Steam Christmas Sale

[MattJack]

We've all seen it. It's going on til Jan. 3rd.

So, what yall gonna get? I got Champions Online($10.19, less than the actual membership), and I bought myself Rainbow Six Vegas 2($6.49?) for myself and my brothers.

Any suggestions on fun multiplayer games that are on sale right now? Maybe a cool indie game that you already have and want to tell us about?

Steam is going all out this year!

[Guitar Woman]

So far I've gotten:
Warrior Within
The Two Thrones
Beyond Good and Evil
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

This totals to 20 dollars.

I've got Psychonauts and Braid in my shopping cart for 12 bucks, but I'm hesitating. I know I will eventually, though.

Team Fortress Classic is under 4 dollars right now, but I have no idea whether or not people still play it. Plus, you know, I've got TF2, which is pretty much perfect.

Dead Space is 11 dollars, but I'm sure I couldn't run it.

[bigtimecow]

from the i-mock chat thread

Originally Posted by bigtimecow

crayon physics, gish, both indiana jones lucasarts games, both oddworlds, star wars jedi knight pack, and star wars KOTOR

and i'm thinking of buying more, but my laptop sucks. that's why i usually stick to the super old or low res games. i want fucking fallout 3 to work because i would buy it in a second but i doubt it

[Nick]

Telltale Everything Pack

Bone: Out From Boneville
Bone: The Great Cow Race
Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock
Sam & Max 102: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball
Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max 105: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max 106: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max 205: What’s New Beelzebub?
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1
Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack
Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Episode 2: The Last Resort
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Episode 4: The Bogey Man

Eidos Collector Pack

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Battlestations Pacific
Battlestations: Midway
Conflict: Denied Ops
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Flora's Fruit Farm
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Codename 47
Infernal
Just Cause
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™
Mini Ninjas
Project: Snowblind
Rogue Trooper
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: Underworld

Unreal Deal

Unreal 2: The Awakening
Unreal Gold
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
Unreal Tournament 3 Black
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition

Painkiller: Collectors Pack (NA)

Painkiller Overdose
Painkiller: Black Edition
Painkiller: Resurrection

Super ID Software Pack

Commander Keen
DOOM 3
DOOM 3 Resurrection of Evil
DOOM II
Final DOOM
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
HeXen
HeXen II
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Master Levels for Doom II
QUAKE
QUAKE II
QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake III Arena
QUAKE III: Team Arena
QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Spear of Destiny
The Ultimate Doom
Wolfenstien 3D



Atari 80 Classics in 1
Indigo Prophecy
Sniper Elite

All that stuff cost me almost $200, but damn it's 82 games most of which I've never played before.

[Ant10708]

Originally Posted by MattJack

Maybe a cool indie game that you already have and want to tell us about?

machinarium

great puzzle game with a great art style all its own!

[MarioRPG]

Holy shit Nick, are you serious.

[Guitar Woman]

Bioshock is goddamn 5 dollars today.

I wish I had a better computer.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by MarioRPG

Holy shit Nick, are you serious.

I am serious. This is the best Christmas gift I've ever given myself.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/spittys/games

[MattJack]

Nick isn't fuckin* around. Nice way to commit man.

[Nick]

If I didn't have a job or responsibilities I would sit around playing video games all day.

[Guitar Woman]

Jade Empire for 4 dollars.

I have no idea what it is, but I was thinking "KOTOR in magical China" when I saw a little footage of it.

I also bought some games for other people just for the hell of it, but I'm probably already set back about 40 bucks by all the stuff I've gotten. The absolute last thing I'm going to buy is Psychonauts.

...No it won't be. Goddamnit, good deals, stop stealing my money.

[MarioRPG]

There's some really fine games on there... I'll prolly pick some up some time... After the sale. I'm too strapped to cash in :/

[darkvare]

can smeone explain me how exactly does steam works?

[Guitar Woman]

You buy games, they're registered to your account forever, and you can download them on any computer as long as you're using your account.

My internet is slow as fuck, though, so it's going to take a week of solid downloading to actually get every game I bought. That and Steam is a little fucking buggy piece of shit that crashes at least twice daily and won't listen to me when I tell it to pause a download.

Like, I'll tell it to stop, right, so I can play some TF2. Then, when I connect to a server, my ping jumps to 400. I alt tab to catch Steam trying to quickly pause the download again. I resume the download, pause it and make sure it stays that way, go back to the game, and after the server I'm on switches maps the little bastard will start downloading again.

It's like when you tell a child to stay out of the fucking cookie jar, leave them alone for 5 minutes, then coming back to catch them stealing cookies. You beat them, tell them to stay the fuck out of the cookie jar, and then come back in another five minutes to find the little shits stealing more fucking cookies.

The weird thing is that it absolutely refuses to download when I'm playing an offline game that's still a Steam app. Fucking hate Steam; if these were all just deals I could use for normal retail copies of games, I'd go to a store and buy them.

[Pentegarn]

This thread prompted me to download steam on my new comp finally (only been 5 months now, bout time I say)

[darkvare]

wait so if i buy something from steam i have to be online to play it even if the game is not online?

[executioneer]

i think it depends on the game, most games don't require you to be online but they usually require steam to be running

[Guitar Woman]

Originally Posted by darkvare

wait so if i buy something from steam i have to be online to play it even if the game is not online?

Yeah, pretty much.

There's an offline mode option, but it's more or less a joke

[MattJack]

Originally Posted by Guitar Woman

Yeah, pretty much.

There's an offline mode option, but it's more or less a joke

I kinda wish they had a Steam-Lite or something

I'm sure it will come around before we know it.

[Guitar Woman]

Through all my complaining, I got Max Payne 2 and Left 4 Dead at a total price of 10 dollars today. That makes about 10 games I've bought during this thing for 50 dollars.

I'm not even sure if I've got room on my hard drive for all this stuff, but I'd feel silly if I missed buying anything at prices like this.

[OxBlood]

Originally Posted by Guitar Woman

Jade Empire for 4 dollars.

I have no idea what it is, but I was thinking "KOTOR in magical China" when I saw a little footage of it.

JE is a really nice game, one of my favorite Biowares games actually. Give it a spin.

Also DO get Psychonauts, that game is so damn good...man.

[bigtimecow]

mass effect dropped to 5 bucks today, BOUGHT

[Guitar Woman]

Sam and Max season 1 and 2 for 15 dollars is the best deal I've ever seen

BUT MY DEBIT CARD GOT DECLINED

[MattJack]

Champions Online isn't really that bad. I mean I'm playing with three of my friends, so that is probably why, but even so it was def worth 10.19 + membership (14.99 for 60 days total).

I'm not much of an MMO man, so my opinion on this being a good game or not probably doesn't carry much weight.

Has anyone else had any experience with Champions Online?

[MLE]

I've been considering getting and playing it. If I do, could I play with you boozers?