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

Overheal

Zombrex wrote: »

Is Natural Selection 2 worth getting for €10?

If you need a fresh MP thing to play I'd say go for it. I tried NS1 a few times and its clearly got a learning curve but the potential for massive piles of fun was there. Unfortunately though I have that current niche filled with Nuclear Dawn and Planetside2, and TF2 as a fallback.

cherryghost

Personally love Natural Selection 2. It's a fresh look at the FPS genre, but you'll end up looking at tutorial videos before playing. Aliens in particular take some getting used to.

My final purchases on sales were:
Sleeping Dogs
Little Inferno
Ridge Racer Unbounded Bundle
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City New
Fortune Summoners
Bioshock Franchise Pack
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Dead Rising 2 Complete Pack
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
Hotline Miami
Jet Set Radio
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Mode DLC
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
FTL: Faster Than Light
LEGO Lord of the Rings
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Darksiders Franchise Pack
Devil May Cry 4
Natural Selection II
Wargame: European Escalation
Hitman Collection


150 euro spent roughly, for 26 games. Some games I purchases on GMG over christmas instead as it worked out cheaper.

2smiggy

just:

Faster than light
XCOM

for me , i only got my PC during the summer, and i have about 30 unplayed games altogether since the summer sale !! :eek::pac:

Sephiroth_dude

Anyone get the secret world?

Dcully

Ace of Spades anyone?
My minecraft and TF2 loving son is wetting himself looking at it on steam.

The Radiator

Dcully wrote: »

Ace of Spades anyone?
My minecraft and TF2 loving son is wetting himself looking at it on steam.

not a big fan of it. It doesnt do minecraft as well as minecraft and it doesnt do Tf as well as TF. Less than the sum of its parts i think

Nody

Dcully wrote: »

Ace of Spades anyone?
My minecraft and TF2 loving son is wetting himself looking at it on steam.

I remember beta had a good buzz about it but nothing more since; I recall some complaints about the accuracy of guns or something back then.

aN.Droid

Dcully wrote: »

Ace of Spades anyone?
My minecraft and TF2 loving son is wetting himself looking at it on steam.

Bought it last night, played for an hour or so. Probably won't be playing it again.

Take from that what you will.

Angron

I always imagined it as being what it looks like: a game trying to cash in on the popularity of minecraft.

Wossack

price seems a bit outlandish for it imo

one of the gripes I heard, was the relatively short round time, meaning theres no point building anything.. maybe very server dependant though


surely must be some minecraft mods with similar, if not better implementation?

Calhoun

NTMK wrote: »

for about 20 minutes steam glitched and sleeping dogs was 91% off

lol that was a glitch, i just thought it was a crazy sale. I noinked it as soon as i seen it, i wasnt going to buy it because of metacritic reviews but then 4.49 was to good to turn down.

lemon_remon

The "classic" Ace of Spades is much better than the one they have on the Steam store which is a butchered version of the original. The original was free, a good laugh and there's still some servers up here.

muppetkiller

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

I'd say about 15, but still well worth 12euro.

9.53631 EUR on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Online-Game-Code/dp/B007WWWF9I/ref=br_lf_m_1000716161_1_2_img?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=1465111282&pf_rd_s=center-9&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000716161&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0P1B9GGX4RY61KGJAC2G

DeSelby83

Only bought binding of Isaac with some change left in my steam wallet. Other than that I'm safe, only an hour left to hold out

Not The Real Scarecrow

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Anyone get the secret world?

picked it up the last day of the sale. Only installed it today and only past character creation as the servers were down for maintenabce most of the day. From what I've seen so far looks pretty good.

Big Knox

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Only bought binding of Isaac with some change left in my steam wallet. Other than that I'm safe, only an hour left to hold out

Fantastic little game. Can't believe I overlooked it for so long, I've spent over €120 in the sale and I can't drag myself away from it to play anything else!!

Dacelonid

Final tally for me
Game|Price
Silent Hunter III|€3.24
I Am Alive|€5.09
Assassin's Creed|€2.49
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition|€3.74
FTL: Faster Than Light|€4.99
Botanicula|€2.24
Half Minute Hero|€3.39
Spec Ops The Line (ROW)|€6.79
Total|€31.97


Definitely should have picked up FTL sooner. It is bloody brilliant.

Mycroft H

Dacelonid wrote: »

Final tally for me
Game|Price
Silent Hunter III|€3.24
I Am Alive|€5.09
Assassin's Creed|€2.49
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition|€3.74
FTL: Faster Than Light|€4.99
Botanicula|€2.24
Half Minute Hero|€3.39
Spec Ops The Line (ROW)|€6.79
Total|€31.97

Definitely should have picked up FTL sooner. It is bloody brilliant.

Do make sure you download the GWX mod for Silent Hunter 3. It's a global mod that improves the game drastically.

Used to spend days hunting convoys in the deep Atlantic imagining I was in Das Boot

the_syco

Yippee, I managed to completely avoid this thread & sale

Andy!!

So for me the tally was:

Awesomenauts (Gift)
Dota 2 (Gift)
Specs Ops: The Line (very very good game)
Tomb Raider Collection
Legacy of Kain Collection
Star Wars: KOTOR
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Complete Pack
Skyrim - Dawnguard

Not bad but not great. Would have loved to have seen Dark Souls and Dishonoured at 75%. There was nothing really 'headline worthy' like that in this sale.

RobertFoster

I didn't get anything directly from Steam, but I did benefit from Amazon.com price matching

The Walking Dead - $12.49 (€9.99)
Hotline Miami - $4.99 (€4.29)
Spec Ops The Line - $2.49 ($7.49-$5 voucher from purchasing the other two)

Banjo

Through canny use of tokens I bagged the following :

Thief pack (Gold, The Metal Age, Dark Shadows)
Magicka + DLC
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall
LA Noire
Assassin's Creed II
Hotline Miami
Max Payne 3 + Rockstar Pass
Endless Space
Star Wars : KoToR II
Sim City 4 Deluxe
Universe Sandbox
Dead Island + DLC
Hitman pack (I, II, Blood Money)
Batman Arkham City GotY
The Walking Dead

And thanks to the generosity of the Boardsies community (or maybe I'm just a gifted scab-merchant?) I also snagged a DOTA2 invite and Frozen Synapse. The heroes know who they are

Sofiztikated

Right, now the sale is over, and hopefully all the beggers have scarpered off somewhere else, I have a proposition for y'all.

I've some DOTA2 gifts to give away.

PM me with why you think I should pick you, along with your steam name, and I might fire you across one.

Big Knox

I have 8 dota invites also, if anyone would like one send me on your steam details!

Magill

Yeah i got tons of invites last few weeks. I just randomly send them to friends on steam.

TheDoc

I've got 16 keys, all my mates already have DOTA2,

Says alot when you cant get rid of a free key tbh : /

aN.Droid

TheDoc wrote: »

I've got 16 keys, all my mates already have DOTA2,

Says alot when you cant get rid of a free key tbh : /

I have given away about half a dozen on boards and about a dozen to steam friends.

You can get rid of them on steamgifts.com also which I did for about 5 too.

Oh and also have some still available if anyone is looking for any.

chrislad

I keep hearing about DOTA, and have no idea what it is (other than it's based on a Warcraft map, or something) so if someone can PM a code, that would be nice.

aN.Droid

chrislad wrote: »

I keep hearing about DOTA, and have no idea what it is (other than it's based on a Warcraft map, or something) so if someone can PM a code, that would be nice.

PM me your email and I will send you an invite.

CastorTroy

Just when I thought I was out...

I know not Steam, but now have to use my editor's choice code for Amazon. So looks like be getting The Darkness 2 for $2.49

Skerries

good price for that game, it's got some good ideas in it

Dravokivich

CastorTroy wrote: »

Just when I thought I was out...

I know not Steam, but now have to use my editor's choice code for Amazon. So looks like be getting The Darkness 2 for $2.49

That promo code was the devil. Still might have 1 or 2 and debating whether or not to get Battlefield 3 premium with'un.

Have the other stuff I'd be interested in already.

Agent J

Ok.. Final list. Some were gifts..


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within
Metro 2033
Retro City Rampage
Towns
EVE Online
The Walking Dead
Sims 3 + Showtime Bundle
Prince of Persia: Two Thrones
Introversion Complete Pack
Ace of Spades 4-Pack
FTL: Faster Than Light
Bioshock Franchise Pack
Orcs Must Die 2 - Complete Pack
Mark of the Ninja

Thank feck it's 6 months to the summer sale

CastorTroy

Dravokivich wrote: »

That promo code was the devil. Still might have 1 or 2 and debating whether or not to get Battlefield 3 premium with'un.

Have the other stuff I'd be interested in already.

Well that's The Darkness 2 purchased with the code. Have the first on PS3 to play as well

Agent J wrote: »

Thank feck it's 6 months to the summer sale

None at Easter?

Agent J

CastorTroy wrote: »

None at Easter?

DAMN YOU!!!!

CastorTroy

Agent J wrote: »

DAMN YOU!!!!

Anything to help. Wouldn't want you to be surprised by the sale and completely unprepared.

Foxhole Norman

My tally:

Portal
Portal 2
Civalisation V
Elder Scrolls III
Elder Scrolls IV
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Saints Row 3
Ace of Spades
The Walking Dead
The Witcher Two.

Still have yet to play DOTA 2 but must look into it soon enough, a fair few of my friends play it.

BizzyC

Decided to pick up Tropico 4 in the sales, what a game!

Dravokivich

CastorTroy wrote: »

Well that's The Darkness 2 purchased with the code. Have the first on PS3 to play as well

Yeah, I got it in a bundle myself, so got The Line for 2quid. Have the first on 360. Haven't gotten around to playing that yet either myself.

LuvSpudz

Finished Dawn of War, before I tuck into the expansions I've been giving Overlord a go and quite enjoying it! It has it's issues but for a fiver for the series you can't go too wrong. Best way to describe it is pikmin in a fantasy setting I suppose.

Andy!!

How is it possible to buy premium through Amazon? Cant it only be bought through the Origin store? Im having trouble doing that cause Im abroad, maybe Amazon could help.

Dravokivich

Andy!! wrote: »

How is it possible to buy premium through Amazon? Cant it only be bought through the Origin store? Im having trouble doing that cause Im abroad, maybe Amazon could help.

Battlefield 3?
Still needs to be activated on Origin, but amazon act as partners/vendors for selling keys as well. Can be cheaper at times.

It's here:
http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Premium-Edition-Download/dp/B0098QPPL6/ref=pd_sim_vg_7

You'll need to add a US address onto your account for the 1 click purchase for Amazon.com

Seem's it's gone back up to full price anyway.

Skerries

Andy!!

Dravokivich wrote: »

Battlefield 3?
Still needs to be activated on Origin, but amazon act as partners/vendors for selling keys as well. Can be cheaper at times.

It's here:
http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Premium-Edition-Download/dp/B0098QPPL6/ref=pd_sim_vg_7

You'll need to add a US address onto your account for the 1 click purchase for Amazon.com

Seem's it's gone back up to full price anyway.

No... the extra maps& stuff, a Premium Pass, on the PC...

Dravokivich

Andy!! wrote: »

No... the extra maps& stuff, a Premium Pass, on the PC...

They should all come with the premium version I linked. The "premium pass" is intended if someone just bought standard.