Ok so I own Defense Grid, which is totally rad. But are there any other solid tower defense games available on Steam? Oh I also own Plants vs Zombies already.
Speaking of PvZ. . .
Dear PopCap,
Please release more content and levels for PvZ.
Love,
Lucas
Have you bought the Defense Grid DLC that just came out? That'd get you more maps to play if you haven't
Yeah, I actually did get those during this very sale. Playing Defense Grid again has sparked my hunger for more tower defense games.
Give the Sol Survivor demo a shot. It's $5 on steam right now and its pretty decent. A bit more involved than Defense Grid, more towers, more orbital laser like powers (including a focus fire one), the graphics are a bit dated but good enough. I've played about 4 missions of it and the only one thing that is really bugging me is the lack of a fast forward and some idea of what type of waves are next.
I wonder why Steam is selling them together in a bundle for 12 bucks then, it was pretty confusing for a while there. So if I am buying Pirates it just means that I will only be missing out on the original campaign or something right?
So glad I already bought shit, or I would jump on Empire At War. I always auto resolved the land battles but had tons o' fun with space strategy.
This is what I did too. Auto resolve was shitty and would find a way to lose 3 AT-ATs invading a planet held by 3 squads of rebel riflemen, but it was better than doing it myself. Love the hell out of space combat though.
The last land battle I remembered playing, forces were clashing across the map, it looked suitably epic, but was damn boring to play. Then I saw Vader approaching, so I sent Obi Wan with a contingent of soldiers to him. Both of our soldiers stepped back as the two warriors drew their lightsabers, to give them a suitable fighting arena.
Then an AT-AT stepped on Obi Wan.
Hahahaha.
There was a mod that made ground combat passable, in that it added in Capital Ship support. A Star Destroyer had range on most of the map (being like 1km long) and could just rain down death.
In the expansion they added orbital drops from Cap ships, although it wasn't hella death to the entire map, and had a recharge time. You had to have your ships parked in orbit for it to work.
Again, all you bitches need to buy Empire at War, because I fucking love that game. I still have it installed and play it from time to time, because it rocks. Just don't play the pirate faction.
When the original hit we even did some small tournie like thing with the galactic conquest mode, it was pretty damn fun. If everyone hits it up we could do it again!
Also yes, we can skip ground combat. While it's kind of fun with the expansion, the heroes break it. Well...heroes break everything really, it's better just to turn them off.
Granted, I love getting the fucking Executor and wrecking shit, but still.
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So the Civ 4 tutorial left me confused and terrified of Computer Sid Meier.
Was it just supposed to drop off at one point saying "expand and find another Civilization"? Because I felt kind of unsure of what to do next, and creepy Sid Meier face wouldn't go away.
Did the same thing with me. I saved it and came back, and when I loaded the save Virtua Sid was gone, and it was basically just me and Gandhi in a normal game of vanilla Civ IV.
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I... uh... I'm actually kind of liking Empire at War's ground combat.
Does that make me a bad person?
It was sort of maybe alright. Some heroes are kind of maybe fun. Stormtrooper/equivalent are sort of interesting to micro in large groups.
Vehicles all blew though. Except the flying ones; those are either stupidly overpowered or completely useless like everything else when the enemy has aa.
I... uh... I'm actually kind of liking Empire at War's ground combat.
Does that make me a bad person?
It was sort of maybe alright. Some heroes are kind of maybe fun. Stormtrooper/equivalent are sort of interesting to micro in large groups.
Vehicles all blew though. Except the flying ones; those are either stupidly overpowered or completely useless like everything else when the enemy has aa.
It's kind of fun, especially when you bring in the Dark Troopers. The expansion is a MUST for the ground combat to be any kind of decent.
Again, the heroes kind of break things, in both land and space. Land though, their the worst. One hero has a basically unkillable tank/vehicle, and Obi can constaly regen...basically can kill everything on a planet save for large vehicles and Vader with guerilla warfare, it's annoying and painful to watch. I won't even get into Boba's seismic charge and fighters.
Let us play! Does the Steam component work the same MP as the original? If so, give me info, and we shall Galactic Conquest!
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Hey, I hear Space Rangers 2 is really good. I recall wanting to get it awhile back back it had Securom issues. Anyone know if the Steam version packs Securom crap?
Also, is anyone still playing Borderlands Co-Op? I never got into it, and I might pick it up if you folks are still on it.
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Is it at all possible that the people who enjoy X-Com are also people who enjoyed it when it first came out, or soon after?
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
Nope. The only X-COM I ever played and even heard of until recently was Enforcer. Then I got the original and it's fantastic, a real shame there's nothing else out there close to that perfection.
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override said: I can't wait until Toady causes pressurized water to be able to actually damage things. I want to hit goblins with a shit cannon of such pressure that the meat is ripped from their bones
Is it at all possible that the people who enjoy X-Com are also people who enjoyed it when it first came out, or soon after?
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
No, i've only played XCOM very recently and enjoyed it as a sort of quick fun game. Once you get past the initial confusement is rather easy to pick up and play.
Is it at all possible that the people who enjoy X-Com are also people who enjoyed it when it first came out, or soon after?
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
Nope. The only X-COM I ever played and even heard of until recently was Enforcer. Then I got the original and it's fantastic, a real shame there's nothing else out there close to that perfection.
Jagged Alliance 2 not only comes close, it's better than X-COM, and by a pretty wide margin.
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Ok so I own Defense Grid, which is totally rad. But are there any other solid tower defense games available on Steam? Oh I also own Plants vs Zombies already.
Speaking of PvZ. . .
Dear PopCap,
Please release more content and levels for PvZ.
Love,
Lucas
Have you bought the Defense Grid DLC that just came out? That'd get you more maps to play if you haven't
Yeah, I actually did get those during this very sale. Playing Defense Grid again has sparked my hunger for more tower defense games.
Give the Sol Survivor demo a shot. It's $5 on steam right now and its pretty decent. A bit more involved than Defense Grid, more towers, more orbital laser like powers (including a focus fire one), the graphics are a bit dated but good enough. I've played about 4 missions of it and the only one thing that is really bugging me is the lack of a fast forward and some idea of what type of waves are next.
Another interesting tower defense-like game on Steam is Harvest: Massive Encounter. It's a bit different from what you'd expect, though. There's a demo here. Unfortunately it hasn't been discounted on Steam during this sale.
All this talk of The Guild is getting me all excited. FOR A GAME I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET GUYS!
Quit talking awesome about games I can't get! (yet).
Fucking Just Cause 2 better drop and it better be more than 50% off.
The Guild finally started clicking for me. Three generations running five businesses, one on the council in London as the jailer. My scholar poisons the well so the city has to buy tea from his shop to get better, while his niece harasses council members and tortures rival dynasties. The employees at their houses shadow people and talk to the citizens, collecting evidence so that she may arrest them. Her brother provides clothes for the populace and puts up bulletins disparaging council members to allow my jailer to advance up the political ladder. The pickpockets I have in the next city supply a steady income while my church sways the masses. The highwaymen shut down trade that isn't mine along routs I need to secure for maximum profits from my potions and books.
Is it at all possible that the people who enjoy X-Com are also people who enjoyed it when it first came out, or soon after?
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
Nope. The only X-COM I ever played and even heard of until recently was Enforcer. Then I got the original and it's fantastic, a real shame there's nothing else out there close to that perfection.
Jagged Alliance 2 not only comes close, it's better than X-COM, and by a pretty wide margin.
This is absolutely true in every way. In fact, I would even say that JA2 is about perfect.
Is it at all possible that the people who enjoy X-Com are also people who enjoyed it when it first came out, or soon after?
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
Nope. The only X-COM I ever played and even heard of until recently was Enforcer. Then I got the original and it's fantastic, a real shame there's nothing else out there close to that perfection.
Jagged Alliance 2 not only comes close, it's better than X-COM, and by a pretty wide margin.
This is absolutely true in every way. In fact, I would even say that JA2 is about perfect.
But JA2 does only a third of what X-COM did. Where's the base management, the tech research and the political juggling?
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override said: I can't wait until Toady causes pressurized water to be able to actually damage things. I want to hit goblins with a shit cannon of such pressure that the meat is ripped from their bones
Well that's where we have to aggree to disaggree. What you call tedious nonsense I call core gameplay.
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override said: I can't wait until Toady causes pressurized water to be able to actually damage things. I want to hit goblins with a shit cannon of such pressure that the meat is ripped from their bones
What? Base management and tech research are integral parts of Xcom. The fact that all of these things are combined so elegantly is what makes Xcom the game it is. It is also where other similar games usually stumble and fail.
So I'm going through the games that haven't been daily sales but are on sale at the moment. I'm looking for a fun hack'n'slash action RPG, and I already own Titan Quest and Torchlight.
How is Dawn of Magic 2? I remember playing the demo of the first game but it didn't seem to impress me enough to pick it up. what's the second one like?
Oh man, whoever brought up NecroVision in one of the other older threads: Thanks! The game is fantastic for only 3€! Cheesy oneliners, melee/gunplay, gore - It's like watching a B-Movie!
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Give the Sol Survivor demo a shot. It's $5 on steam right now and its pretty decent. A bit more involved than Defense Grid, more towers, more orbital laser like powers (including a focus fire one), the graphics are a bit dated but good enough. I've played about 4 missions of it and the only one thing that is really bugging me is the lack of a fast forward and some idea of what type of waves are next.
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I'd wager either:
a.) The graphics
b.) The controls
c.) The difficulty
Or any combination of the three.
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its bad lol
not gouge your eyes out bad but not perfect
In the expansion they added orbital drops from Cap ships, although it wasn't hella death to the entire map, and had a recharge time. You had to have your ships parked in orbit for it to work.
Again, all you bitches need to buy Empire at War, because I fucking love that game. I still have it installed and play it from time to time, because it rocks. Just don't play the pirate faction.
When the original hit we even did some small tournie like thing with the galactic conquest mode, it was pretty damn fun. If everyone hits it up we could do it again!
Also yes, we can skip ground combat. While it's kind of fun with the expansion, the heroes break it. Well...heroes break everything really, it's better just to turn them off.
Granted, I love getting the fucking Executor and wrecking shit, but still.
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Did the same thing with me. I saved it and came back, and when I loaded the save Virtua Sid was gone, and it was basically just me and Gandhi in a normal game of vanilla Civ IV.
They may do a recap on sunday, ie here you get another chance to buy the best deals of the past week.
X-COM is a horrible game, fuck everyone who gave this cult status. I'd rather have payed £5 to be kicked in the balls than own this shit.
Christ, should have payed more attention to people complaining about the port.
Wut
Does that make me a bad person?
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I don't know, did you like Force Commander too? If so, then yes.
Unless you also liked Rebellion, in which case, maybe.
It was sort of maybe alright. Some heroes are kind of maybe fun. Stormtrooper/equivalent are sort of interesting to micro in large groups.
Vehicles all blew though. Except the flying ones; those are either stupidly overpowered or completely useless like everything else when the enemy has aa.
No, hating Xcom makes you a bad person.
A soulless husk.
WHAT?
It's kind of fun, especially when you bring in the Dark Troopers. The expansion is a MUST for the ground combat to be any kind of decent.
Again, the heroes kind of break things, in both land and space. Land though, their the worst. One hero has a basically unkillable tank/vehicle, and Obi can constaly regen...basically can kill everything on a planet save for large vehicles and Vader with guerilla warfare, it's annoying and painful to watch. I won't even get into Boba's seismic charge and fighters.
Let us play! Does the Steam component work the same MP as the original? If so, give me info, and we shall Galactic Conquest!
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What's that? Rami has been mind-controlled by a sectoid?
GUYS, WE NEED TO KILL RAMI
Because I tried it, and got turned off straight away. Perhaps nostalgia plays an important part in its continued fan-base.
Quit talking awesome about games I can't get! (yet).
Fucking Just Cause 2 better drop and it better be more than 50% off.
Also, is anyone still playing Borderlands Co-Op? I never got into it, and I might pick it up if you folks are still on it.
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Nope. The only X-COM I ever played and even heard of until recently was Enforcer. Then I got the original and it's fantastic, a real shame there's nothing else out there close to that perfection.
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No, i've only played XCOM very recently and enjoyed it as a sort of quick fun game. Once you get past the initial confusement is rather easy to pick up and play.
Those two could really, really do with fixing, though.
And you won't be able to do anything about it
Once you get used to that it's not a bad game!
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Jagged Alliance 2 not only comes close, it's better than X-COM, and by a pretty wide margin.
Another interesting tower defense-like game on Steam is Harvest: Massive Encounter. It's a bit different from what you'd expect, though. There's a demo here. Unfortunately it hasn't been discounted on Steam during this sale.
The Guild finally started clicking for me. Three generations running five businesses, one on the council in London as the jailer. My scholar poisons the well so the city has to buy tea from his shop to get better, while his niece harasses council members and tortures rival dynasties. The employees at their houses shadow people and talk to the citizens, collecting evidence so that she may arrest them. Her brother provides clothes for the populace and puts up bulletins disparaging council members to allow my jailer to advance up the political ladder. The pickpockets I have in the next city supply a steady income while my church sways the masses. The highwaymen shut down trade that isn't mine along routs I need to secure for maximum profits from my potions and books.
This game? This fucking game? Is awesome.
This is absolutely true in every way. In fact, I would even say that JA2 is about perfect.
But JA2 does only a third of what X-COM did. Where's the base management, the tech research and the political juggling?
Steam ID
Well that's where we have to aggree to disaggree. What you call tedious nonsense I call core gameplay.
Steam ID
I played for the first time about two months ago
It's fantastic
What? Base management and tech research are integral parts of Xcom. The fact that all of these things are combined so elegantly is what makes Xcom the game it is. It is also where other similar games usually stumble and fail.
How is Dawn of Magic 2? I remember playing the demo of the first game but it didn't seem to impress me enough to pick it up. what's the second one like?
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
You should totally start with Terror from the Deep.
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