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[Caerith]

I'm gettin real crotchety about people askin questions that have been answered several times now. >:[

Things do move really fast here. If you go to bed and wake up five hours later and hit F5 on this thread you have 10 pages to read, which I suspect not everyone does.

Maybe next year we can set up a Steam Sales FAQ Wiki, or convince Salsa to give up work, food, and sleep for ten days so he can keep the OP updated with FAQs.

So what exactly is the Portal 2 ticket prize DLC thing? Trying to decide if I should grab some more achievement tickets to get it.

It's basically a hat. You can wear it in multiplayer. Entirely cosmetic, so therefore incredible valuable and how can you pass it up?

 

[LProtag]

convince Salsa to give up work, food, and sleep for ten days so he can keep the OP updated with FAQs.

This. I am new to the way of Steam sales and therefore need constant guidance. From Salsa. Clearly.

 

[mrgone]

I haven't had any luck finding one. DoctorWho said he was interested in a 4-pack and I would be as well.

Cool, I'm in

 

[legacyzero]

I knew they were gonna do this shit (50% off Dead Space 2) RIGHT AFTER I became broke.

Now I have to go sell my body.

 

[Salsa]

or convince Salsa to give up work, food, and sleep for ten days so he can keep the OP updated with FAQs.

the questions that are getting most repeated are actually answered in the OP, as well as a link to the FAQ

people are just lazy as hell

 

[Lasthope106]

Well, since everyone is doing it, here is my damage so far.

Lara Croft GOL
Frozen Synapse
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition
Tropico 3 Gold
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Darksiders

Total = $40.20

For less than a console game I was able to get 7 highly acclaimed games.

<3 pc gaming.

 

[Gvaz]

They did (at least on deathspank) a sale or two or three ago, I got it at some kind of discount I'm sure.. I don't really buy games at full price now. Just not this sale

I know the sales but I was hoping for fiver sale

 

[Stahsky]

I knew they were gonna do this shit (50% off Dead Space 2) RIGHT AFTER I became broke.

Now I have to go sell my body.

=( I should stuff you in a locker for not buying it already. (Been playing Bully, forgive me.)

 

[legacyzero]

=( I should stuff you in a locker for not buying it already. (Been playing Bully, forgive me.)

I know I know! Who's feeling charitable enough to help a brother out?!

No big deal. I did play the shit out of it on the 360. But everything just looks plain better on PC.

 

[Weenerz]

If Beat Hazard goes back on sale, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS THREAD BETTER OWN IT ALREADY. It's too good for the price it was at.

 

[The Elite]

If Beat Hazard goes back on sale, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS THREAD BETTER OWN IT ALREADY. It's too good for the price it was at.

I need to get my iTunes library on to my PC so I can play around with this.

 

[LProtag]

So I think we need one more person for a Terraria 4-pack? It'd be 3.75 each.

 

[Ryn]

Having a hell of a time trying to download NWN2. Keeps bumping down and hanging out at 0 bytes/sec the majority of the time, and other times barely passing 100kb/s, to spiking to 1mb/s, then dropping all the way back down to 0. Holy crap.

 

[Lkr]

I just realized that Lego Harry Potter never went on sale. Very disappointing

 

[Derrick01]

Anyone else completely locked out of Steam or playing games?

I can't believe I keep supporting this service; I should learn my lesson. If the servers are too busy, why can you still accept my credit card information?

Nope in fact the servers finally settled down enough for me to download Bloodlines. I've been trying all day only to get a sever is busy message. I was still able to play Terraria most of today even with the server overload though.

 

[g23]

How is sup com 2 GAF?

 

[The Elite]

So I think we need one more person for a Terraria 4-pack? It'd be 3.75 each.

I can live with that.

 

[ShironRedshift]

I just realized that Lego Harry Potter never went on sale. Very disappointing

I'm more disappointed that Morrowind never was a daily deal. It's on sale at Direct2Drive right now for $12, but I was hoping it would go lower than that, especially as Oblivion had a much bigger discount.

 

[Sanic]

Yeah, kinda not surprised that Terraria price was a mistake. No reason they needed to go that low.

 

[mrgone]

I'm more disappointed that Morrowind never was a daily deal. It's on sale at Direct2Drive right now for $12, but I was hoping it would go lower than that, especially as Oblivion had a much bigger discount.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a steep discount on it approaching the release of Skyrim.

 

[Instro]

Glad I got in on Terraria at $2.50. That price point was quite surprising, $5.00 makes more sense.

 

[catapult37]

I can live with that.

I'll go in. I can paypal. Just PM me...

 

[Zerokku]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a steep discount on it approaching the release of Skyrim.

Hell, we should see a discount on it when Quakecon hits in just a little while.

 

[ChRoNiTe]

So kotor was working perfectly with my win7, but now it seems I can no longer progress the story. I have two different saves really close to fighting Malak for the first time and every time I get into the Ebon hawk and shoot all the fighters the screen goes black and it stops working. :/

I have tried running as admin with win xp compatible mode and every suggestion on the steam forums and had no luck. I still feel I more then got my money's worth, but just a bummer and I needed to vent.

Sounds like the infamous Carth bug. Happened to me on my very first play through on the Xbox way back when. Unfortunately I had to reload a save that I had before the Leviathan level.

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=211180

 

[Carm]

I hope some folks are willing to give Supreme Commander 2 the chance it didn't seem to get. Amazing game in co-op, and coupled with the cheap-as-chips expansion pack, you've got a lot of robots to play with.

Campaign isn't worth much, but comp-stomp doesn't get much better for a macro RTS.

=( You just unsold me with the campaign not being much part heh, was in my cart all day too. I hadn't planned on playing any co-op, just single player.

 

[vaelic]

anyone know a good site with terraria tutorial type info?

 

[tenz0r]

If indeed tomorrow is a repeat of best sellers, I hope Assassin's Creed and Batman make it. I kind of regret not getting them during the daily sale. I might just get the first two Assassin's ($6.79 each), and wait and hope Brotherhood goes on sale during the Holiday sale (Hopefully lower then $19.99). I finished all of them on 360 already, but wanted to replay them again on my new gaming PC. I guess that was the main reason I didn't buy them the first time since I already played them (including Batman) on consoles.

 

[SapientWolf]

=( You just unsold me with the campaign not being much part heh, was in my cart all day too. I hadn't planned on playing any co-op, just single player.

I somehow put 37 hours into SupCom 2's single player. I got my money's worth for sure.

 

[Trojita]

Well I was planning on getting Terraria. Saw it for $2.49 which was great. I usually do my ordering later in the day. I check it now and it is $4.99. WTF

 

[vaelic]

Well I was planning on getting Terraria. Saw it for $2.49 which was great. I usually do my ordering later in the day. I check it now and it is $4.99. WTF

yep, steam put wrong price up originally

 

[Sanic]

Also find it interesting that Terraria isn't anywhere in the top sellers list at all, at least in the US (not sure if that list is filtered by region). I know it sorts by revenue, but the game had no problem staying at or near the top before the sale, and now when it's a daily it's getting demolished by 60+ other games.

 

[Trojita]

Well fuck. Now I kind of feel like not getting it.

 

[AppleSmack]

anyone know the games expected to be on sale tommorow?

 

[mattiewheels]

If I get the New Vegas DLC, does it show up through the game itself like FO3, or do you have a separate steam icon like it looks like?

 

[Firehead]

I'm done. No more.

Here's my damage:

Games:
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer, BioShock 2, Eschalon: Book 2, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, Broken Sword III: The Sleeping Dragon,
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Director's Cut, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam, Eschalon: Book 1, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, The Longest Journey, Devil May Cry 4,
Guardians of Graxia, The Maw, Elven Legacy, Majesty: Gold Edition, Elven Legacy: Magic, Elven Legacy: Siege, Elven Legacy: Ranger, Majesty 2 Collection,
Hamilton's Great Adventure, SpaceChem, Star Wars - Battlefront II, The Witcher 2, Back to the Future: The Game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Terraria, Frozen Synapse (Gift from Kai - Thanks again!),
Test Drive Unlimited 2, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West, Hydrophobia: Prophecy, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Two Worlds II
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Second Edition Full Game, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter,
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter, Singularity, Alpha Protocol, Mount & Blade: Warband, Need for Speed: Undercover, Need for Speed: SHIFT, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit,
Shift 2 Unleashed, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Atom Zombie Smasher, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Universe Sandbox, The Last Remnant,
RIFT - Collector's Edition, NBA 2K11, The Tiny Bang Story, Blur, The Whispered World, Ninja Blade, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Worms Reloaded.
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.



DLC:
Magicka: Party Robes, Magicka: Tank Robe, Magicka: Support Robe, Magicka: Frozen Lake, Magicka: The Watchtower, Magicka: Final Frontier, Magicka: Nippon,
Magicka: Marshlands, Magicka: Vietnam, Battlefield Bad Company 2: Specact Kit DLC, Guardians of Graxia Map Pack, The Maw: Brute Force, The Maw: River Redirect,
The Maw: Speeder Lane, Just Cause 2: Monster Truck DLC, Just Cause 2: Rico's Signature Gun DLC, Just Cause 2: Chevalier Classic DLC, Just Cause 2: Bull's Eye Rifle DLC,
Just Cause 2: Black Market Boom Pack DLC, Just Cause 2: Black Market Aerial Pack DLC, The Witcher 2: Bonus Content, Oblivion Game of the Year DLC, Beat Hazard - Ultra,
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4, Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition DLC CD Key, Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2 ,
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1, HOARD, Aliens vs Predator: Bug Hunt Pack, Aliens vs Predator Swarm Map Pack, Serious Sam HD Dedicated Server,
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Editor, Fusion DLC, Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts, Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money, R.U.S.E DLC3, R.U.S.E DLC2, Worms Reloaded Preorder DLC.

Goddamn.

 

[Proxy]

My god, I've spent a lot of money :

Hitman Collection
X3: Terran Conflict
NWN2
Dead Space Pack
Mafia II; Jimmy's Vendetta, Joe's Adventures DLC
Divinity II - Dragon Knight Saga
Audiosurf
CoH: ToV
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Mount and Blade: Warband, With Fire & Sword
RUSE; DLC (all)
Torchlight
Arma II; DLC (all)
MoW: Assault Squad DLC
KOTOR
JC2; DLC (all)
TFU II
Hamilton's Great Adventure

Total spent :

$181.74

 

[Blu10]

anyone know a good site with terraria tutorial type info?

http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Terraria_Wiki

The wiki from the official site. Gave me everything I needed to get stared and put 30+hrs into the game

and since everyone else is doing it, and for the first time in 6 years I got a new pc and steam

Supreme commander 2
Sam and Max seasons 1-3
Company of Heroes
Trine
Frozen Synapse
Magicka complete pack
SpaceChem
Hamiltons Great Adventure
Zombie Driver
Guardians of Grazia
Terraria x2 (Gift)

 

[WaltJay]

I just tried to buy the Hitman Collection and got the "You already own everything in this collection" message.

It wouldn't be a Steam sale if I didn't try to buy something I forgot I already owned!

 

[Caerith]

anyone know the games expected to be on sale tommorow?

History tells us that tomorrow is a "best of" this sale's daily deals. But some people believe that there will be new deals, despite Valve not leaking any of the sales headers like they've done all week.

 

[mrgone]

Well fuck. Now I kind of feel like not getting it.

I'm kind of fighting this as well. The only thing keeping me interested is that I would've grabbed it at 4.99 anyways. It was kind of elating to see it at $2.50 though, and it's kind of a shitty feeling to have the rug pulled out on that.

 

[slidewinder]

Also find it interesting that Terraria isn't anywhere in the top sellers list at all, at least in the US (not sure if that list is filtered by region). I know it sorts by revenue, but the game had no problem staying at or near the top before the sale, and now when it's a daily it's getting demolished by 60+ other games.

Probably a bug, or the stats got wiped when they changed the price.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

The IQ in Splinter Cell Conviction is great. Some random shots from the beginning.

To be clear, you can play the campaign in co op or is it just specific missions? I need people to play this with and I just got it. Add me on Steam please!

 

[masterkajo]

I just tried to buy the Hitman Collection and got the "You already own everything in this collection" message.

It wouldn't be a Steam sale if I didn't try to buy something I forgot I already owned!

A classic mistake everyone has to make sometime...

 

[firehawk12]

I'm kind of fighting this as well. The only thing keeping me interested is that I would've grabbed it at 4.99 anyways. It was kind of elating to see it at $2.50 though, and it's kind of a shitty feeling to have the rug pulled out on that.

Yeah, it just feels kind of weird to have it happen like that.

 

[Petrie]

so, maybe I just suck, but i'd love some advice on Company of Heroes. I grabbed it yesterday and got to the 3rd mission of the campaign, just barely got through on my 3rd try. Now on the 4th mission every time I think I'm doing alright, they just keep sending more tanks, and I can't get enough resources to keep up or make any headway. Am I playing the game wrong?

 

[Stahsky]

The IQ in Splinter Cell Conviction is great. Some random shots from the beginning.




To be clear, you can play the campaign in co op or is it just specific missions? I need people to play this with and I just got it. Add me on Steam please!

Hey pal. The co-op is a separate campaign happening before Sam's story.

 

[BlindCommunication]

How is sup com 2 GAF?

Terribly underrated game, it's an amazing RTS imo, especially if you're into huge armies of robots clashing with each other. Never played any other RTS with such impressive large scale battles with over 500 spaceships shooting lasers and rockets.

They almost completely got rid of the economy so that you can just focus on pumping out units and sending them to slaughter. Pretty fun in co-op, especially against the AI on higher difficulty level in 4 vs 4. SP campaign isn't as great though.

Got it during last winter sales for 5 bucks and had a blast throughout the 50+ hours I've played it

 

[StuBurns]

The IQ on Conviction looks nice, but what's up with those assets? The plants and stuff? Wasn't this a massive budget game?

 

[Typographenia]

Okay, unless there is something that just leaps out at me tomorrow, I'm definitely done.

The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Alpha Protocol
Braid
Garry's Mod
Just Cause 2
The Path
The Void
Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines
Gifted 2 copies of Audiosurf


Have to say, I'm really pleased with my haul this summer. There wasn't quite the sales prices I was hoping for, but really happy none-the-less.


Salsashark, thank you so much for such a consistently awesome OP! Really bang up job!

 

[beast786]

Any recommendation on Crayon Delux and Nightsky?

both looks interesting.