PC Games: "Bargain Alerts" - [NO CHAT]

marcbrophy · 11-06-2020 4:36pm

Also Samurai Shodown

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection

mrcheez · 11-06-2020 4:50pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Also Samurai Shodown

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection

that seems to give me a 500 error.

This one seems to work though: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection/home

marcbrophy · 11-06-2020 5:07pm

mrcheez wrote: »

that seems to give me a 500 error.

This one seems to work though: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection/home

They both resolve to the same URL, but the site is getting a lot of traffic at the moment! I got it after a few tries

RedXIV · 12-06-2020 7:58pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

itch.io doing a crazy bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

Minimum $5 donation gets 743 games (and seems a lot more to come)
https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

Can't say I know a lot but ones I do recognise include Minit, Night in the Woods and Oxenfree

I bought this and downloaded the launcher but I can't seem to find the games in the library, it says I own nothing. Anyone more familiar with this? Am I missing something?

marcbrophy · 12-06-2020 8:29pm

RedXIV wrote: »

I bought this and downloaded the launcher but I can't seem to find the games in the library, it says I own nothing. Anyone more familiar with this? Am I missing something?

Go to the link you quoted and you should see a piece of text saying "You bought this X days ago" and a download button.
Click that Download button to be brought to the bundle

RedXIV · 12-06-2020 8:33pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Go to the link you quoted and you should see a piece of text saying "You bought this X days ago" and a download button.
Click that Download button to be brought to the bundle

Legend! thanks!

EoinHef · 12-06-2020 11:20pm

eyerer wrote: »

ARK: Survival Evolved it is on the EGS for free this week

Intall size for this on steam.....its quite large.

2ndcoming · 13-06-2020 9:27am

EoinHef wrote: »

Intall size for this on steam.....its quite large.

Is that with the expansions? That is a fair chunk, is the game even any use I wonder?

Another one of these freebies I will prob never install ha.

youcancallmeal · 13-06-2020 9:43am

2ndcoming wrote: »

Is that with the expansions? That is a fair chunk, is the game even any use I wonder?

Another one of these freebies I will prob never install ha.

I installed and played it for about 30 minutes before deciding its not for me. I'm much more into strategy games though so your mileage may vary

MOH · 13-06-2020 6:14pm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I installed and played it for about 30 minutes before deciding its not for me. I'm much more into strategy games though so your mileage may vary

I was really looking forward to this, but it's quite bad.

There's zero background or tutorial, you're just dumped on an island and work everything out. Normally I'd enjoy that, less so when I keep getting murdered every 2 minutes by the same dino which is 30 levels above me. Or sometimes murdered by another dino 4 levels below me. If you're leaving players to work things out you really need to give them time to do so.

And make it logical. Lot of it is very unintuitive - that dino running towards me has a little red heart over it. Does that mean I can tame it? No, after I'm murdered again I google and discover that means it's part of a mated pair and is getting an attack boost from being close to its mate which was attacking me from behind. Silly me for not guessing that.
I might be old fashioned but I feel if I have to go watching YouTube videos to work out how to play your game, then that's a flaw in your game design.

Found it not very optimised either. I've been playing a lot of Satisfactory lately and it looks a lot better and runs a lot smoother, even around a massive factory setup. Ark was a bit juddery with dinos frequently suddenly popping in quite close.

There's a lot i'd forgive if it was still early access, but for something costing 50+ quid that's been in full release for a couple of years it feels far from finished. I might give it one more shot, but even for free I'm not sure it's worth the disk space.

Sorry for the long chat, deals:
Hitman Absolution free for today on GOG (click on "go to giveaway" and then there's a banner halfway down the page)

EoinHef · 13-06-2020 6:28pm

2ndcoming wrote: »

Is that with the expansions? That is a fair chunk, is the game even any use I wonder?

Another one of these freebies I will prob never install ha.

Its one those games that you download everything,expansions included even if you don't have access to them.

I like the premise but as someone already said,the game kinda gets in its own way. Having to look things up is a regular occurrence. Playing solo can be quite difficult aswell. I've managed about 50hrs over the years but a lot of sessions ended in frustration.

In saying all that there's some people out there that have loved the game. If you like survival games and are willing to put the time in it might click for you but it definitely has its flaws.

RobertFoster · 15-06-2020 7:12pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

itch.io doing a crazy bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

Minimum $5 donation gets 743 games (and seems a lot more to come)
https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

Can't say I know a lot but ones I do recognise include Minit, Night in the Woods and Oxenfree

About 12 hours left on this. It's up to 1,704 items now.

16-06-2020 11:38pm

https://www.humblebundle.com/fight-for-racial-justice-bundle?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_1

Good bundle here

VanZan · 26-06-2020 9:59am

Aer and Stranger Things 3 free on Epic until 2 July.

VanZan · 02-07-2020 4:00pm

Hue free on Epic until 9th July.

eyerer · 02-07-2020 4:05pm

I see EGS also have a free remake of Trackmania Nations. I loved that game back in the day, I'd play it if the numbers were there online

MOH · 06-07-2020 4:22pm

Outer Wilds is down to 13.99 on Steam

VanZan · 08-07-2020 9:29pm

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