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Steam Holiday Sale 2011 | Valve Has Run Out Of 3rd Party Coupons/Games (Dec 19-Jan 2)

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The Technomancer

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bryehn said:
Bought Avadon. I'm a sucker for old school RPGs and SteamPlay is a must for me these days, split between my iMac and laptop.
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Pretty good. Its not as good as the other games from the same studio, but I had fun with it.


Derrick01 said:
Alright since I beg current RPG developers to stop dumbing their games down I guess it would be hypocritical of me to overlook this.

Plus your argument was convincing
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Ooooh....you may not like this one. I felt it was pretty "dumbed down". If you want RPGs with some actual depth check out the Geneforge Saga by the same developer, also on Steam
 
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Chris R

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Wish Limbo had OSX support :( Oh well, looks like a non-eventful day. No buying and no achievements... I guess that means more time to play some of the games I bought earlier in the sale?
 
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TheFightingFish

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Tenck said:
Boring. Someone else can try and convince you though.
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I'd actually call it rather overrated. They paid some really good attention to the UI, and the graphics are charming and sharp. But when you come town to it it's just a loot game that you can't play with friends (which is 75% of a loot game for me) and I was pretty unimpressed with the actual meat of the combat gameplay. Played it for like 5 hours and dropped it myself.
 
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legacyzero

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Typographenia said:
DO NOT BUY HOMECOMING.


It is busted on the pc. There's only a slight chance of actually being able to play the entire game. It will not let you pass a certain point, after a boss fight. SAVE YOUR MONEY.






Nothing for me again today! Man, that's two days in a row! I've either reached the point where the only things I want aren't reaching purchase price because they're still too new, or I've bought everything I want!
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Wait.. I almost completely hate Homecoming. Why did I even consider it?
 
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Davedough

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BarrenMind said:
Damn I was hoping for a bigger discount on Space Marine.

The game looks fun though.

EDIT: Wow SkyDrift looks awesome!
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I bought Space Marine Day 1 on the 360 because I'm a huge 40k fan. Its a decently fun romp, but it grows very tiresome quickly. I haven't finished it because I feel like I've seen and done it all before. In my opinion, $25 is still a bit steep.

Multiplayer on it died on the console, not sure how it is on the PC, but Gears 3 took the entire multiplayer fanbase away. They just released a DLC for it, so it might have resurged, but I'm not sure.
 
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Toma

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The_Technomancer said:
Pretty good. Its not as good as the other games from the same studio, but I had fun with it.



Ooooh....you may not like this one. I felt it was pretty "dumbed down". If you want RPGs with some actual depth check out the Geneforge Saga by the same developer, also on Steam
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True, Geneforge games were super great, but a bit more expensive right now. Checking out Avadon for 1,74 wouldnt hurt as bad I guess.
 
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pfkas

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Is there a thread for organising random GAF multiplayer games? Might be an idea what with quite a few picking up cheap games like Payday and Blur.
 
Dorfdad

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rhfb said:
Wish Limbo had OSX support :( Oh well, looks like a non-eventful day. No buying and no achievements... I guess that means more time to play some of the games I bought earlier in the sale?
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Limbo is coming to OnLive won't need to worry about the OS as it will be on MAC, PC, and Tablets!

PS anyone else underwhelmed by the sales? Seems like a lot of fudder with like 1 game a day worth it..
 
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The Technomancer

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Toma said:
True, Geneforge games were super great, but a bit more expensive right now. Checking out Avadon for 1,74 wouldnt hurt as bad I guess.
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Oh yeah, Avadon is definitely worth that. Its a fun game. I was just disappointed by the very linear opening hours and feeling like none of my choices mattered.

Also, like Toma pointed out anyone else looking for more information: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=429117&page=3
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
Kifimbo said:
Can anyone post today's achievements ?
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Rise of Immortals
Supporter - Get 10 assists in a match.

The Polynomial - Space of the music
Sore throat - Eat too many (more than 10) snowflakes within game life. Snowflakes will be present in Christmas level when its Christmas.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Sector Cleared - Successfully complete a Space Marine Exterminatus Arena (Kalkys Facility Escape or Hab Center Assault).

Post Apocalyptic Mayhem
Ho-ho-hidden! - Find Santa’s secret hideaway.

Toki Tori
Catch a Cold - Collect all ten snowflakes that appear in December before they melt

DEFCON
Merry Christmas - Nuke Santa and thereby end Christmas for everyone, for ever more


Is Steam blocked where you are? They're on the site.
http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/
 
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ROBOKITTYZILLA

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Home just in time for the daily deals! I think I'll grab Avadon and Sky Drift. I only have Toki Tori out of the achievement games for today and the rest don't look very appealing. :/
 
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SteveWinwood

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Philthy said:
Lot of this stuff is blocked. Would be nice if OP was updated immediately, or if someone could simply post the games on sale and the achievements.
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Salsa was always fast... Rip

Also all I want is a steam app that lets you buy stuff easier and even lets you start remote downloads maybe.

Oh and messaging too.
 
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theshizzle

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anyone having trouble with the audiosurf achievement 'candy stripe'?

I believe im doing everything correctly, but the achievement isn't activating =/
 
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SmithnCo

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Did the Polynomial achievement and got 33% off Saints Row: the Third. More than it is on the sale currently but it's still been cheaper. Blah.
 
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DOA

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The_Monk said:
I thought Limbo was playable on MAC.

And how can people see what else is on sale besides those deals? I just click on them and slide them one by one but there are always more deals on, right?
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Limbo (steam version) will be available for mac in January 13th
 
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perfect free

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I think I'll bite on Avadon. Haven't bought anything else yet, and I'm hoping the $20 in my Steam wallet will get me through the sale. So far so good!
 
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Jive Turkey

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Limbo for sure. Probably Avadon. I also really want to get SkyDrift because I'm dying for a new Crimson Skies and this looks like the closest we'll get but by the time I can even play it it'll probably be on sale (for less) in the summer sale.
 
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chaosblade

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Avadon and Deus Ex + DLC from GG for me today. Might be it for this sale unless anything else on my wishlist just happens to get a better than expected daily deal.
 
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