merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

Sam & Max Complete (telltale games only) $15
DOOM Pack Complete $13.59
Mass Effect $5
Portal $5
RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition 2.49

xp as a PC gamer nowadays who doesn't have a pad of some sort? i have both the madcatz pad and a PS2 controller adapter setup

hmm... think i'm gonna have to finally bite on the sam and max games... i think i've waited long enough for this deal... but $15! that's more than i've paid for any game on steam

Pad isn't the issue really, it's lag. Bmups on PC have never really worked out for me, just because they're SO timing sensitive (even more than FPS), and I just feel like you can never trust a PC to keep up, cos it's always got other stuff going on in the background. Though to be fair, I haven't tried one for maybe 10 years, and it's potentially something that just isn't an issue like it used to be.

very tempted by Mass Effect for 3.75 euros but 12 gigs! and really I have three other rpgs on DS to play first (DQ 5, Suidoken Tierkreis, TWEWY) + I bought the Civ 4 Complete on sale the other night. Plus I have Medieval II to start sometime this spring also. And there is of course no time for any of this. But when I get back to my 360 in Sept. maybe I'll get Mass Effect for it---seems pretty cheap on it too.

I have the total opposite attitude Jim! I mean, I played virtually every CPS2 release and half the Neogeo fighters emulated on PC, I really don't see a problem. Even SF3 runs pretty much perfectly now. Maybe you've been burned by bad ports from the '90s? The SFIV PC port is actually pretty well handled, performance-wise.

I've already bought enough stuff to last me through at least the first half of 2010... think i'll just wait until next year for Sam and Max. Still saving my gift purchases for Sunday...

Red Alert 3 $10.19
Painkiller pack $8.74
Trine $5
Morrowind GOTY $5
Counter-Strike: Source $5

think trine is worth the five bucks? at this point i feel inundated with games!

final day of the steam sale - they brought back a bunch of the previous dailies

Defense Grid - $2.49
L4D2 - $33.49
GTA IV - $7.49
Torchlight - $4.99
Killing Floor - $4.99
STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl - $2.00
Bioshock - $4.99

once again giving the middle finger to those who bought Torchlight as a weekend deal for $10 a week ago

But there have been so many good deals that haven't even been highlighted on the dailies... so many to sift through right now for my final purchase and gifting. The Witcher is probably the last one I'm realy considering...

(not to mention the awesome GOG.com sale which I would totally be jumping on, but considering I no less than six games on backlog from that site alone, I've sworn it off until I can get some of that done. that sale ends today too!)

seriously though, get torchlight if you haven't already.

I couldn't resist that one earlier in the week. Oh yeah, might as well pimp the ILG Steam group here for those who don't know about it:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ILG

joinnnn usssssss

really want to pick up GTA IV but everything I've read indicates the port is borked

bit on Torchlight this time

I joined the Steam ILG group; I think it works; the interface isn't great.

is there no GOG thread? rumour is that Gabriel Knight 1 is coming very soon.

Can a mod change the title to "rolling GOG/Steam specials"?

Freedom Force and FF vs 3rd Reich is $2 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1662/
Xcom apocalyse/enforcer/interceptor/terror from the deep/ufo defense is $2 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/964/

I was using the rolling PC thread for that but felt kinda shillish to update the thread every few weeks just for GOG and Steam sales. Hope you guys didn't miss $2 Psychonauts this week. Y'all should be hitting CAG constantly anyway for this stuff.

argh, i did! let's be shills and keep this updated.

lol FOR SHAME i put it in the IPC thread

Titan Quest with addon pack is five bucks; will anyone rep for it?

Titan Quest with addon pack is five bucks; will anyone rep for it?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 2:21 PM (50 minutes ago)

from 2006 summer thread:

I have started Titan Quest, it is amusing in the Diablo ways, I suppose. I never played Diablo/Diablo 2, though, so the idea never had a chance to really stale.
― Will M. (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 19:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

I don't relaly rmeember playing it except vaguely I remember starting it and going "meh" and quitting, so, not memorable. If you have Torchlight play it instead!

i do and i will

Torchlight really put the Diablo bug back in me after ten years, so I'll probably get this. Also, it has multiplayer, which TL sadly does not, and I'm in the mood for that.

TQ has gotten hype from some quarters too, some prefer it to Torchlight - it's supposedly a lot longer, more diverse environments and better class mixing.

Trine for $5 on Steam. Worth it? Y/N? Jeff, I remember you were waiting for this one.

Psychonauts $7 this weekend on GOG
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/psychonauts

The real killer though is Batman: Arkham Asylum for $12.50 from GFWL!
http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/25/batman-arkham-asylum-75-off-sale.aspx

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/3059

indie games midweek deal. 7 games for £10 or £2 each

Altitude
Bob Came In Pieces
Bullet Candy
Galcon Fusion
Gridrunner Revolution
Space Giraffe
Super Laser Racer

Gridrunner++ is great. Bob i haven't played but the video looks good. Bullet Candy i didn't get on with (think i need a joypad really as i suck with wasd and mouse)

actually, that's $2, not pounds.

actually, it's $2 or £2 depending on where you are (britishers get stiffed again).

Sanitarium and The Longest Journey only $5 each on GOG this weekend.

http://www.telltalegames.com/store/tomi-special-1495

Tales of Monkey Island for $15

is that at all worth it?

http://www.gog.com/en/page/spring10

Septerra Core and Stonekeep $2.99 each

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/special_rpg/

D2Drive has a spring sale with nothing I want:
http://www.direct2drive.com/promos/spring-sale/

There's a $65 package that includes Pong, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, The Witcher, etc. -- just what everyone wants to buy together.

kings bounty: armored princess is p good at least it seems so from the little of it ive played - if u like strat games AT ALL its worth $10

GOG just released Master of Orion 1+2 for $6. Also Outcast for $6. not a sale.

MOO2 is kinda classic though dated, Outcast is one of those games that sounds pretty interesting, but I wonder if it'll hold up at all today.

Always curious about MOO2.

Deus Ex 1 and 2, $2.50 each
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/296/

It's at that tempting price where I think... will I ever play these again? Is it worth the couple bucks so that in that case I won't have to hunt for the discs?

Everything for £5 sale at Zavvi,with free delivery.

http://www.zavvi.com/offers/everything-for-5/games.list

free copies of machinarium for mac

http://support.macgamestore.com/entries/161675-customer-appreciation-week

oooooh thanks!

Civ 3 Complete $1.25 on Steam

http://www.wolfire.com/humble

World of Goo / Aquaria / Gish / Lugaru / 1st Penumbra - Dollar amount of yr choosing with 1/2 going to charity.

http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

Portal is free for mac/pc until may 24th.

never played it on PC; might as well.

Samarost 2 has been added to that "humble bundle" thing too now.

Course this just means I now have a download folder full of games I'll never get around to installing.

Tropico 3 is 75% off this weekend, down to $7.50

Apparently they're doing a special on Sega games this week, a new one each day. I'll wait til they get to Total War: Empire or Napoleon.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4349

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time $1
http://www.direct2drive.com/17/product/Buy-Prince-of-Persia:-The-Sands-of-Time-Download

Marvel's Midnight Suns free on EGS! https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/marvels-midnight-suns

<3 Majik

Magik, dammit.

https://www.polygon.com/deals/24176923/tell-me-why-dontnod-free-pride-month-deal-sale

Charity bundle with Tunic and over 400 more games
https://itch.io/b/2863/california-fire-relief-bundle

excellent bundle, bought!
can recommend Misericorde, a murder mystery kinetic (i.e. no choices) vn set in a 15th Century convent, one of the best things I read last year

i've been waiting for all 3 parts of that to be out before i dig in but it looks cool

i'll buy this bundle, but damn 400 is too many to go through, to be real

a few i've liked:

tangle tower is a good detective game in the phoenix wright mold
octodad is very silly, especially when played co-op
cosmic express is an excellent pen&paper style puzzle game from the creators of a monster's expedition
elephantasy flipside is a creative and hard isometric zelda/metroid style game without combat

Control Ultimate Edition is $4 (yes 4 American dollars) (you can buy a lot with etc.) on steam!