TiramaSue wrote:

I bought 4:

Grim Tales: Bloody Mary
Awakening: The Sunhook Spire
Nearwood
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink 

Next month's BOGO sale will use up the last of my half-price credits.  I'll still have 16 full price credits but will be very picky what they get used on.

Tirama, we almost got the same 4 CEs! The only difference is that you got Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink whereas I got League of Light: Dark Omens. I'd been tossing up all day yesterday between getting Clockwork Tales or Grim Tales and I read every review I could find on numerous sites, trying to decide betwen the two. I eventually decided on Grim Tales, even though the reviews weren't nearly as good, because it has a lot more extras and the bonus in Clockwork Tales is very short and unnecessary - both games are supposed to be short - and the collectibles are obvious. So I finally decided that I could get that one as an SE, even though it got some super reviews. I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know, however, what you thought of Clockwork Tales when you've played it as it's still on my possible CE list.

And I also still have half-price credits. I check out every country's site on BFG every day to see what their sales are (if any) and the Netherlands site trialled half-price credits the Thursday before the Seattle site had them (at least imho I think they 'trialled' them there before the US sale). The only difference being that they had no limit to how many you could buy (and I get credits cheaper from any site other than the US site) but I will never admit to how many I got, even on threat of pain and torture. The funny thing is that ever since I got those half-price credits I've been even more careful about getting CEs and have been really choosy, even about SEs.

And thanks to everyone for your sympathy re my GameHouse plight. I got an email back from CS yesterday and I didn't really want to open it, thinking it might have been a not very nice email from the same guy. But it was luckily from another very nice guy who gave me 3 codes to replace the 3 missing FunTickets. However, they can't be used to get Premium or Platinum games and I'd considered getting the Apothecarium Premium game (if I could ever get it to download on any of my computers ) as I loved the SE game so much. So I wrote back, checking that I couldn't use them to get a Premium or Platinum game and now I'm just waiting to hear back. Obviously they never got that problem sorted out as it was on their list of things they were working on.

I'm hoping to actually find some time to play a game this afternoon. But which one? I think the Nearwood CE. I'd love to play my new Awakening CE but I haven't played any of the previous ones (although I have them all). Does anyone know if you have to play them first?

Have a great day, everyone!

Still here... Stusue, I would play them in order.  The story line is continued and there's a part in Skyward  where you have to identify people/places in the prior games.  The pictures were so bad though that I had to trial and error it,. 

Tirama, I'd been considering Redemption Cemetary.  That series seems to fit my preference of self-contained chapters, not so much running back and forth, easy to stop and start, but for some reason I don't really care for them.  The last one I played was the one before Grave Testimony and I didn't really care for it.  I have GT but haven't played it yet, if I feel the same when I do, I'll give this lastest one a skip.  I might move more towards the RPG category for awhile.  I like Large File adventure but usually find myself helplessly lost and living in a walkthrough.,

Last edited by WendyDarling (August 20, 2013 9:57 am)

I'm glad I bought NEARWOOD after what you had to say about it stusue!  I'm not very good at adventure games and was vacillating about getting it.

Used a pcc on Monday and got Settlement Colossus.  On chapter two right now.  It's different and I wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't for the recommendations here about it.  Finding it to be a very peaceful game, the HO scenes are very soothing and did 2 puzzles so far.  Had to actually use my noodle on the bridge one and the jewel jigsaw puzzle wasn't so simple either.  Just starting to build the forge.  Kind of looking forward to see what is coming next.

Finished Asian Riddles.  Boards never got bigger than 10x15.  Often you have to either guess or use a hint because it's 50/50 as to which of 2 squares should be filled in.  Don't like that, but sed hints because you got a trophy for using hints.

Going to start Chimeras: Tune of Revenge Collector's Edition tomorrow.  Need to start thinking about what to get with a PCC to fill my card on Monday.  Has anybody tried TGT Imperial Island: Birth of an Empire?