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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 4 - winter seal is coming
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Just got a $15,00 promotional credit by buying a $2,49 game
Which one?
cicero
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This was actually my guess as well. Going to exercise some trigger discipline here and wait for a better sale/indie bundle.
It doesn't matter; any game purchased from Amazon's digital store will net you promotional credit (according to the blurb that appears on most product pages it's supposed to be $5, though, not 3x $5).
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Have to agree with this assessment. It does a lot of things really, really well, but it never takes that one step further thats needed to become a "next level" experience.
It's still really good, though.
I bought it. I feel a little bad when I get a game in a bundle that's obviously made by only a few people, but not so bad I don't wait for a sale.This game looks amazing, but i will wait for steam sale / humble bundle and then buy
Harbinger of War
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Just got a $15,00 promotional credit by buying a $2,49 game
I'm guessing $10 of that is good towards one of the F2P games Amazon promotes (for use in the in-game store) while the other $5 is towards the Editor's Choice games in January.
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Driving in the snow at night in Mafia 2 is one of the best feelings ever. The street lights and the period music is so atmospheric.
nope. Buying might and magic gives you 3 promotional codes (1 for 15day of ABP for free, 1 for the amazon game for free and the 5 dollar for editor's choice games). "buying" (for free) the abp game and the amazon one also gives you 5 dollar each for the editor's choice games. So 15 for 2,49.
And I hoped I could buy TSW for $2.49
It's because they cut out the side-missions and repackaged them as DLCs.
It's worth noting that the $5 promotional credit can only be used once per transaction, so it doesn't stack and is virtually pointless if the Editor's Choice games aren't discounted in January.
Harbinger of War
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Interesting, did you just buy that now or earlier this morning? Reason I ask is because over on CAG, Tony said it was brought to his attention that "buying" F2P games would generate $5 promo credits and that he had fixed it.
Fortunately there's almost no doubt that they'll be discounted at various points throughout the month, probably matching the prices from the Winter Sale (as was the case last year). Tony also didn't rule out bundles getting added to the Editor's Choice list.
The next time I see a shooting star, I'll wish for the inclusion of the Far Cry 3 DDE and the AssCreed 3 DDE.
Heh! I bought all 4 games for £5 on a Steam sale a while back.... and I still regret it.
StopMakingSense
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Although if it was similar to last year, there will be hella sales.
I never really got that complaint, it didn't really seem like it had more driving than any other open world GTA type game. Although in GTA, Sleeping Dogs, etc I do just take a cab half the time, or they have other transportation options available like helicopters/jetpacks.
ReverseFate
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I'm tempted to buy Syndicate on Amazon. Someone please convince me that its a terrible game and that I shouldn't buy it...
Yeah, I was pretty put off rummaging through screenshots, but it looks (and feels) really nice in motion.
Well it is a pretty awful game and a disgrace to the franchise. As a shooter you can do a lot better in the genre than playing this trash heap made by the remnants of a company that's pretty much just relying on their past glory now since everyone of note left.
Rickenslacker said:
This too. Don't support EA and their awful focus tested games and wannabe PC service.
Rickenslacker
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It's not on Steam, so that makes it terrible by default right?
It's by no means a terrible game, and as a co-op multi experience is actually fantastic.
I just bought it, myself lol. First Origin game. I don't care anymore.
I doubt it. Theres 370000 regular crates on the market now. I was buying naughty crates on mario kart servers for peanuts and flipping them on the market.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
ReverseFate
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I heard some fairly bad things about the game as well, though I've always wanted to give it a try after hearing some love from a very vocal minority (Jeff Gertsmann, in particular). I don't actually mind Origin all that much, its not ideal but its not offensively bad either.
Yeah, I think the only draw for me is the potential for co-op with a friend. But I don't know, still contemplating on whether or not to actually bite the bullet.
In the mean time, I just bought Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. Can't say no to that price!
PedroPanache
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IGNORE. Losing my tiny mind posting a reply to something on page 32.
Deadbeat is actually Bryan Cranston and he's preparing for the as-yet unannounced sixth season of Breaking Bad, which sees Walter White transcend the tired shackles of the meth market to become a crate kingpin.
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No it sucks when compared to anything Starbreeze has released in recent years.
Glass Rebel
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It's worth mentioning that Riddick has the arguably worse DRM on Steam (TAGES) than Syndicate.
PedroPanache
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His entire family has been murdered, his cancer has gone, but Walt is doing fine, sitting in his underpants moving crates with a click of the mouse till the small hours of the morning. He's building empires....once again. COMING SOON IN 2014.
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Still a better experience at the end of the day.
Are those spoilers above this post real? If so, get fucked dude.
PedroPanache
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Don't be ridiculous, of course they're not spoilers. But, thanks for the friendly gesture, all the same.
It does? Wow never even noticed, I just installed and played without any issues *shrugs*
no drm can detract from the awesomeness that is riddick anyway
Glass Rebel
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I was struggling to find something nice to say about Syndicate and EA....
Also DRM-free Riddick is almost $-free at GOG atm.
Indeed, and as the base price of Riddick in the UK is £15, the GOG version is cheaper than I could get it anyway, so I went for that.
Still, ready for the Christmas sale next week. I've refreshed my wishlist and hopefully some good prices come out of it.
jim-jam bongs
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I'm thinking about changing my handle to "will suck dick for crates"
PedroPanache
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Or you can just cut out the middle man and suck dick for money. Then with that money you buy crates to sell, and you won't have to suck dick for crates.
Joe Molotov
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This just happened:
I'm not really sure why. I guess because I had credit from buying stuff during the last sale, but I thought that credit was active until January? Oh well.
Edit: Apparently I had $5 credit from somewhere because I bought Viking: Battle for Asgard and it knocked $3.76 off of that. I'm not sure where it came from.
I'm not really sure why. I guess because I had credit from buying stuff during the last sale, but I thought that credit was active until January? Oh well.
Edit: Apparently I had $5 credit from somewhere because I bought Viking: Battle for Asgard and it knocked $3.76 off of that. I'm not sure where it came from.
This just happened:
I'm not really sure why. I guess because I had credit from buying stuff during the last sale, but I thought that credit was active until January? Oh well.
Edit: Apparently I had $5 credit from somewhere because I bought Viking: Battle for Asgard and it knocked $3.76 off of that. I'm not sure where it came from.
That game uses gfwl if I recall and it's pretty crap, play the f2p version instead.
Joe Molotov
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Maybe, but it gives you a Steam code, and technically it was F2P also.
jediyoshi
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Hey now, this ain't the cag forums.
I had those "extra codes" for another game I bought last month. I didn't know they woudl also give you extra credit.
Interesting.
Eh I was on the fence about Defender Quest, but I appreciate devs who are good about communicating with players, so I went ahead and got it just now.This game looks amazing, but i will wait for steam sale / humble bundle and then buy
(plus I had about $10 sitting in my Steam wallet from selling TF2 and Dota 2 crap)
Terry Crews
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Does anyone have an idea when the STEAM Winter sale is going to start? I heard rumors is might be tomorrow.
MMBosstones86
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