Name Your Price For World Of Goo – If you own a half-decent PC (or Mac! That’s you, Ben!), go buy World of Goo for whatever you want! If you haven’t played it yet, you now have no excuse. This is one of my favorite games of all time!
World Of Good Will
– October 13, 2009
Name Your Price For World Of Goo – If you own a half-decent PC (or Mac! That’s you, Ben!), go buy World of Goo for whatever you want! If you haven’t played it yet, you now have no excuse. This is one of my favorite...
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I didn’t quite make it to the end of the free demo, so my price would be No Thanks. It was cute and puzzle-y. But just not enough for me.
I almost want to buy it again! Yeah, I know that’s insane.
I think you would like it more if you played more than the demo. All the demo really did was show off the basic play mechanic. There actually is more involved.
That’s probably true. I just wasn’t that fond of the play mechanic. It’s kind of like Uncharted. I imagine the game has a lot going for it, but I just didn’t enjoy the mechanic so after playing through the demo, I was finished. It’s the same with Civilization IV (which I still feel bad about since its supposed to be AWESOME).
For those of you who allow yourselves to imagine gaming on a PC, Steam consistently offers fantastic bargains on amazing games. This weekend I rebought (since who knows where I put my original discs) the original Half-Life trilogy of games (Half-Life, Opposing Force, and Blue Shift) for $6.37. Of course, I had already rebought the original game for 99 cents last year from another of their weekly sales. But it was still worth it because as good as Half-Life is, Opposing Force is in some ways better. Blue Shift, of course, was not quite as inspired, but was, as I recall, more puzzle-oriented.
And these are games that anyone with a computer from the last ten years could run.
This week, Steam’s offering Assassin’s Creed for $5 until Thursday. The game had its detractors but was largely celebrated as a Good Game. And it’s five bucks. The game strikes me as being one designed for a console, but you Xboxers should be able to use your Xboxy controllers on your PCs.
And a Good Game for five bucks is only part of what I’m trying to tell you. The really item here is that you should keep your eye on Steam and what they offer every weekend (or in this case, week). There are amazing deals on amazing games. I got AudioSurf for a buck. I got Braid for four-and-change. I got this big ol’ Railroad Tycoon package for ten and Titan Quest for the same. Darwinia: $5.
And if you wanna know where things are going with indie games (the lifeblood of gaming), Steam’s the place to be. I’m just saying. If you like games, do yourself a favour and keep an eye out there.
You’re absolutely right, The Dane. I REALLY need a new computer…
While that’s probably true, I’m sure even your rig could run the original Half-Life ^_^