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[Shirou]

It has to be said again: Activision is the only big publisher that is not participating in the sale.

F*ck you, Activision.

Allright, now thats cleared, the US also seems to have some dubiously low sale prices on some games. I think tis unfair :(

[NergiZed]

Derp both BF2 and BF:BC2 are on sale but BF2 is double what BF:BC2 is (even then, I still want BF2 more... BF2 has mods...)

[Chyros]

Shirou, on 21 Dec 2010, 12:13, said:

Allright, now thats cleared, the US also seems to have some dubiously low sale prices on some games. I think tis unfair :(

It's probably considered patriotic to give discounts to your own countrymen only . But you can use the system of "let someone else buy it for you and then gift it you you"-system to circumvent this.

[Libains]

For those of you in the UK and really cba to run through every single game on Steam, you can have a look here:

http://savygamer.co.uk/2010/12/20/steam-sa...ng-in-on-place/

Protip: If it's part of the 'basic sale' list, don't buy it now. It'll likely crop up on a better sale at some point - if not it'll still be on sale right to the bitter end, so buy it then

[Brad]

TheDR, on 21 Dec 2010, 1:29, said:

Super Meat Boy is extreme win

Excellent art style with a challenging difficulty, well worth the purchase.

Indeed!

I've played it only for about an hour, and my deaths are just nearing 200

[Wizard]

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?

[Ion Cannon!]

Wizard, on 21 Dec 2010, 18:56, said:

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?

Thats the saving, it costs £7.99

[Wizard]

Ion Cannon!, on 21 Dec 2010, 19:03, said:

Wizard, on 21 Dec 2010, 18:56, said:

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?

Thats the saving, it costs £7.99

*facepalmdeskwalldoorstreetoncomingtraffic*

[Stinger]

Shirou, on 21 Dec 2010, 10:13, said:

It has to be said again: Activision is the only big publisher that is not participating in the sale.

F*ck you, Activision.

http://store.steampo...term=Activision

If there was ever any doubt before, now there is none. They are greedy pigs. Discounts don't fit their corporate model - even if it drives more sales.

MW2 at 50% would sell a fortune...

Regarding today's sale, I don't think I'll be buying anything. I would've bought The Witcher: Enhanced Edition if I hadn't already picked it up a day ago.

[Shirou]

Haha, I already bought mass effect last week and I still have Dead Space from last years sale unplayed in my catalog. I tend to be reserved xD, though I may just as well pick up Mass Effect 2

Although Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is interesting... I own both anniversary and legend but not on Steam, too bad I can't claim my further discount

Edited by Shirou, 22 December 2010 - 00:44.

[Ion Cannon!]

Just bought the Polynomial, I imagine with my kind of music its going to drive me loopy, should be fun.
EDIT: Now I have a headache, though its a stunningly beautiful game.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 22 December 2010 - 15:17.

[Stinger]

Looks like MW2 will be on sale after all if this is anything to go by:

Edited by Stinger, 25 December 2010 - 10:11.

[Ion Cannon!]

Stinger was right, COD MW2 50% off, hell has frozen over!

[Alias]

And even at half price it's still more expensive than 99% of everything else at it's full price.

The important thing on today is the 75% off the Monkey Island special edition bundle.

Edited by Alias, 25 December 2010 - 21:44.

[Chyros]

Alias, on 25 Dec 2010, 23:32, said:

And even at half price it's still more expensive than 99% of everything else at it's full price.

The important thing on today is the 75% off the Monkey Island special edition bundle.

It already amazed me they put MW2 on 50% off, they didn't lower CoD 4 a cent in price for two years either as I recall. Activision are greedy bastards.

id are not being very forthcoming either, tbh. They hardly squeeze out 25% for their games, they even only took off 25% for ancients such as Quake (1996!), Doom 2 (1994!!) and ffs Commander Keen (1990!!!). With base prices much too high to begin with, as well.

[Alias]

Also to bear in mind, 'half price' for Australians is $45 AU which is about €35 EUR, $45.5 USD, or £30 GBP.

[deltaepsilon]

Got Batman Arkham Asylum for $7.50

[Brad]

I bought the Witcher, as it looked very appealing.

..But FIFTEEN FUCKING GIGABYTES?

I don't think I'll be able to play it until next week.. and I'll be preoccupied by revision then..

[Ion Cannon!]

Brad, on 26 Dec 2010, 21:38, said:

I bought the Witcher, as it looked very appealing.

..But FIFTEEN FUCKING GIGABYTES?

I don't think I'll be able to play it until next week.. and I'll be preoccupied by revision then..

The Witcher is good, RPG's are always massive filesize wise.

[CJ]

It's however lacking a jump button, seriously it's pissing me off that you have to make a 10km detour just because there is a tile on the floor which isn't exactly at the same height than the others -_-

[SquigPie]

CJ, on 26 Dec 2010, 23:00, said:

It's however lacking a jump button, seriously it's pissing me off that you have to make a 10km detour just because there is a tile on the floor which isn't exactly at the same height than the others -_-

Same problem with Condemned: Criminal Origins. "Sorry, but there seems to be a 50 cm wide hole in the floor, so you have to JUMP INTO IT and take a long detour through a library infested with crazed drug-addicts."

[CJ]

SquigPie, on 26 Dec 2010, 23:54, said:

CJ, on 26 Dec 2010, 23:00, said:

It's however lacking a jump button, seriously it's pissing me off that you have to make a 10km detour just because there is a tile on the floor which isn't exactly at the same height than the others -_-

Same problem with Condemned: Criminal Origins. "Sorry, but there seems to be a 50 cm wide hole in the floor, so you have to JUMP INTO IT and take a long detour through a library infested with crazed drug-addicts."

Thing is most of the time when you're playing the witcher and have to make a detour because of a small obstacle (and we're talking about a 10cm step here) you don't even encounter any enemy, you just have to run back to the area you just cleared and go though another route which will simply enable you to get to the exact same spot you could've reached if it wasn't for the objective.

[Wanderer]

it does have an automatic *walk over objects* -move but you kinda need to be directly towards the thing you wanna climb to. And it doesn't always work

[Pav:3d]

Burnout Paradise is free in the UK, on the PC

[deltaepsilon]

Pav:3d, on 27 Dec 2010, 20:45, said:

Burnout Paradise is free in the UK, on the PC

Might whip out my VPN