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2010 Steam Holiday Sale Thread: of GAF collectively handing over wallet to Based Gabe
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Im_Special
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Hey guys, So I bought King Arthur Complete Pack but it only shows up as King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame on my Steam list with no mention of owning the DLC and even allows me to rebuy the DLC, so did something go wrong with this transaction or is this normal? If I download King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame is that with the DLC already included?
Im_Special
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Oh right on, it shows up, Thanks!Nabs said:
EW DMC4 raised in price. I had it in my cart at 4.99 but went to pickup some last minute xmas stuff ugh ugh ugh.
Just FNV at $25 for me then. I've been good, FNV is my first purchase this month on Steam. I'm getting better at holding out for great deals on great games that I actually intend to play.
Just FNV at $25 for me then. I've been good, FNV is my first purchase this month on Steam. I'm getting better at holding out for great deals on great games that I actually intend to play.
tahrikmili
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I can't find anything to buy today, makes me wish I bought Risen or Alpha Protocol yesterday..
I got so burnt by Stranger's Wrath I can't buy anything :lol
I got so burnt by Stranger's Wrath I can't buy anything :lol
Korranator
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Nabs said:
Saved me $5. :lol
SolarPowered
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I only saw DMC4 at $10 when I woke up. I'm glad I saw it at that price because I'd only be bitching at myself for not buying a game that I'll never play(already beat and was not impressed).:lol
I also picked up CS:Source for some multiplayer fun. I'm surprised by it's size too. :lol
I also picked up CS:Source for some multiplayer fun. I'm surprised by it's size too. :lol
Baloonatic
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Let me download my stuff 
bee
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graw 1 pc >>>>> graw 1 console, didn't really care for the 2nd one though for some reason. there's also some really good co-op mod maps available for both
http://www.ghostrecon.net/files2/index.php?act=category&id=44
http://www.ghostrecon.net/files2/index.php?act=category&id=44
tahrikmili
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Ghost Recon + Expansions are the best tactical military shooters I've played bar none.. They are really up there with the Delta Force games (which would look like utter shit today because they were software rendered IIRC..)
Yasae said:
How did I miss this. The situations are not the same. Oddworld is a franchise that is loved by many. Can't fuck up a port like that. It's inexcusable. The way the CEO handled the situation was stupid. Sure an apology after the fact is nice, but that doesn't fix any of the issues with the game. JAW made the worst port I have ever seen.
Nothing yet again. Part of me is getting bored of the steam christmas sales, 95% of it is the same shit as always. Most publishers don't seem to be taking a risk at offering a crazy cheap price on a game that's say 3 months old.
NV isn't too bad but it's still $30, not cheap at all and considering you could probably pickup the GOTY next year with all the bullshit dlc included for the same price, waiting seems like a good option on that.
NV isn't too bad but it's still $30, not cheap at all and considering you could probably pickup the GOTY next year with all the bullshit dlc included for the same price, waiting seems like a good option on that.
ElectricThunder
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Claptrap DLC and that Saxons King Arthur DLC for me tomorrow morning---too bad that new Druid DLC for King Arthur didn't make it out in time for the sale.
:shakes first at 4th Quarter 2010 supposed release date:
:shakes first at 4th Quarter 2010 supposed release date:
It's weird how Capcom has never understood Steam sales. Every year they sell their old ass PC ports of console games for $20-30 full price and then give maybe a 25% or at most in the utter generosity, 50% discount. But you never see their stuff for under $10. DMC4 was $10 last x-mas sale and I didn't bite because $10 was too much for such an old game that was $5 or under everywhere else by then. This time I picked it up at $5 thinking it really should be $2.50 by now and it turns out it was a mistake and they actually wanted to sell it at $10. RE5 is pretty damn old by now and missing the DLC scenarios of the console versions and they still won't dip below $10 for steam sales. If Lost Planet 2 goes on sale it'll probably be $20 at 50% off of $40. Which is a joke for a game with bad word of mouth and poor sales.
For a while I thought maybe it was just a Japanese thing. That Japanese game publishers are less willing to do steep price drops for sales as games become older in order to move stock that isn't moving on its own. But then the only other major Japanese publisher on steam is Square Enix and SE has been showing that they understand digital pricing. Last year they had Last Remnant down to $10 pretty fast, this year they dropped Kane & Lynch 2 down to five dollars within a few months (K&L2 is basically SE's equivalent of Capcom's Lost Planet 2), Lara Croft has gone on sale, Deus Ex packs are dirt cheap, Just Cause 2 is cheap, the entire SE pack is a steal at 88% off. SE has brought the some of the best deals on steam in the last two years.
So it's definitely not a Japanese thing. Capcom is just dumb and elitist and unwilling to lower their prices for the common pleebs.
/rant off
For a while I thought maybe it was just a Japanese thing. That Japanese game publishers are less willing to do steep price drops for sales as games become older in order to move stock that isn't moving on its own. But then the only other major Japanese publisher on steam is Square Enix and SE has been showing that they understand digital pricing. Last year they had Last Remnant down to $10 pretty fast, this year they dropped Kane & Lynch 2 down to five dollars within a few months (K&L2 is basically SE's equivalent of Capcom's Lost Planet 2), Lara Croft has gone on sale, Deus Ex packs are dirt cheap, Just Cause 2 is cheap, the entire SE pack is a steal at 88% off. SE has brought the some of the best deals on steam in the last two years.
So it's definitely not a Japanese thing. Capcom is just dumb and elitist and unwilling to lower their prices for the common pleebs.
/rant off
speculawyer
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Truespeed said:
I didn't try the single player. Unfortunately I'm at work now and can't mess with it.
I've had the pack for awhile and ran into these issues then (about a year ago) and got it to work on a dual boot with 32 bit Vista. I hate doing that though. Especially if it works on Windows 7. Maybe I can uninstall and delete any registry links and whatnot to start clean. Don't know.
Truespeed
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For those that don't like to get their hands dirty with DOS prompts and symbolic links, there's an app for that. It's called Steam Mover and it will move your Steam games from one directory to another if your constrained for space or just want to place all of your big games on a big data drive.
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arts&crafts
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so Saints Row 2 any good? I played the original and thought it had some humor but other than that just a basic gta clone, did the second add anything special? I will probably buy it anyways as long as no one convinces me otherwise :lol
SolarPowered
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All of this back and forth on BF2 and Ghost recon is getting to me. I wouldn't mind getting either one, but the opinions are so mixed(only pros left or the game is completely different) that I don't eve know where to begin.
You can see this when you notice that 95% of the games on consoles have only experienced price increases even if it's detrimental to the genre(lightgun, fighting, puzzle, platformer). Big companies like square have more invested in the western audience and Capcom should follow suit if their current direction(more western focus) is to be believed.
I just chalk it up to lack of awareness on the part of most console centric publishers/developers. There are a few exceptions here and there, but most of them still understand very little about how to cater to their audience without ripping their wallets right out of their hands.Bebpo said:
You can see this when you notice that 95% of the games on consoles have only experienced price increases even if it's detrimental to the genre(lightgun, fighting, puzzle, platformer). Big companies like square have more invested in the western audience and Capcom should follow suit if their current direction(more western focus) is to be believed.
ccgenerals
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moxxi doesVik_Vaughn said:
This is under the assumption they'll fix those problems (I sure hope they do, too many customers not to,) but imagine if you never got a patch to fix any of those issues, and none of the Oddworld games worked... For all eternity.TheFatOne said:
That's Saints Row 2. The situations are not the same, you're right. I'm pretty sure Volition had a lot more money to patch things up, too, but their publisher just got greedy. How much it cost to develop Saints Row 2 vs how much it cost to port over some old games is not a very good comparison.
And now you know I've dealt with a game that had worse problems, lost money on it just like everybody else, and still don't support all this bile? I'm a fucking loon by GAF's measuring stick. Or - more likely - maybe other people are the loons for once.
Thanks, I'll give it a go. If it fixes the stuttering and gets the game up to speed, I'll donate.Phloxy said:
Because that's the way things should be.
Wow thanx alot for this! Hoping to move stuff like this on my spare external 1.5TB HDD.Truespeed said:For those that don't like to get their hands dirty with DOS prompts and symbolic links, there's an app for that. It's called Steam Mover and it will move your Steam games from one directory to another if your constrained for space or just want to place all of your big games on a big data drive.
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