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deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
October 05 2011 23:10 GMT
#1
Hiyo, I want to buy a game from Steam to play as a break from my normal intense games that is 1) fun 2) casual 3) not too taxing on my POS old computer 4) ..innovative?. Suggestions please. Thanks.

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fusefuse
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Estonia4644 Posts
October 05 2011 23:14 GMT
#2
Machinarium!
at times frustrating but all the rest of the time an amusingly cute indie puzzle game with great art and an epic soundtrack!

worth a shot especially if you want a change from your regular .. intense gaming.
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Kukaracha
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
France1954 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 23:16:03
October 05 2011 23:15 GMT
#3
You should play Machinarium. A neat puzzle indie game.

Edit: OMG I can't believe the previous poster and I had the exact same idea in mind. This is fate, OP.
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deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
October 05 2011 23:19 GMT
#4
OK, I'll give Machinarium a shot!
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fusefuse
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Estonia4644 Posts
October 05 2011 23:23 GMT
#5
On October 06 2011 08:15 Kukaracha wrote:
You should play Machinarium. A neat puzzle indie game.

Edit: OMG I can't believe the previous poster and I had the exact same idea in mind. This is fate, OP.


:D
clearly the go-to solution ha :D
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DreamChaser
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1649 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 23:26:56
October 05 2011 23:25 GMT
#6
TF2 Its free and i honestly cant take that game seriously cause of all the cartoon graphics so its a win-win.

*Edit- Also i forgot to mention its a fun game you can be a pyro and just run around with the flame thrower, or if you feel like Arnold Swachzneger be the mini gun guy or be a medic and just heal people. Theres lots of classes!
Plays against every MU with nexus first.
exleos
Profile Joined September 2010
United States55 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 23:31:20
October 05 2011 23:30 GMT
#7
HUMBLE BUNDLE!!!! Buy frozen Synapse for average price and you score some sweet relaxing games. IIRC they give you steam keys.

Then again, I consider most non-competitive games casual and relaxing, so take with a grain of salt I guess.

EDIT: Link to Humble Bundle
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FoeHamr
Profile Joined December 2010
United States489 Posts
October 05 2011 23:35 GMT
#8
portal 2 was on sale for like 15 bucks yesterday and for 17 you can get portal 1 and 2, so you could check that out.
Bastion is also supposed to be really good.
AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
October 05 2011 23:43 GMT
#9
Portal and Portal 2 are definitely great games if you haven't played them already. Frozen Synapse screws with your mind...
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Relickey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States145 Posts
October 05 2011 23:49 GMT
#10
Altitude, they're hosting a BW tournament, and the demo is free and I think it's expanded and unlimited for the entire game.
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Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 23:52:00
October 05 2011 23:51 GMT
#11
Braid?



If that doesnt sell Braid, you are unsellable
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
October 06 2011 00:15 GMT
#12
Team Fortress 2 without a question. Free, addictive (about 100 hours in the past two months for me), and with a gigantic playerbase.

Team Fortress 2 has something for everyone, and is just a very pleasing and relaxing game to play.
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deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
October 06 2011 00:25 GMT
#13
Machinarium is good. Point and click puzzle games can be frustrating but it is rewarding as well and I haven't even cheated yet :O

TF2 is definately too intense, and I've already played portal 1 & 2 (portal 2 was so much better than I thought it would be). I'll check out the other games suggested so far tomorrow.
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fusefuse
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Estonia4644 Posts
October 06 2011 00:30 GMT
#14
On October 06 2011 09:25 deathly rat wrote:
Machinarium is good. Point and click puzzle games can be frustrating but it is rewarding as well and I haven't even cheated yet :O


Try your best to not resort to it, makes it even more rewarding :D
The first time i played through it, i had a friend who had gotten way further than me already so whenever i got stuck, i vented my frustration for long enough and he gave me an ambiguous hint and i'd be like AAAAHHHH, this is so obvious!, several minutes later
:D
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
October 06 2011 00:30 GMT
#15
I played Machinarium twice, the whole thing is amazing. Great soundtrack too :3
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
fusefuse
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Estonia4644 Posts
October 06 2011 00:47 GMT
#16
On October 06 2011 09:30 Torte de Lini wrote:
I played Machinarium twice, the whole thing is amazing. Great soundtrack too :3


indeed! the soundtrack is pure gold




and now that i brought the game up myself in this thread
time to redownload and replay. been a while, so ill probably have forgotten most of the stuff = more fun :D
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Spaackle
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States153 Posts
October 06 2011 01:31 GMT
#17
I'm gonna have to say Terraria. It's got kind of a Minecrafty vibe to it, but a little bit more combat oriented. It's just good, laid back fun, especially if you have some friends to play it with.
Friendship is Magic!
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
October 06 2011 01:56 GMT
#18
I would say Minecraft, really =\
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fishbowl
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1575 Posts
October 06 2011 02:02 GMT
#19
VVVVVV

Geovu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Estonia1344 Posts
October 06 2011 03:06 GMT
#20
On October 06 2011 10:56 Sufficiency wrote:
I would say Minecraft, really =\

Minecraft is too intense for me.

I watched the saw movies with buckets of laughter but those damn creepers and skeletons in the caves scared me out so much I had to turn monsters off.

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