Steam Holiday Sale 2015

[Abortedj]

Wish I had more money, as I am trying to get to 500 games. But the deals were not as good this time around and I am more broke than usual.

 

[Geostigma]

Still debating on whether to get Cities: Skylines or not. Hhm...

If it's not too expensive, go for it, I've had my share of fun with it. Although TBF, it only really managed to keep my attention for one city.

Similar experience. The night time mod brought me back for another city but outside of building and basically accidentally killing all of my citizens I don't play it a ton. It's fun but just doesnt keep me coming back.


Maybe if I wasn't trash at city building I'd play it more

 

[Flintlock]

I wish Cities: Skylines had something a "campaign" mode, or at least some basic objectives, to make me feel like I'm actually progressing towards something. I know there are population goals but they start off so slowly that I usually play with everything unlocked anyway.

It's the story element of Zeus: Master of Olympus that means I still think it's the greatest city-building game ever made.

 

[Tennyo]

Oh man, I am so broke right now but there's a few things I want.

Why can't it last until Friday?

 

[Claymore]

Still debating on whether to get Cities: Skylines or not. Hhm...

If it's not too expensive, go for it, I've had my share of fun with it. Although TBF, it only really managed to keep my attention for one city.

I wish Cities: Skylines had something a "campaign" mode, or at least some basic objectives, to make me feel like I'm actually progressing towards something. I know there are population goals but they start off so slowly that I usually play with everything unlocked anyway.

It's the story element of Zeus: Master of Olympus that means I still think it's the greatest city-building game ever made.

Similar experience. The night time mod brought me back for another city but outside of building and basically accidentally killing all of my citizens I don't play it a ton. It's fun but just doesnt keep me coming back.

Maybe if I wasn't trash at city building I'd play it more

Thanks for the info. Decided to hold off for now until next time.

 

[Flintlock]

I ended up getting Detective Grimoire and Rocket League as a couple of last-minute purchases. I've only played the latter so far. So much fun, and so infuriating at the same time. How does one become good at this game? Is it even possible, or is it just a talent one has to be born with?

 

[Abortedj]

Well its over. Total damage 55$. New Total amount of games on Steam 416.

 

[Cthulhu]

How does one become good at this game? Is it even possible, or is it just a talent one has to be born with?

I guess it takes some getting used to / getting a feel for the game and physics. After that, browsing for guides and techniques I guess. IDK, it was a fun game for... 8 hours, according to my steam history .

 

[Obsidian Fire]

So I caved and got The Talos Principle...

 

[Kuroto]

I only got myself Papers, Please and the second episode of The Detail. I almost bought more but I need the money more than the games at the moment.

 

[Flintlock]

How does one become good at this game? Is it even possible, or is it just a talent one has to be born with?

I guess it takes some getting used to / getting a feel for the game and physics. After that, browsing for guides and techniques I guess. IDK, it was a fun game for... 8 hours, according to my steam history .

I think learning the jump physics is the hardest part for me at the moment. I always seem to end up missing the ball.

Playing the game online also emphasises just how stupid most gamers are. It's like watching a kids' football match where everyone chases after the ball at all times. At one point yesterday I finally managed to stick with the same team for a few consecutive matches, and we built up such a good tactical understanding together that we started demolishing teams 5-0, 6-0, and finally 8-1 before one of them left. It's not that complicated (since we didn't have voice chat or anything): the ball spends a lot of time in the corners, so let one person chase after it while another waits in the middle and the third hangs back. I only scored one goal in the 8-1 victory but I set up four, which was fun. When I have completely random team-mates I feel like they'd be happy to take a great scoring opportunity away from me just to give themselves a mediocre opportunity. Twats.

 

[Cthulhu]

Yup, saw that too. I think it's because touching the ball gives more instant gratification and a feeling of "I'm helping!" than winning the match. I'm sure there's a few professional teams that have tactics and technique down (and communication) and can beat anyone. IDK if the skill level (read: st00pidly chasing the ball-ness) of players increases if you do ranked play though.

Also yeah, the jumping is... tricky. You can supposedly jump and rocket boost all over the place if you're good (some of the tutorials explain how), but, it's not easy. There's some impressive short videos on reddit.

 

[Hisako]

I actually spent like $170 or summat on Steam games, so I guess I'll be over here eating a large dish of crow


That said, it's more along the lines of $100 USD (terrible AUD rates atm sigh) and about 3/4ths of it is just gifting other people stuff,

 

[Abortedj]

Just noticed: now level 60 on Steam. No idea how that works or what it means.

 

[Flintlock]

It means you have a massive e-peen. Congrats.

Seriously though, the gamification of Steam itself puzzles me - I just don't see why anyone would care about their level or unlocking achievements - but I'm happy to collect 10 or 15 cents here and there from people buying completely virtual trading cards. I can put the money towards actual games.

 

[Abortedj]

It means you have a massive e-peen. Congrats.

Seriously though, the gamification of Steam itself puzzles me - I just don't see why anyone would care about their level or unlocking achievements - but I'm happy to collect 10 or 15 cents here and there from people buying completely virtual trading cards. I can put the money towards actual games.

We are of a mind on this one.

 

[Lex]

I wish there were options related to getting in-game achievements for the steam meta re: just being able to put the notification somewhere else, turn it off, make it make a noise etc. I spent an hour trying to throw a basketball into a hoop in Deus Ex yesterday (it's very difficult to actually do successfully) only to find out I'd unlocked the achievement ten minutes into trying ;-;

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Steam Levels are important for people who trade items as a low Steam Level is one of the easiest ways to tell if an account is an actual person (Steam Level higher then 5) or if an account is really a bot or scammer (Steam Level lower then 5, usually at 1 or 0). Especially if you're advertising that you have items up for trade on trading websites, it's all too easy for anyone to get your account name that way as that's the easiest way to trade items with people without going though the Steam Community Market (which has it's own problems for traders). And there are ways to trade with people that don't require you being friends with them.

Anyone asking to friend me on Steam who has a low-leveled account gets an automatic Ignore/Block unless I know there account name from somewhere else. 9 times out of 10, they spam me with phishing attempts.

Also, it's really easy to get to Lvl 5+ on Steam. I'm at Lvl 20 myself and all that is from selling Steam Event cards and buying cards to finish the badges of games I already have.

 

[Claymore]

There is a lunar sale now on. Couple of things on my wishlist have popped up. Very skint ... but SO need to grab Grandia II!