Games you bought for cheap and liked more than more expensive purchases.

My most recent example is Mirror's Edge.

It seemed to get lukewarm critical reception and it sounded sort of frustrating so I waited for it to come down in price. I recently learned that it was 17.99 at Gamestop so I bought a copy and...

I like it better than many of the games I bought at a much higher price. I love the game's ambient atmosphere and I love the visceral feel of it. The visuals are extremely unique and vibrant and the new take on platforming is refreshing.

It definitely has its issues (like requiring the player to do complicated jumps in spaces that are too enclosed; the game can be maddeningly frustrating at times), but when you're trying to escape a building while guards with guns mercilessly hunt you down or when you're maintaining a thrilling graceful "flow" across several rootops, it's hard to care about the flaws that much.

So two questions: what do you guys think of Mirror's Edge and what are some games that you got when they hit the bargain bin and ended up loving more than games you bought at more expensive prices?

Bought Zack and Wiki for Wii a few months ago for $12.99 and it's now one of my favourite games this generation.

i always like cheaper games more than expensive games

at the beginning of this year i got STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl for $1.95 and Mirror's Edge for $4.99 on Steam, i like 'em a lot :D

i always like cheaper games more than expensive games

at the beginning of this year i got STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl for $1.95 and Mirror's Edge for $4.99 on Steam, i like 'em a lot :D

88mphSlayer

Damn, $1.95? That's the best argument for PC gaming that I've ever heard. :P

I found DAoC for 9 dollars with all the expansions and some game time. It was very good.

Exactly my thoughts on Mirror's Edge. Well worth the $5.Cherokee_Jack

Indeed. Among the best deals I've received. Portal for free was pretty slick too.

I found DAoC for 9 dollars with all the expansions and some game time. It was very good.

soiheardyoulike

i paid $12 for company of heros including it's two packs.

Well I got Orange Box for $5 on Steam, so no explanation needed. :)

I'm not sure what price would have to do with loving a game.

Just another case of your opinion being the only one that should matter. You just might have missed out on the awesomeness of Mirror's Edge had you taken those reviews too seriously.

Mass Effect for $5 on Steam and Overlord for $1.69 on Steam. Was a lot of fun running around with 50 minions destroying and killing everything. Best Overlord moment would have to be the first time one of my minions got drunk. I lost it when it peed.

I'm not sure what price would have to do with loving a game.

Just another case of your opinion being the only one that should matter. You just might have missed out on the awesomeness of Mirror's Edge had you taken those reviews too seriously.

Raymundo_Manuel

I didn't say that prince has anything to do with loving a game. It's just that if I drop 60 bucks on a game, I want to be sure about it. Sometimes I'll use review as a basis to approach a game with caution. That doesn't mean I'll let the review deter me all together. People tend to spend a lot of money on things they have a high chance of liking, but not so much on things that they are not so sure about.

I don't take a reviews opinion as the gospel, but I will definitely take it into account.

Half Life for 1.59 €.

$20 for Dirt 2 and $20 for STALKER: Call of Pripyat (Steam Loyalty Promo FTW)

I should add that I got both for those prices when they were still fairly fresh releases.

I for one got bored of Mirrors Edge uber-fast

Penumbra cost me $5 along with World of Goo and some other games

It was awesome fun but it wasn't it's usual price

I got Operation Flashpoint for 10.50 US but it was a crazy Steam sumemr sale so i dont think it counts

Homeworld for $2, Morrowind (near release) for $5, Planescape Torment for free (legally), and of course STALKER for like $2. I love prices for PC games.Skittles_McGee

Whered u get Planet Scape for free? I heard alot about it and wanna try it

beat hazard for $6, it's like Geometry wars and Audiosurf got together and had a baby, Awesome game

I got Assassin's Creed 2 for $30 and liked it a lot.

Also, saying you "bought it for cheap" sounds ridiculous

My most recent example is Mirror's Edge.

It seemed to get lukewarm critical reception and it sounded sort of frustrating so I waited for it to come down in price. I recently learned that it was 17.99 at Gamestop so I bought a copy and...GreySeal9

Just so you know you can find Mirror's Edge for around $10 at a lot of places these days. Plus, you get it new, not used.

I want to participate in this thread but i just cant think of anything. Mostly because when i buy games they are most often in the same price range. I mean the most expensive games i have purchased this year are FFXIII for $110AU and SMG2 for $69AU. pretty much everything else has been ranged at $50-60AU

Well I got Batman: Arkham Asylum for $40 and it was one of the best games of 2009 easily. That's all I can think of, I usually don't buy games for that cheap, just buy the ones I really want when they come out and then occasionally buy the rest later.

EDIT: Wait what am I saying... I just bought Machinarium for $10 and Civilization IV for $15 during a sale on Steam and I liked those more than most $60 games I buy.

I got Assassin's Creed 2 for $30 and liked it a lot.

Also, saying you "bought it for cheap" sounds ridiculous

BPoole96

There's really no reason to be this nitpicky.

Orange Box for $15.

A bunch of XBLA games.

Orange Box for $15.

Vesica_Prime

YEah Orange Box is brilliant, even at full price it was great value

Every game will eventually become cheap.vashkey

True. But the question on the theory that people will spend money money on things they think they'll love and people spend less money on things they think are risky.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]Every game will eventually become cheap.GreySeal9

True. But the question on the theory that people will spend money money on things they think they'll love and people spend less money on things they think are risky.

Dark Sector and Gun. Gun had low end graphics but was a extremely fun game, while Dead Sector was a blast up until the last level for me. It was very hard at the end! Those are two that I feel are very underated.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

I got Assassin's Creed 2 for $30 and liked it a lot.

Also, saying you "bought it for cheap" sounds ridiculous

GreySeal9

There's really no reason to be this nitpicky.

Perfect Dark for ten dollars.

Resistance 2 for $14.00.

I brought BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger for a relatively cheap price at an old game store, and I have to say I enjoyed this game more than the other fighting games that are available.

I too bought Mirrors Edge for $5, but I was not too impressed. Like many first games this generation (AC, ME, de Blob), it has a lot of potential, but they really dropped the ball in some areas. Hopefully it gets a sequel.

And I just bought DK JB for $10, fun so far, but my palms really hurt.

I almost always buy my games used (because I tend to not be able to afford games upon their release). So I'm always buying games for cheap. The latest was Front Mission 2, which I believe was under $20. What an excellent game. The best deals I may have got were for Xenogears from gamestop, for I don't know how much (but definitely a fraction of the price to buy off of Ebay or amazon used). And Deep Fear for Sega Saturn for just $4. I cracked the jewel case though. It's really disappointing.

World of Goo for $5 and Audiosurf for $2.50 (addicting game is addicting)

When I saw the thread title, my kneejerk reaction was to post my compliments to Mirror's Edge, which I picked up for $20 about 8 months ago. Since that's been covered, I'll say which game I like it way more than, and that game is ME2. Can't say I'm a fan, really, of Bioware's Epic, but am a fan of Zero Punctuation's review of it. Ha, what a tosser.

Orange Box, Half-minute Hero, Dead Space, 3D Dot Game Heroes.