I have $3.60 in my steam wallet. Just bought Star Wars: Republic Commando, Risk of Rain and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.
Sell me on a game to get with what little funds I have. Chances are I've contemplated anything under 5 bucks but I want some reasons to get it.
>>321414069
Magrunner: Darkpulse.
It is $2.49 right now.
Eversion.
Is also $2.49, though might be found free if you poke around online.
Also bought Organ trail but refunded it since I already have a few "roguelikes"
Get little more and grab Gothic 1 and 2. They're the two best games ever made.
>>321414385
What would you compare them too? My experiences with older rpgs would just be stuff like the Witcher and morrowind
>conquer Gaul
>not bringing war to Rome's doorstep more or less single-handedly
>all your enemies want to build statues of you and invite you to teach at their military academies
>not stabbed to death by a crowd of your peers
>kill yourself as a mercy to the Romans you've terrorized all your adult life
>>321414519
Nothing really. That's what makes them so good. They're not like TES.
Their main feature is fully open world that's really open from the start.
The barriers are monsters which are too strong for you to defeat. Since they don't scale, you'll get stronger as you play and will be able to defeat monsters previously too strong and explore areas previously inaccessible. With this comes a great feeling of accomplishment.
Secondly, the controls the games use also allow you to get better at them and sequence break a bit for further playthrough. With this also comes a great feeling of accomplishment.
Thirdly the games offers a lot of stuff to do in their hubs and you can optimize a lot. Doing it offers great feeling of accomplishment in further playthroughs.
You can join three main factions and several subfactions. You can train with various weapons or magic schools. This offers replayability.
>>321414886
Sounds pretty good actually, thanks will check it out
>>321415138
Yeah, I wouldn't just say they're the best games ever if I didn't actually believe it.
Be sure to check out PcGamingWiki for tips and patches for Win 7 etc. Gothic 1 runs at limited to 25FPS if you don't get a patch, luckily there's one available.
>>321414612
You forgot the most important part.
>Have your civilization crushed into dust by Rome
>>321414519
Gothic is what Witcher's gameplay and world reactivity was inspired by, apart from the novels of course.
>>321414069
>>321415341
>implying Rome's wasn't a slow death at the hands of Goths and Arabs.
>>321415485
please post more ROMA pics
>>321415559
Yeah, look at all the phonecian based languages and cultures around.
Oniken
Penumbra: Overture
Fotonica
Uplink
Shatter
All of these cost less than three bucks right now and are fairly worthwile games. Not sure what your preferences are when it comes to games so you better check those out yourself.
>>321415750
Greek got its alphabet from phoenicians. Latin was heavily influenced by Greek.
Phoenicia's culture was establishing a maritime power and was the first to establish naval trade, which still exists today.
>>321414069
>can always be reconquered
i'm fucking sorry but how do you reconquer a nation?
>>321415559
>Rome's contributions to modern society: Immeasurable
>Carthage's contributions to modern society: Nothing
Carthaginian internet defense force please go.
>>321415962
Because it wasn't perfect the first time.
>>321415962
>gaul
>a nation
but also
>how do you reconquer a nation
do you know what "reconquer" means?
Rome went to shit when they conquered Gaul; they destroyed a proud and strong people just for gold, and it's the day they became the barbarians.
>>321416181
See >>321416230
>>321416181
You're an idiot.
Next you're probably going to argue that language isn't at all important.
>>321416203
>they destroyed a proud and strong people just for gold
of course they did mein freund :D
>>321416324
You sure convinced me with those hot opinions.
>>321416203
>a proud and strong
GAUL PRIDE
NEVER CONQUERED
I don't have the pic but you get the gist.
>>321416446
Typical cumskin, incapable of doing any rebuttals.
>>321416487
But the Carthaginians were cumskins too.
>>321416357
Gold and craftsmanship of the gauls is the only reason they went there in the first place and what they did to Vercingetorix is barbaric and inhumane.
Opposite of Vir.
It was womanly as fuck and one more step towards what would cause the decline and fall of Rome.
>>321416541
No, they were mostly a lighter shade of shitskin.
>>321416465
t. someone who never read Commentarii de Bello Gallico
>>321416547
Are you German though for real? This amount of butthurt is hilarious.
>Gold and craftsmanship of the gauls is the only reason they went there in the first place
Like when the barbarians later on sacked Rome? ay lmao gauls dindu nuffn it was jus revenge
>>321416547
>Gold and craftsmanship of the gauls is the only reason they went there i
I fucking hate the bullshit "it was all about the metal/oil" argument revisionists use.
It's never only one resource. Conquering for the sake of conquering is always a thing and it was more true in ancient times.
>>321416807
>>321416807
>It's never only one reason.
Fixed.
>>321416742
>German
>Gaul
spot the american
>>321416807
>revisionists use
spot the kike
>>321414612
Well, Hannibal was without doubt a great battlefield tactician and a charismatic leader (after all, his forces actually stayed with in Italia for who knows how long). But even though he could and did claim a decisive victory, he did fuck all with it. If we're thinking of generals by large, he's severely overrated (hell, I'd rank Scipio Africanus above him) and it's people like Alexander Suvorov, Subutai and Gustavus Adolphus that are the greatest. As far as naval commanders are concerned, it's definitely Yi Sun-sin.
Gauls were Celts.
>>321417035
>But even though he could and did claim a decisive victory, he did fuck all with it
>a decisive victory
>not slaughtering romans by the tens of thousands every time they fucking messed
I mean, sure, his side lost, but that's 'cause a war is bigger than any one person. Are you saying you can't be a great general unless your side wins? There are some handicaps that no conceivable level of skill is going to overcome.
>>321414069
get imperial glory
is like a old version of total war imperial british
you have little canons that can take people legs out
you can hide your troops in the trees and houses, on the map
and it has the best water battles in any rts game ever
>>321415750
lmao
Holy shit, this thread got derailed so hard.
Anyway, nice choice on risk of rain! It's one of my favorite games ever made and I still play it on occasion.
WE WUZ
Witcher 2
Challenging combat
Great story
Interesting characters
Replay value is off the charts
New lore to explore - pretty much as far from Tolkien you can get
Side-quests with a purpose.
It doesn't look like shit.
>>321416976
>he's french
omelette du 7/11 never baguette
>>321417375
Well, if you go into a war you know you can't win (or incorrectly believe you can win), you've already failed as a strategist.
And certainly, you can be a great general even though your side lost. Someone like Erwin Rommel is a great example of that. But we're (I suppose, I certainly am) talking about the greatest. Take someone like Gustavus Adolphus, his strategical and tactical innovations earned him the name of "The father of modern warfare", he made Sweden into a Great power and if you look at the odds Swedes faced against the Catholics, they weren't much different from Trebia or Cannae.
Or consider someone Yi Sun-sin. He didn't even have formal naval training but yet he overcome seemingly insurmountable odds against the Japanese.
>>321418336
>Challenging combat
Yeah no. The only good combat system so far produced has been Dragon's Dogma and the Souls/Bloodborne games.
>>321419136
Come on. Not being the chief decision maker of Carthage shouldn't disqualify him from the running.
He acted brilliantly within his role.
>>321419136
>>321420570
>10 000 rounds of ammo
>Dignity
>>321418336
I forget that the Witcher games are so cheap, thanks for the recommendation but already have it and loved it
>>321414069
Dustforce is 2.49. Get it. Get it right now.
>>321417775
I didn't think I would like it since i was burnt out on all the other roguelikes after ftl and terraria came out but it's quite addicting and the music is.phenomenal
>>321421360
Vaguely remember the name, what is it?
>>321414612
>carthagefags BTFO
>>321415837
Is penumbra just and earlier version of amnesia or is it more it's own thing?
>>321421521
The otter?
Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi
The game?
I just told you, you mango
>>321416606
so are romans and greeks idiotanon
>>321419593
While I love those games, the floaty combat people complain about is a strong point of the Witcher for me. Makes the fights intense with the unpredictability yet it's not so far as to feel uncontrollable.
>>321421757
If I just Google it it's not the same as an anon selling me on it. I'd trust an actual account of an experience over some review written by someone payed to play games
why is this meme so comfy
>>321417463
>>321414069
>>321415485
post more
>>321422056
It's the best platformer ever made. Great design, tight controls, 10/10 OST and it'll keep you busy for weeks.
>I don't trust someone else's opinion over Google and my own resources...
>so why don't you tell me a little about it?
You lost me.
>>321422337
I wish I knew.
I love history and meme history is a guilty pleasure.
i don't remember why i saved this one
>>321422664
>you'll never look like a final boss in an RPG
sweden yes
the classic
>>321419136
Rommel a shit see Bir Hakeim
>>321423416
>france 1965
Wait, what the fuck did I miss?
>ghana
Woah, they were a constitutional democracy, what the fuck are you doing Uncle Sam?
>Australia
When th-
>Haiti
>2004
What the hell, why? WHEN???
>>321414069
E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy.
Last I checked, it was $2.50.
Don't know if it'll be for you, but I consider it well worth the price.
>>321423416
Iraq 1991, definitely not. Others are also suspect.
>>321423745
>australia
read: the forgotten coup
>>321424030
>Blum left the State Department in 1967 and became a founder and editor of the Washington Free Press, the first "alternative" newspaper in the capital. In 1969, he wrote and published an exposé of the CIA in which were revealed the names and addresses of more than 200 CIA employees. He has worked as freelance journalist in the United States, Europe and South America. In 1972-73 Blum worked as a journalist in Chile where he reported on the Allende government's "socialist experiment". In the mid-1970s, he worked in London with ex-CIA officer Philip Agee and his associates "on their project of exposing CIA personnel and their misdeeds".[2] He supports himself with his writing and speaking engagements on college campuses.[1]
>In his books and online columns, Blum devotes substantial attention to CIA interventions and assassination plots. Noam Chomsky has called Blum's book on the CIA, "far and away the best book on the topic."[3] He has supported Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns.[4] He circulates a monthly newsletter by email called "The Anti-Empire Report". Blum has described his life's mission as: "If not ending, at least slowing down the American Empire. At least injuring the beast. It's causing so much suffering around the world."[1]
The guy has the background to appear to know what the fuck he's talking about at least.
Maybe I should read one of his books if Chomsky is riding his dick.
>>321424030
>definitely not
you forgetting about the first iraq war?
the others are true as well all you need is google usa + other country + year and you pretty much find the story about it
>>321424171
>http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-forgotten-coup-how-america-and-britain-crushed-the-government-of-their-ally-australia
Every time I start to feel good about America and being American, I have to remember we're someone's super villains and not for a retarded reason like hating freedumbs.
>>321424569
it's funny because USA is the least trustworthy nation in the world next to russia and china
>>321424705
>China
>Russia
>not trustworthy
I bet you can't back that claim up
>>321424876
>china
>have been bullying neighboring countries since 2010
>russia
>has been bullying neighboring european countries since 2011
>trustworthy
>>321422503
What you greentexted isn't what and said and has a different point. My point was I like your opinions here and genuine praise will sell me on a game better than your typical review points, as they usually write about things that don't matter as much to me like graphics. Also I know that if one of you jaded fuckers can enjoy something then it must have something good in it
>>321415138
And don't give up on controls. They are hard and unfriendly but game itself is worthy.
Also, remember that people there are convicts, so don't expect typical friendly bullshit NPC
>>321425053
>since 2011
>>321423750
Tell me more about your experience with it. All I know is that it's an intricate multilayer shooter that once you get past the initial complexity is pretty fun
>>321425231
soviet don't count
>>321425053
But that's factually wrong.
Russia hasn't made a single nonfriendly move towards the E.U. until America came along and broke the agreement of not puting nations that border Russia into the NATO missile defense program.
>china
>have been bullying neighboring countries since 2010
How ?
Seriously, they didn't even intervene when Vitenam went full retard against Chinese workers there and their relationship with South Korea has never been as good.
The problem is that America, as always, is creating friction their through their Japanese proxy.
>muh islands
literally everyone in SEA and EA claims them.
Stop getting your news from the Jerusalem Post and the Neocon Digest senpai.
>>321425318
The Russian Federation is carrying the torch m8
>>321425350
>Russia hasn't made a single nonfriendly move towards the E.U.
https://www.rt.com/news/260945-russian-bombers-sweden-fighters/
>>321425350
here comes the ridf
>>321425350
Are we counting airspace violations as unfriendly or just a unremarkable portion of modern geopolitics?
>>321425575
Dude the Sweden defense minister literally said they should go to war against Russia because they are too masculine.
>>321425575
>defending Sweden
>>321425720
Unremarkable portion of modern geopolitics because literally everyone does it in a fashion or the other;
>>321425880
would rather have a swede as my ally than a subhuman russian
>>321425880
sweden is a strategical position for russia in missile warfare with europe
>>321414069
>conquering that gaul
>remembered as perfect
All of the gauls were conquered, except for one small village that stood against the Roman empire.
>>321426040
STRATEGIC
>>321414886
Gothic's controls are ass, nigger. The camera's even worse. Which is impressive since I refuse to admit that Morrowind's dice-roll combat is a flaw. Then again, I hated Morrowind when I first played it.
What is the best game where I can serve the Glorious Roman Empire?
>>321426645
Rome Total War
>>321425231
I thought Simo was Finnish.
>>321426645
attila total war is probably the most satisfying with bringing the western roman empire back from the brink of destruction
>>321426645
Smash Bros.
>>321426872
Yeah. Russians were the aggressors.
>>321426872
the soviets were going to invade sweden after finland
>>321426872
That's not Simo. That Winter War, after Finland's initial repel of Russian aggression, won them international support and volunteers.
There were even a group of Americans who went over to serve as medics to both sides that the soviets wound up shooting, forcing them to pull out.
>>321414069
>thinks he can conquer Gaul
>>321427240
Christopher Lee was one of the volunteers killing soviets.
>>321427294
Beat me to it.
>>321427294
>>321427365
>>321426072
Beat both of you.
>>321427335
Simo...Lee...molotov cocktails...soviets had no fucking chance.
But seriously, the finish were up against a wall and performed virtually perfectly given their situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMa3w8L92Xs
>>321427449
That's fine. Christmas time is when you watch Asterix cartoon everyday on television.
>>321427659
it was a highly favorable situation for them though
the most impressive thing about simo was that he used iron sights
>>321427878
That wasn't "that" impressive. Maybe during the fighting conditions, but I vaguely recall an American sniper ace in WaWa2 that avoided scopes.
>>321427878
Not really HIGHLY favorable situation for them. The russians would have won eventually just by the merit of tossing more people there. Its a miracle that finns survived because they were massively outgunned and outnumbered.
>>321428117
>>321427878
probably because anti-snipers look for the flare of the scope lens to find their targets
Could God beat up Zeus?
>>321428184
please, it was in heavy winter with temps reaching as low as 40 degrees celsius. there was no visibility and a common tactic for the finns was to just hide in the forest, let the soviets pass and shoot them in the back
the environment favored the finns greatly and to pretend otherwise makes you look like a retard
>>321428393
Zeus would probably run away and try to fuck Mary
>>321428393
If you mean biblical god, yes. Mainly because that god is "everything everywhere at all the times" and can do anything. Gods in myths usually were lot more restricted and bound to domains like seas or mountains or hunting and so on.
>>321414069
max payne 1&2 is $3
>>321428503
>let the soviets pass and shoot them in the back
Even better than that, they would create roadblocks, make the roads narrower, and back up long lines of marching infantry and tanks, but not in the front. They'd ambush middle sections, destroy their equipment, then retreat.
The units behind them would be delayed by the wreckage and the guys in front would have to stop and go back.
It was a bit more than simply shooting the end of the line.
>>321414069
Get Chivalry or Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
I'm home for the holidays and only have my 2.2ghz laptop.
What old/simple games can I play? bonus points if they are snowy.
>>321429343
>playing games on a laptop
>>321423104
>Russian
>Reigned by
>A volunteer
how can this be so hilarious yet so true
>>321429343
>12 years old
>Alright 5'10
Kid should be playing basketball.
>>321429563
hungary is better
>reigned by
>doesn't matter
>amusement
>doing nothing
>mind
>even less than a pole
>>321428393
>Nigh-Omnipotent Being
vs
>Guy who can control the Sky and shit
Yeah it's pretty obvious who would win.
>scorpo911
Anybody?
>>321430609
yeah, gork and mork would whoop their asses any day
>>321414612
ay yo white bitch boy
>>321431940
squidward?
