General Steam Sale Madness

[Huw the Poo]

The Game of Thrones RPG is the only game I've done asked for a refund on from Steam.

Did you get it?

[bob48]

Oohh!

DCS A10-C Warthog for £14.99.......if only payday was a bit nearer :-((

[Huw the Poo]

Oohh!

DCS A10-C Warthog for £14.99.......if only payday was a bit nearer :-((

I'd love to have it myself, but I just wouldn't have the time for another study sim.  Hell, I'm not even finished with Falcon 4:Allied Force!

[bob48]

Did you watch the vid for it Huw? Really impressive. Hotas also do an A10 controller combo, the price of which is way outta my league. I shall have to soldier on with me ageing Saitek X45 combo, which is ok really, although the rudder pedals would be nice (money again - could do with a hefty Lotto win!).

Seeing JD build those model aircraft has made me hanker to do some models again, and my first choice would be a decent scale OV-10 Bronco, although after a browse, it seems to be a very neglected subject, with only 1 model available in 1/48 scale, and that, according to reports is a very poor, inacurate kit :-((

[Huw the Poo]

Did you watch the vid for it Huw? Really impressive.

Yeah I've watched loads of vids and I really like the look of it.  It would also be a nice change to fly a Hog after years of flying Vipers and Hornets. :)

[steve58]

Yeah, sorry.  I was trying to link to a specific post in a specific thread and couldn't figure out how.  I've edited the post...

Click the title of the post - I've highlighted it in this image.

Thanks LB!

[LongBlade]

Yeah, sorry.  I was trying to link to a specific post in a specific thread and couldn't figure out how.  I've edited the post...

Click the title of the post - I've highlighted it in this image.

Thanks LB!

You're welcome :)

[Nefaro]

Oohh!

DCS A10-C Warthog for £14.99.......if only payday was a bit nearer :-((

I'd love to have it myself, but I just wouldn't have the time for another study sim.  Hell, I'm not even finished with Falcon 4:Allied Force!

Aye!

I've still not fully vetted DCS Black Shark yet.   Need more hours in the day, for blowing little digital peoples up!

[Toonces]

I think I'm going to bag getting Game of Thrones.  There have just been too many negative comments and even for $17 I don't need another game I won't play.  However, I did pick up Blood Bowl Legendary Edition for $10. 

[Nefaro]

However, I did pick up Blood Bowl Legendary Edition for $10.

I wish they would give attention to the AI in that.

While the net leagues are excellent, now that there is a matchmaker so you don't have to spam LFG in the chat all the time, it's still far less demanding to play solo.  Unfortunately, the AI can only beat up on the noobiest of noobs and is an unimaginative pushover once you learn the game mechanics.  It pretty much runs the same style for every type of team - and they vary greatly in play style & strength.

I recall customers on the forum universally clamoring for improved AI in each new release, and the devs just downright refuse to spend time on it.   ::)   So the multiple times I have received a discount on a new version in my e-mail, I spit and curse while vowing to not purchase it until it's bargain binned.  If they refuse to spend dev time on fixing it's biggest fault, then I'm not gonna spend money on it's re-re-release.

All that being bitched about, the game itself is fun.  You just gotta give undivided attention to it, during a whole multiplayer game, due to universal turn time limits.  So if you gotta drop the kids off at the pool or kiss your wife's feet for a couple minutes, you'll be hosed.   :P 

I wouldn't spend this much time bitching about a game's fault(s) unless I generally liked it, though.

[JasonPratt]

However, I did pick up Blood Bowl Legendary Edition for $10.

??? Why not Chaos Edition? I bought that for $10 (on the previous user discount: I hadn't bought a new version since the original), and thought it was the most recent edition. Just released last week.

[JasonPratt]

So if you gotta drop the kids off at the pool or kiss your wife's feet for a couple minutes, you'll be hosed.   :P 

Don't worry baby, I got three minutes before my next tOMG HE TRIED TO ZIP THROUGH THE BLOCKING ZONE AND GOT TOASTED, TURNOVER!!--back in a minute, won't be long, three minutes tops.

{hosed}  ;D

[Tpek]

However, I did pick up Blood Bowl Legendary Edition for $10.

??? Why not Chaos Edition? I bought that for $10 (on the previous user discount: I hadn't bought a new version since the original), and thought it was the most recent edition. Just released last week.

It is the most recent edition and was released on the 11th.
However the 10$ price tag is only for people who own a copy of any of the previous editions.
Steam let you register any past editions not bought through them (and still do I believe) so you can get their Steam version and the discount.

[JudgeDredd]

Well - I plunged for Chaos...

So...is it just me (and don't get me wrong - I'm pretty crap at the game) or is the game all about running and blocking and very little passing involved? I didn't see the AI (in the previous edition or this one) pass once unless the player was next to them and the times I tried it, the ball was dropped.

I just got the impression last time around that passing was kind of broke - and my initial foray into this edition didn't make me think it was any better.

It's early days - and I desperately want to like the game - but all the AI seems to do is surround the player with the ball and run it up.

[undercovergeek]

in my experience only the Elves are any good at throwing and passing - i did it with my Ork team once and scored a TD, i ran round the sofa twice whooping like a tw**