Author Topic: Steam Holiday Achievement Quest 2011 (also a sale, I guess) (Read 39887 times)

Steve Youngblood · « **Reply #240 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:02:18 PM »

It's stupid since I don't have time for either, but I might just make my first purchases of this sale season with Divinity II and Avadon.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #241 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:14:57 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on December 22, 2011, 03:53:37 PM

already over. 80% off was a price mistake; it's at 66% now. But Amazon price matched the 80% off for the main game, so you can get it for $10 there still.

D'oh.

I've never tried Amazon DD games before. Will they accept my non-US CC/PayPal?

And are they offering the Augmented edition and DLC as well?

Steve Youngblood · « **Reply #242 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:18:29 PM »

It's the standard edition. As for your other question, I honestly don't have any idea.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #243 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:20:01 PM »

Hmm. I guess I'll wait for the hopefully equally attractive Steam prices. Thanks guys.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #244 on:** December 22, 2011, 05:19:18 PM »

Just Avadon for me today. And another lump of coal

pilonv1 · « **Reply #245 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:09:25 PM »

Not Steam but still

http://forums.greenmangaming.com/topic/1628/

60% off LOTR WITN ($12)

For another hour or so

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #246 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:27:09 PM »

Fun game worth it

Eric P · « **Reply #247 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:32:31 PM »

sweet

thank you

edit: it activates on steam, so it may as well be a steam sale

pilonv1 · « **Reply #248 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:57:22 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on December 22, 2011, 06:32:31 PM

edit: it activates on steam, so it may as well be a steam sale

Yeah that's why I posted it here. Greenmangaming is awesome.

archie4208 · « **Reply #249 on:** December 22, 2011, 07:20:49 PM »

Rise of Immortals is terrible. Jesus Christ I hate myself right now.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #250 on:** December 22, 2011, 07:32:00 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on December 22, 2011, 07:20:49 PM

Rise of Immortals is terrible. Jesus Christ I hate myself right now.

Let me make it better for you

archie4208 · « **Reply #251 on:** December 22, 2011, 07:39:21 PM »

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #252 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:54:00 PM »

Pilonv1 gifted me Iron Roses as well

pilonv1 · « **Reply #253 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:58:48 PM »

You must spread the infection

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #254 on:** December 22, 2011, 09:27:11 PM »

Just bought Deus Ex off Amazon and activated it on Steam. Thanks for the heads up, everyone.

They sent me a $5 promotional code for a top selling DD game, but I don't think I'll buy anything from now until Jan 31st. Any takers?

Quote from: pilonv1 on December 22, 2011, 08:58:48 PM

You must spread the infection

My herpes are yearning for your touch <3

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #255 on:** December 22, 2011, 09:28:42 PM »

so far both coupons I have from STEAM are BULLSHIT worthless

cool breeze · « **Reply #256 on:** December 22, 2011, 09:50:01 PM »

50% off Amnesia, which I already own, and if I didn't, is already 50% off during the Steam sale. I don't get it.

and I don't understand the binding of isaac one. I went to the devil's room at least six times and there is no new miniboss.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #257 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:17:21 PM »

MAF, you've gotta help me get this Spice Maurines achievement. I keep getting in public servers with people that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. I know I'm not very good, but merciful tapdancing Muhammad on a pogostick eating Hostess cupcakes, when there's 10 seconds left and we only need like a centimeter on the damn cap gauge, JUST GET ON THE MOTHER LOVING POINT!

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #258 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:27:47 PM »

Sounds like all these coupons are meant to be tradable first and foremost (already traded a couple of mine).

But yeah, I've yet to stumble on one I can personally use.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #259 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:31:51 PM »

Derp, turns out I already got the achievement.

I thought you had to do an entire 20 Wave marathon, but actually you just had to do one arena (5 Waves). Deep breaths. Rage subsiding. Inner peace returning.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #260 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:44:25 PM »

The gifting management page is horrible. I sent a couple of gifts and they're appearing in the gift history as either delivered or pending. The old small window was a lot more useful.

Bebpo · « **Reply #261 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:46:22 PM »

15 gifts so far, ~$25 spent on C-tier games I sort of wanted, but they also happened to have a gift achievement.

result:
One $7 game :|, 11 lumps of coal, a bunch of crappy coupons.

Bebpo · « **Reply #262 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:54:23 PM »

Make that 16 gifts and 12 lumps of coal

archie4208 · « **Reply #263 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:55:12 PM »

I've bought one thing for myself, the Defense Grid Portal DLC. Everything else has been gifts.

cool breeze · « **Reply #264 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:27:22 AM »

I think I'm too stupid to play spacechem

cool breeze · « **Reply #265 on:** December 23, 2011, 02:41:24 AM »

spacechem is GREAT. run down of games I played for achievements so far:

and yet it moves - shit game. never want to play again (until next steam quest).
atom zombie smasher - great game. the bonus mode required is a bit weird, but w/e.
audiosurf - don't like.
bit trip runner - cool game when it's not annoying. there's a reason rhythm games allow leeway about missing notes.
the binding isaac - awesome game. lame random achievement.
dino d-day - I like the humor. the game isn't fun. achievement servers are already up.
frozen synapse - super hot. easy achievement.
jamestown - great game. really easy achievement.
magicka - seems fun. easy achievement.
poker night at the inventory - FUCKING AWFUL
psychonauts - nice PC version. easy achievement with save.
renegade ops - AWESOME. random achievement that required DLC.
revenge of the titans - tower defense trash. 2/5 achievements were easy enough.
sanctum - a pretty fun tower defense game! fuck? easy achievement
sequence - like a furry game without furries, if that makes sense. easy achievement.
space chem - AWESOME. fun/mildly difficult achievement.
super meat boy - nice game. first achievement is easy. won't attempt second one.
trine - awesome game. easy achievement if you already played it.
dungeons of dredmor - great game. easy/random achievement.
DEFCON - no idea. you barely played for the achievement.

the nice thing about the steam quests if that it gives me a reason to play these backlogged games. some I'll continue, others I'll uninstall.

Bebpo · « **Reply #266 on:** December 23, 2011, 03:09:29 AM »

Maybe I'm weird as everyone else seems to do it your way and do all the achievements ahead of time, but I just do the games for each day. I'd rather get the gift immediately after each achievement and see what it is so there's satisfaction if it's something cool. Plus I just don't have time to do more than 3-4 game achievements per night.

Bebpo · « **Reply #267 on:** December 23, 2011, 03:14:41 AM »

For me, so far:

Anomaly Warzone Earth - really cool game, fun achievement
Cargo - lol game, lol achievement
Edge- shit game, shit achievement
Toki Tori - ok game, achievement sucks, got a save
AI Fleet War - no idea, game is super complex and achievement takes years, got a save
Defense Grid - really cool game, fun achievement
Guardians of Garaxia - shit game, used a save
Spiral Knights - lol game, took too long
Dungeons of Dredmor - cool game, fun achievement
Psychonauts - good game, used a save since otherwise takes a few hours to get to that point
Swords and Soldiers HD - neat game, fun achievement
Orcs Must Die - Great game, lolz achievement
Polynomial - Fun game, fun achievement, nice winter level
Defcon - good game, lol achievement
Post Apocalyptic Mayhem - Ok generic budget racer, ok achievement

iconoclast · « **Reply #268 on:** December 23, 2011, 04:14:38 AM »

I've only played Bit.Trip Runner so far. It was fun at first, but then I realized it's a flashier version of a crappy flash game you can find on newgrounds/XBLIG. I'll probably go back and get the achievement for the present I'm missing.

Bought Renegade Ops too. Gonna play that later today, hope it's good.

archie4208 · « **Reply #269 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:38:45 AM »

The Runner cheevs are a giant pain in the ass. You have to beat all the levels up to 3-7 to get the Trine one. Some of the hardest levels in the game are 1-11 and the following boss fight. (1-11 sucks because it is so fucking long and the boss fight requires you to be absolutely perfect)

iconoclast · « **Reply #270 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:55:02 AM »

Yeah, 1-11 was where I decided the game was bad. They literally throw the exact same obstacles at you anywhere from 3-8 times in a row, until they've run out of ideas and the stage finally ends. The boss sucked too but at least it was more tolerable.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #271 on:** December 23, 2011, 08:06:47 AM »

Are runner's cheevos retroactive? I have all the levels up to the end of the final zone perfected.

Eric P · « **Reply #272 on:** December 23, 2011, 08:20:52 AM »

i have bought more games elsewhere which activate on steam than I have bought actual steam games during this sale

grabbed Space Marine and Renegade Ops ($3 and includes the DLC, sure) from Amazon, Lord of the Rings WAR In the North from Green Man Gaming and Deus Ex from Direct2Drive.

From Steam I bought some Batman DLC. Because I am weak and want to beat up criminals dressed as different Batmen.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #273 on:** December 23, 2011, 10:21:33 AM »

Random achievements suck. I played Isaac for 3 hours last night trying to find Krampus, I got 3 Devil Rooms on a single run and still haven't seen Krampus once.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #274 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:21:52 AM »

Was Spacechem on a daily deal already? If so I must have missed it $:-\$

archie4208 · « **Reply #275 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:38:34 AM »

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #276 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:46:28 AM »

Just got Renegade Ops on amazon for three bucks. Fucking awesome, thanks for the headsup

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #277 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:53:11 AM »

Got Binding of Isaac and Flight Control HD out of the way this morning.

demi · « **Reply #278 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:54:56 AM »

lol, look at you puppets dance for achievements

Pringo · « **Reply #279 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:55:25 AM »

Quote from: Shaka Khan on December 23, 2011, 11:21:52 AM

Was Spacechem on a daily deal already? If so I must have missed it $:-\$

SpaceChem was in one of the Humble Bundle deals a while back so many people probably have it from that. I don't think it's been a daily deal yet.

Bebpo · « **Reply #280 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:01:04 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 23, 2011, 11:54:56 AM

lol, look at you puppets dance for achievements

Just goes to show that MS & Sony need to make achievements actually DO something besides e-peen. You should be able to trade in gamerscore/trophies for store points on the marketplace. I've always said this, and finally someone is making it happen and now the cheevo game is super gambling addicting.

archie4208 · « **Reply #281 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:01:53 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 23, 2011, 11:54:56 AM

lol, look at you puppets dance for achievements

At least we have a chance to get games like Skyrim and Iron Roses. Xbox owners can get....

demi · « **Reply #282 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:03:45 PM »

A "chance"

> looks in thread

Looks like Skyrim in here

demi · « **Reply #283 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:04:22 PM »

Sweet, I just got a coupon for a game I already own

At least I got the chance to win Skyrim

archie4208 · « **Reply #284 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:04:34 PM »

I got Portal 2 and Hydrophobia.

demi · « **Reply #285 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:07:16 PM »

I'm so glad you waited for this moment for a free Portal 2 and Hydrophobia

Get a job

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #286 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:12:44 PM »

demi's jealous of the achievements he can't have.

Bebpo · « **Reply #287 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:13:07 PM »

GOT MY SAINTS ROW 3 DEAL

http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/338669/CD152762/&lnkurl=http://store.thq.com/store/thq/en_GB/pd/Saints-Row-The-Third/productID.233244200

~$24 for SR3 + Season Pass + Genki pre-order DLC

all activates on steam. Direct form THQ so totally legit!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

PS. Make sure to remove the DL INSURANCE from cart.

demi · « **Reply #288 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:28:59 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on December 23, 2011, 12:12:44 PM

demi's jealous of the achievements he can't have.

Have you used the Tenga Egg yet, chubby hubby?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #289 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:07:23 PM »

boring. Give me %15 off skyrim already

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #290 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:09:48 PM »

Looks like Train Simulator 2012 is going to be this year's Iron Roses.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #291 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:15:54 PM »

Hmmm, From Dust is tempting.

Did they fix the DRM and capped frame-rate issues yet?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #292 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:18:19 PM »

this sale has been mediocre to terrible so far, now i don't feel so bad for not having money

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #293 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:22:34 PM »

Agreed. I've dumped in my Steam wallet a $100, expecting it won't last me a few days, yet my biggest investment was 40% off Witcher 2 ($23.99) I realized the next day when I was trying to buy Deus Ex that it's up on Amazon for 5 dollars less.

This isn't the Steam I know. Based gaben is probably under a lot of pressure from pubs these days.

archie4208 · « **Reply #294 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:22:52 PM »

The cheap indie bundles have really dampened the impact of this sale. Nearly every game I would be somewhat interested in I already own because of buying Humble Bundles throughout the year.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #295 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:25:15 PM »

the sale seems on par. dunno what you guys are smoking.

i just own everything already.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #296 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:26:39 PM »

I think we're all just spoiled by DEALS all year round and own everything

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #297 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:29:35 PM »

The Christmas sale used to be the only one there was. Now there's the summer sale and the Thanksgiving sale, probably another in there somewhere that I'm forgetting. Plus the indie bundles that give out Steam keys. Plus, like MAF said, we ALREADY OWN EVERYTHING.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #298 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:31:48 PM »

I just want 33%-40% off Skyrim and I'm good

I'm also miffed about finding some of the offered games cheaper elsewhere, though that could have always been the case, unbeknownst to me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #299 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:35:18 PM »

Today's the first good day for me. Get to knock 3 games off my wishlist: SR3, RAGE, and From Dust!

Also gonna try out E.Y.E. for $2.50 (plus gift). Once I get that, today will be the first day I own all the gift achievement games, so tonight I will have 6 new presents (of coal)!

News:

Author Topic: Steam Holiday Achievement Quest 2011 (also a sale, I guess) (Read 39887 times)