Steam’s times are all messed up. For a while it thought I put something like 10000 hours in a game I played maybe once. Launching the game and closing it seems to reset the time to the real number.
The most annoying thing about this is that when it happens, Steam forgets your password. I can remember my other passwords, but this one I only need to enter once a year, so it changes every time.
If two of the games are things I’m not interested in, and the third is a game I’ve already played and enjoyed, I’ll vote for that one, to give a boost to a product I like.
Games that have already been on sale 80 times, including previously in that sale, don’t need votes. People have had plenty of chances to get it. It was up against two other games that have never been discounted to that level, and so instead of getting a chance at those games, we instead got the 81st OMD sale.
Ah. It’s uninstalled now. I’m not loading it up just to get the hours right. Weird.
I didn’t know they made a new Bionic Commando game! I wonder if it’s any good? And I wish the latest Saint’s Row was more deeply discounted-I’m very tempted, since I liked the last so much.
IIRC, the reviews were dreadful.
I finally went ahead and finished To The Moon yesterday; I don’t even remember when I bought it, like so many of my Steam games. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they just released a holiday patch/expansion (read the in-Steam forum to find out how to find the file and launch it) that is a short epilogue to the story.
The main plot is about two scientists who are with a company that specializes in reading memories and creating new ones - but since the implanted memories would conflict with old ones, the process is done in dying people, to help make their passing happier. Playing as the scientists, you explore the dying man’s house and memories. You learn from his most recent conscious memory that his wish is to go to the moon, but he doesn’t know why he wants that. You also start learning about things like odd behavior from his wife (who died two years prior) and other very strange events.
It’s more of a light puzzle game than anything else, very text-heavy, lots of emotional content woven in with a serious mystery. The graphics are old-school 16-bit RPG style. The story was very engaging and very much worthwhile to play. Get this if the explanation interests you at all. It’s on sale for a few bucks.
Any buried treasure in this sale? I’m more likely to play sandbox or god games as opposed to FPS.
I’ve got one Globe #2 and two Globe #6s, which I’d like to trade for one Globe #1 and one Globe #10. I’ll accept a three-for-two trade, if anyone’s interested.
The new Bionic commando is one of those rare games that I love but at the same time agree that it’s really bad. The plot is horrible even by video game standards. The game is full annoying invisible walls and is kinda buggy. But the swing mechanic is oh so satisfying. When you get the hang of swinging it’s really fun to whizz through the levels. There’s a really cool level where you have to swing from tower to tower while avoiding sniper fire. I would buy an open world game with the mechanic in a heartbeat.
Well, that’s shit. Valve has decided to “protect” the Snow Globe cards in my inventory by not letting me do anything with them until they are deleted.
I picked up a bunch of cheapo games. Pickings were a little more slim now that I’ve switched to Mac. I think I picked some good stuff, but holy crap Desktop Dungeons! I’m addicted! I’m not playing anything else!
If you care to, you can install Windows in boot camp on your Mac. That’s how I do a lot of my PC gaming these days.