if you are wanting an old school type rpg with a storyline driven by humor, check out the penny arcade series "on the rain-slick precipice of darkness". i have the 3rd one, and it's not too bad.

Will check it out.

Anyone tried out "Defender's Quest?" It says "Think Final Fantasy Tactics plus tower defense" and focuses on "tactical depth, customization, and story."

On sale this week for ten bucks. If it's half of what it claims it has to be worth the buy, but I have no idea.

I assume you've played it but if not, dark mother ****ing souls. Might be the best game I've ever played.

From what you have written, the bad things about DA2 will really piss you off. DA2 redeeming quality is its action-y battle system.

On the same topic: Does anyone know if its still possible to get Icewind Dale? I never got a chance to play it 10years ago and it doesn't seem available anywhere.

http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue/rpg

Anyone have an opinion on Darkness II? I know nothing about it but the reviews seem pretty good and it's currently 12 bucks with the Halloween sale.

Bought the game, been playing it for a few hours. I'm not really sure how to give my first impressions in the best way - it's not a bad game, but also, I am disappointed.

It's pretty much just a tower defense game. The only thing it really has in common with tactics is that you can acquire generic Rangers, Berserkers, Ice Mages, etc. which you then give gear to. Basically anything that really made people go "Wow..." about tactics isn't there.

The levels so far are pretty simple; there is no challenge. The best places to put your units are generally very obvious, and if you can't beat a level, it's typically a function of needing higher levels and/or better gear, not poor strategy.

For that reason I can't really recommend the game. There doesn't seem to be that much, if any, thought provoking strategy, which is what makes tower defense cool. I'm sure I'll play it some more just to give it its full fair shake, but I'm pretty unimpressed overall.

The story isn't entirely generic, but the game is littered with generic fantasy terms and items with no context or importance. "Oh, a Staff carved from the World Tree." Never mind that we never see the World Tree, or know its importance, or anything like that.... build a mythos or don't, whatever, but don't litter your game with meaningless fantasy genre static.

The game is in flash and absolutely feels like I should be playing this for free on Armor Games or Kongregate, in fact, there are plenty of free games there in the same genre (such as Kingdom Rush) that are free + premium options that are clearly superior titles.

Reading the description and the notes from the developers, I'd say this is a case of a decent game that is way better in the devs minds than it is in reality.

I really enjoyed it but the campaign was over in about 5 hours. Didn't really bother me but I know length of a game is a big factor for people.

Just bought Natural Selection 2 full price, but it is hard to call $25 full price for a video game. I've been a huge NS fan since the original mod came out for half-life. After all the delays and years gone by, I honestly never though I'd see the day NS2 was released. Hopefully it lives up to the original and their new custom engine works fluidly.

Steam wouldn't let me use my credit card because I'm in Mexico, but Steam accepts Moneybookers! $25 cashout from pokerstars = gaming in the evening .

I was watching one of the streamers that I like. He was playing NS2. Game looks fun. I like the role of the commander, but FPS is fine too. I almost bought it, but then I realized that I wanted to buy Fallout: NV instead, since it was on sale.

I HAS TOO MANY GAMES

The original NS was an amazing competitive game. Also one of my favorite games of all time. How's the update?

Counterstrike:Go is having a free weekend 2 months after release. That's how badly it flopped.

http://www.twitch.tv/mistergoodtimes
He is streaming it now. Like his second session playing it.

First night of NS2: Seems pretty solid. The biggest change from the original is now Marines need to have a powergrid to build and Aliens have a growing creep field circa Starcraft.

Enjoyed it quite a bit for the first night.

Faerie Solitaire for Free:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/38600/

Never heard of it before, why (besides being free) should I invest my time in it?

It's just a simple solitaire alternative. Pretty much the only reason it's free til Nov 8th, and people like free steam games. If you ever play solitaire and want it on steam get it, if not don't bother. Supposedly, you get a free TF2 item in the next update if you own it.

Whoops wrong theead

Death Rally having a free weekend. It's pretty mediocre. The multiplayer was also dead when I played it.

Bought EU3 and all of the expansions today as well as Darkest Hour. **** Steam.

Amazon killing it:

THQ Medley - 6 games for $9.99

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Metro 2033
Red Faction Guerrilla
Homefront
Red Faction Armageddon
Space Marine

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A3F5S0O

LIMITED DEAL

does it say how long that deal is going to last?

I've been playing TTT(Trouble In Terrorist Town) in gmod for a while now. Despite having a terrible name this is one of the better mods I've seen.

It is definitely one of the best mods I've played in a while. A group of traitors is chosen at random at the beginning of every round. No one knows who the traitors are except for the traitors themselves. Usually 1 in 4 Players are traitors. The traitors job is to kill all the other players and the innoncents(the other players) try to stop them.

If you have gmod and haven't played TTT you should give it a try.

Today is the last day. They're all steam keys. I think it's US only, but you can get around that.

Yeah I got the Prototype pack off Amazon just by changing my address and I'm in Australia. Didn't need a VPN or anything and it worked fine with my CC.

Was there a big sale on black friday last year ?