Damn. Rising Storm is mighty tempting. Passed up on that bundle it was in... Hmmm. I'll give it some more thought. I still have over a day to decide, after all.

Is it any good? (Stalingrad was ok i guess...)

Mm the community choice was Ys 1&2. I really liked Ys Origins so maybe I should grab it, but Oath in Felghana is supposed to be better and that's around the same price. Though, I think Oath is the third in the series so maybe I should play the others first. Hmmmm.

Anyone played them all who can confirm if it's worth playing them in order?

Purchased Company of Heroes 2 and the first mission pack DLC (the other two aren't in the promo)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for £2.92 (sorry I can't get the price to show in €, but it converts to €3.50)

<span class="bold">http://eu.square-enix.com</span>

Square Enix blog posted 10% off digital games voucher code: SQEXD003

also 10% off merchandise using voucher code: SQEXM004

N.B. I don't know how long this code or sale lasts here, and the Square Enix store has a very clunky, badly explained registration process e.g. it doesn't tell you that you have to use a minimum six character username until you fail, and then you have to go back and put the password again and do another bloody captcha. It's a PITA, so don't leave it to the last minute!

Well the series is more a string of standalone adventures with the some recurring characters and subplots kind of like pulpy adventure stuff.

2 was a direct sequel to 1, Origins is a prequel that has a lot of callbacks and references to 1 and 2 (since it's set entirely in the last dungeon of 1, and nearly all the bosses are reimagined versions of bosses from the first two games), and 4's plot was a sequel to 1/2 before it got retconned with Celceta to stand alone. That's about it for big direct ties. 6 has some elements related to the plot of 3, which were highlighted a bit more when 3 got remade as Oath. And 6/7 has some returning characters from the previous games.

Now as for the games themselves, note that the intent with 1 and 2 stick closer to the original games (with the buttonless "bump" combat system), while Origin and Oath are much more modern and made with Ys 6 engine (and have a normal attack button). There's a lot of unusual and archaic design decisions particularly in 1 (like the pacing, or reaching the insanely low level cap by the halfway point of the game which makes a couple bosses way more difficult than they need to be), though 2's more playable.

Aha cool, good to know that I can play them out of order without it mattering too much. I'll probably end up getting them all eventually, but I think for now I'll go with Oath.

Thanks.

Mmm, Enemy Within is 50% off, not sure if want...

Just a heads up, I was looking into the other Ys games and it seems they're only 75% off during the Ys 1/2 community choice. So, if you're interested in Origins or Oath in Felghana, they're 75% off for another 5 and a bit hours.

Hey thank you very much for this :) It's actually €5 and with the 10% off i got it for 4.50 ;)

Deadpool and London Olympics 2012 were removed from the Steam store. Nuuvem and Amazon are still selling keys for Deadpool though.

heard about that - any ideas why?

Apparently the Marvel license expired and Activision had to remove the game. But the game was released only six months ago...

Heheh!
Thats pretty weird!

People who are interested, Bio Infinite and metro LL seas pass is on sale right now, 4.99