The Steam Sale offered, and I purchased:
AaAaAaA - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Audiosurf
Hegemony: Philip of Macedon
Plants vs Zombies (Game of the Year Edition)
Trackmania Nations Forever
Zeno Clash
PSN Sale:
Fat Princess
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light
PixelJunk Shooter
All 50% off huzzah!
Audiosurf at 5$ is actually the most expensive game on the list. Didn't purchase any games I wouldn't have bought without the discount, since I now have a backcatalog of ~15 games to play aside from all the real old school games I still need to retro with emulators and what not.|||I got FEAR pack, mainly for the 2 FEAR expansions (which I've been wanting to play for a long time)... but it also includes FEAR2 and its expansion (which I hope works on my old computer).
Just checked AaAaAaA video, and I don't get it. The goal is just to fall on plates and pass near objects? Interesting idea, but I think it'd get repetitive (and non-challenging) fast, no?|||Quote:
Just checked AaAaAaA video, and I don't get it. The goal is just to fall on plates and pass near objects? Interesting idea, but I think it'd get repetitive (and non-challenging) fast, no?
Along with giving the thumbs-up to fans and flipping the bird to protesters.
Also, the challenge is in the High Score Leaderboards. The basics you can get the gist of fairly quick, but getting a good score'll take almost as many attempts as it takes to finish a Super Meat Boy level.
On the subject of what games I grabbed... Uh, I'll get back to you when I've trawled through my emails.
[EDIT] The list:
CivCity: Rome
Super Meat Boy
VVVVVV
AAaAAaAA!!
F.E.A.R. Complete Pack
Deus Ex: IW
Peggle Nights
Puzzle Quest
Resident Evil 5
The Polynomial
Defense Grid
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Bully: SE
Trials 2: SE
Aliens vs. Predator 2010
Railworks (yeah)
Alpha Protocol
Deathspank
Batman: AA
Red Faction 1, 2 & Guerilla
FlatOut 1, 2 & UC
Mirror's Edge
Killing Floor + DLC
RUSH
Section 8
DiRT 2
King's Bounty Collection
Plants vs. Zombies
The Ball
Swords & Soldiers HD
Quake 2007 Collection (sans number 4, annoyingly)
Singularity
Jedi Knight Bundle
Guardians of Graxia + Map Pack
Supreme Commander 2 + DLC
Zeno Clash
Mafia II Digital Deluxe + DLC
Hitman Collection (Uh, where's Contracts, Square Enix?)
Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light
Good thing I was paid a few weeks in advance for Chrimbo...
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Hegemony: Philip of Macedon
That any good, by the way?
|||Ah VVVVVVVVV. Should have bought that. Played Swords & Soldiers on the wii, very cool. How's Guardians of Graxia, was on the fence for a bit about that one.Hegemony is pretty cool. Only played 30-40 minutes so far, hella difficult (steep learning curve) on casual. Not sure whether I'd have paid 20 for it yet, but at 3$ it was definitely a good investment. A gold edition/expansion is coming soon, I'd wait for that anyhow.
AaAAAaAAaaa is essentially about falling down, as close to objects as you can manage yeah. It's a pretty good adrenaline kick, requires some precision control and as TP said, Leaderboards *.*|||Oh well, missed out on AvP2010 (is it any good compared to AvP1-2 & expansions?) as well as Lara Croft Guardian of Light (any good?).
Nice thing about downloadable games, they'll probably stay on the list for a long time, and prices will keep going down... so, maybe next year...|||Quote:
How's Guardians of Graxia, was on the fence for a bit about that one.
I've only played through a couple of missions while half-tired so far, but even in said state it seemed like an easy enough game to wrap my head around - Easier than Magic: The Gathering (which I am absolutely useless at playing) anyway - and a reasonable effort on Petroglyph's part at the tabletop card game genre (they've put a physical version of the game into print as well as the PC game, apparently
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Oh well, missed out on AvP2010 (is it any good compared to AvP1-2 & expansions?) as well as Lara Croft Guardian of Light (any good?).
I've not played the earlier AvPs so unfortunately I can't make any reasonable comparison, and I've not downloaded GOL yet. Slow internet connection is slow.
|||Apparently, the sale is still on for another 3 hours. Just got Plants vs Zombies for my daughter at 50% off...|||http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/therealbozI only spent about $25 to raise the value from 300 to 530.|||During this sale, I bought:
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - $6.67
FEAR Complete Pack - $9.99
King Arthur Role-playing Complete Pack - $5.67
Dead Space - $6.67
Greed Corp - $2.50
Far Cry 2 - $4.99
Stalker Bundle (Shadows of Chernobyl & Call of Pripyat) - $4.99
Some of them were deals I couldn't pass up, though I'm not sure when I'll get around to playing 'em. Others were games that never had demos, which means I had pirated them in years past to check them out. Now, I simply skip games like that, but buying 'em on the cheap is my weird form of making up for it.
So far, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has seen the most play time.
Spoiler
It's a ridiculously good online FPS if you enjoy working as a team. Its single-player isn't as good as Modern Warfare, but I've played worse. The real draw is the multi anyway.
It's not nearly as twitch-based as MW2 or Black (c)Ops, and killstreak addicts will find themselves on the losing team. It's all about learning the duties of your class, helping teammates and fulfilling objectives. The xp system gives you unlocks to look forward to. While most of them are preferential, certain abilities give you access to what your class is all about. (medkits & ammo boxes for Medics & Assault, mortar strikes for Recon and repair for Engineers, etc) Oh, and you can destroy structures with explosives and vehicles. It really adds another level of strategery (tm).
A word of warning, though... The online game will frustrate you at first. After a learning period, I've seen myself and several friends eventually "click" and get it. It just takes an adjustment from the frag/ratio-based online play that we're often used to. If you try to be Rambo, you will die often and drag your team down. BC2 rewards players for fulfilling objectives and using their class abilities to help each other. Random online mileage may vary, but I've had a lot of fun by playing it with at least one friend in my squad. (each team is split up into multiple squads of 4, aiding your squad gets you double the xp of aiding normal teammates)|||Quote:
I've not played the earlier AvPs so unfortunately I can't make any reasonable comparison
Ok then, how is it?
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