10
Wings of Prey - $6
Deathspank - $7.50
Blur - $14.99
Dead Rising 2 - $19.99
Alpha Protocol - $7.50
Risen - $14.99
Patrician IV - $7.50
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - $3.00
Blood bowl Legendary - $19.99

Darksiders is a buy at that price!
 
In for Wings of Prey ! :D
Great price on the dead rising 2 to bad I already owned it for the ps3 ;_;
 
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