Thanks. My mom plays the Facebook one all the time, so I told her about this deal.

The Men of War games are 75% of on Steam until Thursday.

Anyone know if they're any good? I'm a big RTS fan.

The general combat is a lot like a more realism based company of heroes, it also has a lot more realistic features. For example tanks have a set amount of ammo, and you can resupply them when they run out, also infantry have a set number of grenades, they don't regenerate them over time. Infantry will also be slaughtered head-on from tanks, but their anti-armor grenades can easily take down tanks if they can get a position to flank them. I paid $3.74 for the first Men of War game (it was on sale for the same price during Christmas) and after playing a couple of missions immediately went and bought the expansion pack for $6.24. I've played the original for 12 hours, solely the campaign and haven't beat it. I stopped playing it to no fault of the games own, Starcraft 2 came out and I figured I would play it with friends while people were still playing it. I have actually been meaning to start playing MOW again.

The only downside I can think of is there are no skirmishes, just the campaign in terms of player vs AI, also the cut scenes for the campaign are cheesy if that bothers you, I didn't really mind it, not like you can't skip them.

Overall try the demo, search for some Men of War gameplay on Youtube if you are still not sure. If even after that you aren't sure I would buy the game for $3.74, and if you like it do what i did and buy the expansion, you only lose $1.24 for not buying the gold edition.

If you have any other questions let me know and I will do my best to answer them, it's a fun game and I would have happily payed full price for it. When I saw it first released on Steam I dismissed it as just another WW2 RTS, but after they made an offer I couldn't refuse and I looked into the game more I couldn't pass up the deal, and never regretted buying it.

EDIT: Because I recently though of it and wanted to point it out: There are missions in the game where you control a small squad of soldiers and other missions where you control an entire army, and I was extremely impressed how it all came together in either scenario and it was both challenging and fun whether you are throwing troops at the enemy or tactically killing individuals.

Thoughts on Bad Company 2? Should I get it on Steam?

Its my favourite shooter at the moment, I'd get it.
Also, steam doesn't add anything for it, so go for the cheapest copy you can find.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/31170/, 86% off (US$5 down from US$35). I'm kinda tempted, but the games aren't quite grabbing me as 'wants', so I might keep my money for another time :unsure:.

They're good. Telltale really captured the old LucasArts humor, like they did with Sam and Max, but added their own spin on it. I found them really enjoyable.

Damn, I loved the first chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island. (Got it for free due to it being talk like a pirate day last year.)

But sadly it will have to pass since I have no money right now.

Holy [censored], I guess I'll finally get it then.

Edit: Yay, it's fun! D'oro the explorer...

GoG is having another weekend sale, this time on http://www.gog.com/en/promo/rebellion_titles. This includes Ground Control and Empire Earth.

Steam: 50% http://store.steampowered.com/sale/disciples.

Steam: 50% off http://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/

ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO SLOW DOWN AT THE TRAIN STOP?

I got the game and enjoyed it a lot, I also got Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2 special editions, which come with new graphics (You can toggle to the old graphics at any time with a single button) and developer commentary in Monkey Island 2.

Anyone know if there's any plans to release more Monkey Island games on Steam? I've loved them all so far and since Tales of Monkey island is the last one timeline-wise I'd like to play the complete story.

The original Monkey Island 3 looks alright already graphically (compared to 1&2), and it has voice acting already. So I don't think it'll be remade as well.

Tales is pretty fun, I'm starting chapter 2 soon. Are they going to roll those credits after every chapter?

Indeed - it's new enough that it doesn't fall into the retro-classic category.

And Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth game in the series, is best forgotten altogether... so no remake there either.

If anyone is looking for another classic, though, I would heartily recommend Grim Fandango instead, the last great LucasArts adventure (and perhaps its finest.)

So...Mass Effect 2 is 12 bucks. http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=91890772&extid=Oct1810

Only for a couple of hours more.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35140

Yes! I've been waiting for that to go on sale, though now I'm not sure if I want it on PC or PS3...

Another GOG sale, this time on http://www.gog.com/en/promo/strategy_first. I highly recommend Jagged Alliance 2 (having played it a lot), and expect it's predecessor is also very good (though dated).

Oh yes Jagged Alliance 2 is very good.

And another sale from GOG: http://www.gog.com/en/promo/anuman_games.

I bought Batman but now I regret it, I forgot to check what DRM it uses, it uses Securom with a 4 activation limit and Games for Windows Live, if I had known this I wouldn't have bought it.

Honestly you're only going to play through it once..GFWL may be annoying but the 4 activation limit is hardly an issue,it's not even the kind of game 10 years from now you're going to say "Hey,I remember that game..I'm gonna play it!"


DRM is a pain but in this case it's not that bad..at least IMO.

I don't buy games if I don't like the direction they are taking, if they want my money they can get rid of the DRM. Also GFWL can burn. The fact that they used both securom and GFWL is irritating, especially when I bought it through Steam anyway.


Side note: This game looks rather interesting and is only $2, I'm downloading the demo now.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/60800/

Microsoft has opened up a digital distribution service thingy for games, their current "Deal of the Week" is http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/community/Pages/dealoftheweek.aspx for $3.75.