***Steam Christmas Sale 2012 (20th Dec to 4th Jan)***

Canis Lupus

X3 TC and AP for $5.... sigh... okay steam, ok.

AlmightyCushion

Canis Lupus wrote: »

X3 TC and AP

Translation?

Canis Lupus

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Translation?

X3 Terran Conflict and the addon Albion Prelude.

VinLieger

Finally got San Andreas and Vice City at 75%, nothing really left on my list now that i really want have enough to occupy me for a while, well easter at least :P

CrazyRabbit

Canis Lupus wrote: »

X3 Terran Conflict and the addon Albion Prelude.

Good games, but such a steep learning curve.
The Reunion expansion is on sale as well.

Canis Lupus

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Good games, but such a steep learning curve.
The Reunion expansion is on sale as well.

Yeah, I was playing Reunion there the last couple of weeks. Might as well start a new empire in AP.

TheDoc

So for this sale

€96 spent

• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Arma II: Combined Operations (ROW),
• ARMA II: British Armed Forces,
• ARMA II: Private Military Company
• Mass Effect Collection
• Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
• SimCity 4 Deluxe
• Darksiders Franchise Pack
• Borderlands 2 ROW
• Natural Selection II

Corkfeen

For anyone that got Mass Effect 2, you can activate it on Origin too for anyone who wants to do that. Same applies to the Sims 3 + expansions....

ancapailldorcha

Anyone here ever used Green Man Gaming? I'm looking at DMC4 where it's much cheaper than Steam and it's saying I need a Steam account to play it. Does that mean it'll show up in my Steam library?

AlmightyCushion

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Anyone here ever used Green Man Gaming? I'm looking at DMC4 where it's much cheaper than Steam and it's saying I need a Steam account to play it. Does that mean it'll show up in my Steam library?

You'll get a code when you buy the game. You put that code into steam and it will be in your steam library and work exactly as if you bought it on steam.

_Kaiser_

Despite everything I've managed to hold out so far this sale.. but Sim City 4 Deluxe for €2.49 looks extremely tempting. Reviews talk about audio/video/performance issues but are all a few years old.

I loved the original way back when but definitely not a Sims fan.. should I take a punt?

ancapailldorcha

Less than £2. Can't believe this is legal. Cheers!

Nollog

Complained to steam about the sonic bundle suddenly losing like 30 games, still no response.

Bought civ5 gods and kings for 3.15 from gmg though.

Zedrayas

/\/ollog wrote: »

Bought civ5 gods and kings for 3.15 from gmg though.

Do GMG give steam keys because , 3.15 for Gods and Kings is crazy!

Nollog

Zedrayas wrote: »

Do GMG give steam keys because , 3.15 for Gods and Kings is crazy!

Yes they do.
They're super.
Use the promo code GMG30-DPLIM-DN831 for that price.

someone was looking for plants v zombies, it's a flash sale on steam now, for 249

PixelTrawler

/\/ollog wrote: »

routes meaning the routes the packets take to certain destinations.
I had huge issues with the route they changed to about 2 years ago to OVH's network in France.
Maybe it's called peering actually.

Can you tell me what server you use for steam?
[Steam, settings, downloads+cloud, region settings]
Mine is set to UK-London, but I'd be interested in something more toward 19MB/s
I'm on 120mbit.

Oh, I just remembered I bought Sonic Hits Collection Holiday 2012. So valve did get me to part with some money this year after all!

I vary between frankfurt, manchester and ireland - one of them normally gives a fast download. I was fixed on frankfurt the last few months but in steam sales I vary it a bit to get the best speed.

I know this is getting way off topic but I do remember threads on boards years ago when it was NTL complaining about their peering but I thought that got resolved since

Dave_The_Sheep

• Rise of Flight - €15.98 (GMG)
• Skyrim Hearthfire - €2.47
• Super Street Fighter IV - €10.74
• Sniper Elite V2 + DLC €16.21
• IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover€6.49
• Batman Arkham City DLC - €7.32

Total: €59.21

Kintarō Hattori

Digital Combat Simulation: A-10C Warthog
The Witcher 2
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition
Universe Sandbox
FEAR Complete Pack (ROW), Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers Soundtrack Edition
Prince of Persia
RAGE
Wargame: European Escalation
Orcs Must Die + Artifacts of Power and Lost Adventures
GT Legends

Total of €76.32 which is less than I thought actually.

I was also nice and gifted 2 games to an old buddy, Wargame: European Escalation and Crysis/Crysis Warhead which brings the total closer to €90.

jayteecork

Finally bought Plants vs Zombies!

Have it on Android but wanted it on Steam.

Only 20 cheevos though, 47 on droid.

Agent J

How much have i spent on the Steam sale so far?

Too bloody much...

Zapp Brannigan

Strange not to see any of the Fallout Games popping up with a bigger discount yet.

WhiskeyGoblin

So far haven't bought anything, am I winning?

Nody

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Strange not to see any of the Fallout Games popping up with a bigger discount yet.

True; they've done the 5 EUR GoTY sale fin every sale basically.

Dcully

Does Gods and Kings expansion add much to Civ5 guys?

NTMK

Dcully wrote: »

Does Gods and Kings expansion add much to Civ5 guys?

for 4 quid it does Religion spying and improving AI along with new factions

i got it and im happy with the additions

FloatingVoter

Gods and Kings fixes most of what was wrong with the original Civ 5. Religion is a drag at times but you can knock it off in the game if you want. If you liked vanilla Civ 5 then pick it up. You'll not regret.

Zombrex

Lol, Far Cry bundle costs €7 more than buying the games individually.

Wonder if that is just a mistake (probably) or Ubisoft trying to screw customers (probably not). Anyway, funny, particularly since Steam works out the "saving" for you.

http://steamunpowered.eu/steam-holiday-sale-watch-out-for-far-cry-franchise-pack/

Jelle1880

Just got Mark of the Ninja, absolutely brilliant game.

Sierra Oscar

Zombrex wrote: »

Lol, Far Cry bundle costs €7 more than buying the games individually.

Wonder if that is just a mistake (probably) or Ubisoft trying to screw customers (probably not). Anyway, funny, particularly since Steam works out the "saving" for you.

http://steamunpowered.eu/steam-holiday-sale-watch-out-for-far-cry-franchise-pack/

That issue is not present for US Steam users, so it could be an oversight. It has been reported anyways so we should know soon enough.

Andy!!

Bloody hell, the useless morons that are AIB keep blocking my ******ing credit card!!!! I've told them several times that I've emigrated so it is actually me using the card abroad but they just keep on doing it EVERY steam sale they do this Useless bastards. Plus they are off for Christmas and New Years so I can't even call them to shout at them.

Learned my lesson now. I'll be putting a huge chuck in my Steam wallet then they can block **** all they want.

Princess Zelda

Andy!! wrote: »

Bloody hell, the useless morons that are AIB keep blocking my ******ing credit card!!!! I've told them several times that I've emigrated so it is actually me using the card abroad but they just keep on doing it EVERY steam sale they do this Useless bastards. Plus they are off for Christmas and New Years so I can't even call them to shout at them.

Learned my lesson now. I'll be putting a huge chuck in my Steam wallet then they can block **** all they want.

Would it not work if you linked it up with a Paypal account and bought using Paypal instead?

Jelle1880

Andy!! wrote: »

Bloody hell, the useless morons that are AIB keep blocking my ******ing credit card!!!! I've told them several times that I've emigrated so it is actually me using the card abroad but they just keep on doing it EVERY steam sale they do this Useless bastards. Plus they are off for Christmas and New Years so I can't even call them to shout at them.

Learned my lesson now. I'll be putting a huge chuck in my Steam wallet then they can block **** all they want.

If you're having issues with buying games abroad with an Irish bank card you can try putting in the URL to the website as follows:

store.steampowered.com/?cc=ie

This makes the website believe you're in Ireland, buying with an Irish cc.

Sofiztikated

Hmmm.

Trying to decide if Farcry 1 & 2 are worth a punt.

Not bothered by 3 just yet, and with the pack price being arseways, I think I can leave it.

Vicxas

ERMAGERD!

GTA Collection is 12.50.... christ thats tempting.

MitchKoobski

Does anyone else remember getting the full GTA collection for €9.99 before?

Tinie

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Does anyone else remember getting the full GTA collection for €9.99 before?

I got it for £4.99 about a year ago.

kaimera

Tinie wrote: »

I got it for £4.99 about a year ago.

i got mugged, full price for the episodes and the next day they were on sale.

gabe never replied to my email

ancapailldorcha

Wrapped up Mass Effect last night. Can't get the free DLC to install for some reason. I find it really disappointing that the Digital Deluxe edition of the sequel on Steam only includes some of the DLC.

Kiith

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Wrapped up Mass Effect last night. Can't get the free DLC to install for some reason. I find it really disappointing that the Digital Deluxe edition of the sequel on Steam only includes some of the DLC.

Sure the boxed Trilogy, sold as the "Complete Mass Effect collection", doesn't even have all the DLC.

ancapailldorcha

Kiith wrote: »

Sure the boxed Trilogy, sold as the "Complete Mass Effect collection", doesn't even have all the DLC.

And there was me thinking complete meant complete.

CSSE09

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Does anyone else remember getting the full GTA collection for €9.99 before?

Yup bought it at that price before.

TheChrisD

Andy!! wrote: »

Learned my lesson now. I'll be putting a huge chuck in my Steam wallet then they can block **** all they want.

They blocked my card last sale, so for this sale I'v done just that - transferred a chunk of money from my bank account to PayPal, then bought a lot of Wallet credit!

Andy!!

Well my CC is hooked up to my paypal, so paypal doesn't really help :P

Jelle1880 wrote: »

If you're having issues with buying games abroad with an Irish bank card you can try putting in the URL to the website as follows:

store.steampowered.com/?cc=ie

This makes the website believe you're in Ireland, buying with an Irish cc.

Would that get around region blocking? Can't buy some games here that are available in Ireland, which is BS cause I'm an Irish citizen, so I shouldn't really fall under any 'won't someone think of the children' laws here.

Andy!!

kaimera wrote: »

gabe never replied to my email

Still does that does he? Haha. What is it again? I want to shout at him over ex-pats and regions.

Overheal

Andy!! wrote: »

Bloody hell, the useless morons that are AIB keep blocking my ******ing credit card!!!! I've told them several times that I've emigrated so it is actually me using the card abroad but they just keep on doing it EVERY steam sale they do this Useless bastards. Plus they are off for Christmas and New Years so I can't even call them to shout at them.

Learned my lesson now. I'll be putting a huge chuck in my Steam wallet then they can block **** all they want.

why would you not just get a new bank account in the country youre in?

Headshot

Just bought Age of Empires 3 complete edition

Always love the Emipre games and cant remember did I play this edition or not

Sofiztikated

Andy!! wrote: »

Well my CC is hooked up to my paypal, so paypal doesn't really help :P



Would that get around region blocking? Can't buy some games here that are available in Ireland, which is BS cause I'm an Irish citizen, so I shouldn't really fall under any 'won't someone think of the children' laws here.

'Fraid you're bound by the laws of the country you are in.

Andy!!

Overheal wrote: »

why would you not just get a new bank account in the country youre in?

My problem is that titles that are available in my home country are not available where I live. But I think this is unfair on people that are away for a year teaching or whatever. Our account should really be linked to where our account was created (IMO).

What's the big dudes email address?

GosuIrish

Bit odd asking here but anyone willing to paypal me about 2.50 till Thursday or Friday ?

PseudoFamous

GosuIrish wrote: »

Bit odd asking here but anyone willing to paypal me about 2.50 till Thursday or Friday ?

pm me