...SALE - Steam Summer Sale - Day 9

Day-[9] hype!

Transistor - £11.24

 

"Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion."

Oh god I love this game so much that I want to marry the soundtrack! If you want a full breakdown of this then you can check out a review I wrote for it right HERE. To summarize however Transistor is a Sci-fi themed RPG from Supergiant games who also brought you Bastion, you play as Red and you awake in the streets to find the Transistor (your sword) and the two of you head off on an amazing adventure figuring out what's happened, listening to the beautiful soundtrack courtesy of Darren Korb, and stopping every once in a while to take in the stunning environment. Despite the game not having much in terms of replayability I really think that it's still worth it for this price 100%.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/237930/

PAYDAY 2 - £4.59

"PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washinton DC for an epic crime spree."

This game can be incredibly fun and violently frustrating and unfair all at the same time. You and your crew of either friends, strangers or AI will attempt to steal various quantities of money, cocaine, servers and such without getting killed brutally. The problem is that for somebody brand new to the game the only choice is to go in guns blazing and try to survive because you effectively stealth the heists in this game you need certain perks from the talent tree which are pretty high up. That having been said however, it's a lot of fun especially with your friends on teamspeak, it will all be going well and no-one will know you're drilling a vault open then BAM a civilian sees one of your friends, gets shot and then the police turn up to ruin your day even more. Very much fun. There's beginning to be a mountain of DLC for this game all of which you can get for an extra £10.08 and that includes The Big Bank Heist which came out a week or two ago and as far as value for money goes the £15ish it will cost for everything gets you a hell of a lot.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Directors Cut - £3.24

"You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a blackops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes."

Deus Ex is one of those go to franchises for PC gamers, many are the nerds that will regale you with stories of how amazing the original game was, how it changed the future of gaming and in turn, the world. Some of them will also tell you how this recent one ruins everything they ever loved and practically murdered their families. I however, never played the first Deus Ex but I did play this so I'll tell you that it's a great game, it's a lot of fun planning out your access into the building through the vent on the roof then sneaking past the guard then thinking "Ah bugger it" and ditching all of that to run in guns out and super-punch people to death. The cyber-punk future setting is really well done and as you'd expect the world is very neon green. Personally I think Adam Jensen is a twat but that's just me and probably attributed to how I played him in the game (as a twat), it's a very good mix of action and RPG.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/238010/

Deal of the Day

 It's so damn lovely! I can't not recommend this, it may not be the longest game (clocking in at about 4 hours) but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't one of the best games I've played recently. The combat system is intuitive and new, the enemy and world design is fantastic and the soundtrack is musical sex. Supergiant games have already got such a good track record now between this and Bastion that I can't wait to see what they do next.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/237930/