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Is Warlock: Master of the Arcane worth it? I enjoyed the Age of Wonders games but not so much Civ 5 (which I hear Warlock is heavily based off).  It's currently a "flash sale" for $6.79.

Dumb Question: Do we know what the badges do and if they'll be adding more?

I assuming it's one of those meta things that a whole bunch of websites use. Really just a way to show off e-penis.

Based on the demo, you're still better of just playing Master of Magic in spite of its age.

[Fikes]

Is Warlock: Master of the Arcane worth it? I enjoyed the Age of Wonders games but not so much Civ 5 (which I hear Warlock is heavily based off).  It's currently a "flash sale" for $6.79.

Dumb Question: Do we know what the badges do and if they'll be adding more?

I assuming it's one of those meta things that a whole bunch of websites use. Really just a way to show off e-penis.

Based on the demo, you're still better of just playing Master of Magic in spite of its age.

Warlock was a ton of fun. There were a few game breaking units but over all I really enjoyed it.

[0x517A5D]

Hidden Gems of 2012 Summer Sale

[Gripe] An alpha-sorted list of 133 games can't really be called 'Hidden Gems'.  A ranked list of fifteen to twenty games could, as could multiple lists of ten in various categories. [/Gripe]

Seriously, I looked at that list, and my eyes just glazed over.  Then I pressed PageDn, and saw the 60% and 50% lists.

[Darkmere]

I picked up Bunch of Heroes for all of $1.63. It's an amusing little survival shooter if you're not looking to spend too much. Haven't tried online play yet, though. Thoughts?

[Shadowlord]

Master of Magic tends to have a substantial chance of crashing and leaving you unable to continue (presumably being out of memory) before the game ends unless you rush all your foes in the beginning and win early.

AoW : Shadow Magic doesn't.

I was starting to think that Warlock sounded like it might be fun, and then I remembered I could just play Shadow Magic, and realized that Warlock had no multiplayer (not that I've played Shadow Magic multiplayer yet).

[Levi]

Here is a good site for tracking down things that are on sale:

http://www.steamgamesales.com/

Limit it to Steam, set the price maximum to 30 dollars and then sort by % off.  Then have fun browsing around for games that you might find fun but are sort of hidden away.

I was starting to think that Warlock sounded like it might be fun, and then I remembered I could just play Shadow Magic, and realized that Warlock had no multiplayer (not that I've played Shadow Magic multiplayer yet).

I think Warlock is actually getting multiplayer in the next few weeks.  A little bit of a review is here.

[Sergius]

Hidden Gems of 2012 Summer Sale

[Gripe] An alpha-sorted list of 133 games can't really be called 'Hidden Gems'.  A ranked list of fifteen to twenty games could, as could multiple lists of ten in various categories. [/Gripe]

Seriously, I looked at that list, and my eyes just glazed over.  Then I pressed PageDn, and saw the 60% and 50% lists.

It would be far more useful to have an alternate way of seeing Steam sales, since Steam doesn't let you sort sales by the discount %...

Now, if there was such list... and it was dynamically updated... and had previews and links to Steam and...

Hey look what I found http://www.steamgamesales.com/
Actually, pretty cool, I just found about it.

Also, Broken Sword Trilogy for $2.50. (weren't there 4 games?)

EDIT: Ack, ninja'd.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Hey look what I found http://www.steamgamesales.com/
Actually, pretty cool, I just found about it.

Did you find it a post above you? 
It's by the same guy who did the steamgifts site.

[Sergius]

Hey look what I found http://www.steamgamesales.com/
Actually, pretty cool, I just found about it.

Did you find it a post above you? 
It's by the same guy who did the steamgifts site.

No, actually I started posting a while ago, then I got waylaid by my mother on the phone for almost an hour before I could hit submit

Dumb Question: Do we know what the badges do and if they'll be adding more?

Currently nothing, but there's been speculation that they might do something in the future. No clue on more.

Is Warlock: Master of the Arcane worth it? I enjoyed the Age of Wonders games but not so much Civ 5 (which I hear Warlock is heavily based off).  It's currently a "flash sale" for $6.79.

It's basically limited but has its strong points. The Civ 5 thing is accurate in how it tends to look, how terrain differs, and in how units attack/defend/move/level up. It's AoW-like in that there's three resources (gold, mana, food) for casting, upkeep, buying units in the first place, etc, you research spells one by one in order to cast them, cities grow on their own inscrutable timeframe rather than something obvious like food (though lack of food does apply a penalty), and a fair amount of the game is attacking monster lairs and getting ambushed by spiders for exp and loot.

Is it more like MoM than AoW? Because I got AoW under the false pretense that it was some sort of spiritual successor to MoM, but then I found it was WAY more like HoM&M... which I detest because of the absurdly long turns and walking distances per turn and all those ruins and mines and stuff you have to claim in a single turn

[Lectorog]

Recettear is definitely a purchase for me. Not very interested in Chantelise and Fortune Summoners, though. Just tried a demo of the latter, and wasn't too impressed. Especially with its lack of direction.

[Sergius]

Apparently Still Life 2 rocks, I checked a few reviews. The bundle with 1 is like $3.something.

[Sergius]

Anyway, anyone try out Back to the Future? Currently on Flash Sale for 75% off. I heard it was good, but I wonder if anyone actually played it, or any other Telltale game?

I bought the entire bundle about a year ago. I really really liked it. Even though it was a typical point&click adventure (or walk and rotate... don't remember), it felt very action-y at times, even though there wasn't any time limit in the "action" scenes, just a sense of urgency.

If you liked the movies it'll probably bring back memories.

[IronyOwl]

Is Warlock: Master of the Arcane worth it? I enjoyed the Age of Wonders games but not so much Civ 5 (which I hear Warlock is heavily based off).  It's currently a "flash sale" for $6.79.

It's basically limited but has its strong points. The Civ 5 thing is accurate in how it tends to look, how terrain differs, and in how units attack/defend/move/level up. It's AoW-like in that there's three resources (gold, mana, food) for casting, upkeep, buying units in the first place, etc, you research spells one by one in order to cast them, cities grow on their own inscrutable timeframe rather than something obvious like food (though lack of food does apply a penalty), and a fair amount of the game is attacking monster lairs and getting ambushed by spiders for exp and loot.

Is it more like MoM than AoW? Because I got AoW under the false pretense that it was some sort of spiritual successor to MoM, but then I found it was WAY more like HoM&M... which I detest because of the absurdly long turns and walking distances per turn and all those ruins and mines and stuff you have to claim in a single turn [/quote]
Not familiar with MoM, sorry.

[Aklyon]

Master of Magic.

Or, Master of Mana, the Civ IV: BTS: FFH2 modmod.
Or, Merchant of Menace, the forumite.

[Sergius]

Master of Magic.

Anyway, Force Unleashed I and II is on flash sale for 75% for the next 11 hours. Are they any good?

EDIT: Oh well... here's the list I purchased so far:

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The Bard's Tale $4.99 USD
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II $4.99 USD
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed $2.49 USD
Dark Messiah Might and Magic $4.99 USD
Star Ruler $3.74 USD
Still Life Bundle $4.99 USD
Kohan Warchest $2.50 USD
A.R.E.S. Complete Edition $2.99 USD
Patricians and Merchants $?.??
Mafia II Digital Deluxe $?.??