Games on SALE!

[Jiarn]

For someone that's never really played adventure games, would the Monkey Island SE Bundle be a good starting point?

 

[figmentPez]

For someone that's never really played adventure games, would the Monkey Island SE Bundle be a good starting point?

Maybe. They're got excellent dialog, both the writing and the voice acting, and the graphics are passable, but they've got some pretty inscrutable puzzles. They're not old-school King's Quest hard (where you could get into unwinnable situations) but they've got their own sort of adventure game logic, MI2 especially. If you're prepared to get frustrated, then they're excellent games (with an in-game hint system, now), though I tend to think that Telltale's offerings are more accessible to a new audience.

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 26 and most are repeats:

F.E.A.R. Complete Pack $9.99
-repeats-
Mass Effect series 50%-off
Battlefield Bad Company 2 $6.80
Wings of Prey $5.99
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light $5.10 (no extra discount for owning another Tomb Raider, this time)
The Witcher $4.99
Super Meat Boy $3.75
Borderlands 50%-off
Dead Rising 2 $19.99
Assassin's Creed 2 $14.99 (no extra discount for owning AC1, this time)
Darksiders $9.99
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 $29.99
Added at: 14:43
Best Buy is having some good sales on console games:
Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3/360) $20
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PS3) $35
Splinter Cell: Conviction (360) $10
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands (360/PS3) $10
Picross 3D (DS) $10
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS) $18
and possibly more.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

What's been your Steam haul so far?

This year hasn't been as plentiful as last year was for me. But I've snagged a few. I think I've spent between $10-15 in total:
-Super Meat Boy
-Blueberry Garden (for $0.99? Sold)
-Misadventures of PB Winterbottom (ditto)
-Plants vs. Zombies (after playing it on my brother-in-law's iPad)
-Civilization IV complete set (I have this on disc, already, but this will be easier to reinstall)
-Monkey Island II Special Edition

Looking at my list, I can't remember everything I got last year, but some of it was The Lucasarts pack (Dig, Indiana Jones, Loom), Machinarium, Braid, Max Payne 1 & 2, Zombie Driver, Evil Genius, Freedom Force pack, Ben There Dan That and Time Gentlemen. About a dozen games in total for about $20.

God, I love Steam sales.

 

[Jay]

2010 wasn't a huge year for gaming so my haul thus far hasn't been much. I played all the games I wanted to play.

2011 though... there's at least 20 games I'm DYING to play.

 

[Overflight]

My haul so far has been

-Super Meat Boy (Pretty awesome, especially if you don't mind "frustration platformers" a la I Wanna Be The Guy)
-Borderlands GOTY Edition
-The Witcher Enhanced Edition
-F.E.A.R. Bundle (Was a bit annoyed that F.E.A.R. 1 cannot be installed without the expansions: not only are they from what I hear not very good, but due to a dispute between Monolith and Warner Brothers, they were made with no input from the former and thus aren't considered canon)
-DeathSpank

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 27, and we're back to new stuff:

Machinarium $2.99 (shame on you if you don't have this as part of the Humble Indie Bundle #2)
Mirror's Edge $4.99
Killing Floor Complete Pack $6.95
Victoria I Complete $3.00
Victoria II $12.00
V2 Interwar Spritepack $0.60
Serious Sam HD Gold $3.99
EVE Online Incursion $4.99
Cities XL 2011 $19.99
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum $9.99
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic $2.49
Lost Planet 2 $19.99 ($15.99 if you own Lost Planet)
Street Fighter IV $14.99
Tom Clany's Hawx 2 $33.49

 

[figmentPez]

GamersGate is having a New Years Sale
Pages and pages of games on sale, but some of the highlights:
Dead Rising 2 $19.98
Assorted Genesis games <$3.00 each or bundles from $5.62 - $11.21)
Dragon Age Origins $10.19 (digital deluxe $13.58)
Dragon Age Origins Awakening $10.18
Jagged Alliance 2 Gold $7.98
Lost Planet 2 $19.98
Mass Effect $7.98
Mass Effect 2 $7.98 (digital deluxe $15.98)
Painkiller series 50%-off
Prey $2.49
Tales of Monkey Island $11.88
Unreal Complete Pack $11.59
Added at: 13:07
It's the last day to get Activision games in GOG.com's holiday sale. That's stuff like: King's Quest, Space Quest, Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight and Vampire the Masquerade.
Added at: 13:09
Amazon.com has Assassin's Creed 2 Brotherhood PS3/360 for $35

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 28th

Section 8 $4.99
Doom Complete Pack $8.74
Dirt 2 $4.99
Crush $1.69
Lost Horizon $9.99
King's Bounty Platinum Edition $8.74
Sim City 4 $4.99
ARMA II Operation Arrowhead $19.99 ($15.99 if you own ARMA II)
Crysis $7.49
Crysis Warhead $4.99
Crysis Maximum Edition $9.99
Mount & Blade + M&B:Warband Bundle $9.99
Global Agenda $7.49
IL2 Sturmovik 1946 $4.99
Added at: 12:24
Xbox Live may have Mass Effect DLC on sale for 200 points each. I don't have a 360, so I don't know how to check to see if this deal is still offered.
Added at: 12:25
Amazon.com is offering buy one get one 50%-off on 360, PS3 and Wii games.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

SimCity 4. Status: BOUGHT!

 

[David]

Good a time as any to buy SimCity 4. I'm gradually paying for legitimate copies of everything I've pirated.

This is gonna get really expensive.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Not if Steam keeps up with these sales!

 

[figmentPez]

Microsoft's Games for Windows is doing one-day deals again. Prototype is $14.99, not sure when "today" started, so it may not be up for long.

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 29th

Sniper Ghost Warrior $7.50
Greed Corp $2.50
Dead Space $6.80
City of Heroes: Going Rogue Complete Collection $10.00
Amnesia: The Dark Descent $6.80 ($4.80 if you own a Penumbra game)
Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days $4.99
The Ball $4.99
Plants vs Zombies GOTY $4.00
Swords & SOldiers $2.50
Hearts of Iron III Complete Pack $14.10
Brothers in Arms 50%-off ($2.50 - $9.99)
Quake Collection $10.20

 

[Jiarn]

What exactly does Plants vs Zombies GOTY edition give you over the regular?

 

[David]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64939

20 new achievements and a zombie customizer, apparently.

 

[Jiarn]

Iiiiiiiiiinteresting. Will give it a look. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 30th

GTA 4 & Episodes from Liberty City $10.00
Europa Universalis III Complte $5.00
Grand Ages Rome series 80%-off ($2 - $4)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit $29.99
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY $9.99
Transformers: War for Cyberton $19.99
Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon $3.00
Shatter $2.50
Left 4 Dead 2 $6.79 ($4.99 if you own L4D1)
Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition $7.50
R.U.S.E. $33.49
Singularity $24.99
Added at: 12:29
Games for Windows has a one-day deal on Tomb Raider Underworld $14.99

 

[bigcountry23]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 30th

GTA 4 & Episodes from Liberty City $10.00
Europa Universalis III Complte $5.00
Grand Ages Rome series 80%-off ($2 - $4)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit $29.99
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY $9.99
Transformers: War for Cyberton $19.99
Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon $3.00
Shatter $2.50
Left 4 Dead 2 $6.79 ($4.99 if you own L4D1)
Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition $7.50
R.U.S.E. $33.49
Singularity $24.99
Added at: 12:29
Games for Windows has a one-day deal on Tomb Raider Underworld $14.99

Ohhh, been looking at STO. Think I will snag that tonight.

 

[Hailey Knight]

STO is already down that far? HA!

 

[Jiarn]

It'll be free to play in a matter of months.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

People still play STO?

 

[Jay]

I'd play it as a FTP. It's such a badly created game... but space combat is sorta neat.

 

[figmentPez]

Games for Windows has Lost Planet 2 at $19.99 this week

 

[figmentPez]

Steam one-day deals for Dec 31st. Only two more days left in the sale.

Empire & Napoleon Total War GOTY $24.99 (19.99 if you own Medieval II or Rome)
Theatre of War series 75%-off
Guardians of Graxia $2.49
Stalker Bundle $4.99
Command & Conquer series 75%-off
Far Cry 2 Fortunes Edition $4.99
The Hitman Collection $7.49
Dawn of Discovery Gold $14.99
Flight Control HD $1.70
Team Fortress 2 $5.00
Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection $5.00
Supreme Commander 2 $3.74
Added at: 13:14
Games for Windows has a one-day deal on Lego Batman $9.99

 

[Overflight]

...damn it, they go through several days with nothing major only to hit me with this. Hitman Collection and Red Alert 3 + Uprising are already in the bag, deciding whether to get FC2 or not.

Two observations:

1) Why is FC2 more expensive in Europe? It's made by UBISOFT for crying out loud! Damn it, I thought the French were bigger supporters of the "European Project"
2) According to my research, Hitman Contracts isn't sold on Steam because of some song rights. Go figure.

 

[AshburnerX]

I think France would only support the "European Project" if it resulted in all of Europe becoming french.

 

[figmentPez]

Steam's one-day deals for Jan 1st

Half Life series 75%-off (85%-off if you own L4D or L4D2)
Medal of Honor $29.99
Aaaaaa! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity $2.50
Company of Heroes series 75%-off
The Settlers 7 $24.99 (Note a constant broadband internet connection is required to play)
Swarm Arena $2.50
Bionic Commando Complete Pack $12.49
Zeno Clash $3.75
Divinity II $19.99
Football Manager 2011 $26.79
Mafia II $12.49

*HEY!*
Who hasn't played Half Life 2: Episode 2 yet? Since it's cheap and I'm feeling generous, I'm looking to gift it to two or three people. If you're interested, send me a message via Steam (sometime during the next 11 hours, give or take, before I go to bed.).
Added at: 13:43
Wal-Mart has Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Cards for $39.96

 

[Overflight]

I dunno for how long this has been going on or for how long this will continue but in occasion of the release of Secret Of Mana for the iOS, Chaos Rings is now 54% off in the Apple App Store. I've bought it and while it's not as deep as a Final Fantasy game, it's still quite a decent RPG with an interesting story, especially considering the platform (for what it's worth, The New York Times considered it superior to Final Fantasy XIII)

 

[figmentPez]

The last day of Steam's Holiday Sale is here.

One-day sales:
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum $9.99
Amnesia the Dark Descent $6.80
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit $29.99
Dead Space $6.80
Empire & Napoleon Total War GOTY $24.99
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY $3.99
Mafia II $12.49
Left 4 Dead 2 $6.80
Killing Floor Complete Pack $4.99
GTA IV & Episodes from Liberty City $9.99
The Hitman Collection $7.49
Stalker Bundle $4.99

Also, since this is the last day, it's time to pick up any games that weren't one-day sales. Like:
Trine $4.99
Indie game packs $4.99 - $19.99
Evil Genius $1.49



Also, only two days left on GOG.com's Holiday Sale

 

[Krisken]

Ooohh, NWN2 and Plants Vs. Zombies I just might jump on.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Anyone who hasn't nabbed Evil Genius should totally do so. It's got its flaws, but overall, it's a fun little game that's worth $1.50.

 

[figmentPez]

Anyone who hasn't nabbed Evil Genius should totally do so. It's got its flaws, but overall, it's a fun little game that's worth $1.50.

Sadly, that one-day sale is over now. There's still time to grab it for $5 at GOG.com's sale, though. Not much time.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Ah. Yes. I see that, now.

*thinks back to yesterday* Oh, right. I was spending the vast majority of the day in bed with a naked girl.

 

[Chibibar]

I love Evil Genius!!!