Today's Daily Deal is Trapped Dead, a Commandos/Desperados style strategy game set during yet another zombie apocalypse. Strange how the undead seem to constantly keep rising, you'd think we'd have done something about it by now. But I digress. £1.99 / $2.49 for this one.
From Holland With Love pack featuring Diamond Dan, Edge, Greed Corp, Rush, Serious Sam: Random,, Swords and Soldiers, Toki Tori for 75% off at $9.99 You probably have these though.
The second pack is Indie Adventure Bundle featuring Gemini Rue, Jolly Rover, Lume, Mechanarium, Tiny Bang Story again for 75% off at $9.99.
FFS. I would have bought the Indie Adventure Bundle (since I kind of want Tiny Bang Story) but I already own all the other games. Also annoying - the individual games don't have any sort of reduction, only the pack. Gah!
Bah, I already own three of the games in that bundle and one I'm not bothered about at all. However I am really interested in getting Gemini Rue but I might as well buy it separately as it's the same price as the bundle. Hmmm, I wonder if they're giftable after purchase...
Just looked into it and it's not possible with the adventure bundle but it is with the From Holland With Love pack. Which is annoying.
I'd love to buy the indie adventure bundle but, alas, I already have five of the listed.
EDIT: By the way, the blue in the banner for "From Holland With Love" is quite fitting, seeing as it resembles Delftware (Delfts Blauw, translated as "Delft Blue"), a form of pottery most widely known for the use of the color blue. This particular one and the title most likely reference the various souvenir panels that can be bought at local gift shops.
You know, I consider myself fairly in-tune with the gaming world, and for this entire month Steam has managed to put games on sale that I had honestly never heard of. Impressive.
I wish I could get rid of these stupid guest passes in my item inventory. I have 3 for Nuclear Dawn and 2 for Killing Floor. I feel like they're cluttering it up, but I can't get rid of them.
Although for some reason it's not currently being shown on the specials, the current Weekend Deal is: Might and Magic: Heroes VI for £14.99 / $24.99 and Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes for £5.99 / $7.49
Also Clash of Heroes is free to play until Sunday.
Since I liked the thread on SPUF let's copy it here.
What are your top 10 Steamgames by hours played?
01 Team Fortress 2 (297.2)
02 Skyrim (95.8)
03 Oblivion (85.1)
04 King's Quest Collection (78.9)
05 Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year (73.7)
06 Terraria (66.3)
07 The Graveyard (64.6)
08 Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition (60.9)
09 Psychonauts (57.3)
10 Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition (48.7)
If anyone's curious how to get the list, go to Community, then under 'Gameplay Stats', view all your games.
They should automatically be sorted by play hours.
Just Cause 2 - 207 hrs on record
Mass Effect - 193.1 hrs on record
Mass Effect 2 - 156.4 hrs on record
Saints Row 2 - 144.4 hrs on record
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition - 57.6 hrs on record
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - 31.6 hrs on record
Team Fortress 2 - 30 hrs on record
Poker Night at the Inventory - 25.7 hrs on record
The Whispered World - 14.5 hrs on record
Ghostbusters: The Video Game - 13.4 hrs on record
Corruptbiggins, I see you enjoy football manager games as much as I do, possibly even more so. I approve!
Here's my list:
Football Manager 2011: 466 h
Magic: The Gathering DOTP: 206 h
Magic: The Gathering DOTP 2012: 142 h
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum: 58 h
Gothic 3: 54 h
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: 46 h
Overlord: 43 h
Gothic 2 Gold Edition: 42 h
Alpha Protocol: 34 h
GTA 4: 21 h
Until recently, I have been more of a console player so my list is pretty sad.
Portal 2, 32 hours
Psychonauts, 26 hours
Portal, 11 hours
Ancients of Ooga, 11 hours(another one of those games that was well padded by wandering away)
Secret of Monkey Island SE, 9 hours
Tomb Raider Anniversary, 8 hours
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, 7 hours
Monkey Island 2 SE, 7 hours
Hector Episode 2, 5 hours
Hector Episode 1, 4 hours.
That's almost all the games I've played through, I have a huge list of games I've yet to play.
Today's Daily Deal certainly won't help! It's the Gothic Complete Pack. The entire franchise for... -£20 and -$25?
OK, yeah, it should be more than that, but someone got it wrong! If I didn't already own them all, I'd totally be trying to buy this to see what happens.
Actually, I seem to recall it happening to something else a while back - anyone remember what happened when you tried to buy that one? I'm guessing it just didn't go through, but...
EDIT: Well, that was a fun ten minutes. Actual price is up now - £9.99 / $12.49.
I cannot recommend Gothic 3 it's add on and Gothic 4 plus add on.
Gothic 1 + 2 are a must buy though. Since Gothic 1 can only be sold bundled get the "Gothic Universe Edition" for 5€. It includes Gothic, Gothic 2 Gold and unfortunately Gothic 3. Or better wait for a deal on GOG. The games have problems starting for some users. I had too because yahoo messenger doesn't let them start for me. I have to close it. Others have different problems. But once you get them to play Gothic 1+2 are absolutely stellar!
I agree that G1 and G2 are absolutely awesome, but I think right now it's safe to buy Gothic 3 too thanks to the Community Patch, which (it had the help of the Piranha Bytes employees, btw) improves a lot of stuff that was bad and/or disappointing in the original G3. I actually found G3 really enjoyable with the Community Patch. (and regardless of the Community Patch, GET THE GOTHIC 3 SOUNDTRACK IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!)
Do not buy the G3 add-on as it's total crap (and PB didn't have anything to do with it anyway). Can't say anything about G4. If you're a fan of the original Gothic games, I would recommend Risen as a nice nostalgic trip, and the soon-to-be-released Risen 2 which seems so far to be the same to Risen as Gothic 2 was to the first Gothic. I.e. improvements all the way. But we'll have to wait until it's released to prove it.
EDIT: Although, in my opinion, Gothic games have a VERY BAD English translation... it's so crappy... I prefer the Russian versions because of that, sadly, Russian versions are not distributed digitally...
EDIT: Although, in my opinion, Gothic games have a VERY BAD English translation... it's so crappy... I prefer the Russian versions because of that, sadly, Russian versions are not distributed digitally...
I don't think it was too bad tbh. I prefer the German version myself but the English one is okay.
Maybe it's the matter of me being used to the Russian translation. I replayed the first two Gothic games, like, A LOT (in Russian, that is), and when I played the English versions for the first time, I was like 'Ooooooooh my god I need to find a way to change the voice packs...'
EDIT: Okay, my problem is with the English voice acting, not the translation of the writing itself.
1. Rift - 424.6 hrs
2. Champions Online - 129.9 hrs
3. Terraria - 81.9 hrs
4. Borderlands - 61.2 hrs (you could also add the 50-60 hrs I've played on my PS3 copy to this if you want)
5. Dungeon Defenders - 47.4 hrs
6. Amnesia - 43 hrs (most of this was when I just left it running for potato time)
7. Team Fortress 2 - 30.2 hrs (a lot of this was idling when I wanted to craft The Original)
8. Portal 2 - 15.6 hrs
9. Left 4 Dead - 15.1 hrs
10. Fallout 3 - 14.4 hrs
If you don't count Amnesia or TF2 idling, my next 2 are Forsaken World at 9.4 hrs, and Duke Nukem Forever at 8.4 hrs.
1. Team Fortress 2 267.2 hrs
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 104.1 hrs
3. Fallout: New Vegas 58.9 hrs
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer 48.7 hrs
5. Half-Life 2 41.5 hrs
6. Deus Ex: Human Revolution 37.8 hrs
7. Mass Effect 2 37.7 hrs
8. Left 4 Dead 2 35.3 hrs
9. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 30 hrs
10. Left 4 Dead 28.8 hrs
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I love Dungeon Defenders. Let me know when you want to play.
From Holland With Love pack featuring Diamond Dan, Edge, Greed Corp, Rush, Serious Sam: Random,, Swords and Soldiers, Toki Tori for 75% off at $9.99 You probably have these though.
The second pack is Indie Adventure Bundle featuring Gemini Rue, Jolly Rover, Lume, Mechanarium, Tiny Bang Story again for 75% off at $9.99.
Discounts are available through packs only.
I already have 3 of the games though so, I'll pass.
I have Machinarium, but have not played it yet.
I want to say "DO IT", but I feel it wouldn't come off well after our King's Quest exchange.
Seriously, though, the game's beautiful and it's a very solid adventure game.
Just looked into it and it's not possible with the adventure bundle but it is with the From Holland With Love pack. Which is annoying.
EDIT: By the way, the blue in the banner for "From Holland With Love" is quite fitting, seeing as it resembles Delftware (Delfts Blauw, translated as "Delft Blue"), a form of pottery most widely known for the use of the color blue. This particular one and the title most likely reference the various souvenir panels that can be bought at local gift shops.
Today's Daily Deal is... oh look! Nuclear Dawn! Fancy that. It's like they knew or something. £5.09 / $6.79.
Might and Magic: Heroes VI for £14.99 / $24.99 and
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes for £5.99 / $7.49
Also Clash of Heroes is free to play until Sunday.
Wargame: European Escalation is 40% off at £17.99 / $23.99.
What are your top 10 Steamgames by hours played?
01 Team Fortress 2 (297.2)
02 Skyrim (95.8)
03 Oblivion (85.1)
04 King's Quest Collection (78.9)
05 Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year (73.7)
06 Terraria (66.3)
07 The Graveyard (64.6)
08 Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition (60.9)
09 Psychonauts (57.3)
10 Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition (48.7)
01) Borderlands (51.8 Hrs)
02) Psychonauts (42.5)
03) Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue (19.4)
04) Deathspank (9.7)
05) Ceville (8)
06) Deathspank: The Baconing (6.6)
07) Cave Story+ (6.3)
08) Ghostbusters: The Game (6.2)
09) Cloning Clyde (6.2)
10) Hector: Episode 2 (4.3)
If anyone's curious how to get the list, go to Community, then under 'Gameplay Stats', view all your games.
They should automatically be sorted by play hours.
2) Football Manager 2011 (578.3)
3) Football Manager 2012 (312)
4) Football Manager 2009 (89.2)
5) Star Trek Online (88.1)
6) Portal (40.5)
7) Portal 2 (18.3)
8) Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle (15.1)
9) Indigo Prophecy (9.3)
10) Psychonauts (7.6)
So I've spent 1827.7 hours playing games from one series over the past 3 and a half years or so. Huh.
Maybe I should be running more of my games through Steam? Ah it doesn't matter.
Just Cause 2 - 207 hrs on record
Mass Effect - 193.1 hrs on record
Mass Effect 2 - 156.4 hrs on record
Saints Row 2 - 144.4 hrs on record
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition - 57.6 hrs on record
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - 31.6 hrs on record
Team Fortress 2 - 30 hrs on record
Poker Night at the Inventory - 25.7 hrs on record
The Whispered World - 14.5 hrs on record
Ghostbusters: The Video Game - 13.4 hrs on record
Here's my list:
Football Manager 2011: 466 h
Magic: The Gathering DOTP: 206 h
Magic: The Gathering DOTP 2012: 142 h
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum: 58 h
Gothic 3: 54 h
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: 46 h
Overlord: 43 h
Gothic 2 Gold Edition: 42 h
Alpha Protocol: 34 h
GTA 4: 21 h
Portal 2, 32 hours
Psychonauts, 26 hours
Portal, 11 hours
Ancients of Ooga, 11 hours(another one of those games that was well padded by wandering away)
Secret of Monkey Island SE, 9 hours
Tomb Raider Anniversary, 8 hours
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, 7 hours
Monkey Island 2 SE, 7 hours
Hector Episode 2, 5 hours
Hector Episode 1, 4 hours.
That's almost all the games I've played through, I have a huge list of games I've yet to play.
OK, yeah, it should be more than that, but someone got it wrong! If I didn't already own them all, I'd totally be trying to buy this to see what happens.
Actually, I seem to recall it happening to something else a while back - anyone remember what happened when you tried to buy that one? I'm guessing it just didn't go through, but...
EDIT: Well, that was a fun ten minutes. Actual price is up now - £9.99 / $12.49.
I never played the series but judging by reviews, it went to complete shit after the second game.
Gothic 1 + 2 are a must buy though. Since Gothic 1 can only be sold bundled get the "Gothic Universe Edition" for 5€. It includes Gothic, Gothic 2 Gold and unfortunately Gothic 3. Or better wait for a deal on GOG. The games have problems starting for some users. I had too because yahoo messenger doesn't let them start for me. I have to close it. Others have different problems. But once you get them to play Gothic 1+2 are absolutely stellar!
Do not buy the G3 add-on as it's total crap (and PB didn't have anything to do with it anyway). Can't say anything about G4. If you're a fan of the original Gothic games, I would recommend Risen as a nice nostalgic trip, and the soon-to-be-released Risen 2 which seems so far to be the same to Risen as Gothic 2 was to the first Gothic. I.e. improvements all the way. But we'll have to wait until it's released to prove it.
EDIT: Although, in my opinion, Gothic games have a VERY BAD English translation... it's so crappy... I prefer the Russian versions because of that, sadly, Russian versions are not distributed digitally...
I don't think it was too bad tbh. I prefer the German version myself but the English one is okay. Gothic 1 is missing a song from the soundtrack though.
Maybe it's the matter of me being used to the Russian translation. I replayed the first two Gothic games, like, A LOT (in Russian, that is), and when I played the English versions for the first time, I was like 'Ooooooooh my god I need to find a way to change the voice packs...'
EDIT: Okay, my problem is with the English voice acting, not the translation of the writing itself.
It's really close to the German voices that I am used to. Maybe that's why I don't mind them.
2. Champions Online - 129.9 hrs
3. Terraria - 81.9 hrs
4. Borderlands - 61.2 hrs (you could also add the 50-60 hrs I've played on my PS3 copy to this if you want)
5. Dungeon Defenders - 47.4 hrs
6. Amnesia - 43 hrs (most of this was when I just left it running for potato time)
7. Team Fortress 2 - 30.2 hrs (a lot of this was idling when I wanted to craft The Original)
8. Portal 2 - 15.6 hrs
9. Left 4 Dead - 15.1 hrs
10. Fallout 3 - 14.4 hrs
If you don't count Amnesia or TF2 idling, my next 2 are Forsaken World at 9.4 hrs, and Duke Nukem Forever at 8.4 hrs.
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 104.1 hrs
3. Fallout: New Vegas 58.9 hrs
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer 48.7 hrs
5. Half-Life 2 41.5 hrs
6. Deus Ex: Human Revolution 37.8 hrs
7. Mass Effect 2 37.7 hrs
8. Left 4 Dead 2 35.3 hrs
9. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 30 hrs
10. Left 4 Dead 28.8 hrs
2. Fallout: New Vegas 132 hrs.
3. Mass Effect 75 hrs.
4. Mass Effect 2 56 hrs.
5. Dungeons of Dredmor 26 hrs.
6. Portal 24 hrs.
7. Portal 2 17 hrs.
8. Trine 19 hrs.
9. Trine 2/Magicka 13 hrs.
10. Aquaria 8 hrs.
But if Baldur's Gate II, Age of Empires II, or EV Nova were on here... they'd probably beat all these games into the pavement.