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Cheap computer games
Jul. 5th, 2011 11:00 pmThank to the Steam sale, I've been playing a bunch of computer games. Some of these are still on sale for a while and they're all pretty cheap.
Magicka: fun silly little mage RPG. Got through the tutorial level, enjoyed it, but didn't feel motivated to continue. Possibly because I'd just set an innocent NPC on fire by mistake.
SpaceChem: Finite state machine puzzles for creating molecules! So much fun! You do not need to know what finite state machines are to enjoy this game (I may be misremembering the specifics myself). You don't need to like chemistry either. But the SCIENCE aspects did add to the appeal for me.
Ecco the Dolphin: classic Sega game I loved as a kid. I am currently stuck on the first screen, I intend to figure out what I'm doing wrong once I'm less obsessed with the others on this list.
Elder Scolls IV: Oblivion: Old-ish RPG. I'm quite enjoying this, it's weird having no backstory or party(*) (unlike the Bioware and Square RPGs I've mostly played before now) but it's really well suited to my "wander around exploring and getting distracted by lots of different shiny objects/quests/people" style of gameplay. Have yet to set anyone on fire but I have accidentally pickpocketed, attacked, and killed people, leading to shouting, jailtime, and being turned on by my allies respectively. Also the levelling system UTTERLY CONFOUNDS me, I may eventually have to resort to cheats or possibly never sleeping again. (Another useful tip from the wiki: corpses make a convenient container for extra items) On the plus side it has adjustable difficulty and quicksave :)
(*)I currently have some people with me on a joint quest, but they don't have any non plot related dialogue and I can't control them in any way.
Magicka: fun silly little mage RPG. Got through the tutorial level, enjoyed it, but didn't feel motivated to continue. Possibly because I'd just set an innocent NPC on fire by mistake.
SpaceChem: Finite state machine puzzles for creating molecules! So much fun! You do not need to know what finite state machines are to enjoy this game (I may be misremembering the specifics myself). You don't need to like chemistry either. But the SCIENCE aspects did add to the appeal for me.
Ecco the Dolphin: classic Sega game I loved as a kid. I am currently stuck on the first screen, I intend to figure out what I'm doing wrong once I'm less obsessed with the others on this list.
Elder Scolls IV: Oblivion: Old-ish RPG. I'm quite enjoying this, it's weird having no backstory or party(*) (unlike the Bioware and Square RPGs I've mostly played before now) but it's really well suited to my "wander around exploring and getting distracted by lots of different shiny objects/quests/people" style of gameplay. Have yet to set anyone on fire but I have accidentally pickpocketed, attacked, and killed people, leading to shouting, jailtime, and being turned on by my allies respectively. Also the levelling system UTTERLY CONFOUNDS me, I may eventually have to resort to cheats or possibly never sleeping again. (Another useful tip from the wiki: corpses make a convenient container for extra items) On the plus side it has adjustable difficulty and quicksave :)
(*)I currently have some people with me on a joint quest, but they don't have any non plot related dialogue and I can't control them in any way.
