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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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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.
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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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