Topic: The Unofficial Steam Sales Thread

I didn't realise there was an NLife group on Steam... News to me. Well if they'd prefer to contact me through Steam, my username is in my signature, most people just seem to prefer to contact others by email though, so... Whatever makes them more comfortable.

Fun fact; I've had more random individuals try to, "Friend," me on Steam than I've had spam emails in my inbox. At this point I expect to get harassed more on Steam for handing out game keys than I do over here.

On another note, I've got more Steam keys I don't want! Like before, just leave a comment saying you want one game (and only one) alongside your email and I'll send over the key. As for the games;

• Stronghold 3 Gold
• Revenge of the Titans
• Nam
• Legends of Aethereus
• Shiny the Firefly
• Retro/Grade
• DogFighter
• Avoid - Sensory Overload
• Super Lemonade Factory

I get group requests, but I've never gotten random friend requests on Steam before unless I actually had interacted with the person at some point.

Then again, I don't give out free games on a regular basis.

I get a bunch of random friend requests on Steam, all from people with level 1 or 0 profiles. I don't accept any of them because they're probably just spammers, but it is a little annoying.

There's a whole bunch of Sega Genesis games I'm noticing went on sale, 40 of them in fact for $15. I kind of don't know what I would be getting into with a purchase like that, because... I haven't really played any of them. sigh of shame

So to you peeps in the know, does that sound like a good deal? Or would I be investing in lead balloons.

Same.

The Genesis games are essentially ROMs in a Sega-authorized barebones emulator. From what you've said, I bet you haven't played most of those games in the bundle. In that case, I really, REALLY recommend getting it. You get like 40 games, 95% of which are top-tier games and any "best-of" list would be empty without these. Gunstar Heroes is a Treasure classic. I spent way too long playing Shinobi III and Comix Zone. All the Shining Force games are great if you're looking for a Tactics RPG that's not Fire Emblem. Streets of Rage is a blast with multiplayer.

I also highly recommend getting the Sega Genesis Classic Pack 5 (which is not included in the collection). Phantasy Star IV is a fantastic game, and one of my favorite 16-bit RPGs; second only to Earthbound. That coming with PSII, Streets of Rage 3, Vectorman 2, and Dynamite Headdy is a bonus. Phantasy Star III is... interesting, to say the least. I can't recommend playing that one.

Plus, Jet Set Radio is $2.50. Get that, too.

I bought Alien Isolation ($13) and Aliens Colonial Marines ($4) on Steam, then bought Sid Meier's Starships on Humble Store ($10) and redeemed it on Steam.

@nacho_chicken The entire collection of the Genesis games on steam is also on sale on the Humble Bundle store right now and includes the Genesis pack 5 games (like Phantasy Star IV and Streets of Rage 3 etc.). Thinking of getting it myself.

I got Jet Set Radio which is one of my fondest Dreamcast memories, but I kind of feel ripped off. It states compatibility with a controller, but it doesn't work with my Logitech standard controller. In fact, it doesn't work with anything that isn't the official Xbox 360 controller for PC.

So, is Microsoft paying them to sell controllers or it's just laziness? Anyway, it worth jolting up the nostalgia.

"Compatibility with controller" usually means it uses the 360 Controller. It's probably due to the game only supporting xinput drivers and not directinput. There's x360ce if you really want to use your Logitech controller, but I never bothered with that. Wired 360 controllers for PC are like $20 new at Walmart anyway.

@crazycrazydave
Must... resist... sales...

@nacho_chicken

I think a lot of those games will be getting my attention soon, but I decided to avoid the larger bundle for a narrower range of games. Since most of these games have quietly eluded me, your suggestion was most helpful. Now I've purchased the collection you mentioned, plus another package with the Shining Force games and Streets of Rage titles included.

My impressions may follow at some later date, once my gaming slate has cleared up a bit.

I just bought Super Meat Boy since it was on sale. I'm probably the last person on the planet to have never played it before, lol

That reminds me, I can play the PC version of Super Meat Boy now that I have a decent controller. I probably will never do that.

got super meat boy for 3$. Not that I wanted to get the game but seeing that I love platform games, I thought I'll give it a shot.

Love it. I've been stuck on the final boss for 5 years or so, now.

I enjoy it, but I got stuck on the second boss. I think my game glitched out because it never scrolls upwards, and I die as soon as stuff starts rising. I pick up the key, and go left to start jumping up, and cant see anything because it doesn't rise. Haven't gone back to it since then.

Pillars of Eternity is pretty damn good (It really puts it into perspective that Bioware under EA has completely lost it).

Hello everyone,

I've got two Steam keys that I have no need for as I already have them on Origin... go figure. One is for Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age: Origins. If you're interested, send me an e-mail to: [email protected] or if you want Twitter as I'll probably see that first than an e-mail. :3

The Daedalic bundle seems pretty awesome especially considering Deponia games are weird to go onto deals