TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Cyclades Greek Mythology-themed game in which you make offerings (bid gold) for favour of gods in order to reap their exclusive benefits (build armies/navies, take certain actions) all with an eye towards winning by possessing two metropoliseses... metropoliiii... metropoloose... two big city things. The wrinkle is that to possess these you can either collect a set of four cards from one of the gods (so, win their favour four times and miss out on other benefits), build each of the four building types to become a metropolis or simply send in an army and seize someone else's. There are other elements in there like mythological creatures ("release the kraken!") to shake things up as well. Supposed to be pretty well-balanced and it sounds like an interesting hybrid. Was on sale for £10 less than everywhere else (and even that was low stock on the best price for miles around so not guaranteed to last) so I took the plunge. It's also one of the 6 Board Games That Video Gamers Should Play as written by Quintin Smith a long while back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 I heard about Cyclades years ago and I am still dying to play it. Looks so good. It's a big list for me... I feel so dirty buying so much But so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Man, my wife is obsessed with AC:NL. Has been for years. Edited August 11, 2015 by Saturnine Tenshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) It's not for everyone, but if you like AC:NL, you love it. Have you played any of the other Layton games, kenshi. They're all good, but the second to last one is a weird place to start. Maybe clean it up and dump it at a charity shop instead? Sorry, I missed this when you posted it. If it was mine, it would be in good condition, and that is what I'd do, as I can never be bothered with the hassle of selling stuff but he needs the money as much as any charity does.. Not that keen on cleaning someone else's gunk, which is why I was just going to give him my own money. Kind of annoying really though as he only palmed it off on me as he didn't have room for it and I've never even so much as turned it on. It's always weird what games end up being worth money, but one of those I checked on CEX they literally buy for 1p. Edited August 11, 2015 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ah. See ages back I bought my sisters DS since she kinda needed money and I needed pokemon, but at the time it was still a current console (though a DS lite in an age of DSi n DS XL). I'd wager that a PS2 in the age of PS4 is practically worthless. You could always give him the money, and then donate the console to charity? Even if not sold in a charity shop for like a fiver it might get shipped out to provide joy to some poverty stricken kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 I picked up the first tier of the current Weekly Bundle. Seems alright for a quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I skipped the Vita version of OlliOlli 2 when it came out because at that point the first one was already out on PC, so I just waited for the Steam release instead. I gave it a quick try earlier and it looks to be a nice improvement over the original. Should be fun. As for Ronin, I've been interested since the initial announcement but then it came out a few weeks ago and I kinda forgot about it. I was reminded of it by the current Devolver Digital publisher sale on Steam and noticed there was a demo. Gave it a shot and, yeah, it's pretty much Gunpoint but with turn-based combat and kind of a hint of Mark of the Ninja. The game already had me at Gunpoint. It also had me at turn-based combat. And again at Mark of the Ninja. I don't know why the fuck I didn't already own this, to be perfectly honest. This is going to be fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hah, scrolled down too fast n thought that was a Strongbad game Anywho, I have picked up Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, since it's on sale n folks have banged on about it. edit: Had a gander into town, looked at Destiny, gravitate upwards, now have AC:Unity. I figure I'll give Assasin's Creed another shot. Though still doing FFX (I'm past Yunelesca so it's that "gather celestial weapon, unlock limit breaks" bit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Got it for "free" on GMG. It's 10% off but I paid for it entirely with store credit. Was lucky enough to win a £50 giveaway on Playfire like a month ago, right before they scrapped the entire rewards program, which converted to nearly 80 bucks in real-world money. I've been saving the credit for The Phantom Pain but it's still not available for prepurchase on GMG, so whatever. This one's pretty cheap so I have plenty left, anyway. Worst case scenario, TPP won't get a VIP deal and I'll have to pay like 10-15 bucks out of pocket. Not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I loved Thomas Was Alone, so I was going to be interested in Mike Bithell's next game regardless of what it was. But when it turned out to be a Metal Gear Solid VR-like stealth game, it instantly became one of my most anticipated indie games. I was a little worried about length because of the 20$ price point but according to reviews it's a solid 10 hours long. The scores are also pretty good overall, so that was enough for me to bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 +1 Volume purchase (PS4). Also got Everybody's Gone To The Rapture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Picked up Need For Speed Rivals for like £5 due to fancy Savygamer work around. Not played a NFS game since PS2 (Underground 1/2, were my brothers. But I did much better at them than he did). Also colleague has it so might be able to do some MP with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Bought Shadowrun: Hong Kong because FUCK YEAH. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 FUCK YEAH! \m/ \m/ Let us know how it is. I'm getting it regardless, but I'll probably wait for a sale like I usually do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I backed it but probably won't get around to playing it for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Shadowrun: HK the best of the bunch, though it felt like it was the shortest. I really loved the second game's director's cut,though, too. I'd love to see a longer Shadowrun game with slower character progression for the PC and more options for the companions' level growth rewards. Oh, and I also bought the new Metal Gear Game for PC on Steam. Just started Ground Zeroes, which comes with the TPP preorder; feels very MGS-y, so I think I'll enjoy the full game once I've finished this demo mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 So, uh, I'm a bit broke atm and I've been holding on to GMG credit for a couple months specifically for this game. Then GMG just never put it up for pre-order and when launch day came around, it disappeared from the store entirely. To say that I was annoyed would be a massive understatement. Then I found out it might simply not be available in Canada, so I used a VPN to check the US store and sure enough there it was. I added it to my cart for shits and giggles and turned off the VPN. The thing is, when I logged back into the Canadian store, it was still in my cart. I tried to complete the transaction, not really expecting it to work, but it went through! Woops? Anyway, I have classes all day but it's downloading at home right now. I should be able to play it when I get home tonight! Hopefully this won't backfire... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 \m/ \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 \m/ \m/ Same here. I started playing around 2:30pm yesterday, breaked for dinner and dog walking, but otherwise played straight through till 11:30pm. This game is the real deal, the critics were right. From a gameplay perspective this is the best Metal Gear has ever been. Outside of the opening hour or two the story seems to be sparse but that's fine, I just want to keep infiltrating bases and doing side-OPs. So basically: GOTY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Alien: Isolation is only $20 for Prime members (I used a free trial month of Prime for it), so I figured what the hell. Even if I hate it (which I won't) I can sell it again and loss to me will only be like $5. Last of Us Remastered is a PSN code, that was $13.94. I only rented it on PS3 and never played Left Behind, and this code was barely more than Left Behind is by itself through PSN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I've picked up the Witcher 3 Expansion pack thing. Figure now I'm seeing the kind of thing they're producing be worth picking up. More Witcher 3 is never a bad thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheMightyEthan Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 The Taken King. I figured with it being entirely digital there's no point preordering it more than a couple days ahead of time, I basically just wanted to make sure I could preload it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 My man! I haven't played the PS4 version, but the Vita version was one of the best games in the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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