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Steam Holiday Sale 2009 Begins! (Dec 22nd - Jan 3rd)
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gottalovetheglove
Member
Okay. I've set a budget of $30 for this final day, and I'm just looking at the normal sale items (everything on sale today I either already have or don't want). I'm looking at a couple of games but I need GAF to reassure me they're the correct purchases:
1) Dawn of War 2 AU ($30), nothing else that was an idiotic choice.
2) Dawn of War 2 from the US store, Unreal Deal/Witcher (slightly over budget but eh)
3) Unreal Deal, Witcher
4) Unreal Deal/Witcher, Altitude (fuck you GiantBomb :lol), something else ~$10 (fill in the spot).
That's about it. I was going to get Fallout 3 but it wasn't on sale so I'll pass. $25 for it would've been amazing, but no... Bethesda had to be stingy with their sales (though I did get Morrowind GotY).
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2) Dawn of War 2 from the US store, Unreal Deal/Witcher (slightly over budget but eh)
3) Unreal Deal, Witcher
4) Unreal Deal/Witcher, Altitude (fuck you GiantBomb :lol), something else ~$10 (fill in the spot).
That's about it. I was going to get Fallout 3 but it wasn't on sale so I'll pass. $25 for it would've been amazing, but no... Bethesda had to be stingy with their sales (though I did get Morrowind GotY).
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
you can't. not if i broke downdani_dc said:
NOT IF I BROKE DOWN
fanboi said:
nope!
speaking of Stalker CS. i fired it up the other day and DAMN. is the performance on that game is worse than on SOC?!
it was chugging hard and i turned it down to medium and i was still only getting an unstable 30fps (vsync off). unplayable for me. i played for 30 seconds and had to shut it off.
i got way better performance with the Stalker 2k9 mod. is this usual or is something possibly wrong here? pretty disappointing not to have it run at least half way decently on my PC.
MikeE21286
Member
man this sucks....3 different credit cards and an attempt at Paypal and it still won't let me make my purchases.
Trying to buy:
GTAIV
Defense Grid
Torchlight
Killing Floor
Not quite sure how to fix this...any suggestions? Worst is I know the sale is ending soon.
Trying to buy:
GTAIV
Defense Grid
Torchlight
Killing Floor
Not quite sure how to fix this...any suggestions? Worst is I know the sale is ending soon.
Wickerbasket
Member
Create another dummy steam account then use that account to gift your main account the games.MikeE21286 said:
Wierd that it works, but it does.
Edit: I was having the same problem, I had to do the above to get the games. It has something to do with steams anti fraud system marking your main account for buying too many games in too short a period. It's stupid.
MikeE21286
Member
Wickerbasket said:
I sent a question to the Steam Support. I hope this can remedy it and I will be able to get the sale prices.
I can't create a Steam account right now because I'm at work (yet I can access the Steam Suppot website through my work internet....very weird, but whatever)
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
fuck my contact had some credit cards trouble yesterday so i couldn't buy certain games that i wanted, he did say that he would try again today and send the games to his email account to resend them later. I assume the holiday sale ends at the same time as the last daily deals right?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I'm so used to steam I forgot to buy the games on gog when they were on sale. Apparently they actually change stuff in a timely fashion. 
graywolf323
Member
any opinions about the Europa Universalis games?
I seriously think we need a Steam Addicts support group after this sale...
I seriously think we need a Steam Addicts support group after this sale...
Vyse The Legend
Member
OK, GAF, it's time to sell me on some final Steam purchases. Here's what I've purchased thus far:
Mass Effect
Lucas Arts Adventure Pack
Deux Ex
Morrowind: GOTY
Killing Floor
Indigo Prophecy
King's Quest Collection
Space Quest Collection
Outrun 2006
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
STALKER: Clear Sky
Jedi Knight
Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Torchlight
Trine
Zeno Clash
What else should I look at?
Mass Effect
Lucas Arts Adventure Pack
Deux Ex
Morrowind: GOTY
Killing Floor
Indigo Prophecy
King's Quest Collection
Space Quest Collection
Outrun 2006
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
STALKER: Clear Sky
Jedi Knight
Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Torchlight
Trine
Zeno Clash
What else should I look at?
Jirotrom said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBA1P49nhM&feature=related
:lol :lol :lol :lol
That game is hilarious...I had to get this back. I understand this is somewhat of an art form, but $5...are you serious?
Vyse The Legend said:
Bioshock, Defense Grid, GTA IV, World in Conflict: Complete (you can launch nukes son! - if you are lucky you can launch 2-3 at the same time)...
Diomedeskun
Member
I spent 61.76 on games, and am very happy with my purchases, but I am trying to decide whether to do one more. I want the Witcher, and the price is great, but I would like to have the physical version of the Enhanced Edition with all of its bonus material. Still, I don't think that all the materials are likely to be worth the extra price, but I also have Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Torchlight to play.
Diomedeskun said:
Im pretty sure the enhanced edition download still comes with all the goodies, just in a digital form. I know for a fact that it contains the soundtracks and making of footage. Im not sure about the short story or the map though.
Edit: Forgot to say what GamaFu did. Id buy it again if I didnt already own it. Its a fantastic game.
Diomedeskun said:
Do it man before it's too late. The Witcher is a great game. The steam version comes with all materials like the physical EE version. Plus, the physical game is still selling at its original price $69.99 on Amazon. The game has rarely been on sale on steam already. I bought it for $29.99 last year, and didn't regret it.
I've been thinking of buying one of the Paradox Interactive games, in specific either Europa Universalis III Complete or Heart of Iron III. Any suggestion? I think the game might be too complicated for me and I won't be able to enjoy it...
and to round it out last minute...
I now own Best of Tilted Mill collection, and Splinter Cell" Chaos Theory.
Wanted to get Children of the Nile, and then took a few to think if I wanted Hinterlands and then Moseby's confed, guess I'll dabble. Sides I hope its supporting Tilted Mill I use to like City builder games back in they day so this was a nostalgia purchase.
man those screenshots on Splinter Cell: Double Agent looked bad thats what talked me out of that game. Jumped on Chaos Theory since it never fell further than $4.99 just because I remember so much rave reviews back in 2005 of it. So perhaps in 2010 I'll even attempt to play it. Who knows small chance.
I now own Best of Tilted Mill collection, and Splinter Cell" Chaos Theory.
Wanted to get Children of the Nile, and then took a few to think if I wanted Hinterlands and then Moseby's confed, guess I'll dabble. Sides I hope its supporting Tilted Mill I use to like City builder games back in they day so this was a nostalgia purchase.
man those screenshots on Splinter Cell: Double Agent looked bad thats what talked me out of that game. Jumped on Chaos Theory since it never fell further than $4.99 just because I remember so much rave reviews back in 2005 of it. So perhaps in 2010 I'll even attempt to play it. Who knows small chance.
Ugh, so did I, don't think I'll ever play them (double-dipped on Space Battles since Impulse had it first I believe).biocat said:Some final hour purchases for me. Picked up AI War and Gratuitous Space Battles.
All the people recommending Defense Grid, don't forget Harvest: Massive Encounter. It's $2 and is another amazing tower defense game.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Forgot about WIC... Seems like 4 more games today.
gregor7777
Banned
GAF giveaway time.
First person to quote this and list my favorite Tragically Hip album gets a copy of Defense Grid.
1 guess only please.
EDIT: BiasedGamer wins! But everyone wins who plays Defense Grid.
First person to quote this and list my favorite Tragically Hip album gets a copy of Defense Grid.
1 guess only please.
EDIT: BiasedGamer wins! But everyone wins who plays Defense Grid.
gregor7777
Banned
BiasedGamer said:
And done. :lol
PM me where to send it sir.
I <3 Memes
Member
Damn that was quick. :lol
Stitch
Gold Member
for all the gta4 buyers:
-you don't need a social club account. i actually didn't even got my activation mail from rockstar...
-the game even starts without steam. might be a good idea actually because it already starts with the social club and games for windows live
-configuring the graphics is a pain in the ass but it gets better if you create a text file where the gta exe is with the name commandline.txt. into this textfile you need to write -norestrictions
normally the game won't let you set the graphics to very high because either your GPU sucks or your PC sucks or because the game is a horrible port... whatever. but with the txt file you can change everything
-don't set the graphics too high!! GTA4 doesn't seem to care about your pagefile or RAM. if the textures don't fit into your VRAM it seems to ignore them. which means you won't see anything on the screen. really never seen that in game before. good job rockstar...
this mod will give you a really nice motion blur
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=386262&st=0
this mod will make driving more enjoyable.
http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5529
normally the car behaves like a piece of wet soap.
Is there a mod that gives you better shadows? Ultimate Graphics Tweak makes them a bit more smooth but they still look like ass if you don't set them to very high. and that's impossible on my rig... so i just disabled them completely because no shadows still looks better than the horrible things in GTA4 o__O i would even prefer blob shadows
-you don't need a social club account. i actually didn't even got my activation mail from rockstar...
-the game even starts without steam. might be a good idea actually because it already starts with the social club and games for windows live
-configuring the graphics is a pain in the ass but it gets better if you create a text file where the gta exe is with the name commandline.txt. into this textfile you need to write -norestrictions
normally the game won't let you set the graphics to very high because either your GPU sucks or your PC sucks or because the game is a horrible port... whatever. but with the txt file you can change everything
-don't set the graphics too high!! GTA4 doesn't seem to care about your pagefile or RAM. if the textures don't fit into your VRAM it seems to ignore them. which means you won't see anything on the screen. really never seen that in game before. good job rockstar...
this mod will give you a really nice motion blur
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=386262&st=0
this mod will make driving more enjoyable.
http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5529
normally the car behaves like a piece of wet soap.
Is there a mod that gives you better shadows? Ultimate Graphics Tweak makes them a bit more smooth but they still look like ass if you don't set them to very high. and that's impossible on my rig... so i just disabled them completely because no shadows still looks better than the horrible things in GTA4 o__O i would even prefer blob shadows
gottalovetheglove
Member
Okay, try and convince a non-Outrun fan to get Outrun 2006. I really want to buy it to try it out, but I need to justify it.