Originally Posted by Mooby People still don't have Dead Island? It's like $5 now on Amazon.

But why would they buy it now when they could potentially get it for free in 6 days

Originally Posted by Mooby People still don't have Dead Island? It's like $5 now on Amazon.

Bundle fodder

Originally Posted by Broken Cage ...But I already own the board game! (And it was a lot more expensive, unfortunately).

The board game "DLCs" (expansions) are also a LOT more expensive. Days of Wonder took all my money.

But really, the tablet revolution has been great for Eurogames. Too bad many of the PC ports have been lackluster.

Originally Posted by Mooby People still don't have Dead Island? It's like $5 now on Amazon.

US region-locked key.

Originally Posted by Preedatore Bundle fodder

A Deep Silver game? The company whose games hardly ever seem to hit 75% off? Doesn't seem very likely to me.

Originally Posted by Mooby People still don't have Dead Island? It's like $5 now on Amazon.

Yep, I already own DI + Bloodbath + Ryder.

EDIT 2:

Originally Posted by RollingSkull My vote is Singularity but both are solid B titles along with Inversion.

How long/short is Inversion's SP campaign?

EDIT 1:
Oh, BTW...
ARMA III will be a full-blown Steamworks game.

My Steam Account reports 7 hours playing Inversion so probably 4-6 or so.

Originally Posted by slofton Is ticket to ride really that good? I know it has a huge underground scene. Is it like Catan?

As a party/board game I like it. I tend to avoid playing the same games on computer though. I'd be more tempted to pick it up on my tablet.

Originally Posted by Preedatore Bundle fodder

This!

Originally Posted by Detruire A Deep Silver game? The company whose games hardly ever seem to hit 75% off? Doesn't seem very likely to me.

"Bundle fodder" isn't always so literal, it means I won't buy it on it's own, but I'd be okay getting it in a bundle. Surely you haven't forgotten the Seattle Tony Bundle? Also DI has hit $5-6 multiple times now.

Originally Posted by RollingSkull My Steam Account reports 7 hours playing Inversion so probably 4-6 or so.

Thanks for the info.

Deep Silver seems to follow the sequels rule to sales. If a sequel is coming soon, their games tend to get discounted rather furiously. Like Risen before Risen 2 was very cheap quite a lot. Post Risen 2 release the sales for that game have quieted down quite a bit.

I was hoping that Indigo Prophecy would be redeemable on Steam and of course it isn't >.>

Would like to grab that Dead Island GOTY from Raptr but I haven't played any of those except L4D2, but that was on the Xbox 360, and The Walking Dead, but that was on PS3. The only game that I would think that would qualify that I have on PC is Killing Floor, and that doesn't count as an FPS zombie game on PC but Borderlands 2 does? And since when is Dead Rising an FPS? TWD has like 2 sequences where you shoot in first person. It's hardly an FPS. WTF Raptr?

Originally Posted by asheskitty Surely you haven't forgotten the Seattle Tony Bundle?

The what?

Originally Posted by Detruire The what?

It's the same as the Kansas City Shuffle, except Seattle...and with games.

Dead Island is a pretty terrible game though.

Originally Posted by BigSpoonyBard Buy this, you jerks.

Well when you put it that way, how can I say no?

TTR has been on my wishlist for long enough. Probably will.

Originally Posted by Motoki I don't think Groupees would do it either after the somewhat similar nichey Winter Wolves bundle really bombed hard. They kept lowering all the goals and still didn't meet them all.

I bought it, though I keep forgetting I own them. >.>

And no, adding them to Steam isn't going to make them any more visible to me.

I asked Tony to pitch a ticket to ride bundle with dlc. Steam does have a complete pack so they may be open to it. If you want to see it hit the amazon thread and second the notion.

The problem with the popularity of board games on tablets with pc ports is that they also adopt the pricing. Making the game cheap but rarely discounting dlc.

On that note, it's starting to change but it's rare to see any iOS board game go for less than $4.99 and $2.99 is the equivalent of free to them.

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Originally Posted by retrad Dead Island is a pretty terrible game though.

I wouldn't say terrible just poorly executed. Melee combat is quite enjoyable but everything supporting it was flat and generic. The 'open world' was devoid of anything meaningful save repetitive MMO-style quests. Character progression was rendered irrelevant by level scaling and dull talents. And crafting was shallow and uninteresting.

Originally Posted by spoderman Nope, they don't always list how many copies will be available until the giveaway starts.

A guy from Raptr posted on their forum they have a "few thousand"... So yeah, 5 minutes.

Last time I talked Nip indie games I talked Crotchlure or whatever it is and it was a stinker.

Fairy Bloom Freesia is most assuredly not a stinker. It's the story of a little fairy girl defending nature by beating the everloving shit out of everything that isn't nature.

It's a one-room beat-em-up much like Clockslurry only instead of Ys's middling dungeon combat drawn out without Ys's absolutely brilliant bosses, Fairy Bloom Freesia is somewhere south of Smash Bros, east of Devil May Cry (Probably more DmC than DMC.) Freesia flits about with a powerful block, a good dodge roll, a lot of powerful moves and a WHOLE LOT of smacking enemies around into other enemies for massive damage. The whole thing is frightfully fun once the enemies start pouring on thick and you appreciate Freesia's block, dodge, and knockbacks. It's tough too, but not too tough. Missions go by in almost a minute a pop and I can't imagine

Includes the usual Jap indie game standbys of XP-based grind, skimping on actually testing a moveset by just giving you a steady stream of equippable moves and limited space on which to put them, new game + supported and apparently a long extra challenge mode after beating the game.

There's a demo on Steam. Try it. You'll like it, I think.

Originally Posted by retrad Dead Island is a pretty terrible game though.

Here's a mod that will make it much better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoLadZotBuE

"You are already dead!"

You can find more good ones here.

Originally Posted by Blade Here's a mod that will make it much better:

HnK's French theme in the background was icing on the cake... wonder if I can mod in the Italian one, since it is one of our most beloved anime songs... oh well, I'll discover that in a few days