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Topic: 6/24-7/4: Christmas in June/July (complete pack sales and one day sale) (Read 78338 times)
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Hoax
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I did pull Indigo Prophecy off my wishlist.
Pretty sure I'm going to pick that up as well. Steam servers are busy, no surprise.
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Sjofn
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Here's another one that's retardedly cheap during the sale. Ghost Master, $.95 http://store.steampowered.com/app/6200/Sorta of budget sim-ghost game, far as I can tell. I haven't played it, took a quick peek at reviews, it appeared to be doing okay, and bought it before someone raised the price back up or it sold out because it's stupidly cheap. I can't personally vouch for this one though, yet. I played that when it came out, I found it pretty fun, although I never managed to beat the damn final mission. Curse you, final mission! I heard it was unplayable in Vista but I have no idea if that is true or not.
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Prospero
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Ghost Master is one of my favorites. I still load it up every once and awhile.
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Shrike
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Holy cats. Steam didn't get enough of my money last week? Apparently not.
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caladein
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I heard it was unplayable in Vista but I have no idea if that is true or not.
I was able to play it just fine a while ago in Windows 7 x64.
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Samwise
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Is there a reason not to get the Overlord pack? Fuck you Steam.
Overlord 2 was pretty disappointing IMO (I didn't even finish it). Overlord 1 is well worth the $5 all on its own though, if you haven't played it. (edit) I got The Witcher and the Introversion pack, both of which I own (except Multiwinia) but couldn't pass up a convenient copy of at that price. And the indie pack because I owned none of those and one of them is bound to be good. I am weak.
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« Last Edit: June 24, 2010, 10:56:59 PM by Samwise »
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Draegan
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Ghost Master wouldn't load for me last night on Win7 Ult.
Trine seems to shut down my computer while playing it at times. :/
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« Last Edit: June 25, 2010, 08:22:14 AM by Draegan »
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sickrubik
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I don't know whether to be mad or glad that I can't seem to log into steam right now to purchase things.
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beer geek.
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Rasix
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I'm trying to be strong and not purchase Bioshock 2 or the Overlord pack. Bioshock 2.. I'm just not sure I should support in any fashion. With Overlord, I'm just not sure I'd even play it. I thought the demo of the first was fun for some giggles, but I'm sure that might get old.
edit: I'm also pretty sure Bioshock 2 would rape my pc.
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Threash
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I'd pay five bucks for a few giggles every day.
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dusematic
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THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
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NiX
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THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
I don't know why that got me. Maybe because I pictured you bursting into a room saying it.
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sickrubik
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THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
I don't know why that got me. Maybe because I pictured you bursting into a room saying it. duse's avatar really helps in that regard.
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Bunk
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I did pull Indigo Prophecy off my wishlist.
Pretty sure I'm going to pick that up as well. Steam servers are busy, no surprise. Yea, for those prices I just dropped Indigo Prophecy and Beyond Good & Evil in to my cart.
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Morfiend
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New daily sale.
Resident Evil 5 for 75% off.
Plus some other stuff I dont really care for, but others might. Alpha Protocol for 33% off.
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Segoris
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updating OP for anyone interested
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Rasix
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33% off for Alpha Protocol isn't nearly enough for me to wade into that shit storm. 50% perhaps.
RE5.. I imagine the control/movement scheme is just as bad on the PC?
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Morfiend
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33% off for Alpha Protocol isn't nearly enough for me to wade into that shit storm. 50% perhaps.
RE5.. I imagine the control/movement scheme is just as bad on the PC?
I am considering RE5, if some one can elaborate on how this one controls on the PC.
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Ard
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Was the PC version of Ghostbusters any good? I'm not sure it even matters at $4, but I'm going to ask first anyhow.
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Lead and Gold is on sale half price now too for 7.49. It apparently just got dedicated server support. Worth it?
$5.10 now. I think that is low enough for me to take the plunge.
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Inactiviste
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33% off for Alpha Protocol isn't nearly enough for me to wade into that shit storm. 50% perhaps.
RE5.. I imagine the control/movement scheme is just as bad on the PC?
I am considering RE5, if some one can elaborate on how this one controls on the PC. If you want to play Resi 5, or any Capcom game for that matter, you have to accept that the way it controls is part of the gameplay : yeah, you play a gun turret, deal with it. I played using a 360 pad, because the game has been designed that way. The game is gorgeous, and I really loved it. In fact you have plenty of options to deal with any given situation, to escape melee or to CC your way out of shitty situations.
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kildorn
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Does steam have a running bet to try and put gamestop/eb out of business by the end of the summer?
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sickrubik
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Gamestop/EB have like one small rack of PC Games anyway. I think they gave up on PCs.
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Rasix
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Does steam have a running bet to try and put gamestop/eb out of business by the end of the summer?
Have you seen the PC games section in a Gamestop lately? They'll probably send Steam a fruit basket for allowing them to reduce it to filling an empty mop bucket with whatever isn't behind the counter.
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Teleku
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If by some miracle of god the next gen systems let steam work on them (so that you could just download any console game directly to the HD through steam) instead of forcing you to use their own digital distribution systems, the entire retail gaming infrastructure would collapse over night. Just hop over to a Best Buy to get the console and its peripherals, and that'd be it.
It will never ever happen, but one can dream.
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Threash
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Godfuckingdamnit FINE take my money! give me games i'm not going to get around to playing!
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I am the .00000001428%
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Paelos
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So is the Witcher worth it? That one sort of caught my eye as something viable on the list.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Ard
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I liked it a lot. The controls are kind of wonky, and it's either extremely hard or extremely easy depending on how much you muck with alchemy and fire magic. It's pretty standard fantasy pap about sex, revenge, sex, magic, sex, and political intrigue. And sex. I thought it was worth it at $20. At $6, I'd call it a no brainer. Chapter 2 runs a lot longer in a relatively small area than I would have liked though.
Edit: There is however the chance that it'll go lower yet over the next week during the daily sales. At what it's at now, I'd personally bet it won't, but then, I wouldn't have expected Lead and Gold to go lower either.
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« Last Edit: June 25, 2010, 11:54:52 AM by Ard »
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Sky
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So is the Witcher worth it? That one sort of caught my eye as something viable on the list.
Do you like rpgs? If so, yes.
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Rasix
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My only gripes with Witcher would be that it's a bit of a system hog, has bad loading times (they used to be MUCH MUCH worse), the combat is mediocre, and yah, chapter 2 is long. The inventory was apparently improved and some of the technical glitches and dialogue weirdness has been cleared up. It's one of the best RPGs (computer or otherwise) released in the last few years. Your decisions have ramifacations and they aren't easy to make considering everyone seems to be a complete bastard. It's mature, sometimes in immature ways. It's a worthwhile experience if you like single player (and single character) RPGs. It's a unique experience.
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Dammit, now I bought The Witcher too. Like I am ever going to have time to play it.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
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Rasix
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It's long too!
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Paelos
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It's a worthwhile experience if you like single player (and single character) RPGs. It's a unique experience.
Yeah that's up my alley, I actually prefer the single player stuff at time to mucking around with the AI group command BS in Dragon Age.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Rasix
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You do get AI assistance in some areas, but it's completely out of your control and almost always not helpful in the slightest. Most of the time you're a lone wolf.
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Minvaren
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It's long too! That's what SHE... I mean, $6 for the Witcher is completely worth it. Picked up Introversion pack and Bioshock 2 (nearly 10GB?!?!) last night. I already owned Defcon, but wanted to give Uplink a try.
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