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Steam Winter Sales 2012 | Deal quality keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'

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Milchmann

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Scavenger said:
Not anymore. Steam just did a dickmove. I bought Scribblenauts Unlimited Steam key a few weeks ago from Amazon because I couldn't wait for the European release and now that the European pre-order is up Steam won't let me play the game. Play button has been changed into a friggin pre-load button. :-(
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Same here. You can still start the game manually via the Scribble.exe in the game folder, but all Steamworks features are gone and I found no way of changing the game language.
 
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Hakkuei

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Snuggler said:
Looks like no one has commented on War of the Roses yet. Some impressions would be neat. I've already played a ton of Chivalry, but I have enough room in my heart for two medieval combat games. Looks like Roses may not match Chiv's awesome combat, but it has a lot more in the way of customization and variety. I'm also curious about technical performance and stability and all dat.

Fuck, I just want to buy something :(.
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Don't buy it if you already have Warband. If not, just buy Warband.
 
Bloodsent

Bloodsent

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So Borderlands 2 is $30, and the season pass, also $30, gets you all of the DLC? Or do you have to buy some of it separately? Is that even a good deal? I loved Borderlands Game of the Year I bought last year, just never got around to picking up Borderlands 2 yet.
 
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Toki767

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Nabs said:
Which PoP game should I grab? I already have TSoT. Is 08 the one people like?
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Prince of Persia 2008 was great for the Prince/Elika interaction. The game does kind of play itself though.

Bloodsent said:
So Borderlands 2 is $30, and the season pass, also $30, gets you all of the DLC? Or do you have to buy some of it separately? Is that even a good deal? I loved Borderlands Game of the Year I bought last year, just never got around to picking up Borderlands 2 yet.
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The season pass gets you like 4 add-ons. Not all the DLC.
 
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Angel Abaddon

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Scavenger said:
Not anymore. Steam just did a dickmove. I bought Scribblenauts Unlimited Steam key a few weeks ago from Amazon because I couldn't wait for the European release and now that the European pre-order is up Steam won't let me play the game. Play button has been changed into a friggin pre-load button. :-(
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OH WTF! I was playing this 40mins ago!

EDIT: AHA! Browse to the Steam install folder and load up the .exe directly and it runs. TO HELL WITH YOU BACKWARDS REGIONAL RESTRICTIONS!
 
maladroit

maladroit

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Bloodsent said:
So Borderlands 2 is $30, and the season pass, also $30, gets you all of the DLC? Or do you have to buy some of it separately? Is that even a good deal? I loved Borderlands Game of the Year I bought last year, just never got around to picking up Borderlands 2 yet.
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you don't get the creature slaughter dome, the collector's edition bonus thing, or the mechromancer character. it's only for the planned 4 DLC campaigns.

edit: the only one of these that's substantial is the mechromancer character, the other two are like bonus skins and a shitty arena sidequest.
 
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Mrbob

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Damn that Indie pack for 70 dollars is amazing. 30 games, most of them super high quality. If I didn't own 2/3 of the games already I'd buy it.
 
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oipic

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The Red Faction: Guerrilla situation is a bummer - I passed on the Amazon pack as I have everything but this, and was planning to pick it up during this sale. THQ, I'm sad. :(

One or another of the PoP games for me today, I think - still internally debating pack vs. particular individual games, yada yada.
 
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Toki767

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Mrbob said:
Damn that Indie pack for 70 dollars is amazing. 30 games, most of them super high quality. If I didn't own 2/3 of the games already I'd buy it.
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Yeah. If it would let me gift the games I already had, I'd be all over it and be done with Christmas gifts.
 
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TheNamelessOne

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SalsaShark said:
steam sales be whack

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im on the winning team
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Been thinking of pulling the trigger on this. Is it worth $5?
 
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VashTS

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SalsaShark said:
steam sales be whack

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im on the winning team
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I also jumped on it this week and while the SP is kind of weak.

I'm looking forward to trying out the co-op. We should start a syndicate GAF group for co-op games.
It seems as though maybe the MP scene for this game is dead?

I really hope capcom's games go on a huge sale price. For some reason I really want Lost Planet 2 on PC.
 
Krappadizzle

Krappadizzle

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Haven't been able to log onto steam at all. Giving me the server busy issue. Anyone else have this? I just want to start up Planetside 2. I already own everything that is on sale. I just wanna play my game, and I can't launch steam in offline mode.


Boo.
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Lyonaz

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Only bought the PoP complete pack so far. Don't think I'm gonna spend much this winter sale. Total War Shogun 2 maybe when it hits 75% off.
 
Nabs

Nabs

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Lyonaz said:
Only bought the PoP complete pack so far. Don't think I'm gonna spend much this winter sale. Total War Shogun 2 maybe when it hits 75% off.
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You just spent 12.50 on a bunch of PoP games you don't really need. You're going to spend a lot of money this sale.
 
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dreamfall

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I'm just really hoping for some Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed 3 deal. I love the Steam sale excitement though, and looking through a wish list full of older titles with everything less than $9 is pretty awesome!
 
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Famassu

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The Dutch Slayer said:
Fable 2 is soooo awesome, Put in 45 hours and 100% the game + dlc
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Fable 2 is just as bad as the rest (& worse than 3 in many regards). The basic controls of the game are pretty much the worst I've ever experienced in what is supposed to be an AAA level game, the combat is mindless & clumsy (even worse than in Bethesda's games, which is quite the feat), the game is infested with mini-games that are too easy and no fun at all + they all repeat the same formula, the writing isn't funny or good at all, the world design is really straightforward and doesn't feel rewarding to explore. I guess the game can look decent & it does react to your doings, no matter how stupidly black & white everything is. But... yeah, one of the worst experiences I've made myself suffer through during this generation.
 
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Isaccard

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Darksiders 2 + All DLC worth $13?

Still playing the first, and it's enjoyable so far, sans the inability to change the resolution.
 
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Zero-Crescent

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Jomjom said:
Wait on Bard's Tale or just get it now? It's not a daily, but it's already 75%!
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I doubt it's going on a daily, as it's too old and not part of any current franchise. Generally speaking, the games that are already discounted more than 75% aren't likely to appear as daily/flash/vote deals, though I'm guessing that there have been some exceptions in the past.
 
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Angel Abaddon

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Shai-Tan

Shai-Tan

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I'm thinking of buying Natural Selection 2. Is there a youtube video that gives a good overview of the game and/or a good gameplay video?
 
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RionaaM

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CecilRousso said:
It's a shitty game with both GfWL and Securom no matter what price they sell it for. I wouldn't get it even for free.



No, it isn't. It's much worse then Fable 2, and comes with both GfWL and Securom.
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That's the reason I haven't bought the Batman Arkham games.
 
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Lyonaz

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Nabs said:
You just spent 12.50 on a bunch of PoP games you don't really need. You're going to spend a lot of money this sale.
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Nah I loved Sands of Time and PoP 2008 on the consoles and never played the other ones, so the pack is worth it, because I'm actually going to play those. :p

And most of the newer games I already have or can wait for cheaper prices next spring sale.
 
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Lkr

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RionaaM said:
That's the reason I haven't bought the Batman Arkham games.
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tbh, as much as people bitch about DRM, I have installed AA on 4 machines and have not had an issue. i understand that GFWL isn't anything special, but maybe i just don't mind it as much because i have xbl
 
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Sadist

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Lyonaz said:
Nah I loved Sands of Time and PoP 2008 on the consoles and never played the other ones, so the pack is worth it, because I'm actually going to play those. :p

And most of the newer games I already have or can wait for cheaper prices next spring sale.
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Brace yourself for Warrior Within

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