Not This Time!

The Summer Steam Sale is coming to an end soon, with the final, encore day already upon us. At only ten days long, it was shorter than usual, but I am not complaining. There were a lot of good games at very good prices. How do I know they are good games? Because I already own them and have played them. Thanks to that, and the many other games I own and have yet to play, I survived without spending any money the entire sale.
Maybe next time I'll spend some money. Just half a year away.

It has Begun!

On Thursday millions of wallets and bank accounts began to weep as the Steam Summer Sale began. Or at least that is the joke. So far mine have been affected, but not due to a lack of temptation. Multiple items have piqued my interest, but none have been quite enough to actually make a purchase. Plus it helps that I already have a library of hundreds of games that can tide me over for some upcoming releases. Eh, I'll probably still end up buying something, but right now I can't guess what it may be.

It is a Fun Time of Year

It is such a fun time of the year, if you are a part of the right subcultures at least. Sure it is the beginning of Summer, but for some of us that does not just translate to nice weather but Summer video game releases, Summer sales, and E3. I would not say it is on my bucket list, but I would truly enjoy a chance to go to E3 (CES would be above it on a bucket-list though, if either were to be). The chance to be among the first people in the public to see new games announced, new technology revealed, and more would just be a lot of fun. Just being in front of a computer though is still pretty cool though, because from here you can look up and watch all the awesome trailers that come with the expo, and there were some good ones this year.
Of those I have seen, I think I would have to say the one for Tom Clancy's The Division was my favorite, purely because of the artistry used to tell a story in it. If you have seen it, you know what I mean, and if you have not seen it, I will not spoil it for you. The ending may not fit great with the rest of it, but I'll take what I can get.
The Dead Island 2 trailer was also awesome though, just because it gave an interesting and amusing take on zombie apocalypses. You do not often see what happens as someone becomes a zombie, and to have a humorous take on it was pretty cool too.
I also want to mention how cool it was to see a GTA V trailer for new-gen and PC, and not just because it is coming to these platforms. What was really awesome to me was just being able to see such a difference between what the different hardware platforms can achieve (new gen and PC versus previous gen). The difference is staggering, so maybe now people can see why PC gamers brag about graphics like we do and why we all have a certain distaste for console ports. Better a port than nothing, but being held back by old hardware isn't fun.

So Much Awesome for One Week

So a lot happened this week for me as a gamer. The Marvel Heroes game reached its first birthday, as I mentioned last week, and it did not disappoint, just as I expected. Well some of the server downtime was irritating, but that's hardly unique to this game. Definitely has been a lot of fun to play with though, and again it continues to just do things right. The Shared Quests in particular I am liking because they can be completed by random people just being in the same area. Don't need to be in a group to benefit or help out; you just need to be there. The reward(s) is also sweet as you get chest(s) that explode into loot for the hero that opens them, even if that hero did not contribute to the quest. What the means is that you can complete the Shared Quests with your best geared character, pop the chest(s) on a less-geared character and get new stuff that should catch it up to the level you want it to be at.
Also this week we got a new trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and it not only looked good, showed off awesome stuff, but it also teases and fills in some of the story very well. It definitely made me want the game even more than I already did. To that end, CD Projekt Red also opened up pre-orders for the game and laid out what all of the bonuses are for pre-orders. Some of them are pretty cool, especially when you consider you can save up to 20% by pre-ordering. Too bad the game is so many months away.

Just a Few More Days

I love it when a game just does things right. When I was first introduced to the game Marvel Heroes, I definitely got a glimpse of that, but I did move on to other titles. Then one day I got an email about a special event coming up in it, and it had just enough incentives to get me playing again. Since then I have been playing quite a bit, and by that I mean it is one of seven games in my Steam library that I have logged over 100 hours in. Not one of those hours do I regret either.
Playing more and more I have just been able to learn better and better how many things it does right. One of the things it does right is how you reach a point before too long that just opens up the game to you, ensuring you always have something productive to do. Maybe you do not have the levels or gear to continue the story, so pop into something else and get what you need, then return. Or don't return and end up getting really over powered for what is next in the story. There is more, but I want to get to the point.
In just a few days the game will be celebrating its first birthday and having quite an event and patch to celebrate. From what I have read, it is a good thing they are labeling it Marvel Heroes (2015) because it is such a change from what we have had, that a modified title is likely going to be appropriate. Thanks to how much they have done right so far, I completely trust that this new content will just keep me playing for another hundred hours or more.