Goofing Off with Cheap Stuff

I’ve been toying around lately with different games. I was playing the Black Prophecy US Beta. That game is a lot of fun and has a lot of potential as a PvP space combat game. If they can deepen the PvE experience a little that game could really shine.

I was playing some Terraria. That game dug its hooks into me deep fairly quickly. That game has a ton of potential and I think the developers are going to make that game amazing. As it is, it is very simple but extremely compelling. The exploration aspect got my attention. I suffered a lot of really frustrating, cheap deaths but kept coming back for more. I was putting in play sessions of many hours. I was able to collect most of the game’s loot after a couple days so now most of the game is trivial. I am hoping for some content expansions so I can play more.

Torchlight was on sale yesterday on Steam for $3 so I picked it up. That’s a great game. The UI is superior on XBox 360 but it is still very good on PC. My n52te makes it very intuitive. I am going to get my money’s worth until Torchlight 2 comes out.

I also finally broke down and got the Valve Complete Pack on sale for $50. There are quite a few games that I either never got around to playing or never quite finished over the years that I look forward to playing on my PC. I never quite finished Half Life 1 the first time around. I never touched Half Life 2. I got Portal 2 when it first came out for Xbox 360 and played a little with my wife. I’d like to play Portal 1 and 2 on PC. I will definitely get some fun out of the whole package. Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 should be fun as well.

I got Bioshock 2 for PS3 for $10 at Gamestop the other day. A buddy of mine gave me Ghostbusters for PS3 because he didn’t want or need it anymore. I was pretty pumped up about the Ghostbusters game when it was in development … before Activision axed development of all its games right before the Blizzard deal.

There are a lot of great games coming out this year. I am excited about Modern Warfare 3 (even thoguh I hate COD Multiplayer), Skyrim, Battlefield 3, and possibly still Star Wars The Old Republic. If the Ico/Shadows of the Collossus PS3 re-release comes out I will get it, and I will get The Last Guardian.

My wife and I are planning on starting a family soon so my video games budget has taken a hit and will be coming under a little more scrutiny, but I will still be getting most of what I want.