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[Cheddahz]

Wow, the Steam store page looks so lonely

 

[xelios]

My only thing with waiting on dailies for some stuff (vs buying at 50%) is I can be quite paranoid something may disappear from Steam before it's 75%. But usually I'm pretty smart.

 

[Derrick01]

What did you want to go on sale that didn't?

Nothing. I wanted it to surprise me but it became pretty clear early on that it was going to be a lot of repeat deals and a lot of the deals weren't even on par with Amazon's. Not to mention there was no special side game to get prizes, just lame flash deals that repeated yet more sales.

 

[jaundicejuice]

With Fallout to replay, Risen, and tons more from the Steam sale, is it worth grabbing Jade Empire? Played it on Xbox like 10 years ago, barely recall anything.

If you're just buying Jade Empire to maybe, some day replay it, I'd say play Risen instead.

 

[zephervack]

Welcome back everyone... I hate you capcom.

Yeah they must hate money.

Only 2 games as flash/dailies and the savings were laughable.

I was ready to spread open my wallet for Lost Planet 1 and 2, Resi 5 and DMC 4

 

[ghostmind]

LOL, i just bought Jade Empire yesterday, thinking "ìt`ll be a long time before something as old as this goes on sale again."

 

[zephervack]

It looks like the new Transformers game is full Steamworks. Activision is going hard this year (Prototype, Tony Hawk HD, 007, Transformers, Blops 2).

"Our goal from the outset was to create a PC-centric experience," he said. "This is not just another console port."

I guess we'll see.

Yeah, but they never discount anything in a fair matter , waited the entire sale for Cybertron and it never happened

 

[Yoshichan]

Out of curiosity, what were you up to in the days before D3 and Steam Seals?

What do you mean "what were you up to" :3? Like, what I do for a living?

edit: or do you mean which GAFcommunity I was in before D3/Steam?

 

[Dice]

Did I win Tobe's Vertical Adventure? That HL3 ending was the most effort I ever put in for a product that was $1.24 at the time, lol.

Edit: Oh, it's in the old thread, I didn't. Well I got a few nice responses so at least it was appreciated.

 

[Salsa]

we back

 

[Kerub]

Jade Empire! The sale isn't over! :-D

 

[Cloudius12]

Time to go back to playing games?

 

[Yoshichan]

Time to go back to playing games?

Already ahead of you :3 Bastioooooooon

 

[MrBud360]

Total Damage:

Steam: (250,14 Dollars)

1.00 Time Gentlemen, Please!
Gift Whispered World
9.99 Saints Row: The Third
16.87 Borderlands GOTY - Four Pack
3.74 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
4.99 Penumbra Collectors Pack (Penumbra Black Plague, Penumbra Overture)
3.74 Left 4 Dead 2
4.99 Just Cause 2
3.74 Stacking
5.99 Crysis: Warhead
4.99 Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition
4.99 Assassin's Creed
2.00 PixelJunk Eden
2.50 Tiny Bang Story
2.49 Dear Esther
12.48 Dead Space Pack(Dead Space 1 and 2)
3.74 Bastion
3.74 Vessel
10.19 Batman Arkham City
3.39 Batman Arkham City: Harley Quinn
10.19 Dead Island
49.99 Ubisoft Collection (Assassins Creed Revelations, Beyound Good and Evil, Rayman Origins, Heroes of Might and Magic VI, R.U.S.E, Driver San Francisco)
2.49 Post Mortem
14.99 Cyan Complete (Myst, realMyst, Riven, URU: Complete Chronicles, Myst V)
3.74 Still Life Collection (Still Life 1 and 2)
22.49 Max Payne 3
4.99 Lost Horizon
1.49 Puzzle Dimension
9.99 Alan Wake Bundle (Alan Wake 1 and American Nightmare)
7.49 The Dream Machine Bundle (5 Episódios)
3.74 Trine 2
9.99 The Blackwell Bundle (Convergence, Deception, Unbound, Legacy)

---------------------------------------

Amazon: (29.97 Dollars)

4.99 Alice: Madness Returns
9.99 Binary Domain
14.99 EA Pack (Bulletstorm, Mirrors Edge, The Saboteur,Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Mercenaries 2: World In Flames)

---------------------------------------

Green Man Gaming: (3.00 Dollars)

3.00 The Last Remnant

---------------------------------------

GOG: (2.39 Dollars)

2.39 Outcast

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Total: (282.50 Dollars)

57 games...........

 

[kinoki]

Already ahead of you :3 Bastioooooooon

Finished Bulletstorm this morning and just finished Alan Wake. I'm on a roll!

 

[koolaroo]

Time to go back to playing games?

People do that?

 

[Salsa]

oh my god there's tons of people who bought Jade Empire at 7.5 yesterday iirc lmao

 

[Enco]

Only games I regret not getting are:

Renegade Ops
Burnout Paradise

Everything else I got I'm very happy with. Best summer pick was Warband and Tony gave the code out for that for free :lol

 

[Aaron]

Now comes the time to play and finish games... who am I kidding?

 

[Canis lupus]

Jade Empire! The sale isn't over! :-D

is it playable with the 360 controller? Plug and play?

 

[Tomodachi]

Time to go back to playing games?

What's this "playing" you're talking about?

 

[jokingbird]

Its like a cruel joke. I bought Jade Empire as the sale was ending thinking that there was no way that it was going to be discounted any time soon. :-(

 

[JaseC]

is it playable with the 360 controller? Plug and play?

It's a BioWare game, so no. There is a workaround, however.

 

[LuffyZoro]

Already ahead of you :3 Bastioooooooon

Gotta remember that Portal 2.

 

[Yoshichan]

Gotta remember that Portal 2.

Me and Pandaman (from GAF) are going to play it together eventually!

 

[JaseC]

Me and Pandaman (from GAF) are going to play it together eventually!

FYI, the SP and co-op campaigns are separate.

 

[Snuggles]

I liked Jade Empire when I played it on the OG Xbro several years back. Back then I'd lap up pretty much anything Bioware put out, though, I wonder if I'd enjoy it today.

 

[fallagin]

Time to go back to playing games?

I beat plants vs zombies adventure mode during the sale, and also dead space and vvvvv. I'm getting shit done.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

So is Jade Empire worth it?

 

[MRORANGE]

welcome back everyone!!! so winter sale, predictions anyone?

 

[Sober]

oh my god there's tons of people who bought Jade Empire at 7.5 yesterday iirc lmao

Fell for it just like Bloodlines. Hasn't been on sale often enough that I guess the publisher discount would be enough. Soon after, it's discounted and featured.

This Steam thing just takes my money.

 

[Dice]

welcome back everyone!!! so winter sale, predictions anyone?

Half Life 3, of course.

 

[MNC]

I'm actually thinking of picking up Jade Empire for the hell of it. What's the story? (As it's a bioware game)

 

[Dice]

Jade Empire is alright. The combat gets really old. The story is a massive joke, but it includes furry heaven if that's your thing.

 

[ShironRedshift]

Time to go back to playing games?

Managed to beat Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers myself (and went back and got some of the achievements I missed) already. Really nice game--glad I decided to pick it up.

 

[Psy-Phi]

welcome back everyone!!! so winter sale, predictions anyone?

Winter? How can you forget the Fall sale? Turkey Day!

 

[AppleMIX]

Jade Empire got a bad rep for getting a unbelievably high score from IGN but it is enjoyable.

 

[Cheddahz]

Once I beat Batman: Arkham Asylum on Xbox, should I dip into Bastion or Ys: Origin (I already completed Ys: Oath)?

 

[EternalGamer]

I went to download Force Unleashed 1 and Steam is telling me it is 30GB. Since Steam is on my small SSD, it is unlikely I will be able to download that much but I KNOW the game isn't that big.

I have a 1TB harddrive that I usually move stuff too after I download it, but in this case, I can't even download it. Argh.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Time to go back to playing games?

What is that? is it on sale?

 

[jaundicejuice]

I went to download Force Unleashed 1 and Steam is telling me it is 30GB. Since Steam is on my small SSD, it is unlikely I will be able to download that much but I KNOW the game isn't that big.

I have a 1TB harddrive that I usually move stuff too after I download it, but in this case, I can't even download it. Argh.

28.9GB

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

In the Steam beta, Valve added two new status for the friend's list. The two are Looking to Trade and Looking to Play. I assume that Valve may expand the search feature for Steam Community to look for people who specifically want to trade an item or play a game.

 

[LuffyZoro]

Me and Pandaman (from GAF) are going to play it together eventually!

Trust me, I know Pandaman.

 

[EternalGamer]

28.9GB

Yeah I was rounding a bit. Can it possibly be that this game is this large? I get that Max Paine 3 is. I guess I just never expected a 6 hour 6 year old Star Wars game to be 30GB.

It's going to be very hard to clear off that much space as I only have a 80GB SSD. I've cleared off about all the extra space I can and I still only have about 22GB even using Steam Cleaner and ccleaner.

Is there any way I can download it to a different directory on the 1TB drive even though Steam is installed on my SSD?

 

[HoosTrax]

What's the lowdown on Jade Empire? Is it more Infinity Engine style? Or KOTOR / Mass Effect style? Or neither?

 

[Kandrick]

Yeah I was rounding a bit. Can it possibly be that this game is this large? I get that Max Paine 3 is. I guess I just never expected a 6 hour 6 year old Star Wars game to be 30GB.

It's going to be very hard to clear off that much space as I only have a 80GB SSD.

Is there any way I can download it to a different directory?

I think it has something to do with the languages/video. I think the cutscenes alone are 8gb. And it downloads every language at once, don't think you can just select one and download that one.

I remember they talked about it on some bombcast a while ago.

 

[filipe]

Once I beat Batman: Arkham Asylum on Xbox, should I dip into Bastion or Ys: Origin (I already completed Ys: Oath)?

Since you've already got a good flavour of Ys in you, maybe play Blastion first?

 

[Enco]

Yeah I was rounding a bit. Can it possibly be that this game is this large? I get that Max Paine 3 is. I guess I just never expected a 6 hour 6 year old Star Wars game to be 30GB.

It's going to be very hard to clear off that much space as I only have a 80GB SSD. I've cleared off about all the extra space I can and I still only have about 22GB.

Is there any way I can download it to a different directory on the 1TB drive even though Steam is installed on my SSD?

Move steam to your hdd. It'll save you a lot of trouble in the future.

 

[Volcynika]

In the Steam beta, Valve added two new status for the friend's list. The two are Looking to Trade and Looking to Play. I assume that Valve may expand the search feature for Steam Community to look for people who specifically want to trade an item or play a game.

That sounds useful!

 

[K' Dash]

I'll give Bastion TONIGHT to the first person to tell me what country I live in and what company here makes your computer run.