Let's see... Humble Bundle 6 pack ($6.00) - which I didn't want (was buying it for my son and it got tied to my account). FTL ($4.99) - Got 12 hours out of this one, but I'm probably not going back. Overrated. Lone Survivor ($3.29) - Loaded for 10 minutes, but so far I'm not impressed. Graphics look worse than I thought they would. I'll give it a real shot someday (probably). Blood Bowl Legendary Edition ($4.99) - I like football. Tried playing this for 20 minutes and was sorely confused by the rules. I'll give this a go at another time. CameraBag ($5.00) - Not a game, this photo editing software doesn't look very powerful. Meh. Bastion ($3.75) - Everyone says I need to play this game. I guess I finally will. Kerbal Space Program ($23) - I'm just scratching the surface and this is a blast. Warlock Armageddon DLC ($1.50) - I've heard it makes the game more complete. Look forward to trying it. Sid Meier's Alpha Centuari ($2.99) - I've given it an hour or two. Sometimes you just can't go home again (and I gave it a precious Gold Medal for GamesDomain). Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game ($3.99) - We'll see. Dark Souls ($17.99) - With a controller on the way, I couldn't resist. That's about $80 for the lot. I may get that much enjoyment just out of Kerbal Space Program. I resisted getting Silent Hunter III - I want it, but the 35% sale seemed a bit cheap. That saves me only a couple of bucks and since I have all these other games I'll just wait until one day when I'm starved for a new game. Same goes for the Skyrim DLC, Torchlight II and a few other things.
The Steam sales have been underwhelming and I don't think there's much hope of anything really awesome popping up in the next couple of days, so I think I'm probably done at this point.
Yeah, I think everything that will be on sale has been on sale, it's nothing but reruns. At this point it's just for people that missed things the first time around.
Well, I for one am a dirty, stinking, game-collection, Steam-enthralled whore, and the possibility that I may pick up something I've already passed on three times is greater than zero by a non-trivial number, so the extent of 2012 holiday haul remains to be determined.
I Am Alive - 5 bucks Anno 2070 - 17 bucks Mark of the Ninja - 5 bucks Got off pretty lightly - but that's because I went way over budget in Summer/Fall sales, and the things I want now are too new to have any substantial sales yet.
Assassin's Creed II ($5) - I enjoyed the first one, so I guess it's time to move along now that I'm so far behind in the series. Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour ($Free*!) - An old college pal has it too, so once the holiday season's died down and we're not quite so busy, we're going to play a UK/USA game. I'm looking forward to that. Rise of Flight: the English Channel and Felixstowe flying boat (~$30) - Worth every penny. Blackadar I haven't played Darkest Hour (I'm an Arsenal of Democracy man), but I hear people say that it wins on time period, map detail, and simulation of manpower losses, and AoD wins on supply mechanics and combat mechanics. As I begin to explore HoI3, I think that, with all the expansions, it's finally in a state where I'd begin to recommend it over HoI2 games. * Actually more like $8, because I bought a plane in Rise of Flight for a different friend, who responded by sending me something from my Steam wishlist.
I have HoI3 - got it and a bunch of expansions last Christmas, but never played it. It was too opaque for me to want to invest the time to learn it. I figure I'll give Darkest Hour a try - at $4, I don't have much to lose.
Anno 2070 - $15 - After I got a new monitor, the tiny text size started being less of an issue. I like it, but I feel a little bad about how much time I sink into continuous games without having much to show for it. Maybe I'll stick with missions for a while. XCOM - $20 - Pretty cool. Regular was too easy, but Classic Ironman might be too hard for me. If the 8th council member leaves I may restart with Classic non-ironman. Rayman Origins - $10 - haven't tried it yet Amnesia: The Dark Descent - $4 - haven't tried it yet I will probably use my Amazon coupon for Dark Souls, Vessel, The Secret World, Spec Ops, Saints Row 3 or The Darkness 2 in the near future. Thoughts on Vessel or The Darkness 2? I also spent about 12 hours on it and have no plans to go back, but I thought the game was worthwhile and one of the better things I played this year.
I ended up buying Assassin's Creed II even though I swore I wouldn't buy anything since I'm playing a lot of Borderlands 2 and Don't Starve, and I don't like to stack too much in my backlog (though when I see what some people have in their backlog it's nothing). I also got LIMBO and Quantum Conundrum. Not too bad a haul, since I don't have that much money to spend.
Skyrim DLC Dishonored Mark of the Ninja Tropico 4 All told, not too much damage. I resisted Anno 2070 for another sale. I figure I'll get it when it drops to 75% off. Then it can sit there unplayed with every other strategy game I swear I'm going to play, but never do.
I'm in pretty much the same boat as you - I bounced off HOI3 when I jumped in blind, and I haven't made a proper attempt to learn how to play. However, I quite like Darkest Hour - I've only played the included alt history scenario, but that alone was worth the cash.
My list is still being added to as the sales goes on, but at the moment it looks like this: Sims 3: Two copies (for my wife and I), plus I picked up a couple expansions: Pets for her, and World Adventures for me. I haven't played more than a dozen hours or so, but so far I think most of my Sims have pretty much managed to turn gay and burn their kitchens down. Anno 2070: I've played the first couple missions so far. No strong opinion about this one yet, other than all the buildings feel too monochromatic for my tastes. The whole generic chrome/grey thing could simply be a feature of the Industrial guys though, maybe the hippies will be more colorful. Home Rayman Origins: Wonderful game, but pretty tough for completionists. Vessel Alan Wake Mark of the Ninja Tropico 4: Plus the Megalopolis, Pirate Haven, and Modern Times DLC packs. SimCity 4 Deluxe Hero Academy: Two copies (for my wife and I), plus the Shaolin, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Tribal, Uniform Colors & Challenge DLC packs. Plus a few gifts and other purchases: Super Mario 3D Land (3DSXL) Starfox 64 3D (3DSXL) Crashmo (3DSXL) Pushmo (3DSXL)
People like me! So far, I've picked up: Hotline Miami Just Cause 2 Portal 2 Spec Ops: The Line XCOM (admitedly, from GMG and not Steam) Mirror's Edge Universe Sandbox Longest Journey + Dreamfall And I've been very very tempted (although have yet to pull the trigger on): Deus Ex Collection (it's been on sale twice so far, if it goes on one more time I'll probably pull the trigger on it) Painkiller: Black (the rest aren't worth the $20) A few other games I'm completely forgetting about right now. Future Shop also had an in-store sale on all their videogames, so I picked up Dishonored and Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition for the 360 for $30 and $20, respectively. I'm sure they've gone cheaper on Steam, but I find myself enjoying console gaming a lot more than PC gaming these days. Edit: Moved TLG+Dreamfall to purchased list. :)
My haul so far in picture form: And I know what's been on sale! Actually, I fib a little because after being gifted Skyrim I picked up the Hearthfire DLC on sale because the idea of Skyrim crossed with The Sims was too much for me to resist. There are other games I've been tempted by -- Alan Wake most recently (as with Squeaky, if it comes up again I'll probably go for it) -- but most have been priced beyond my impulse point. I'm close with Dark Souls but $19.99 is still just a little too high (and I don't have the patience to jump through the small hoops to get it on Amazon for a few bucks less). But I am patient. And my backlog is...daunting.
I am delighted, I had a great haul this sale: Dark Souls Torchlight 2 The Walking Dead Home Skyrim: Dawnguard Magic the Gathering Duel of the Planewalkers 2012 Disciples 2 Gallean's Return Disciples 2 Rise of the Elves Fallen Enchantress And I was gifted Fallout 3 GotY version by a kind forum member. That is hundreds of hours of gameplay right there, and should easily last me until the summer. I wouldn't have picked up Dark Souls is the guys over here hadn't persuaded me to, and it has been a truly awesome game so far, well worth the money. nife2o4 convinced me to get Disciples 2 thanks to his great beginner's guide here. I missed out on Heroes of Might and Magic III despite tylertoo recommending it to me, because I thought the GoG sale ran as long as the Steam one. I'll get it in the next sale though, GoG runs them often enough, and I've got plenty of games to keep me busy until then!
A lady after my own fantasy turn-based heart. Please do not forget to work Age of Wonders Shadow Magic and King's Bounty into your queue if you haven't played them already.
I have King's Bounty Legend and Princess. I meant to pick up Shadow Magic but just like Heroes of Might and Magic III it fell victim of me misjudging the end of sale date at GoG. Again, it can wait until the next sale.
The only game I've purchased during the Holiday Sale was the Company of Heroes Complete Edition or whatever they're calling it - the base game and the expansions bundled together for about $12, which is a steal. I owned the original CoH on disc, but getting both expansions and the Steam version of the game for that price was too good to resist. I did pick up some Tropico 4 DLC while that whole franchise was 50% off, but I think that's about it for this year. Unless something awesome goes up in the next two days, I got off lightly. Usually Steam manhandles me like a randy trucker and leaves me panting for more.
I feel very blessed to have gotten in on that GamersGate Bethesda pack, so with that, a few sales and some wonderful gifts from awesome people, I've had a really amazing haul this Christmas season. This includes: Batman: Arkham City Skyrim (and the Hearthfire DLC) Dishonored Total War Battles: SHOGUN DOTA 2 Wargame: European Escalation Brink Doom BFG Fallout New Vegas Fallout 3 Hunted: The Demon's Forge Rogue Warrior Transport Giant Gold Industry Giant Gold Order of War World in Conflict Borderlands 2 Season Pass Sleeping Dogs XCOM: Enemy Unknown Anno 2070 Krater I'm VERY happy, overall. :)
I thought my haul was over, but I saw Tropico 4: Modern Times on Amazon for $3.99 today. $4 for 30 buildings and a dozen new missions? SOLD!
My Holiday Haul, as in what did Santa give me, in terms of games, is thus: AC3 AC3: Liberation for my Vita Spirit Camera for the 3DS Resident Evil: Revelations for the 3DS (my reaction was, "Was this on my wishlist?" I have no idea why that game was on my wishlist. Okay. Hopefully it'll be fun.) A basic, wooden chess set. Spider-man Jenga (I asked for just plain Jenga so I can run a game of Dread, my wife thought Spider-man Jenga would be cute. I am dubious.) Stuff I got for myself because it was on sale: Napolean: Total War Analogue: A Hate Story Doom 3 Pack GTA: Vice City Witcher 2 Thirty Flights of Loving Mark of the Ninja Deadlight KOTOR II Universe Sandbox Arkham City GOTY The Secret World X-Com Enemy Unknown Everything there was under $10 except X-Com. Even The Secret World, because I had $20 in Amazon credit built up. So even though the Steam sale felt not all that exciting, I bought a fuckton of stuff. X-Wing Miniatures Game (I'll probably regret this, I'm already eyeing the expansions and I haven't played the base game yet).
Orcs Must Die 2 -- I had OMD1 on my wishlist but BobJustBob persuaded me to get 2 because it has co-op. Tried it a bit, but haven't gotten into it yet. Legend of Grimrock -- Haven't started it yet. Quantum Conundrum -- 2/3rd done according to the wiki, but I'm starting to hate it. The twitch gameplay is getting on my nerves. For the price though I wanted to play it (I had tried the demo) and don't regret it. Thirty Flights of Loving -- Mostly threw Blendo a Gravity Bone. That said I think Gravity Bone was more of a game than this was. GTA IV complete pack -- I hate myself, that's why. Doom Pack 2012 -- Nostaliga. Solely to play the original Doom E1. For $3 or so I got all of the DOS Dooms. I am 'missing' two games that I really hoped to get, Puzzle Agent 2 for $2.50 and Burnout:Paradise for $5. Funny enough both have been that price before but not now. So it goes.
Added up, it's actually a bit more than I expected, but still less than I typically get in a Steam sale: Sleeping Dogs and DLC: $39 Anno 2070 expansion: $15 Sub-$5 stuff that I will probably never play but like to have on my list just in case I feel the urge some lazy weekend: a few Rainbow Six games, Nexus The Jupiter Incident, Jet Set Radio, Home, Fortune Summoners, Closure Rebought just to have as downloadable: GT Legends, GTR2, a couple Prince of Persias (Princes of Persia?) LEGO Lord of the Rings: $14 Total: $102 And as a gift, I got Dragons Dogma for the 360, which I'd been meaning to check out anyway. Edit: Whoops, forgot to do the one last check of my wishlist, so add another $10 for Krater, Hamlet, and Cargo Commander.
Allrighty, then: Steam: Magicka The Other Side of the Coin Overlord Complete Pack Might and Magic Heroes VI Gold Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Complete Tropico 4 and Modern Times All Warlock DLC Sacred 2 Gold Age of Empires III: Complete Collection Disciples III Mass Effect 2 Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion Darksiders II and all DLC Dawn of War Franchise Pack Universe Sandbox Orcs Must Die 2 - Complete Pack Crusader Kings II: Legacy of Rome Crysis 2 Maximum Edition GOG: SM's Alpha Centauri Heroes of Might and Magic Chronicles Complete Amazon: Mass Effect 3 Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Not too shabby.
Home's only about an hour or so long, so I recommend giving it a chance when you have some free time.
Since Steam is on retread time, I guess I'm done. Final tally (all on Steam): Stronghold 3 Gold Anno 2070 Walking Dead Spec Ops The Line Gal Civ II Complete Skyrim Hearthfire Metro 2033 ARMA II + Expansion That was about $85 total. There were a few other things I thought about but I still have stuff from last year's Steam Holiday Sale and Steam Summer Sale I haven't played/finished, so . . . ;-)
Everything I got/bought registered on steam. Overall this is the least money I've spent so far on a Holiday sale. GMG (all games registered on STEAM) Sine Mora Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers Titan Quest: Immortal Throne Amazon (all games registered on STEAM) R.U.S.E DLC3 R.U.S.E DLC2 Psychonauts Costume Quest Duke Nukem Forever: The Doctor Who Cloned Me Duke Nukem Forever: Hail to the Icons Parody Pack Duke Nukem Forever LEGO Lord of the Rings Scribblenauts Unlimited Steam Superbrothers Comp (Gifted to me) Serious Sam 3 BFE Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile Awesomenauts 3 pack Ace of Spades 4-Pack Lone Survivor (Gifted to me) AirMech Beta Bundle AirMech Steam Starter Pack I also gifted away spare copies I got of Stacking, Bioshock 1, and Bioshock 2 .
I didn't get too much, just the Sims expansions I was missing (Supernatural and Seasons,) The Witcher 2 and Civ V.
