Steam

[The People's Hero]

Eh up.

 

Bit late to the world of Steam. Or rather re-discovering Steam.

 

So I've been through the motions with this new Windows 8 laptop and made it look a bit more old skool ie got it to boot straight to desktop and got myself a TP 'start' button.

 

Aside from the keyboard being off-centre quite a way, which is a bit odd, its been good. I've got a load of assignments written and the build quality is actually superb (its a Lenovo for anyone who is interested)

 

Anyway, so I've got steam and had a bit of free time earlier, was having a look on there. Anyone have any recommendations on an rpg/strategy front? Don't want to spend a fortune. A friend suggested I should ask around for any 'spare' steam codes anyone has? Anyway, if anyone has any spares, feel free to PM me with them, I'd be very grateful.

 

Otherwise, any recommendations? 

[orangecity23]

General Football and Sport?

 

Coincidentally, I've pretty recently also got a Lenovo laptop as well, they are nice bits of kit. Are you using Classic Shell for your start button? It's a bit of freeware, and I bloody love it, as it essentially changes the look of Windows 8 into, well Windows 7 really, boot to desktop and a Win 7 style start button.

 

On the Steam front, if you're after a good strategy game, I'd recommend the 2 Xcom games, Enemy Unknown and it's expansion pack Enemy Within, both are excellent, a really good return for the Xcom games, things get pretty tough at times, and it's entertaining naming all your troops, only to watch in horror when it goes horribly wrong and "Anna Kournikova" gets torn to bits by aliens. It's probably up your street if you enjoy Age of Empires, Command and Conquer etc. Might not be your thing if you prefer more hardcore stuff like Rome Total War etc though. 

 

Also, on the Steam front, keep an eye out for sales. There's 4 a year, and some of the discounts are ridiculous. Picked up the new Tomb Raider for a fiver in the last sale, very nice.

[Raj]

What the fcuk you on.about TPH!!!???

what's steam???!!

[One Legged Beaver]

Gaming is considered a sport in various parts of the world...

[Beliall]

Civilisation v is a good one. company of heroes also

[Finnegan]

Civ 5 is always on offer

Napoleon Total War probably doesn't cost much, or Medieval 2. Give them a go and if you like them get Shogun 2 if it'll run.

If you want an RPG in the traditional sense I'd look at Baldurs Gate Enhanced, Banner Saga or maybe Bastion (very beautiful, unique game.) There's a lot of quirky indie games I can see appealing to you.

There's also a lot of free-to-play on Steam nowdays. Not old stuff either, the like of Rift and Planetside (I think? The shooter Haydos likes?) are only a couple years old and are good timesinks. In fact, between those and Team Fortress you could happily never pay for owt.