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Steam Holiday Sale has begun! Update: OVAH.

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eznark

Banned
I'm just glad they don't store your credit card, or I would have made tons of impulse purchases. As it is I've only picked up Mosby's Confederacy and Defense Grid.

Contemplating some others, but that would force me to go get my wallet. Thank you Steam!
 
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Jackl

Member
Looked through the list some real goodies in there.

Bioshock for 5 dollars?
Portal for 5?
Dozens of other blockbusters under 10?
Brand new games slashed under 40?

HAWT DAMN.
 
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Javaman

Member
Here's my list.

DarkStar One 4.99 USD
Bioshock (NA) 4.99 USD
Painkiller Gold Edition 7.49 USD
Trials 2: Second Edition 2.49 USD
Sacred Gold 4.99 USD
Alien Shooter: Vengeance 2.49 USD
Unreal Deal 19.99 USD
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (ROW) 17.49 USD
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts 14.99 USD
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 7.49 USD
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 7.49 USD
Shadowgrounds 4.99 USD
Ghost Master 2.49 USD
FlatOut + FlatOut 2 Pack 7.49 USD
Mount and Blade 14.99 USD
Dawn of War Platinum Edition 14.99 USD

:eek:O

I'm still tempted by Overlord and Frontlines and of course L4D.
 
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NameGenerated

Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Quick question, for the Civ IV complete pack, how does the launching work? Is it just one launch or are the expansion packs separated?
 
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xKilltheMx

Member
So I'm thinking about Orange Box heavily but has there been any sales in the past on the Episodes Pack for HL since I have yet to beat HL2 and really want Portal and Team Fortress 2.
 
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gregor7777

Banned
xKilltheMx said:
So I'm thinking about Orange Box heavily but has there been any sales in the past on the Episodes Pack for HL since I have yet to beat HL2 and really want Portal and Team Fortress 2.
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On the Episodes themselves? No, I don't believe so. Not recently at least. You never have to feel bad about purchasing Orange Box.

Oh, and for anyone who hasn't played Painkiller: DO IT NOW!

I've played through it like 10 times the last few years and it never gets old. :lol

Painkiller runs in the Doom -> Serious Sam vein. Buy it.
 
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ClovingWestbrook

Banned
So I need some advice. I am trying to buy all of the games on Steam during this sale that I would regret not buying afterwards. What do you think of the following:

Painkiller Gold
Runaway, A Road Adventure
Pacific Storm
ARMA
X2- The Threat
Aquaria
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Crazy Machines pack
Spore

Also, I am trying to decide if I should spend $50 on those games (the best of those that add up to $50) or just not buy any of those and purchase Mirrors Edge when it comes out on Steam in a couple of weeks.

Your advice please!

Alan
 
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Compass

Banned
gregor7777 said:
Oh, and for anyone who hasn't played Painkiller: DO IT NOW!

I've played through it like 10 times the last few years and it never gets old. :lol

Painkiller runs in the Doom -> Serious Sam vein. Buy it.
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De-sold. I've never been so bored than when trying to play through Serious Sam Gold.
 
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Ninja Face

Member
I'm proud of myself. I was gonna spend like $200+ then i kept trimming the list until I finally decided fuck it...I have such a huge backlog already..I'd rather spend the money and build a new pc.. fucking valve...I'll keep my money.....for now.:lol
 
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duffey

Member
Fuck I found more money that I could spend and picked up the Prince of Persia pack. If nothing else I'll enjoy the original trilogy as I've been wanting to go through that again for awhile. I'm not finding the new game really all that bad but it definitely holds your hand in a lot of places but omg so pretty.
 
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Twig

Banned
duffey said:
Fuck I found more money that I could spend and picked up the Prince of Persia pack. If nothing else I'll enjoy the original trilogy as I've been wanting to go through that again for awhile. I'm not finding the new game really all that bad but it definitely holds your hand in a lot of places but omg so pretty.
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Warrior Within is fucking terrible oh my god.

I knew about the whole angst thing going in, but I figured it would still at least be a decent game. What the fuck is with this slutty bitch with twin swords argh. HATRED. SEETHING HATRED.

Sands of Time is still the coolios, though. Hope Two Thrones is better than Warrior Within.
 
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duffey

Member
TheOneGuy said:
Warrior Within is fucking terrible oh my god.

I knew about the whole angst thing going in, but I figured it would still at least be a decent game. What the fuck is with this slutty bitch with twin swords argh. HATRED. SEETHING HATRED.

Sands of Time is still the coolios, though. Hope Two Thrones is better than Warrior Within.
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To be honest I never really played the original trilogy for the story/settings so the whole angst thing doesn't quite bother me much although I will definitely concede that I'd much rather have the Sands of Time art style. In any case all three games play pretty well so that's a plus.
 
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eznark

Banned
LovingSteam said:
So I need some advice. I am trying to buy all of the games on Steam during this sale that I would regret not buying afterwards. What do you think of the following:

Painkiller Gold
Runaway, A Road Adventure
Pacific Storm
ARMA
X2- The Threat
Aquaria
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Crazy Machines pack
Spore

Also, I am trying to decide if I should spend $50 on those games (the best of those that add up to $50) or just not buy any of those and purchase Mirrors Edge when it comes out on Steam in a couple of weeks.

Your advice please!

Alan
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Defense Grid is a lot of fun, a pretty standard TD so far. I thought Spore was atrocious.
 
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Erudite

Member
Rur0ni said:
Unreal Tournament 3 worth it?
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For $10, I'd say so.

Prior to playing UT3, I was only a casual fan of previous UT games, jumping online from time to time around the release of each game. When I picked up UT3 around release, I had a good time with it. It felt like UT with a new coat of paint to me- I didn't notice anything that was bad about it compared to previous UT games, but like I said, I was only a casual fan.

I got 28 hours out of the game (if you include the time I played the demo), and I spent $50, so I'd say I got my money's worth, even though the community was pretty small. Mainly played Deathmatch games, so I couldn't tell you how the other modes felt.

If the online still has enough people around to play proper matches, I'd say go for it, assuming you already don't own something like Team Fortress 2 to scratch the multiplayer itch.
 
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fallout

Member
NameGenerated said:
Quick question, for the Civ IV complete pack, how does the launching work? Is it just one launch or are the expansion packs separated?
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If you launch from Civ4, you get Civ4 without the BTS changes. If you launch Civ4: BTS, you get that. Warlords is ... kind of useless, unless you care about scenarios. BTS includes all of the changes that Warlords did.
 
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Twig

Banned
duffey said:
To be honest I never really played the original trilogy for the story/settings so the whole angst thing doesn't quite bother me much although I will definitely concede that I'd much rather have the Sands of Time art style. In any case all three games play pretty well so that's a plus.
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I'm not talking about the story or art style. Thus far I've spent about 80% of the time fighting and 20% doing what I actually want to do in a Prince of Persia.

AND THAT STUPID WHORE. Why am I fighting her again. Why is it the exact same fight.

And why did they change the way counters worked from Sands of Time -> Warrior Within.

Worst sequel ever. ):
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
Today i picked up:

World in Conflict
World of Goo
Civilization 4
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Thats on top of the STALKER Clear SKy and PoP Two Thrones i picked up on the weekend (beat Two Thrones today, great game), and i will probably grab a few more before the sale ends.
 
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duffey

Member
TheOneGuy said:
I'm not talking about the story or art style. Thus far I've spent about 80% of the time fighting and 20% doing what I actually want to do in a Prince of Persia.

AND THAT STUPID WHORE. Why am I fighting her again. Why is it the exact same fight.

And why did they change the way counters worked from Sands of Time -> Warrior Within.

Worst sequel ever. ):
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Sorry, I totally misinterpreted what you said. Yeah I agree, there's way too much combat in that game and if I remember right the ratio of combat/exploration is a little better in the Two Thrones but I could be wrong.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
duffey said:
Sorry, I totally misinterpreted what you said. Yeah I agree, there's way too much combat in that game and if I remember right the ratio of combat/exploration is a little better in the Two Thrones but I could be wrong.
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It is. A lot of the combat can be cut almost entirely out too thanks to the speed kills...... and throwing people off roofs.
 
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dejan

Member
Trials 2: Second Edition - 2.49 USD
Audiosurf - 4.99 USD
Jagged Alliance 2 / Disciples II Gold Combo - 14.99 USD
Unreal Tournament 3 - 9.99 USD
Company of Heroes Gold - 22.49 USD

I might be buying some more games tomorrow.
 
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faceless007

Member
First purchase:

Trials 2: Second Edition 2.49 USD
Gumboy Crazy Adventures 2.49 USD
Alpha Prime 2.49 USD
Multiwinia + Darwinia 7.49 USD
World of Goo 14.99 USD
Subtotal 29.95 USD

Probably more tomorrow.
 
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Joseph Merrick

Member
armed assault is pretty much my favourite game ever now. it's fantastic. not sure if you can apply the beta patches on the steam version though.. it's fine to play on 1.14 aswell, but the 1.15 beta patch improves quite a few things.

oh also no idea how big the american online community for it is. this is pretty important.
 
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evlcookie

but ever so delicious
I wish valve would push more content to the 3FL servers for us aussies. Trying to download the games i have purchased is a pain in the ass.

Looks like i will need to use a bit of my download quota this month.

2 more days left untill it ends, must not purchase anything else!
 
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ClovingWestbrook

Banned
Joseph Merrick said:
armed assault is pretty much my favourite game ever now. it's fantastic. not sure if you can apply the beta patches on the steam version though.. it's fine to play on 1.14 aswell, but the 1.15 beta patch improves quite a few things.

oh also no idea how big the american online community for it is. this is pretty important.
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I heard that it really is different than most shooters. That it is more about patience then continual action like a COD series. Have you found this to be the case? Also, do you think its worth it to get this when the sequel is coming this year?

Alan
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
LovingSteam said:
I heard that it really is different than most shooters. That it is more about patience then continual action like a COD series. Have you found this to be the case? Also, do you think its worth it to get this when the sequel is coming this year?

Alan
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That's absolutely the case. Arma is trying to simulate actual combat, not put you in an action movie.
 
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SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
Compass said:
De-sold. I've never been so bored than when trying to play through Serious Sam Gold.
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Stop before you start insulting Doom. There's nothing worse than a thread full of pissed off FPS fans. But yeah, if you don't like any of those you probably wouldn't be interested in Painkiller either.

I hope this sale doesn't backfire. Some of these games are going to double and quadruple in price in a few days.
 
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Joseph Merrick

Member
LovingSteam said:
I heard that it really is different than most shooters. That it is more about patience then continual action like a COD series. Have you found this to be the case? Also, do you think its worth it to get this when the sequel is coming this year?

Alan
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heh. I couldn't live without arma right now, but I'm sure you could. but definitely get arma2, whatever you do. hehe.

if you get it, check here for tons of community made stuff to download-- http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=files

a lot of great addons there. some not so great aswell of course.
 
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Bananimus

Member
Bought:
Company of Heroes: Gold
World of Goo
Aquaria (Even though I bought the non-steam version when it first came out)

I think that's enough for me.
 
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Dick Laurent

Member
LovingSteam said:
How do you think they pulled it off Sinatar? I am not used to that type of game so I really don't know.

Alan
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If you're looking for a single player experience, then don't. They completely failed in this respect, even the expansion Queen's Gambit was weak. The multiplayer however is absolutely unmatched as both a co-op and vs other people game. Simply incredible.

It's got a learning curve like any game, of course. But if you're willing to put in the time the game can be extremely rewarding. And there are so many different combat "roles" you can specialise into by default simply by what weapons loadout you choose and what you prefer to do.
 
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CabbageRed

Member
Last day. A single question in defence of myself and others buying too much due to this sale: how many games have you purchased for yourself this year?

Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Dark Messiah Might and Magic
Alpha Prime
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Dawn of War - Platinum Edition
Trackmania United Forever



Does anyone know if you can skip specific sections of Spore? Not just hop to the space bit, but play the first two stages, and then skip the so-shallow-I-cannot-imagine-how-someone-thought-this-would-be-fun* third and fourth stages.

*especially-if-you-consider-replaying-the-game-at-which-point-it-is-kind-of-hard-not-to-get-annoyed-that-Maxis-did-not-at-least-merge-the-two-sections-together**

**I-mean-really-now...
 
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ghst

thanks for the laugh
Joseph Merrick said:
armed assault is pretty much my favourite game ever now. it's fantastic. not sure if you can apply the beta patches on the steam version though.. it's fine to play on 1.14 aswell, but the 1.15 beta patch improves quite a few things.

oh also no idea how big the american online community for it is. this is pretty important.
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i'm torn on whether to buy this or wait on arma 2. their desire to make the sequel multiplatform certainly doesn't bode well for a game as...well...pc as arma.
 
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iDoubleSpy

Member
Legjend said:
I'm proud of myself. I was gonna spend like $200+ then i kept trimming the list until I finally decided fuck it...I have such a huge backlog already..I'd rather spend the money and build a new pc.. fucking valve...I'll keep my money.....for now.:lol
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So what did you buy then?

Nothing on the sale was worth it to me other then the ID pack because I bought almost everything in the past
 
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YYZ

Junior Member
Can someone gift me Bejeweled Deluxe for $1? I was going to get the STALKER games, but I can get those in the future. I'm just pissed off that I can't buy anything on my account because it was locked (Valve's problem). I was lucky enough to get it working ONCE, but that's it.


Please add me on Steam: yyzedd
 
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Joseph Merrick

Member
ghst said:
i'm torn on whether to buy this or wait on arma 2. their desire to make the sequel multiplatform certainly doesn't bode well for a game as...well...pc as arma.
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Heh. Doubt this will make any difference whatsoever for the PC release. At least they made a better in-game interface and menu system for the game now.

Maybe I was the only person to enjoy the xbox operation flashpoint also hehe
 
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ClovingWestbrook

Banned
Joseph Merrick said:
Heh. Doubt this will make any difference whatsoever for the PC release. At least they made a better in-game interface and menu system for the game now.

Maybe I was the only person to enjoy the xbox operation flashpoint also hehe
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Joseph, did you enjoy Spore? I am trying to decide between that and ArmA before the sale ends.

Alan
 
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MaritalWheat

Member
TouchMyBox said:
it's okay, the main course is the multiplayer though.
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Yeah, the American campaign had its very highs and very lows and the Panzer campaign was kind of a snore. So far the Brit campaign seems very promising though.
 
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