Steam Sale Spotlight

[Ribs]

Thing I've learned is they put Call of Duty games on sale just before a price drop. It'll probably drop to $50 permanently after this weekend.

[Rawr]

Even with that sale they're still pretty pricey.

I think I've been spoiled by the amazing £5 games 2 years after release.

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

I know. Read my spoiler'd bit earlier to hear me rant about it.

Yeah, I had the window open a while before I posted, so I never saw the spoilered update since I hadn't refreshed. xD

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is Delve Deeper. £1.99, or $2.49. Another 50 pennies and you can get it with its DLC.

It's an indie game. Need I say more?

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Today's Daily Deal is Delve Deeper £199., or $2.49. Another 50 pennies and you can get it with its DLC.

talk about overpriced for people in the UK. Okay yeah. you forgot something.

I have it from a pack and never got into it really. So I also never tested the DLC I got as a free price in the Summer Camp.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

talk about overpriced for people in the UK. Okay yeah. you forgot something.

Oops. Fixed.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's deal is a pretty good one. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for £5 or $6.66.

I already own the game, otherwise I'd probably snap it up. It's been cheaper (during the Summer Sales, I believe), but it's still a bargain, considering it's actually two games - a remade Escape from Butcher Bay was included, remember?

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Today's deal is a pretty good one. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for £5 or $6.66.

I already own the game, otherwise I'd probably snap it up. It's been cheaper (during the Summer Sales, I believe), but it's still a bargain, considering it's actually two games - a remade Escape from Butcher Bay was included, remember?

Is it good?

[Darth Marsden]

Yeah, it's pretty good. Haven't played the Dark Athena section yet, but the Butcher Bay remake is pretty impressive.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is Velvet Assassin, which is £2.49 or $4.99 (which I think is the first time the UK price has been cheaper than the US one)

At that price, it's not a bad deal at all. So much so that I'm getting it. Sure it's got a Metacritic score of 61, but I've spent more on worse.

[der_ketzer]

Today's deal is "Hamilton's Great Adventure"
a puzzle game

WTF is Hamilton's Great Adventure

Price: 4.99€ / 3.99 £ / 4.99$

[Darth Marsden]

Gah! Beaten to it! That'll teach me to spend too much time playing Borderlands.

EDIT: Ah, but you didn't mention that it won't run on WinXP! The game requires Vista or Windows 7 to run. For some reason.

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Gah! Beaten to it! That'll teach me to spend too much time playing Borderlands.

EDIT: Ah, but you didn't mention that it won't run on WinXP! The game requires Vista or Windows 7 to run. For some reason.

That reason is it isn't forwards-compatible. It is not brain science.

[Gman5852]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KfawzlnrsY
Heres what TotalBiscuit thinks of the game.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KfawzlnrsY
Heres what TotalBiscuit thinks of the game.

I linked that in my post.

The reason for no XP: Direct X 11 is required for some odd reason. I see NOTHING in there that would not work in DX 9.

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

I linked that in my post.

The reason for no XP: Direct X 11 is required for some odd reason. I see NOTHING in there that would not work in DX 9.

Didnt notice that you put it there.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is Cloning Clyde, which has two-thirds off at £1.33 or $1.66.

Having bought and played it for an hour and a half (one achievement requires you to run around in a wheel for half an hour, which wasn't nice), I can tell you that the game plays very much like The Lost Vikings, if anyone remembers that.

It's basically a puzzle platformer, where most of the puzzles require you to clone yourself and place these clones on switches. You can also combine your clones (or yourself, if you can remember which one that is!) with various animals (or an explosive barrel) for added fun.

For the price, it's a great little puzzler and I'd recommend it. Seriously, under 2 bucks? Admit it, you've spent more on less. Speaking of which...

Midweek Madness (despite it being Tuesday)! A few Eidos games are on offer, namely Hitman and (shudder) Kane and Lynch. Each game is 66% off, with the bundle of all of them being 75% off.

The exact titles and prices:

Hitman: Codename 47 - £2.04 or $3.40
Hitman: Silent Assassin - £2.04 or $3.40
Hitman: Blood Money - £2.04 or $3.40
All three Hitman games - £5.10 or $8.50

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - £2.70 or $5.10
Kane & Lynch: Dog Days - £4.00 or $5.10 (wait, how's that work?)
K&L: DD Alliance Weapon Pack - 66p or $1
K&L: DD Multiplayer Masks Pack - 47p or 67c
K&L: DD The Doggie Bag - £1.35 or $2

The Whole Lot: £11.35 or $17.75

Veritable mixed bag there! The Hitman games are good, but the Kane & Lynch series... well, isn't. It's a moot point anyway as I own all the games (but not the DLC, I've far better things to spend my money on).

[Gman5852]

Also, due to steam trading now no longer under beta, and Portal 2 and Spiral Knights added to the list of what to trade, Portal 2 items, TF2 items, and Spiral Knights items are all on sale as well. Sadly Portal 2 is not on sale because of this, not really games, but they are still on sale for steam purposes.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is Booster Trooper, which is £1.60 or $2.

It's a multiplayer platform shooter, apparently, so I have no interest in it whatsoever. Oh well.

[Darth Marsden]

Woo! Loads of deals today!

First off, the Daily Deal. It's STORM: Frontline Nation, which is now £6.50 or $10.
It's a turn-based strategy game. Make of that what you will.

And next, the Weekend deals. Yes, that's plural.

Civilization V is 75% off, as is the digital edition. The DLC bundle, sadly, is not on offer.
Civ 5 is £7.50 or $12.50, while the Civ 5 Digital Deluxe (actual name) is £10 or $15.

Next, Need for Speed! The franchise is on offer, or at least the games on Steam are. Here's the list:

NFS: Shift - £3.75 or $5
NFS: Undercover - £3.75 or $2.49 (WTF?!)
NFS: Hot Pursuit - £10.20 or $10.20 (Grr)
NFS: Shift 2 Unleashed - £14.99 or $14.99 (Do they even check these?)

Finally, Call of Juarez: The Cartel is out now. Having played it, I can honestly say... don't. Just don't.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

And next, the Weekend deals. Yes, that's plural.

Civilization V is 75% off, as is the digital edition. The DLC bundle, sadly, is not on offer.
Civ 5 is £7.50, while the Civ 5 Digital Deluxe (actual name) is £10.

Incidentally, Civ 5 is $12.50 for the Standard Edition and $15 for the Digital Deluxe Edition (which is still 75% off)

Digital Deluxe Edition includes:

• Babylon Civ with Nebuchadnezzar II
• Civ 5 behind the scenes video at Firaxis
• Civ 5 Game Soundtrack

The 4 current additional DLC packs (scenarios) for Civ 5 are: The Americas, Asia, Mediterranean, and Mesopotamia. These are not currently on sale but can be bought in a bundle for $10.