• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

End of Steam Holiday Sale - The Bucket list of $2 & $5 games

F

forrest

formerly nacire
Anyone have Orcs Must Die! ? Looks like fun, but I was curious if anyone had some hands on impressions?
 
S

Sober

Member
Okay, I'm looking at the Racing games on Steam, anyone have any impressions (since mostly all I have is Burnout: Paradise)?

-GRID (still a daily)?
-Need For Speed games (which ones to get/avoid?)?
-FUEL?
-Flatout: Carnage?
 
R

ROBOKITTYZILLA

Member
plc268 said:
I know it's more than $5, but I've still got to recommend Skydrift at $6.69.

6614033521_2d8ea81035.jpg

6614027287_3f8f6fd654_z.jpg


It's a great mash of Mario Kart style racing with the epic style of tracks of Hydro Thunder. All this while flying. Controls are solid and arcadey and easy to get into. Has a couple of people online occasionally, but there needs to be more people playing this game.
Click to expand...

I support this post! I managed to get into an online match with about 3-4 other players during the holiday sale and it was a lot of fun. I wish this game had a bigger community. The single player racing is still worth the price of admission though.

I do think it was a mistake to make game modes like Team Deathmatch and Deathmatch DLC. That should have been a free title update.
 
cj_iwakura

cj_iwakura

Member
Bebpo said:
Played Freespace.

Want something made in the last 6 years that is similar. Why isn't ANYBODY (even indie devs) making games like these? Resource-wise, they shouldn't be that pricey to make.
Click to expand...

As far as I know, there aren't any.
 
I

Ivan A Nguyen

Member
MRORANGE said:
Dinner Date $1.25
ss_ec40fc40ba2fe922bb2e4cdb0403ff501585b2b9.600x338.jpg

Julian Luxemburg has prepared a dinner for two at his place – but things go awry when the date does not show up and he is left waiting at his dinner table, the clock’s ticking growing unbearably loud.
Click to expand...

I've always been curious about this game. Does anyone have impressions?
MRORANGE said:
Faerie Solitaire $1.00
ss_7ded06b7214d9d0aebe27869f9f0436ec4e99c3c.600x338.jpg

Have magical fun in the addicting Card game, Faerie Solitaire! Find and raise a Faerie pet and repopulate the magical land of Avalon using the resources found by clearing each level.
Click to expand...

For a dollar this game is a steal. Buy it for yourself and 4 other friends. It's a lot of fun.
 
E

EternalGamer

Banned
Gunsmithx said:
How's Hoard? game looks pretty neat but I don't think I've heard much on it.
Click to expand...


Hoard is really great, especially as a multiplayer game.

Very original and fun and has more depth than it first seems with which buildings you decide to destroy or keep so that the cities generate more money. Also works great with a controller if you have one.

I mean, you get to fly around a medieval map and burn down country side. What's not to like?

Me and friends have played many hours of it. Has a nice co-op time based mode, and competitive modes. Plus it has very easy invite/party multiplayer system (something that a lot of indie games lack, sadly). It's a fantastic 'appetizer" game before you settle into something else and it is highly original. It is, without a doubt, worth the price of a coffee.
 
S

Sober

Member
AndyMoogle said:
It's not that great. It gets old fast. You should be able to find a game that is more fun at that price.
Click to expand...
It's a good time waster since most play modes end after 10 or so minutes.

Try the demo, the gameplay is pretty much all there, just not the maps or game modes.
 
E

EternalGamer

Banned
Gez said:
Its better trust me on this. I never lie.
Click to expand...

I admit I haven't played the game. I did watch the videos. It looks like a zombie shooter.

Meanwhile Renegade Ops is like controlling RV vehicles while you send in nukes and trash cities with fantastic physics. It's just plain fun to drive the vehicles around even outside of blowing everything to shrapnel.
 
E

ElectricThunder

Member
Damn, and here I thought my wishlist was pretty well straightened out for a small order early tomorrow morning and now there's so very many things I'd totally missed----no way in hell to get so many with my limited funds so it is time to swell the list more than I'll end up shrinking it and see how the rest of 2012's Steam sales go!
 
Z

Zimbardo

Member
Bionic Commando Rearmed = $2.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/21680/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_12

Clive Barker's Jericho = $2.49
http://store.steampowered.com/app/11420/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_22

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage = $4.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/12360/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_22

Zeno Clash = $3.75
http://store.steampowered.com/app/22200/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_27

Dark Void = $2.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/45710/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_29

Velvet Assassin = $2.49
http://store.steampowered.com/app/16720/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_31

Bionic Commando = $4.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/21670/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_36
 
P

PaulLFC

Member
FEAR 3 is £4.99 over at GreenManGaming. It's Steamworks, might want to wait a bit though as their site's getting overloaded at the moment.
 
A

AcridMeat

Banned
Rur0ni said:
Capsized looks alright, anyone here have it?
Click to expand...

I was unbelievably excited for the game before it came out for some reason and I've put about an hour into it, if that says anything. The atmosphere and art is great, the game itself is pretty unrefined.
 
C

ClosingADoor

Member
Sober said:
Okay, I'm looking at the Racing games on Steam, anyone have any impressions (since mostly all I have is Burnout: Paradise)?

-GRID (still a daily)?
-Need For Speed games (which ones to get/avoid?)?
-FUEL?
-Flatout: Carnage?
Click to expand...
NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 is the one to get.

FUEL was great when I played it on 360 (so don't know how the PC version is). Huge open world to explore and plenty of races. Might lack a bit in variation after a while. If you like to just drive around and get the collectables, you will spent hours in it.

Haven't played the other two.
 
B

BobJustBob

Member
Great thread, thanks. But you messed up the tags on Tidalis and swapped the link and the image. It deserves better!

Tidalis $1.99
ss_4efd36feeb8d3d5cc4a9b89d794e9d69836c755b.600x338.jpg


It looks like just another match-3 game but there are a ton of special blocks and rulesets and it can be seriously sadistic. Anyone who's interested, grab the (very small) demo and go to the custom game screen and hit the random button to see how crazy things can get.
 
S

shintoki

sparkle this bitch
Picked up Dark Void for the 3$, the impressed turned me off, but it looks to still have its charmed.
 
J

jgminto

Member
So what's Dinner Date like? It looks really interesting but is it much of a game or will you only play it once for 30 minutes?
 
F

faceless007

Member
jgminto said:
So what's Dinner Date like? It looks really interesting but is it much of a game or will you only play it once for 30 minutes?
Click to expand...

Well I don't know, but someone on my friend's list wrote this recommendation:

"If your own life isn't sucky enough, you can pay $5 to experience 20 minutes of someone elses sucky life."
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November: Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Death Note Killer Within
News 2
59
2K
engstra replied
Coming to Game Pass: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Nine Sols, Genshin Impact Benefits, and More
News
37
2K
Punished Miku replied
Coming to Game Pass: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and More
Platform
39
1K
Tarnpanzer replied
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for November: Grand Theft Auto V, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Like a Dragon: Ishin, and more
News Platform 2
68
3K
ClanOfNone replied
Coming Soon to Game Pass: Ara: History Untold, Frostpunk 2, and Wargroove 2
News Hype
47
2K
Punished Miku replied
Top Bottom