Steam Xmas Sale 2010

Nollog

Got me some half-life 2 episodes for 2.08.
Not bad.

TheFullDuck

Trying to buy Mafia 2 with a 3v card but it keeps being declined even though I have the money. I've checked the details and they are all right, ideas anyone?

flyingsnail

TheFullDuck wrote: »

Trying to buy Mafia 2 with a 3v card but it keeps being declined even though I have the money. I've checked the details and they are all right, ideas anyone?

I had that before, try using it via PayPal.

ShaneU

Nice, was waiting for a mafia 2 discount.

Sephiroth_dude

Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga,Has anyone played this?looks very interesting?

cherryghost

Mafia II looks and plays great on the PC. Recommend it highly

BeardyFunzo

Company of heroes: gold is a bargain at 3.74, well worth picking up. But i'm gonna skip 'Tales of Valour' as it got a bad review in pcformat all those years ago when it came out.

I am gonna take a punt on Mafia II on Cherry Ghost's suggestion.

My only problem now is that with my digiweb connection I'm limited to 40Gb a month bandwidth, and i still have 50Gb of downloads to do. this is going to take a while...

Spear

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga,Has anyone played this?looks very interesting?

I've played the original form of it. It's a fun enough action RPG. Was well received generally. The DKS form has improved balance and graphics, particularly in the dragon flying sections. Annoyingly the add-on Flames of Vengence, that adds all this to the original Divinity 2, isn't on Steam, but the combined DKS edition is.

Sephiroth_dude

Spear wrote: »

I've played the original form of it. It's a fun enough action RPG. Was well received generally. The DKS form has improved balance and graphics, particularly in the dragon flying sections. Annoyingly the add-on Flames of Vengence, that adds all this to the original Divinity 2, isn't on Steam, but the combined DKS edition is.

Worth buying then?

Spear

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Worth buying then?

Hard to answer that one. You won't be missing anything by not buying it at least. The storys lightweight and minimal, it's not an epic in the style of Dragon Age or the like.

I'm stuck at a nasty battle near the end myself, but Steam stats report that it took me 50 hours to get there.


Edit: should have added that there's a demo about.

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/16117/Divinity+2+-+Ego+Draconis+Demo

Sephiroth_dude

Spear wrote: »

Hard to answer that one. You won't be missing anything by not buying it at least. The storys lightweight and minimal, it's not an epic in the style of Dragon Age or the like.

I'm stuck at a nasty battle near the end myself, but Steam stats report that it took me 50 hours to get there.


Edit: should have added that there's a demo about.

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/16117/Divinity+2+-+Ego+Draconis+Demo

thanks I 'll try the demo,think i'll give it a miss though,i have 30 left so......9.99 on mafia maybe ...and that leaves 20 for tomorrow

Kintarō Hattori

Picked up Company of Heroes Gold, even though I have the original game on disc, it was a bargain so I'll just give the hard copy to someone. Got the two episodes for Half-Life 2 as I have the original game but neither of those. Also picked up Zeno Clash as it got a good review on IGN.

Creamy Goodness

cherryghost wrote: »

Mafia II looks and plays great on the PC. Recommend it highly

Only problem I found with Mafia II and it's of no fault of steam, is that once you clear it you can not free roam in it. Probably has changed in a DLC pack but still poor form.

Kazuma

Mafia II is only £5 on UK steam, try to get someone to gift it to you if you want the game

Making It Bad

Zeno Clash is great lads get it, especially for only €3. Really beautiful looking game too.

cian1500ww

Picked up Mafia 2, first one was brilliant and this one is too from what I've heard.

Sephiroth_dude

Is the sale ending today?or will there be more offers at 6?

Making It Bad

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is the sale ending today?or will there be more offers at 6?

There will be more deals at 6 but I'd say they'll be 'recap' second chance deals. So there will be more offers but they'll have all ready been on before.

Sephiroth_dude

Making It Bad wrote: »

There will be more deals at 6 but I'd say they'll be 'recap' second chance deals. So there will be more offers but they'll have all ready been on before.

ah good stuff

Turtwig

The last day of the sale. Nothing of interest for me today.
Because I already I got them when they were of interest.

Well here's what I acquired over the course of the sale.

AAAAAAAAAAA - A reckless Disregard for gravity
Altitude
Archon : Classic
Burnout Paradise : The Ultimate Box
Chessmaster
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes : Opposing Fronts
Counter Strike : Source
Flight Control HD
GTA : San Andreas
GTA IV
GTA IV Ballad of Gay Tony
GTA IV Lost and the Damned
Half Life
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
Left 4 Dead 2
Men of War
Men of War : Red Tide.
Plant Vs Zombies GOTY Edition.
Shatter
Simcity 4 Deluxe
Super Meat Boy
Swords and Soldiers HD
Tom Clany's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory
Trials 2 : Second Edition
World in Conflict
World in Conflict : Soviet Assault

Total Cost : €112.61!

The most bizarre thing here is that normally at this time of year I spend about €50 euro more on games and I end up with only 4 to 5 extra more games and have them finished by this week or the next. This time around I haven't bothered even counting the total number I acquired, came in well under budget and have enough games to last me the entire year. In short, I'm thrilled I finally joined steam. But, seriously, I've never bought anything that wasn't on offer and I assume the vast majority of other gamers do the same, how do the devs actually make money??

TheFullDuck

Over the course of the sale I bought:

• Battlefield 2
• Borderlands
• Dead Space
• Oblivion: Deluxe edition
• Grand theft auto 4 plus episodes
• Orange Box
• Hitman Collection
• Mass Effect
• Red Faction Collection
• Saints Row 2
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter pack

Total: c. €75

A seperate thread for 'steam sale purchases' would be interesting.

Gunmonkey

Well no retail stores taking their cut (usually around 40% of what you pay for a game), no manufacturing discs and shipping them, probably a small percentage to Valve for hosting so they can pay for servers and such.

Plus the fact sales have risen close to 3000% for some games on sale on Steam in the past, selling 10 copies on sale for €5 is better than 1 copy full retail at €30-40.

kearneybobs

Didnt buy too much this time round.

Picked up

Amnesia just before the sale started
Tomb Raider and the Guardian of light,
Supermeatboy
Oblivion
Crysis Complete (already own the two of them on disc)
F.E.A.R. 1 Ultimate Package (already have em on disc too)
Sniper Elite
The Witcher
P.B.Winterbottom
Most of the stuff that I would have bought on Steam, I already own. Up to 99 games now on Steam
That's it.
A grand total of €37.50.

5uspect

I didn't go as mad as last year as I was in Germany for Xmas and all the good stuff was banned but:

Mafia II - £4.99
Hitman Collection - £4.49
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP + SoC £3 (Already had SoC retail but CoP for £3!)
Amnesa: The Dark Descent - £3.12
Plants vs. Zombies - £2.80
Doom Pack - £4.99 (For nostalgia mostly)
Just Cause 2 - £4.99

Not bad for £28.

Nollog

Sniper Elite
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2 - Digital Deluxe
Super Meat Boy
FEAR Complete Pack (EU)
Bioshock (EU)
Mirror's Edge
Crysis Complete (ROW)
GTA IV Complete Bundle
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Team Fortress 2

My Total: 59.61

Steam sales also encouraged about 30 euro on games I found cheaper elsewhere.
Trying to buy VVVV for 2.50 now too, but my card is refusing it. It just cant take the pressure!

Sasquatch76

Think I've done alright;

• Half Life 1 Anthology - €2.24
• Dead Space €5.10
• Crysis Complete €4.99
• Mirror's Edge €2.49
• Amnesa: The Dark Descent €5.10
• Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition €19.99
• Batman: Arkham Asylum GotY €7.50
• Darksiders €6.10
• the Witcher Enhanced Edition €4

So under €60 for the lot. Still debating a few final purchases as I've got €15 left in my PayPal account. No point leaving it there

flyingsnail

Alpha Protocol
ARMA 2 : Operation arrowhead
Batman Arkham Asylum
Grand theft auto IV Episodes for liberty city
Just cause 2
Mafia 2
Metro 2033
Railwords 2
Serious Sam Classic : The first encounter
Serious Sam Classic : The second encounter
Serious Sam HD : The first encounter
Serious Sam HD : The second encounter
SimCity 4 Deluxe
Supreme commander 2
The witcher Enhanced edition



I haven't looked up how much it cost.

Skerries

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Standard Edition
13,59 EUR
Alpha Protocol
7,50 EUR
King Arthur Pack
4,94 EUR
Ghost Recon Pack
8,74 EUR
SplinterCell: Double Agent
4,99 EUR
X3: Reunion
3,40 EUR
Amnesa: The Dark Descent
5,10 EUR
The Ball
4,49 EUR
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP + SoC
4,99 EUR
Supreme Commander 2
4,99 EUR
Company of Heroes Gold
3,74 EUR
Mafia II
9,99 EUR

total
76.46

kearneybobs

Sasquatch76 wrote: »

Think I've done alright;

• Half Life 1 Anthology - €2.24
• Dead Space €5.10
• Crysis Complete €4.99
• Mirror's Edge €2.49
• Amnesa: The Dark Descent €5.10
• Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition €19.99
• Batman: Arkham Asylum GotY €7.50
• Darksiders €6.10
• the Witcher Enhanced Edition €4

So under €60 for the lot. Still debating a few final purchases as I've got €15 left in my PayPal account. No point leaving it there

That looks like the best €60 you'll ever spend. Some of the best games of the last couple of years in there. I wouldn't mind experiencing them for the first time....again. Shame!:(
Brillaint choices there. You played any of them before?

Sasquatch76

briankearon666 wrote: »

That looks like the best €60 you'll ever spend. Some of the best games of the last couple of years in there. I wouldn't mind experiencing them for the first time....again. Shame!:(
Brillaint choices there. You played any of them before?

Thanks! Played Half Life on my friend's pc back in the day, and then HL Source (came with the Orange Box I think??) on my own. Also tried a few demos for one or two of the other ones. But otherwise, no. Although have already completed Batman, and half way through Mirror's Edge

It's weird. I didn't deliberately mean to miss out on so many games over the past few years... But other things were going on, and I only seemed to be playing L4D, and intermittently at that.

I also have a few mods for other games to get through as well. Going to be a busy year!