Steam Holiday Sales (1/2: Repeat deals)

[archie4208]

It begins:

http://store.steampowered.com/



12/29:

Brothers In Arms games - 75% off
The Ball - $4.99
Amnesia - $6.80
Greed Corp - $2.50
Hearts of Iron 3 Complete - $14.10
City of Heroes - $10
Swords and Soldiers HD - $2.50
Dead Space - $6.80
Kane and Lynch 2 - $4.99
Plants vs Zombies - $4.00
Quake collection - $10.20
Sniper: Ghost Warrior - $7.50

[demi]

Steam thread ->

thanks

[archie4208]

Worth its own thread. 

Alpha Protocol for $7.50 btw

[Raban]

I agree with archie! Also these Steam sales suck!

[cool breeze]

they're slowly pouring in

this week is going to be getting fat on thanksgiving food and buying games for my backlog

[CHOW CHOW]

It's always the same games on sale.. how many times has shit like Counterstrike and "Mount & Blade" been on sale?  Deus Ex, Borderlands, L4D2, TF2, yawn...

[Raban]

It's always the same games on sale.. how many times has shit like Counterstrike and "Mount & Blade" been on sale?  Deus Ex, Borderlands, L4D2, TF2, yawn...

Seriously. I guess we gotta wait for the Holiday sale for anything too good to pass up.

[ManaByte]

Worth its own thread. 

Alpha Protocol for $7.50 btw

Bought. Been waiting for that.

[CHOW CHOW]

Didn't see Alpha Protocol for $7.50... that's actually a good deal and it just came out this past Spring.  Prob gonna cop

How is it, btw?

[Bebpo]

It's worth at least $7.50 no matter what anyone else says

[Herr Mafflard]

time to add shit on the wishlist even if it is a faint hope lol

[archie4208]

Well there are ~30 million Steam users, so you have a %0.0001 chance of winning. 

[fistfulofmetal]

i bought alpha protocol dunno why

[CHOW CHOW]

What's this random 4gb TF2 update on Steam I'm getting? jesus..

[Herr Mafflard]

Well there are ~30 million Steam users, so you have a %0.0001 chance of winning. 

 :'(

CURSE YOU GABE!

[Great Rumbler]

It's always the same games on sale.. how many times has shit like Counterstrike and "Mount & Blade" been on sale?  Deus Ex, Borderlands, L4D2, TF2, yawn...

Seriously. I guess we gotta wait for the Holiday sale for anything too good to pass up.

Or you could just wait and see what's on sale tomorrow.

[Raban]

It's always the same games on sale.. how many times has shit like Counterstrike and "Mount & Blade" been on sale?  Deus Ex, Borderlands, L4D2, TF2, yawn...

Seriously. I guess we gotta wait for the Holiday sale for anything too good to pass up.

Or you could just wait and see what's on sale tomorrow.

NO. I WANT TO BE BITTER AND UNHAPPY.

[pilonv1]

I will buy Alpha Protocol as a gift for someone. Its so great

GIFT PACKS
http://store.steampowered.com/give/

$150 for RUSE 6 pack
$20 for Half Life 2 10 pack
$11 for Deus Ex GOTY 8 pack
$60 for Borderlands 6 pack

Good value

[Raban]

pilonv I never see you on Steam anymore

[Eel O'Brian]

do you think there are enough steam users who want R.U.S.E. to sell one of those packs

[pilonv1]

pilonv I never see you on Steam anymore

http://steamcommunity.com/id/pilonv1/

I've been playing a lot of NV. But my days of 40hr+ fortnights of Football Manager are over (for now).

do you think there are enough steam users who want R.U.S.E. to sell one of those packs

I'm sure I saw one person on GAF who wanted it. There has to be another 5 worldwide.

[GilloD]

Can someone gift me Alpha Protocol for $7.50? I'll PayPal you. Can't buy it from Korea for some reason

[CHOW CHOW]

I will buy Alpha Protocol as a gift for someone. Its so great

That good, huh?  I'm itching to pull the trigger but I've been duped so many times by Steam and these sales, buying $5-10 games that I end up playing for a half hour and never touching again.

[pilonv1]

Alpha Protocol is awesome.

[CHOW CHOW]

Tell us why.. elaborate a bit.  Sell us on this gem, pilonv.

[pilonv1]

An excellent RPG with below average controls if you play it as a shooter, with deep branching dialogue and varied choices/paths to take.

Read the thread

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=30133.0

Also it has awesome beards.

Well worth $7.50 if you're willing to put up with some bad design/controls.

[CHOW CHOW]

An excellent RPG with below average controls if you play it as a shooter, with deep branching dialogue and varied choices/paths to take.

Read the thread

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=30133.0

Also it has awesome beards.

Well worth $7.50 if you're willing to put up with some bad design/controls.

According to that thread, the main plot is kinda weak.  To get over the below average controls and gameplay, I'd need an engaging story to keep me hooked.  What say you?

[Bebpo]

Like Mass Effect and Fallout and most wrpgs, it's not about the main story, but the arcs along the way.

The game is intro -> 3 arcs -> ending iirc.  The intro is ok, the ending is ok, the 3 arcs are awesome.

[CHOW CHOW]

Good enough, just bought it..

[OptimoPeach]

Can someone gift me Alpha Protocol for $7.50? I'll PayPal you. Can't buy it from Korea for some reason

Was gonna just gift it to you for free but Steam won't let me add you lolo

[archie4208]

Howdy, folks. Allow me to spoil some of the surprises coming up in the rest of this week's sales.

There will be more large packs (like today's HL2 10-pack/Borderlands 6-pack/RUSE 6-pack/Deus Ex 8-pack) every day until the 29th. I'm not sure the exact days that each will happen, or what the prices will be, but here's what the games will be, and the quantities of the packs, so y'all can start to do some basic planning on group-buys:

- Aliens vs Predator (2010) 6-pack
- Audiosurf 12-pack
- Braid 10-pack
- Counter-Strike: Source 6-pack
- Defense Grid: The Awakening 10-pack
- Empire: Total War 6-pack
- Freedom Force 10-pack
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City 6-pack
- Just Cause 2 8-pack
- Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West 10-pack
- Left 4 Dead 2 6-pack
- Mount & Blade: Warband 6-pack
- Nyxquest: Kindred Spirits 10-pack
- Osmos 12-pack
- Portal 6-pack
- Puzzle Quest 2 10-pack
- Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale 8 pack
- Red Faction: Guerrilla 8-pack
- Splinter Cell: Conviction 6-pack
- Trine 8-pack
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising 8-pack
- World of Goo 12-pack

Also, there will be more packs of indie games similar to today's Indie Energy Pack. 5 game per pack, on massive discount, one day only. Again, I don't know the daily order these will come in, or exactly what the discount will be, but, here's what the names and contents of the packs will be:

- Indie Air Pack: Altitude, DogFighter, Flotilla, Gratuitous Space Battles, Plain Sight
- Indie Clever Pack: Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time, Eufloria, Iron Grip: Warlord, VVVVVV, World of Goo
- Indie Pulse Pack: Audiosurf, Beat Hazard, Bit Trip Beat, The Polynomial, Rhythm Zone
- Indie Puzzle Pack: Cogs, Droplitz, Puzzle Dimension, Shatter, Tidalis
- Indie Story Pack: And Yet It Moves, Gish, Puzzle Agent, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Jolly Rover

And of course, there will be more individual games on Daily Deals every day, but I don't have any info on what those will be. You'll just have to wait and see! Also, disclaimer: if any of this info is inaccurate, then oh well.

Does anyone want to set up a Recettear 8 pack? 

[cool breeze]

depends on how much that indie story pack is.  I have Gish and didn't like what I played of and yet it moves, but Puzzle Agent and Recettear are good.  I'd get both for $5.

The Indie Air pack is killer assuming it is $5 or $10.

Might consider the AvP and Nyxquest ones too

[pilonv1]

I'd be down for Recettear or the Indie Story Packs.

[demi]

Alpha Proptocol is absolute garbage Chow... ME takes a gigantic shit on it

[GilloD]

I'd go in ona Receccetararara 8 pack

[Sho Nuff]

Alpha Protocol, more like Alpha Version

Buggy, buggy game

[Cormacaroni]

Indie Pulse Pack seems worth a punt - I don't even have Audiosurf yet.

[CHOW CHOW]

Alpha Proptocol is absolute garbage Chow... ME takes a gigantic shit on it

Damn you to hell for not being online during my moment of uncertainty..

[Bebpo]

Demi's just a hater when it comes to AP

[pilonv1]

bebpo is right, play it with an open mind

[Great Rumbler]

It's a decent game. Sometimes frustrating, but fun when you play it as a stealth-RPG rather than a shooter.

[pilonv1]

Exactly, if you're playing it as a straight shooter you're doing it wrong. Stealth perks were amazing.

[Akala]

mysterious benefactors

[chronovore]

It begins:

http://store.steampowered.com/

Pretty medicore stuff right now:

RUSE - $33.49
Borderlands - $9.99
Deus Ex Collection - $4.99
Counter Strike: Source - $4.99
Indie Energy Pack - $4.99
Alpha Protocol - $7.50
Counter Strike Source - $5.00
Sam and Max The Devil's Playhouse - $10.50
Prototype - $14.99
Shank - $10.04

Apparently there's a 1¢ discount for taking it in the colon.

[CHOW CHOW]

Only thing that would get my really excited is Dead Rising 2 for $9.99 - 14.99

[Raban]

Only thing that would get my really excited is Dead Rising 2 for $9.99 - 14.99

I'd actually scoop it up for this price.

[Akala]

new ones up. the indie pack is actually a really good deal.

[cool breeze]

kane and lynch 2 is $5 

and the awesome indie story pack is 5 too

[Howard Alan Treesong]

today sucks, Steam is clearly holding out for Christmas

EDIT: Oh, the Indie pack includes Recettear ... not bad for $4.99 then

[Bebpo]

holy shit K&L2 is $5.  Best steam sale day ever for me.

Glad I didn't day 1 that at $45.

[archie4208]

Recettear for $5 is awesome.  

[Bebpo]

I don't have 3 of the 5 indie pack games including Recettear.  $5?  Ok, sounds like a deal.  Bought.

[cool breeze]

I got the indie pack and Kane and lynch 2.  The indie pack had recettear and puzzle agent, which is a great price for both.

I guess this confirms (?) that the indie packs are $5 each.  The Indie Air Pack has some great games in it...that I already own.

and shit, a lot of bandwidth usage this month  :'(

[Stoney Mason]

I would still have a tough time buying Kane and Lynch 2 for 5 dollars. The MP is interesting. But that campaign was garbage. 

[Bebpo]

Well, most people thought the same thing about K&L1 and I really enjoyed half of that (the other half was pretty bad).  Plus I liked the K&L2 demo and I love short campaign games since I don't want to spend a lot of time on any one game before moving to the next.

[Stoney Mason]

Well, most people thought the same thing about K&L1 and I really enjoyed half of that (the other half was pretty bad).  Plus I liked the K&L2 demo and I love short campaign games since I don't want to spend a lot of time on any one game before moving to the next.

The length isn't the problem. I just genuinely thought the campaign was less interesting than the first game. But I also played the first one in co-op so maybe that had something to do with it.

[Raban]

nom nom Batman AA. Think I'll pass on K&L2, I'll try the demo out tho.

[Sho Nuff]

Batman is sooooo worth it

[Herr Mafflard]

the Kane and Lynch series is garbage. The gameplay is woeful - it's like they decided to make a third-person shooter based on the shooting mechanics of GTAIV, but even more frustrating because they throw tons of enemies at you in terribly designed levels.

that's just my opinion tho, I have a feeling bebpo will still enjoy K&L2 and I still won't be able to fathom why.

[OptimoPeach]

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