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Typically you can expect 75% of the store on sale, with sales varying from 30% to 95% off. Steam has changed it up a little bit over the last few years, but typically there are base sale prices for items the entire week, and then certain items have deeper discounts for one day of the week, and the last day of the week has the most popular sales from throughout the week.

So typically the best way to do it is to pick out everything you want and wait until the last day, only buying things before that if they are the featured daily sales.

So true, I always see people getting burned by not waiting until after the daily deals are over.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Counter-strike Source is still $20?

wat

Worth every penny.

 

[Salsa]

Holy shit at Vegas 2 reducing the co-op campaign to two players instead of 4 (and 8 before that).

Talk about taking out the fun of the whole experience :/ multiplayer coop was the highlight for me.

 

[AcridMeat]

Aw damn it I thought it was 4.

 

[Smokey]

Worth every penny.

I know. I had it years ago and just recently built a new gaming PC after being out of the scene for YEARS (talking BF1942 era).

Thought it'd be cheaper by now.

 

[BuddhaRockstar]

How does the Conviction co-op compare to Chaos Theory? Are there still co-op moves, multiple routes, ability to trick lure enemies into traps, etc... or is it more run and gun?

 

[Goro Majima]

I got Ghost Recon pack, Splinter Cell pack, and the first RSV.

At this rate between the EA sale, Rockstar sale, and Ubisoft sale, there won't be a crazy amount left to pick up during the summer sale!

Spoiler

famous last words :\

 

[Sutton Dagger]

Oh boy, sounds awesome I better start saving then.

 

[archnemesis]

Thought it'd be cheaper by now.

It has been on sale a few times for 50% or 66% off. If you hold out a month you could save a few dollars.

 

[nincompoop]

So I've played 69 minutes of NightSky and I'm 60% done.

Keep that in mind.

Is that for both difficulty levels or just one of them? I think the hard mode is supposed to feature entirely different puzzles than the normal mode.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Is that for both difficulty levels or just one of them? I think the hard mode is supposed to feature entirely different puzzles than the normal mode.

Just one, and yeah the description for the hard mode seems to suggest that it has its own puzzle set.

 

[MNC]

got the Splinter Cell pack and Vegas 1, gonna get 2 later probably as we're gonna do coop with 2 friends, should be great!

No one to play Conviction Co-op though, so im not gettin that DLC.

Pack? I can't find no pack! Aaaaah!


Also, if I buy Double Agent, Chaos Theory without Conviction, am I still doing the right thing?

 

[Narag]

Pack? I can't find no pack! Aaaaah!


Also, if I buy Double Agent, Chaos Theory without Conviction, am I still doing the right thing?

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4158/

 

[gdt]

Hmm, wierd, this morning, I was able to max ACII at 50-60 fps, but now, even at the low low low of the game, I'm hovering at a very unstable 40 fps (same fps as everything maxed)... Let me try rebooting, or maybe my laptop switched to the low power GPU or something...

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I have never played any Rainbow Six game, and I don't know which one to pick.

 

[MNC]

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4158/

Defaults to store page.... Am I being the victim of regional packs?

Can someone give me the price + games/DLC included?

edit: Oh wow holy shit. Conviction + Chaos Theory + Double Agent for 2 + 2 + 5 = 9dollars??!?! That's dirt cheap! Just conviction already costs 10 Euros!

 

[Polk]

I have never played any Rainbow Six game, and I don't know which one to pick.

Rainbow Six 3 or Vegas. 3 is better, Vegas is more streamlined.

 

[nitric0]

So tempted to get Chaos Theory. Played it for a bit on Xbox, still worth it?

 

[szaromir]

Original Ghost Recons don't work for me either (w7x64)

GR1 works for me and is as good as ever (also win7x64)

 

[gdt]

Hmm, wierd, this morning, I was able to max ACII at 50-60 fps, but now, even at the low low low of the game, I'm hovering at a very unstable 40 fps (same fps as everything maxed)... Let me try rebooting, or maybe my laptop switched to the low power GPU or something...

Another thing, even when paused, it drops down to 30 fps for no reason. Quickly climbs back up, then in 10 seconds-ish, does the drop again.

Gonna turn of d3d...

 

[Goro Majima]

Wow playing through Ghost Recon is a blast from the past. It feels like these older Tom Clancy games were a bit more...adult oriented? That might be the wrong phrase to describe it but I can't quite put my finger on it.

 

[Ashour]

I only want to pick one. Should I go Vegas 1 or 2? Keep in mind I'll probably only play campaign.

 

[Ledsen]

How does the Conviction co-op compare to Chaos Theory? Are there still co-op moves, multiple routes, ability to trick lure enemies into traps, etc... or is it more run and gun?

It's very similar, but of course you don't have as many options in Conviction. Still has the same atmosphere though.

 

[gdt]

Heh, d3d was fucking up ACII for me.

 

[Blizzard]

Aww, no Petz today. ;p

These sales are going to bankrupt me though. Since the daily deals started, and Ubisoft all this week, my grand total stands at $2.00 for Samorost 2. NightSky is kind of stylish but I'm passing for now.

 

[gdt]

Yeah, my ds3 triggers don't register on the menu anymore. And holy fuck is it complicated to set the gamepad controls up. Might play with a mouse though, but only when I get my new one in, the current one I have kinda sucks for gaming. It locks up when I move too fast, so I've turned up mouse sensitivity to compensate. Doesn't do that in ACII though...

 

[Scott32020]

So I'm the only one who bought EndWar?

 

[Danne-Danger]

Wow playing through Ghost Recon is a blast from the past. It feels like these older Tom Clancy games were a bit more...adult oriented? That might be the wrong phrase to describe it but I can't quite put my finger on it.

No that's exactly the right phrase. "Mature" would've been another good one... "intellectually stimulating/demanding", "realistic", "not dumbed down", "fun", "well made", "like objectively better games", “varied”, "first person", “open” etc. I could do this all day!

 

[jaundicejuice]

I already have the Splinter Cell pack from an earlier sale, I'm not really into tactical military shooters (my tastes in shooters skew more towards the ridiculous) so I don't think I'll grab the Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six packs, but the Hawx games look kinda interesting. The second game looks like its a disaster while the first received middling to alright reviews. I'm going to download the demo but any feedback or impressions would be appreciated. I skimmed back a few pages but didn't really see much mention about either Hawx game.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Typically you can expect 75% of the store on sale, with sales varying from 30% to 95% off. Steam has changed it up a little bit over the last few years, but typically there are base sale prices for items the entire week, and then certain items have deeper discounts for one day of the week, and the last day of the week has the most popular sales from throughout the week.

So typically the best way to do it is to pick out everything you want and wait until the last day, only buying things before that if they are the featured daily sales.

The exception being the opening minutes of the first day. If there's a publisher package that seems to good to be true, it probably is. Don't dick around. I'm still kicking myself over the 1C package (and I didn't own a single 1C game at the time) that got pulled.

 

[Salsa]

So I'm the only one who bought EndWar?

id get it if i had more on my CC for sure

looks right up my alley

 

[coopolon]

So I think it's going to be the Splinter Cell pack and the R6V1 and 2. R6 3 is tempting but I never was that into the first two (which I have on disc) so I don't think I'm going to dig the third either.

 

[desu]

So I got a couple of games gifted. One of them was HAWX2+DLC. Now the strange thing is that its not in my list even though the steam site tells me that I own the game. But its not in my list and wont let me install it when I try to click the play button on the steam page. Anyone had that happen yet? And yes I tried restarting steam.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Actually fuck it, I think I've acquired enough games over the last few days and weeks, I don't need Hawx. The Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia series as well as Assassin's Creed 1 and 2. And a free copy of Darksiders.

I think I'm good until the summer sale.

 

[Stumpokapow]

A little under 2 hours to finish the first set of levels in NightSky; although after you finish the game, select levels gain hidden items you can go back to pick up and there's a second set of levels that's supposedly harder.

 

[Goro Majima]

No that's exactly the right phrase. "Mature" would've been another good one... "intellectually stimulating/demanding", "realistic", "not dumbed down", "fun", "well made", "like objectively better games", “varied”, "first person", “open” etc. I could do this all day!

Yeah all those things. They also feel like they cater more towards the people who have read his books and such.

I miss games sometimes from before the "streamlined experience" era.

 

[Squalltdx]

Ugh, the Assassins Creed 2 issues are making me go nuts now. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work and I can't seem to find any solution online. Going to try and reinstall and hope for the best.

 

[Sanic]

So just to clarify, Rainbow Six 3 is very much hardcore in the sense that the original Rainbow Six was?

 

[Joe Molotov]

Ugh, the Assassins Creed 2 issues are making me go nuts now. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work and I can't seem to find any solution online. Going to try and reinstall and hope for the best.

What issues are you having?

 

[jaundicejuice]

What issues are you having?

From two pages back...

So I started playing Assassins Creed 2 today but I've run into 2 problems very early, 1st issue is when I start the game it freezes at the Ubi logo animation for over 30 seconds and it eventually plays and goes to the title screen. The 2nd issue is the game just randomly seems to minimize back to desktop every several minutes. Besides those 2 issues the game seems to be running great so I'm not sure what may be causing it. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Qwomo]

Ugghgghghh I accidentally bought AssCreed II. Yesterday during the sale I plopped it in my cart and was getting ready to buy it because it was cheap, but then I remembered I already had it on OnLive so I just exited out and went about my business.

Then today, I see Splinter Cell is on sale, so I buy that, but I do so without noticing that AssCreed is still in my cart. Paying 20 bucks for a game that I didn't want to buy at 10 bucks (and then add the cost of Splinter Cell on top) sucks butthole.

 

[Baha]

HAWX is 4 player co-op campaign, quite nice for the asking price.

 

[Duki]

which of these clancy games are good tbh

never played any of them D:

 

[indigo-cyclops]

which of these clancy games are good tbh

never played any of them D:

I'm also curious about this, well, at least for games like Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six?

 

[Danne-Danger]

So just to clarify, Rainbow Six 3 is very much hardcore in the sense that the original Rainbow Six was?

In the same sense that Rogue Spear was, yes. I never played the games prior to that.

Well, I played the PS1 version one time, but as far as I understand it that counts for NOTHING!

which of these clancy games are good tbh

never played any of them D:

Rainbow Six 3: Gold is the best Tom Clancy game on the store right now. It's IMO much easier to pick up than Ghost Recon and has a TON of depth. The reason why I say it's easier to pick up is because of the available pre-planned missions in Raven Shield (Rainbow Six 3), it's a section before each mission where you set waypoints, put together teams and equip them etc. All the pre-planning is there for you if you want to mess with it, otherwise you can just stick with the plan the devs made and enjoy one hell of a game. Chances are that after you've failed a mission a couple of times, you'll go back to the planning phase and alter some routes or equipment, giving you a natural and gradual introduction to the game's deeper systems.

In Ghost Recon, you do all that on the fly in-game, you need to bring up the map and set waypoints for your squadmates to do anything but stand still and shoot stuff. It's really simple to do and works fairly intuitively, but it's not as pick-up and play as Raven Shield, nor is it as deep with what you can do on a map. It's very satisfying though, and it plays more to what that game is about, you go in, recon the situation and plan accordingly.

Both also have Lone Wolf options for the campaigns if you just want to solo your way through, really tough but also fun as hell! On top of that there's terrorist hunt (squad and lone wolf) and all that juicy stuff. And a TON of guns and gadgets to play around with (in Raven Shield).

IMO both Rainbow Six 3: Gold (INSANE value for money) and Ghost Recon 1 with its expansions are worth anyone's money. This is a judgement I'm qualified to make. The games that follow are just watered down shadows of their forefathers, fun for a while but throwaway.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

which of these clancy games are good tbh

never played any of them D:

The only games I've played considerably were the Rainbow Six Vegas games on 360. I absolutely loved them, but I can't attest to the story mode since I only played Terrorist Hunt.

 

[Aselith]

Ugghgghghh I accidentally bought AssCreed II. Yesterday during the sale I plopped it in my cart and was getting ready to buy it because it was cheap, but then I remembered I already had it on OnLive so I just exited out and went about my business.

Then today, I see Splinter Cell is on sale, so I buy that, but I do so without noticing that AssCreed is still in my cart. Paying 20 bucks for a game that I didn't want to buy at 10 bucks (and then add the cost of Splinter Cell on top) sucks butthole.

You might contact support and just see if they can reverse it. Wouldn't hurt.

 

[coopolon]

You might contact support and just see if they can reverse it. Wouldn't hurt.

I was going to suggest the same thing. Just make sure you don't download it. Worst that can happen is they say no.

 

[Baha]

which of these clancy games are good tbh

never played any of them D:

Depends what you're looking for. For single player you can get some decent mileage from both vegas games at their current price, though I would highly suggest playing them in co-op (vegas is 4 player co-op and vegas 2 is 2 player co-op, both have online terrorist hunt modes as well). Rainbow 6 3 & Ghost Recon games are more tactical and support co-op in addition to their lengthy single player campaigns. For splinter cell, Chaos Theory is the one to get especially if you can find someone to play co-op with since the co-op is mission based and is independent of single player.

 

[PaulLFC]

Rainbow Six 3: Gold is the best Tom Clancy game on the store right now. It's IMO much easier to pick up than Ghost Recon and has a TON of depth. The reason why I say it's easier to pick up is because of the available pre-planned missions in Raven Shield (Rainbow Six 3), it's a section before each mission where you set waypoints, put together teams and equip them etc. All the pre-planning is there for you if you want to mess with it, otherwise you can just stick with the plan the devs made and enjoy one hell of a game. Chances are that after you've failed a mission a couple of times, you'll go back to the planning phase and alter some routes or equipment, giving you a natural and gradual introduction to the game's deeper systems.

In Ghost Recon, you do all that on the fly in-game, you need to bring up the map and set waypoints for your squadmates to do anything but stand still and shoot stuff. It's really simple to do and works fairly intuitively, but it's not as pick-up and play as Raven Shield, nor is it as deep with what you can do on a map. It's very satisfying though, and it plays more to what that game is about, you go in, recon the situation and plan accordingly.

Both also have Lone Wolf options for the campaigns if you just want to solo your way through, really tough but also fun as hell! On top of that there's terrorist hunt (squad and lone wolf) and all that juicy stuff. And a TON of guns and gadgets to play around with (in Raven Shield).

IMO both Rainbow Six 3: Gold (INSANE value for money) and Ghost Recon 1 with its expansions are worth anyone's money. This is a judgement I'm qualified to make. The games that follow are just watered down pale shadows of their forefathers, fun for a while but throwaway.

You just convinced me to add R63 to my purchases for today. Would you say it's worth picking up one of the Vegas games? If so which one would be best, the sequel? I realise they'll likely be quite different from Rainbow Six 3, but I never got round to playing them back when they were released.