...SALE - Steam Summer Sale - Day 7

Cut down to what I know...

So I cut out all the games I know nothing/very little about/haven't played because what's the point? Here's what I do know though...

The Banner Saga - £9.49

"Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization."

The Banner Saga is an incredibly striking game visually, the art style is fantastic. Every choice you make has some effect on the outcome of your story as time goes on which is a great mechanic which I love, feeling like what you're doing actually matters is something games need to do more. It's worth picking this up just for the soundtrack because Austin Wintory, who wrote the frankly gorgeous music for Journey, absolutely nailed it with this one which should surprise no-one.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/237990/
 
Counter-Striker: Global Offensive - £5.99

"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.)."

Come on, this series is synonymous with PC gaming now so you should know what it is. It's a classic piece of team-based FPS where depending on the map you're either rescuing hostages, killing the rescuers, planting a bomb or defusing said bomb. That's just scratching the surface though because in CS:GO they've built in a few more interesting game modes that were popular in CS:Source such as Gun Game (now called Arms Race), not to mention the fact that there's all the community made maps and game modes like Surf and zombie. There's so much going on for this game and it's hard to see this franchise going away since it's been here for 15 years, if you want a different experience to CoD or Battlefield this is it for you.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/


Bioshock Infinite - £4.99

"Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia."

What a game, a great example of top notch story telling. Not however a great example of gunplay and waves of enemies..I liked Bioshock Infinite a lot and I didn't like or finish Bioshock 1 or 2. Elizabeth is one of the best characters I've seen in a AAA title and the way she interacts with the world and the fact that she doesn't get in the way during combat is great, not only that but the way the story is delivered through narrative and the few dozen audio-logs means that you have to put the time in to find these to start to understand the depth of the story. It's definitely worth picking up the season pass with this game because the Burial at Sea DLC is game changing. I actually reviewed this on my YouTube channel so if you want a more in-depth look at it then click HERE

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8870/


Final Fantasy XIV- £3.39

"FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Windows PC and PlayStation3 that invites you to explore the realm of Eorzea with friends from around the world. Form a party and adventure with a multitude of players from across the globe."

Well god damn this is a fine looking game! I will keep this one short though because it's hard to sell an MMO in a couple of paragraphs. It's an MMO set in the world of Final Fantasy where you choose one of several classes, and start your adventure in probably the prettiest world I've seen in an MMO. One of the unique aspects of this game is the job system which if you're familiar with the franchise isn't new to you but if you're not basically think of it like evolving your class, so a Lancer becomes a Dragoon, a conjurer becomes a White Mage etc. It's a great mechanic that changes how your class plays and the role it plays in groups, the other great thing is that you can be everything on one character. What that means is that my one manface can be every class and every profession in the game and yes that would take you quite a long time BUT being able to do everything on one character is fantastic. Before you decide on this one you should look for a proper in-depth review of some form because sadly I don't think there's a free trial and I can't cover everything here..maybe I should review it...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/262342/

Deal of the Day

The story and characters alone are enough for me to recommend this game especially at this price. Despite the less than spectacular gunplay it's truly a good game and you've got to get the Season Pass so you can play the DLC and expand the story and the universe even more.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8870/