Just got Steam - Which 3 games to buy?
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Torchlight, Defense Grid and Beat Hazard if you don't have a tonne to spend but if you do:
Orange Box, Batman Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, GTA4, Darksiders, Red Faction Guerrilla, Left4Dead2.
If you like rts's Dawn of War 2 and its first and upcoming second expansion as well as Supreme Commander 2. If you like rpgs then Dragon Age Origins and both Mass Effects, DA2 is releasing in early March.
And as random side mentions The Oddbox recently got patched and is an awesome collection of querky weird fun games rare in the modern industry. And of course Dead Space and its incredible looking sequel if you wanna crap your pants.
Orange Box, Batman Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, GTA4, Darksiders, Red Faction Guerrilla, Left4Dead2.
If you like rts's Dawn of War 2 and its first and upcoming second expansion as well as Supreme Commander 2. If you like rpgs then Dragon Age Origins and both Mass Effects, DA2 is releasing in early March.
And as random side mentions The Oddbox recently got patched and is an awesome collection of querky weird fun games rare in the modern industry. And of course Dead Space and its incredible looking sequel if you wanna crap your pants.
Or the third way to avoid it is to not do anything that would comprimise your account. Valve aren't corrupt, you make them seem like they're totalitarians or somethingMimsofthedawg said:One thing you should know about Steam is that technically any games you purchase from there service is not ACTUALLY owned by you. This means Steam can and sometimes will delete your entire library for their own reasons. This has happened to me and a few friends. Two ways to avoid this: 1: you can use another downloading service (in American, we have Amazon and Direct2Drive that are great); 2: if you get something that says "Print this as proof of purchase" or something related to that, PRINT IT AND KEEP IT so you know should this ever happen to you.steevee said:
In my case, I only use steam when it's a game on sale or a game I can't get anywhere else, because as I said, Steam ripped me off about $270... none of which I could get back because I didn't have proof of purchase.
Play your Total War games while watching the Steam sales like a hawk. All these great games that people have mentioned have appeared on sales and I have grabbed many of them.
Most of my picks have already been suggested but also consider:
Morrowind
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Braid
Note that neither Braid nor Portal last a long time, but the few hours you get are great.
Most of my picks have already been suggested but also consider:
Morrowind
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Braid
Note that neither Braid nor Portal last a long time, but the few hours you get are great.
tbh don't buy a racing game, since those are better on consoles (as long as you don't got controllers hooked up to your pc..)
Would recomend meat boy, which i see alot of people already have recomended. (also better with a controller..)
as for fps games, if you come from console it's pretty easy to pick up a fps on the computer.
Would recomend meat boy, which i see alot of people already have recomended. (also better with a controller..)
as for fps games, if you come from console it's pretty easy to pick up a fps on the computer.
Get Left 4 Dead, Portal and/or something from the Half-Life series. Good games to start with. Especially since Portal 2 is coming out later this year.
I'd also recommend Psychonauts, Arkham Asylum, Dead Rising 2, maybe Borderlands, and I'm iffy on recommending Dark Messiah, but it is fun if you can find people to play with.
EDIT: I wouldn't waste time with too many Action-Adventure games like AssCreed or Just Cause 2. They are fun, but I personally like em better with controllers. Also, don't bother with Call of Duty. I just want to help you have higher standards.
I'd also recommend Psychonauts, Arkham Asylum, Dead Rising 2, maybe Borderlands, and I'm iffy on recommending Dark Messiah, but it is fun if you can find people to play with.
EDIT: I wouldn't waste time with too many Action-Adventure games like AssCreed or Just Cause 2. They are fun, but I personally like em better with controllers. Also, don't bother with Call of Duty. I just want to help you have higher standards.
Orange Box: It's 5 games at one great price! Don't know if you want some of the games? just choose not to install them!
Fallout 3. or New Vegas. Whichever you think will be better. But keep in mind: Bugs.
Psychonauts. Buy this game. it's only 5 dollars for some of the best writing you'll ever see in a game(even if combat is a bit wonky).
Fallout 3. or New Vegas. Whichever you think will be better. But keep in mind: Bugs.
Psychonauts. Buy this game. it's only 5 dollars for some of the best writing you'll ever see in a game(even if combat is a bit wonky).
I'd have to say(like many have before) that you should go with The Orange Box and try to coast on that til you see a deal on a game that looks good.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is waiting for holidays.
Steam do some of the best deals...if not the best deals, in the entirety of games sales.
Ask anyone how many games they got over Christmas purely because the prices were 75% off.
Steam do some of the best deals...if not the best deals, in the entirety of games sales.
Ask anyone how many games they got over Christmas purely because the prices were 75% off.
