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#151 Shirou

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:13

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 :(
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:45

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...)

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 11:06

View PostShirou, 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 :P . But you can use the system of "let someone else buy it for you and then gift it you you"-system to circumvent this.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 13:54

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 :P
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 13:57

View PostTheDR, on 21 Dec 2010, 1:29, said:

Super Meat Boy is extreme win :P

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
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 18:56

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 19:03

View PostWizard, on 21 Dec 2010, 18:56, said:

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?


Thats the saving, it costs £7.99 :P
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 19:05

View PostIon Cannon!, on 21 Dec 2010, 19:03, said:

View PostWizard, on 21 Dec 2010, 18:56, said:

Is the Unreal pack worth the £35.96?


Thats the saving, it costs £7.99 :P

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 19:24

View PostShirou, 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. :P

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Posted 22 December 2010 - 00:26

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 :P

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 :xD:

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Posted 22 December 2010 - 14:43

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.

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 10:10

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

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 20:13

Stinger was right, COD MW2 50% off, hell has frozen over!
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Posted 25 December 2010 - 21:32

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.

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 23:23

View PostAlias, 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.
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Posted 25 December 2010 - 23:33

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

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 08:58

Got Batman Arkham Asylum for $7.50 :xD:
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Posted 26 December 2010 - 21:38

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..
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Posted 26 December 2010 - 21:43

View PostBrad, 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.
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Posted 26 December 2010 - 22:00

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 -_-

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 22:54

View PostCJ, 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."

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 23:47

View PostSquigPie, on 26 Dec 2010, 23:54, said:

View PostCJ, 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. :xD:

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 23:51

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

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 09:45

Burnout Paradise is free in the UK, on the PC

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 09:55

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Might whip out my VPN :xD:
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