Steam Summer Sales

[sixshot]

Also of note today is Trine for US$1.99, Serious Sam HD for US$7.99, and the DOOM pack for US$6.24.

There's a couple of things that I want to do to earn tickets but I do not have any beefy computers nearby to use it. Still far away from my gaming rig. Sad part is that by the time I get back, I'd be 1 day too late. The pain~ The pain~

I wonder if that other laptop can handle Trine...

[packerfan]

Thinking of picking up Trine, trying the demo (I have 21 hours to decide). For some reason I didn't pick up torchlight yesterday.

EDIT: Nevermind, looked at screenshots, I remember trying it and not really caring for it. Not a huge fan of MMORPG style RPGs I prefer games like fallout.

EDIT2: Edit 1 was about torchlight.

[sixshot]

Really? I liked Trine a bunch. Torchlight I didn't touch up on. I probably should have.

Looks like the other laptop is capable of handling Trine, thank goodness... and managed to get the achievement and earned a ticket.

[packerfan]

Really? I liked Trine a bunch. Torchlight I didn't touch up on. I probably should have.

Looks like the other laptop is capable of handling Trine, thank goodness... and managed to get the achievement and earned a ticket.

Sorry the edit was about torchlight.

I downloaded Trine and it crashed at the end of the loading map page for the beginning every time, no matter what settings I used. So I will pass on it for now.

[Zodiak]

Erm... I probably shoudnt have... but I spent too much on Steam as of now... I bassically bought... well... Steam lol. Game packs are EVIL!!! Pretty much from 0 games on steam to 222, though some of those are expansions.

[sixshot]

Franchise sale for Need for Speed. Bundle pack at US$34.99 and contains NFS Underground, Hot Pursuit, Shift, and Shift 2 Unleashed.

There's also the Deus Ex pack (US$2.49) which contains the Game of the Year edition and Invisible War.

And there's Monkey Island bundle for $7.49.

Lastly, Civ V for US$24.99... if you prefer that kind of game.

And for the Guild Wars players in us, the trilogy (Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall) is up for US$14.99, translating to 5 bucks per campaign. Tempting for me but... well, I already got enough accounts (4) as it is.

[packerfan]

Thinking of picking up Deus Ex for 2.50 given I never played it...

It is 5 bucks for the whole Deus Ex pack.

[The_cranky_hermit]

The whole pack is not necessary. Just get the original. It's a strong candidate for best game of all time.

[Paradigm Shifter]

Tempted by Guild Wars, as it seems to be the only Free to Play MMORPG which isn't either a) crippled without micropayments, b) crippled if you're not in Japan or c) crap.

That and the fact that I've just picked up Fallout New Vegas, as I was waiting for it to get cheap, and £8 was cheaper than Amazon.

[tet5uo]

Having fun with the remake of Bionic Commando :rockout

[skipclarke]

Thus far I got Fallout NV, Singularity, Asscred 2, Alpha protocol, AvP, Torchlight, Stalker: CS, Magicka.
I have no idea when I am I going to play all this crap though, I have 118 games on my to play list ...

[packerfan]

The whole pack is not necessary. Just get the original. It's a strong candidate for best game of all time.

Picked up the original and downloaded a DirectX 10 Renderer at the recommendation of Paradigm and played through the tutorial. Will probably start the game tomorrow.

[sixshot]

Batman Arkham Asylum GotY for US$7.49... I'd mention Far Cry 2 but... I dunno... when I played that for a bit just to try it out, it didn't feel... right...

[packerfan]

Picked up L4D2 for 4.99 for the sister.

[Paradigm Shifter]

I bought Far Cry 2 on DVD when I spotted it for 99p once in a supermarket (think it was mispriced, but they had to honour it) and quickly wished I could take it back.

It's only saving grace is that patch 1.03 removed the phone-home DRM, and that it was one of the few games early on (post patches) to support triplewide with no faffing around.

I fancy playing Far Cry again, but *sigh* it's an Ubisoft game, and I'm still pissed at them for the DRM in AC2/HAWX2. OK, so it might just be one sale they've lost, which in the grand scheme of things matters to them not at all, but it makes me feel better.

Nothing I'm really interested in today.

Kind of wish I'd picked up Wings of Prey yesterday, but I know I'll barely play it. My combat flight sim days ended with Super EF2000, Falcon 4 and a short stop at Lock On: Modern Air Combat. Don't even have a working joystick any more.

[Jupix]

The DRM in Far Cry 2 was small potatoes compared to the game's various other, well, let's call them issues.

However, Far Cry 3 is supposed to be a closer continuation to the original, so when that eventually gets released it should be pretty fun.

[sixshot]

That's probably the only thing that caught my attention -- Far Cry 3 appearing to go back to its starting roots. But who knows what kind of crap Ubisoft is gonna attach to that one.

Yep, today's set of sales is rather dull. A pity really. You'd think they'd pull in some other bigger titles to put on sale... ones that can really boost the game's popularity or presence.

[Ryom]

I hope everyone bought Just Cause 2. It is simply the most epic sandbox game ever created.

[Paradigm Shifter]

The DRM in Far Cry 2 was small potatoes compared to the game's various other, well, let's call them issues.

Notice how I said there were only two good things about it, and neither focused remotely on gameplay? ;)

Yes, while the concept of Far Cry 2 was sound, the implementation was appalling.

[Bravo]

Finally got around to buy any Halflife-games that were missing on my Steam account (Old CD's are impossible to find!); HL1:Source+expansions and Ep2. Planning on a heavily modded Halflife-marathon next week, as I'm out of patience waiting for the Black Mesa mod :(

Also bought Borderlands DLC-pack for another coop-marathon this weekend :rockout