Sunday, December 30, 2012

Steam Holiday Sale 12-30

Main Sale:

Mark of the Ninja - I'll admit I've been looking at this stealth game for a while now. The way you move about the shadows, launch bombs to conceal yourself, and, you know, have big swords for things, looks really cool. A demo would have been appreciated though. Still, today its half off at $7.49.

Age of Empires III - $9.99 for the complete collection of this RTS.

Farcry Franchise - I've put a couple of hours into the first game way back when, and maybe 2 minutes into the sequel. The series is famous for it's openness, and I'll admit that the latter two games do have a good amount of beauty to them. If you're interested in them today, you can get the just released 3 for $37.49, or the first two for $2.49 each. There is also a pack that includes all three for $49.99, but unless that's some error that I'm seeing because all of these just came on sale, that's about $7.53 more than if you bought the games individually. Go figure.

Doom - Okay, stick with me on this one. You can get the Doom Classic Complete for $3.74, which includes four different games. Then you can get the Doom 3 pack, which includes the not too old Doom 3 and it's expansion. Or you could get Doom 3: BFG, which includes Doom, Doom II, Doom 3 and it's expansion, and then The Lost Mission for $14.99. However, the BFG doesn't seem to include Final Doom, Master Levels for Doom II, or Ultimate Doom, unless it does and those aren't explicitly stated in the description, or one of those is considered Doom I. It also doesn't support (last I heard) all the mods that have been made for Doom 3 over the years, but does support the Oculus Rift, that fancy 3D headset. Or you could get the Bethesda collection for $89.99, which I guess would be the way to go if you could accept Dishonored and Skyrim at $30 each, plus maybe Fallout 3 and New Vegas at $10. Then you'd only need to justify that last $10, which Doom could do. That or Quake. *Sigh* Sometimes I hate this kind of critical thinking.

Mount & Blade Franchise - So the bundle is three games and an expansion all for $8.74. I'll admit this RPG looks a little bit dated, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun. Thankfully, there is a demo for two of the games, so I think I will check it and see if it's worth it.

Orcs Must Die! Franchise - (Partially Reviewed! Including a video review)  I absolutely recommend this game, at least the original and it's two DLCs. Great, fun, tower defense game where you set traps to kill all manner of fantasy creatures, mostly orcs, but ogres and hellbats and other things too. A talent system lets you customize your character or traps, to suit your play style, and doing well on levels unlocks points you can use to upgrade traps, decreasing their reset time or upping their damage. And at $8.74 for the entire franchise, which is only about $3 more than I spent on the first game alone last year, this is more than worth it.


Flash Sales:
Devil May Cry 4 - $6.79
3d Mark Vantage - $4.99
Trine Complete Collection - $8.74
Worms Revolution - $7.49
Anno 2070 - $19.99
Plants vs. Zombies - $2.49


Community Choice:
Mass Effect 2 - $4.99


Bonus Sale:
So today at GMG you can get Civ 5 Gods and Kings, the expansion to Civ 5, for just $4.49, or, if you use the code (GMG30-DPLIM-DN831),  it's $3.15, roughly 10% of the original price. If you want, you can find my Civ 5 review up there on the list of reviews at the top, which will explain why, even at this great of a deal, I'll not be getting this.

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