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[Stop It]

That was my exact train of though, 10 seconds later I own it. Holy crap, Steam has us by the balls. :lol

Yeah, I somewhat regret my decision to let Steam hold my CC info, I really do.

Now all it takes is a sniff of a deal and before I can think "Wait, will somebody please think of the children", it's in the "My Games" tab on Steam. I am glad that today is the last day of deals, that's for sure, but as this shown, this may not be the end of them...

 

[Bog]

What's the best of the Total War games? I'm tempted by Rome being $2.50.

 

[x3sphere]

Bought Fuel as well Thanks for the heads up. 98 games so far.. nearing the 100 mark.

 

[brain_stew]

Fuel really isn't that good. Not a bad buy if you want something to play, but I don't know if I would want to dedicate my free time to that game. Especially with my growing backlog from this holiday sale.

Oh well, too late for me. :lol

 

[Suairyu]

my first impressions of the main charactrer in Mass Effect is can they make him anymore monotone? Sheesh.

Was my first thought to, but I think they were going more for a half-way between realism and naturalism with many of their casting choices. Given that you semi-direct the conversations yourself to define the character, a less expressive approach is perhaps more appropriate.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Here's my final haul for this year:

Sid Meier's Pirates!
Broken Sword: Twin Pack
Samorost 2
Starwars Republic Command
Evil Genius
Unreal Deal
Rome: Total War Gold
The Void
Lucasarts Jedi Knight Bundle
Jagged Alliance 2
Mass Effect
Shattered Horizon
Medieval II: Total War
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Osmos
Mr. Robot
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Killing Floor
Battlefield 2
Super ID Software Pack
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl

 

[Leatherface]

GTAIV worth it? I've barely played any of the GTA games. heh.

 

[Defcon]

What's the best of the Total War games? I'm tempted by Rome being $2.50.

Medieval II is better. It's only $5.

 

[Wallach]

Was my first thought to, but I think they were going more for a half-way between realism and naturalism with many of their casting choices. Given that you semi-direct the conversations yourself to define the character, a less expressive approach is perhaps more appropriate.

The VA for female Shepard is way, way better. Not sure if either of the VAs are coming back for ME2, but I hope they replace male Shepard at least.

 

[Visualante]

GTAIV worth it? I've barely played any of the GTA games. heh.

If you're confident your PC can handle it. I'd say it's the best deal out of the entire sale. One of my favourite games of 2008.

 

[A Link to the Past]

My buys:

Bookworm Adventures Deluxe
Braid (gift)
Braid (gift)
Audiosurf (gift)
Outrun 2006 (gift)
1946 (gift)
Dragon Age: Origins
Ghostbusters
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Sam and Max Complete (11 games)
Torchlight
Killing Floor
Aquaria
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That!
Indie Pack
Commandos 2
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
LucasArts Adventure Pack
Doom Complete
Morrowind
Garry's Mod
Indigo Prophecy
King's Quest Collection
Lumines Pack
Outrun 2006
Puzzle Quest
RIP Trilogy
Rome: Total War Gold
Civ III
Civ IV Complete
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Trine
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Atari: 80 Classics in One
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead (gift)

Total cost: $209.93

About $23 was spent on gifts, $60 of that were assorted "here's some Steam money" Christmas gifts, and the Doom pack was purchased by my father.

A little too much, but it just means I'll have to tighten my belt a bit in the coming months.

 

[TheExodu5]

What do you mean by off? Compared to real guns? Or compared to sim games like Arma?

Lack of feedback from shooting.

 

[vocab]

To be honest Valve are not that great at gunplay. The guns in L4D fell kind of off to me.

It's the source engine, not the gunplay. Every game with the source engine feels like that. The game play in Valves games are great, but it's the engine that makes that experience different. Take a look at the sound engine, it's horrible. Why do you think the guns sound weak? Because every source engine game sounds muffled. Directional sound in Source is no where near what the original Half Life engine had.

 

[graywolf323]

is Fuel really worth $5? it seems to have mostly mediocre reviews

 

[Leatherface]

If you're confident your PC can handle it. I'd say it's the best deal out of the entire sale. One of my favourite games of 2008.

Getting a new video card this week so I think I'll be good.

Thanks for motivation.

 

[Dash]

I went a *little* overboard with the deals. What can I say, I can't resist a good bargain!

My haul:

Mass Effect
Street Fighter IV
Max Payne Bundle
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Bioshock (NA)
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Red Faction Guerrilla
Beyond Good and Evil
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (ROW)
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Ghostbusters: The Videogame
Rome: Total War Gold
Braid
Grand Theft Auto IV (US/AU)
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Torchlight
The Last Remnant (SEI)
Counter-Strike: Source
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Mirror's Edge
Trine
Star Wars: KOTOR
FarCry 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum (NA)

Total: 179.96 USD, or the cost of three HD games at full price

 

[NIN90]

Wow, remind me not to listen you when it comes to shooters in future discussions.


Valve's guns feel fucking awesome. Especially L4D's weapons.

HL2s weapons were awful (still a great game) .
as for L4D(2) : While the zombies splatter really nice, I still don't feel like my bullets are really connecting with the enemy. They might be exploding into thousand giblets but I always think like someone else shot them.

I LOVE how heads pop in Killing Floor.

 

[Xclash]

I just finished my final purchase and this is what I got overall:

Time Gentlemen, Please!
FUEL
Shadowgrounds Pack
Zombie Shooter 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rome: Total War Gold
Ghost Master
Morrowind Game of the Year
Trine
Mass Effect
Braid
Outrun2006 Coast 2 Coast
Crysis Complete (NA)
Shattered Horizon
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Max Payne Bundle
Osmos
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Killing Floor
Lumines Base + Advance Pack
Lucasarts Adventure Bundle
Complete Shooter Pack
Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood
Cogs
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Luxor 3
Eidos Collector Pack(Gift)

In total I spent $99.25
Before anyone kills me I got Torchlight from the weekend deal.

 

[TheExodu5]

HL2s weapons were awful (still a great game) .
as for L4D(2) : While the zombies splatter really nice, I still don't feel like my bullets are really connecting with the enemy. They might be exploding into thousand giblets but I always think like someone else shot them.

That also has to do with some poorish netcode. When you shoot zombies, the bullets don't really connect until you confirm the shot with the server. That means sometimes zombies can die 200ms later, which feels really disconnected.

 

[Ninja Face]

I highly recommend Altitude. It's one of those "let me jump into this for a few mins" kind of games although you can then end up playing for hours. Try the demo if you're on the fence.

It has Call of Duty-style perks and the variety of strategies that can be employed depending on the type of plane you fly is great. It totally replaced my "hey I'm on the comp let me boot up WoW real quick" Makes quitting a lot easier.

It's easy to get into and just mess around but I find that it has a lot of depth as well.

 

[Firehead]

And the final, final tally..

Aquaria
Battlefield 2(Secret Santa)
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Cogs
Complete Shooter Pack
Crysis Complete (NA)
Eidos Collector Pack
Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation
Evil Genius
Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood
FUEL
Harvest
Hearts of Iron III
Indigo Prophecy
Killing Floor
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
Lucasarts Adventure Bundle
Lumines Base + Advance Pack
Luxor 3
Machinarium
Mass Effect
Max Payne Bundle
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Oddworld Abes Oddysee and Exoddus package
Osmos
Outrun2006 Coast 2 Coast
Pacific Storm + Pacific Storm: Allies
Painkiller: Black Edition
Red Faction Guerrilla
Sam and Max Season One + Two Pack
Serious Sam HD (US)
Shadowgrounds Survivor and Shadowgrounds
Shattered Horizon
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
Silent Hill: Homecoming
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl(Secret Santa)
Super ID Software Pack
Torchlight(Secret Santa)
Trine(Secret Santa)
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Zombie Driver

Number of Steam games before the sale: 107
Number of Steam games after the sale: 216

I'm pleased.

 

[Dennis]

What's the best of the Total War games? I'm tempted by Rome being $2.50.

They are both great, but Medieval needs mods to be really great.

 

[nny]

So let's see:

• Jack Keane
• Big Brain Wolf
• Outrun2006 Coast 2 Coast
• And Yet It Moves
• Emerald City Confidential
• Sniper Elite
• Trials 2: Second Edition
• Gumboy Crazy Adventures
• Gumboy Crazy Features
• Vigil - Blood Bitterness
• Obulis
• Chains
• Ghost Master
• Evil Genius
• Cogs
• Zombie Driver

Total spent: 34,14€

 

[Firebrand]

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Ah, thanks for reminding me, it's one of those games I'd like to have on Steam.

 

[Nabs]

Got:

Burnout Paradise
Crysis Pack
Mass Effect
Max Payne 1 and 2
Mirror's Edge
Stalker
Street Fighter IV
Unreal Pack

 

[Dennis]

I went a *little* overboard with the deals. What can I say, I can't resist a good bargain!

My haul:

Mass Effect
Street Fighter IV
Max Payne Bundle
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Bioshock (NA)
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Red Faction Guerrilla
Beyond Good and Evil
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (ROW)
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Ghostbusters: The Videogame
Rome: Total War Gold
Braid
Grand Theft Auto IV (US/AU)
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Torchlight
The Last Remnant (SEI)
Counter-Strike: Source
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Mirror's Edge
Trine
Star Wars: KOTOR
FarCry 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum (NA)

Total: 179.96 USD, or the cost of three HD games at full price

Have you really not played any of those games before? That is such a ridiculous list of fantastic games. 1000 hours of play. Oh, you got Civ IV? Well you will never be done then.

 

[Wallach]

So, one thing I've never done is attached a retail game to my Steam account.

How does this work, exactly? Can you download the game from Steam after that instead of re-installing via disc? I really enjoy being able to use the Steam overlay to access the web from within a game rather than alt-tabbing.

 

[Firehead]

So, one thing I've never done is attached a retail game to my Steam account.

How does this work, exactly? Can you download the game from Steam after that instead of re-installing via disc? I really enjoy being able to use the Steam overlay to access the web from within a game rather than alt-tabbing.

If it has a serial code that supports Steam (such as Unreal Tournament 3), then yes, you can download that from Steam. Otherwise, no.
You should be able to use the Steam overlay, though.

 

[Delerat]

My haul:

Meridian 4 Pack
Ubisoft WWII Collection
Eidos Complete Pack
Telltale Everything Pack
Aspyr Complete Pack
Complete Shooter Pack
The Witcher:Enhanced Edition DC
Sniper Elite
Judge Dredd
Zombie Shooter 2
Risk 2
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
The Chronicles of Riddick: AoDA
Gothic 3
Project Freedom
Nation Red
AaaaaAAaaa + TWEotW
Team Fortress Classic
Samorost2
Machinarium
Ben There Double Pack
Space Quest Collection
Emerald City Confidential
Lucasarts Adventure Pack
Full Pipe
Oddworld Pack
Broken Sword: Twin Pack
EIC: Trafalgar & Privateer
Eufloria
X2/X3 Pack
Hinterland
Genesis Rising
Lucidity
And Yet It Moves
SlamIt Pinball Big Score
Gish
Defense Grid
Titan Quest Gold
Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
The Void
ThreadSpace: Hyperbol
Dark Messiah: Might & Magic
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Prince of Persia Pack
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Ghost Master
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Serious Sam HD
Star Wars Premier Pack
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Torchlight
Lumines Base+Advanced Pack
Zombie Driver
Dead Space
Killing Floor
Foreign Legion
Jade Empire
Mr.Robot
Silent Hill Homecoming
CoH: Tales of Valor
Stormrise
King Arthur - The RPG
Osmos
Max Payne Bundle
Civilization 4: Colonization
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Medieval II: Total War
Shattered Horizon
Street Fighter IV
Crysis Maximum Edition
Mass Effect
Painkiller: Collectors Pack
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
C&C Red Alert 3 Uprising
Braid

Spent about $700CAD
Not sure how many games I had before, but I now have 305.

 

[Nabs]

holy...

 

[evlcookie]

Crappy day of sales. Holy shit at some of your lists, Some of you are insane :lol

 

[Volcynika]

Final damage:

Altitude
The Void
Machinarium
Ghostbusters: The Videogame
Grand Theft Auto IV
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars
Trials 2: Second Edition
Sam and Max Season One + Two Pack
Crysis Complete
Shattered Horizon
Street Fighter IV
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
Max Payne Bundle
Mr. Robot
Jade Empire
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Outrun2006 Coast 2 Coast
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (Gift for brother)

Total: $160.32

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

So, one thing I've never done is attached a retail game to my Steam account.

How does this work, exactly? Can you download the game from Steam after that instead of re-installing via disc? I really enjoy being able to use the Steam overlay to access the web from within a game rather than alt-tabbing.

You can add any non-Steam game to your personal Steam games list, if you boot from there you can use the Steam overlay. Only a few retail games support being attached to your Steam account, the ones I know are: Valve games, UT3, and MW2. For these games you just put in the serial key and it's just as if you bought it digitally - you don't need to even touch the disc.

 

[Jive Turkey]

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

[aktham]

Only Bioshock for me today

 

[Xapati]

Since we're posting lists, here's mine:

Aquaria
Defense Grid
Osmos
THe Void
The Witcher
Morrowind (I know I bitched, I'd rather have had Oblivion, but I found this , which promises to make the game look like this. And if it fails it wasn't all that expensive.
Riddick, Assault on Dark Athena (never played the original Riddick)
Jade Empire
Left 4 Dead
Lumines
Medieval II: Total War
Mirror's Edge
Rome: Total War
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Torchlight
Project Freedom


Fuck, that's a lot of games now that I list them :lol

 

[Wallach]

You can add any non-Steam game to your personal Steam games list, if you boot from there you can use the Steam overlay. Only a few retail games support being attached to your Steam account, the ones I know are: Valve games, UT3, and MW2. For these games you just put in the serial key and it's just as if you bought it digitally - you don't need to even touch the disc.

Nice. That's pretty much all I'm interested in, being able to launch everything from the Steam menu and being able to access the overlay from my retail games.

 

[MNC]

Is CIV 4 still priced low after the daily deal? Is it any good? What is it about?

 

[JoeMartin]

Anyone have any experience with AI War? Looks right up my alley.

 

[Defcon]

Is CIV 4 still priced low after the daily deal? Is it any good? What is it about?

It's $25 now for Civ 4 complete. Yeah, it's good. In my opinion, possibly the best strategy game to be had on PC.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Is CIV 4 still priced low after the daily deal? Is it any good? What is it about?

It's about what you'd imagine it to be about. Building a civilization from the ground up using real life historical people, buildings, and tech. Think fantasy sports crossed with history.

As to it being any good...Well I didn't do anything productive for a month after I first started playing.

 

[Haeleos]

Anyone have any experience with AI War? Looks right up my alley.

There's a demo.

 

[Captain Blood]

My haul:

Meridian 4 Pack
Ubisoft WWII Collection
Eidos Complete Pack
Telltale Everything Pack
Aspyr Complete Pack
Complete Shooter Pack
The Witcher:Enhanced Edition DC
Sniper Elite
Judge Dredd
Zombie Shooter 2
Risk 2
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
The Chronicles of Riddick: AoDA
Gothic 3
Project Freedom
Nation Red
AaaaaAAaaa + TWEotW
Team Fortress Classic
Samorost2
Machinarium
Ben There Double Pack
Space Quest Collection
Emerald City Confidential
Lucasarts Adventure Pack
Full Pipe
Oddworld Pack
Broken Sword: Twin Pack
EIC: Trafalgar & Privateer
Eufloria
X2/X3 Pack
Hinterland
Genesis Rising
Lucidity
And Yet It Moves
SlamIt Pinball Big Score
Gish
Defense Grid
Titan Quest Gold
Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
The Void
ThreadSpace: Hyperbol
Dark Messiah: Might & Magic
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Prince of Persia Pack
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Ghost Master
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Serious Sam HD
Star Wars Premier Pack
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Torchlight
Lumines Base+Advanced Pack
Zombie Driver
Dead Space
Killing Floor
Foreign Legion
Jade Empire
Mr.Robot
Silent Hill Homecoming
CoH: Tales of Valor
Stormrise
King Arthur - The RPG
Osmos
Max Payne Bundle
Civilization 4: Colonization
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Medieval II: Total War
Shattered Horizon
Street Fighter IV
Crysis Maximum Edition
Mass Effect
Painkiller: Collectors Pack
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
C&C Red Alert 3 Uprising
Braid

Spent about $700CAD
Not sure how many games I had before, but I now have 305.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph that is a lot of games.

 

[JoeMartin]

It's about what you'd imagine it to be about. Building a civilization from the ground up using real life historical people, buildings, and tech. Think fantasy sports crossed with history.

As to it being any good...Well I didn't do anything productive for a month after I first started playing.

Yeah it's very much one of those "ohjesus it's 5am" games.

 

[bengraven]

My haul:

Meridian 4 Pack
Ubisoft WWII Collection
Eidos Complete Pack
Telltale Everything Pack
Aspyr Complete Pack
Complete Shooter Pack
The Witcher:Enhanced Edition DC
Sniper Elite
Judge Dredd
Zombie Shooter 2
Risk 2
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
The Chronicles of Riddick: AoDA
Gothic 3
Project Freedom
Nation Red
AaaaaAAaaa + TWEotW
Team Fortress Classic
Samorost2
Machinarium
Ben There Double Pack
Space Quest Collection
Emerald City Confidential
Lucasarts Adventure Pack
Full Pipe
Oddworld Pack
Broken Sword: Twin Pack
EIC: Trafalgar & Privateer
Eufloria
X2/X3 Pack
Hinterland
Genesis Rising
Lucidity
And Yet It Moves
SlamIt Pinball Big Score
Gish
Defense Grid
Titan Quest Gold
Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
The Void
ThreadSpace: Hyperbol
Dark Messiah: Might & Magic
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Prince of Persia Pack
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Ghost Master
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Serious Sam HD
Star Wars Premier Pack
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Torchlight
Lumines Base+Advanced Pack
Zombie Driver
Dead Space
Killing Floor
Foreign Legion
Jade Empire
Mr.Robot
Silent Hill Homecoming
CoH: Tales of Valor
Stormrise
King Arthur - The RPG
Osmos
Max Payne Bundle
Civilization 4: Colonization
Multiwinia + Darwinia
Medieval II: Total War
Shattered Horizon
Street Fighter IV
Crysis Maximum Edition
Mass Effect
Painkiller: Collectors Pack
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
C&C Red Alert 3 Uprising
Braid

Spent about $700CAD
Not sure how many games I had before, but I now have 305.

At first I was like "Ah, he just bought some of the larger packs and typed them out...then I realized you...didn't. Your bundles are firmly marked.

Holy shit.

 

[Porkepik]

YaY for torchlight again, I missed it the first time

I have been quite docile only bought:

torchlight
Trials 2


Thats' it

Okay before the sale I had bought
Crysis maximum on DD
Machinarium + samorost on the Dev site
Osmos
far cry 2
and monkey island Se

I have so many games to play that i guess I can wait till the next sale

 

[Cindres]

WEll, i just went ahead and bought Time Gentlemen, Please + Ben There! Dan That!

So total games purchased:

Borderlands
Cogs
Darwinia + Multiwinia
Ghostbusters
Max Payne 1/2 Bundle
Shattered Horizon
Torchlight
Stalker: Shadow Of Chernobyl
Ben There! Dan That! + Time Gentlemen, Please!

 

[Jirotrom]

my first impressions of the main charactrer in Mass Effect is can they make him anymore monotone? Sheesh. Still getting used to the controls and whoever designed the resolution choice screen should be slapped.

use the girl... would you rather stare at that dudes ass all day or the chick's with better voice acting?

 

[MNC]

It's $25 now for Civ 4 complete. Yeah, it's good. In my opinion, possibly the best strategy game to be had on PC.

That's a tad too expensive since it's in Euros... It's not impulse buy, I mean. I'll keep this game in mind Thanks for the opinions

 

[ElectricBlue187]

since the 25th of Nov...

* already owned in another format...

Killing Floor
Left 4 Dead 2
Killing Floor
Mass Effect*
Shattered Horizon
Left 4 Dead
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Lucasarts Adventure Bundle
Indigo Prophecy*
Deus Ex: Invisible War*
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition*
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Peggle Complete Pack
DarkStar One
Jade Empire*
Trine
Torchlight
Mirror's Edge
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Evil Genius
Star Wars: KOTOR*
FarCry 2

:/ Steam got me good, about $100