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[JoshuaFH]

What a terrible name for a game...

It's actually a long series of games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_%28series%29

I'm not sure exactly, but I think Ys is pronounced Yees.

[forsaken1111]

huh... okay. Never heard of it, but if it goes on sale I may check it out.

[Hawkfrost]

Is Ys worth getting when it eventually goes on sale?

I've played it before, it's pretty cool but can be really hard.
It also has an amazing soundtrack.

[BigD145]

What a terrible name for a game...

Also, not the best judge of whether or not a game is good and/or worth buying.
Ys is older than the gaming scene.

[forsaken1111]

I never said the name was any reason not to buy it, just that I thought it was bad.

[Mephisto]

Today: The Bard's Tale for $5.. I've been looking for this for a long time but never thought to actually check on Steam.

[Sirus]

Ys.

What the-
Did they really just pull a "This is Sparta" joke in that video?

[RedKing]

Oooh....Portal 2 is a tempting buy.

Quick! Give me reasons not to buy it!

[forsaken1111]

Oooh....Portal 2 is a tempting buy.

Quick! Give me reasons not to buy it!

It has good writing, enjoyable backstory, fun characters and also physics-bending portals!

Wait, I did it wrong! Oh no!

[Sirus]

Um...it's a little short. Not as short as Portal, but it's no Mass Effect/Skyrim length. Limited replayability.

Other than that, I got nothing. It's ungodly fun, at least to me.

[JoshuaFH]

If my Steam Library is to be believed, it took me 2 hours to beat Portal, and 8* hours to beat Portal 2. I think both were raucously fun.

EDIT: Actually took me about 8 hours, I forgot that playtime was inflated because of Coop.

[Enzo]

If my Steam Library is to be believed, it took me 2 hours to beat Portal, and 12 hours to beat Portal 2. I think both were raucously fun.

Funny, it took me 4 hours to beat Portal and 7 hours to beat Portal 2.

I think I spent a long time in the first one just dicking around with portals though. Infinite falling and such.

[Sirus]

I've played through both multiple times, so my stats are not the best measuring stick.

[Knight of Fools]

If you have $9.99 to your name, get Portal 2. It's impossible not to regret it.

The quantity is definitely lacking if you're looking for a long-term investment, but the quality is just mind-blowing.

[klingon13524]

It's hailed by many as the best game of 2011 for a reason. A singleplayer and co-op campaign that are great fun. It even has some free co-op DLC, and an upcoming easy to use integrated map editor to extend the value further. Not a very long game, but the intensity of the enjoyment more than makes up for the length of this highly polished masterpiece of a hilarious puzzler. I'd make a comment about poor Irishmen here, but I'm not sure if that's allowed.

87/100, 5 stars, 9/10, 31/40 ect...