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More sales from Steam on horror themed games from today until 31 Oct..  Damn you, Steam.  Damn you.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/scary_sale_2011

I will be good!

Even that fucking train game has zombies now?

OK, pop culture. That's it. NO MORE ZOMBIE STUFF. You're done. They were fucking played out beyond all belief, and that is the absolute bottom of the barrel that has just been scraped.

Thanks for saying what I've been thinking for over 2 years.

Zombies:  More played-out than vampires.

Yes, I am so unbelievably sick of zombies. There's a camera commercial on TV right now where some perky teen makes a zombie movie on her new Cannon or something with her family.  Makes me want to chuck the remote at the TV.

Not a whole lot in this sale that I want to buy.  The stuff that I would, I already own.

I'm skipping vast swaths of the EU book I'm reading because of repetitive OHNOES ZOMBIES HAPPENED scenes.. Enough.

That said, I'm going to have to ponder a few things on that list. Pretty sure I'll grab LFD2, our children's librarian and her man have been playing it like mad for a while now. Sherlock + Lovecraft and Penumbra will probably come my way. Bioshock 2...not sure it's worth bothering with, the original didn't do much for me.

edit Actually....I'll just keep reminding myself about what's coming out in two weeks, instead!

Amnesia for $4, Bloodlines for $5.  Might snag a few copies to use as stocking stuffers in a couple months.   :grin:

I think we've only really started to tap the zombie theme.

You know that Titan project Blizzard has in the wings? Zombie survival MMOG.

This.  Though the railroad tycoon sim thing did make me chuckle.

I support this sentiment.

Zombie Driver ain't bad for the price it is at. You'll get your monies worth of fun out of it.

Bioshock 2 for 5 bucks is tempting.

If you liked Bioshock the First, you should get $5 out of #2.

Also,


All in favor?

The Dead Space pack is tempting, among other things.

Maybe I don't play enough zombie games, but I find the stuff to be mildly amusing.

Are the following buys worth it,

Painkiller complete pack for $5?
Terraria for $5?

Definitely getting Amnesia and Bloodlines...

I kind of feel Terraia was FoTM in retrospective. You'll never play the Painkiller pack and you know it.

Terraria was FotM but it's still a really good Minecraftvania game. With sweet, sweet loot.

Yea, $5 is worth it just to have Bloodlines on steam.

I got a good 40 hours out of it, and that was before a lot of the content was added. I had also not yet played minecraft. At this point, I'd say play minecraft if you're into buildy parts, but Terraria is a better game overall (there's not much 'game' in minecraft). I vastly prefer minecraft mostly because I was not a console gamer in the NES era, so the whole vania thing doesn't play well with me. Still...40+ hours.

I'm tempted, but GFWL...

I never played that, is it a good game for 5 bucks. Are the graphics going to be super dated?

Bloodlines is a great game, with awesome dialogue-writing. Encountered a few annoying bugs/show-stoppers the last time I played, about half-ways through the game, no idea if those ever got fixed.

As for GFX - here's a random HD-video from youtube: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Gameplay -HD Widescreen- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYfsbSam5dM)

Skip to about halfway through that clip and WATCH with the sound off. Things like that remind me why I hate most gamers.


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 :awesome_for_real:

Is Amnesia the one that was scaring the shit out of everyone? Not a horror fan at all, but anything that creates that visceral of a reaction might be worth checking out.

Yah, that's the one.  Own it, but haven't played it myself for fear of screaming like a little girl and waking up everyone in the house.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40386/Macros/huh.jpg)

For several years you had to use a community patch to get by those issues, but apparently Activision finally did an official patch to resolve it. The graphics are decent, it runs on HL2's engine. The gameplay can be a little hurky jerky, especially in melee, but the game is totally worth it for the story and atmosphere.

Play a Malkavian if you want the full experience.

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMkWU-GxL9F6tuS6iAMmIbzrAKDbC3EsLzzz-_u8xFxmUCDD8f8w)

To add non-smarmy content:

Bloodlines. If you haven't played it, it's probably worth trying. If you can get past some datedness, it's a really great game with lots of individuality between the different clans of vampires. A Malkavian playthrough is going to be completely different than a Nosferatu playthrough. I've always meant to go back and play through a couple more times, I played through once as Ventrue (business suits and you get a cool apartment) and halfway as a...ehhh..what were the blood mage guys...one of those.

Amnesia. I really like this game. It's a bit rough around the edges, but nothing has done atmosphere better. Back when people were talking about the Cradle in Thief 3, which I didn't find all that scary. Amnesia just nails it, and I give kudos to any game not centered on combat.

For the full experience, play as something else first, THEN play as a Malkavian.  The Malk dialogue is full of subtle foreshadowing that is really fun to spot if you know what's going to happen.

Is Bloodlines just as easily moddable if you have the Steam version?

Yessir.  

Bloodlines still has some issues even with the fan patches, but for the most part it ran stable and fairly bug free when I played through it a couple months ago.  Malk is still the most fun I've had, and I actually played through it as one first time.  I say play whatever you want first time through, just play it twice if you get malk or nosferatu so you get a more...normal experience.

Amnesia should be played in the dark, with headphones on, and in 30 minute segments.  (if you can handle more than 30 minutes, all power to you).  And once you finish it, you can go laugh at people on youtube getting scared at all the parts that freaked out out as well (this might actually be my favorite part!)

Bloodlines for $5, then Cthulu Saves the World and Breath of Death 7 for $2, pretty happy with that overall

Cthulu Saves the World and Breath of Death 7 for 2$

This. Motherfucking this. Do you like classic RPG's? Why don't you own this. Seriously. Buy it already.

Is STALKER any good? Or Borderlands? I need something to pass the time while I don't do my next essay...

Yes to both.  $5 for each is a great deal.

Awesome.  Meant to buy these, but forgot about them.  I think I can break my ' no steam buying rule ' for 2 bucks.

Geh, getting Bloodlines to work is annoying.

Our definition's...they vary.

They had me at the graphics.  Worth $2 just seeing the trailers.


NES/SNES isn't classic enough? OHH WAIT, CONSOLES.  You make me feel young.

edit: Which technically I am.  But playing LoL makes me feel OLD. SO OLD.

Yes!

Much like Joey and The Shining, I got to the jail levels and then put this game in the freezer.

No, seriously, it's an awesome game.  Awesome.

It's utterly horrifying.

The one big level with the pillars and canals/bridges? Masterful use of sound and lighting, furtively running from hiding spot to hiding spot.

Actually, I'm tempted to get Penumbra.

Penumbra Overture and Amnesia are quite similar, you can see how they refined the gameplay from one game to the next.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance?

Picked up L4D2 for £5 and spent the evening having a Halloween zombie-fest with a few friends. Worth every penny!  :awesome_for_real:

Spent ~$10 and picked up -

Painkiller Complete Pack
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates
Cthulhu Saves the World & Breath od Death VII Double Pack

Pretty happy with my haul and didn't spend too much.  Pretty rare for me to hit both of those in a big Steam sale.  :awesome_for_real:

Is Space Pirates and Zombies (SPAZ) worth picking up at $11.24 (down from $14.99)? I seem to recall that it got a mostly positive reception, but had some issues.

I spent $20ish and got  -

Stalker Complete Pack
Amnesia
Vampire Bloodlines:

and
Cthulhu Saves the World & Breath of Death VII Double Pack

More unplayed games on Steam for me!

I'm debating buying V:tM but I really don't have the gaming time for it, and won't for the foreseeable future. And unlike some people here, I don't like amassing a vast collection of unplayed Steam games.  :why_so_serious:

Tried out the SPAZ demo and was hooked enough to buy it. Picked up the "retro" RPGs as well...just because.

Haven't tried it myself but I have seen mostly positive comments on it...still debating it myself.  :uhrr:  Although the metascore is only 74...so dunno.

For whatever reason, it reminds me of Freelancer.

Sold.  :awesome_for_real:

Also, I should note that there's a Demo out, if you want to make sure it's to your liking.

I never played Freelancer but the combat resembles that in Star Control.

It's fairly fun. Did you ever play Space Rangers 2: Reboot? SPAZ is like that.

Just noticed that "Costume Quest" was added to the halloween specials list. It wasn't on there when it first came out. So one more purchase for the sale.

I bought something called Depths of Peril because it was under $5 and said RPG on it.

Anybody else see this?

I bought it a long time back before it was on steam.  It's a very odd take on diablo, since you're basically competing against npcs.  I liked it, but never got very far in it.

Not sure if this is the place to put this, but since we are talking about Amnesia.  If you've played through at least the beginning as to avoid spoilers, I'd recommend watching day[9] stream his playthrough.  He just started.  http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/Day%5B9%5D

Tried Space Pirates and Zombies last night, meant to just peak at it and see what I thought.  Ended up playing for 2hrs+, should easily be worth the $10 for me.  :grin: