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2010 Steam Holiday Sale Thread: of GAF collectively handing over wallet to Based Gabe

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Stahsky

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I am in need of info for this Divinity game. Never heard of it. Is this like Elder Scrolls or BG/NVN2/DA:O?
 
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1-D_FTW

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How is the Jimmy DLC for Mafia 2? Are the missions less driving/talking and more pew-pew?

I'm strangely drawn to Mafia 2 right now even though I'm not sure I actually like the game. It's definitely got atmosphere that I like.
 
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Owzers

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Still a pretty good Holiday sale this year:

King Arthur $3
Amnesia $4.80
The Witcher $5
Indie Fright Pack $5
P.B. Winterbottom 49cents
Shattered Union 49 cents
another Humble Bundle.

already have Zeno Clash from a previous sale, interested in Divinity 2 but since i can't play it right now i'm not going to future system backlog it for $20.
 
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enzo_gt

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vocab said:
They are good, but OF being cannon is up in the air. If you like anything Half Life, you'd be dumb not to play them.
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Planning on playing HL1 for the first time. Best to jump on it anyways I'm guessing.
 
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Mrbob

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Lime said:
Is the Digital Deluxe edition of Mafia 2 worth the extra money?
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If you want the sound track and art book. I'd get Mafia 2 and at least Jimmy's Vendetta and Joe's Adventure. Each of these DLC packs at $2.49 is an extremely good price. I grabbed all of them since it is only $7.94 when it is normally around 32 bucks for all.
 
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EvaPlusMinus said:
I am in need of info for this Divinity game. Never heard of it. Is this like Elder Scrolls or BG/NVN2/DA:O?
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Here's the OT, I think it looks quite nice, can't wait to finally play it (when I get to it).

Edit: Here's a post from the old Divinity II thread, detailing the performance/graphics improvements w/ the DKS expansion.
 
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Laurentius

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Wellington said:
Actually, might as well grab both Episode one and Episode two of HL2. Hadn't played through them.
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Yes, definitely do that. Some of the best few hours of gaming for a few bucks? Can't go wrong with that.
 
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scitek

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Ha, I had everything else from The Orange Box on PC except the episodes. I've pieced it all together slowly, and now it's complete! Muahahahaha!!!!
 
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Scipius

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UrbanRats said:
Does HAlf life 2 stand alone have the graphics improvement from the Orange Box?
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It must have; it makes no sense for Valve to keep two different versions online. Besides, the Store Page for HL2 itself lists all of the improvements from the OB: achievements, cloud and HDR.
 
Mihos

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I loved Divinity 2. The expansion was a little bit of a disappointment since you only take dragon form once and it confines you to the city for the most part.

It is a definite 'get' if you are on the fence.
 
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shintoki

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Archie said:
Kinda want Divinity 2, Settlers 7 and Mafia 2, but I've spent too much as is and have a massive backlog. I guess I'll wait until the next holiday sale to pick those up.
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Pretty much the same. I want all 3, but no interest in paying what they are asking.

And with my current backlog, wouldn't get to them anyways.
 
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Blizzard

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1-D_FTW said:
How is the Jimmy DLC for Mafia 2? Are the missions less driving/talking and more pew-pew?

I'm strangely drawn to Mafia 2 right now even though I'm not sure I actually like the game. It's definitely got atmosphere that I like.
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I'm also considering the $5 for the Jimmy and Joe DLC, as long as they're well done, and not purely linear drive to point X and shoot people style missions...I dunno.

KPJZKC said:
Check the steam forums, there's a direct draw wrapper you can download to fix those issues (border of the screen flickers for me, but at least it's playable)
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Thanks...I guess I'll have to do some Google searching, unless anyone (Stallion Free?) has ready-at-hand advice to make Jedi Knight 2 Dark Forces playable in Windows 7 64-bit.
 
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Kryten

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I'm thinking it's finally time to add the original Half Life to my Steam account - it's probably worth the $3.74 (for the anthology) just to play the opening sequence again.
 
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Nabs

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NBA 2k11 at $20 is still a bargin. If you like NBA games and have a 360 pad (or ps3 pad w/ emu) you should consider it. I just installed a bunch of mods last night (lighting, sweat, faces, courts...) and it looks great. The 2k folks say there's a patch ready to be released as well, so maybe we aren't forgotten.

If anyone picks it up and needs help with something (config file or mods) send me a pm or bump that lttp thread on the pc version and I'll try to help.
 
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Bigfoot

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LCfiner said:
aaand nothing for me today. I am in the clear.

total damage over the two weeks:

138 dollars.

everything from daily deals. I'll have a ton of games for 2011 and beyond. kinda crazy - especially considering how dense 2011 already is with potentially quality new releases.
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At least you can pass on the 2011 games until they go on sale. I've got such a constant backlog that I hardly ever pay full price for anything anymore unless it is something I really have to play when it comes out.
 
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kharma45

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Gonna grab Maifa II, for £5 can't go too far wrong I guess.

GAF, which is the better buy for 89p, Half Life or Half Life: Source? My bro said to go for the older one as with some mods it's generally a better game than it running on the Source engine. Any opinions?

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the fm2011 guys do not know how to do steam sales, £20 is not a sale in my eyes
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True, the game is £15 on disc, far better buy as you can register the serial on Steam then flog it to CEX.
 
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I <3 Memes

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Wellington said:
Meh, crappy last new sales day.
Good run fellas. Let's see what comes up tomorrow! Cmon Witcher!
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Wellington said:
Actually, might as well grab both Episode one and Episode two of HL2. Hadn't played through them.
Hell, and with L4D it's even cheaper.
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These 2 quotes conflict with each other.



Also, it says 85% off if you own L4D1 or 2. Does this only show up after you put a game in your cart? The store page only shows 75% off.

NVM It's fixed.
 
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VALIS

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This will end up being the only day I didn't buy anything. The only two titles I'm interested in and don't have -- Divinity II and Settlers 7 -- are still too expensive to justify when I have the most massive backlog ever.
 
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mm04

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Nothing really interesting to me except for Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Is that worth $5? Has it ever been on sale for less than that?
 
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epmode

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pirata said:
Would anybody recommend Bionic Commando Rearmed for five bucks?
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God yes. It's one of my favorite remakes ever. It doesn't look like much but it plays great and has a fantastic soundtrack.
 
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brain_stew

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kharma45 said:
True, the game is £15 on disc, far better buy as you can register the serial on Steam then flog it to CEX.
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Dunno if you should be encouraging people to sell a game they're still playing. No matter how you or CEX feel on the matter, its blatant piracy, one serial is only good for one license.
 
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Visualante

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Spent just over £100 on Steam this year and just over that in hardware upgrades (first in 2 years), very happy for the good times that have been had.
 
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