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[Kipe]

Definitely buying
Eido Collector's Pack (Deus Ex, Hitman, Thief, Arkham Asylum)
Heroes of Might and Magic V
The Void
X3: Terran Conflict
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Rome: Total War

Maybe
AI War: Fleet Command

After this sale and the gog.com sale I don't think I have to buy anymore games for next year.

 

[tabsina]

Is there any way for me to buy the King's Quest collection in Australia? I can't see it in Steam, and the site link to the collection tells me i can't get it from australia - is there a way around that?

 

[evlcookie]

Is there any way for me to buy the King's Quest collection in Australia? I can't see it in Steam, and the site link to the collection tells me i can't get it from australia - is there a way around that?

You could try use a VPN and log into steam that way or get someone from the US to gift it to you.

 

[lowrider007]

Well I've used two "unlimited" services (Sky and BT) and regularly used 200GB+ bandwidth a month without any warnings or throttling. Heck considering there was 6 of us sharing that Sky line I wouldn't be surprised if it passed half a terabyte some months. Maybe try one of them?

I'm with Royal Mail, perhaps your right, once my contract is up I'll have a little shop around.

I just swapped to pipex and they have given me unlimited - i've downloaded about 150gb through steam this month and no warnings yet

Cheers I'll have a little gander at their site.

 

[DKehoe]

Dragon Age had better not end up being in this, I just bought it yesterday

 

[Grayman]

Thank you three for the advice. I will probably pass on the witcher for the time being and get it when I am in the mood for a game like that. I still have not finished DAO.

As for the sale I have not fully planned my week long deal haul yet.
Defense Grid: The Awakening 2.49 limited time
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 6.69
Indigo Prophecy 3.39
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast 2.49
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack 2.49 features list made me laugh
Plants vs Zombies 7.49

lightly considering ghost busters, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 or Hitman Blood Money

A little, you can't get lost but it's not as linear as NWN2 but DA has it beat with the open world map. Biggest thing is The Witcher's world is actually interesting and unique for the most part. Dragon Age was touting the whole "dark fantasy" shtick but The Witcher does it right and a lot better than DA.

The Witcher isn't very open ended. The game is broken up into chapters. You can do various sidequests within those chapters, but the main quest itself is linear. Once you complete a chapter, you generally leave the area and any remaining quests behind. There isn't much exploring to do.

You should check out Risen or Divinity II. The Witcher is awesome, but doesn't really fit that bill.

I checked out the demo for Risen a few days ago, I am hoping to see that one on sale.

 

[Cindres]

Oh shit yes. It has begun!
Borderlands, mine.

 

[Grayman]

Dragon Age had better not end up being in this, I just bought it yesterday

It was in the last sale event steam had. You have a few days to enjoy dragon's age a lot!

 

[MNC]

WHAT DO I BUY GAF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH


No seriously, it's either I own the games or I probably won't like them :lol HELP ME BUY STUFF.

 

[OmegaDragon]

Got Stalker and Audiosurf. I didnt know that the Orange box OST was included with Audiosurf... So I just payed 2.5 euros for a game and a digital OST, holy crap thats a good deal :lol

 

[Everdred]

I have weeded through my list and every game on Steam, here's my list for the current deals... What do you guys think? Anything I should cut? I don't have a huge budget and I'm hoping for some good deals on the different days.

Definite:
Defense Grid: The Awakening - $2.49
Oddworld Pack - $2.49
Braid - $2.49
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast - $2.49
Machinarium - $9.99
The Void - $9.99
RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition - $4.99
Zeno Clash - $7.49
World in Conflict: Complete Edition - $9.99
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$42.45

Maybe:
The Chronicles of Riddick™ Assault on Dark Athena - $7
Trine - $7.99
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$57.44

 

[Mr. Spinnington]

UUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH why is it taking so long to rma my gtx260 : [

outrun 06 is $2.49...bought

oohhh i'm unzipping my pants

 

[Cindres]

Right, so Borderlands is mine.

Dragon Age will be as soon as it comes cheap.
EDIT: Ohhhh man Ghostbusters, tempting tempting.

What are the chances of Borderlands dropping in a one day sale? Or do they not drop ones that are already on sale?

 

[tabsina]

You could try use a VPN and log into steam that way or get someone from the US to gift it to you.

thanks.. i'll look into vpn, if it is too complicated, i can just ask a US relative to sign in to steam under my account and grab the game right?

gifting and paying through paypal is beyond the amount of effort i'm willing to go through for the collection :lol

 

[Kipe]

thanks.. i'll look into vpn, if it is too complicated, i can just ask a US relative to sign in to steam under my account and grab the game right?

gifting and paying through paypal is beyond the amount of effort i'm willing to go through for the collection :lol

That might flag your account.

 

[MNC]

Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack 2.49 features list made me laugh

I like their system requirements :lol

 

[GodfatherX]

bought Stalker

 

[BothBarsOn]

I'm like a kid in some kind of store!

/Simpsons

 

[tabsina]

That might flag your account.

damn.. oh well.. guess i won't get it

thanks for warning me

 

[Rubezh]

I'm gutted I missed the Dragon Age deal a few weeks back. I hope it goes on sale again because that's the only game I'm interested in picking up.

 

[Fxp]

I'm waiting for SEGA Rally deal.

 

[Fredescu]

So the wise choice for the pactient would be to wait out the Daily Deals and then go to town on Jan. 3 for the rest, correct? Those other Sales will go till Jan. 3, not only the Dailies?

One thing to keep in mind with this approach is that on very rare occasions Steam will run out of CD keys for a particular game and have to remove them from sale. I think it's only happened a couple of times.

 

[SmZA]

I too am interested in getting the King's/Space Quest games but live in Australia. Any US GAFfers looking to buy something for exactly $10 and willing to do a straight swap?

 

[hamchan]

I too am interested in getting the King's/Space Quest games but live in Australia. Any US GAFfers looking to buy something for exactly $10 and willing to do a straight swap?

This is weird. They were on the Australian store when I checked in the morning but now they seem to be removed.

 

[Lafiel]

Alright, think i got a good list of steam games to buy in a few days. But i have one concern over one title - Dawn of discovery. The three machine activation limit, if by chance i use all of the activations. Is there a easy and convenient way to remove them?

 

[DirtRiver]

Some would say their problem with this deals is that they don't have the money.

I say I don't have the HD space. Fuck.

Will buy for sure today:
Defense Grid
Braid


And will wait till Christmas to buy the rest since I will get a lot of money probably. Will probably buy the Eidos pack

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I have £2 in my account, so I bought the Lucas adventure pack.

I want to buy ten times that.

 

[Dedalus]

Well that's my "sensible" haul for today. I limited myself to games below £10. Yea, we'll see how long that lasts :lol damn you Gabe, damn youuuuuuuuu!!!

 

[Servizio]

Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, I was...You finally, really did it. You maniacs! YOU BLEW IT UP! AH DAMN YOU! GODDAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

It is my wallet.

I keep finding Packs and Collections and Mega Packs and Ultra Collections. Considering this goes on for a while, I think I'll have to show some serious restraint and just stick with the daily deals until the end.

I mean. I got the THQ pack when that was $50 and I basically don't think I'll wade through that in the next six months, and here I am looking at buying more. But I feel obligated to get Mirror's Edge and the Unreal pack just because and just because some more + mods. Ridiculous.

 

[bistromathics]

i recommend anyone getting the Time Gentlemen Please and Ben There, Dan That games play BTDT first. Much better game, imo, even if the production is worse.

 

[CryptiK]

Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood anyone heard of this game? its $1.50 and looks like a pretty fun lego looking shooter

 

[deleted]

Amazing deals! Definitly getting Stalker, Braid, GTA IV, Lucas Arts Adventure Pack, and considering The Witcher and many more...

Steam: It only sells off everything!

 

[Rotanibor]

I got:

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Loom
The Dig
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter - Revisited
Alien Shooter 2 - Reloaded
Zombie Shooter
Zombie Shooter 2

So 10 games for just over $11. Not bad.

 

[Brashnir]

The telltale complete pack worth it? even if i'm only really interested in tales of monkey island.

If you're only interested in TOMI, the TOMI pack is on sale too for $24.84

 

[Volodja]

I've just spent 87 euros on play.com and now THIS.
I don't even know where to start buying.

 

[Vinterbird]

Is it possible to use a VPN to get access to the US part of Steam, create an account and buy stuff via PayPal that is gifted to my real Europen account? Or is Valve clever enough to stop me from doing that?

 

[deleted]

Mh, Lucasarts adventure pack doesn´t appear in germany. 2,50 saved...

Spoiler

: (

 

[leroy hacker]

name me a song to try out for the audiosurf demo.. i'm liking it so far.. but i want an amazing song to try out before i pay (i don't know why.. 2.50 shouldn't even be a question - damn you steam)

Outkast - B.O.B. is one of my favorite tracks to play. I've also had great experiences with classic Micheal Jackson.

 

[Everdred]

Does Chaos Theory really hold up that well?

 

[ACE 1991]

Hmm... Considering getting one of the Prince of Persia games. Which one holds the best? I'm guessing sands of time...

 

[Zzoram]

Hmm... Considering getting one of the Prince of Persia games. Which one holds the best? I'm guessing sands of time...

Pretty much. The new Prince of Persia is actually pretty fun too but it's a lot more automated so people who liked the challenge of Sands of Time may not necessarily enjoy it.

 

[EviLore]

Sands of Time, easily.

 

[DirtRiver]

Well, Defense Grid is actually pretty fun.

Going to probably try Braid and the Shadowgrounds games later today.

Also, EA games don't have deals so we can probably assume they will be featured on the special ones.

 

[Q8D3vil]

gta iv is not appearing in the deals ( i guess its ip restricted )

can anyone gift it for me and i'll gift him any 10 $ game

pm me if your interested

 

[RJT]

How is the first Assassin's Creed? I'm considering buying it (will hold on for a special day though).

 

[Carlisle]

Wow Steam. Way to blow your Black Friday sale out of the water and then nuke it. After showing more restraint than I've ever showed in my life, I managed to come away with just:

Indigo Prophecy
Oddworld Pack

Damage: $5.

Not bad considering that as soon as I got paid, I was going to get those on the PSN store and XBLM for a total of $35. Now I need to leave this thread before I break my own restraints and ruin what's left of my life.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

So how is Grand Theft Auto IV's multiplayer? Is it really rampant with cheating?

 

[EatChildren]

Okay, is there a way I can make Steam actually use my PayPal funds?

I'd like to add prices always seem to appear in US dollars, despite being Australian. Is there are setting somewhere I'm supposed to alter?

 

[falastini]

Dammit steam, I need to avoid this thread until the 4th...

 

[Zzoram]

Dammit steam, I need to avoid this thread until the 4th...

Why I always look forward to Steam sales