Credit Crunch Games

[IndieRocker]

The credit cruch is upon us and we can afford less games. I would like people to nominate the best value games they know of and why they have chosen them. Mine would be (in no particular order)
1.Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (single player)
2.Call of Duty 4 (multiplayer)
3.Metal Gear Solid 4 (story)

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Huge replay value and a very entertaining game.
Fable 2 (maybe) Looks decent and if like the first one is likely to have a large amount of replay value.
Crackdown: Fun story, action, development, game is very fun and doesn't get old as fast as other games.
Guild Wars: (online play) Free after initial purchase, fun and generally has a more relaxed community than WoW.

 

[Ancalagon]

Far Cry - it costs next to nothing, takes ages to complete, and is pretty good fun, particularly in the early stages.

 

[Raynaux]

The credit crunch has worked well for me because now I'm going back to buy older generation games to keep me entertained until the crunch is over or I become rich.

Last month I got and I think are all worth the low prices I got them for:

FFXII - PS2
SAB2 - GC
Dragon Quest - PS2
Tales of Symphonia - GC
Devil May Cry 1 - PS2
Wind Waker - GC

I paid like 6 or 7 quid for these from a gamestation in the town over and have been busy/happy ever since ^^

 

[Omega-z]

I'll stick to flash games until the crunch is over.

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

Mario Kart Double Dash/The Legend of Zelda collector's edition:
Pretty much 5 games in one box, you have Mario Kart: DD, Zelda 1, Zelda 2, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, I think it was only around £16-£20 as well.

Also The Orange Box
-Portal is awesome
-Half-Life 2 is great and looooooong
-Haven't played TF2 but it looks good

And TLoZ: The Wind Waker special edition
-A brilliant yet short and incredibly pretty game
-A super-hard version of Ocarina of Time plus the original
All for about £12 off Amazon.co.uk

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Another bit of advice: Amazon is your friend. You'd be surprised at some of the bargains you can find.

 

[VitusPrime]

theres quite a few free mmorpgs on the net also and more and more are going free since people arent wanting to p2p, take RF online if your up for sci-fi rpging

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

Orange Box - Steam version is 7 games for the price of one.
If you want an MMO, go for FFXI. You can get it with it's 4 expansion packs for £20. Then it's like £4 a month which is pretty cheap when you think about it. And you can be a Mithra <3.

 

[Same River New Water]

Far Cry - it costs next to nothing, takes ages to complete, and is pretty good fun, particularly in the early stages.

Only if you already have the souped-up PC...

I'm taking the opportunity to go back and play all the classic CRPGs, like Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape: Torment. I bought Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics for $30 (that's cheap for Australia) - woo hoo! Now if only I could get any of them to work.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

1. The Orange Box, best value evar!
2. Fallout 3 looks to have tons of replay value
3. COD4, great multiplayer rounds it out.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Far Cry - it costs next to nothing, takes ages to complete, and is pretty good fun, particularly in the early stages.

Only if you already have the souped-up PC...

I'm taking the opportunity to go back and play all the classic CRPGs, like Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape: Torment. I bought Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics for $30 (that's cheap for Australia) - woo hoo! Now if only I could get any of them to work.

Try putting them in compatibility mode for Windows 95 and run them as Administrator. Also put your Display Settings on Medium(16-bit) and it should work. (This is for Fallout 1 and 2)

Sid Meier's Pirates is always a great time dump, I load it up from time to time still just to ravage the carribean or wherever the hell I am =P What else would be good...The Sims 2 for time dump as well. I don't really have many others springing to mind at the moment, 'cept maybe Saints Row since its a greatest hit making it like, 20 bucks.

 

[IndieRocker]

Guild Wars: (online play) Free after initial purchase, fun and generally has a more relaxed community than WoW.

Good choice. I bought it and all three expansions off ebay for £15

 

[SimuLord]

New games I've bought this year include Europa Universalis: Rome and Civ 4: Colonization (both major genre-fans-only propositions, though.)

I'm putting a lot of gameplay into my Sims 2 neighborhood lately as well. Expanded it out the ass during richer times (and modded it to death as well) so I've got plenty of content to work with.

 

[shatnershaman]

PS2 games are really cheap now.

 

[Obiter]

• [LI]MMORPGs -- capable of reducing your gaming budget to a single $15/month payment; also typically provide new content on a regular basis for free; only require three fingers to play in case the local loan shark took the others;
  [LI]Strategy games -- Older titles like the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete set or Master of Orion 2 can be bought newly wrapped for $15 and offer incredible replayability and lots of fan-made maps;
  [LI]Games with an extensible architecture -- a title like Neverwinter Nights or FarCry offer a long single-player game and unlimited free fan-made content;
  [LI]Browser-based gaming -- Free titles abound, from 20 minute flash games to sprawling strategy MMOs like Travian or Ikariam.

 

[AmericanWarMachine]

The credit cruch is upon us and we can afford less games. I would like people to nominate the best value games they know of and why they have chosen them. Mine would be (in no particular order)
1.Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (single player)
2.Call of Duty 4 (multiplayer)
3.Metal Gear Solid 4 (story)

hmm... they all start with four... weird.

 

[IndieRocker]

The credit cruch is upon us and we can afford less games. I would like people to nominate the best value games they know of and why they have chosen them. Mine would be (in no particular order)
1.Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (single player)
2.Call of Duty 4 (multiplayer)
3.Metal Gear Solid 4 (story)

hmm... they all start with four... weird.

Don't they all end in 4.
P.S THIS PROVES THAT NOT ALL SEQUALS ARE RUBBISH

 

[D0WNT0WN]

Far Cry - it costs next to nothing, takes ages to complete, and is pretty good fun, particularly in the early stages.

Only if you already have the souped-up PC...
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What Do You Mean I Have A Crappy Vista Laptop And The Original Works Fine

 

[Zombie_King]

My vote goes to Team Fortress 2 for Multiplayer.