merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

bunch of the lego games are on sale on steam atm. i picked up legos marvel for $5 + it works on the mac

The WB games sale is interesting. I already picked up Injustice and the DC Scribblenauts game.

Is Arkham Origins worth it?

Last year's P+C would definitely suggest so. I tend to run a sequel behind on arkham games, only finished City towards the end of last year, so I expect I'll get around to picking up Origins when the next one comes out.

Actually scratch that, just realised I've got enough credit on my account from trading card sales that I can grab this and Blackgate now. So yep, sold.

Tropico 3 is free on humblebundle.com

....and I already got that from another bundle...

... and it don't work on mac

i didn't have it yet, so thanks!

big steam sale on total war games. i see some of them are mac-friendly - empire: total war, napolean: total war, total war battles shogun + shogun 2

should i give any of them a try? i've loved civ-style games but i tried to get into europa universalis 3 and couldn't (too complicated/not enough patience)

TW is more about real-time tactical battles, closer to an RTS game like Warcraft than Civ. I know some fans, couldn't get into it myself

I've loved them since I was a kid and I got the first Medieval Total War with the Viking Invasion expansion but I still think the best one of the whole run was the original Rome Total War. I'm not sure they've done much to top that one.

I'd say that compared to Civ (and especially compared to EU!) the micromanagement aspects of any TW game are gonna be negligible. The games are designed to appeal to your sense of scale and the cinematic. As Nhex says, a major aspect of gameplay is developing tactics for controlling large numbers of troops in a real time battle (which are frequently beautiful and/or exhilarating to watch, I find) though I wouldn't necessarily agree that it has much in common with an RTS like Warcraft. It's all happening on a much grander scale than that.

if you have origin, EA is offering dragon age: origins and bejeweled 3 for free:

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

LYNE definitely worth the $1 buy-in, IMO. Ends in the morning
https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Missed this unfortunately. They do have great stuff on Humble Bundle. Terrible site to navigate though.

In other news Tomb Raider was on sale last night. Laptop can't take it unfortunately - bit late finding that out.

On sale on Steam.

five bucks for the stanley parable on steam, guess i'll give that a try

Yeah, it's worth 5 bucks, just for the increasingly sarcastic iterative experience

ha, yes. it's very clever and even somewhat fun.
obviously my initial run was utterly contrary. then initially obedient then suddenly contrary. now i'm just trying to see how deep the rabbit hole is.
the broom closet!

It sounds like you haven't seen the best bit yet. And it's properly great.

wow, so as a new laptop gamer, steam sales don't last long then? no stanley parable for this dude

It varies, they do some flash deals, some that run for a weekend, some that last a week. And then the big summer and winter sales last a couple of weeks each, but within those you still have some titles that stay on sale the whole way through, others last a day, others 6 hours etc.

If you add stuff to your wishlist they'll notify you when those prices drop.

...if your Steam email address goes somewhere you read (mine doesn't so when I log in every 6 months, generally when Steam wants a new browser authenticated, I go "oh look, I missed out on games")

I could change this of course but

Reposting here for relevance:

Would anyone know a C&C-esque game on Steam where you have levels/missions where you build a base each time and have objectives?
― hyggeligt, Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Also while I could not take stress/decision making of "Gods Will Watch Us" it looks great and is 50% off.

In further news Tomb Raider is too new and fancy for my machine so I have purchased a dud (with additional cost of DLC). Is there a way of gifting on to some ILGer who has a better machine?

hah, i was thinking of the same thing about Gods Will Be Watching - the demo already was pretty brutal

OMG

http://kotaku.com/x-wing-tie-fighter-are-finally-getting-digital-re-rele-1651470045

hey unreal tournaments 99 + 04 are $2.99 each on gog today. the former i found in a record store for fifty cents but the latter is a p great deal for fans of the twitchy quake strain of (trve) shooter-- you can even still find a game online with russian teenagers or at least you could about a year ago.

on the C&C-esque tip, i gogged total annihilation the other day, which i'd never played: a lil generic, but elegant and spectacular. on steam there's an HD remake of classic wall-building sim age of empires 2.

HIB 13 has Jazzpunk (BTA) and a bunch of other notable stuff, I'm in.

ILXmail me if you want a copy of risk of rain, got three keys to give away

Bionic Dues on sale for $2. Looks cool - anyone have any experience with it? Also new Binding of Isaac today :)

Thanks DLC. I'll download Total Annihilation. Based on online reviews it sounds near spot on.

Risk of Rain is great but so hard!

free metro 2033 on humble bundle now
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/bday2014

Wow, Tesla Effect (The Kickstarted Tex Murphy/Under A Killing Moon sequel) is in the $1 tier for the current Humble Bundle. So in!

Also, Rogue Legacy on sale on Steam for $3. Definitely worth it, but 80% off sales should always make one suspicious of future bundlings...

newest humble bundle has 4 dreamcast games, nights, and the sonic racing game.

digital shadow of mordor is $30 for PS4 or PS3 on sony's online store

steam sale suggestion: Hexcells Complete
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/50074/?snr=1_5_9__403
merzbau already got it, i def. recommend them if you like Picross-type chill puzzlers. they're all pretty short so you should get the whole pack here, or just dip your toe with the first one

similar vein, not as good but can't beat $0.89 for LYNE
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266010/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

Pretty tempted by that $6 Shadowgate: Dragonfall expandalone, but just barely doesn't pass my "will play this before the next huge sale" test. Hope they break out some good stuff for the final day.

i picked up tropico 4 cheap a few days ago and i've been loving it. thinking i should grab tropico 5...

i'd wait until the inevitable Tropico 6, when you'll be able to get Tropico 5 for pennies... or the xmas sale

lol obviously I meant Shadowrun, not Shadowgate...

greenmangaming has murdered: soul suspect for $6 with a coupon code

Age Of Wonders currently free on GOG, halfway down page http://www.gog.com/

Buncha stuff on sale at Steam. Alien: Isolation for 50% off, etc

SimCity 2000 free. Origin :(

https://www.origin.com/en-ca/store/free-games/on-the-house

Fantastic! Thanks for tip.

Origin account still active from Tapped Out Simpson. Never forget, etc.

Oh man, I wonder if SimCopter still works

Antichamber a mere $2 at Humble Store. Still haven't played it.

btw this current "gems" thing in the Steam market seems like hooey, but I hope they keep the ability to turn gems back into booster packs after the sale. problem is I don't see myself getting 1000 gems or whatever to try it out by that point without just buying a bag of gems from the market...

antichamber still worth playing & i don't feel like i'd say that about some or most of the games i put on my coint and plick ballot

Winter sale time, obv. Tempted to buy Skyrim for £2.50 even though it won't play on my laptop and I'm too lazy to play any games on the desktop (yes that is how much of a casual gamer I am).

So if I vote for the community choice sale I get some virtual trading cards... except I can't claim them unless I become a higher level... and the best way to raise level is... by having more trading cards?

Good job!

Spin Tyres just under 7 quid. hmm

NB despite having no real interest in the trading cards I'm still going on a spree of claiming games from the billion undownloaded Humble Bundles I've bought just to see if I can get my level up high enough, so I guess they've got me