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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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Glass Rebel
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*sigh*
Piercedveil
Member
Thanks for the help guys. I'll wait to see if it's a daily deal btw 
Prophet Steve
Member
*sigh*
Holy crap. I'm also dissapointed, got a valve coupon, a shadowgrounds coupon, an EYE coupon from crafting 7 coals and a L4D2 which i crafted from 7 coals (and I already have EYE and L4D2).
Glass Rebel
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I already own almost everything I want except Witcher 2. I guess I could use that SE coupon on Tomb Raider Underworld and I could give the 25% Arkham City coupon to a friend.
Do you take coal?
I'm disappointed by my coupons except Dota 2. To be honest, there really aren't that many games I care about I don't own, and the ones I do I could just buy. The chances of crafting a game I actually want are very slim, so I'm basically destined to be frustrated by this competition, it's my own fault in that regard.
MehsterChief
Member
So, today will feature sales of the past days again? Wasn't it like that last year?
Glass Rebel
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TBH I'm holding out for games I can gift to friends. That's what I did with Torchlight.
I'm thinking yes, today will be a recap, then next week all new deals.
For all those disappointed with their coupons/coal so far (like me) just think we are only halfway there. Your luck might change =)
SilverLunar
Member
I never played a Tom Clancy game before, are they comparable to Metal Gear in regard to the sneaking aspect?
I am interested, what is the one game of the franchise i should get (not interested in getting all of them)? Reddit says Chaos Theory. do you guys agree?
I am interested, what is the one game of the franchise i should get (not interested in getting all of them)? Reddit says Chaos Theory. do you guys agree?
They aren't like Metal Gear, and yes, Chaos Theory is the best of the series so far.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I would say they're closest to the early bits of MGS4? But it's difficult to directly compare the two.
And yes, Chaos Theory is the only one you really need to get.
The_Player
Member
Quoting because this game definetely worth looking.
F!ReW!Re said:Eschalon Book 1 & 2 are now on sale at the Steam summer sale;
Eschalon: Book I - $3.74
Eschalon: Book II - $4.99
Got book I gifted by a friend yesterday and I was immediately hooked! Although the graphics are nothing special, the sound and music are amazing! Game really has a great atmosphere and the dialog is surprisingly well written!
Now I haven't got Book II yet but supposedly it improves on a lot of things.
Some screens;
Trailer;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGaE7C6VwaU
And that GODLY main theme song;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfBY3DggJU8
Definitely worth a pickup IMO.
I'm probably going to purchase book II before the end of the sale as well.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
16 lumps of coal, a 33 and 25% off Valve catalog, and 50% off Uplink.
COAL HAPPENS
COAL HAPPENS
SilverLunar
Member
I've yet to get a game, I've had all coal or coupons (I think the copy of Portal in my inventory was left over from some long ago thing).
So I wanna buy a cool indie game for a friend of mine. He's more into action and shooter stuff, but I know he doesn't like "cute" things (f.e. he doesn't like typical nintendo games like mari or zelda). More of the "cool" stuff. He alrady owns Super Meat Boy. His Laptpo barely runs Witcher 1, so it isn't very powerful I guess. Any recommendations?
I'm having a weird problem with Rage (got it to run after installing the 12.1 preview drivers from AMD). Basically, in game, v-sync off (thought D3D is running in the background) I get super solid 60fps, and everything looks moves great, but I get horrendous screen tearing. The middle of my screen gets this pixellated look in fast motion. But with v-sync set to smart, my fps will drop a bit in some areas (like 45), and it will be super choppy at all times. Really stuttery when looking around with the mouse.
I would rather stick with the first option for the smooth motion, but fuck :/.
I would rather stick with the first option for the smooth motion, but fuck :/.
Jamestown
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Yeah, free RAGE for everyone >>
Sadly, that still doesn't work. It's supposed to come eventually, but there's no way to do it right now.
He's not so much into arcade too I guess...
I don't know what you consider indie, but take a look at Killing Floor maybe.
EDIT: Hard Reset is on sale, and is great.
So if i want to trade with someone on neogaf i gonna need to trust someone because i gonna have to actually give the key
I dont want to get scam T_TGlass Rebel
Member
So if i want to trade with someone on neogaf i gonna need to trust someone because i gonna have to actually give the key
Uh, most people here are trustworthy. I've never heard of anyone getting scammed.
spindoctor
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I got a 50% Fallout 3 coupon as well. I already own both Fallout 3 and the GOTY version as separate games on my account. And to top it off, Bethesda went and region locked Fallout 3 for my country so even if by some godforsaken chance I wanted to use the coupon, I still wouldn't be able to.
Merry Christmas Gabe.
Nice to hear. Im little new on the forum so i dont know everything thats happen in here so i gonna give a shot for trading my bundle
"Barely runs Witcher 1..."
Anything will run Killing Floor no? We have it running on some really shitty old dell laptops at the office.
Nice to hear. Im little new on the forum so i dont know everything thats happen in here so i gonna give a shot for trading my bundle
I've traded a fair amount of keys in here with people i've never seen (Juniors included) and I have never been scammed. People here are A-ok. You can always check the Buy/Trade/Sell thread in the Community board, they keep a track record of trades. And if somebody screws you over, post your events there, so that person will be flagged for everyone to see.
Nobody will actively punish the member (no mods will ban him, and so on), but people will hate him forever.
Madrugador
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The Costume Quest achievement isn't available right? Very strange, considering Christmas is already over in some places :/
I disagree with Mafia 2. I admit that the game looks quite beatiful and it starts very promising. The opening sequence(s) make it feel like the city is alive, but this quickly turns out to be the opposite. In fact the whole city is devoid of pretty much anything. Outside of visiting a few cloth stores there's absolutely nothing to do and the scripted events that make it feel like the city is alive at first, dissapear quickly. So all there's left are the missions, which wouldn't be too bad if most of the missions actually involved you doing something. However 80% of this game you'll just be driving back and forth between key locations in town. Once you arrive there you'll be fed a cutscene that slowly moves the story along. Unfortunately the story is probably one of the most mundane and forgettable mafia tales you can imagine. Then you will have to repeat this again, possibly simply driving back to a previous location. That's pretty much the whole game outside a few duck&cover-shooter-like levels, which weren't too bad, but nothing special either.
It's a shame, the game did have a lot of potential and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Too bad they actually forgot to build an engaging game for it. I only recommend this game if you can pick it up cheap($5) and go in with low expectations. You'll enjoy a few hours(it's short) of its authentic atmosphere, pretty graphics and general polish. Possibly even collecting cars. Otherwise skip it.
It's a shame, the game did have a lot of potential and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Too bad they actually forgot to build an engaging game for it. I only recommend this game if you can pick it up cheap($5) and go in with low expectations. You'll enjoy a few hours(it's short) of its authentic atmosphere, pretty graphics and general polish. Possibly even collecting cars. Otherwise skip it.
TheLegendOfMart
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8 goddamn peices of coal and 3 money off vouchers so far. I can has good game pl0x?
That's an awkward generalization. I liked the first Mafia much better and I picked up 2 with very low expectations. So what you're stating is simply not true, at least not for me. If you disagree with me that's fine, but I'm sure people would be more interested in reading what makes it a good game in your eyes rather than this nonsense.
Yeah, it's the game.
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