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Steam Holiday Sale 2009 Begins! (Dec 22nd - Jan 3rd)
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carbonbased
Member
glad to see so much love for Killing Floor. i will have to get some games in with you gaffers soon.
here's my haul:
Crysis + Crysis Warhead
Mass Effect
Torchlight
Trials 2
Shattered Horizon 4 pack
Commandos 2 and 3
Men of War Gold
Aquaria
already had KF, Stalker, Defense Grid, and Zeno Clash, or i would have jumped on those deals too.
here's my haul:
Crysis + Crysis Warhead
Mass Effect
Torchlight
Trials 2
Shattered Horizon 4 pack
Commandos 2 and 3
Men of War Gold
Aquaria
already had KF, Stalker, Defense Grid, and Zeno Clash, or i would have jumped on those deals too.
Since November I've purchased:
Osmos - $2
Left 4 Dead 2 - $37.49
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - $4.99
Torchlight - $9.99
Sid Meier's Pirates! - $6.69
Jade Empire: Special Edition - $3.75
Indigo Prophecy - $3.39
Mass Effect - $4.99
Tropico 3 - Steam Special Edition - $19.99
Total Haul - 9 games for $93.28
Not bad. Of those, I only really regret Torchlight, mainly due to it's price. It's an ok game but not one that I would choose to play over the other ones I've purchased. I didn't play too much Indigo Prophecy or Jade Empire, but I played enough to realise that they're pretty good but are outdated in some ways, mainly controls, that make me no longer want to play them. However, due to how cheap they were, I don't regret having the opportunity to try them.
Osmos - $2
Left 4 Dead 2 - $37.49
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - $4.99
Torchlight - $9.99
Sid Meier's Pirates! - $6.69
Jade Empire: Special Edition - $3.75
Indigo Prophecy - $3.39
Mass Effect - $4.99
Tropico 3 - Steam Special Edition - $19.99
Total Haul - 9 games for $93.28
Not bad. Of those, I only really regret Torchlight, mainly due to it's price. It's an ok game but not one that I would choose to play over the other ones I've purchased. I didn't play too much Indigo Prophecy or Jade Empire, but I played enough to realise that they're pretty good but are outdated in some ways, mainly controls, that make me no longer want to play them. However, due to how cheap they were, I don't regret having the opportunity to try them.
faceless007
Member
I was good this year.
Cogs 1.99
Indigo Prophecy 3.39
Time Gentlemen, Please pack 2.49
Lucasarts Adventure pack 2.49
Silent Hill: Homecoming 9.99
Trine 4.99
Oddworld pack 2.49
Total: 25.34
It took a lot of willpower to resist the Civ IV pack, Zeno Clash, The Void, Star Wars: KOTOR, Fuel and some others. I still feel rather regretful I didn't jump on those, that's how bad Steam is for me, it makes me feel bad I didn't spend more money for games I might not even like. But hey, I don't have a job and already have a 30+ backlog so I told myself to stay strong.
Cogs 1.99
Indigo Prophecy 3.39
Time Gentlemen, Please pack 2.49
Lucasarts Adventure pack 2.49
Silent Hill: Homecoming 9.99
Trine 4.99
Oddworld pack 2.49
Total: 25.34
It took a lot of willpower to resist the Civ IV pack, Zeno Clash, The Void, Star Wars: KOTOR, Fuel and some others. I still feel rather regretful I didn't jump on those, that's how bad Steam is for me, it makes me feel bad I didn't spend more money for games I might not even like. But hey, I don't have a job and already have a 30+ backlog so I told myself to stay strong.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Total: $ 141.05 (US dollars)
Killing Floor
Trine
Safecracker 2 (NA)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (ROW)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Luxor Mahjong
SlamIt Pinball: Big Score
Left 4 Dead 2
this was my haul during the sale. came in under $65, L4D2 being the most expensive at $34.
i would have liked to pick up a few more things, including CIV4, but im happy overall, dont regret any of the purchases, and didnt overspend.
Trine
Safecracker 2 (NA)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (ROW)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Luxor Mahjong
SlamIt Pinball: Big Score
Left 4 Dead 2
this was my haul during the sale. came in under $65, L4D2 being the most expensive at $34.
i would have liked to pick up a few more things, including CIV4, but im happy overall, dont regret any of the purchases, and didnt overspend.
brain_stew
Member
I bought:
Time Gnetleman Please!
Fuel
Painkiller:Black Edition
Street fighter IV
Titan Quest: Gold
Zombie Shooter 2
Alien Shooter: Revisited
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Half Life: Source
=£29.71
Was gifted:
Left 4 Dead 2
Jade Empire
Mr. Robot
Lumines + Advanced pack
Ghost Master
Dark Sector
Torchlight
Trine
Killing Floor
So quite a nice haul for less than £30 outlay!
Time Gnetleman Please!
Fuel
Painkiller:Black Edition
Street fighter IV
Titan Quest: Gold
Zombie Shooter 2
Alien Shooter: Revisited
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Half Life: Source
=£29.71
Was gifted:
Left 4 Dead 2
Jade Empire
Mr. Robot
Lumines + Advanced pack
Ghost Master
Dark Sector
Torchlight
Trine
Killing Floor
So quite a nice haul for less than £30 outlay!
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Was gifted:
-LucasArts Adventure Bundle
-Rome: Total War [GOLD]
-Oddworld Pack
-Audiosurf
Bought for myself:
-Torchlight
-Lumines
-Osmos
-Civilization IV [complete]
-LucasArts Jedi Knight Bundle
Gave as gifts:
-Torchlight
-Mass Effect
Yay backlog! :lol
-LucasArts Adventure Bundle
-Rome: Total War [GOLD]
-Oddworld Pack
-Audiosurf
Bought for myself:
-Torchlight
-Lumines
-Osmos
-Civilization IV [complete]
-LucasArts Jedi Knight Bundle
Gave as gifts:
-Torchlight
-Mass Effect
Yay backlog! :lol
hmm... that's good to know. Since Steam put this line on the Beyond the Sword product page: "Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword requires the Steam version of Sid Meier's Civilization IV to play," I thought they meant it requires the original to work like normally how an expansion works. Guess you're right, Steam might download everything it needs as long as you have the original on your list.Ledsen said:
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Dynoro said:
STEAM MID-WEEK MADNESS: Every game you just bought, slightly cheaper.
Fragamemnon
Member
Ledsen said:
I think this is sort of an artifact from how the game was originally released on Steam. When it came out, you didn't need to have the Steam version of base Civ4 to get BtS-that only came later. I know because that's my setup, and I can confirm that now I just need to download and install BtS to play Civ4. Not that I play Civ4 much nowadays, thanks Paradox.
Submarino Conversível
Member
Dynoro said:
Oh please no!
brain_stew
Member
K.Jack said:
Well a lot of that was Christmas presents from my brother and sister. Though I did get L4D2 from a fellow GAFer, which was totally unexpected and much appreciated.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Dynoro said:
What would be really cool would be Torchlight for $1.99.
Then the weekend sale would be The Witcher for $4.99.
I think the feedback on here would be hilarious. It would be like giving their customers a giant middle finger.
Diomedeskun
Member
The witcher finally started downloading at a decent speed this morning. I had errors all last night, and it was ridiculously slow when it worked.
Spent 75.35, games are currently going for 287.30. Not bad at all, by my estimation, and I now officially have a PC backlog that will last me until next Christmas.
Spent 75.35, games are currently going for 287.30. Not bad at all, by my estimation, and I now officially have a PC backlog that will last me until next Christmas.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Sales over guys. :lol
Hasenfeffer
Member
poweld said:
randomlyrossy
Member
I'd love to see this thread kept alive till the next Holiday Sale :lol
Come on guys! I believe in you!
Come on guys! I believe in you!
gregor7777
Banned
ICallItFutile said:
No reason we can't talk in general about the games we bought during the sale.
Killing Floor is nuts by the way. I think I might set up a dedicated server.
Keyser Soze
Member
*hugs thread*
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
I'm really liking the PC port of Grand Theft Auto 4. Had some performance issues at the beginning, but that was mainly due to the fact that I was trying to run everything on high. Scaled it back to the console settings then increased the sliders to around 30% and the shadow/filtering quality to high. Now it's running at a mostly steady 40fps with some dips to 20s. Really nice looking too.
The only thing I don't like is that the Rockstar Social Club program doesn't close down automatically when you close GTA4, so Steam will continue to assume that you are still playing the game even though you exited.
The only thing I don't like is that the Rockstar Social Club program doesn't close down automatically when you close GTA4, so Steam will continue to assume that you are still playing the game even though you exited.