Ask reddit: What games should I grab during Steam's holiday sale?
Posted Dec 28, 2008, 3:22 AM UTC
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left4dead and orange box if you don't have them.
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I have all Valve games, CoD4, Audiosurf. What steals should I take advantage of? Preferably in the <$10 range.
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Beyond Good and Evil, the first three Prince of Persia games.
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i'm looking at psychonauts and red orchestra.
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I bought Red Orchestra when it first came out... Wasn't for me. I never really found there to be enough people playing, but that was years ago at this point. Maybe the situation has changed.
Edit: I should clarify, the reason I didn't get into it was because it is definitely a game that requires investment. You won't enjoy it if you play it 5 - 20 minutes at a time, a couple times a day like I did.
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red orchestra can be a lot of fun, I really enjoy it. But be forwarned, it can be slow at times. It really depends on what map you are on. infantry maps are pretty quick paced, but tank maps can be a snoozer sometimes. It has decent realism, so much so that you aren't going to run around getting head shots. No crosshairs, few 'hitpoints' and great bullet simulation. Being a sniper is no cake walk either, it takes skill and patience. You have to lead your shots, compensate for bullet arc, etc etc. It can be a real blast.
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I'd recommend Psychonauts to anyone, ...but I'd also recommend playing it for free via GameTap.
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Indigo Prophecy
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is that even on steam?
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Bioshock! It's £3.49! Mental.
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What's good for a not so fast computer? I'm running crossover on a macbook (2.4GHz). Already got TF2 (soaked up my day)
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btw, was thinking about bioshock. (Doubt that would work well)
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Darwinia is pretty fun, you can get it for $4.99.
Or you can buy it with the sequel, Multiwinia, for $7.49.
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You should try STALKER (not Clear Sky). It runs pretty well on my shitty laptop (1.8GHz, 1GB ram, 64MB Ati X200M integrated card...).
It's an extremely fun game that I've been having a blast with.
Skoh is right about Darwinia, it's an excellent game that has a lot of unique gameplay.
I'm a sucker for 4X space strategy, so I'd have to recommend the Space Empires pack (included Space Empires IV and V), which is only $10 and my favorite strategy series of all time (pretty much tied with Civilization).
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I would like to do a shout-out for the unsung fringe games that are really cheap on Steam right now, such as:
Ghostmaster -- perhaps the first and only haunting sim, it's of the isometric management-sim type, arranging your lost souls to most efficiently terrify sorority houses and such. For 2.49, I mean Jesus Christ, what's to lose?
Mount and Blade -- A great 'Pirates' style middle-ages sim, with great real-time over-the-shoulder battle mechanics. Many griped about the graphics (it was made by two people), but I think 15 bucks is the perfect price for its very unique style.
(For that matter, the great 'Pirates' remake is like 7.49)
And I haven't played them yet, but the Prince of Persia trilogy is pretty great, I hear (the first and the last, mainly)
Bioshock is a great deal, and pretty fun, though I still haven't finished it for some reason (I've had it for a year). I also recall some nightmares related to getting it working properly, but maybe that's been ironed out, maybe ...
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Haunting featuring Poulterguy (Sp?) by EA on the Genesis was the first haunting sim, I do believe.
It is among my fav games of the 16-bit console era. I am grateful that you have pointed Ghost Master out to me as I will be downloading this as soon as I get home tongiht.
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Bioshock's $5 I believe, psychonauts is $9, the stalker games are $15 and $17.50, but bioshock is the main steal.