Steam Sale Begins

[Nefaro]

Even better is SOTS2 for $10.  I've been completely hooked on it for the last month.  Anyone on the fence about it who liked the original should pick this up now, no brainer

Oh?  I thought it was $15.  I'll have to grab it, I suppose.

[sandman2575]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42990/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

i command you to get this game

[undercovergeek]

Even better is SOTS2 for $10.  I've been completely hooked on it for the last month.  Anyone on the fence about it who liked the original should pick this up now, no brainer

whats it like resource-hog wise - id read some people were getting awfully chuggy

[sandman2575]

whats it like resource-hog wise - id read some people were getting awfully chuggy

doesn't seem to me that it makes any unusual demands on your system.  I have a fairly mid-range setup, and it runs fine for me.  I do hear on the huge star maps things can start to slow down, but i haven't played those myself.  On your standard 4-5 player map, things work great for me.  Don't know if there is some memory leak, but I do notice that, if you play for like 50 turns, things do start to slow down.  If you reboot, things seem fine again.  For me, 50 turns or so would take several hours on end, so it's not an issue.

[undercovergeek]

whats it like resource-hog wise - id read some people were getting awfully chuggy

doesn't seem to me that it makes any unusual demands on your system.  I have a fairly mid-range setup, and it runs fine for me.  I do hear on the huge star maps things can start to slow down, but i haven't played those myself.  On your standard 4-5 player map, things work great for me.  Don't know if there is some memory leak, but I do notice that, if you play for like 50 turns, things do start to slow down.  If you reboot, things seem fine again.  For me, 50 turns or so would take several hours on end, so it's not an issue.

chin rubbingly informative - thanks, this might be on the list with wargame

[PanzersEast]

Tempted to pick up Natural Selection..... can't keep wallet in pocket.


PE

[Nefaro]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42990/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

i command you to get this game

I obey(ed)!

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

That THQ (speaking of THQ) bundle for $25 is a s**tload of gaming for that price.  jeezus.

Wargame EE is definitely worth the plunge at $10

Even better is SOTS2 for $10.  I've been completely hooked on it for the last month.  Anyone on the fence about it who liked the original should pick this up now, no brainer

The THQ bundle is one of the best gaming deals evah. Company of Heroes, Warhammer 1,2


The rest is basically crap, in fact i have a lot of it under the category crap. lol Saint's Row for example. Pure anarchy game. Give me a break.


CoH and Warhammer are fairly long campaigns in several packs. The skirmish mode with many maps gives buckets more value. I mostly do skirmish now. The Ai in CoH can be really annoying, it seems to be a better version of the WH engine.


I see the have CoH 2 coming up. That will be one to get.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

CoH packs
WH packs
are available without the other junk.

[Kushan]

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is currently 50% off ($19.99 USD). I haven't played Sins since the 2nd expansion. Is Rebellion worth getting?

[sandman2575]

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is currently 50% off ($19.99 USD). I haven't played Sins since the 2nd expansion. Is Rebellion worth getting?

I'm inclined to say no -- still a bit to steep in my view.

i picked it up on the last steam sale -- think it was like $15, which seems right to me.  $5 difference here or there may not matter to you, but I have this (perhaps misguided) idea that when things hit the $15 sale threshold or below, they're truly 'on sale.'

I genuinely love Sins and think it's a brilliant piece of gamemaking on Ironclad's part.  Still, none of the 'micro' expansions have seemed all that earth shattering to me.  I bought Entrenchment when it came out, but skipped Diplomacy.

I guess if you're upgrading from vanilla or Entrenchment to Rebellion, there is a fair bit of new content that does make the game deeper and more enjoyable.  But for me, it's not quite $20 worth of better-ness.

(These sales really spoil you.  I now just expect to pick up excellent, highly polished games for $10-15.  Makes me feel guilty ... but I get over it quickly.) 

[PanzersEast]

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is currently 50% off ($19.99 USD). I haven't played Sins since the 2nd expansion. Is Rebellion worth getting?

It is $9.99 at GG.....



PE

[steve58]

Good price.  I may have to pick it up for $10.  GG seems to be havng much better deals than the Steam Winter "sale"...

[sandman2575]

I'd pull the trigger on Sins Rebellion at $10 (having previously done so when it was at $15).

Overall though, my reaction to GG, Steam sales is decidedly "meh" --  the sales around Thanksgiving seemed a lot more enticing --

[steve58]

Grabbed Rebellion and had enough Blue Coins so I ain't gonna count this as a "buy" :P