[Primateus]

I've just bought Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year edition. OH THANK FSM for steam sales!

[Obdigore]

Cause, on 13 November 2012 - 09:10 AM, said:

Obdigore, on 13 November 2012 - 04:48 AM, said:

Media (CD's, Movies, Games) are all released in the US on Tuesdays.

There are two theories I have heard of why that is, besides tradition.

1) Freight generally ships from manufacturers on Wednesday or Thursday, this allows the games to get to the stores on Monday, although this may be because of the Tuesday release and not causing it.
2) Tuesday is the first day of the week counted on the Billboard top 100 charts, so music started releasing on tuesdays to take advantage of seven days of sales instead of less, all other media followed suit.

I once heard Michael Pachter explain that its because Wal-Mart wanted it so

That is cute and all, but its been like this since the fifties, which is before walmart was founded and well before they were the juggernaut they are today.

[Aptorian]

Went a bit over board during the past week and bought;

Deadlight

Skyrim + DLC

Intrusion 2

Inversion

Max Payne 3

Quantum Conundrum

Sleeping Dogs

Sonic Generations

The Thief Trilogy

Tiny and Big: Grandpa's leftovers

To the Moon

The Walking Dead: Season 1

The Witcher 2

Zeno Clash

[Gothos]

Aptorius, on 28 November 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

Skyrim + DLC

The Thief Trilogy

The Witcher 2

Can I give a post 3 rep?

[Obdigore]

Just grabbed the THQ Humble Bundle.

http://www.humblebundle.com/

Saints Row 3, Darksiders 1, Metro 2033, Red Faction Armageddon, and Company of Heroes + 2 CoH Expansions.

Also comes with the soundtracks for each game.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Saint row 3 is pretty crazy. Had tons of fun playing it.

This post has been edited by Dolmen+: 03 December 2012 - 06:36 AM

[Obdigore]

Dolmen+, on 03 December 2012 - 05:52 AM, said:

Saint row 3 is pretty crazy. Had tons of fun playing it.

Yea just played it for like 4 hours this morning. It was very entertaining. I wish the commentators for the gun show had more than like 10 lines though. Also don't like that grenade throw is middle mouse button (pushing down on the scroll wheel), but those are just two little issues with what is a very very fun game so far . The quick-jack from the front of a car is hilarious too.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Ah yes, the front car dive, AKA the Bo-DUKe-en. Such a classic. I find the game is actually worth experiencing in all three male and female voices. The script for Saints Row is a bucket of laughs. I really prefer it over any of the GTA games I've played thus far.

[Obdigore]

Dolmen+, on 03 December 2012 - 10:41 AM, said:

Ah yes, the front car dive, AKA the Bo-DUKe-en. Such a classic. I find the game is actually worth experiencing in all three male and female voices. The script for Saints Row is a bucket of laughs. I really prefer it over any of the GTA games I've played thus far.

I've decided to run around in a sundress and heels with my big fat guy once I get home and change my outfit. Because nothing says cool top gangster like a flower print sundress and some fuck-me pumps.

I wonder if I can get a purse as well.

[Mentalist]

Having looked into it, I did already own Saints Row 3 on Steam.

So, paid a pittance for the THQ Humble Bundle to get all the games there I don't own (excluding Darksiders)

[Mentalist]

Holiday Sale: End of the World

The End Might be Near*. Better Play Some Games!

We don't really know if the Mayans were right
Will the 21st be the Earth's final night?
If it really is, we know we'd want to be
Spending our last hours enjoyably

The end of the world, and the bundles we bring
Are a wondrous package--an incredible thing
All the daily deals for the whole month today shine
We've even brought ones from the future in asynchronous time

Of all of the days of the year 2012
This is the one for gamers just like yourselves
To pick up some games before the world ends
And spend your last day having fun times with friends

Some say the world ends in fire--or ice
We think that neither ending sounds nice
If the world has to end--neither frozen nor flaming
The world should end in a way that says: gaming!

There's Geneforge and Witcher, and Puddle and Duke
And Deus Ex, Grimrock, or Thief
So before the world leaders launch thousands of nukes
Spend a few moments and suspend disbelief

Theme Hospital, Riddick, Caesar 3 and Trine
It sure was nice living, but we're just out of time
Ultima Games, from 1 to game 9
The aliens are invading--we must hold the line!

I-War, Wing Commander, and indie FTL
Crusaders and Heroes of Magic and Might
The end is approaching boys; see you in hell
Bruce Willis can't save us from this meteorite

Quests for Kings and for Space and for Heroes and Glory
Torchlight and Telltale
The abyss is erupting--this will surely be gory
Frogs are raining down in amphibious hail

The world may be ending, our last day is nigh
So take this last chance to play games 'till you die!


*GOG.com in no way endorses The End of The World. We like it here. If you have a Death Star, a Death Ray, or a fleet of Cyber T-rexes with Lasers, please don't destroy the Earth right now. At least wait until we release that game that everyone's waiting for. And that one, too. No, that one probably will never happen.


thought this was clever. Bought the Indie RPG bundle, b/c I'm really curious about Executioner.

[MTS]

So today for Christmas I bought:

Sleeping Dogs

Dead Island

Homefront

Far Cry 2

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Pretty good haul I thought.

[Silencer]

Well today for Christmas I received (purchased for myself) Far Cry 3. So nyah.

[tiam]

Silencer- Tell me if this one is hours of driving like the last one

Ive got a backlog of games which is a nice change of pace.

I bought myself Hitman Absolution as it was half price the other day. I went in to buy Dark Souls as everyone on here raves about it and it sounds like it could be good. Anyway this isnt the Hitman ive come to enjoy and plays more like a Metal Gear/assasins creed hybrid that tbh I do not enjoy. The best thing about the Hitman series was having the map and plotting your way in through a variety of different ways and getting your rating better and better as you learn more about the level. This one has a much shallower scoring system and a much more linear approach to the levels, like the challenge maps in Arkham Asylum/city, where your given a predetermined area to increase your score. Anyway ive been playing through it and will complete it just to do it then attempt to take it back.

I also bought myself Halo 4 which ive just got for xmas today meaning I will take my one back tomorrow. Ive heard nothing but good things about the campaign and soon ill be able to get online which is also very good ive been told, though some here have commented on the promethean weaponry being overpowered which is something ill have to check. The campaign mode is meant to be as good as Halo 3 which is my favorite FPS campaign when on legendary.

I also got Resident Evil 6 off my brother which was a nice surprise. Im not a huge RE fan but really enjoyed RE 4 on the Gamecube (which I bought recently to play SSB:Melee) so hopefully its like that. The earlier RE where you spend 90 percent of the time running round with one bullet looking for a key holds no attraction for me so hopefully this isnt a return to classic RE.

This post has been edited by Jean-Claude Van tiam: 25 December 2012 - 08:17 PM

[Silencer]

FC3 so far has been nothing but better than the second game; considerably less need to drive from point A to point B as walking is far more fun and just as easy. In fact, at the start of the game at least, I would't want to drive ANYWHERE, given how many bad guys appear to be doing patrols. :S

[Overactive Imagination]

Picked up Killzone 3 for the PS3 a few days ago. Haven't started it yet, but I'm expecting it to be similar to Killzone 2 which was solid.

[tiam]

Glad theres alot less driving. Ill get around to buying it at some point but as I said alot of backlog.

Stil really want to get Dark Souls after everyone here raved about it.

[Defiance]

Dark Souls (and its predecessor, Demon's Souls) is a great game, definitely buy it if you have the money. I do recommend purchasing it for PS3 rather than PC, though it's a game that's meant to be played with a controller (in my opinion, at least).

Anyway, broke down again despite telling myself I wouldn't purchase anything more from the Steam winter sale. Knights of the Old Republic 2 is going for $2.49, and I've really wanted to try out the restored content mod.

[Traveller]

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 26 December 2012 - 10:20 AM, said:

Glad theres alot less driving. Ill get around to buying it at some point but as I said alot of backlog.

Stil really want to get Dark Souls after everyone here raved about it.

Get it get it get it get it get it get it get it.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 04 January 2013 - 10:32 PM

[rhulad]

Finally broke down and bought XCOM plus all the dlc.