Up to the point where I put my money down my experience had been limited to a bit of Wii Sports bowling at family gatherings. Brilliant fun, although I'm finding it a little less so on my own. I was warned this would be the case.
A big spend for not much play, you might say, and maybe you're right. But if you saw all my old computers and consoles you'd know I am not the sort of person to bin something the moment everyone else gets bored of it. Hopefully it will come into its own at some point in the future.
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Since April was a rather expensive month for me, games-wise, I have been trying to keep spending to a minimum these last couple of months. And I was doing okay.
May saw me buy three games: Civilization IV Complete from Direct2Drive for £4.95, Shatter for PC via Steam, and Super Mario Galaxy. Compared to previous months May was a rather frugal one.
June was even better: Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box for £4.99 from Steam and a cheapo copy of an old favourite Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on the PS2. It was all going really well until last Thursday.
Steam was originally Valve Software's way to sell their ace Half-Life and Counterstrike games via download, but over the past 6 or 7 years it has grown into a full-blown store for buying all sorts of games you then download to your PC, and recently for Mac too.
Some games are priced higher than a boxed copy, but Valve have the infuriating knack of doing the best deals, and their current summer sale is no exception.
A combination of timed daily deals and other discounts, as well as me being weak, have seen me snap up a number of games in the last couple of days:
The Witcher Enhanced Edition (£4.78)
Gridrunner Revolution (£2.99)
Painkiller Black Edition (£2.99)
Serious Sam HD First and Second Encounter (£5.50)
Aliens vs Predator 2000 Classic (75p!)
There's no way I'll play all these in the near future, in fact I have a backlog of games from previous Steam sales here - let's hope they don't go under any time soon!
Damn you, Steam! (and my weakness for a bargain)
May saw me buy three games: Civilization IV Complete from Direct2Drive for £4.95, Shatter for PC via Steam, and Super Mario Galaxy. Compared to previous months May was a rather frugal one.
June was even better: Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box for £4.99 from Steam and a cheapo copy of an old favourite Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on the PS2. It was all going really well until last Thursday.
Steam was originally Valve Software's way to sell their ace Half-Life and Counterstrike games via download, but over the past 6 or 7 years it has grown into a full-blown store for buying all sorts of games you then download to your PC, and recently for Mac too.
Some games are priced higher than a boxed copy, but Valve have the infuriating knack of doing the best deals, and their current summer sale is no exception.
A combination of timed daily deals and other discounts, as well as me being weak, have seen me snap up a number of games in the last couple of days:
The Witcher Enhanced Edition (£4.78)
Gridrunner Revolution (£2.99)
Painkiller Black Edition (£2.99)
Serious Sam HD First and Second Encounter (£5.50)
Aliens vs Predator 2000 Classic (75p!)
There's no way I'll play all these in the near future, in fact I have a backlog of games from previous Steam sales here - let's hope they don't go under any time soon!
Damn you, Steam! (and my weakness for a bargain)
A Wii? You're dead to me. :(
ReplyDeleteNot really. :P There's actually a surprising amount of quality stuff out there, from Sin & Punishment to Mad World and No More Heroes... Nice work on the Steam bargains too - Serious Sam is worth it for the lunacy of 16-player co-op alone. :D
We had a massive 'muk SS1 session on Saturday night. 9 of us blasting away. Was great fun.
ReplyDeleteWii is the system I love and hate at the same time. Monster Hunter 3 is probably the title that i still play day in and day out. I am Hunter Rank 35 and still going baby! I find it great for friends who are not really into gaming. When my wife has friends over we usually agree to have a good round of two of Tetris.
ReplyDeleteWhen you talk about the steam bargains man have I gotten some good deals! I keep telling myself never to buy a game new because steam sooner or later will put it on sale!