Steam Holiday Deal thread (Last Day - Repeat Sales)

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

steam I am disappoint

[Cormacaroni]

Just in case anyone is contemplating taking the plunge on the Company of Heroes series, like myself:

The "CoH complete pack" Includes: Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor for $35

but you can get the first two as CoH Gold for $15. Plus Tales of Valor today for $7.50.

[Eel O'Brian]

they'll probably have some great stuff on the 1st, but it'll be crap deals until then

[Eel O'Brian]

you guys should've jumped on that THQ complete pack for $50 on Black Friday, like I did

[archie4208]

I jumped on that.  18 games for the price of the latest Wii shovelware is amazing.  PC gaming wins again.

[The Fake Shemp]

So it appears that my account was hijacked, and although I have gotten it back, please don't be alarmed if I'm trying to add any of you to my Friend's List. I went ahead and bought Civ4 and Titan Quest (both were cheap) - but the games Patel gifted me are not in my account. I still need Steam Support to fix that.

Do you guys have any recommendations for cheap puzzle/strategy games that will play on a 64-bit Turion X2 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, ATi Radeon 3200 mobile laptop?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

you bought TQ: Gold, right?

[Eel O'Brian]

I only have $15 left on the money I allotted myself for these DD sales, so unless there's some crazyfool deal in the next few days looks like I'll be going with these:

Empire Earth II Platinum (from D2D for $5)
Commandos Double Pack (Commandos 2 & 3 from Steam for $5)
STALKER: Clear Sky (Steam, $5)

[The Fake Shemp]

you bought TQ: Gold, right?

Of course. $9.99!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

yay~

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I just installed my brand new Radeon 5770!

With all the money I'm saving on Steam, it was practically free.

[Kestastrophe]

So it appears that my account was hijacked, and although I have gotten it back, please don't be alarmed

this happened to me not that long ago. It took support a day to respond to my message and they reset my password. Pretty quick and easy


I would pick up AI Wars. I haven't played it myself, but Frag praised it and it will run on your laptop

[The Fake Shemp]

Civ is as about as Frag-friendly as I get when it comes to the stuff he likes. I like strategy, but I'm a poof about those Excel sheet games.

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm gonna be gaming for months on all these games I buy now. Ill prob skip Mass Erect 2 until it drops in price even.

What? No!

[FatalT]

I bought Jade Empire and Mr. Robot. I was going to pick up Prey yesterday but by the time I was going to buy it, it was sold out.

[Eel O'Brian]

Will:

Disciples/Jagged Alliance 2 $15 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/96/
X-Com Complete Pack on Steam $10 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/964/
Fallout & Fallout 2 are on www.gog.com for $3.89 each right now -  
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/developer/Black%20Isle%20Studios
Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete is $6.99 on GOG - http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_edition/

[cool breeze]

you guys should've jumped on that THQ complete pack for $50 on Black Friday, like I did

I got that.  Same with Tomb Raider Underworld for cheap.  Usually when Steam has big sales like that, they won't repeat so soon.

and does Jade Empire at least run well on PC? I still haven't played the $2.50 copy of KOTOR I bought.

[Eric P]

the only thing i've purchased with this sale is still gorilla

i already had everything else or wasn't interested.

here's hoping that we get some better stuff coming up

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Think Jade Empire is Biowares best PC running game swaggaz, I remember the PC version was polished up and released months after the console one as a deluxe edition.

It like a year and a half later.

[cool breeze]

Think Jade Empire is Biowares best PC running game swaggaz, I remember the PC version was polished up and released months after the console one as a deluxe edition.

thanks, but watching videos of it, I remembered that I didn't like this game on the Xbox.  Don't think whatever was added on the PC would make me feel different.

[The Fake Shemp]

Still kind of bummed that I have to wait to get my Torchlight on.

[Bebpo]

I never played more than 10 mins of Jade Empire on xbox.  I'm guessing the xbox version runs like shit like Kotor on xbox?  Probably should pick up the PC version if I want to play it (which I do at some point for the dialogue).

[Kestastrophe]

I never played more than 10 mins of Jade Empire on xbox.  I'm guessing the xbox version runs like shit like Kotor on xbox? 

Yeah, that sounds about right. I remember the load times being almost a full minute when leaving an area.

Honestly, I don't think you're missing much with Jade Empire. The combat is probably the weakest combat of any BioWare game that I've played and I don't remember much from the story.

[Joe Molotov]

Worst day yet? I'm gonna go ahead and call it.

[Great Rumbler]

Jade Empire has some pretty good RPGing early on, although the combat is filled with suck [and button mashing]. The last 3-4 hours are just fight-fight-fight though, which is lame.

[Fragamemnon]

I bought King Arthur just for the hell of it (and it seems like a more linear/setpiece total war style game that's NOT made by CA). Will play tonight and let people know if it is trash at first glance.

I remember watching a friend play JE on the Xbox and it didn't seem too jerky or anything. I played it on the PC with an 8800GTS and it cleaved through the game like butter (and it's not a bad game, but not a good one either).

[Great Rumbler]

I bought King Arthur just for the hell of it (and it seems like a more linear/setpiece total war style game that's NOT made by CA). Will play tonight and let people know if it is trash at first glance.

One of the complaints is that it's really hard, even on Easy. 

[Joe Molotov]

Did anyone buy The Void? I kinda want to play it, but I dunno man.

[Eel O'Brian]

Burnout runs kinda shitty on my desktop even on low settings, will have to investigate

[Fragamemnon]

I bought King Arthur just for the hell of it (and it seems like a more linear/setpiece total war style game that's NOT made by CA). Will play tonight and let people know if it is trash at first glance.

One of the complaints is that it's really hard, even on Easy. 

Yeah I read that. Made me even more interested, as some of the people who were saying that also said that you get your ass handed to you in Total War if you don't have a proper plan, which is of course laughable.

[Sho Nuff]

Burnout is beasting at +100fps on my dad's midrange gaming PC.

[pilonv1]

I just installed my brand new Radeon 5770!

I have one of those, it's awesome I had to get it because the 5850s were out of stock (and still are)

I bought King Arthur just for the hell of it (and it seems like a more linear/setpiece total war style game that's NOT made by CA). Will play tonight and let people know if it is trash at first glance.

A lot of the guys at QT3 seem to enjoy really it. Interested to see what you think

[Joe Molotov]

Burnout runs kinda shitty on my desktop even on low settings, will have to investigate

It's running smooth on High on my 6600 Duo 8800GTS.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I just installed my brand new Radeon 5770!

I have one of those, it's awesome I had to get it because the 5850s were out of stock (and still are)

Yeah, I went back and forth for a while, and decided to get a 5770 now and a second in the spring to Crossfire (when they drop to about $120-140). That'll take me to supra-5850 levels for about the same cost, plus I get to enjoy full-spec games in the meantime

[duckman2000]

Is Nation Red any good?

[Eel O'Brian]

Burnout is beasting at +100fps on my dad's midrange gaming PC.

Burnout runs kinda shitty on my desktop even on low settings, will have to investigate

It's running smooth on High on my 6600 Duo 8800GTS.

My desktop has an old CPU, but I should be getting better performance than I am on the low setting.  The CPU is an old AMD 64x2 3800+, but I've got an 8800GTS hooked up.  On low it jumps all over the place, sometimes from 60 FPS into the low 20s, and it's really obvious when the HDD is being accessed.  I don't know what the problem could be, Borderlands runs great on medium and that just came out.  I should have just DLed it to the RoG laptop.

[Joe Molotov]

Is Nation Red any good?

It's a nice, violent time-waster, and the devs have stuck by it since it's release several months ago with about a dozen fixes and improvements, so that's a positive too.

[archie4208]

I just started Jade Empire, but I do have to admit the aesthetic is surprisingly refreshing from the typical medieval fantasy and post apocalyptic wasteland typical in other WRPGs.

[Stoney Mason]

I just started Jade Empire, but I do have to admit the aesthetic is surprisingly refreshing from the typical medieval fantasy and post apocalyptic wasteland typical in other WRPGs.

meh.

That feeling passes rather quickly.

That game was simply KOTOR reskinned with an asian mythos. (And a poorly designed fighting engine)

[Great Rumbler]

I just started Jade Empire, but I do have to admit the aesthetic is surprisingly refreshing from the typical medieval fantasy and post apocalyptic wasteland typical in other WRPGs.

I really like the area where you go up into the mountains and have to fight all the ghosts. The music and look of that area is amazing.

[Joe Molotov]

I just started Jade Empire, but I do have to admit the aesthetic is surprisingly refreshing from the typical medieval fantasy and post apocalyptic wasteland typical in other WRPGs.

meh.

That feeling passes rather quickly.

That game was simply KOTOR reskinned with an asian mythos. (And a poorly designed fighting engine)

9.9

[Stoney Mason]

9.9

That was rather bizzare.

[Sho Nuff]

I liked this game. I was a dick to everyone and hung out with a hot girl and turned into Toad Demon. If you didn't like this game fuck you

[archie4208]

The shmup minigame came out of nowhere.

[Sho Nuff]

90 minutes to IMPACT!!!

[The Fake Shemp]

Torchlight, so far, is the best $5 I have ever spent. I have not touched Titan Quest. And I still need to download Beyond the Sword, but I dumped over four hours into Civ4 last night.

[archie4208]

Willco is becoming a PCtard.  Next he will be talking about the best Europa Universalis strats with Frag.

[The Fake Shemp]

Nah, I always play strategy and hack 'n slash on the PC, it's just that since I went to Windows 7 earlier this year, Steam stopped being stable. So I unstalled it. (And apparently my account got hijacked.) Now that I have a stable copy of Steam, and Team Fortress 2 appears to run without a hitch, I'll probably be on more often.

That said, as I even told Frag last night, most of my heavy gaming will still be on the Xbox 360. It's too accessible and my friend list resides there. Even the PC elite have Gamertags. But it'll be nice to log a few hours on to Torchlight, Civ4, Titan Quest, etc.

[tiesto]

Thought Jade Empire was boring as hell, got through the game just mashing the B button. The shmup minigame was kinda fun, though.

[The Fake Shemp]

To put that 9.9 in perspective, I remember when I was one of the people that got to play Jade Empire behind-closed-doors, that BioWare did an excellent job of subtly softening the media up. They served us beer of our choice, brought us h'ourderves, gave us free swag, etc. I don't even really remember what I played, but I do remember that I had a great time. I gather that is how it was for most members of the media.

[archie4208]

Jade Empire is basically a reskinned KOTOR, but I am still finding it enjoyable because of the aesthetic.

[Eel O'Brian]

Torchlight ran like dogshit on my netbook, even with overclocking and GMA booster, so heads-up for anyone thinking about buying it for that purpose (read the forums first).

[The Fake Shemp]

GMA booster?

[Eel O'Brian]

It boosts the speed of the crappy GMA 950 integrated graphics chip in netbooks.

[Stoney Mason]

Thought Jade Empire was boring as hell, got through the game just mashing the B button.

This.

They put all this shit into the combat system with "harmonic combos" and stuff and all you had to do to defeat any and every encounter was button mash. It was fundamentally broken.

Not to mention coming right on the heels of Kotor and Kotor 2, enough was enough.

[The Fake Shemp]

It boosts the speed of the crappy GMA 950 integrated graphics chip in netbooks.

That sucks. It runs like butter on my laptop, everything all maxed out and in native resolution. I think I take a slight hit where there are FORTY ENEMIES on screen at once and I'm launching crazy magick shit, but it's a pretty smooth playing experience.

[Eel O'Brian]

well, i have two other PCs to play it on, so it doesn't really bother me, but i was a bit disappointed since they were touting that "netbook mode"

could just be my system, i think beezy (?) has it on his netbook and it runs well

[archie4208]

I'm enjoying Jade Empire.  I was expecting a reskinned KOTOR and that is what I got!

[archie4208]

Civ4: BTS - $6.79
Max Payne - $2.49
Max Payne 2 - $2.49
Osmos - $1.99
Left 4 Dead - $7.49
FIFA Manager - $33.49 (wat )
Civ4 - $6.79

ehhh

[Joe Molotov]

Okay, today is the worst day yet.