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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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Steam has changed achievements before. Shouldn't be an issue. People who have the golden gift achievement have the other one as well.
You should give me the free game then if you wanna rage. At least then you'd have something to rage about.
Winter sale stops on the 1st and it will probably be a recap of the best deals of the week...
If you've already got Golden Gift, then you've got The Kid's Xmas, so it wouldn't really matter (I mean, outside of the time you spent to get Golden Gift)
Oh, got it, thanks for answering!
Today might be one of the most expensive days for me. Most days I wouldn't buy anything, or I would go to buy 3 games and find out I already owned them.
But today had the "I'll buy a lot of interesting-looking games as long as they're $2.50 or less" category, so I spent like $13. :O
But today had the "I'll buy a lot of interesting-looking games as long as they're $2.50 or less" category, so I spent like $13. :O
jaundicejuice
Member
Just gifted a copy of New Vegas. Reading through the latest mod thread got me wanting to play the game again.
Piercedveil
Member
I can't decide on Civ V: GOTY. I feel like $17 is still too much.
Steam's major sales usually end on a Monday. So dunno.
This has probably been mentioned before but one thing I've realised over the past week, with all this downloading of new games, is that Steam needs a more robust download manager. Having games refuse to stop or start downloading is so annoying and usually requires a restart to solve.
And why the hell can't I queue downloads, set bandwidth limits or setup a downloads schedule. If free/open source apps like uTorrent and SANnzbd can do why can't Steam (perhaps why won't they do it is the better question). Make it happen Gabe.
And why the hell can't I queue downloads, set bandwidth limits or setup a downloads schedule. If free/open source apps like uTorrent and SANnzbd can do why can't Steam (perhaps why won't they do it is the better question). Make it happen Gabe.
It took them what, 3 years to add the Ctrl-F find box to the web browser/client thingy? I feel like when there isn't much competition or incentive for them to improve it they don't change much.
QuantumBro
Banned
Just got the Spacechem achievement and my prize was 50% off Spacechem, game is fun as hell though so I don't mind.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Really need to do this DD achievement some time tomorrow or tonight. Just finished the audiosurf one and got more coal.
Oooh! Ze plot sickens!
bobnowhere
Member
Finally got my second game after 33 achievements after crafting my 4th set of 7 coal, APOX.
Much happier now.
Much happier now.
The second objective I did, I got a coupon for 50% off that and though "that's ok, I've already got Uplink (and haven't played it yet)"
balladofwindfishes
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I wonder when/if Valve will switch the Meat Boy achievement to the proper one.
http://twitter.com/#!/SuperMeatBoy/status/152931617369886721
http://twitter.com/#!/SuperMeatBoy/status/152931617369886721
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I totally agree.
I think they mentioned that this kind of stuff would come once they transitioned downloads over to the new content system. Before they used some proprietary system, now it seems to be pretty much standard HTTP stuff. They mentioned that they switched over in order to improve peering and work with CDN partners worldwide. I'm not sure if they committed to download schedules in specific, but I know this is an area of focus for them.
Jive Turkey
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Listen to this man Valve!
These really should have come with gabetrollface.jpg attached to them.
sir yessir!
The 6 of them?
I unfortunately can't afford them all. Which would be the one I really should get?
I wanna recommend a game! Defy Gravity Extended.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/96100/
This was on XBL Indie Games and made the transition over to Steam. It came out at a cheap price and so I picked it up.
It's a sidescroller puzzler game where you're trying to navigate areas with your special gun that creates two types of gravity orbs. One repels you, and the other attracts you. The interesting part is that you have a limit as to how many of each gravity orb you can fire while you're in the air, you have to touch the ground to 'recharge' or some such. The puzzles start out pretty simple, and then the game goes bananas and throws some crazy stuff at you. A 360 controller is fully supported, you can use a custom soundtrack, and there's even a second quest mode which lets you think of new stuff because
I think it's an enjoyable puzzler, though I'm currently stuck at a level trying to figure out how to approach it. My brother got to the second quest, he says it's pretty crazy.
It's only $1.35 USD during the sale so the barrier of entry is pretty low. Hope someone else tries it out, not many people on my friends list have tried it (or maybe they did on XBLIG).
http://store.steampowered.com/app/96100/
This was on XBL Indie Games and made the transition over to Steam. It came out at a cheap price and so I picked it up.
It's a sidescroller puzzler game where you're trying to navigate areas with your special gun that creates two types of gravity orbs. One repels you, and the other attracts you. The interesting part is that you have a limit as to how many of each gravity orb you can fire while you're in the air, you have to touch the ground to 'recharge' or some such. The puzzles start out pretty simple, and then the game goes bananas and throws some crazy stuff at you. A 360 controller is fully supported, you can use a custom soundtrack, and there's even a second quest mode which lets you think of new stuff because
you're only limited to one type of gravity orb.
It's only $1.35 USD during the sale so the barrier of entry is pretty low. Hope someone else tries it out, not many people on my friends list have tried it (or maybe they did on XBLIG).
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Yes, the SpaceChem soundtrack is amazing. It's free to download so I grabbed it just to listen. The game on the other hand, well, to me it felt like work.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Oh wow do you have a link?
I would go with Old World Blues over Lonesome Road if you can only do one for now. OWB isn't just the best of the four DLCs, it's also the meatiest. Tons of content.
Don't bother with the strategy guide, the faqs and wikis likely cover everything you'd ever want to know about the game.
rohlfinator
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I'm wondering whether to get the New Vegas DLCs while they're cheap... Just got a free copy of New Vegas today. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll even be able to play through it after Skyrim. I enjoyed Fallout 3, but I know I could never replay it after Skyrim. Sure the genres are different, but the gameplay is intensely similar.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
You sir are awesome. Same with you Zoidberg.
This is my situation as well. I only just started playing Fallout 3 and I'm loving it, and I figured I'd buy New Vegas at 5 bucks, but do I really need to get any of the dlc right now?
I feel bad for anyone attempting the Super Meatboy achievement. It's 100% not worth your time. Level 2 and 4 are stupid fucking hard so why even bother? Oh yeah rage + a few hours of trial and error for a -10% off shit coupon I'll never use isn't my idea of a good time.
Really the worst achievement on the whole list this entire sale.
Really the worst achievement on the whole list this entire sale.
rohlfinator
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I played Skyrim pretty much vanilla, but I'm planning to run New Vegas on hardcore mode with a bunch of mods. The gameplay systems are similar, but I expect that making New Vegas much more survival-focused will be a significantly different experience.
If you're on the fence, though, you might as well hold out... I'm sure that DLC is going to be on sale again in the next few months.
Yes, I get getting the oh-so-familiar feeling of Bethesda-level writing from a lot of the NPCs I run into. Thank god I love cave exploring, which they do well.
Considering Valve apparently used the wrong one, that's probably why it was a bit difficult. Team Meat Twitter already said they were supposed to use the one where you have to beat one of the levels.
Thanks! Now I'm gonna be playing Under Construction on my ipod whenever I'm doing anything at all that requires consideration.
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