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[Kardiophylax]

Well I finally tried Psychonauts. I had put it off for awhile because I had a suspicion I wasn't going to enjoy it as much as I have the other Double Fine Games. Unfortunately, I was right. It just has too much platforming. I've done more platforming in my lifetime then I care to do anymore, both 2D and 3D. It's not that I find it difficult, but rather that I just don't enjoying jumping from moving platform to moving platform or playing the "time my swing to not hit XYZ obstacle" game anymore.

For reference, I achieved the Basic Braining course in about 45 minutes before making my decision to stop playing.

[koovan]

Last day of the Paradox sale on Steam with CK2 at 75% off
http://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/

[Renevent]

Figured I'd post this here too...Warlock Masters of the Arcane 50% at gamersgate:

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-WLMA/wa...-of-the-arcane

You can read my impressions in the Warlock thread...in short though fun game definitely worth price if you enjoy these types of games.

[Keyrock]

Steam has the Broken Sword 1-3 for $2.50 today. While Broken Sword 3 is mediocre, Broken Sword 1 & 2 are two really fantastic point & click adventures.

Edit: Note, the Broken Sword 1 offered in this bundle is the "Director's Cut" which is a remake with upgraded graphics. Some people, myself included, prefer the original. Fantastic game either way though.

[koovan]

Risen on Amazon.com for $5.99 http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Silver-40...XZ7E1QECA779H7

Any thoughts on quality?

[yerkyerk]

Risen is a good game; I consider it to be the reboot of the Gothic series. It's a typical adventure RPG - and one of the best ones, imho. Games like it are Gothic (very close) and Elder Scrolls as well. I prefer the Gothic/Risen series over the Elder Scrolls series, but that's a personal preference.

The story is pretty bad iirc, but the world is, as always, rich and since it's an open world game with little emphasis on the story, it's not a disaster.

[koovan]

Thanks yerkyerk that is most helpful.

[Keyrock]

I like Risen a lot, of course I am a pretty big fan of Piranha Bytes in general. The game is really great for about 80% of it, the final part is rather linear and boring though. Still I would fully recommend it. As with any Piranha Bytes game, you get clunky combat, a rich open world, factions to support or oppose, and choices. I do believe that Risen is one of the games that's free to play (with advertising) on that new GamersGate service, whatever it's called.

[koovan]

Thanks also to you Keyrock - for now, although it may have reached The Hills, the Gamersgate service is not currently available in the UK.

[Keyrock]

Originally Posted by koovan

Thanks also to you Keyrock - for now, although it may have reached The Hills, the Gamersgate service is not currently available in the UK.

Ah, I didn't know the service wasn't available in your neck of the woods (yet?). By the way there is a demo for Risen floating around the internet. You can always give that a spin to get a bit of the feel of the game.