Steam Deals - 28th - 29th December

Mostly, I've played all the games on Steam that I actually want to play, so for me, the holiday Steam Deals are more "oh God if I had waited 6 more months or so I could've got a load of money off that game" than "oh God that's a sweet deal!"

So, I've decided to put here the games in the daily deals that I'd advise you to play, and a little bit of why. New deals appear at 6pm GMT every day, so if you miss them, that's your own fault for not reading my new post THE SECOND IT GOES UP. <shameless>To stop that from happening, you should subscribe to my blog!</shameless>

Assassin's Creed Collection
You can pick up Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut for £2.49($3.85), Assassin's Creed 2 for £3.74($5.78), Brotherhood for £10.19($15.75) and Revelations for £22.49($34.77).

I'm gonna go ahead and say that you probably don't need to play the first Assassin's Creed, it was a pretty good game which set up one of the best series of recent years, but the following games improved on it to such an extent that it's now kind of irrelevent. Number 2 was a great game, but it's Brotherhood which has been the real stand out game of the series for me. Everyone expected it would just be the same as 2 in a new setting, given such a short turnaround period, but it blew all of those preconceptions out of the water. Revelations sadly did not live up to the huge expectations set out by Brotherhood, and I'd advise only playing that game if you'd rather play through the storyline rather than just look up the synopsis on Wikipedia.

Machinarium
I picked up this short, whimsical indie game last year when it was super cheap, and wasn't expecting much. But man, those three hours it took me to complete that game were some of the most enjoyable hours I had spent in front of my computer all year (with my trousers on).

It's a point and click adventure, you're a cute little robot and you have to save your girlfriend. It's simple, amazingly pretty and has some really intuitive gameplay mechanics that will make you unable to pull away from the game. And at the moment, it costs merely £1.86($2.88), you should absolutely play this game.

Dungeon Defenders
This is a little third person action rpg/ tower defense game which is pretty good fun to play with a few friends. You pick your class and set up towers to repel Goblin attackers, or if you prefer you can dump points into your combat tree and lay into the horde with one of the many different pieces of loot you acquire along the way. I'm not sure it's worth the full price of the game, but it's out today for £2.49($3.85), which I think is a more than fair price for a bit of fun.

Dead Space Collection
Dead Space is on there for £3.74($5.78), and Dead Space 2 is on there for £4.99($7.72). These are great prices for a couple of really good quality games. In fact, Dead Space 2 made it on to my Top Ten of the Year list, and a fiver for a game on that list is very reasonable indeed. For fans of horror and third person combat, these games are for you.