General Steam Sale Madness

[Huw the Poo]

If I'd never played D2 I would probably like D3 a lot more.  It's just that they inexplicably went with HOMM-like battle arenas for the third instalment, and although they kept the atmosphere nice and dark, it just doesn't hold a candle to the sheer bleakness of the second game.

D3 is a beautiful game, though.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I'll echo what everyone else said about DIII.  It looks great and I didn't run into any bugs but the gameplay just didn't grab me like DII did.

I bought RAGE yesterday and Limbo today.  Just started Rage.  I'm a little surprised that I'm getting slow texture loading and not great framerates on my new killer rig.  Oh well. 

[Nefaro]

Diablo III's biggest problem?  The terrifyingly short campaign, IMO.

Having to replay a 16 hour campaign over & over  - and with multiple characters - gets infuriating.  Especially when I don't even like the final Act.

[Gusington]

Thanks guys, will pass on DIII...I have a boxed version of DII Gold waiting to play anyway.

[steve58]

Finally picked up my first purchase (Skyrim) of the Summer sale.  It was on sale (again) as the Community Choice. Kept debating about it the other day, so figured I'd grab it this go round.  Still hoping to see a TakeOn Helicopters bundle come up...and ARMAII Combined Ops too (but for less than $24)...

[Huw the Poo]

Thanks guys, will pass on DIII...I have a boxed version of DII Gold waiting to play anyway.

You'll get a lot more enjoyment out of it.  The gold edition is stuffed with content.  Man, I envy you if you've never played it before.  Just wait until you witness the intensely bleak world and hear that haunting soundtrack!

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Thanks guys, will pass on DIII...I have a boxed version of DII Gold waiting to play anyway.

It's by no means a bad game.  I think that the release of King's Bounty between DII and DIII kind of upped the ante as far as gameplay goes.  DIII plays quite similarly to DII, they just didn't add a lot of features besides allowing movement on the tactical battle map. 

[Gusington]

I do think I should play DII first to see what all the hullabaloo is about.

[Nefaro]

I do think I should play DII first to see what all the hullabaloo is about.

Hope you got a very small monitor - the original was locked at 640x480 and the expansion pack raised it to a whopping 800x600.  ::)  That was just fine on a little 15" CRT back in 2000 but it's sh!t today.

I looked for a hi-res fix a few years ago, but evidentally Blizzard considered it cheating and threatened to yank your Bliz account & f*#k your mother if you used one.  ::) ::)  The characters all looked so tiny in them, it wasn't worth bothering with anyway.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Wrong game.

[Grim.Reaper]

I am stunned by my actions, especially since I am an impulse buyer.....but haven't picked up anything within this sale yet:(  Nothing has blown me away yet, even though some very good prices.  Anybody else not pickup anything or is it just me?

[TheCommandTent]

I am stunned by my actions, especially since I am an impulse buyer.....but haven't picked up anything within this sale yet:(  Nothing has blown me away yet, even though some very good prices.  Anybody else not pickup anything or is it just me?

I just realized this today as well.  I've picked up a few DLC but no games yet.  I am not sure if its just me being cheap waiting for the best possible price or that fact that if I buy something who knows if and when I'll ever play it.  I've got plenty of games now vying for my attention.

[Grim.Reaper]

I am stunned by my actions, especially since I am an impulse buyer.....but haven't picked up anything within this sale yet:(  Nothing has blown me away yet, even though some very good prices.  Anybody else not pickup anything or is it just me?

I just realized this today as well.  I've picked up a few DLC but no games yet.  I am not sure if its just me being cheap waiting for the best possible price or that fact that if I buy something who knows if and when I'll ever play it.  I've got plenty of games now vying for my attention.

That is how I kind of feel....great to pick up a ton of games, but recently none holding my attention and get uninstalled very quickly.....not sure if I will be able to hold out the entire sale, but in past sales my cart would be fully loaded:)

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Take on Helicopters and the Hind DLC are 66% off until midnight PST.  (not getting it myself as I'm more than content with the choppers in ArmA II but I know a lot of guys were talking about this one earlier)

[steve58]

All over that!  I've been waiting for this to show up, thanks!  Somebody wake up Gusington, I think he was looking to pick this up as well!