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Steam Winter Sales 2012 | Deal quality keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
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What are you guys talking about? Bought it last year on sale. From my steam purchase history:
2 Jan 2011 7,37€ Purchase
Everyday Genius: SquareLogic, Puzzle Quest 2
YianGaruga
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I don't even care that I can't play it until February (wouldn't have done it anyway lol), but how can you say no this? I'm going to be so poor when this is over.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Eghhh.
Ninja Blade PC port fucks up when I try to play at 60 FPS.
Timing is off, the button-mashing QTEs are borked, and the game freezes if I try to skip cutscenes.
From Software! *shakes fist*
Ninja Blade PC port fucks up when I try to play at 60 FPS.
Timing is off, the button-mashing QTEs are borked, and the game freezes if I try to skip cutscenes.
From Software! *shakes fist*
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Any idea when Shogun 2 will hit 75%?
I'm afraid I'll bite at 50% because I can't handle the wait.
I'm afraid I'll bite at 50% because I can't handle the wait.
Set QTEs to easiest level and save yourself the grief. That way you can't fail. Didn't have the game lock when I skipped cut-scenes. Sometimes had trouble with it not saving my progress.
Barrow Roll
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PC versions of the Sands of Time trilogy: how are they? Better than the PS3 collection? I hear the controller support isn't too hot.
I've never played a Hitman game, have the older games aged well?
Someone tell me what game I should vote for next.
I've never played a Hitman game, have the older games aged well?
Someone tell me what game I should vote for next.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Of course they're better. 1080p, 60fps, widescreen patch. I had no problems playing them with a wireless 360 controller. Unfortunately I encountered a game breaking bug in the second one, so I couldn't complete it, but I think that's in every version.
MegaKungFuRadio
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The controller support isn't up to par with what we've come to expect from PC ports (plug and play, buttons displayed in onscreen prompts/tutorials), but the only problem I remember having with a 360 pad is that the game (at least SoT, the only one I tried) doesn't recognize triggers and having to assign the buttons, not remembering what the console defaults were (though I guess I could have just looked at the manual for my PS2 copy). You also need to do some tweaking for widescreen and potentially opaque fog effects.
I played through Hitman: Blood Money for the first time last week and it holds up well enough. Character movement and control felt janky even for a game from 2006, and as far as I could tell, there is no controller support, which is a bit of a downer. I also couldn't find a mouse speed that didn't make the camera control feel super twitchy that wasn't slow as molasses when navigating the menu, which was really annoying, but thankfully, you don't have to spend too much time on menus. Bottom line is, the strength of Blood Money is its gameplay, and it holds up. Can't say much about the other two games other than Hitman 2 is supposedly the worst.
throwawayname
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Fuck yeah Farming Simulator.
YianGaruga
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Aaaand buying I am Alive. Gaben what are you doing to me.
Artofwar420
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I remember hearing a lot of good things about I'm Alive. I think I'll bite at 5 bucks.
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How possible is it for Civ V + Add On to go to or below the 9 it was on amazon.de a few days ago? My brother is very interested in this.
Snapshot King
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Really? Cuz I heard nothing but bad things.
YianGaruga
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Germans.
zerokoolpsx
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Nothing for me.
Fuck I missed Arkham City
I'm pretty confident it'll end up a daily.
Fuck I missed Arkham City
I can guarantee it'll be back. I can also probably guarantee that there'll be a cheaper deal elsewhere.
It was ~10th most sold game (all formats) in Sweden charts a couple of weeks ago.
I bought Civ V GOTY edition on steam Autumn sale last month for 10 on a daily deal.
Not sure if it would go down even more on this winter sale. Anything is possible I guess.
DiscoShark
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Why did I expect more from the flash sales starting at 5:00AM?
What's up?
I always get tempted by the simulator games because they're just so mundane they might actually provide a laugh.
Snapshot King
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Man this sale is terrible so far.
I think I bought everything on steam in prior sales
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I think we're going to be hearing this sentiment repeated quite a bit. I really only have 1-2 games that I'm looking out for this year.
lmao. Brilliant!
Rawket Lawnchair
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People should keep in mind that Arkham City has atrocious DRM. Steam, GFWL and SecuROM with limited activations (5 machines with 10 activations each, but you can't cancel them when you uninstall).
PepsimanVsJoe
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Bleah. I can skip cutscenes now but I got stuck in mission 2 because wallrun wouldn't work properly(I'd end up appearing in mid-air suddenly and falling to my death).
Guess I'll stick with 30 fps mode.
Same, though I have gifted like $20-30 worth of games already to people in my friends list in the first day alone lol
I always feel better about gifting games to others if I'm not interested in anything during a sale.
Snapshot King
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Jesus christ, Securom still exists?
Canis lupus
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Whats the cheapest option for FTL?
It will be or il will be not, so 50%.
DiscoShark
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You just missed a sale when it was on $5.00 on the official site, at this point your best bet is to cross your fingers that it ends up as a Daily / Flash deal although you can buy it now on the Steam store or official page for 25% off at $7.50
fabricated backlash
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My first Steam Purchase...^^
Deus Ex HR for 4.74 Euro. I feel like I stole it. Is that normal?
Deus Ex HR for 4.74 Euro. I feel like I stole it. Is that normal?
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