-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
End of Steam Holiday Sale - The Bucket list of $2 & $5 games
- Thread starter MRORANGE
- Start date
I'm curious about serious sam HD's co-op mode, if anyone has tried it.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
I put them on my cart. Still deciding if I want them or not because I'm not sure I'll have the time to actually enjoy them, lol. I already have a few dozen games on backlog.
ElectricThunder
Member
It looks like Bullet Candy might be better to get dev direct or some such---something on the steam forums about a Perfect version that has yet to get successfully loaded onto Steam after people being after it for months.
http://www.charliesgames.com/wordpress/?page_id=283
http://www.charliesgames.com/wordpress/?page_id=283
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Hamilton's Great Adventure is.
I'm like you where time >>>> money. Games need to be judged by if they're worth the time they require to finish them. Hamilton's Great Adventure is. I just finished it last week after clocking about 6 hours in total and every new stage was great and compelling and the game doesn't have like 100+ stages just to pad it. It has 4 worlds with about 10-12 stages each, and each one adds a new twist until the end. Excellent, excellent game.
It plays like a puzzle game but with the controls and atmsophere of an indiana jones platformer.
This looks pretty cool, actually.
Anyone else have any impressions?
sssstententen
Member
Got The Missing Link dlc for Deus Ex. Revenge of the Diggle Gods dlc for Dungeons of Dredmore, and The Longest Journey pack.
Overall pretty happy.
Overall pretty happy.
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
Okay, so they're not new additions to the 2011 Steam lineup like the titles listed in the OP, but both Freedom Force titles for £2.49 (under $4 in a direct conversion) is a hard deal to beat for anyone who hasn't enjoyed them before.
Also, another vote for Arx Fatalis, the spiritual successor to the Ultima Underworld games. It was always a little rough around the edges, but the pros far outweighed the cons, even at full price.
Finally, it would be nice to recommend Aquaria like some of the other guys have - it's an excellent metroidvania type game with a cool underwater vibe - but it's not currently discounted in the UK. If it's going cheap where you live, pick it up.
Also, another vote for Arx Fatalis, the spiritual successor to the Ultima Underworld games. It was always a little rough around the edges, but the pros far outweighed the cons, even at full price.
Finally, it would be nice to recommend Aquaria like some of the other guys have - it's an excellent metroidvania type game with a cool underwater vibe - but it's not currently discounted in the UK. If it's going cheap where you live, pick it up.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Clones is incredible. It's like Lemmings but better. And it has online multiplayer.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Got Post Mortem and Still Life 1 & 2. Really love those kind of games.
dream
Member
ffs, Dinner Date is horrible. I thought it would be a cool little 1 act play that touches on themes of loneliness and isolation and the human condition. Instead it's this shitty little thing where a guy eats bread, drinks wine, and does a hobo's version of a poor man's Stephen Merchant as he rambles about coworkers and food and being stood up.
You...you just can't appreciate true video game art!
dream
Member
I love art. I love emergent narratives and shit too. What I don't love is art students with a mild interest in french romanticism masturbating into a compiler and charging me money for it.
Red Blaster
Member
dream recommended me graphic adventures dream
Pureauthor
Member
Thanks for pointing this out! Grabbed.
dream
Member
http://www.graymatter-game.com/
I'm actually making Duki download Dinner Date so he can be as livid at the abuse of shortform abstract games as vehicles for clever narratives as I am.
I didn't mind Dinner Date because it was different. Couldn't play it again though.
Try Iron Roses, it's fantastic.
Try Iron Roses, it's fantastic.
dream
Member
I saw your recommendation and was trying to figure out if you were joking or not.
And judging by the fact that Iron Roses looks like a hidden object game, I can only assume that you were.
Don't make me gift it to you.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Inside a Star Filled Sky, Dinner Date, and Tidalis are absolutely must-play games. Each offers a kind of depth you rarely see, though in very different ways.
Seriously. If you only buy three games from this sale and have an appreciation for games with an artistic ambition, these are the ones you need to buy.
Tidalis is a straight-up puzzle game, but the basic gameplay is brilliant, and all of the variations on it make it something incredible. Probably the most underrated casual game I can think of.
Seriously. If you only buy three games from this sale and have an appreciation for games with an artistic ambition, these are the ones you need to buy.
Tidalis is a straight-up puzzle game, but the basic gameplay is brilliant, and all of the variations on it make it something incredible. Probably the most underrated casual game I can think of.
how ddos this run in Win 7 64 bit I heard that there was some issues with it
I bought it today and can't even get the game to launch.
Red Blaster
Member
Looks pert cool but it's not on Steam, trying to clean out my wallet
You have to set it in compatibility mode, but it works fine after that.
Hmm, I know duckroll had some trouble getting it to run but he found a way to fix it. Will see if he can pop in here and give an answer.
Can you elaborate?
dream
Member
Artistic ambition is great. I love it when people take chances in games. For example, I love the stuff Christine Love does. But that's because she has a vision that she expresses through her games. Dinner Date is literally the product of one man's digital masturbation. You don't get any insight from it. You don't enjoy the experience of playing it. It's just there. It's like the elevator music of pretentious abstract games.
Do you have Gemini Rue?
Do you have Gemini Rue?
rohlfinator
Member
Yeah, I've been pretty addicted to this one for the past couple of days. I hear there are some pretty significant gameplay twists in later chapters, so I'm interested in seeing what those are.
What is the draw for Inside a Star Filled Sky? The concept sounds interesting but from what I've seen it looks like it could get pretty repetitive.
Red Blaster
Member
Red Blaster
Member
Seconded. Even though it was only $1.25, I still feel cheated out of money.
I've tried several of the fixes posted on the net and the Steam forums, but none seem to work. Apparently this is a pretty common problem, from reading a number of posts about it.
dream just pointed out to me that it originally sold for $12.50
twelve dollars and fifty cents
for whatever the fuck that thing was
asdaskldliahfjksdhk;jwrt
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
I'm running on Vista, so my knowledge isn't first-hand, but from what I've read on the forums, the boxed versions of the games won't run on Win 7 and neither will the demos, but the Steam version (and, indeed, GOG) should be compatible, although it seems some people have to do a little tweaking
Louis Cyphre
Banned
I've had a couple of games do that to me. Both were demo's and when i bought the full version it wouldn't launch. I had to delete and reinstall both games and they worked after that.
Sure. Don't use the steam shortcut. Instead, find the .exe and make a shortcut from that to your desktop. Go into the properties of the shortcut and click on compatibility tab. Then set it to be XP compatible. Should run fine after that.
Does it work with a 360 controller?
IrishNinja
Member
great OP! some good ones there. seeing the sega ones makes me wish ToeJam & Earl made the batch, odd that it's listed in some packs but not there.
AngryChinchilla
Member
All the negativity towards Dinner Date is making me even more curious...
maybe try a let's play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_3xcviCNI
don't even watch it, just skip through it at 1 minute intervals and you will see what people mean
I've re-installed it (and various drivers) several times now, but thanks.
ShineALight
Member
Has anyone mentioned Space Rangers 2? My friend has spoken very highly of it and the reviews are pretty good as well.