Daily Steam Deals - Jan 1st

Today, the deals are pretty much taken from my Top Ten Games of 2011. Both Portal 2 and Bastion are under a fiver, LA Noire's under a tenner, and my top three are all heavily reduced. If you've got any leftover money from the Christmas period, feel free to splash the cash today if you haven't played any of the games on today's daily deals list.

I've talked about most of the games before in previous blog posts, and you don't need me to keep going on about them, so I'll tell you about Terraria, a game I've spent a lot of time playing, but no time writing about.

For a mere £1.49, you can grab a small, unassuming game, that I happen to have played 60 hours of since purchasing it. In the most basic terms, Terraria is a two-dimensional Minecraft (beta), but with a bit more game packed in. You start out with nothing, craft some basic tools, and then build your little house to survive the night. From there, you can explore left, right, up and down, mining everything in sight and upgrading your equipment. Then, you can build extensions onto your house, and eventually, people will start moving in! These people range from a nurse to heal your injuries, to a demolitionist to sell you dynamite. There's a huge range of loot ranging from weapons, to armour, to trinkets, but the way to get the best stuff is to kill one of Terraria's many bosses. When I say that the first boss you'll meet is the Eye of Cthulu, and the bosses only get stranger from there, you'll know what kind of experience you're in for. And the best part about it all? You can bring friends along for the ride!

Anyway, welcome to 2012 everyone, hope you all enjoyed your evenings.


Oh, by the way, buy Bastion today.