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So the Square christmas surprise included Steam keys for Tomb Raider, Just Cause 2, Hitman: Blood Money and Dungeon Siege 3. Anyone need a key for Dungeon Siege 3?

That is the first tough fight in the game. Alternatively you could swap out Oakes for a healer if you have one (there is a fairly good Mitra one, McGrady, in the guild you hired Oakes). Though that wont save you from getting one-shot :/

Better metric than binary

Finished reading Redshirts fairly soon after starting it. That probably means it was fairly good.. Or at the very least a pleasant read. Very Scalzi, if that is a thing to say about a book written by Scalzi. Like everything he has written besides the Old Man's War series, it is better than the Old Man's War series. Had a good laugh at the fact that he deffinitly decided that if he can't come up with names, he will celebrate the fact and not hide it at all anymore. Some of the character names are Abernathy, Kerensky, Dahl... even Q'eeng is pronounced King...

I never managed to finish it. All the crafting and min-maxing would mean stupendous amounds of farming and grinding, so that is out of the question. But I always mean to get back to it. I just want to do all the quests, including all the character specific ones for people in your party.

I realy like the Qsiti as well. Oakes, the mercenary you can hire early on, even though he is no special character is one of my favourids. Probably because he heroically charged a huge dragon and cut it to ribbons Make sure you keep an eye out for the special characters. The combat gets tedious later on when the novelty wears off. All the trash fights get old after a bit. This game would really have benefitted from less fighting. The fights against unique rare monsters can be a lot of fun though.

Sale is supposedly starting in a couple of hours

Wayside Creations (Fallout Nuka Break webseries) just posted this update: Hello everyone! A new Kickstarter campaign has launched for our Legend of Grimrock series. We were inspired by the success story of Finnish independent game developers Almost Human, and captivated by the Legend of Grimrock’s storyline and design, so we reached out to the creators in hopes of developing a live-action series within the Grimrock world. Equally excited over the potential of a Grimrock series, Almost Human has partnered with us to develop a new, licensed series and bring the Legend of Grimrock to life in a whole new way. The Legend of Grimrock series will bring Wayside Creations veterans and new talent together. Co-founder Vincent Talenti (Fallout: Nuka Break seasons 1 & 2 and Fallout: Red Star) is set to direct the series. Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone (Fallout: New Vegas, Knights of the Old Republic 2) is attached to the series as a writer. The cast of Nuka Break, including Wayside Creations’ series regular Vic Mignogna (Full Metal Alchemist, Star Trek Continues), will return for roles and/or assist in the development of Grimrock. As part of the campaign, backers will get access to exclusive products—including the first Steam keys to the Legend of Grimrock sequel coming out in 2014. Other rewards will include a Blu-ray/DVD combo set with bonus features, signed props from the production, and opportunities for creative input on the project. Although high fantasy is a genre not usually tackled by indie filmmakers, we look forward to creating a quality high fantasy piece supported by the strength of the independent gaming community. Legend of Grimrock is an ambitious project designed to give fans of the game the live action series they deserve, while also offering our fans a new world to explore. While the new campaign is running, we'll of course be hard at work putting the finishing touches on your Nuka Break perks. Keep an eye on the horizon for those in the near future. We invite all of you to join our newest adventure here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waysidecreations/legend-of-grimrock-the-series

Just got my backer steam key for Our Darker Purpose.

Expeditions: Conquistador is a great game. Wouldn't have minded having backed that instead of SRR in hindsight I played a bit of FTL. A good game but just not my type of game.

I don't see how user generated content can make up for extremly lackluster gameplay.

Shadowrun Returns was my big disappointment. And I backed Haunts which didn't even get made Small World 2 was rather disappointing, seeing how the PC version is a crappy iPhone port. They also pissed people off because the Steam price on release was lower than the backer tier to get the game. $15 as a backer, $10 to buy it on Steam.... I don't mind the price reallty myself. I do mind that it is badly made. Giana Sisters is an amazing gaming. The devs were the disappointment though: after the intial launch they concentrated nearly exclusively on the Steam version, leaving the gog, GamersGate and physical disc versions months behind on patches and updates. Let's not even talk about the backer version. Way to tell part of your customers and backers that you consider them second rate. I had only heard the name Godus. Then I heard who's project it was and I lost all interest.

Started reading Redshirts.

And this means what? it crashed? you liked it but it crashed? you hated it and quit? Godzilla ate your homework? It works fairly fine so I went to bed.

And with Game of Thrones and Borderlands in the works, the next episodes for every game wil take longer to show up. They couldn't meet their schedule when they only had Walking Dead season 1. Seems noone trusts them to do so with four titles.

I installed it and played for about ... 3 minutes?

Next time, please put in a clear disclaimer that the dating analogy is over.

Playing pretty much the last game I bought before deciding not to buy more: Shufflecup Cantina Deluxe Makes it easier not to buy more games seeing how I am totally absorbed in that. Trying to unlock everything, do everything and climb up the Leaderboards. The last one will be the hardest. The top players have insane scores.

Never was that much of a shooter fan. Looking forward to Watch Dogs. Or I'd like to look forward to it, but I fear I'd be disappointed if I allowed myself to look forward to it and have expectations

Those are my guesses as well.

The Mandate court martial of the 10k backer who pulled out last minute has begun: http://social.mandategame.com/images/court_martial.pdf

Did anyone see the Square-Enix store christmas thing? "What's in the box?" Buy the christmas surprise box now and on the 20th you open it and are surprised at the junk you got? In euro it is 6.49 with Square saying that the games in the box are worth 75 normally. Steam keys...

You are getting it mixed up with the Bioware version. I can see how you could do that. Obsidian has done sequels for enough Bioware games. The Obsidian version though has a slight difference: you don't play as the sexually-baffled dwarf but as the last hand-crafted piece of sculpture made from living yoghurt on an existential journey of self-discovery. One way of finishing the game is to allow yourself to be eaten by an orphanage of starving children. And your Nana is one of the companions. Indeed. Though she is likely to betray you down the road. Also I forgot to mention that the starving children are lactose intolerant.

You are getting it mixed up with the Bioware version. I can see how you could do that. Obsidian has done sequels for enough Bioware games. The Obsidian version though has a slight difference: you don't play as the sexually-baffled dwarf but as the last hand-crafted piece of sculpture made from living yoghurt on an existential journey of self-discovery. One way of finishing the game is to allow yourself to be eaten by an orphanage of starving children.

Only if there is the option for a non-violent playthrough.