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Fig-D · July 2010

Muddy Water wrote: »

eaurora wrote: »

Saint Row 2 (regret this)

Why?

Probably performance issues. SR2 is notorious for having a terrible PC port. I still managed to have some fun with the game and beat it, but I had to basically turn everything down until SR2 looked like GTA: San Andreas (flat textures, no shadows, lighting, smoke, blur, or particle effects) before I could get it to run decently.

Casual · July 2010

Jazz wrote: »

Steamcalculator.com is funny. No, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is not and was not $99.99... was it?

I got a better deal than you, mine only cost $69.99.

baudattitude · July 2010

Chrome / Specforce: $1.99
Defense Grid: $4.99
Ghost Hunters: $0.95
Thief 3: $2.99
Killing Floor: $3.74

So, a bunch of games for under 15 bucks. Was tempted to double that with Bioshock 2 today but I can hold out for it being $5 at Christmas.

...I gotta dream.

Jazz · July 2010

baudattitude wrote: »

So, a bunch of games for under 15 bucks. Was tempted to double that with Bioshock 2 today but I can hold out for it being $5 at Christmas.

...I gotta dream.

Nah, Christmas on Steam this year is going to be redonkulous. They seem intent on continually outdoing themselves... a pattern is emerging.

Sorenson · July 2010

I just started up Necrovision about one minute ago, and already I have a feeling this is gonna' be good.

The fucking name splash video - no gameplay, no story explanation, just the name appearing in a fancy way - was backed up by the Jimmy Hart version of O Fortuna.

I can see where this is a'headed, and I am likin' what I see.

LewieP · July 2010

Imagine the sale in September 2013.

Steam's 10th anniversary.

Jazz · July 2010

Sorry to repost, but it'll get lost otherwise:

Jazz wrote: »

Alright, silly question time, how does Borderlands run? Nice and efficient? I've got a Core 2 Duo T5900 2.2GHz, Radeon HD3450 256MB and 3GB RAM.

(Edit: I can't rely on Can You Run It; it always vastly overestimates my very modest graphics card, for some reason.)

I've found the quotes about comparing to TF2, L4D and UT3. I'm the guy without TF2 (yeah, yeah, I know), but L4D runs very nicely on my lappy; not maxed but not too far off. UT3, however, ran like crap when I tried it on a free weekend.

I guess that's not promising, since BL uses UE3.

(Edit: decided to pass on it for now. Sorry, Gearbox, you should've made a demo for testing purposes.)

ToyD · July 2010

I got away with only

Torchlight
Trine

Had a chance to try Torchlight and it seems rather good! Glad I grabbed it. Wish they had a better deal on expansions though, wanted DoW II: Chaos Rising, but $20 was still more than I felt like for it.

Big Classy · July 2010

cepheusei wrote: »

This has all kind of been a blur.

Purchased:

THQ Complete Pack Summer 2010
Puzzle Kingdoms
Killing Floor
Bioshock 2
Killing Floor - Nightfall Character Pack
Killing Floor - Outbreak Character Pack
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Cryostasis
Peggle Complete Pack
JC2 DLC: Black Market Aerial Pack
JC2 Black Market Boom Pack
JC2 DLC - Monster Truck
JC2 DLC - Agency Hovercraft
JC2 DLC - Rico's Signature Gun
JC2 DLC - Chevalier Classic
JC2 DLC - Bull's Eye Assault Rifle
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Clive Barker's Jericho
Space Empires IV and V Pack
Men of War: Gold Edition
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Space Rangers Pack
Chrome + Chrome: Specforce
Just Cause 2
Portal
Freedom Pack
Beat Hazard
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold
Max and the Magic Marker
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Borderlands DLC: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Borderlands DLC: Mad Moxxi
Borderlands
Borderlands DLC: Dr. Ned
Crysis Complete (NA)
Tropico 3: Absolute Power
Ghost Master
X3: Gold
Tropico 3
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Winterbottom
Shatter
The Void (ND)
Red Orchestra
Mass Effect 2
Red Faction Guerrilla
Torchlight
The Guild II + Pirates of the European Seas
Grand Theft Auto IV (US/AU)
Osmos
Team Fortress 2
X-Com Complete Pack
Oddworld Abes Oddysee and Exoddus package
Max Payne Bundle
Gothic Bundle
Flotilla
EVE Online
Left 4 Dead 2
Ghostbusters: The Videogame
Introversion Complete Pack - Summer 2010
Overlord Complete Pack
Trine

I'm not going to spoiler this for size because people need to see this and feel better about their own purchases and OHMYGODWHATREALLY!?

Props to you for not leaving anything for the next sale.

Jazz · July 2010

2TB hard drives should carry Steam endorsements.

-SPI- · July 2010

More proof that Steam saving your credit card details is a catastrophe.

Jazz · July 2010

Nah, that's iTunes.

Yall · July 2010

Yeah, I just bought L4D2. I regretted not doing so the other day, so this feels somewhat redeeming.

alexanderswang · July 2010

My haul:

Left 4 Dead (waiting for a long time)
World of Goo

:P

DrunkMc · July 2010

Man, anytime I run Shatter it crashes as soon as it starts. And Winterbottom never starts up. Trine, Kane and Lynch, Deus Ex IW all work fine.

I want Shatter and WB to work the most, cause I'm looking for quick mindless games to play for a few mins here and a few mins there. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Bioptic · July 2010

alexanderswang wrote: »

My haul:

Left 4 Dead (waiting for a long time)
World of Goo

:P

Man, I can't wait for all the cool stuff that's going to come out in 2009! I just hope Valve keeps supporting Left 4 Dead like they promised.

The Painkiller/Serious Sam/Chrome/Necrovision/Twin Sector/Alpha Prime situation in this thread has made me realise a couple of things.

1) A mediocre, or at least seriously unpolished or unsophisticated First Person Shooter is always going to be at least moderately fun to play, due to the immediacy and satisfaction derived from the mechanics. Despite the graphical focus, I also think that mouselook-based examples hold up better over time than most early-3D games do - I've played HL1, SiN, Shogo & Red Faction recently, and all (sort of) stand the test of time.

2) Critics really need a way of distinguishing games that aren't remotely fun to play and are utterly dull or generic, and games that are in no way good but have some interesting ideas that are worth experiencing. Reviews are all scaled to the idea that you're paying the RRP for a game, but ignore the fact that the more rubbishy stuff will quickly end up a sixth or even a tenth of the price of your Call of Dutys.

Jintor · July 2010

Steam will ruin me, of that I am sure.

Gaebril · July 2010

Decided to pick up Witcher at the last minute, despite the ninja price increase. My total haul:

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition ($9.99)
King's Bounty: Gold Edition ($9.99)
Overlord Complete Pack ($4.50)
Trine ($4.00)
AudioSurf ($2.50)
Defense Grid ($4.99)
Sid Meier's Civilization 4: The Complete Edition ($9.99)
Osmos ($2.49)
Bioshock ($4.99)
Titan Quest Gold ($4.99)
The Witcher ($13.39)

Total: $72. So, cheaper than two new retail games. I'm happy.

Alegis · July 2010

Bought introversion just now, still on the fence about red faction. Think I'll leave it at this. Still a gargantuan backlog from Xmas sales to keep me company.

Introversion pack - 5 eur
Borderlands DLC: Zombie Island - 2.71 eur
Borderlands DLC: Armory Knoxx' - 2.71 eur
Shatter - 2 eur

and Burnout Paradise from the EA week prior to summer sales.

Brovid Hasselsmof · July 2010

I bought the Witcher despite knowing nothing about it. Was that a good or bad idea?

Guibs · July 2010

smof wrote: »

I bought the Witcher despite knowing nothing about it. Was that a good or bad idea?

The Witcher is an excellent RPG. No worries, you got a great game in your hands.

Sorcha Ravenlock · July 2010

I think I'm doing it wrong: I'm sitting here scanning everyone else's posts to see if I missed something that I should add to my cart. o_O

It's a good thing there are only two more hours to go!

Alegis · July 2010

Witcher is awesome because the dwarves are awesome.

and because Geralt is super awesome.

Dírhael · July 2010

Wasn't really planning on purchasing anything, especially since I'm not getting paid for about a month+. Then again, Steam and sales...yeah.

Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000                       0,75 &#8364;
Avencast                                                  2,24 &#8364;
Borderlands                                              10,19 &#8364;
Borderlands DLC: Dr. Ned                                  2,71 &#8364;
Borderlands DLC: Mad Moxxi                                2,71 &#8364;
Borderlands DLC: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx       2,71 &#8364;
Chrome + Chrome: Specforce                                1,49 &#8364;
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage                                  1,90 &#8364;
Freedom Force Pack                                        1,62 &#8364;
Gothic Bundle                                             1,99 &#8364;
Massive Assault Collection                                9,99 &#8364;
Men of War: Gold Edition                                  7,49 &#8364;
Puzzle Kingdoms                                           0,95 &#8364;
Red Faction Guerrilla                                     5,00 &#8364;
Serious Sam HD Double Pack                                7,50 &#8364;
The Deus Ex Collection                                    4,98 &#8364;
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom                    1,99 &#8364;
The Void                                                  5,00 &#8364;
Thief: Deadly Shadows                                     2,99 &#8364;
Titan Quest Gold                                          4,99 &#8364;
Tropico 3                                                 7,49 &#8364;
Tropico 3: Absolute Power                                 6,79 &#8364;
                                                               
                                                         93,47 &#8364;

~$117 USD. Not to bad really, for 30 titles (including DLC). Now if I only had the time to actually play them all sometime during the next year or two...

Al Baron · July 2010

So...apparently I don't have Dawn of Discovery - Venice installed (can't find the program .exe, anyway) even though Steam saids I do. Only the original installed.

Hm.

Edit: Apparently had to validated Venice to get it to download the missing files.

SimpsonsParadox · July 2010

Trine (4.00)
Aion (19.99)
Tropico 3 + Absolute Power (16.98)
Introversion Pack (5.00)
The Guild II + Pirates + The Commando Pack (11.35)
Madballs (1.99)
Jade Empire (11.24)
Beat Hazard + iTunes DLC (3.49)
Dawn of War: Soulstorm (29.99)

Total: 104.03

Bleh. That much money spent on so few games I actually wanted. Beat Hazard, The Guild + Commandos, Trine, and Madballs were all rather large letdowns. Oh well.

Big Classy · July 2010

SimpsonsParadox wrote: »

Trine (4.00)
Aion (19.99)
Tropico 3 + Absolute Power (16.98)
Introversion Pack (5.00)
The Guild II + Pirates + The Commando Pack (11.35)
Madballs (1.99)
Jade Empire (11.24)
Beat Hazard + iTunes DLC (3.49)
Dawn of War: Soulstorm (29.99)

Total: 104.03

Bleh. That much money spent on so few games I actually wanted. Beat Hazard, The Guild + Commandos, Trine, and Madballs were all rather large letdowns. Oh well.

Is that in dollars or pounds? Because if it's the latter then you got kinda screwed on Dawn of War. It's in the THQ pack, which contains a tonne more games for only £26.49.

edit: Yeah it's likely USD. Still, another $20 and you could have got it and a ton of other games. Unless you already have most of them. I should quit trying to make you feel bad.

initiatefailure · July 2010

Peewi wrote: »

initiatefailure wrote: »

Is anyone else having problems with JC2? It's just a permanent loading screen right now... At least it's looping the old school james bond music and telling me how to cook a grenade though

I had that happen. When I restarted Steam it downloaded some more and after that it was fine.

Yeah it's running an update now after restarting Steam. I always forget to try this first whenever i have problems with games not running

Buttcleft · July 2010

I just turned my couch inside out after a restless sleepless night to dig out enough coins ot purchase Red Faction Guerrilla.

I can now be a space asshole

Brovid Hasselsmof · July 2010

Just played a bit of the Witcher to see what it was like. I was expecting Oblivion style controls rather than Dragon Age style so that was a surprise. Graphics are a bit funky, everyone has creepy staring eyes. But it seems pretty fun so far.

SimpsonsParadox · July 2010

Big Isy wrote: »

SimpsonsParadox wrote: »

Trine (4.00)
Aion (19.99)
Tropico 3 + Absolute Power (16.98)
Introversion Pack (5.00)
The Guild II + Pirates + The Commando Pack (11.35)
Madballs (1.99)
Jade Empire (11.24)
Beat Hazard + iTunes DLC (3.49)
Dawn of War: Soulstorm (29.99)

Total: 104.03

Bleh. That much money spent on so few games I actually wanted. Beat Hazard, The Guild + Commandos, Trine, and Madballs were all rather large letdowns. Oh well.

Is that in dollars or pounds? Because if it's the latter then you got kinda screwed on Dawn of War. It's in the THQ pack, which contains a tonne more games for only £26.49.

edit: Yeah it's likely USD. Still, another $20 and you could have got it and a ton of other games. Unless you already have most of them. I should quit trying to make you feel bad.

Oh, yeah, it's USD and I have every other Dawn of War game already, so it was more filling out my collection than anything serious.

Pellaeon · July 2010

Grand Theft Auto IV
The Guild II-Pirates of the European Seas
King's Bounty: Gold Edition
Knights of Honor
Mount & Blade
Red Faction: Guerilla
Torchlight
The Void
The Witcher
X-Com Complete Pack

I have no idea when I am going to play any of these games.

übergeek · July 2010

I am ashamed of msyelf, I only spent about $15. Buying Monkey Island 2 today but that's not a sale deal. I would have liked to get Witcher, but I actually just dug the disks out for when I install Windows 7 in a week or two. Does anyone know if KoTOR ever went on sale?

TychoCelchuuu · July 2010

My haul:

Deus Ex (purchased for me by Amin because my American Express gift card has stopped buying stuff on Steam)

So I think I made out pretty well.

Eight Rooks · July 2010

Borderlands plus all DLC.
Broken Sword pack (Smoking Mirror plus Sleeping Dragon).
Grand Theft Auto IV.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.
Clive Barker's Jericho.
King's Bounty: The Legend.
King's Bounty: Armoured Princess.
Men of War.
Men of War: Red Tide.
The Misadventures of P B Winterbottom.
Mount & Blade: Warband.
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Penumbra: Collector's Pack (Overture, Black Plague and Requiem).

Far too much money, but I'm happy with the discounts I received... though Warband could have been lower </grump> and I ended up getting Episodes on the regular discount, not the one-day (but that's my own fault for umming and ah-ing).

Some of it's just things I know are crap but am still interested in for one reason or another (Jericho for little more than a pound...? Yeah, okay), some I wasn't willing to pay full price for (Borderlands for one), some I've wanted for a while and the deals were just too good to pass up (King's Bounty, Men of War, GTA). Should keep me going for a while, either way.

Babble · July 2010

I'll just throw this out here for anyone still looking around in these last few minutes of the sale.

If you enjoy city building, economic type games, ones in which you have to produce components to reach a final product, than Dawn of Discovery is a fantastic game. It combines that economic and trade aspect with a great city builder.

I bought it back during the Christmas sale and love it.

Olivaw · July 2010

So after a good long time playing the conquest mode, I have determined that Star Wars: Empire at War is a shit game developed by shit people

There is literally no way to win ever

Ever

Rent · July 2010

Fourteen minutes left, should I buy TF2 y/n

Zerokku · July 2010

Yes

MrVyngaard · July 2010

So, apparently people are liking The Guild 2, and it's Pirates expansion? I was seeing a number of folks mentioning it earlier.

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