Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (4 Viewers)

[SlaX]

Never played Bully. Always wanted to. For $3.74, I think I will.

If you like GTA, then you'll enjoy Bully. It's a very similar game, with a different setting and style.

 

[SlaX]

Super meat boy is on flash sale. Seems like a game you should play with a controller, yes? Anyone play it?

Love this game. Definitely play it with a controller.

 

[Worm]

Saw this on slickdeals:

Skyrim (Xbox 360) digital DL - $14

 

[Mad Cow]

Purchases so far:

FTL

Miami Hotline

 

[Insein]

Purchases so far:

FTL

Miami Hotline

Hey I only bought Bastion and Bully. My grand total is $6.

 

[Worm]

Hadn't bought Left for Dead 2 so I picked it up...

 

[Worm]

Tomb Raider is 75% off... $12.49!

 

[Insein]

Tomb Raider is 75% off... $12.49!

Also Hitman: Absolution as the Community's Choice for $6.24

and Witcher 2 for $5

and Borderlands 2 for $10.19

 

[Insein]

Ha Steam store is experiencing heavy load right now. Probably because of TR going down to $12

 

[TLEF316]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

 

[Mad Cow]

Dang it, TR for that is tempting me. Only spent $5 so far. Great price on BL2, as well. I am soooo backlogged with games, must. . . resist. . .

 

[Mad Cow]

StarDrive is supposed to have a good combat system for 4X, as well.

 

[Maelstrom]

Dang it, TR for that is tempting me. Only spent $5 so far. Great price on BL2, as well. I am soooo backlogged with games, must. . . resist. . .

Not trying to break your willpower, but TR is worth making an exception for.

 

[Mad Cow]

Dang it, TR for that is tempting me. Only spent $5 so far. Great price on BL2, as well. I am soooo backlogged with games, must. . . resist. . .

Not trying to break your willpower, but TR is worth making an exception for.

My problem is my backlog includes Far Cry 3, finishing BL2, Batman Arkham Asylum AND City, Fallout New Vegas (30% done), Max Payne 3 (50% done), Torchlight 2, The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 2, TW: Shogun 2, Empire and Napoleon, and about another 30 games. ANd I play maybe once a week with how busy my life is with family, business and building my new office, church responsibilities. I could wait until it is $5 on Christmas. Or not.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Dang it, TR for that is tempting me. Only spent $5 so far. Great price on BL2, as well. I am soooo backlogged with games, must. . . resist. . .

Not trying to break your willpower, but TR is worth making an exception for.

My problem is my backlog includes Far Cry 3, finishing BL2, Batman Arkham Asylum AND City, Fallout New Vegas (30% done), Max Payne 3 (50% done), Torchlight 2, The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 2, TW: Shogun 2, Empire and Napoleon, and about another 30 games. ANd I play maybe once a week with how busy my life is with family, business and building my new office, church responsibilities. I could wait until it is $5 on Christmas. Or not.

I could be wrong, but I wouldn't expect it to be $5 by Christmas.

 

[Pick]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Been playin this for about a month. Recommended at that price.

 

[Pick]

StarDrive is supposed to have a good combat system for 4X, as well.

I've been looking hard at that game. The learning curve is supposed to be crazy and they don't hold your hand but once you get it it is supposed to be cool.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

BTW, all other Tomb Raider games, besides the 2013 one, are 91% off right now. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld look like steals at 80 cents each.

 

[madshot31]

Dang it, TR for that is tempting me. Only spent $5 so far. Great price on BL2, as well. I am soooo backlogged with games, must. . . resist. . .

Not trying to break your willpower, but TR is worth making an exception for.

My problem is my backlog includes Far Cry 3, finishing BL2, Batman Arkham Asylum AND City, Fallout New Vegas (30% done), Max Payne 3 (50% done), Torchlight 2, The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 2, TW: Shogun 2, Empire and Napoleon, and about another 30 games. ANd I play maybe once a week with how busy my life is with family, business and building my new office, church responsibilities. I could wait until it is $5 on Christmas. Or not.

But the one thing that is better than playing a video game is researching and being able to talk about the game. Well at least for moobin and I. I'm in the same boat as you with the stack of 30+ games on the to be played list.

 

[Mad Cow]

StarDrive is supposed to have a good combat system for 4X, as well.

I've been looking hard at that game. The learning curve is supposed to be crazy and they don't hold your hand but once you get it it is supposed to be cool.

I just haven't pulled the trigger on a 4X in a long time due to fear of being let down or it being way too complex. The Total War model would be amazing for 4X, I think, or at least a hybrid 4X.

 

[Todem]

I just finished my first play through of The Last of Us and am doing a second on hard now.

Hands down the best non sports game of this generation.

I am starting dark souls and far cry 3 tonight.

Currently playing The Show 13 and at the All-Star break in my Yankees franchise. And in June in my 1988 Yankees season replay.

I also just started Lego Batman 2 with my son. Really good so far.

 

[Sand]

LA Noire looks interesting for $5. Any opinions? Is the extra $2.50 worth it for the DLC?

 

[Run It Up]

Tomb Raider for $12.49
Borderlands 2 for $10.19
Witcher 2 EE for $4.99
Heroes of Might and Magic 6 for $10.19

On a budget, picking up Heroes for sure, still wafflng on Tomb Raider.

LA Noire looks interesting for $5. Any opinions? Is the extra $2.50 worth it for the DLC?

Hard to say, people seem to be 50/50 on whether they enjoyed LA Noire or not, if you enjoy sandbox games or anything in the GTA series you will probably enjoy this. Also the DLC bundle for LA Noire is like 5 missions and some cosmetic stuff, I don't think its worth it personally.

 

[Chaka]

Tomb Raider is my favorite game of 2013 so far. Very worth it at $12.49.

 

[belljr]

Tomb Raider is my favorite game of 2013 so far. Very worth it at $12.49.

and i just finished last of us

 

[SlaX]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

 

[SlaX]

BTW, all other Tomb Raider games, besides the 2013 one, are 91% off right now. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld look like steals at 80 cents each.

The new Tomb Raider is worth today's price. If I didn't already 100% it during rental, I'd probably pick it up. I don't know if I'd recommend Anniversary and Underworld even for the 80¢

 

[SlaX]

Tomb Raider for $12.49

Borderlands 2 for $10.19

Witcher 2 EE for $4.99

Heroes of Might and Magic 6 for $10.19

On a budget, picking up Heroes for sure, still wafflng on Tomb Raider.

LA Noire looks interesting for $5. Any opinions? Is the extra $2.50 worth it for the DLC?

Hard to say, people seem to be 50/50 on whether they enjoyed LA Noire or not, if you enjoy sandbox games or anything in the GTA series you will probably enjoy this. Also the DLC bundle for LA Noire is like 5 missions and some cosmetic stuff, I don't think its worth it personally.

While it's made by the same people, LA Noire is hardly a sandbox game. Sure, you can take a different route to a scene if you want, but it really doesn't have side quests or anything like that. LA Noire is closer to a point-and-click adventure game, IMO.

And get Tomb Raider if you haven't already.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

BTW, all other Tomb Raider games, besides the 2013 one, are 91% off right now. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld look like steals at 80 cents each.

The new Tomb Raider is worth today's price. If I didn't already 100% it during rental, I'd probably pick it up. I don't know if I'd recommend Anniversary and Underworld even for the 80¢

really? I never really had any intention of ever buying either of them, but I figured they couldn't not be worth 80 cents each.

 

[SlaX]

BTW, all other Tomb Raider games, besides the 2013 one, are 91% off right now. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld look like steals at 80 cents each.

The new Tomb Raider is worth today's price. If I didn't already 100% it during rental, I'd probably pick it up. I don't know if I'd recommend Anniversary and Underworld even for the 80¢

really? I never really had any intention of ever buying either of them, but I figured they couldn't not be worth 80 cents each.

You're definitely welcome to give it a shot. They were nothing I cared about.

 

[Pick]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

 

[Run It Up]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

 

[madshot31]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

so what made it HD? Or was it just to slap the HD on the title to have more people buy it like many of the goty titles.

 

[Run It Up]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

so what made it HD? Or was it just to slap the HD on the title to have more people buy it like many of the goty titles.

It was a cashgrab, they upscaled the graphics to allow the game to be played at HD resolutions and did some work on some of the tilesets, and completely ignored others.

Didn't change any animations, so while some units appear more defined and some tilesets look brand new the animations remain choppy.

If you love AE2, especially multiplayer you will like the game, its just not much of a remake and I think even its sale price is too high.

 

[5Rings]

You guys were right, the ending to Bioshock Infinite was awesome. Very enjoyable game, fun play through, great ending.

Spoiler link, I thought this was a great article on the parallels between games

If anybody with Last of Us wants to trade games, I'll pay both shippings

 

[SlaX]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

3 wasn't as good as the second, but I thought it was still good.

 

[TLEF316]

Yeah, I didn't dislike AOE 3. I thought the MP was fun.

 

[SlaX]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

so what made it HD? Or was it just to slap the HD on the title to have more people buy it like many of the goty titles.

It was a cashgrab, they upscaled the graphics to allow the game to be played at HD resolutions and did some work on some of the tilesets, and completely ignored others.

Didn't change any animations, so while some units appear more defined and some tilesets look brand new the animations remain choppy.

If you love AE2, especially multiplayer you will like the game, its just not much of a remake and I think even its sale price is too high.

Did they redo how multiplayer works? The last time I reinstalled AoE2 from disk, it wouldn't connect to Microsoft's servers because the service (Microsoft Gaming Zone) has since been closed.

 

[Pick]

Never played multi on AoE. Love AoE 2 and have been playing the campaign stuff on hard for a month but mostly for nostalgia.

Bought Crusader Kings 2 that will probably be my next play.

 

[Run It Up]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

so what made it HD? Or was it just to slap the HD on the title to have more people buy it like many of the goty titles.

It was a cashgrab, they upscaled the graphics to allow the game to be played at HD resolutions and did some work on some of the tilesets, and completely ignored others.

Didn't change any animations, so while some units appear more defined and some tilesets look brand new the animations remain choppy.

If you love AE2, especially multiplayer you will like the game, its just not much of a remake and I think even its sale price is too high.

Did they redo how multiplayer works? The last time I reinstalled AoE2 from disk, it wouldn't connect to Microsoft's servers because the service (Microsoft Gaming Zone) has since been closed.

I'm pretty sure multiplayer is player hosted.

The only significant difference to the game itself in multiplayer is that the population cap is no longer 200 it is now 500. They didn't solve the lag however, so it will still lag when you approach the old cap of 200 and get worse the further you go on.

 

[SlaX]

Age of Empires 2 HD is $10.

Kinda tempted to pull the trigger.

Add $7 and get the bundle with Age 3 too. I already have AoE II, but I don't mind adding it to my Steam account.

AoE3 sux.

Can confirm this as well, I will say however the AoE2 HD remake is also very sloppy and only really worth it if you wanna play the game again, none of the graphics were redesigned and despite being "HD" they didn't redo the sprites at HD resolutions.

so what made it HD? Or was it just to slap the HD on the title to have more people buy it like many of the goty titles.

It was a cashgrab, they upscaled the graphics to allow the game to be played at HD resolutions and did some work on some of the tilesets, and completely ignored others.

Didn't change any animations, so while some units appear more defined and some tilesets look brand new the animations remain choppy.

If you love AE2, especially multiplayer you will like the game, its just not much of a remake and I think even its sale price is too high.

Did they redo how multiplayer works? The last time I reinstalled AoE2 from disk, it wouldn't connect to Microsoft's servers because the service (Microsoft Gaming Zone) has since been closed.

I'm pretty sure multiplayer is player hosted.

The only significant difference to the game itself in multiplayer is that the population cap is no longer 200 it is now 500. They didn't solve the lag however, so it will still lag when you approach the old cap of 200 and get worse the further you go on.

It was pier-to-pier then too, but it used the Gaming Zone to find matches, etc. Otherwise, you had to know your opponent's IP address to connect to them.

 

[Insein]

Universe sandbox seems like a cool concept. $2 I'm in.

 

[Run It Up]

It was pier-to-pier then too

I'm sorry this made me laugh.

 

[Mad Cow]

It was pier-to-pier then too

I'm sorry this made me laugh.

Me too.

 

[Mad Cow]

Universe sandbox seems like a cool concept. $2 I'm in.

I voted for it. Might have to get it.

 

[Run It Up]

New flash sales up, first random software included.

Sim City 4 is $5.99, kind of a lot IMO for a game thats been out forever, think I got it for $0.99 last sale. Metro Last Light is 40% off for $29.99, probably the cheapest it will be during this sale. Never heard of Dawn of Fantasy, all I know is it has nothing to do with Warhammer fantasy.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

:sigh:

This is why I wish I had a gaming PC. :jealous:

 

[Insein]

System shock 2 is the community choice for $2.50. If you ever wanted to play this classic nows your chance.

 

[Chaka]

If Tomb Raider is $12.49 I have to imagine that Far Cry 3 will drop below $24.99 at some point, right?

 

[SlaX]

It was pier-to-pier then too

I'm sorry this made me laugh.

Me too.

I wasn't paying attention. "peer". you know what I mean. Stupid auto correct.