Poker Night 2

Right now you can pick up Poker Nights 2 & a giftable copy of Poker Nights 1 for $4.99 on steam.

Is this game worth $4.99? I like to play poker games on my phone from time to time and I enjoy playing the real thing as well (Real=better because it=real money which is an actual risk). Just looking for some input on this game. I am slightly interested at the moment but don't want to drop $5 if it isn't going to be as fun as I hope.

Let me know what you guys think.

11 years ago*

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I don't play Poker and don't know half of the characters and didn't get the first one yet I'm still tempted.

11 years ago
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Mmm, if you're not familiar with the characters then the games lose a lot of their charm.

11 years ago
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Yeah. I'm playing the first one in the mean time, and I don't know who Tycho is but he's annoying as fuck.

11 years ago
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Tycho is way tooooo calm in Poker Night,you should be glad he isnt beating the shit out of everyone with his fists :D

Edit: Oh wait,no...that was his brother. Tycho was the arrogant scholar with the machine gun. My mistake.

11 years ago
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*You're

11 years ago
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Lolz...I had it as "You are welcome" but somewhere along the line, I messed up...=.=

11 years ago
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Gabe is not his brother but his friend though. I somewhat expected him to be in Poker 2, like they did for Sam then Max.

11 years ago
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One of the guys from www.penny-arcade.com

11 years ago
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EDIT: Nevermind. Lack of source, but I remember reading an article (Encyclopedia Dramatica?) back in the day that one of the Penny Arcade guys was an internet perv or something. Dick pics to online lady friends who may have been under age, that sort of thing. Wondered why it wasn't made a bigger deal all this time but can't even find info on it anymore so it was either bullshit or.... So true and damning that it was wiped off the internet. :O

11 years ago
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Gabe is an asshole, possibly a sexist, but he's got great SEO so even if it's real, good luck finding it besides conspiracy theories. Probably a rumour made up by someone who hates his guts - and there's a lot of 'em.

11 years ago
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Yeah my original comment was "The internet pedo one?" but I realize that was incredibly uncalled for considering I had one source in mind that didn't even exist anymore. So I didn't want to leave that up as if I was stating some fact and attacking his character in a way that if somebody called me out I'd have nothing to back it up with.

Crazy the shit internet haters will get you to buy into.

11 years ago
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just bought it and played the first one. I think yes,even if I would have bought the first one for the 5€ only I wouldnt say money wasted. If you don't like poker or if you just want to play poker I would avoid it though,the strength of the game is not pure poker,but a nice table you play at ;).

11 years ago
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I'm so tempted by it just for the BL2 Assassin Portal Skin. That skin is BADASS!!!

11 years ago
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The game really is good if you enjoy any of the game's characters and the bonus of in game items is always cool.

11 years ago
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Yeah, I'm debating. The problem is, all I really know are Claptrap and GlaDOS.

11 years ago
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O.o

11 years ago
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You dont know Brock?! man you are missing out in live go watch The Venture Bros now, one of the best adult adult humour cartoons

11 years ago
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I never got into Adult Swim. My friend told me he's voiced by Patrick Warburton though, who is effing hilarious, so if he did the voice acting in PN2, then that may be a sell right there!

11 years ago
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Whether you'll enjoy it largely depends on whether you like the characters you'll be playing against.

11 years ago
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The first game dropped to like 50%, only. Making each game about the same price that you would expect to pay later on if they were on sale. If you can get both now, it is a decent deal. I picked up a couple of copies.

In terms of fun and how funny it is, well... The poker is pretty weak, but the humor is decent. I love listening to the Heavy tell stories related to TF2. I recommend the first one because there aren't a lot of card games for Steam, so take what you can get and enjoy the other stuff.

You get TF2 stuff for both games and Borderlands 2 stuff for the second one, so some added bonuses, I guess.

The games are meant more for the humor and just some decent fun. They aren't poker simulators or anything like that.

It is cheap enough, right now, that I would get the preorder and get both games, if you are interested.

11 years ago
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It was 75% off on telltale.com in 2011 and it activated on Steam.

Otherwise, it's never been past 50% on Steam itself as you said. I imagine it'll be 75% off after the release of the second, but I'll probably pre-purchase anyway.

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I see that, now, although I was talking about retail stores, in general. I grabbed mine off Amazon with a 50% off sale and I remember thinking it probably won't be cheaper, based on price histories. Hard to factor in those random sales that official sites, run, though I love them. You don't see them often, but they are pounce worthy.

I wouldn't doubt the 75% off thing. Obviously new ones push down the prices of old ones, but I find it kind of strange that they didn't do it right when they launched the preorders or even before. Even with it included, most companies would have dropped the price down, by now. Just to get some free advertising in for the new product.

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I assumed since it had been 50% so many times, it'd have to reach 75% soon, but now I won't have to wait!

I imagine since the first one is a pre-purchase bonus, they wouldn't dare discount it as it could potentially hurt the sales of their new one.

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I would have guessed at it being 75% sometime in the past few weeks or something. Just to get people hyped up about it. A lot of companies do that, even when they offer the games as bonuses. It looks like they aren't going to rush to dropping it, anytime soon. Still, $5 for both is reasonable. I guess it doesn't matter.

They might be a bit scared off from going really low with some of their games, due to licensing. They work directly with the rights from a lot of other companies. They might have to pay out a bit for each sale. I've noticed strange pricing for some of their other products, over time. They are a bit slower to drop base prices and go down to 75% off, despite many of their games being average, compared to most games that keep their prices high.

Other than big companies allowing the price to go way down to win customers and by paying for mass amounts of keys, I don't see many sales from them that I actually want to pay for. I usually don't have a problem buying games, especially at 75% off. I think many of their games end up a bit overvalued. They feel a little off. Kind of the same feeling I get when I'm looking at a 66% off sale and thinking, that should be 75%. If I am going to get more of their stuff, it will be packs and collections. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 75% off the Telltale Collection.

11 years ago
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The code shown on the Telltale Games purchase page doesn't activate on Steam, but you can get a Steam key from here.

11 years ago
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Thanks, pretty sure it's rather irrelevant as the promo was two years ago.

Maybe someone still needs the link though...

11 years ago
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I think this game is only popular because give in-game items to other games :S

11 years ago
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I played the first one. I enjoyed it, and think it's worth $5. The AI seems to get way too lucky at times, but the devs claim that the AI has no advantage though. The fun is in the conversations and reactions between the characters. It does get repetitive after a while, but I think I got more than $5 of enjoyment out of it.

11 years ago
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Definitely this, the conversations get repetitive, but you might and will enjoy the first time you hear some of them.

11 years ago
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I am ready to CRUSH baby men!

11 years ago
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cheap but no multiplayer or achv. May end up getting it for the extra stuff though...
Did enjoy the first one. And it's poker. How bad can it be...

11 years ago
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I'm sure there will be achievements once the game is out.

11 years ago
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+1

11 years ago
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No multiplayer? Wut? Single player Monopoly, single player Poker.

I really love single player games, but these aren't single player games!

11 years ago
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The humor is supposed to be the selling point. You are playing quick rounds of poker with familiar characters, that are carrying on conversations and responding to things done. It wears out, but it is fun for a while. If you like the characters or want the TF2 items, the games are worth it. Might not be worth buying for everyone. Then again, not everyone has access to decent odds giveaways of them, cough, MDuh's, cough. Worth it for free. Steam needs more card games, no doubt.

11 years ago
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Multiplayer. Yeah let's wait 10 minutes for someone to fold.

11 years ago
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I hate Poker, yet I'm thinking of buying it...

11 years ago
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preordered the first one, preordered this.

11 years ago
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Thanks for the input. I think I will pick this one up then.

11 years ago
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I don't get it, what's the point of a poker game without multiplayer?

11 years ago
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TF2 and Borderlands 2 items, that's the only one point...

11 years ago
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...What's the point of a multiplayer poker game where you can't see tells on your opponents? It would not work multiplayer.

11 years ago
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You realize that online poker is a 7 billion dollar a year industry, right? People play against others online for real money without tells, but fake money and possible TF2 items on the line are surely too high stakes for being unable to see tells.

11 years ago
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Yeah, online poker is actually pretty big, I'm surprised you're not aware of that given the massive advertising campaigns that are constantly running, look up Pokerstars/Party Poker/PKR.

I still can't think of any valid reason not to include multiplayer in a card game.

11 years ago
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Dialogues. This game would suck with a MP since there wouldn't be any humor (which is the only reason to buy this game).

If you want to play poker online: Play another game, not this one :p

11 years ago
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The game doesn't have to suck, the devs could include a multiplayer mode to play with friends on top of the single player, it doesn't have to be one or the other. I'm definitely not planning to buy this one but I'll give it a shot if I win a giveaway :D

11 years ago
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But that really isn't the point of this game (I even would consider it pretty sucky if it didn't have those interesting characters or those funny conversations).
A MP would be useless since there are many other online poker game which are WAY better than this one :/

Ah well ^^

11 years ago
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Multiplayer is more stuff to code and way more support they need to give. Not worthy for a game that is on preorder already down to 5 bucks. It's just a small casual game

11 years ago
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You don't play it for the poker, the meat of this game is in the dialog and character interactions. It doesn't have much in the way of replay value, but for $5 there's plenty of fun to be had.

11 years ago
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Ok thanks, I'll try to win the first one here to see if it's worth it.

11 years ago
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^^^ This is exactly right.

11 years ago
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Think I'll get the game even though I don't know how to play poker :P

11 years ago
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Exactly the same! :D

11 years ago
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Gasp
bl2 and tf2 bonuses!

11 years ago
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"Is this game worth $4.99"

YES

YOU MUST BUY IT, THIS IS NOT DEBATE-ABLE.

YOU WILL EARN 999 LAUGHS AND A NTH SENSE OF HUMOR AFTER PLAYING

11 years ago
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Bought it as soon as i saw it.

11 years ago
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I'm going to get it eventually, but first I need to sell a couple things on the market
Edit: traded for a copy, I'll probably unpack it sometime after the giveaways I've entered end

11 years ago
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Loved the first one and will be getting this one too. Don't know some of the characters that well though.

11 years ago
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its 2.99$ for me.

11 years ago
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Where do you live?

11 years ago
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Ukraine.

11 years ago
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Then you should buy it for all of us, who gives you money. (if it is not region locked)

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Not gonna lie, I bought it thinking "Wow that's a great deal, doesn't make sense to pass up" and now am deeply disappointed by the lack of multiplayer.

That said I'm enjoying the humor.

11 years ago
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Well storepage never says multiplayer,there is only a tag for SP and achievements.

11 years ago
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yeah 4.99 euros sounds good.. damn it

11 years ago
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If I didn't win any giveaways until april 14 for poker night and cubemen 2, I will buy them

Looks good, Even though tf2 items are not tradeable, I'm looking forward for tBL2 unlockables and claptrap's lines

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I loved the first one so I'm definitely getting this ASAP.

11 years ago
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Always wanted to try this, and this seemed like a fair deal.

11 years ago
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i really want it... if i get some cash this month (i dont think so) i will definetly buy it...
really loved the first one

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