Sort of hoped I wouldn't get caught up in all the hype, but when I saw the GB news story, let's just say I've never opened Steam so quickly. It was a little painful being reminded of the sale weeks ago... and most days since.
I just spent way too much money upgrading my PC, I wanted a new graphics card and ended up building a computer to facilitate it. So, about a month after building said PC hundreds of games are on sale. I'm going to try not to be a sucker, but there are quite a few games I wouldn't mind owning, especially at a good price.
I keep a list of games I've finished, it'll be glorious to see how many (few) of these games I beat, I'm not imagining an excellent conversion rate.
Games bought: 21
Games beaten: 8
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Price: £1.75
Notes: I bought this on PSN years ago, but have since sold my PS3. The game was fun and the music was phenomenal, I still listen to it most weeks. For under £2 I couldn't resist, It'd been on my Steam Wish List since I found out it was even on PC.
Price: £3 + 50p for DLC
Notes: I already own this on XBLA. If I was to play my 360, it'd be on the monitor I'm using with the PC and probably with the same controller too. It's just tempting to consolidate my collection on the system I've spent the most on (hardware at least) and which makes the most sense. If it helps, I've been wanting to play through this again (well, I haven't finished it before) for a while, and I played it a lot during a free weekend on Steam.
Bought the DLC too, just to have something I didn't have on 360 and to add an iota of justification to the purchase. I'll try not to spend too much on games I already own, that would be dumb.
Price: £3
Notes: I've been interested in this for a while and it's been sitting in my Wish List for a while, most recently at the top. Hurray, I bought a game I've never played and don't already own!
Price: £5
Notes: The first game I've bought (thus far) that wasn't available for too long (about 6 hours), most are on sale from now till the 23rd of July. I watched some reviews and it seems worth a go for £5.
I managed to avoid buying the DLC or Collectors Edition, that means I'm still winning right? Take that Steam!
Price: £3
Notes: I quite like the original Trine, at least in concept, though it never ran well for some reason. The sequel is well reviewed and was pretty cheap, so seems like a decent choice.
Price: £5
Notes: I really liked the game when I rented it for 360, I beat the game then but didn't get all the achievements. I've been meaning to pick it up for a while and haven't played it in years so not the worst buying decision I've ever made.
Price: £4.79
Notes: I've been interested in this for a while, so I grabbed it pretty quickly before its sale ended (though I waited a day, to look like I have some control).
Price: £1.74
Notes: I may own this one on Xbox 360, I definitely bought one Tomb Raider game for points then got bored immediately. Whichever it was it cost more than £1 and change. I started playing some of my old PS1 games recently, so maybe I'll go back to the beginning of the series at some point.
Price: £2.49
Notes: 4 of these games for under £10 isn't bad, I know I've never finished any of them, or gotten particularly far in the ones I've played.
Price: £2.49
Notes: Metacritic says these are all pretty good, no time like the present and all that.