I am with you, i traded in my shitty gamestop credit for a 50 dollar steam voucher and i am down to 36 dollars. I can't spend anymore since i only earmarked 50 dollars for the summer sale.
Thank god i don't have a wife.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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I am with you, i traded in my shitty gamestop credit for a 50 dollar steam voucher and i am down to 36 dollars. I can't spend anymore since i only earmarked 50 dollars for the summer sale.
Thank god i don't have a wife.
That's what arcade mode is for!
But yeah, the cutscene effects were a bit much as well as some of the BS last stand moments (or getting used to last stand, in general). Did not really touch MP modes too much but I felt it was worth at least 40 of the 60$ I spent on it from the campaign and arcade mode alone.
R*, I demand a 20$ reimbursement!
bonesmccoy
Banned
I think it's really good - easily the most enjoyable level-based 3rd person shooter I've played this gen.
Bought AvP for $3 since I already own LA Noire on my PS3 - justified since I spent more on a double double and a cinnamon roll this afternoon.
Pretty sure the Spiral Knights snowball one 'was' a 5 minute achievement. (Though I guess I had already played the 10 minute intro to get into Haven.. so I yeah.. but all in all 15mins ain't bad).
Joe Molotov
Member
Why don't you stop being so entitled and learn how to be happy with whatever you get? This is a AAA-title, they spent a lot of money advertising it. Now fork over your money.
Joe Molotov
Member
Haha, tell that to the people that spent hours hoping to randomly get in the right stage (I know there were a few around here). It only took me about 20 minutes, but still.
I am curious about what a 'double double' is? Coffee?
bonesmccoy
Banned
Arguably the most purchased coffee in Canada. Two milk/cream, two sugar.
Jables Swan
Member
I would be surprised that it would go on sale seeing as though it's still on top of the top sellers and is obviously selling plenty at full price.
I've had it for about 2 months and I can say that it's worth the $30.
This.
And if you can't skip that, then it's a big problem, unfortunately. The game is annoying to replay.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Aw man now I'm craving a Double-Double...And the closest In-n-Out is roughly 1000 miles away.
Ah. Filter coffee then(?) with those weird little capsule thingies that say they're milk but are not refrigerated but then don't have the same consistency as UHT milk.
This cultural exchange has been fun.. I had so much fun trying to order a 'Flat White' in the states/canada - closest I could get was latte no foam, but even then the consistency was off.
By the way - love what you guys do with the Tim Horton's over there =) My husband (we got married in Banff, apparently if you can get two guys married in Alberta you should be able to get married anywhere.. but yeah.. yay Australia :/) and I were floored by the cheap yet surprisingly decent breakfast foods on offer.. getting a Coffee, doughnut, coffee scroll, apple, banana, yoghurt with fruit and a bottle of orange juice for < $10 was just incredible to us.
To keep this post relevant - I noticed on the Rockstar social club that it looks like L.A Noire has done away with GFWL as all the stat tracking pages have a little Rockstar Social Club icon instead of the GFWL one.. I'm assuming MP3 is like this as well..
Wouldn't it be nice if they stripped GFWL out of their older games.. *sigh*
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I also want Arma II for DayZ, but I'm not spending $30 on it. Hoping against hope it goes on sale.
Yeah, R* revamped R*SC as a substitute for GFWL, which debuted with the PC version of L.A. Noire; Max Payne 3 is no different. Suffice it to say that R* has rescinded its Lonely Hearts Club membership.
sazzy
Member
likewise
On the plus side Warren Spector is talking at ACMI tomorrow night which should help tide me over.
Stronghammer22
Member
Haha, I was fuming about the Poker Night at the Inventory achievement. It took me hours to get "We Three Kings" (or whatever it was called), they then decided to use a much easier one. Win a few hands... Never again! I'll wait until they're actually confirmed this time.
I got the easy achievements and sent in index card entries lumped into a single envelope to Valve for the rest, as per the fine print. Figured they'd get trashed or ignored but I actually got a few Valve games as prizes in my inventory about a month later. Might have gotten other games if they hadn't run out and were only giving out Valve games there near the end. I will probably do the same thing next time.
Wok
Member
I did too. It took me 4.7 hours...
Achievements for F2P might be even more difficult to get after the official annoucement: the server of the game Spiral Knights was full for the snowball fight, Crimecraft, etc.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Isn't Max Payne fucked up on alcohol and painikillers the whole time? Maybe they were shooting for a disorientating presentation.
Dog Problems
Banned
One thing that annoyed me from the last Summer sale event is adding a YouTube video for a ticket. It was easy enough but once I unlinked my YouTube account it still showed I have one video in my profile, but if you click the "Videos" link there's nothing there. Other people complained about this on the Steam forums and a Valve employee said it was a visual bug that would be fixed. This was all last Fall and it's still there.
Barrow Roll
Member
So I'd like to buy LA Noire and AVP, but I keep getting this message when trying to check out.
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
I've tried it in Steam, I've tried it in Chrome, and I've tried it in an incognito window. Is there a workaround?
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
I've tried it in Steam, I've tried it in Chrome, and I've tried it in an incognito window. Is there a workaround?
This has happened to me once or twice, but on each occasion the issue fixed itself after a short while. The only workaround I'm aware of would be to have somebody gift you the games.
insane0hflex
Member
I think spending 30$ on DayZ is perfectly valid, its just I've been "victimized" by sales before (not sure how to term it correctly).
Like, say, buying a copy my copy of the Witcher 2 at 50$, and the next day it was 34$; which happened last year during the summer sale =P
Also, I've read there's a few bugs with the latest DayZ build, so hopefully those will be worked out (they are kinda game breaking, even for an alpha), by the time it hopefully goes on sale.
Like, say, buying a copy my copy of the Witcher 2 at 50$, and the next day it was 34$; which happened last year during the summer sale =P
Also, I've read there's a few bugs with the latest DayZ build, so hopefully those will be worked out (they are kinda game breaking, even for an alpha), by the time it hopefully goes on sale.
Barrow Roll
Member
Well it fixed itself. How odd.
You mean you didn't follow the Golden Rule? You live and you learn.
Koroviev
Member
So, generally speaking, what's everyone's deal "threshold?" I used to be open to any game that was ~$10, but then the three games I bought for that price (Shogun 2, Civ V and Deus Ex: HR) were reduced to $7.50 each almost immediately. So, now I'm thinking $7.50 is a much better threshold. <= $5 would obviously be better, but I don't have that much impulse control (._.)
Speaking of deals, any ideas as to how much Skyrim might be reduced? The game still seems to be selling like hot cakes, so I'd be surprised to see it go for less than $20. Having learned my lesson, I told my younger sister that it would be wise to get the game for no more than $10.
I don't trust Rockstar to make functional PC games. I don't know what their problem is. As for the game itself, it looked really boring based on what I've seen of it.
Speaking of deals, any ideas as to how much Skyrim might be reduced? The game still seems to be selling like hot cakes, so I'd be surprised to see it go for less than $20. Having learned my lesson, I told my younger sister that it would be wise to get the game for no more than $10.
I don't trust Rockstar to make functional PC games. I don't know what their problem is. As for the game itself, it looked really boring based on what I've seen of it.
sazzy
Member
Use steamprices.com to decide.
You get an idea about the lowest price they are willing to go to up to current time to sell you the product.
Koroviev
Member
Does it just compare regional pricing? I use deals4downloads to determine "historical" sale prices on games.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
I've decided that in this sale (which won't be the last Steam sale):
a) I'll get everything that interests me, if it's less less than £5.
b) I'll get the really awesome games I may not have yet, for less than £10.
c) I may violate the above rules for one (1) AAA game (like Max Payne 3), but only if it's less than £15.
Last time I enforced these rules in the Christmas sale, I spent about £25, which is pretty OK.
a) I'll get everything that interests me, if it's less less than £5.
b) I'll get the really awesome games I may not have yet, for less than £10.
c) I may violate the above rules for one (1) AAA game (like Max Payne 3), but only if it's less than £15.
Last time I enforced these rules in the Christmas sale, I spent about £25, which is pretty OK.
Skyrim won't be $10 and that's ridiculous to expect it to be. And you should really be looking at % off rather than $ when gauging deals, with 75% being the standard for a good Steam sale. And during a sale event, if the game you're looking at isn't a daily, wait until the last day of the sale to buy it so you can see if it winds up becoming a daily.
Koroviev
Member
I don't expect Skyrim to be $10. I said I didn't expect it to be any less than $20, if that. However, I told my sister that she should wait until it's $10 because it will be eventually.
sazzy
Member
Pretty sure you can check all regions. Not at my computer to check right now though.
Ah, ok. But yeah, steamprices.com does show price history, look at the price and sales chart at the bottom of a game page.
Steamprices has a price history graph on the page of each game, but it only goes as far back as 30/08/2010.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I bought Witcher 2 on sale.
The yokels over on BSN were so annoyed that I didn't buy it full price.
The yokels over on BSN were so annoyed that I didn't buy it full price.
Koroviev
Member
It's so strange going between Steam sales and PSN "sales." Monster Hunter is on sale for $10, and I bought it thinking "that's a really good deal." It makes me reflect on the value of the games I have for various systems. I should stop thinking about it and accept it (._.)
Corporate sympathizing seems endemic in the gaming community. I don't know what's wrong with us. The thought of a movie studio going under doesn't bring a tear to my eye.
Corporate sympathizing seems endemic in the gaming community. I don't know what's wrong with us. The thought of a movie studio going under doesn't bring a tear to my eye.
That reminds me of the time when some guy snapped at me in Kotaku because I didn't mind paying $12.49 for a Dragon Age 1/2 bundle and seeing the second as a freebie because I enjoyed Origins very much.
I don't even remember what made him angry, but it was something along the lines of "so how about us who spent $60 on it and ended up disappointed?! Are we fucking stupid? Is that what you think?!". It was amusing and strange at the same time.
Glass Rebel
Member
So now that the PS4 will be two PS3s duct taped together, what does this mean for PC gaming?
toddhunter
Member
Until I can buy a PS4 on steam I don't really care.
Koroviev
Member
Despite being a huge fan of Japanese games, I don't see myself owning a next gen console for quite a while. I only have six games for my PS3, compared to 100+ on Steam. In light of that, a decent PC upgrade seems much more reasonable.
A guy posting on the Internet how he was disappointed about buying a game day one....
Did DA2 come with a month of free Internet and thats how he found out it was shit after he bought it?
What's this?
toddhunter
Member
Most likely he did enjoy it, then read about how the game was poorly received and changed his mind.
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