Steam Christmas sale 2011

pablomakaveli

Is Mount and Blade worth getting? Seems like an interesting game from the description.

Nollog

RolandIRL wrote: »

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:

I got it for 7. But I'm not too broken up about it, it was still a good price then.

I haven't bought anything yet, it's making me feel sad.

Robby91

I got so far ****y off vouchers for stuff even your mum won't want

It's a sad day when coal is a more worthwhile gift than vouchers :pac: I'm just hoping I get no more than 6 lumps of coal, so that I don't have to choose between making a new gift out of them or using them as contest entries.

Now, to patiently await money in my PayPal account, I want Oblivion, Darksiders and the id pack >:C

super_furry

/\/ollog wrote: »

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

Just played my first game there - it's fun and your description seems to be on the ball. Just from the mission I played it was more of a getaway after a bank job but so far it's well worth a tenner. There seems to be a good bit of levelling up and upgrading gear too.

Krusader

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Is Mount and Blade worth getting? Seems like an interesting game from the description.

Warband is the best one


Got the Bunch of Heroes achievement, the devs must of fixed the respawn times, max was 60secs, yesterday i went up to 480 secs

Retr0gamer

Got Neverwinter Nights 2. Bit disappointing today.

pmg58

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Is Mount and Blade worth getting? Seems like an interesting game from the description.

it's an interesting concept, tbh I found the game very frustrating but entertaining in a way. You can download a demo of it from the mount and blade website.

Overheal

Tempted to get Arkham City but I know I wont play it right away - I have enough - and more importantly I know once a game goes on a steam sale, it's had it's cherry popped and is more likely to be on sale later, for even less.

Completionist

Has anyone crafted any coal yet?

Don't want to craft mine and end up with another coal... That would be annoying:(

Nollog

Completionist wrote: »

Has anyone crafted any coal yet?

Don't want to craft mine and end up with another coal... That would be annoying:(

I'm trying to find it, but I do remember at first it said something to the effect of "don't worry, you're guaranteed not to get another lump of coal" when crafting coal.

Fluffy88

/\/ollog wrote: »

I'm trying to find it, but I do remember at first it said something to the effect of "don't worry, you're guaranteed not to get another lump of coal" when crafting coal.

Yeah I read that too. It's on a page with lots a pwetty pictures explaining the Great Pile thing.

So go ahead and craft

Corkfeen

Is Payday: The Heist worth getting? I'm trying to be careful in so much as I don't purchase steam.

Sephiroth_dude

Is neverwinter nights 2 a good game?

Polar101

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Is Mount and Blade worth getting? Seems like an interesting game from the description.

I bought Mount & Blade: Warband in last year's Christmas sale, it's probably my favourite game of the year. I spent dozens of hours on the campaign, sure it's got flaws but it can be very addictive as there aren't all that many "medieval sandbox" type of games. And I haven't even tried the multiplayer - there's loads of great mods for that.

No point in getting the original or Fire & Sword, the original is just a stripped down version of Warband (without multiplayer), and Fire & Sword feels like a mod of Warband.

marco_polo

May as well try out Clear Sky for 2.50.

cherryghost

Corkfeen wrote: »

Is Payday: The Heist worth getting? I'm trying to be careful in so much as I don't purchase steam.

It's pretty good actually yeah. Good teamwork game. Fun for a couple of hours. Worth the tenner imo.

Nerdkiller1991

http://store.steampowered.com/app/41500/

And if you're worried about system requirements, don't. Your computer should be more than capable.

Sasquatch76

Yeah, Torchlight and Limbo for me today.

Is Brink worth a fiver?

Jilm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is neverwinter nights 2 a good game?

I liked it, many didn't. Mask of the Betrayer (included in NWN2 Platinum) is excellent.

Helix

nothing to tempt me today really, pity

though the frequency of the sales means ive bought almost all the oldies i missed out on through the years. new stuff im not all that concerned with since i usually get it free on consoles anyway

bought f1 to play against my mate in australia yesterday though. finding im doing that a lot lately. if i get something on xbox from a publisher, and a few mates have it on ps3, ill usually just buy the ps3 version to play with them

costing a bleedin fortune, but i suppose im at least contributing a bit lol

Completionist

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is neverwinter nights 2 a good game?

I found it fun for a few hours, But it is linear, There did not seem to be much variation to it and as such it was not for me.

Not sure if this is allowed but here is a link to a save file for AI Fleet Command. It is a vanilla 5.000 file and is 500 ships from the 30,000 marker required for the achievement.

Obtained from here

You need to create a profile called Kai and set it as current, Load the file and wait a few minutes.

super_furry

Sasquatch76 wrote: »

Is Brink worth a fiver?

I think so. Played it at launch on the 360 and while it had it's flaws, they're supposed to be patched out now. Think I'll get it myself at that price.

Retr0gamer

Limbo for me today.

Skerries

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Limbo for me today.

mind your back

danthefan

Still haven't bought a single game in the sale yet.

ShadowHearth

danthefan wrote: »

Still haven't bought a single game in the sale yet.

I bought only portal 2 so far. was craving for it ages! nothing tickles my fancy so far

cherryghost

Got 4/5 games so far. Pretty low this year but my wallet isn't complaining

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

bought tropico 4, serious sam 3, hard reset on steam, humble bundle 4 and 3 on humble bundle and duke nukem 3d, descent 3 and unreal gold on gog

now that I have them all I dont really want to play any of them

Moon54

Yeah, only bought 2 cheap games so far, total €2.80 spent, lol.
Pretty disappointing this year, no real must-buy games for me yet.

Nollog

I bought payday yesterday, went to buy mass effect 2 because steam said i didn't own it, but when I got to the checkout it told me I did own it already.
I've been wanting to buy Edge for a while, so I'm going to get that in the new year and see if I can quickly do the achievement for it.

Speaking of which, I am disappoint at today's achievements.
I have none of the games, and I can't do the free one because of the download size of the game for it.

Coriolanus

/\/ollog wrote: »

I bought payday yesterday, went to buy mass effect 2 because steam said i didn't own it, but when I got to the checkout it told me I did own it already.

This is my problem with Steam sales. I apparently forgot I had Limbo and a couple of other things.
Still nothing for me yet. Mulling over Silent Hill: Homecoming. I haven't played any of them since the very first one, even if it's crap I'll probably still like it... And maybe Alien Breed.

nesf

Is Divinity II any good?

ShadowHearth

nesf wrote: »

Is Divinity II any good?

I ask the same thing.

Krusader

Skydrift looks right up my street, any one know if it's any good

Spunge

I really liked divinity 2, i got it there during the summer. Not as good as skyrim or the witcher 2 (imo) but if you're an RPG fan id recommend it.

Kerplunk124

Saw Fable : Lost Chapters for 4 something earlier
Will have to pick it up,havent played it in years and was really the only Fable game i properly liked

Completionist

Kerplunk124 wrote: »

Saw Fable : Lost Chapters for 4 something earlier
Will have to pick it up,havent played it in years and was really the only Fable game i properly liked

It was fun, But when you can get the best sword in the game within an hour of starting... It just loses it's charm:P

nesf

Spunge wrote: »

I really liked divinity 2, i got it there during the summer. Not as good as skyrim or the witcher 2 (imo) but if you're an RPG fan id recommend it.

Bought. If it's crap I'll hunt you down and kill you.

Dacelonid

Goddamn it, got another 3 achievements and ended up with 3 more pieces of coal.
So my tally so far is 8 pieces of coal and Half Life 1, so tempted to craft the 7 lumps of coal

GhostInTheRuins

Do it! You know you want to.

Kiith

I wish the 75% off Mass Effect would go towards the addons as well. Still haven't picked them up for the 2nd game.

ShadowHearth

Can someone become a test lab rat and craft the coals?

I am really tempted to see what sort of reward you can get.

Retr0gamer

Kiith wrote: »

I wish the 75% off Mass Effect would go towards the addons as well. Still haven't picked them up for the 2nd game.

I bought them all. They're not really worth it and don't add anything to the game. A lot of people like the shadow broker but found that very disappointing as well. They're mostly combat focused which is far and away the weakest area of Mass 2.

Kiith

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I bought them all. They're not really worth it and don't add anything to the game. A lot of people like the shadow broker but found that very disappointing as well. They're mostly combat focused which is far and away the weakest area of Mass 2.

I'd skip most of them, but i want Shadow Broker (to expand Liara's story) and Arrival (prelude to 3). Just the ones that effect the story a bit. And maybe Overlord.

Retr0gamer

Well my recommendation is to skip overlord and the Arrival (when you play it you'll realise it's totally inconsequential to the plot). Shadow Broker if you really must, it's the most fleshed out but don't go in with high expectations.

CramCycle

Maybe I missed a post but what is the link to a high quality image from limbo with christmas decorations on the list of offers. about 6 pages through?

http://media.steampowered.com/apps/hs/Illustration_huge_22_06015924.jpg

Is there an egg or piece of coal related to it?

Completionist

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Can someone become a test lab rat and craft the coals?

I am really tempted to see what sort of reward you can get.

I crafted mine and got Greed Corp, AFAIK its just the same as completing the achievements minus the chance of coal.

Krusader

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Can someone become a test lab rat and craft the coals?

I am really tempted to see what sort of reward you can get.

I got Avadon black fortress :rolleyes:

Monotype

CramCycle wrote: »

Maybe I missed a post but what is the link to a high quality image from limbo with christmas decorations on the list of offers. about 6 pages through?

http://media.steampowered.com/apps/hs/Illustration_huge_22_06015924.jpg

Is there an egg or piece of coal related to it?

They've had one every day. I think it's just a nice picture that shows the deals currently on offer.
Then again, thinking of some of the things Valve have done in the past, if you turn it upside-down, invert the colours, convert it to ascii art, compress it with 7z, decrypt using the rosetta stone and rename as a sound file with a human sacrifice on an Incan alter when the planets are of the correct alignment, then you might be given a clue.

Adamcp898

Been feeling like playing Broken Sword the last few days but instead of getting up and finding the discs I've ended up just buying the triple pack, Steam sale you've done it again :pac: