Steam Christmas sale 2011

Coriolanus

I've got a basketball managers game... and a 25% voucher for valve, which I have all of anyway I think. Oh and some tf2 stuff, a hat and a frying pan?

Retr0gamer

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

1 Lump of Coal (which I had to earn myself) and a 25% off any Valve game.

Worst. Christmas. Ever.

Have the same. I blame Duke Nukem Forever.

pmg58

Moon54 wrote: »

I hope they do Fallout New Vegas for ~€5 this week,
I missed it a couple of weeks ago when it was that price.

Same...and I've been checking every day for a deal on it since

Meirleach

So logged in later today and all my missing gifts seem to have arrived. Lump of coal, some money off valve titles, and....a dota 2 invite.

nesf

Resisting buying Witcher 2. Will wait for it to go on a better sale I think. I've heard it's very good but I think I'll have enough with SWTOR for the next few months to keep me going.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's 18 euro or so (24 dollars) over on gog.com if the extra fiver is whats stopping you

nesf

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

it's 18 euro or so (24 dollars) over on gog.com if the extra fiver is whats stopping you

Nah, more husbanding my money this month. Outlayed a lot already and will only buy really cheap stuff or something I really want off Steam at the moment. I want Witcher 2 but I'm not in a big rush to play it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

heh, im having to do the same thing
had to fork out 30 euro on batteries just now for my lavatube, damn shoddy chinese suppliers
i was gona buy tropico 4 this morning, but now.. im not sure, i have 20 euro left.. what if a better deal comes along on a game i want more

everyone says first world problems like they're not serious or something, but this is a hard call to make

cherryghost

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

heh, im having to do the same thing
had to fork out 30 euro on batteries just now for my lavatube, damn shoddy chinese suppliers
i was gona buy tropico 4 this morning, but now.. im not sure, i have 20 euro left.. what if a better deal comes along on a game i want more

everyone says first world problems like they're not serious or something, but this is a hard call to make

Either way its probable that most of the sales will available towards the end again. Tropico 4 is very good btw, I mentioned on release that I wouldn't pay more than 30 euro max, as its basically an expansion for Tropico 3

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah i kinda saw that from the demo, few new things added but it was very similar

freaking loved tropico 3 though, so with bigger islands and a few new toys.. cant complain overmuch
screw it, ill buy it now
and the dlc, cos i'm that kind of idiot

Tar.Aldarion

waiting for better witcher 2 myself, and portal. Have skyrim, cs:go and dota 2 to play anyway.

So far have 3 coals, 25%,50% off valve. and 33% off valve complete pack. meh.

ShadowHearth

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

waiting for better witcher 2 myself, and portal. Have skyrim, cs:go and dota 2 to play anyway.

So far have 3 coals, 25%,50% off valve. and 33% off valve complete pack. meh.

in all fairness Witcher 2 is well worth even full price!

for me its way better then skyrim. ( yes i said it, fudge off fanboys ). Maybe you are not allowed to explore as much as in elder scroll games, but in witcher 2 every single little quest can have consequences, which will bite you in the arse later on! Its very mature and has a briliant sense of humour.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

they're different types of rpgs
witcher isn't as immersive because you're actually playing as geralt in his story, whereas skyrim you are the dragonborn so you can get sucked in more. witcher does win on plot, easily.. but skyrim doesn't really have a plot as such. yeah there's some crap about dragons, but no one gives a rats ass about that

blatantrereg

witcher 1 > Skyrim > Witcher 2

RolandIRL

How hard is it to get the Spiral Knights achievement? I'm on very slow internet atm so can you complete it in offline mode? SK says single-player so i'm presuming it can be done that way, otherwise there's no point me wasting the bandwidth.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

do the gifts/coal whatnot still work for games after they have been taken off the daily deals page?

i can do the red faction/tropico ones, but not for a few hours

cherryghost

RolandIRL wrote: »

How hard is it to get the Spiral Knights achievement? I'm on very slow internet atm so can you complete it in offline mode? SK says single-player so i'm presuming it can be done that way, otherwise there's no point me wasting the bandwidth.

No, you need to play online. The acheivement is done when you compete in an arena against another group of players.

RolandIRL

Enderman wrote: »

No, you need to play online. The acheivement is done when you compete in an arena against another group of players.

Ah crap won't be back on good internet til after the sale's over so pointless downloading it now

RolandIRL

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

do the gifts/coal whatnot still work for games after they have been taken off the daily deals page?

i can do the red faction/tropico ones, but not for a few hours

yesterday's achievements are still available to complete for gifts/coal if that's what you mean. I presume it means all the achievements will be available for the sale duration

http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/
Scroll down a bit and you'll see yesterday's

Sephiroth_dude

****,money still hasn't come through on my o2 card

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i was the same way, put the money out of my bank account on monday afternoon and it only went in today im lucky it went in when it did, had a few non steam related purchases that needed doing ifI had any hope of getting them before xmas

TheChrisD

Enderman wrote: »

No, you need to play online. The acheivement is done when you compete in an arena against another group of players.

Yup, 'tis quite a rather annoying objective, given to compete you need to earn enough in-game money to pay for it, and then you also have to hope that the arena you get is a snowy one...

Mr Blobby

Opened up Steam and what do i see ? .............. A piece a coal and Portal 2 for me

Sephiroth_dude

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i was the same way, put the money out of my bank account on monday afternoon and it only went in today im lucky it went in when it did, had a few non steam related purchases that needed doing ifI had any hope of getting them before xmas

normally when I do it,its there the next day,must be that time of year I guess,hope I didn't **** it up

Gingervitis

Screw you Arkham City! Here's me thinking I made an even somewhat sensible decision in buying the game at $40 because I already had Arkham Asylum, and you've just dropped to $25 a mere 3 weeks later! FFFFUUUUUU

Oh well, at least it's a fun game, more fun and more legs than a night of drinking anyway...

Washington Irving

Nothing that really appeals to me today except maybe Rage at 50% off

Spunge

Huge fan of stalker: SOC, tempted to get call of pripyat

Jet Black

Spunge wrote: »

Huge fan of stalker: SOC, tempted to get call of pripyat

Bought both and haven't played them yet, might pick up clear sky..

RolandIRL

Defense Grid & DLC for €3.49, glad i waited a while rather than getting it for €7 when the Glados DLC came out

hmmm...already have Stalker SOC on Gamersgate. Haven't played it yet, but is Call of Pripyat and Clear Sky worth getting?

johnny_ultimate

Superb value for Stalker - haven't played the 'sequels' but the bundle is surely worth it at that price.

Krusader

PayDay the Heist for me & monday night combat

Defense Grid
complete pack is a good deal at €3.50, if you like tower defense games, it's not a spectacular gaming experience but a good time killer

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Spunge wrote: »

Huge fan of stalker: SOC, tempted to get call of pripyat

dooooooooooooooooooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Jet Black wrote:

Bought both and haven't played them yet, might pick up clear sky..

same as above, but with less o's and e's as clear sky is kinda the worst of the three

also both of you remember to get the complete mod's for the games, massive graphical improvements and various bugfixes that the official patches missed.

RolandIRL

I think i'll wait tbh. I don't have a proper rig yet, i'm guessing the mods up the specs needed a good bit so my laptop won't cut it. I'm sure it'll be on sale again for the same price and i definitely won't be playing it before then...college needs priority :pac:

Dacelonid

Am tempted by Jurassic Park! Anybody think it is a good game and worth the €15

Colmo52

Joined the 2011 holiday group.

Got a lump of coal.

Sasquatch76

Got a 66% discount for Two Worlds II for joining the holiday sale group, but now up to three pieces of coal for the Dungeons of Dredmore task...

IN YO FACE, REDUCED WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE!

feylya

€33 for Batman and 3 DLCs? Works for me!

Nerdkiller1991

Just got Psychonauts and I'm rather temped to get Monday Night Combat and the Doom package, next...and perhaps the HD Serious Sam games.

Manach

Already have Defence Grid. It was enjoyable, so I'll look to the new content. Will see if I can figure out the daily challenge for it, as it has been a while since I played it.

super_furry

Why did I just buy six Sherlock Holmes games?

Got Payday too.

Varik

super_furry wrote: »

Why did I just buy six Sherlock Holmes games?

Got Payday too.

Because you're 5 kinds of generous.

Helix

Dacelonid wrote: »

Am tempted by Jurassic Park! Anybody think it is a good game and worth the €15

dont bother

its worth about a fiver

Helix

f1 2011 for me today
portal & portal 2 yesterday
half life pack monday

good week so far

Nollog

TheChrisD wrote: »

Yup, 'tis quite a rather annoying objective, given to compete you need to earn enough in-game money to pay for it, and then you also have to hope that the arena you get is a snowy one...

I did the achieve twice and it was always snowy?
And the cost is 200 crowns which can be earned by doing half a quest, which means you'd get enough to do the mission twice.
It took me about half an hour to do.

Defense Grid: The Awakening and all DLC is 3.50 GoGoGo.

super_furry wrote: »

Got Payday too.

If you play it later, share your opinions on it for me.
I've heard it's L4D2 with bank robbing.

RolandIRL

Bought Defense Grid for €3.50. Glad i was cheap and didn't buy it when it was €7

First purchase of the sale. I'm being surprisingly well restrained :eek:

Nerdkiller1991

Nollog told me to hold out for the daily sales on some Steam titles that are already on sale. I'm looking to buy the Doom package (which is already on sale), so should I wait if a daily deal should happen?

ShadowHearth

Thx god I am holding myself do far, though there are not many games I want...

Sephiroth_dude

I had 29 euro on my o2 card left so I got batman for 24.99,a steal at that price?

GhostInTheRuins

I'm thinking about getting batman, but what are the controls like on the pc? Do you need a joypad to play it properly?

ShadowHearth

I can't believe some people getting proper games in those gifts. I got so far ****y off vouchers for stuff even your mum won't want .