Steam Summer Sale

[Prof Gallows]

I want Civ5 but I don't have any money. :I

 

[Spontida]

Not really, I have Parallels but I don't want to waste time on it.

 

[PaJami]

You know you have zero self restraint when you buy Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 4 days of sales left. :_: Gaben, y u do dis to me?

 

[Garrett x50 cal]

Animal crossing new leaf> all games for the time being.

 

[Jas0n]

You know you have zero self restraint when you buy Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 4 days of sales left. :_: Gaben, y u do dis to me?

You really do have it bad eh?

The hilarious thing is, all these new games I'm buying and I'm only playing them for maybe 1 hour each day. My night time gaming still consists of Team Fortress 2! Almost completed Bioshock 1 though, will be moving onto Bioshock 2 afterwards.

 

[nammy]

I didn't buy anything, because I have about $10 to my name lololololol

A friend bought me a couple gifts, though ^___^ I already played through one. Though I died at the end, lol.

 

[PaJami]

You really do have it bad eh?

The hilarious thing is, all these new games I'm buying and I'm only playing them for maybe 1 hour each day. My night time gaming still consists of Team Fortress 2! Almost completed Bioshock 1 though, will be moving onto Bioshock 2 afterwards.

That's what I'm doing, I just test the waters and save them all for a rainy day! So far, no real regrets, enjoying most of what I've picked up

 

[easpa]

Got about 30 euro left but I'm waiting for Brave New World to go on sale.

 

[Jas0n]

Got about 30 euro left but I'm waiting for Brave New World to go on sale.

Doubt it'll be on sale until the Winter Sale, it's pretty new.

I just picked up the Gold Upgrade for Civ V! Already had a lot of the stuff in it but it was cheaper than Gods & Kings on its own so I figured why not.

 

[easpa]

Doubt it'll be on sale until the Winter Sale, it's pretty new.

I just picked up the Gold Upgrade for Civ V! Already had a lot of the stuff in it but it was cheaper than Gods & Kings on its own so I figured why not.

Yeah, that makes sense I guess. I think I'll hold out just in case though. Better safe than sorry!

 

[Littlemyuu]

I spend ? 50,- on random games..haha I try not to buy any now..

 

[StiX]

Poor wallet... I'm so sorry ;____; every year around this time he always hides from me!

 

[PaJami]

Doubt it'll be on sale until the Winter Sale, it's pretty new.

I just picked up the Gold Upgrade for Civ V! Already had a lot of the stuff in it but it was cheaper than Gods & Kings on its own so I figured why not.

Would you recommend getting Civ 5? Pretty much the only strategy game I ever got into was Age of Empires/Age of Mythology, so it looks intriguing but dunno for sure. I hear matches take a long time, which isn't necessarily something I like...

 

[Jas0n]

Would you recommend getting Civ 5? Pretty much the only strategy game I ever got into was Age of Empires/Age of Mythology, so it looks intriguing but dunno for sure. I hear matches take a long time, which isn't necessarily something I like...

Oh ironically I messaged you on Steam about my playing of it before I even saw your post but I guess I'll post a more detailed review of Civ5 here.

I would definitely recommend it, the base game is fun but if you can afford the little extra I would highly suggest the Gold Edition, you get a bunch of new civilizations to play as and the Gods & Kings expansion which adds so much extra to the game and actually fleshes a lot of stuff out.

Civ5 can take a little bit of time to actually get into it and understand everything. The in-game tutorial is pretty good but personally I went and watched a quick 20 minute walkthrough on YouTube when I started playing to get to grips with things. There's a lot of nuances to the diplomacy and everything that make this game really unique and interesting.

As for the games taking a long time, they do, but it's not a bad thing. Assuming you can tear yourself away from saying "Just one more turn!" you can save the game and slip back into it at a later date pretty easily, considering it is turn-based. The time the games take obviously depends on difficulty and which victory type you choose to go for, I think my shortest game was about 1hr30m and longest about 4 hours. I tend to stick to the easier difficulties though and have heard of harder difficulties taking double the amount of time.

To summarise, it's great. You can learn ridiculous amounts of history with the in-game voiceovers of civilizations and world wonders which is always nice. I really like how you can just play how you want to, whether you choose to conquer the world by force or take a more diplomatic approach and get everybody to vote for you as the world leader, it's always a favourite time sink of mine.

 

[StiX]

Not sure what I got anymore... O_O

Borderlands 2 Seasonpass
Zer0 costumes (all)
Castle Crushers
Last Remnant
YS 1+2

I.. think.. that's it? XD

 

[Chobi]

Sales are great XD I always feel bad for my wallet! haha. Altough I didn't bought that much yet.
I bought: the last remnant, Ys 1 and 2 and castle crashers. Hmm maybe I gonna look in the steam store later, to see if there are some games that I would like to have xD

 

[PaJami]

Oh ironically I messaged you on Steam about my playing of it before I even saw your post but I guess I'll post a more detailed review of Civ5 here.

I would definitely recommend it, the base game is fun but if you can afford the little extra I would highly suggest the Gold Edition, you get a bunch of new civilizations to play as and the Gods & Kings expansion which adds so much extra to the game and actually fleshes a lot of stuff out.

Civ5 can take a little bit of time to actually get into it and understand everything. The in-game tutorial is pretty good but personally I went and watched a quick 20 minute walkthrough on YouTube when I started playing to get to grips with things. There's a lot of nuances to the diplomacy and everything that make this game really unique and interesting.

As for the games taking a long time, they do, but it's not a bad thing. Assuming you can tear yourself away from saying "Just one more turn!" you can save the game and slip back into it at a later date pretty easily, considering it is turn-based. The time the games take obviously depends on difficulty and which victory type you choose to go for, I think my shortest game was about 1hr30m and longest about 4 hours. I tend to stick to the easier difficulties though and have heard of harder difficulties taking double the amount of time.

To summarise, it's great. You can learn ridiculous amounts of history with the in-game voiceovers of civilizations and world wonders which is always nice. I really like how you can just play how you want to, whether you choose to conquer the world by force or take a more diplomatic approach and get everybody to vote for you as the world leader, it's always a favourite time sink of mine.

Oh geez haha, I thought you messaged me in response to that post, dat irony! Thanks for the review, with another day for the sale I may go for it tomorrow

 

[EpicGamer12]

So, we need to get some Civilization V games going here on TBT, don't we? ;D

 

[Jas0n]

So, we need to get some Civilization V games going here on TBT, don't we? ;D

I think so! I've never done multiplayer because I've heard they can take a long time and connection issues are sometimes awful. We could always try it though, there are so many of us that play it. I'm sure Pachireeko would destroy us all though.

 

[EpicGamer12]

I think so! I've never done multiplayer because I've heard they can take a long time and connection issues are sometimes awful. We could always try it though, there are so many of us that play it. I'm sure Pachireeko would destroy us all though.

Yeah, I have Pachireeko on Steam and I see it being played by him/her all the time. (I can't remember your gender, sorry!)