Bargain Thread 2014

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2014-12-10T11:54:12.000Z

I’m a little unclear as to why having a more visible rationale for the magic double-jump translates to better controls.

Researching this further, it appears that the Meat Circus was seriously reduced in difficulty for the Steam release. So if you think you were That Guy and didn’t play it on the console, it’s possible you weren’t really That Guy. I played the XBox version personally.

I also have the Steam version, which I vaguely mean to revisit sometime. After the 60-some other games in my Steam backlog.

divedivedive · 2014-12-10T11:58:40.000Z

I see my ‘that guy’ credentials are being assailed, to the keyboard Robin! I played Psychonauts on Xbox, PS2 and Steam. Oddly enough, the Steam version is the only one I didn’t complete, so I can’t speak to the difficulty of the Meat Circus on that platform.

CraigM · 2014-12-10T12:22:02.000Z

I played on Steam, maybe 3 years ago, though to be fair I did it with mouse and keyboard. So, you know, whatever. Guess Pogue takes the crown

AntediluvianArk · 2014-12-10T12:27:43.000Z

robc04:

I’m curious, what is so great about it?

People are nostalgic for the time period when Double Fine finished their games.

-Todd

TurinTur · 2014-12-10T12:37:33.000Z

robc04:

I’m curious, what is so great about it? I played it for a couple hours a while ago and thought while decent, it wasn’t anything I felt the need to continue with at that time. It’s still in my ‘play at some time’ list and not my ‘done’ list, so I may get back to it.

Great, original setting, good characters and plot, really funny, decent-to-good platforming, very varied scenarios in both setting and gameplay, good length.

Nightgaunt · 2014-12-10T13:19:42.000Z

TurinTur:

Great, original setting, good characters and plot, really funny, decent-to-good platforming, very varied scenarios in both setting and gameplay, good length.

I would say “poor-to-decent” platforming, personally, but the real problem (again, my opinion) is that 3D platformers are very dependent on the tightness and polish of their controls or they descend into frustration pretty quickly. I just don’t think Double Fine had the right team to make a great 3D platformer, so they may have knocked everything else out of the park, but poor platforming is like taking an Achilles heel and making it an Achilles skeleton, if you’ll excuse the mixing of metaphors.

Alistair · 2014-12-10T14:43:22.000Z

Did they not make the meat circus better in a patch? It was hard but not terrible when I got to it this year or last.

JoshL · 2014-12-10T16:58:35.000Z

It’s the best game I said! The best!

Ok, it has some annoying bits, but what game doesn’t? But how many other games have paranoid conspiracies, kaiju, Napoleonic wargames, Mexican wrestling, nearsighted insane asylum guards, AND Mr. Pokeylope? None other games!

Also, the graphics/art totally hold up. I replayed it recently in 1920x1200, and it works in 1080p 3D on my TV too.

(p.s. Yeah, ok, this is all just, like, my opinion man, but I really like this game).

rowe33 · 2014-12-10T19:04:58.000Z

Psychonauts definitely has to be played all the way through to appreciate it, or at least played through some of the crazy imaginative levels. One of my top games of all time for sure.

robc04 · 2014-12-10T19:53:41.000Z

OK, I’ll move Psychonauts higher on the backlog so I have a better chance of playing it some more.

krayzkrok · 2014-12-10T20:43:28.000Z

I could never get part the section where you had to take on the bull in the bullring. Mind you, I was playing with m&k, now that I have a controller it should be a lot easier. It was also barely playable on my old laptop. In fact I probably did well to get as far as I did! Part of the reason I quit was rumours about the Meat Circus being even harder. Sometimes it pays not to take any notice of the internet. Ok, not even sometimes.

Kool_Moe_Dee · 2014-12-10T21:32:59.000Z

Less “that guy”, and more bargains!

Mike_Hussey · 2014-12-11T03:22:20.000Z

OK, Gamersgate have ‘The Wolf Among Us’ season pass at 75% off

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-WAU/the-wolf-among-us-season-pass

shang · 2014-12-11T04:57:35.000Z

Mike Hussey:

OK, Gamersgate have ‘The Wolf Among Us’ season pass at 75% off

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-WAU/the-wolf-among-us-season-pass

Does the listed “DRM:Other DRM” mean Steam activation or something else?

Mike_Hussey · 2014-12-11T05:24:36.000Z

shang:

Does the listed “DRM:Other DRM” mean Steam activation or something else?

No, you have to register directly with Telltale Games to download and play.

Gigglemoo · 2014-12-11T07:11:40.000Z

Android hidden object game, temporarily free:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PBFNNMQ/

League of Light: Dark Omens

Gigglemoo · 2014-12-11T09:15:05.000Z

10$ Batman Steam bundle.

http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/batman-complete-bundle/

[ul][li]Arkham Asylum
[/li][li]Arkham City
[/li][*]Arkham Origins + DLC[/ul]

CraigM · 2014-12-11T09:21:36.000Z

A damn fine bargain, too bad I have them all already

SlainteMhath · 2014-12-11T10:16:38.000Z

QT3 Classic Game Club take note! GreenManGaming.com’s Deal of the Day is Retroism Titles.

Get classics like 7th Legion, Colonization, Darklands, Sword of the Samurai, and Slave Zero for only $1.49 each. Virtual 3.5" floppy drive not included.

Squee · 2014-12-11T13:09:07.000Z

Be warned, Deadlock 2 is inexplicably tied to Playfire client, while Deadlock 1 is a Steam key. Scooped up a pile of games and much to my surprise despite checking most of them (Including Deadlock 1), 2 wasn’t a Steam key. Half tempted to try wrestling with GMG support to ask for a refund on that one since it doesn’t make any damn sense.