Yeah, also the Amalur collection was $12 on Amazon during the cyber monday sale in November - which I snagged. I still haven't got around to playing though.
I suppose I'm a cheap bastard when it comes to Steam sales. I tend to buy one or two games per year at launch ($60) and the rest I don't even consider until they are available with all DLC for $5 - $10. Eventually, you can buy any game at that price if you keep your eyes open and don't mind waiting a year or two.
I realized I haven't played a single one of those games…. that's a first for me. Not a good sign….
I think you need to be a little more realistic. $15 for a AAA game plus DLC is about as cheap as you're gonna get.
Thank heaven for the indies. That's all I can say.
Well, I only played 2 of them so that made my voting easy. Unfortunately, neither of them (Jagged Alliance BIA and XCOM) is an RPG, but I guess that doesn't matter much anymore
Everything has rpg elements now.
While games like Dishonored which grant money to buy abilities are sort of seen as RPGs by the community (not just here).
As you may probably know, the solution is Xenonauts. To me both great games. Different games. XCOM:EU is ground combat fun, Xenonauts has (will have) all the Geoscape thing.and even Xcom a bit, though it was dumbed down quite a lot from he original.
Have you actually played Dishonored? Money is used to purchase ammo and equipment upgrades, not abilities.
So true.
It's also why I don't get that games like the Batman Arkham games (Asylum at least, haven't played City yet) that grant XP on kills, discoveries and mission to buy abilities aren't called RPGs at all. While games like Dishonored which grant money to buy abilities are sort of seen as RPGs by the community (not just here).
:/
The lines are a bit blurred for most recent games, but I don't think Dishonored is considered an RPG anywhere either (other than perhaps at GameBanshee).