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Games that gave you your bang...
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Best bang for your buck that is.
I'm talking about those deals you got where you'd only spent 10 dollars and get thousands of hours of enjoyment. I'm talking about those extras, free downloads, and mods that just made that game a central hub of awesome on your computer/console -- for a low premium.
Good examples would be Half-Life [tremendous amount of quality mods and downloadable content]
Katmari Damacy series [Unique quality gaming at a discounted price!]
For me the ultimate deal was Unreal 2k4 2disc dvd edition.
To this day I keep the bonus disc in my cd tray, constantly learning new things about modeling, animation and texturing that has proved more valuable than any other bonus a game could come with. The videos on there are educational, functional, and fun to watch. Not to mention UT2k4- a game backed up by its own army of mods and maps -- a steady slew from the developers themselves. Epic is a quality company that definitely has given me a good deal.
So what games squeezed the most joy outta your money?
I'm talking about those deals you got where you'd only spent 10 dollars and get thousands of hours of enjoyment. I'm talking about those extras, free downloads, and mods that just made that game a central hub of awesome on your computer/console -- for a low premium.
Good examples would be Half-Life [tremendous amount of quality mods and downloadable content]
Katmari Damacy series [Unique quality gaming at a discounted price!]
For me the ultimate deal was Unreal 2k4 2disc dvd edition.
To this day I keep the bonus disc in my cd tray, constantly learning new things about modeling, animation and texturing that has proved more valuable than any other bonus a game could come with. The videos on there are educational, functional, and fun to watch. Not to mention UT2k4- a game backed up by its own army of mods and maps -- a steady slew from the developers themselves. Epic is a quality company that definitely has given me a good deal.
So what games squeezed the most joy outta your money?
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Starcraft
Grand theft auto (All of them)
3DS Friend Code: 0404-6826-4588 PM if you add.
I've reinstalled that game a thousand times.
There's no way it won't. $60 for five games I've never played, two of which are known to be awesome.
Sale Price: God Hand, Disgaea, Portable Ops, Fallout 2, Resident Evil 4
I'm basing these on what I actually paid for them.
Aside from that Final Fantasy Tactics for a trade of Spyro the Dragon.
And how about Mount and Blade for $15.
Edit: Planescape Torment for $11, it was then that I realized no matter how good graphics get they will never beat out the imagery good writing can inspire.
Man, for $20, I've dropped something ridiculous like 200 hours into a master file, as well as multiple playthroughs. I just never get tired of it.
Bought Ogre Battle 64 used for $5. Multiple playthroughs on a loooong game.
Then, there's Soldat. Among all the potential options available to shoot some people up, I find myself always returning to the free, 2d, one. It's the only game where i've liked Capture the Flag.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
I have 549 Rock Band Drum and 305 Pro Drum FC's
REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS
Best. Value. Evah.
Today I picked up Fable: Lost Chapters brand new for 10 bucks at Fred Meyer. Awesome stuff.
Met some great friends through joining a clan, so it's cost is almost ah... priceless...
Also, Jump Ultimate Stars and Virtua Fighter 4 EVO gave me a lot of gameplay for what I paid for them. I just play JUS to unwind now.
Origin is the exact same as my Steam, in case you're needing a Support or Assault in BF3.
realistically though I'd say Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne for $15US. My god I got some seriously long winded hours out of that $15 in Nocturne.
I bought NWN and both expansions for full price (50 + 40 + 40) and I'd still call it the best investment I've ever made in gaming.
Planescape: Torment gets seconded by me, it was a well-spent $10. There aren't very many books on my bookshelf that have writing as good as in PS:T, and I own thousands of dollars worth of books.
Thread over.
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Quake 3
UT2004
Half Life 2
The Shining Force Series
Neverwinter Nights and it's expansion packs
Baldurs Gate 1 and 2
Halo 1 and 2
Starcraft
Warcraft 3
World of Warcraft
Everquest - 4 years is too much
Tribes 2
Doom 2
Hexic HD
Mario 64
Fallout 1 and 2. Fuck Tactics.
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Diablo 2
Starcraft (Custom Maps)
Warcraft 3 (Custom Maps)
C&C: Renegade (God the multiplayer was so sweet. No idea why there was so much hate for this game. Single player was awesome too.)
EQ (15 bucks a month for a game that lasts me.. all month?)
WoW (Yes plz)
yes. 100+ days. 2400+ hours. wasted away. :P
I'm just now getting some of the mods, and I haven't even tried multi yet.
I wish they made more space simulation games...
Anyways, I always loved SMW2:Yoshi's Island for it's neverending replay value. It's such a masterpiece of 2-d platforming and a maddening collect-a-thon that is absolutely jam-packed with a variety of levels.
Super Smash Bros. Melee is self explanatory.
Katamari 1 & 2 are frequent favorites of anyone who visits. I'll just throw the controller at them, regardless if they've ever played a videogame or not. I have to pry it from their hands. This game is a total blast to watch as well.
I still throw in Hulk: Ultimate Destruction because it's fucking fun and it only cost me $2 at a CompUSA clearance sale.
Does WoW count as "Bang for you Buck", though, since you have to pay monthly for it?
I'd lean toward "no", but that's me (former WoW Addict).
Considering some people put ~200 hours per $15 a month... I'd say that would qualify as absurd bang-for-your-buck (Sadly, I have totally been that guy O_o )
I cant any fathom how many hours I played that game in my youth.. days, weeks perhaps months lost to that game.
Skies of Arcadia: Multiple 70+ hour playthroughs
Tales of Symphonia: 2 55 hour runs, 1 80 hour run, 1 100+ run
Homeworld. With the big box. And the fuck awesome manual.
Same as above for HW: cataclysm
countless gba games, though the first fire emblem, both metroids, advance wars, super robot taisen, motherfucking golden sun, megaman zero series.
Oh and ffta and it multiple 150+ play throughs
Smash Bros
Contra III
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Ocarina of Time
Dynasty Warriors 5 (it was fifteen bucks, got 20 hours of play)
Nox
GTA: Vice City
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Goldeneye (So, so many hours when it released)
Mario 64