According to GoGamer, Green Friday, another silly name, is here and the deals keep rolling in. Christmas is now just around the corner and today you have the opportunity to pick up some great games for the video gamer in your family or just for yourself. Day 4 of Holiday Gamez begins with a selection from Amazon, GoGamer, Direct2Drive, and Steam. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
In addition to deals, Direct2Drive is still running their “Name that game” contest. We have a rather obscure ornament this time: Prototype.
Prototype (PC, 2009) – 83%, Rank #294
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: M (Mature)
My initial guess was Altair from Assassin’s Creed but the face in the ornament is more hidden than usual if that were the case. Then I thought Thief: Deadly Shadows – closer but it still seemed wrong. Then I got desperate: Any of the Penumbra games…The guy from Dreamfall…Less likely: Neverwinter Nights 1/2, Dragon Age Origins. I had to rack my brain for who else wears a hood and, shamefully, ended up scanning their entire game collection for the answer. I’ve been wanting to play Prototype. Hopefully we get a great deal on it tomorrow.
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Tomb Raider Underworld
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 2 of 10.
Painkiller
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 3 of 10.
Prey
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 4 of 10.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 5 of 10.
Prince of Persia
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 6 of 10.
Star Wars: Empire at War
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 7 of 10.
Call of Duty
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 8 of 10.
Call of Duty: United Offensive
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LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Source: Metacritic.com box shotSlide 10 of 10.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Source: Metacritic.com box shot
PC Games
Tomb Raider Underworld (PC, 2008) – 76%, Rank #757
$7.49
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)
Painkiller Black Limited (PC)
Painkiller (PC, 2004) – 79%, Rank #537
Painkiller Expansion Pack: Battle out of Hell (PC, 2004) – 75%, Rank #798
$2.90 + $2.99 S&H ($5.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
Prey (PC, 2006) – 80%, Rank #481
$2.90 + $2.99 S&H ($5.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC, 2008) – 75%, Rank #792
$3.90 + $2.99 S&H ($6.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
Prince of Persia (PC, 2008) – 78%, Rank #654
$3.90 + $2.99 S&H ($6.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Platform
ESRB: T (Teen)
Star Wars: Empire at War (PC, 2006) – 80%, Rank #488
$12.90 + $2.99 S&H ($15.89)
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
ESRB: T (Teen)
Call of Duty Deluxe Edition (PC)
Call of Duty (PC, 2003) – 89%, Rank #93
Call of Duty: United Offensive (PC, 2004) – 86%, Rank #164
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: T (Teen)
Console Games
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) – 80%
Microsoft XBox 360
Nintento Wii
Nintento DS
$12.98
Genre: Action, Compilation
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
(Prices may change)
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (XBox 360, 2008) – 79%, Rank #569
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
If you were to buy all 11 games today, it would cost roughly $80.76 or roughly $7.34 each and you would die before completing every game.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
