Steam Holiday Sale

[Ard]

Call of Cthulu and Worms Reloaded are the only games I haven't yet seen on sale that I know I would think long and hard about getting.

Be wary of the PC version of Call of Cthulhu.  I kinda want it also, but there's supposedly one section near the end of the game that's completely buggered for most PC players.  Something you need to shoot at doesn't show up or some such.  I haven't looked to see if it was ever fixed since last christmas or so though.

[jakonovski]

Anyone heard anything about RUSE?  I've been thinking of getting that for awhile now but wasn't prepared to pay full price.

It got nuclear long tom cannons in a patch. I'm totally gonna play it (on a 360), though I didn't have to pay (yay for public libraries).

[Minvaren]

Picked up Shatter for $2.50, should be a fun diversion for a few.

What was shocking was how long it took to download - like an hour or so at 10-20k per second tops?     Guess their servers are getting hit a bit during the sale.

[Segoris]

Another day of nothing interesting on sale that most won't already own.

Friday Dec 31st

[Sky]

Anno 1404 Gold. A bit more than I'd hoped for, but still a decent deal.

[Hoax]

-I'm buying the Red Alert 3 games, that trailer video is just too campy and ridiculous meanwhile C&C3 is $7.50 for just the base game so I'll pass though I do enjoy both storyworlds.
-I had been considering Graxia since I like CCG elements in my games but it looks incredibly ponderous in videos of gameplay and complaints (not enough cards, no multiplayer, few maps) make it sound a bit too meh.  
-I can't buy the shittier African version of Just Cause 2 minus the best part (hook + parachute) when I missed Just Cause 2 earlier in the sale (its one of the only games along with Darksiders I wish I had bought).
-I wish I could buy the new Total Annihilation and just enjoy the campaign but the demo was so incredibly bad on the story and voice acting front I can't imagine not hating myself for giving them even $4.

[raydeen]

I picked up the Indie Fright Pack for $4.99. Too good to pass up even if I don't play anything besides Burn Zombie Burn and Zombie Driver.

[bhodi]

Some decent stuff today, but I'm restricting myself to the Hitman bundle. I would also recommend anno/dawn of discovery, that was a terrific game.

I'm not a big fan of C&C myself, and C&C4 was awful. C&C3 is OK, but you have to add in the expansion for $5.

[schild]

It's nothing short of a miracle that I've spent a total of $1 or so on Steam this month.

[Hoax]

I decided to be a completest and look through all games $20 and under, I'm halfway through but it was worth it as I found Gratuitous Space Battles for $5 which is a price I'm willing to pay to fuck around with it for a day or two.

[Merusk]

IIRC you guys said Supreme Commander 2 blows, am I right?   First day of the sale with anything really interesting me and it's that or Farcry 2.

[Sky]

I'm thinking of the stalker pack, because the price for CoP in the bundle is cheaper than the loyalty price for owning Clear Sky.

Also, remind me how much Empire and Napolean suck, because $25 is a lot of dough.

[HaemishM]

IMO, Empire and Napoleon for $25 is a damn good deal if 1) you like the Total War series and 2) your computer can run the motherfuckers. Suck it, dusematic.

[Kail]

IIRC you guys said Supreme Commander 2 blows, am I right?   First day of the sale with anything really interesting me and it's that or Farcry 2.

Personally, I found it completely uninteresting.  Made it to the third map before I petered out.  There were (if I recall correctly) three unit types which had a rock-paper-scissors balance to them, no real depth to it, the story was totally uninteresting graphics were rather gaudy and the objectives were just "wreck enemy base" kind of stuff.

Hitman collection is having CTD issues with my comp, I'm assuming it's not playing well with Windows 7, so be careful there.

[K9]

I decided to be a completest and look through all games $20 and under, I'm halfway through but it was worth it as I found Gratuitous Space Battles for $5 which is a price I'm willing to pay to fuck around with it for a day or two.

Gratuitous Space Battles really isn't all that fun to be honest.

[Azazel]

GSB is more fun in theory than in execution. It's an ok way to spend sub-$5 though.

[bhodi]

Hitman collection is having CTD issues with my comp, I'm assuming it's not playing well with Windows 7, so be careful there.

Works fine for me. Well, hitman 2 does. I have no intention on playing the first, and apparently blood money is so good you won't want to go back to the 2nd.

[Sky]

Today pushed the budget over the top, hah. Divinity 2 and Mafia 2.

[Hoax]

Zeno Clash any good?

[Thrawn]

Mafia 2 down to $12 already makes me worry its terrible.

[Vaiti]

Same reason I didn't get it.

[Merusk]

I decided to be a completest and look through all games $20 and under, I'm halfway through but it was worth it as I found Gratuitous Space Battles for $5 which is a price I'm willing to pay to fuck around with it for a day or two.

Gratuitous Space Battles really isn't all that fun to be honest.

Seems worth it if you buy the Indie Flight pack.  $5 for GSB, Dog Fighter, Everyday Shooter, Flotilla & Guns of Icarus.  At $1 a game I'll still get more fun out of them than I did arcade games in the '80s.

[Segoris]

I was waiting on Divinity 2 to go on sale, $20 is about the right price I was looking for so that is nice. Any word on Mafia 2 or how that is?

Saturday Jan 1st

[Morfiend]

I was waiting on Divinity 2 to go on sale, $20 is about the right price I was looking for so that is nice. Any word on Mafia 2 or how that is?

Saturday Jan 1st

I have been looking at Divinity 2, but it has SecuROM, I am so torn.

[Vaiti]

Wasn't Divinity 2 horrible tho? Like a very very bad HoMM?

[Segoris]

Thanks for the heads up on the Securom, I missed that.

As for if it was horrible or not, I don't know. I enjoyed the demo a while back which was good enough for me to keep an eye on this for when it went on sale.

[Mrbloodworth]

Oh I already bought it, to many good things said about it, to sheep, and we were in negations with them about some stuff, so I had to :). Was just hoping for some good multiplayer coop. I don't play many games solo.

AH HA!

http://www.c-rpg.net/

[raydeen]

Zeno Clash any good?

I wouldn't mind getting an opinion on this as well. The wife is already going to go ballistic when she sees all these games come in on the cc so another $3 probably won't mean much more if it's good. Saw this link on Reddit today and picked up the Freedom Force bundle as a result:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1688869

Additional good deals not part of the main sale.

[Rasix]

Wasn't Divinity 2 horrible tho? Like a very very bad HoMM?

Might be, but you're thinking of Disciples III.  Divinity 2 is a Eurowank RPG.

[schild]

Divinity 2 is fucking strange is what it is. I wouldn't even call it eurowank.

[Lantyssa]

Opinions on it though?  Divinity 2 seems interesting, I'm just not sure I'm ready to buy it without any knowledge besides thinking it's a cool concept.

[bhodi]

Not for that price. Avoid Divinity 2 until it's $5 or $10. There are so many actual good games on sale, that there's no need to risk $20 on a "maybe".

[Hoax]

Not for that price. Avoid Divinity 2 until it's $5 or $10. There are so many actual good games on sale, that there's no need to risk $20 on a "maybe".

Agree with this.

[Ard]

Both my wife and I really liked Divinity 2, but as Schild puts it, it's fucking weird.  It's a really odd amalgamation of games, that for me, worked really well, but I have odd taste in games at the best of times, so buyer beware.

[Paelos]

Is there a letter I can send to someone telling them I would buy the Settlers 7 if it wasn't smothered in ridiculous DRM shit?