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[Sappho]

If I get the game with the DLC, can I play vanilla for a while before turning on the DLC? Or is it automatically installed and enabled?

I'm not too bothered with the late game getting tedious, as long as I get a solid handful of hours of fun out of the game before I lose interest in it. I already have too many games, and I probably shouldn't be getting another one anyway. I'm guessing I won't get it at a lower price anytime soon, but while I know it's quite easy to obtain via piratey means, I really would prefer to support the developer.

I wish I had time to play the hell out of more games, but while in one sense I'm a lifelong hardcore gamer, in another sense I'm an adult with two jobs who spends so much of my valuable spare time playing Minecraft and making videos that I haven't seen a single non-work friend in months. So actually, a game that doesn't last for too many hours before becoming tedious is actually a bonus -- means I can get through it, get my fill of it, and move on.

[Darkmere]

If I get the game with the DLC, can I play vanilla for a while before turning on the DLC? Or is it automatically installed and enabled?
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I'm guessing I won't get it at a lower price anytime soon
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I don't know about the DLC, I got burnt out on the game after 1 single map and never bought Reign of Giants. Price-wise:
https://www.steamprices.com/us/app/219740/dont-starve

It's only been cheaper once, as far as I know.

[nenjin]

X:COM Enemy Within is $9.89. While it's on my wishlist.....I think I can wait until the Winter Sale for massive DLC to a game I've yet to finish.

[Sinistar]

6 hours left to grab Aliens Versus Predator for free.

AVP Classic 2000 is my favourite Aliens game to date. While it's very much a product of its time it still holds up amazingly well, much better than the other games in the series.
Don't forget to pick up the redux mod if you're (understandably) strangling with the visuals.

Do note however that the mods seem to not work with GoG's Galaxy version, at least currently. Let us hope this is just beta being beta and not a permanent "feature".

[n9103]

The DLC is set by the user to on or off at map generation. (Many other settings about mapgen are tweakable as well.)

A "Single Map" is rather misleading, as a) these maps are pretty damn big considering the scale of things (speed of movement, length of day, time to starvation, etc.) b) There are many sub-layers to each map. c) The non-sandbox portion of the game (i.e. the only way to actually win) is a series of randomly generated maps. And finally d) there's a triggerable map regeneration sequence that will let you take a few items with you to a fresh world.

[KoE]

For anybody else curious about Payday 2 DLCs (the game's one of the many free ones this weekend, too, and I highly recommend it if you have at least two other bozos to co-op with you), here's my take; Keep in mind I'm talking about these mostly with an eye towards playing the game seriously enough to play Overkill difficulty.

First, the various weapon and etc. packs;

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- As BurnedToast said, the Gage Mod Courier pack is probably the most profound effect on gameplay outside of the actual heist DLCs. The mods may not necessarily be the best or most useful, but at least you can probably get a fully modded weapon fairly easily.

- That said, the Gage Sniper pack gives that a huge run for its money, at least on Overkill difficulty (and possibly Deathwish). There are a few Assault Rifles in the base game that could basically be considered sniper weapons, but all three in this pack can pierce walls and shields. The R93 can kill Shield specials through their eponymous defense, can one-hit body-shot the armor wearing FBI Heavy Response units, and can one-shot any special short of a bulldozer. It does have drawbacks (slow to fire and reload, merely sufficient ammo capacity), but it's a playstyle not really present in the base game. If you're serious enough about the game to play it on Overkill, you'll definitely want to have this as an option, either for yourself or someone in your group, as it makes dealing with the huge mass of tasers and shields that start spawning on that difficulty much more manageable.

- Gage Weapon Pack #01 gives you Grenades. These can be useful whenever you don't have to worry about collateral damage and it's a nice tool to have in the chest. The Sig is one of a few pistols that can work for non-pistol-specced-masterminds and the SpecOps is one of the best SMGs in the game.

- The Gage Assault Pack is probably the only one where all three guns are worth it into the end-game. Most of the others seem to try to stagger their use across the game or just have oddly terrible ones.

- Gage Weapon Pack #02 gives you Light Machine Gunss. These are basically shootier assault rifles. They aren't terrible but they also aren't a whole lot different. And now that basically every pack has melee weapons, the knives have kinda been left in the dust.

- I have the Shotgun pack and kind of regret it. Someone planning to play full Enforcer might get use out of it, but the Locomotive is still basically the best shotgun. The shotgun ammo mods are simply not worth it.

These are just my opinions on the three DLC heists; you don't really need any of them if you just plan to go play with random folk online. If you have a regular group, whoever's gonna host should have them. The Hotline Miami pack does have a set of three SMGs and some melee weapons (some of which are actually useful), so if that's your thing it's worth picking up regardless.

The Heists:

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- Armored Transport has five maps with basically the same goal on each; open up some armored cars and take what's inside. Most of the maps have poor cover so it's a slight change-up from the normal 'hole up by the vault' gameplay. There's a chance you'll find Intel that takes you to the Train Heist, which is a moderately long, stealthable mission where you drill into an Army train car to steal some next-gen technology. The basic AT missions are almost all a nightmare on Overkill due to the lack of cover; the Train Heist is pretty fun every now and then. I understand the Swedish K is also one of the better SMGs in the game, but that's not really saying a lot.

- Big Bank is the first Dentist heist, which introduces a rather lackluster Planning system where you can change some details of the mission (how you escape, where you put your dead drops, etc.). The whole thing is very long (I'd say between 35 and 45 minutes on the first few tries). It's very tense and a lot of fun as you go through several objectives and then ransack a huge vault and then (hopefully) escape in a way unique from other missions. Unfortunately, the payout is pretty poor even if you get most of the bagged loot, and getting most of the bagged loot is either impossible or a pain depending on your escape route.

- The Hotline Miami heist is amazing and both days of it require more moving around and doing things than the usual glorified point defense of other heists. Unfortunately, Day 2 currently suffers from a bug where Tasers are just generally big jerky jerks who hit you through walls and while dead, making the ending nearly impossible. Hopefully this will eventually be fixed because it's the only DLC heist I could wholeheartedly recommend otherwise.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Humble Store has Devolver Digital weekend. There's some fun games on sale there.

[lemon10]

Personally my big beef with don't starve was the constant progression of the world into the unlivable state. I'm always a big fan of the turtle up + slow expansion way of survival, and that just doesn't really work in a world that keeps becoming more and more difficult to survive in every day. Guess that's why I'm such big fan of DF, minecraft, and Cata though.

That would actually be a cool MC mod. As you play the world (very slowly) spawns harder and more dangerous enemies. It would also add some blocks that would lower the spawn level nearby, which would result in your base and nearby areas being fairly safe. On its own it wouldn't be very fun, but with the extra weapons/tools/defenses some mods give you it would be pretty neat.

[Gentlefish]

I wouldn't mind a traps mod. Like a spike pit that kills mobs but leaves items totally safe. Or even just a resetting trapdoor-plate-thing.

[Duuvian]

I tried some of the free games on Steam this weekend, and I liked Injustice and both of the Trine games. Trine especially surprised me with how nice it looks and I haven't done any platforming lately. Injustice ran really well on my computer which is hit and miss sometimes with really nice looking or otherwise demanding games.

I didn't like Company of Heroes much but I think that's because I used to play Close Combat games and those were superior game-wise in my opinion despite their age and lack of cutscenes and modern graphics.

Blade Symphony was cool but I didn't do more than one match of multiplayer in it after playing in the offline training for a while.

Payday 2 runs really bad on my computer for some reason, otherwise I would have enjoyed it as I can tell it's a very good game. Cops run in slideshows, aiming is really slow and jerky.

Killing Floor I didn't spend much time on, but long enough to be eaten by zombies at least once or twice.

GRID 2 has BSOD issues with my graphics card in the same way Borderlands 2 does. That means I know how to fix it with Orochi CEG but I think I will try to beat the Injustice campaign first.

I did not download Awesomenauts or Don't Starve though both look like good games and I had no reason not to other than time limits.

[Shadowlord]

Injustice wants 30 GB. For a fighting game. What's up with that?

[BigD145]

It's an unoptimized uncompressed pile of shite?

[Duuvian]

There are cutscenes between every fight in the Campaign to fill in the story. I'd imagine that's where a lot of the space goes but I don't know for sure.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I recommend Awesomenauts to everyone. And I will continue to do so.

[Sinistar]

Ok, what about Payday 1 vs 2? I stupidly missed the opportunity to grab 1 for free, but 90% off is still pretty neat compared to 2's 75% (because I'm cheap). Cons I see are less maps, less guns and less RPG elements, but some say gunplay is better in 1? So, what do you think?