Author Topic: Steam Holiday Achievement Quest 2011 (also a sale, I guess) (Read 39949 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #60 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:50:37 PM »

I don't own any steam valve games

Timber · « **Reply #61 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:56:42 PM »

Seems to be working okay now.

Bebpo · « **Reply #62 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:00:31 PM »

Hmm, some good deals on a few of my wishlist games:

Lost Planet 2 - $10
Rage - $20
Dead Rising OTR - $20 (not great deal, but ehhh no sales anywhere until now)

Bebpo · « **Reply #63 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:02:04 PM »

AC:R is 0% off, same with Skyrim, and MW3. Big fall games dodging steam sale :|

Timber · « **Reply #64 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:35:54 PM »

AI PAPI

I just bought

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Arx Fatalis
The Binding of Isaac
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Drakensang
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
Insecticide Part 1
LIMBO
Metro 2033
Orcs Must Die! + DLC
Overlord
Painkiller: Black Edition
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Requiem
Runaway: A Road Adventure
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Super Meat Boy

Now all I need is something to play them on.

Timber · « **Reply #65 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:51:15 PM »

A little over 70 euros. I tried to restrain myself in case some of those end up being daily deals, but in the end I decided I was way too rock and roll for frugality.

I'm especially curious about Insecticide. An action-adventure from some of the folks behind Monkey Island 3 (if memory serves me right) that bombed hard and whose quality is said to be debatable. It was like 70 cents.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #66 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:54:22 PM »

Hmm I don't have a gift, what gives? Also one of the games is blocked in my region

Quote from: Green Man on December 19, 2011, 03:29:33 PM

Lumines is never on sale. fml.

It must have been on sale at some point, I have it in my library and wouldn't have paid more than a few dollars for it.

Quote

Oh and have any of you played Sniper: Ghost Warrior?

No, but it's on my wishlist if it ever goes to $5.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #67 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:59:41 PM »

Ya it says I have 2 gifts but they are not in my inventory.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #68 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:07:21 PM »

Yeah, what's up with that? I'm supposed to have that first gift in my inventory but there's nothing there. Nobody can deliver a janky Christmas like Valve does.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #69 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:11:06 PM »

I see what looks like a Fable game as part of the daily deals. Which one is it? I can't access it due to regional restrictions.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #70 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:12:13 PM »

first one

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #71 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:12:54 PM »

Eh, how much?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #72 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:14:45 PM »

sorry 3rd one for 12.50, (dlc 75% off), first one for 2.50

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #73 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:23:48 PM »

I need an honest opinion on the series on PC. Never tried any of the games, even the free Fable 2 I got on Live.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #74 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:27:46 PM »

Fable 2 is probably the peak (voice cast is god-tier). The original is good fun and can be finished quickly (7hrs?).

Timber · « **Reply #75 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:32:20 PM »

Fable is one of the best RPG series around. 3 is magnificent.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #76 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:40:14 PM »

I thought 3 wasn't as interesting as 2, but still very good.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #77 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:48:19 PM »

Got my gift

25% off Valve

Maybe I can use it whenever Half Life 3 releases

pilonv1 · « **Reply #78 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:54:15 PM »

That's why I liked 2 better, it was more open and you weren't pegged into any one way of playing.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #79 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:00:54 PM »

Ooh, I got 50% off a Valve game! I can use it to buy ... DAMMIT I own all Valve games

EDIT: Uh, I can buy Blue Shift!

Timber · « **Reply #80 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:01:22 PM »

They made a lot bad decisions with Fable 3 for sure, but I love the industrial revolution/cutesy Dickensian setting so much I'm willing to overlook most of its faults. It hits a note that the first two games were still kinda struggling to find.

Second half was undoubtedly shit, though.

Timber · « **Reply #81 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:03:51 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 19, 2011, 07:00:54 PM

EDIT: Uh, I can buy Blue Shift!

No one should ever be given the opportunity to buy Blue Shift tbh

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #82 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:06:22 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 19, 2011, 04:50:37 PM

I don't own any steam valve games

Friend me on Steam, and I will give you Half-Life 2.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #83 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:06:35 PM »

remember how everyone laughed at all my steam problems last year

reap it, reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppp it

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #84 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:08:54 PM »

also, you can't use any of the coupons until January 2nd (and they're only good through March), after the sale

so basically even with the coupon you will pay more than the sale price

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #85 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:09:33 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on December 19, 2011, 07:06:22 PM

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 19, 2011, 04:50:37 PM
I don't own any steam valve games

Friend me on Steam, and I will give you Half-Life 2.

we are friends on steam

I have orange box on 360 so I'm good. Thanks though.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #86 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:13:14 PM »

quietID you want a 50% off Wings of Prey coupon? I see it's on your wishlist.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #87 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:14:19 PM »

Whoops

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #88 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:22:24 PM »

i was going to play orcs must die for an achievement
but i dont think its gonna download in time

edit: it just fucking reset the download % back to 0....

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #89 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:33:48 PM »

Playing Orcs Must Die now. It is awesome.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #90 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:42:15 PM »

Wonder if I can use the 25% off Valve for TF2 items?

The Warner Bros pack is awesome - Arkham City + LOTR WITN + Bastion and Fear series

Bebpo · « **Reply #91 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:43:25 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 19, 2011, 07:33:48 PM

Playing Orcs Must Die now. It is awesome.

It is but I don't like that you take friendly fire and can fall off ledges. Was 5-star-ing a hard level with an awesome trap setup and then while shooting some airborne guys while strafing backwards I backed off a ledge and lost 2 stars

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #92 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:47:09 PM »

Steam started displaying games I already bought in my wishlist. Is this normal? they used to be removed automatically.

I'm trying to remove them, but I'm getting 503'd, of course.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #93 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:56:40 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on December 19, 2011, 07:14:19 PM

Whoops

I see you, casual gamer

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #94 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:07:52 PM »

Steam finally loaded the "33% off valve" gift from me, a couple of hours after buying Portal 2

Oh well.

Bebpo · « **Reply #95 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:43:56 PM »

Mine showed up too. 50% off 1 Valve game :'(

Was hoping for at least "entire Valve collection" so I could gift it to Mr. Gundam or something.

cool breeze · « **Reply #96 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:48:35 PM »

coming home to see Poker Night at the Inventory updated with a new achievement

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #97 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:49:26 PM »

Everybody seems to be getting 50% off except me.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #98 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:59:12 PM »

I got 33%

pilonv1 · « **Reply #99 on:** December 19, 2011, 09:39:53 PM »

posted last page - 25%

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #100 on:** December 19, 2011, 09:41:59 PM »

you got shafted.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #101 on:** December 19, 2011, 09:44:12 PM »

No shit, Gaben trolling me hard

Bebpo · « **Reply #102 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:07:10 PM »

We already know Steam hates Australians though.

Bebpo · « **Reply #103 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:25:15 PM »

The Orcs Must Die achievement is like the easiest achievement known to man. It's the first stage and requires no effort. So 5 mins max.

Which is odd because I heard some of these xmas sale achievements are a huge pain in the ass.

Bebpo · « **Reply #104 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:27:19 PM »

Also I don't like how it isn't instant when you open a gift. I have no clue what I got for that achievement! Nothing is showing in my gift inventory.

benjipwns · « **Reply #105 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:34:38 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 19, 2011, 07:22:24 PM

i was going to play orcs must die for an achievement
but i dont think its gonna download in time

edit: it just fucking reset the download % back to 0....

If it's anything like the last three treasure hunts, all the achievements can be done by the end of the sale. You don't have to do them on the day they show up.

archie4208 · « **Reply #106 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:03:28 PM »

I got a free copy of Portal 2 on one of my TF2 smurf accounts.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #107 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:03:50 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 19, 2011, 08:43:56 PM

Mine showed up too. 50% off 1 Valve game :'(

Was hoping for at least "entire Valve collection" so I could gift it to Mr. Gundam or something.

Awwwww

Bebpo · « **Reply #108 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:12:35 PM »

I made a thread for people with jobs who want to do a cost/benifit analysis of which gift chievs are worth it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456148

Bebpo · « **Reply #109 on:** December 20, 2011, 12:53:15 AM »

Anomaly Earth Warzone & Orcs Must Die are fun alternate takes on Tower Defense.

Cargo is LSD game that's like Banjo Nuts & Bolts but not good, or at least not that fun. Edge controls like crap on a keyboard. And Bunch of Heroes is supposed to be pretty sucky.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #110 on:** December 20, 2011, 12:54:41 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 19, 2011, 11:12:35 PM

I made a thread for people with jobs who want to do a cost/benifit analysis of which gift chievs are worth it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456148

I wish I knew the Bunch of Heroes cheev was glitched before I wasted two hours trying to get it.

Edit: But yeah, that's a pretty good analysis of those games. Orcs and Anamoly were both fun and easy, the other games were snooze city.

And of course the hardest one was the broken one.

And if you think EDGE controls bad on a keyboard, try an Xbox controller. Spoiler: It sucks.

Bebpo · « **Reply #111 on:** December 20, 2011, 01:39:31 AM »

What really sucks about the contest games is that they aren't even on super 75%+ sales to make them popcorn entertainment cheap where you pay $1 or $1.50 and play for 30 mins to get the achievement and feel like you got your money's worth.

This time around they're like $3.99 or $4.99 each and there's 5 games per day! For 12 days! WTF. I spent like $13 today on these!

The sting would be a lot less if I didn't just pay FOUR FREAKING DOLLARS to play a shitty game like Edge. You can buy the daily discount games like Metro 2033 for the same price.

This sale is a lot less appealing than previous ones

I'm not going to be buying every indie game I don't have this time around.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #112 on:** December 20, 2011, 02:38:12 AM »

I'm tempted to try the Spiral Knights and Champions Online ones since they're free.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #113 on:** December 20, 2011, 02:39:17 AM »

Former BORE GOTY is on sale

http://store.steampowered.com/app/36320/

$1.74

pilonv1 · « **Reply #114 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:07:25 AM »

Getting through some of these cheevos

And Yet It Moves - shit. Had to look up a youtube video on how to get rid of the lizard
Audiosurf - easy
bit.trip.runner - awesome but frustrating as hell, won't be doing the achievement that requires you to finish level 3-7
Orcs Must Die - great game, wish I'd played it earlier
Trine - Some of the puzzles aren't that clear, but it's really pretty.
Jamestown - another game I wish I'd played earlier, really great music too.

Edit: won 2 lumps of coal and a Portal 2 untradeable hat

archie4208 · « **Reply #115 on:** December 20, 2011, 10:28:56 AM »

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #116 on:** December 20, 2011, 01:12:40 PM »

NO THANK YOU ACIDIC GABEN

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #117 on:** December 20, 2011, 01:16:34 PM »

bought costume quest

gonna do a few achievements today. the dungeons of dredmor and ro2 shouldnt be hard. dunno bout the ai war though.

iconoclast · « **Reply #118 on:** December 20, 2011, 01:28:07 PM »

I'm tempted to buy Chantelise: A Tale of Two Sisters for the subtitle alone. Awesome movie.

(these deals suck so far)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #119 on:** December 20, 2011, 01:33:05 PM »

I bought Tropico 4, Theater of War 3: Korea, and Dungeons of Dredmor DLC. Now off to grind some cheevs.

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Author Topic: Steam Holiday Achievement Quest 2011 (also a sale, I guess) (Read 39949 times)