Steam Holiday Sale 2010 - IT'S STARTED!!!!1!

[Caine]

$10 seemed a little high for Oblivion GOTY. I thought I paid around $5 for the Deluxe version during the last sale.

Did the Deluxe version have the two expansions?  If not, you can think of it as $5 for the game and $5 for the expansions.  Either way, $10 is still a steal for all that content.

The Deluxe version came with both expansions and all the DLC. The current $10 sale is only for the game and 2 expansions without the DLC.

Wow, that is pretty nice, I guess.  I got all the DLC back on the 360 and it wasn't that great, so I can definitely do without.

they did offer the deluxe version for $12.50 though. 

waiting to see if today's sales will get a bite from me.  i have sat out the last two rounds despite there being interesting games for cheap.  i just know i won't get around to playing them.

[Teggy]

Gah, I could have saved $5 on the Jedi Knight pack.

[PR_GMR]

Nii-ce sales today! The 'Red Alert' games at 5 bucks each? 'STALKER' bundle for 5 bucks? 'Supreme Commander 2' for $3.74? Me thinks I'm picking several games today.

[CeeKay]

Got to do some research, but I could be adding 11 games to my library today.

[Caine]

Gah, I could have saved $5 on the Jedi Knight pack.

i'll probably grab the jedi pack to revisit jedi academy.  tempted on ra3 and far cry 2.

and a longshot interest in sc2.  sounds like a good skirmish game.

[earicci]

Nii-ce sales today! The 'Red Alert' games at 5 bucks each? 'STALKER' bundle for 5 bucks? 'Supreme Commander 2' for $3.74? Me thinks I'm picking several games today.

Never gave the STALKER series much of a look. Fans out there?

[biggercup]

Steam is killing my wallet!!!
Now I have more than 100 games on Steam 

[Laner]

I wish they'd bundle all three STALKER games together - Clear Sky always seems to get left out of the mix.

[Gratch]

Will definitely be grabbing the Jedi Knight collection and Guardians of Graxia, on the fence with Hitman and STALKER.

JK and GoG will put me over 100 Steam games.  

[The Grue]

Picked up Far Cry 2 and the Empire and Napolean Total War thing.

[kronovan]

Damn, I've blown my Steam budget, but I'd love to get Dawn of Discovery. I really enjoyed the Wii version and I've read the PC version bests it in every way. I'm going to be disciplined and resist temptation.

For anyone on the fence for the Jedi Knight collection, grab it at that price even if you've only a marginal fan of Star Wars. The 2 later games (Jedi Outcast and Academy) best any Star Wars game this gen by a wide margin. And Outcast's story IMO is only rivalled by KotOR as far as SW video games go. They may be a bit long in the tooth visually, but they have hours of gameplay and both have healthy online communities. I just replayed both this year and was pleasantly surprised how well they've held up.

[Cragmyre]

I'll be getting Guardians of Graxia and its map pack.  That has been on my watch list for a while.  According to the dev's posts in the forums, they will add randomness to the maps in the expansion coming this new year.

[CeeKay]

I just noticed the Far Cry pack where you can get the first Far Cry for $2.50 more.

[Gratch]

Damn, I've blown my Steam budget, but I'd love to get Dawn of Discovery. I really enjoyed the Wii version and I've read the PC version bests it in every way. I'm going to be disciplined and resist temptation.

For anyone on the fence for the Jedi Knight collection, grab it at that price even if you've only a marginal fan of Star Wars. The 2 later games (Jedi Outcast and Academy) best any Star Wars game this gen by a wide margin. And Outcast's story IMO is only rivalled by KotOR as far as SW video games go. They may be a bit long in the tooth visually, but they have hours of gameplay and both have healthy online communities. I just replayed both this year and was pleasantly surprised how well they've held up.

Are there any sort of hi-res mods for either one?

[Rowdy]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

[mirage775]

Debating Singularity, Transformers and Hot Pursuit.

DOOOO ITTTTT!!!!

DID ITTTTTT!!!!  for all of them except Hot Pursuit.

Cool!  I have Hot Pursuit for my 360.  I've been hearing people are having trouble with the Transformers DL from Steam?

[mirage775]

Nii-ce sales today! The 'Red Alert' games at 5 bucks each?

Agreed, I have retail copies of all C&C games except Red Alert 3: Uprising!

[mirage775]

Purchased

Red Alert 3: Uprising
Team Fortress 1 & 2
Flight Control HD

[Caine]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

works great on my machine, win 7 x64.

[rshetts2]

Oh yeah $3.50 for Guardians of Graxia and the map pack.  At that price I cant resist!

Crap had to get the Jedi Knight collection for 5 bills as well

[Caine]

I wish they'd bundle all three STALKER games together - Clear Sky always seems to get left out of the mix.

different pub.  deep silver released that one.  thq released the first one and gsc released the last one.  pretty sure deep silver retained the rights to CS.

Nii-ce sales today! The 'Red Alert' games at 5 bucks each? 'STALKER' bundle for 5 bucks? 'Supreme Commander 2' for $3.74? Me thinks I'm picking several games today.

Never gave the STALKER series much of a look. Fans out there?

get the pack and start with SoC.  CoP is more refined so if the rougher gameplay of the first gets on your nerves, try that one instead. they are not direct sequels (you play a different character in each), even though CoP references it.  CoP is more freeform and closer to the original design.  SoC is still pretty cool though, especially with later mods/graphic updates.

there are a lot of mods for all of the games and they keep getting better imo.  

[Huw the Poo]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

works great on my machine, win 7 x64.

Same here.

Earicci, I can't recommend STALKER highly enough if you have even a passing interest in shooters.  It's one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.  Absolutely gripping.

[morlac]

I've overblowm my budget already.  Now I just get annoyed when I see what's on sale.   

[earicci]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

works great on my machine, win 7 x64.

Same here.

Earicci, I can't recommend STALKER highly enough if you have even a passing interest in shooters.  It's one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.  Absolutely gripping.

Thanks Huw, with two more sale days and my budget maxing I had to make a decision between STALKER and Far Cry 2. I just bought Crysis - STALKER has to be worth a fin!

[Zekester]

Damn, I've blown my Steam budget, but I'd love to get Dawn of Discovery. I really enjoyed the Wii version and I've read the PC version bests it in every way. I'm going to be disciplined and resist temptation.

For anyone on the fence for the Jedi Knight collection, grab it at that price even if you've only a marginal fan of Star Wars. The 2 later games (Jedi Outcast and Academy) best any Star Wars game this gen by a wide margin. And Outcast's story IMO is only rivalled by KotOR as far as SW video games go. They may be a bit long in the tooth visually, but they have hours of gameplay and both have healthy online communities. I just replayed both this year and was pleasantly surprised how well they've held up.

Just throwing this out there...but Half-Priced Books has DoD for under $10.

[Kestrel]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

works great on my machine, win 7 x64.

Same here.

Earicci, I can't recommend STALKER highly enough if you have even a passing interest in shooters.  It's one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.  Absolutely gripping.

Thanks Huw, with two more sale days and my budget maxing I had to make a decision between STALKER and Far Cry 2. I just bought Crysis - STALKER has to be worth a fin!

Earicci - good move on Stalker and Crysis, but at $4.99 you have to get Far Cry 2.  Walk the neighbor's dog, Shovel some snow, whatever.  Don't miss out on Far Cry 2.

[kronovan]

Damn, I've blown my Steam budget, but I'd love to get Dawn of Discovery. I really enjoyed the Wii version and I've read the PC version bests it in every way. I'm going to be disciplined and resist temptation.

For anyone on the fence for the Jedi Knight collection, grab it at that price even if you've only a marginal fan of Star Wars. The 2 later games (Jedi Outcast and Academy) best any Star Wars game this gen by a wide margin. And Outcast's story IMO is only rivalled by KotOR as far as SW video games go. They may be a bit long in the tooth visually, but they have hours of gameplay and both have healthy online communities. I just replayed both this year and was pleasantly surprised how well they've held up.

Are there any sort of hi-res mods for either one?

There's certainly lots of mods for both games, but I honestly haven't explored them as I wanted to play online with my son and didn't want to risk a mod preventing that. The INI's for both game can be edited to allow them to run widescreen and when run that way the aspect ratio is scaled correctly. The 1 caveat to that is you can't edit the INI for either game if you want to play co-op Vs BOTS. For some reason both games CTD if you run them that way; can still play them 4:3 in that mode though. They're both built on the Quake 3 engine, but IMO they're the best games visually that ever utilized that engine.

[Daehawk]

Is Theater of War a good game series? might have to get it if so.

Wow guys pick up TF2 at $5 so I can have more people to toast with my flame thrower.

[earicci]

Does Dawn of Discovery work in Win 7?  The OS requirements state "Windows Vista (only)" and do not mention Win 7.

works great on my machine, win 7 x64.

Same here.

Earicci, I can't recommend STALKER highly enough if you have even a passing interest in shooters.  It's one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.  Absolutely gripping.

Thanks Huw, with two more sale days and my budget maxing I had to make a decision between STALKER and Far Cry 2. I just bought Crysis - STALKER has to be worth a fin!

Earicci - good move on Stalker and Crysis, but at $4.99 you have to get Far Cry 2.  Walk the neighbor's dog, Shovel some snow, whatever.  Don't miss out on Far Cry 2.

How did I know someone would say this!  Thanks for the recommendation Kestrel. Of course, it isn't the money - but now I can't 'not' - pulling the trigger. I have been watching Breaking Bad - my addiction could be so much worse  .  I acquired a rig capable of gaming this year after a two year hiateus and an attempted 'switchover to consoles'. The consoles are fine but I am a PC gamer at heart. Having rediscovered Steam it appears I am but in the game full-on. I have enough for two years plus - and I didn't even try hard.  Hope everyone has a great New Year!

[Autistic Angel]

Damn, I've blown my Steam budget, but I'd love to get Dawn of Discovery. I really enjoyed the Wii version and I've read the PC version bests it in every way. I'm going to be disciplined and resist temptation.

Resist less.  Dawn of Discovery Gold for $15 is an absolute steal for anyone even mildly interested this style of supply-chain builders.  The interdependence of the Occidental and Oriental islands adds a great flavor to the inter-island trade, there are tons of side objectives you can fulfill to outfit your settlements and units with RPG-style boosts, and the naval / land combat is better than any other game in the series.

Buy it!

For anyone on the fence for the Jedi Knight collection, grab it at that price even if you've only a marginal fan of Star Wars. The 2 later games (Jedi Outcast and Academy) best any Star Wars game this gen by a wide margin. And Outcast's story IMO is only rivalled by KotOR as far as SW video games go. They may be a bit long in the tooth visually, but they have hours of gameplay and both have healthy online communities. I just replayed both this year and was pleasantly surprised how well they've held up.

Oh, absolutely agreed.  Newcomers should be aware that the first third or so of Jedi Outcast actually plays like a traditional -- and tough! -- first-person shooter, but its really a brilliant way of setting up the incredible sense of power once you finally regain access to your jedi powers.  Persevere, and the payoff is outstanding!

-Autistic Angel

[mirage775]

The consoles are fine but I am a PC gamer at heart.

   I think we're a dying breed...

[CeeKay]

In for the Empire collection.

[Zekester]

Is Theater of War a good game series? might have to get it if so.

Yes, they are

[Caine]

Gah, I could have saved $5 on the Jedi Knight pack.

i'll probably grab the jedi pack to revisit jedi academy.  tempted on ra3 and far cry 2.

and a longshot interest in sc2.  sounds like a good skirmish game.

ended up with RA3, the jedi pack and FC2.

decided to go with RA3 over SC2 for the over-the-top sp campaign.

[Turtle]

Ugh, should have gotten ArmA 2 when it was on sale.

[Scraper]

It got me again with SupCom 2 for $4 and Guardians of Graxia for $4.

[Gratch]

In for AaaaAAAaaAAAAAA and Zeno Clash.  Might do Divinity II as well.  What was the general consensus on that one?

[Caine]

new deals
bionic commando and rearmed - $12.50
company of heroes - 75% off
MOH - $30
Mafia 2 - $12.50
Settlers 7 - 50% off
Zeno clash $3.75
HL 75% off
Swarm arena - $2.50
AAAAHHHHH - $2.50
FM 2011 - $26.79
indie game is
ion assault - $2.50

[mirage775]

Don't think I'll get anything today...  Kinda pissed that I bought Ion Assault less than 2 weeks ago for $4.99

[Lord Percy]

About goddamn time they got Mafia 2 up for sale! And for the same price as the US-only Amazon deal. Bought!