Steam Holiday Sales (1/2: Repeat deals)

[Bebpo]

Anyone buy Railworks?  Tempting for the uniqueness. 

Game has made the top10 sellers list 

[Bebpo]

I bought Bully because I never finished it on PS2 and apparently after patches the PC version became a great port.  Bought Alien vs. Predator because it looks pretty and I like the franchises a lot.  Not going to install AvP for a while now though, it's 15gigs and all these 15gig games are filling my drive way too fast.

[GilloD]

Can someone gift me Bully?  I'll PayPal ya da buxx

[Smooth Groove]

Maybe you should wait until you get a DX11 card before playing AVP.  It's got some nice DX11 effects.  

[Cormacaroni]

I bought Bully because I never finished it on PS2 and apparently after patches the PC version became a great port.  Bought Alien vs. Predator because it looks pretty and I like the franchises a lot.  Not going to install AvP for a while now though, it's 15gigs and all these 15gig games are filling my drive way too fast.

May not help your particular situation but I find this invaluable:
http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

Lets you move Steam games around your various HDDs easily.

[chronovore]

BULLY not available in Japan. What is this shit? CAPCOM!!!! :shakesbonyfist

It's weird that Steam won't even show you the price if it's not in your region. Is that just to prevent additional "shopping rage"?

How much is Ye Olde Rockstar Compleat Collection?

[Bebpo]

I don't think it'll let you send gifts to people if the game is not available in their region.  :|

[pilonv1]

It does, speculawyer from GAF gifted me GTA San Andreas.

And people got around the L4D censorship here by it.

[Cormacaroni]

Joe gifted Bully to me and it works fine in Japan as do the gifts from pilonv1.

[Bebpo]

Then Gillod and Chronovore need to get some friend accepting done.

[Joe Molotov]

Kinda sorta want Bully but not available in Japan.

Or is it?

AWWW YOU DINT HAVE TA

Joe Molotov

Thanks for Mafia, good sir. 

[chronovore]

Then Gillod and Chronovore need to get some friend accepting done.

HOLY GUACAMOLE! My favorite game, gifted to me! INSTALLING NOW.
Thanks a heap, Bebpo! I've PM'd you some hot monkey love here as well.

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[chronovore]

Et tu, Eel?

I feel like Lucky Pierre today. I've got action in every hole. Wow.

THANK YOU, EELSTER BUNNY!

[Eel O'Brian]

i keep adding railworks 2 to my cart and then removing it, fuck you steam for making me consider a train simulator

Et tu, Eel?

I feel like Lucky Pierre today. I've got action in every hole. Wow.

THANK YOU, EELSTER BUNNY!

you're welcome!  you only have, like, three games on steam

[Cormacaroni]

Never have I accepted a friend request so readily as from Mr O'Brien

[G The Resurrected]

Never have I accepted a friend request so readily as from Mr O'Brien

Where's Capt. Sisko?

[Eel O'Brian]

i sent you something borys, and we have been steam friends for a while

here is the thing - if you signed up for steam with some weird email address that you never check, or you never sign in to the service, you will never know when you receive gifted games.  if you do not set your spam filter to accept email from steam, your gift emails go into the spam folder.  games only show up when you click the pop-up when you're online, or you click the link in the email.  they are not automatically added to your games list, and you are never shown as owning them.

i've still got games i gifted months ago sitting in my "manage gift/guest passes" window showing as "sent" but not "redeemed" by the people i sent them to

so,

1.  Use a real email when you sign up to Steam
2.  Set your spam filters to accept anything from Steam
3.  Always click "open my gift" on the pop-up, or the link in the email, even if you aren't going to install right away, otherwise it does not get added to your games list

Huh, I just checked, and it is showing you as already having PB Winterbottom, even though when I sent it Steam said you didn't own it.

[Eel O'Brian]

i sent every single person on my Steam friends list at least a little something, so if they didn't get it something similar to what i wrote above happened, because i was most certainly charged for it

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I think the thing might be a little bugged eel. I know my friend played his Mirrors Edge i gifted him but it still says Sent instead of Redeemed.

[Eel O'Brian]

well, i'm discovering that other than the crazy deals the steam service kind of sucks, and since the publishers have to approve/set the deal prices we should probably be thanking each of them individually instead

- in-game overlay bugs out and crashes certain games
- sometimes have to wait weeks for the steam version of a game patch
- cannot install games and play them on two computers at the same time for LAN-style MP with a friend, even for games that allow that
- ancient, hill people method of transaction which apparently involves doing ciphering on a torn off piece of brown paper bag

i know people love them, and i'm not gonna waste a bunch of time arguing about it, but after all this bullshit i'll certainly never praise them again

[archie4208]

Eel

[Eel O'Brian]

also borys it says you only own five games, and the one i sent doesn't show in your list

i am gonna send you another cheap game, and send something to cormac (i will wait to see what the daily deals are), and then i am done

steam is great for buying dirt cheap games, but overall demi was right - it's a piece of shit in almost every other aspect

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Steam is bullshit, they have the worst support ever. I bought the Mafia 2 Joes DLC adventure on DAY ONE and it broke my game, i've been fighting with them SINCE to get it fucking fixed. Ugh. That was late november.

[CajoleJuice]

Thanks for going through all the trouble, Eel! I've still never had issues with Steam, I even get free games from people.

[Eel O'Brian]

i just get mad at things which waste my time, it's my biggest "pet peeve" other than not having a better phrase to use than "pet peeve"

it was just completely unnecessary, should have taken minutes instead of being an off-and-on all day thing

on the other hand, there are people in the world who will starve or freeze to death over this holiday season for lack of money, so maybe i should realize that the minor inconvenience of having to buy cheap games one at a time isn't such a big deal after all and i should just shut the fuck up about it

[demi]

also borys it says you only own five games, and the one i sent doesn't show in your list

i am gonna send you another cheap game, and send something to cormac (i will wait to see what the daily deals are), and then i am done

steam is great for buying dirt cheap games, but overall demi was right - it's a piece of shit in almost every other aspect

Quoting this, going on the front page baby

[Eel O'Brian]

P.S. I still think pc gaming is best!

[demi]

Too late no take backs

[Great Rumbler]

P.S. I still think pc gaming is best!

Even a day of aggravation and frustration can't dampen Eel's spirits for long!

[Smooth Groove]

I was gonna gift Van Cruncheon Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale but he bought it already. 

[archie4208]

Are you surprised? 

[Sho Nuff]

Hey add me Chronovore, I'm McWild

[Eel O'Brian]

bought railworks, hopefully i can rig up some old west type scenarios in the editor, also i intend to make every trip end in tragedy for my passengers

[archie4208]

Wings of Prey - $6
Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition - $19.99
Blur - $14.99
Darksiders - $10
Deathspank - $7.49
Risen - $14.99
Silent Hunter games - 66% off
Mass Effect games - 50% off
Patrician IV - $7.50
Dead Rising 2 - $19.99
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising - $3
Alpha Protocol - $7.50

[Sho Nuff]

Hmm not feeling the love on any of the stuff there. My embarrassingly huge backlog prevents me from double-dipping too

[Great Rumbler]

Probably gonna have to jump on Darksiders for $10.

[archie4208]

I want ME2, DR2, Darksiders, Risen and Blood Bowl.  I'll probably only get two games, though.  Still holding out that Dragon Age will be a reasonable price before this sale is over.

[Joe Molotov]

Bought Operation Flashpoint, but only because it's in that stupidly cheap range where it's hard not to buy. I really need to get some daily sale action on Dragon Age Ultimate and Divinity II: Dragon Knight Saga.

[Beezy]

I was gonna gift Van Cruncheon Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale but he bought it already. 

Have you played it? I thought about getting it, but the combat looked so weak.

[cool breeze]

great deals for games I already own.  actually, I'm surprised that the standard ME2 price was $20.  EA makes it hard to want to buy their games new after Bad Company 2 was $7 and this now $10.  Drop MoH enough and I'll check it out.


also, Dead Rising 2 is $16 if you own Resident Evil 5 on steam.

[fistfulofmetal]

Dec 23, 2010
$10.00
Purchase
Darksiders
 
Dec 23, 2010
$7.49
Purchase
Deathspank
 

[Eel O'Brian]

nothin' for me today

[fistfulofmetal]

hoping deathspank 2 goes on sale aswell eventually

[fistfulofmetal]

in the last week I've purchased close to 30 games 

[ManaByte]

Man, if that Darksiders deal happened on like Monday, I'd be all over that. Alas, I'll just be getting the 360 version then.

Apparently the PC one is much better. They spent the extra time boosting it.

[Bebpo]

Another day of nothing much for me.  I already own everything from previous sales outside stuff I'm not interested (military things).  It's kind of lame that a lot of the "sales" are just recycling sales from earlier in the year.  Like Blur was $15 when I got it in the thanksgiving sale.  It should be cheaper now so I can gift it to people since it's a great great arcade racer.  And Deathspank is a weak sale, especially considering it's only part 1.  I want a sale on part 2!

Oh well, there's still a bunch of days left until the sale ends.  What day does it end anyhow?

[Smooth Groove]

Blur for $15 is pretty lame.  There were deals from a couple of months ago that had it for about the same price.

[Bebpo]

Man, if that Darksiders deal happened on like Monday, I'd be all over that. Alas, I'll just be getting the 360 version then.

Apparently the PC one is much better. They spent the extra time boosting it.

Eh, the PC one is the console one with 1080p @ 60fps if you have a decent card.  Steam achievements instead of X360 ones, X360 controller support.  Not a huge difference, but if you have a decent card the PC one is probably preferable for the crisp visuals.

[Joe Molotov]

What day does it end anyhow?

Janurary 2nd, although based on previous years, the last day may be just repeat sales.

[Joe Molotov]

If anyone's interested in that game The Ball, you can buy it on D2D for $3.96 (with code: holidaytreats ) and then activate it on Steam.

[Bebpo]

If anyone's interested in that game The Ball, you can buy it on D2D for $3.96 (with code: holidaytreats ) and then activate it on Steam.

Deal.

[Smooth Groove]

Darksiders doesn't even look that great on the PC.  Most of the assets weren't redone and don't seem to be fit for more than 720p.  In some ways, it almost looks a PS2 game running in HD on an emulator. 

[Bebpo]

Darksiders doesn't even look that great on the PC.  Most of the assets weren't redone and don't seem to be fit for more than 720p.  In some ways, it almost looks a PS2 game running in HD on an emulator. 

Ehh, I only played the first stage, but the textures and stuff were pretty nice.  Definitely did not look anywhere near a PS2 game.  But yeah the assets are probably 720p.

[archie4208]

If anyone's interested in that game The Ball, you can buy it on D2D for $3.96 (with code: holidaytreats ) and then activate it on Steam.

Nice.  Thanks for the heads up. 

[Cravis]

bought railworks, hopefully i can rig up some old west type scenarios in the editor, also i intend to make every trip end in tragedy for my passengers

My first trip ended in a massive derailment off a bridge and into a river. 

[Raban]

Getting DR2 and Darksiders. Win.

[Great Rumbler]

Opened a ticket on the support page. Guys if I have added cash to Steam Wallet then my CC has already been billed? I mean, I have "purchased" virtual money with real money?

And I cannot even use it FFS. If they allowed me to purchase it in first place, why can't I now spend it however I want?

So is it giving you some kind of error message when you try to use the money in your wallet?

[Cormacaroni]

Eel

Ironically I tried to gift you ACII yesterday (when it was cheap...like me!) but it blocked my card, first time that's ever happened

You have the steam plague, it infects all who touch you!

Good day for me, both ME2 and Darksiders were on my wishlist going into this. Darksiders I can get myself, but ME2 is unavailable here so if anyone can gift it to me I'd be much obliged. Give me a hint what you'd like in return and it shall be yours! I'm a big tipper...don't be shy!

[demi]

Aye Raban gift me 1600MS pts so I can buy DR2 on GFWL, we can play online

[Great Rumbler]

Darksiders I can get myself, but ME2 is unavailable here so if anyone can gift it to me I'd be much obliged. Give me a hint what you'd like in return and it shall be yours! I'm a big tipper...don't be shy!

You get that thing I sent you?