The sale finally got me to bite: Terraria and Portal 2.
I might bite on the Sam and Max games-- I played a couple of them a few years ago and liked them quite a bit.
That’s a steal of a price for the X games (and I’m weirdly tempted by the old school XBTF and X-Tension–stupid, I know–the graphics just don’t hold up at all). X3 Terran Conflict is the one I’m going back to, though, for sure at some point.
I paid full freight for Terraria before the sale and I’ve got to say it’s quite nifty, but I haven’t explored it nearly enough. A ton of replayability there though.
Equis
1643
Bah
Today is deadly for me.
Terraria. Dead Space Pack. Sam and Max. SupCom 2.
They really are keeping the big guns for the last.
Quitch
1644
I’d recommend Prince of Persia to people. As a game it does suffer from a number of flaws, but wow, what a great ending.
Dean
1645
Uhm, because the developer is a friend of mine.
The videogame level is great. I find myself too busy rolling over stuff to read everything in the letters one.
I unlocked everything but the final level, which requires an A in every other level to unlock. I finally got tired and quit, figuring I’d go back and get the ticket today. Then I looked at the ticket and realized I had to beat the entire game in one sitting. Fuck you, ticket. I’m not starting from scratch.
Blips
1646
I hit the restart button without having completed anything before and got the ticket.
Agreed 100%. It ended up being one of my favorite games by the end, even though I started pretty tepid on it.
rossm
1648
It’s not that bad. I enjoyed it.
Kalle
1649
Is there any reason, any reason at all, to go for the X pack instead of just X3:TC?
I’m safe, nothing today for me.
I take it tomorrow is a recap of the best selling dailies, so I suppose I can safely grab the few bits and bobs that haven’t gone on a daily sale now, right?
Wow, Terraria is really user unfriendly. I have no idea what to do or how to do it. You can’t even access the controls without exiting the world and going back to the main menu. And there doesn’t seem to be support for a 360 controller either. You have to control using the keyboard.
They started me off in an area where I kept dying because I spawned on a cactus. The guy who was there to offer help couldn’t be talked to because there was a cactus in the way. Then he walks right through the cactus somehow and tells me I can use a pickaxe to dig and a use the other took to chop down trees. So I switch to the pickaxe. Except it doesn’t seem to dig into the ground at all. I switch to the other tool, and that one doesn’t chop down the cacti blocking my way from making any progress. This is one fucked up game that y’all recommended. Seriously. What the Fuck?
rossm
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Only things I bought during this sale:
Frozen Synapse
AI War
Sanctum
I have a wishlist full of games that I want, but none of them have dipped below $5 :( I want:
Revenge of the Titans
Capsized
Hoard
SpaceChem
Fate of the World
Inside a Star-filled Sky
Fortix 2
Aquaria
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Project Aftermath
I’ve been eyeing NWN2 Platinum for some time now, and this price is probably the best that will come along, but I have a question: Are there any mods/patches which fix the horrid NPC combat AI? I quit my first run through the original (no expansions) after I got frustrated having to babysit all of my party members, and I’m really disinclined to pause-pause-pause my way through every encounter. Has anything been done, either in the expansions or by the community, to remedy this?
None, I think, but nostalgia. I’ve played all of them starting with X-Tension, and IMHO the older ones pretty much require a joystick, for one thing. The very first game (minus the X-Tension) limits you to one ship and is apparently has more of a plot. I enjoyed X-Tension a lot, X-2 slightly less so. There are cockpits in everything up to and including X2, then they dumped them (though I think there are mods).
I have never gotten the hang of getting to true mogul status in any of the games and they are a bit of a timesink, but still enjoyable if you don’t mind a deliberate pace. Some people leave the games running overnight once they have auto-trading ships set up.
For 5 bucks for X3 TC, if the idea intrigues you you can’t go wrong. It’s gorgeous, for one thing. Also I really love the soundtrack–very atmospheric.
You have to point the mouse pointer to the thing you want to affect with your pickaxe/axe/weapon. I had that problem myself. For instance, if you have the axe equipped, in order to actually chop down a tree, you have to put the mouse pointer on the base of the tree. With the pickaxe you need to put the pointer on the ground you want to affect.
Here’s a link to a wiki: http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Terraria_Wiki
The Sam & Maxes are a steal at that price. All the episodes aren’t great, but they’re always competent, and some of them are as good as it get.
Which X should I get ? I played X2 back in the day but it didn’t really grab me.
How is F1 2010 ? I’m not a great racing man, can it be played as an arcadish racer, or is it for die hard sim fans only ?
Portal 2 and Dead Space 2 are sort of tempting, but I’ll wait for them to get cheaper. As for PoP 2008 I really hated it, it as so bad I felt stolen when I bought it for 5 $ at the december sale, and I’m pretty forgiving.
Anyone want to jump into a group buy for the Terraria 4 pack?
So far its Vesper and I.
Anyone else?
Is PAM any good or is it more me-too disposable garbage? Meridian 4 doesn’t inspire confidence as a publisher.
Thraeg
1660
I’m in if there’s still room.
Probably also pick up NWN2 platinum. I already own the base game, but have been watching for a sale on MotB.
Anyone played P.A.M.? I’m slightly curious for $2 with a 3-pack, but haven’t heard anything about it.
