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Voted Longest Journey because out of the three it is the only one I might pull the trigger on.

Dragon Age Origins ultimate is also worth it. If your going to get the game you really might as well get the ultimate version. $2.50 more, gets you at least 20 hours+ more gameplay.

Also Recettear is a great game if your on the fence about it. Can't comment on the other two but when I picked that game up a couple winter sales back I put 30 hours into it before I knew what had happened.

Well, it had to be The Longest Journey, since I own the other two, but after what was said last night about the game (and the high rating) I might actually buy this one.

Puzzle Agent 2, btw, isn't as good as the first game.

I hope this time The Longest Journey wins...
It's been on the summer voting sale on GoG before, but even with 60% off, the price was still higher than when it goes on sale on Steam.

My hopes to see 75% off Beyond Good and Evil are diminishing everyday with these Flash deals... If it gets 75% on Steam, it'd way more cheaper than when it goes on sale on GoG.

Grabbed Recettear and Chantelise, those along with the two YS games are definitely giving me some old school RPG games to get through!

...hm. Bit Trip Beat was in an earlier bundle, was it also $2.50 in there?

Still waiting for Far Cry 2, Jade Empire and Beyond Good & Evil.

Any opinions on Tiny & Big? Is it worth the $6?

Originally Posted by M Polo Still waiting for Far Cry 2, Jade Empire and Beyond Good & Evil. Any opinions on Tiny & Big? Is it worth the $6?

Looks like a future indie bundle game to me.

Originally Posted by affa haven't played wizorb, but i have played shatter on my ps3. it's by far the best brick breaking game.... of all time. and no, i don't say that lightly. of course, i haven't played wizorb, but i'd be very surprised if it's better than shatter.

I was playing Wizorb alot yesterday and its really fun and the old school Zelda style graphics are great too and only $1.70 too.

Originally Posted by snakemaster2389 I was playing Wizorb alot yesterday and its really fun and the old school Zelda style graphics are great too and only $1.70 too.

Wizorb looks like a game that'll show up in a indie royale bundle.

Originally Posted by imac2much Thanks for your opinion, Necrotron. I'd like to add my two cents and say I disagree though (we can do that without calling each other trolls, right?) I absolutely loved Dragon Age: Origins (bought the ultimate edition, played through everything including DLC and Awakening). I bought DA2 as well and knew what I was getting into, so it's not like I had high hopes or anything... ...and yet my relatively low hopes were still dashed. I found the story engaging for the first 2/3 of the game, but the gameplay was incredibly watered down and I truly despised going to the same place over and over and over (and over) again in the main game. However, in my opinion, the worst injustice lay in the story and characters. I won't spoil anything, but it was hard for me to find any single character I liked, and honestly, I felt that I had little influence on their actions by the end. I felt many of them acted out of character as well, and after beating the game, I wanted all my time back. Oh well, the character interactions in zones were really good though!

Actually I thought the story and characters were the strongest parts of DA2. I mean, when you take that away, what's left? The same 10 places or so that you visit to complete the main and side quests? The horribly repetitive combat that substitutes throwing waves of enemies at you and button-mashing for anything resembling tactical complexity or planned encounters? DA2 was disappointing on pretty much every level as a follow-up to DA:O but one thing BioWare's always been good at is storytelling.


Meanwhile, any opinions on the DC Universe pack? I'm tempted by it but really only for the Flash content. Incidentally, how has no one made a "Flash flash" sale crack yet? Is everyone sleeping?!

Kinda shocked at that flash vote but Puzzle Agent is going to win because it's telltale sadly.

I will literally shit my pants if The Longest Journey or The Next Big Thing Wins (I voted for The Longest Journey).

Originally Posted by Eldredpe Voted for Longest. I really want to play The Next Big Thing, but even at 75% off that price is too rich for my blood. Those Pendulo adventures are beautiful and well-written, but super short. Can't justify 7.50 on it.

Well it's European made so I think to them adventure games = a still viable genre worth at least $30 US retail (see also The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav) whereas to us in the US it's like 'WOT? $5? That's outrageous! It should be 99 cents or in a bundle!'.

I exaggerate a bit but you get the idea.

And I did vote Longest Journey even though it kind of irks me that this is the sort of game that was 75% off for the entire duration of the sale past sales. Not sure I like this whole flash things. It gives the illusion of more deals but really it seems to be either more repeats or deals that would have otherwise been for the duration of the sale now being offered for a much shorter time.

The Longest Journey is a great game don't get me wrong, but it's old as dirt and needs to be just a flat 75% for the whole sale imho.

Originally Posted by rirath Thanks for the rundown, appreciated. I've still got to play through Origins before I even consider the sequel, but good to hear some level headed discussion.

I'm sorry if my previously expressed opinions about Dragon Age 2 did not come across as level headed. I realiz I didn't launch into a huge bulleted list of all the genuine problems I had with the game and why I feel it's inferior but that is probably because I did that whole thing many, many times in the past at the Bioware forum and I am just mentally exhausted from wasting energy on this imho inferior game.

Truth be told I think it's a medicore game but a horrendous Dragon Age game. If it were called something else it wouldn't have gotten as much negative feedback but I also think it's fairly forgettable and uninspiring.

There are many other points I could go on about. The reusing of the areas, consolization, humor and writing that (for me) tries way too hard, the lack of true consequences for the choices, the fact that nothing ever changed over the whole 10 year span, abrupt ending, the mostly entire lack of following up on the main Dragon Age story outside of cameos just for show etc etc, but those below me probably explain it all better.

Having said that, if someone really must have that game then go for it. Just realize you won't get it on Steam and if you go in expecting anything along the lines of DA1 you will be disappointed.

Originally Posted by affa DA2 felt like a regular action game to me, for sure. I only got a couple chapters in... I didn't like the characters, I disliked the combat, and I felt like i was being tunnel'd through the game. Maybe it got better, but from what i've read, not really. I ended up selling it before it dropped in value. Meanwhile, I still have my DAO.

Originally Posted by imac2much Thanks for your opinion, Necrotron. I'd like to add my two cents and say I disagree though (we can do that without calling each other trolls, right?) I absolutely loved Dragon Age: Origins (bought the ultimate edition, played through everything including DLC and Awakening). I bought DA2 as well and knew what I was getting into, so it's not like I had high hopes or anything... ...and yet my relatively low hopes were still dashed. I found the story engaging for the first 2/3 of the game, but the gameplay was incredibly watered down and I truly despised going to the same place over and over and over (and over) again in the main game. However, in my opinion, the worst injustice lay in the story and characters. I won't spoil anything, but it was hard for me to find any single character I liked, and honestly, I felt that I had little influence on their actions by the end. I felt many of them acted out of character as well, and after beating the game, I wanted all my time back. Oh well, the character interactions in zones were really good though!

Thank you. Very much agree with you both.

Maybe I missed it in the OP, but did Demigod show up in a flash/community sale? I saw people in the group buy thread getting 4-packs and wondering if it had dropped lower than 50% off.

Originally Posted by alkaliv2 Maybe I missed it in the OP, but did Demigod show up in a flash/community sale? I saw people in the group buy thread getting 4-packs and wondering if it had dropped lower than 50% off.

No, it hasn't been on any further sale yet.

Thanks Longshot. 2.50 each isn't bad for Demigod, I just thought that deal had gotten even sweeter

Is Fable 3 anything like Kingdoms of Amalur? I haven't played a lot of RPGs.

Originally Posted by Solid-Snake-Eyes Is Fable 3 anything like Kingdoms of Amalur? I haven't played a lot of RPGs.

I think the combat is similar but KoA is much more open world.

I think I lasted in DA2 about a half hour longer after I bumped into the blood mage dude who had mysteriously recovered from taking an arrow through his throat in Awakenings. Between that and the shoe-horning in of Flemeth, I was feeling more annoyed than connected to the previous game.

Originally Posted by n4styn4t3 I think the combat is similar but KoA is much more open world.

Hmm. Thinking of getting it but I'm just not sure. The Metacritic blurbs sound pretty positive, they say it's worse than the previous Fables but I've never played those. I felt the story, dialogue, and characters of Amalur were boring as hell.

I think that I looked into Fable 3 last year and decided against it. I think I bought Witcher 2 instead, which I haven't played yet. I started Witcher 2 but it was hard to get into and learn everything so I moved on to other new games I had at the time.

Originally Posted by Syntax Error Between that and the shoe-horning in of Flemeth, I was feeling more annoyed than connected to the previous game.

Well, I killed Flemeth in DA:O, but apparently it's not possible to actually kill her or something so that's why she turns up in DA2. I guess. I should email Drew Karpyshyn and ask him about this.