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Steam Holiday Sales 2013 |OT2| DIE HARD (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR)
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Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Just a quickie for you guys.
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Final Exam --MB-4DCCB0BF9B67382E- Taken by DunderHassan. 5 entrants total.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Did the same thing.
So you haven't played AC3 proper? Keep your money, AC3 isn't worth it at any price.
If you enjoyed Minecraft and/or Terrarria, I'd have to suggest StarBound. AC3 is a colossal piece of shit, and I love the first AC, just for reference.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I'm kind of hoping that The Secret World comes back as a daily or flash sale. I've been reading up on it and it looks pretty cool! I'm not holding my breath though, since it's EA.
Circle Jerk
Member
I'd say 2 and 3 feel pretty similar to Blood Money, but the graphics are worse. 3 (whatever it's called, the one not on steam) has a fantastic atmosphere though which makes up for the old looking graphics.
What? The Secret World is Funcom, or do they have a weird licensing deal going with EA?
derExperte
Member
I don't think that ever happened. Games that were bought outside of Steam from shady resellers got removed a few times but that's about it.
Right, I got that much. I was thrown off by the part where you say the people who know what works and doesn't work with those series are the ones who have no idea what they're talking about. It doesn't make any sense to me.
I replay Blood Money every year, and yes, it is just as good when it came out. It makes me sad that Absolution was such a horrendous entry in the franchise. It's such a broken game; disguises are useless, levels are laughably small and only one or two are good, the checkpoint/respawn system is a travesty, story is inane and Agent 47 acts completely out of character. The only two good aspects I can think of are the graphics and the contracts mode, which was a neat idea.
They could have just remade Blood Money in the Glacier 2 engine and it would have been my GOTY.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Oh, I guess EA was just the publisher on the physical disk version. So - maybe there's a chance.
Part of me really hopes this giveaway is for exactly what Modbot linked to.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
It's for Resident Evil 6, just linked to DLC for some reason.
corrosivefrost
Member
Yes.
We will have MGR at least so that's a start
Can't wait til the 9th.
A start?
Who needs Betrayonetta on PC when MGR:R is quite possibly the best action game ever created?
I mean, I'd buy it...
But if we're talking ports of Platinum developed games to PC, give me Vanquish first.
I er....what?
Ummm.....
Buy Skullgirls? Yes....
Hey look an excuse to post a Gif!
The easy answer for him is "not if you never liked 2D fighters.".
I love SG gifs. The animation is so choice.
I also love the first AC... more than AC2 at least.
I played Blood Money on PS2 and Absolution on 360, so take my opinion for what little it's worth. Absolution had the potential to be quite good, kind of like how SC: Blacklist is "quite good". A handful of missions were enjoyable even with the iffy disguise system, but pretty much the entire second half of the game is complete shit. Especially the Saints level, which I've read people loved, I thought it was terrible. The first area at least where you're being hunted by armed soldiers, who'll call in reinforcements if you're detected.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
I was just exaggerating because fans of the series get all touchy.
Yes, I only played till the library section and I got that much.
Besides all the awful game mechanics i hate that they shoved in the game a story that it really doesn't need. Blood Money barely had a few lines of dialogue before the missions and it was great.
But hey, it's pretty to look at.
Manual save system >>>>>>>>>> checkpoints.
The hand-on-face thing it's pure stupidity.
The focus mode makes my blood boil.
The fact that you are forced to use it because of the awful level design and the shitloads of guards everywhere...
This x100000000.
New Day!
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 4 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).
Rules for this Giveaway:
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- This giveaway is a LIGHTNING raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 15 minutes after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
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Gunstarheroes
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ChaoticEko
Neo Member
so what I really want to know is if purchasing a gift from a steam user is against policy, and what the ramifications are if caught.
This is the policy:
Steam Gift Purchases can not be sold. Attempting to sell a gift purchase is a violation of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and may result in your account being permanently disabled. You can trade gifts using our new Steam Trading system and can read more about that here.
Weird, not on the copies I saw in stores here.
Of course, maybe they were just dummy self-printed cover boxes the stores made themselves to combat theft.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Finally cracked from my lack of any purchases and picked up Cook, Serve, Delicious!, Half Minute Hero, and Nimble Quest (despite it not being on sale). I'm really liking them all so far.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Eanan
Member
Arghhhh. That Dick Wolf licensing money!
How is it that Walking Dead has already gone below this price?!?! I guess I just gotta suck it up. Time to sell more trading cards!
ichtyander
Member
Awesome giveaway, I would love to try them Dark Souls.
I... It's not like I wanted to win any of your games, dummy.
http://www.thesecretworld.com/buy/ here, but you're right, the cover image they have there also has an EA logo on it.
DunderHassan
Member
Kinda funny policy, since trading is basically selling.
I think that policy is just there to protect themselves, so they don't need to take action when people do trades outside Steams own trading system and get scammed.
One does not try Dark Souls - Dark Souls tries you.
gwynplaine
Banned
this thread and the last thread move so fast that i don't even get any posts in. lurker status maintained. no giveaways for me.
got don't starve from GMG with a big load of credits cause of the GAF hype. 10 minutes doesn't really do it justice but not that interested so far. got blade symphony, KF DLC 2, and the two tribes bundle. and spelunky during the last sale. all funded by cards and my old dota items.
got don't starve from GMG with a big load of credits cause of the GAF hype. 10 minutes doesn't really do it justice but not that interested so far. got blade symphony, KF DLC 2, and the two tribes bundle. and spelunky during the last sale. all funded by cards and my old dota items.
ChaoticEko
Neo Member
yeah, thought the same myself. Just don't want my 320+ game account get banned.
Blue Ninja
Member
That's Metro: Last Light down. Fantastic game. Slightly disappointed I didn't get the "good" ending, but it looks like you really need to pay attention to get it.
Next up is Gone Home. I tried it out a bit yesterday and it was very promising.
Next up is Gone Home. I tried it out a bit yesterday and it was very promising.
DunderHassan
Member
Whoa, won Final Exam, thanks a lot for your great giveaways, was actually thinking of getting this for me and my friends. Now I can at least try it out first.
Oh gosh I just remembered focus. I'm legit angry just thinking about it. It boggles my mind at how bad that game mechanic is. How is covering your face with your hand not arousing MORE SUSPICION? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.
HOW DOES EVERY COOK IN CHINATOWN KNOW EVERY OTHER COOK AND WHY DO THEY CARE. WHY DOES EVERYONE KNOW EACH OTHER.
Fingers crossed for DmC. One of the few games I really wanted this sale, but passed it up for cheaper things
DunderHassan
Member
Don't worry about that, I can barely remember last time I purchased a game myself from the store
The biggest risk lies in getting scammed, which is why you only should buy games from reputable sellers.
Just make sure you get everything out of the sideplots as well and not just rush the main.
emiranda061288
Banned
Fingers crossed for DmC. One of the few games I really wanted this sale, but passed it up for cheaper things
it is free with playstation+ the next month. but the PC version is way better.
MMBosstones86
Member
I'm aware most people think AC3 is hot garbage, but i'm buying it one way or another. The question was about the quality of the DLC from the Deluxe Version.
I took a disguise from a cook in the butcher shop before entering the open area of Chinatown, and a stall vendor on the opposite side called me out.
ChaoticEko
Neo Member
Don't worry about that, I can barely remember last time I purchased a game myself from the store
The biggest risk lies in getting scammed, which is why you only should buy games from reputable sellers.
Good to know
Thanks for putting my mind at ease.zerokoolpsx
Member
Did Don't Starve had a pricing error?
thanks, entering for blood dragon!
Yeah, it was $1.19 for about 5 minutes,
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