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[Catastrophic lolcats]

I'll throw in a recommendation for the Icewind Dale games. I enjoyed them a great deal when they were new, and still have my discs around somewhere. As I understand it, they're like Baldur's Gate, except you create the entire party at once.

I usually separate the three Infinity engine games into three categories.

Planescape has extremely good atmosphere, role playing and storytelling but it's combat is extremely dull and clunky. The setting is fantastic however.

Icewind Dale is all about the combat. It's rather story and dialogue lite with little chance to role play. It does however still have fantastic atmosphere with art and a soundtrack that I personally find much better than the other games. It's however rather linear.
 
Baldur's Gate finds a balance between the two and has great combat, storyline, atmosphere and role playing. It can be a bit clunky at times, especially the original Baldur's Gate.

Personally I would start with either Baldur's Gate or Planescape and then move on to Icewind Dale if you loved the tactical battles. Some of the fights are just brutal in IWD, even more so with mods.

Edit: the "categories" are Combat, Story and balanced.

[BigD145]

http://www.gog.com/promo/hasbro_stacking_weekend_promo_050413

Would you like damn near all PC D&D games for just $21.10?

I see nothing from SSI here.

[Sergius]

http://www.gog.com/promo/hasbro_stacking_weekend_promo_050413

Would you like damn near all PC D&D games for just $21.10?

Hey, ripoff! I don't see Curse of the Azure Bonds or Hillsfar there! And where's my Stronghold? Eye of Beholder?

[kcwong]

Demon Stone is the only one I don't already have, but I have no interest in it.

[Fikes]

Omerta is on sale until tomorrow morning for $20, making this the obligitory "is it worth it" post. I know it failed as a Gangster simulator, did it succeed at anything? Is it worth $20?

[Catastrophic lolcats]

It's a gangster themed X-COM. The real meat of the game is the tactical battles, if you're looking for a decent simulator of gangster life then you'll have to look elsewhere. 

$20 would be at the very end of the price spectrum I'd be willing to pay for it. It really all depends on how much you like turn based combat.

[Enzo]

It's a gangster themed X-COM.

Suddenly I care about I game I didn't previously give a shit about.

[nenjin]

It's a gangster themed X-COM.

Suddenly I care about I game I didn't previously give a shit about.

Stop. Before you dive in, go read reviews. "X-COM with gangsters" makes the game sound way more interesting than it actually is.

[Biowraith]

It's a gangster themed X-COM.

Suddenly I care about I game I didn't previously give a shit about.

Stop. Before you dive in, go read reviews. "X-COM with gangsters" makes the game sound way more interesting than it actually is.

I'd suggest playing the demo, it's pretty representative of the full game.  Perhaps a bit too representative - the full game doesn't ever expand much beyond what you see in the demo.

[Anvilfolk]

Blendo games on Humble Weekly Sale. I *loved* Atom Zombie Smasher, played it a ton. Flotilla was a little meh for me, though interesting, and the others I haven't tried.

Definitely worth it for Atom Zombie Smasher. I still fire it up on occasion!

[majikero]

Super Scribblenauts is only $10 today and only for today.

[Aklyon]

Scribblenauts Unlimted is $10 for about 33 more hours.

[Sirus]

Well, that's been on my wishlist for a while...any impressions?

[Neyvn]

Hey Bay12. Suggest me something...
Something Cheap. Something Fun...
F2P for bonus Points...

[Mephisto]

Well, that's been on my wishlist for a while...any impressions?

My fiancee and I loved the first two. They're continuing the trend of making each successive game better than the last.