Author Topic: Steam Holiday Sales (1/2: Repeat deals) (Read 71141 times)

Bebpo · « **Reply #60 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:51:13 PM »

K&L works well when the focus isn't on shooting. The first half of K&L1 has combat, but it's scene specific combat, like taking on cops in a police escape or your captors in an abandoned parking lot or sneaking through a nightclub taking out security. The 2nd half of K&L1 is call of duty with dozens and dozens of generic enemy spawns over and over and when you've finally killed them all you move forward. This half is terrible. It also has a good story driving you to keep playing. Though the story in K&L1 falls apart in the latter half along with the gameplay.

From the demo of K&L2 it seemed the actual shooting mechanics had been improved and the handheld visual camera style gave it character.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #61 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:52:08 PM »

Kane & Lynch 2 is still a tough purchase even at $5.

cool breeze · « **Reply #62 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:56:31 PM »

yeah, I thought Kane and Lynch 1's first half was fun. The demo for the second game felt more like the first half of the first game and I was interested in getting it...so I did.

the 7 gig download is more annoying than the $5 tbh

I only spend $4 on the first Kane and Lynch too. I think that's the good price for a disposable, somewhat entertaining shooter series.

Quote from: OptimoPeach on November 25, 2010, 01:49:20 PM

Man I'd really rather play Batman on 360 but that's such a good deal

PC version has perfect support for the 360 controller and since it's Games for Windows Live it even has achievement points (real ones, not the fake steam or ps3 points).

Bebpo · « **Reply #63 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:59:50 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on November 25, 2010, 01:56:31 PM

I only spend $4 on the first Kane and Lynch too. I think that's the good price for a disposable, somewhat entertaining shooter series.

Yeah, $4-5 for a game that's fun for an evening is just right.

Raban · « **Reply #64 on:** November 25, 2010, 02:11:35 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on November 25, 2010, 01:51:13 PM

From the demo of K&L2 it seemed the actual shooting mechanics had been improved and the handheld visual camera style gave it character.

I just played the demo and based on your opinion of it, I will never trust your word on games. The camera didn't give it character, it gave me a whopping headache. Shit game. Glad I didn't buy it.

magus · « **Reply #65 on:** November 25, 2010, 02:21:36 PM »

uhm guys i was wandering around play-asia and they are selling the korean ps3 version of batman for 13$ in case someone cares
http://www.play-asia.com/Batman_Arkham_Asylum/paOS-13-71-bp-49-en-70-41pw.html

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #66 on:** November 25, 2010, 02:23:46 PM »

Quote from: startselect on November 25, 2010, 02:11:35 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on November 25, 2010, 01:51:13 PM
From the demo of K&L2 it seemed the actual shooting mechanics had been improved and the handheld visual camera style gave it character.

I just played the demo and based on your opinion of it, I will never trust your word on games. The camera didn't give it character, it gave me a whopping headache. Shit game. Glad I didn't buy it.

The shakey cam effect can be turned off, although the color banding thing remains as that's part of the game's "style".

archie4208 · « **Reply #67 on:** November 25, 2010, 02:32:04 PM »

I thought my graphics card was dying when I played the K&L2 demo. Fuck that game.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #68 on:** November 25, 2010, 05:21:52 PM »

Not interested in K&L. I bought Batman a few weeks ago.

Everyone should get Defense Grid.

demi · « **Reply #69 on:** November 25, 2010, 05:58:36 PM »

I'll wait for Batman on GFWL, thats an easy game to 1000 with no multi to wrry about

pilonv1 · « **Reply #70 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:18:44 PM »

It's GFWL through Steam isn't it? Dirt 2 and Bioshock 2 were.

demi · « **Reply #71 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:20:31 PM »

Steam is malware... will pass on putting my PC at risk

Raban · « **Reply #72 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:24:35 PM »

there isn't enough

GilloD · « **Reply #73 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:29:57 PM »

I'll finally scoop Batman at that price. And $10 is just right for Deathspank.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #74 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:30:51 PM »

Quote from: Akala on November 25, 2010, 01:22:08 AM

mysterious benefactors

pilonv1 · « **Reply #75 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:37:34 PM »

I'm going to buy a Defense Grid 10 pack and send it out

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #76 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:39:20 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 25, 2010, 07:20:31 PM

Steam is malware... will pass on putting my PC at risk

we would laugh at your little steam cheevo peen

GilloD · « **Reply #77 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:45:50 PM »

Jolly Rover looks unbelivably shitty

pilonv1 · « **Reply #78 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:49:50 PM »

Quote from: GilloD on November 25, 2010, 07:45:50 PM

Jolly Rover looks unbelivably shitty

Looks like Dog Island crossed with Monkey Island. Dogs wearing pirate costumes. How can it be bad?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #79 on:** November 25, 2010, 07:50:45 PM »

gillod did you ever get alpha protocol

i PMed you yesterday but you never answered

GilloD · « **Reply #80 on:** November 25, 2010, 08:05:23 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on November 25, 2010, 07:50:45 PM

gillod did you ever get alpha protocol

i PMed you yesterday but you never answered

Yeah, sorry. really busy yesterday

. Naw, I never grabbed it, maybe that's for the better.

Bebpo · « **Reply #81 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:17:27 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 25, 2010, 07:49:50 PM

Quote from: GilloD on November 25, 2010, 07:45:50 PM
Jolly Rover looks unbelivably shitty

Looks like Dog Island crossed with Monkey Island. Dogs wearing pirate costumes. How can it be bad?

Outside of Sam & Max, adventure games starring furries are always creepy.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #82 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:22:08 PM »

i played alpha protocol for about 20 minutes. god the gameplay is awful. the hacking minigames are tedious. one had you trying to navigate some string of text around a huge flashing box of text until you find the segment that matches. i failed it 3 times and turned the game off. btw up to that point i did some shit stealth section with terrible third person controls. so subpar first impression to say the least.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #83 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:25:04 PM »

I thought the hacking game was atrocious at best, and will admit that the game doesn't really get good till you get out of the desert level.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #84 on:** November 26, 2010, 07:56:20 AM »

thank you pilonv1, that was awfully nice of you!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #85 on:** November 26, 2010, 09:07:38 AM »

Happy to help, everyone should play Defense Grid.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #86 on:** November 26, 2010, 09:34:28 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on November 26, 2010, 07:56:20 AM

thank you pilonv1, that was awfully nice of you!

yep, this

chronovore · « **Reply #87 on:** November 26, 2010, 10:49:08 AM »

Pilonv1 is SANTA?!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #88 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:03:26 PM »

Tropico 3 Gold for $7.50

Dawn of War II Gold for $13.60

That's about it.

archie4208 · « **Reply #89 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:04:28 PM »

Burnout Paradise - $14.99
Dawn of War II: Gold - $13.60
Machinarium - $5.00
Tropico 3: Gold Edition - $7.50
Torchlight - $5.00
Empire: Total War - $14.99
ARMA II - $19.99
Blur - $14.99
Indie Clever Pack - $4.99

Freedom Force 10 pack - $7.49
Portal 6 pack - $14.99
Chaos Rising 8 pack - $39.99
Empire Total War 8 pack - $59.99

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #90 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:05:29 PM »

Raban · « **Reply #91 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:06:52 PM »

Pretty terrible set of deals for the actual Black Friday sale.

Akala · « **Reply #92 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:07:50 PM »

Quote from: startselect on November 26, 2010, 01:06:52 PM

Pretty terrible set of deals for the actual Black Friday sale.

yeah.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #93 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:09:50 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #94 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:18:48 PM »

you're welcome

i'll try to catch everyone on my friend's list with a little something before all the holiday sales are over this year

i hope they keep doing these dirt cheap packs during the post-christmas sale

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #95 on:** November 26, 2010, 01:45:13 PM »

Those super-cheap pack are pretty cool, really get you into a gift-giving mood.

huckleberry · « **Reply #96 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:13:27 PM »

Thanks Eel.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #97 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:21:47 PM »

A mysterious stranger gifted me Machinarium!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #98 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:26:49 PM »

pilonv1

archie4208 · « **Reply #99 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:45:54 PM »

And Yet It Moves is a surprisingly fun game.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #100 on:** November 26, 2010, 02:55:49 PM »

today's indie pack is pretty good - Eufloria, World of Goo, and

VVVVVV

are all great games

Bebpo · « **Reply #101 on:** November 26, 2010, 03:14:52 PM »

I picked up Blur to support Activision's plundering and raping of Bizarre. Well that and because GT5 is boring and this will be fun. $15 was not that good of a price though. Should've been $10.

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on November 26, 2010, 02:55:49 PM

today's indie pack is pretty good - Eufloria, World of Goo, and VVVVVV are all great games

Isn't Eufloria an RTS? I really don't like RTS.

I already have Goo from another bundle and vvvvv. So it's $5 for Eufloria, some multiplayer FPS I'll never play, and Doc Clock which I've never even heard of. Probably will pass unless someone says otherwise.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #102 on:** November 26, 2010, 03:18:40 PM »

Whoa was not expecting that, thanks so much Eel

You replaced my copy I long lost in fresno. HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?!

I really do hope they do more of those packs though cause I could easily do something like that for you guys!
EDIT:
Is anyone interested in dawn of war 2 chaos rising? I was thinking about getting a 8 pack but don't know of anyone else to either give or split the cost with.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #103 on:** November 26, 2010, 06:39:38 PM »

thanks eel, this was a great pick-me-up after a really long day! - now imma go sleep.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #104 on:** November 26, 2010, 06:40:10 PM »

EEL

MAF

Shitty day of sales

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #105 on:** November 26, 2010, 06:54:58 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 26, 2010, 06:40:10 PM

EEL
MAF
InfectedGib

Internet's own Santas

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #106 on:** November 26, 2010, 08:44:27 PM »

Bought Blur, will pour a 40 later for Bizarre Games if it doesn't suck.

Bebpo · « **Reply #107 on:** November 26, 2010, 08:48:08 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on November 26, 2010, 08:44:27 PM

Bought Blur, will pour a 40 later for Bizarre Games if it doesn't suck.

Let me know if you want to play some multi. The multiplayer is fun because since everyone is screwing each other nonstop you're constantly shifting around the pack and every tends to stay together with a lot of intense combat going on.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #108 on:** November 26, 2010, 09:54:11 PM »

thanks eel

:kiss

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #109 on:** November 27, 2010, 12:06:52 AM »

awesome, can't play puzzle agent because of an ongoing known bug situation with Nvidia 400 series cards making the second puzzle impossible to solve, a hardware bug which is not listed on the store page by the way

also can't use the escape key to get to the menu, have to quit the game by alt-tabbing and closing the window

they've been promising to fix it since june

I can probably still install and play it on my old living room PC, but still - fuck you, Telltale, this was one of the main reasons i bought that indie story pack, and you should list shit like that on the store page so people won't waste their money:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1349681

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1613616

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17891

Akala · « **Reply #110 on:** November 27, 2010, 12:12:55 AM »

That sucks. What really sucks is I will totally forget about this when I install it on a whim two years from now and run into the same problem. I'll probably create a thread too.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #111 on:** November 27, 2010, 12:17:50 AM »

i think i'm going to be "that guy" from now on and obnoxiously stick my face into threads to warn people away from games with critical bugs like this

with all the glitched out shit i've installed lately, i'm really starting to resent pc gaming - this type of stuff just eats up your time, wastes your money, and drains away any enjoyment right out of the gate

Akala · « **Reply #112 on:** November 27, 2010, 09:31:24 AM »

without a doubt.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #113 on:** November 27, 2010, 10:56:24 AM »

Only 126 more minutes for yet another amazing sale... hmm what will it be?

Team Fortress 2 - $4.99!
Left 4 Dead 2 - $9.99!
Mount & Shit Blades - $4.99!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Shitnobyl - $1.99!
Tropico 3 - $7.50! oh wait that's on sale right now.. thank god!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #114 on:** November 27, 2010, 10:58:52 AM »

Quote from: Stringfellow Hawke on November 27, 2010, 04:00:57 AM

I wonder if Blur will play remotely well on my MacBook Pro (via W7, of course).
Tempted to pull the trigger for future use, anyway, but it might get even cheaper someday, right?

You will be amused to learn that I bought it, after sitting there telling you and DCharlie that I WOULDN'T buy it just a couple of days ago...

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #115 on:** November 27, 2010, 11:20:38 AM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on November 27, 2010, 10:56:24 AM

Only 126 more minutes for yet another amazing sale... hmm what will it be?

Team Fortress 2 - $4.99!
Left 4 Dead 2 - $9.99!
Mount & Shit Blades - $4.99!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Shitnobyl - $1.99!
Tropico 3 - $7.50! oh wait that's on sale right now.. thank god!

The Thanksgiving sales are rarely WOW, that stuff happens during the holiday sale. Although it was a good idea to do the packs this year.

archie4208 · « **Reply #116 on:** November 27, 2010, 11:35:39 AM »

I'm hoping that the GTA Episodes pack averages out to ~$5/each. Otherwise, I really don't see anything else I'm interested in.

archie4208 · « **Reply #117 on:** November 27, 2010, 01:02:15 PM »

L4D2 - $5
CoD4 - $15
Wings of Prey - $15
Supreme Commander 2 - $3.75
Glacon Fusion - $2.50
King's Bounty Platinum Edition - $8.75
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - $7.50
GTA Episodes - $10.20
Indie Pulse Pack - $4.99

Gift Packs:

Counter Strike Source
NyxQuest
Red Faction Guerrilla
GTA Episodes

(Prices not up yet)

huckleberry · « **Reply #118 on:** November 27, 2010, 01:06:56 PM »

picking up Lara Croft GoL. Played the demo with my son and had a blast.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #119 on:** November 27, 2010, 01:13:13 PM »

Oh my god! Left 4 Dead 2 for $5! My dream came true

Supreme Commander 2 on sale as well! Steam is just amazing.. fuck consoles!

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