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Only one shall stay, which one GAF?!? Which one? lol they each look really good.
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Pillars
 
You only need one 4X game at a time so chop out either Endless Legend of Age of Wonders 3, haven't played either so I can't help there but both are supposed to be great. It's just unlikely you will get to both any time soon.

Swap in Age of Decadence <3

Edit: Oh, you can only get one. I like crpgs a lot so Pillars would be my choice but if you enjoy the genre the 4X games will last longer. Very different games, hard to say!
 

Berto

Member
No one has gotten the giveaway as of yet.

But there's a huge not-so-subtle clue, so don't you fret.


Seriously though someone please solve this. I already posted the answers to the calculus questions so now there's only some trivia questions left, and I don't think figuring out the rest should be a huge leap given the massive clue I gave.
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Tizoc

Member
Did a quick check and those are all very good prices, assuming they're ROW. Lowest possible pricing. Pretty much no profit at all, so they must either really like you or they're getting rid of wallet to transfer into RL money.
Heh well i think ill go for some of them but the 15+ priced games i will get next year in the hopes they will be cheaper.
 
Turfster is good people, don't bully.
Been playing some Witcher 3 lately, very enjoyable stuff. The quest design is something else, just loads of variety in every sort of quest. Great to see all the characters from old games come back too, even
that old prick Thaler.

Now to wait for the inevitable film. Yes please.
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That looks like photoshopped Emilia Clarke, and I'm ok with that.
STEAM | January 2016 - The Orange Awakens
He better not be salsa'd before he makes the thread.
 

TheRed

Member
You only need one 4X game at a time so chop out either Endless Legend of Age of Wonders 3, haven't played either so I can't help there but both are supposed to be great. It's just unlikely you will get to both any time soon.

Swap in Age of Decadence <3

Edit: Oh, you can only get one. I like crpgs a lot so Pillars would be my choice but if you enjoy the genre the 4X games will last longer. Very different games, hard to say!

I took a look at Age of Decadence too and while it sounds great, I'm in the pretty graphics mood right now and that one doesn't stand up to either of these. Got a $20 gift card and only willing to throw in like $5 of my own on top. Yeah it's a hard choice but leaning towards Pillars right now.
 
Only one shall stay, which one GAF?!? Which one? lol they each look really good.
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Age of Wonders 3, by a fair margin. Great game with lots to do, and some pretty meaty expansions, too. And it's only getting better.

For the others: Pillars is solid, but nothing spectacular, and it still has an expansion due out next year; and Endless Legend was, last I checked, graced with some worst-in-class combat mechanics for a 4X (unless the expansions changed something).

There is no choice.
 

MUnited83

For you.
Did a quick check and those are all very good prices, assuming they're ROW. Lowest possible pricing. Pretty much no profit at all, so they must either really like you or they're getting rid of wallet to transfer into RL money.

If the guy is using CSGO keys to top up is wallet he is doing a bit of profit. Just a bit, but profit regardless.
 

dave is ok

aztek is ok
All the clues say the same thing. It's big/huge/massive, it's obvious, it's not subtle.

Except it's not.

I've been trying to fuck with the Steam ARG for hours now. And Dongs is still worse
 

Tizoc

Member
Hmm ok let me be generous here
I can choose only 1 between
Age of wonders 3
Endless legends

Give me pros and cons and i will get one of them before the sale ends
 

TheRed

Member
Hmm ok let me be generous here
I can choose only 1 between
Age of wonders 3
Endless legends

Give me pros and cons and i will get one of them before the sale ends

Heh same thing I'm trying to decide! I've only ever heard great things about Age of Wonders 3 so it seems like the one. I like the visual aesthetic of Endless Legend a lot though and would like to give it a try down the line even with the cons I've heard about it.
 

Dongs Macabre

aka Daedalos42
4, 5 and maybe 7 are too vague.

I think 2 is the most vague since there's two different gif alternatives that would fit the letter count.
(Yes, that means for the letters in a word you can find that amount.)


What number answer is supposed make it all come together?

Well, I can't say that, but know that you should know once that question is done.
I don't think the clue is that subtle, it's Puzzles 1O1.

Just know that I don't include things that are unnecessary.
Except that reference to Stand and Deliver, because damn that's a great movie.
 
Hmm ok let me be generous here
I can choose only 1 between
Age of wonders 3
Endless legends

Give me pros and cons and i will get one of them before the sale ends
Buy Age of Wonders 3 for me through your trader and get Endlesss Legends for yourself :3

Endless Legends was RPS's game of the year in 2014 going by the steam page, lol.
 

Corpekata

Banned
Looking for multiplayer games that can be played with both KBAM and controller at once locally.

Just played some Nuclear Throne, worked well. Imagine Helldivers will work too, going to try that later.
 

oipic

Member
Hmm ok let me be generous here
I can choose only 1 between
Age of wonders 3
Endless legends

Give me pros and cons and i will get one of them before the sale ends

AoW3's greatest strength is probably its tactical combat - this is Endless Legend's greatest weakness. EL also excels in other areas that AoW isn't quite so strong in (lore, faction design and diversity, city customisation, multiple methods of victory etc).

If combat, and conquest via combat, is a crucial part of the 4X experience for you, then AoW is the way to go. I tend to prefer almost all other goals in my 4X games, and lean toward science, culture or whatever else - and EL was my favourite game of 2014.

Edit: I should add that both are considered to be terrific games within the genre, but they take rather distinct approaches - ultimately, they complement each other pretty well, as it turns out.

Edit edit: much better said by LurkerPrime below. :)
 
Hmm ok let me be generous here
I can choose only 1 between
Age of wonders 3
Endless legends

Give me pros and cons and i will get one of them before the sale ends

Age of Wonders 3
Pros
  • Deep combat and magic system
  • Huge number of units/factions/spells/races.
  • Lots of premade maps/scenarios, and two full, multi-path campaigns in the base game.
  • Highly customisable worldgen tools to make skirmishes interesting.
  • DLC content adds mechanics, factions, spells, campaigns, etc--extensive additions.
Cons
  • War-focused gameplay; diplomacy and magic exist to support the war machine.
  • DLC content is extra.
  • Logistics of supporting wars can get tiresome and repetitive on larger maps. (Like building supply lines to replenish troops)
  • Tactical battles occur on premade battle maps, which get repeated.

Endless Legend (Keeping in mind that, unlike AoW3, I've never used the DLC)
Pros
  • Innovative new style of 4X gameplay, focusing on capturing specific regions and winning the game with a softcap on how late games get. (Featuring multiple paths to victory, kinda Civ-style)
  • Beautiful presentation and style.
  • Highly diverse factions, where your choice will decide your playstyle and goal.
  • Designing troops is cool, even if I suck at it.
  • On-map combat is really cool in concept...
Cons
  • ...but the combat terrible in execution. It's very basic, simple, and tedious; you will want to autocomplete battles in no time, though you'll always be able to achieve better results on your own.
  • UI looks sleek, but isn't as function as it could be.
  • Awkward translations. Not incomprehensible, but confusing at times.
  • Some random CTDs last I checked, which are a huge bummer.
  • Faction units are largely the same, with some mechanical differences.
  • (this one is more due to my preference than anything) Cold, mechanical style of gameplay, where everything is purely down to efficiency and numbers. It's like Civ, but with FIDS, and a lot less nuance.

I've never gone back to EL since its expansions landed, so if they provide a Civ5 > G&K > BNW style improvement then I've... really gotta get on that.
 
OGNNOODDD

D=1
O=2
N=3
G=4

Problem 1 (O): 0+2+2 = 4 ==> vais
Problem 2 (G): 0+0+4 = 4 ==> ??
Problem 3 (N): 1+1+3 = 5 ==> dicks
Problem 4 (N): 0+3+3 = 6 ==> ??
Problem 5 (O): 2+0+2 = 4 ==> fuck
Problem 6 (O): 1+10+2 = 13 ==> Passchendaele
Problem 7 (D): 4+2+1 = 7 ==> Patrick
Problem 8 (D): 3+3+1 = 7 ==> Stannis (last name is Baratheon but doesn't fit?)
Problem 9 (D): 0+0+1 = 1 ==> O

idk anymore, good luck to everyone who is still in
 

RedSwirl

Junior Member
How good are Alien Isolation Crew Expendable and Last Survivor? They're 99 cents each.

I thought the main game was pretty great but I thought the pacing sucked for basically the whole second half. I imagine these short extra story packs don't overstay their welcome, but how much exploration do you get to do on the Nostromo outside of dealing with the Alien?
 
figured it was time for a repost

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iosefe

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No one has gotten the giveaway as of yet.

But there's a huge not-so-subtle clue, so don't you fret.




Seriously though someone please solve this. I already posted the answers to the calculus questions so now there's only some trivia questions left, and I don't think figuring out the rest should be a huge leap given the massive clue I gave.

i have the utmost respect for this


but fucking hell, man...
 
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