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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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Lord British
Member
So. How much money are you planning to spend guys?
I have 35 bucks. I'm poor
0. There's no sale for me; too late now.
Sir Garbageman
Member
After the past two years worth of sales and a never ending backlog filled with lengthy RPGs, there really are only a few games I definitely want to pick up this go around:
Legend of Grimlock
Trine 2
Y's
Skyrim
and that's about it...
Legend of Grimlock
Trine 2
Y's
Skyrim
and that's about it...
My list
Doesn't it just show up for everyone now?
It's Ys!
snoopeasystreet
Member
Outside of the Alan Wake games and ARMA 2, I'm not really sure what I want.
The best service for gamers? Really? Now that is laughable at best. While their games are not DRM free tell me the last time Valve:
1. Sued gamers for pirating their game like they were part of the music industry?
2. Lied to their consumers and acted like their service was shutting down and acted like the downloads being available was a major issue only to launch a new website and hurting their customers good will in the process?
Sir Garbageman
Member
Skyrim probably drop enough during this sale so I fully expect to only pick up the top 3.
They decided not to go through with it, sooo.......
Wow, can you explain this a bit more? I'm just now getting into GOG for older games I own retail or that can't be found elsewhere.
(My Wizardry VIII discs are my prized possession though, never seen it anywhere =p)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
1) was more on the Witcher 2 side if I remember correctly, but I think that they backed down.
2) was a publicity stunt that freaked out some long time users, but relatively harmless otherwise.
GOG is good.
1. When the Witcher 2 came out CD Projekt (the company that runs GOG) released a DRM free version and then started to sue gamers who pirated the game (like the music industry), but then after they received backlash backed off.
2. Before bringing gog.com out of beta CD Projekt released an announcement on their website saying the service was shutting down, and they were working to figure out how people could still download their purchased games. It stayed this way for several days, and then the new site came up, and they said it was all a "joke".
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Everyone should have a GOG account. They have tons of oldies and are DRM free. Many of the game they have are not on Steam or in many other places. They just need more of the classics that seem to be stuck in legal hell due to the various right holders.
Stuff. Stuff everywhere. I feel as though I should explain:
- I don't actually want everything listed. Most of it is just filling the gaps in cases where I own at least one game of a franchise (which is why Fable 3 is listed, despite the fact it's literally the worst game ever)
- I don't discriminate between cases of owning some or no DLC; for instance, I don't actually need to buy every piece of Dungeon Defenders DLC as I already own about a third of it, but I still do lack some, so it's listed
- I couldn't care less for OSTs, but when the game proper is discounted, the accompanying OST is cheap as chips
Glass Rebel
Member
Oh wow, I own only Vampire and Singularity but want most of the others. Hmmm.
Edit: Jase, the Warhammer DLC is exclusively MP stuff. I thought you only played CS?
As someone who has lived through a service shutting down prior to Steam launching (I can't remember the name now, but it was the only way to buy Prey digitally until they shut down), had to wait to get the physical retail box shipped to me, and waiting for a month to get it figured out without access to a game I paid for let me say it wasn't harmless.
It made them look like amatures, oh and not to mention YOU COULDN'T DOWNLOAD YOUR GAMES DURING THIS STUNT! If they needed to upgrade the site just come out and say it, nobody would have cared.
Why isn't Wolf '09 li... oh.
Oh wow, I own only Vampire and Singularity but want most of the others. Hmmm.
Edit: Jase, the Warhammer DLC is exclusively MP stuff. I thought you only played CS?
I do, but any Steam sub adds to your (Community) game count.
Edit: Oops, wrong tab.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Huh wow, didn't know it was that serious.
That whole situation does seem like a shit show for a publicity stunt.
They're now a pretty good service though.
edit: not being able to download games was probably part of upgrading the site, but not informing consumers about the status of their purchased stuff is pretty shitty.
legacyzero
Banned
If I could get Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2 for $5 a piece, that would be awesome.
A few others like Crysis 2 Maximum for $20 and Sniper V2 for $15 or $20 would be great too!
A few others like Crysis 2 Maximum for $20 and Sniper V2 for $15 or $20 would be great too!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
By the way, GMG has a free Hacker Evolution game which can be used to obtain a 20% off on all voucher, good for any Steam game.
Come to me, my love.
I do, but any Steam sub adds to your (Community) game count.
Edit: Oops, wrong tab.
xD, you are now one of us Jase
gotta stock up on that dlc, pad that game count
You forgot to mention GOG also overcharging for super old games. Like really? A 20 year old game is still worth 10$? Come on
Glass Rebel
Member
I do, but any Steam sub adds to your (Community) game count.
Edit: Oops, wrong tab.
get help
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get help
Who needs help when you have
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Seeing apostrophes in Ys makes me die a little on this inside. It's "ees" and not "whys."
I already have both, but for those waiting on the sale I hope there is a double pack. Both are great, and surprisingly different from one another.
I already have both, but for those waiting on the sale I hope there is a double pack. Both are great, and surprisingly different from one another.
scorpscarx
Member
I'm going to laugh when Gabe patches this out, my list is pure games, dlc doesn't count you taffers.
Such a deterrent will only increase my resolve. I must, I must, I must increase my... game count.
scorpscarx
Member
...And it was known as the great game rapture of 2012... when your lists were mysteriously reduced by hundreds over night..
Ahhhhhhh glorious.
I just want Ys Felghana, The Longest Journey + Dreamfall pack, and something to bro-op with a friend (SR3, perhaps). Not all that pumped for this sale, gotta say. Maybe we'll see some surprises, but eh.
We're all proud taffers.
We're all proud taffers.
Joe Molotov
Member
Jase, don't listen to these haters. They mad jelly. Steam game counts will be the only status symbol that matters in the New Gabe World Order, when we shall be as gods.
And laugh at the unwashed masses with only 200 games
Would you be so inclined to say it was a... Revelation of 2012? That shitty game had it right all along! If you take the Mayan symbology as an esoteric metaphor for Steam game collecting, that is.
See, this guy gets it. :brofist
They're making a "Winter Sale" (because while it's summer in the US, it's winter down here in the south hemisphere). I wonder if that 20% off voucher IS the sale or there's something else coming (that we can, then, stack the voucher on top).
I found their email poking at the sales craze funny:
GreenMan Gaming said:
Glass Rebel
Member
Something between 400-600 games is the right amount. Everything below is cheap but over that is just excessive. There is a reason why Valve never goes over 2 with their game releases and when it comes to the community page, 600 is the new 2. Real talk.
sazzy
Member
today>!?
Did Peter Jackson edit that sound bite again? Christ, he's becoming a regular Lucas!
oh I thought it was Thursday lol
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