What's the greatest gem you've bought from watching Quick Looks?

Haven't spent money yet, but I might have put somewhere in the ballpark of 30 hours into AdVenture Captalist...

I bought quite a few cool games based on QL's, including Hotline Miami, Super Meat Boy and Dead Island, but nothing stuck more than Dark Souls. I had never heard of the series, nor was I the type for very punishing games, but am I glad I watched Vinny run away from those knights.

A combination of Quick Looks, TNT's and Jeff's random streams sent me into the dark abyss that is Tackmania. Never been one for time trial modes in racing games but this series is something special.

Contradiction is probably the only example I can think of.

Not to sound like a hipster but nothing. It's always been games I already know or games I don't think I'd enjoy.

The closest I can think of is half discovering Men of War thanks to former top man Mike Horn.

Many of my games have been because of a QL. Not the AAA ones mostly, but the smaller divergent games.

Recently? I did rather enjoy Stardew Valley.

Binary domain and cook, serve, delicuous

Never would have given these two the time of day until the ql

nthing Stardew Valley. Hearing Dan talk about it on the Bombcast got me kinda interested, but the QL and the segment on UPF (I don't remember which one, but it was in the first few months of the year) where he went into the mines pretty much sold me on it. I've put a little over 60 hours into it, and it's my current go-to game for an hour or two when I get home from work.

Edit: The UPF segment was from March 11th, about 30 minutes in according to QL Crew.

For Quick Looks, probably Besiege.

The real winner is the Bombcast getting me to buy Civilization V. Thanks, guys.

It's very unique. Lots of references to old novels and plays, quite clearly influenced by oldschool american literature like The Grapes Of Wrath, kinda throwing parallels between the current economic climate and the great depression I guess. There's also a great use of camera framing to create really interesting and unique scenes, and the writing and characters are really great in a "magical realism" kind of way. It's not dark, it's just... surreal.

A friend of mine once described it as the closest to a dreamlike state that she'd ever been in while playing a videogame.

Persona 4, Deadly Premonition, Trackmania, Undertale and Velvet Sundown.

Jazzpunk. It was a short, shallow and aggressively dumb experience, but for what it was I greatly enjoyed it. I've been meaning to get Persona 4 and Deadly Premonition because of the site too. Also, although I never actually bought it (for obvious reasons), Story Hour Adventures is still easily my favorite Quick Look of all time.

Oh my god, how could I forget probably the biggest one: Demon's Souls.

I would have never played Dark Souls if not for Giantbomb. It is now my favorite gaming Franchise. Dark Souls dethroned Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past for my favorite game of all time.

The most recent one for me is Rimworld, which I am handily addicted to right now. It was an unfinished, but I would count that. There are probably quite a few others. Jazzpunk is one. I think the Sims 3 might be another, crazily enough.

Not technically a Quick Look game, but Deadly Premonition is probably the best game I got, influenced by GB.

None. My tastes in gaming have pretty much never matched with the crew's.

At this point, a quick look is purely for entertainment purposes to me.

The only game I can think of that I bought simply because of a QL is Crash Time and that game is crap.

I mostly use QL to find out what not to buy or check a game I plan to buy if it really is good.

Rogue Galaxy is about the only one I can think of.

Quite a few. I like QL of indie games because it helps me find interesting things in the sea of modern gaming options... most of my Steam wishlist are games that I discovered thanks to QL. For example, I have never even heard about Jazzpunk before the Quick Look.

Also, Asura's Wrath. I loved that game, and I loved the Quick Look... It was invigorating having Brad start the QL hating the game, but by the end he was exhilaretingly enjoying it by the end. It was what convinced me of checking it out.

@turambar: Rogue Legacy? Rebel Galaxy? Or did they do something with Rogue Galaxy after its PS2-on-PS4 release or something?

I never play racing games, but something about Forza Horizon got me into that series when I watched the QL.

TrackMania² Canyon and ShootMania Storm. Some of the most fun I've had in a game was on the Giant Bomb Trackmania 2 servers.

Shootmania died within a week or so but it was pretty rad too.

Here's a list of most games I've bought while watching or immediately after watching a QL of them:

• Altitude
• Audiosurf
• Catacomb Kids
• Banished
• Besiege
• Cities: Skylines
• Cook, Serve, Delicious
• Dustforce
• Enter The Gungeon
• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Greed Corp
• Iron Fisticle
• Jazzpunk
• Papers, Please
• Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
• Wizorb

I enjoyed all of those games. My 3 favorite of those are probably Banished, Cook, Serve, Delicious, and Iron Fisticle. I really liked all three and they are all games I probably wouldn't have discovered on my own.

Cook, Serve, Delicious. That is one of my favorite quick looks of all time, and I put a lot of hours into that game. Plus the story of the game selling really well due to the quick look is a great indie developer story. I can't wait for the sequel.

Never played an anime-like game before. Saw the QL of Valkyria Chronicles with Dave and Brad. I bought it, played it, and loved it. Still in my Top 5 of all time favourite games.

Binary Domain

Probably Sleeping Dogs? I seriously doubt I'd have ever bought that if not for Vinny.

@dourin: Rebel Galaxy. That'd be the one.

• State of Decay - Brad & Vinny stumble through the zombie apocalypse showing off the janky yet dynamic gameplay systems.
• Def Jam Rapstar - Jeff & Engineer Ted from Whiskey Media made rapping look easy. I bought this game at retail price.
• Gemini Rue - Ryan & Vinny. Didn't know people were still making 90s adventure games before watching this QL.

Most recently it's Obduction. This game came out of nowhere, and even if I had noticed it, I probably would have passed since I didn't like Myst as a kid. But Obduction totally hooked me for a good 20 hours, and is one of the best sci-fi games I've ever played. The quick look barely scratches the surface too, it gets so much better. If you've made it to the second world, you know what I mean.

Contradiction and Stardew Valley for me. Haven't played either title yet, but I had to support the devs on a job very well done!

Kerbal space program and I sunk a lot of hours into that, started to finish up with it and then they did the kerbal series and started meet of again. I'm also gonna pick up the bunker in the next few days.

Streamworld Dig and most recently, Picross 3D: Round 2.

Both of those games are super good, and Picross 3D: Round 2 is something I would've never touched until the QL.

Overcooked, Contradiction!, Trackmania, Gemini Rue,

probably lots and lots of games so I will just stop there

Hotline Miami, Westerado, Spelunky, FTL. This War of Mine, Gunpoint, Gone Home, Darkest Dungeon.....

Jazzpunk hands down the best game I only bought because I saw the QL.

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Sunless Sea was something that I got from a Quick Look and loved it but keep meaning to go back and never do. Heck. Mark of the Ninja was another that I picked up after seeing it on a QL and what a game.

I can only think of four games that i bought after watching the QL: Shattered Memories, Stasis, MGSV, and Stardew Valley. All really good games.

Rogue Legacy, God's Will Be Watching, Papers, Please, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Overcooked - games I had no idea about, saw QLs of and instantly wanted

FarCry 3, Saints Row 3 - played previous versions and would have never bothered with them before the QL.

Two games come to mind, Super House of Dead Ninjas (super underrated game IMO) and Heroes of the Storm which I don't really count as "bought" as it's a free game. Both games I think are pretty good and deserve more love.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! Loved that ql so much and still playing it waiting for CSD2.

Rebel galaxy, Contradiction: Spot the liar, Kerbal Space Program and Papers Please are ones I've purchased.

Recently, Salt & Sanctuary and Darkest Dungeon. Both amazing indie titles I probably would never heard of otherwise.

Probably Valkyria Chronicles.

They Bleed Pixels is the only one I can think of right now. Hadn't heard of it before the Quick Look. Saw the QL, bought the game and liked it a lot.

There's probably been quite a few games I've gotten after watching GB play them, or hearing them talk about them, in some form and I doubt I could name them all, but there are some that come to mind.

Jeff sold me on Trackmania 2 from all his various streams with that thing while Dan sold me on Stardew Valley almost immediately, and both of those turned out to be pretty damn good.

Pretty much every Endurance Run game has had me get it - Persona 4 (I went with Golden), Deadly Premonition (never got that far into it myself but still love it), and Brono Chrono Trigger (Vita load were annoying but I dealt with it). Shenmue might be the first I don't simply because of availability, even though I'd totally play that.

Vinny's Load Our Last Souls also got me to finally try (and subsequently beat like 3 times) Dark Souls.

Rebel Galaxy is also rad and full of style. I'm also pretty sure that I got Jazzpunk immediately after the QL and beat it in that session. That game was dumb and great.

Gang Beasts.