merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

as the SA Steam thread says, WAIT FOR THE DAILY DEAL.

But I went ahead and bought Stacking anyway, since its just seven fiddy.

i'll wait for a daily on analogue, otherwise it's last day

grimrock, i'm pretty tempted, but no mac means i'll probably never play at this pt

thumbs up on bit.trip.runner, very cool, but almost certainly gonna be a daily deal

Spacechem $2.50 for the next hour - easy recommendation
Can anyone recommend the Back to the Future game?

I can not recommend it unless you love the telltale style

i'm kinda 50/50 on it, so... i guess not. i'm thinking about getting that Walking Dead game if it goes daily

i still need to finish playing all those Sam & Max's. For some reason, the jokes seem far slower in coming than the lucasarts original.

or the comics, even.

the comics were crazy tho! but you're right, everything feels slower

I think Steve Purcell is still out there working at Pixar, which is perfect if you think about it

Trine 2 under $4 right now.

- bought Legend of Grimrock
- forgot to buy SpaceChem in the flash sale, annoyed even though I didn't really like the demo
- got excited about a Telltale Collection which was slightly cheaper than the complete set was at Christmas and then realised it isn't the complete set, not buying that
- thinking of maybe picking up Indie Game: The Movie or Civ 3 ($2.50 I guess? £1.49 anyway) before the end of the summer sale

zappi's rumours were correct about the first indie bundle, so, assuming the others are right too, any thoughts on their contents? I have one game from pretty much each bundle, so they're still potentially a good deal

Got Trine 1 and 2 for £3.49. I KNOW I WILL NEVER PLAY THEM.

- bought Legend of Grimrock
- did not buy Legend of Grimrock because after adding it to my cart I realised my graphics card isn't up to it

Three purchases in the last 12 hours! I mean three transactions, 14 games purchased (mostly because they dropped below £10)

Also previously unaware of (and now very thankful for) the feature where it'll block out the 'buy for me' button if you've already got one of the games.

got Trine 2. bring 'em on, Steam

thanks for the portal 2 heads-up. am tempted to buy it even though i don't have the disk space for it (see also lego batman - bought at christmas, still not even downloaded let alone played)

make sure you get portal before the deal ends this afternoon

Current flash deals:
Sanctum $2.50
easy recommend for tower defense people, though i wouldn't rank it as high as Defense Grid
Darksiders $5
gonna pass but kingfish, this one's for u

oof, now i'm mad at myself for not yelling at you guys to pick up Saints Row 3 last night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgw&feature=player_embedded

had me worried there, but i got in with only 16 hours to spare 8)

skyrim + new vegas and all NV dlc, brink and Hunted (whatever that is). all for £40.

seems inevitable that Skyrim and New Vegas will both be daily/flash deals, and I think Brink already was

Brink's 75% off right now.

oh yeah - it's in the community poll right now with GRAW2 and Stronghold

I've never heard anybody say anything good about Brink after it actually came out, so buyer beware. Ditto Stronghold 3.

I always get more out of a game if i pay full price for it rather than at a discount.

but then you lose the immeasurable satisfaction of dollars per hour of entertainment ratio boosting

ok, i bought portal 2 + analogue: a hate story

New flash deals:
Hoard $2.50
Super SF4 AE - $10

tempted on both. but... well, i already have AE on Xbox, but I'll be tempted to double dip if anyone else is getting it. Hoard I hear is good but is also pretty multiplayer focused

shiit, 4-pack of AE is only $30

response vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5IId0OcdCY

somebody let me know when Red Faction: Guerilla drops below 33% off.

I wonder how much EA is losing out on by pulling all their games. I mean, yeah, their own service gets them a better cut of each sale, but how is an Origin sale going to compete with the hyped seasonal purchasing frenzy that accompanies each regular Steam event?

They lose the benefit of discovery

And the ease of looking up a game

Has an aggregator of all the stores been developed?

there's been a few, this is the only one i remember off the bat:
http://www.steamgamesales.com/

new dailies are up, i'll get back to that a bit later

flash deals:

Lara Croft And The Guardian of Light - $3.74
very easy recommend - just try to get someone to go in with you on it, going in blind co-op is a must

Worms Reloaded: utter garbage do not get this

Anyone played From Dust, from the guy who did Flashback / Another World? I have fond nostalgic memories of those and love god games so I guess it's right up my street but I've also got to calm down and stop buying stuff. Reviews are mixed, some good ones and some "it's very pretty but where's the game" etc

(it's a daily deal for £3, so I guess $5 or thereabouts)

yeah, "it's very pretty but where's the game" is spot on.

I just bought Portal 2 for £3.74 - slightly more than a pint and slightly less than a packet of cigs. I reckon I can justify it OK.

I just added Shogun 2 to the list I posted on the PC gaming thread (Portals 1 & 2, Anno 2070, Grimrock). Turns out an old friend worked on the UI and is pretty pleased with himself, so I said I'd have a look... one day when someone's blown up the bank and I don't have to work. \o/

Tempted by From Dust. Brink no good then?

Thanks Thomas. Guess I'll just look at From Dust on youtube instead of buying it and wait for the 15th Anniversary rejig of Another World to be half price on GOG, then...

(probably never going to happen, but still)

Another World was actually 60% off at GOG earlier in the year... so it'll probably come back again

Will anyone rep for Payday: The Heist or Space Marine?

Might get Toy Soldiers, one of my friends was raving about it a while back

Rock Paper Shotgun on Space Marine - basically try out the demo, it's all like that.

YS Origin cheap as chips for the next 20 mins

Somebody tell me whether Anno 2070 is worth it. I've been playing a lot of Anno 1404, and this looks like it borrows much of the same gameplay and in-game assets

tom chick loved it

missed the Ys sale but i'm still not sure about it anyway

i've heard that Anno 2070 has been on sale on Amazon/other outlets at the same discount, so don't worry too much about grabbing it now