*Dead Deal* HOLIDAY DEAL: steam's five day long, one day only sale!

The thing to me though is why L4d 2 is better doesn't anyone else feel like it lost some of the ambiance in its transition?

 

I personally like the dark settings in the original L4D rather than the bright daytime levels in L4D2, but all the rest of the gameplay in L4D2 is much more polished.

 

Wow, my sentence made no sense, lol.

At least you understood what i was saying.

 

l4d1 is totally worth it, its movie ticket price now! and tax free too!

 

Theres less then 6 hours left, jump on it if you can.

 

If I get L4D2 from Amazon, can I use the CD key from it to tie it into my Steam Account? I'm looking to have it be re-downloadable from Steam mostly...

 

You have to activate it on Steam before you can play it. After you activate it, it will always be tied to your Steam account and you can re-download it from your account onto any computer.

 

Oh I see. So you'd have to tie it to your Steam regardless. Good to know
Ty for the reply.

 

Also there are lots of custom maps that are very fun to play and still keep the game fresh.

And I haven't updated that thread in ages. Sigh.

 

I still want to get L4D...but I just spent $200 yesterday so I can replace the exhaust on my car. :/ Oh well...
Tim

 

What do you guys think, is BF2 worth picking up now? I'm always hesitant to start a game like this so late, as I usually get steam rolled by all the veteran players?

 

Well if you are good at FPSs I'd imagine it wouldn't take too long to learn the weapons/map/quirks of the game. No real deals today that I want either. I'm just crossing my fingers for torchlight.

 

For $15 it's hard to go wrong. Gameplay used to be dominated by dolphin-diving tv-cam ace vets, but since they just released a new patch with expansions now free, there's been a revitalization. Though that's another thing, I take quarrel with them charging money for free expansions, at least now the price reflects this more accurately.

 

Btw is there another set of offers tomorrow or was this the last one? Also when will the THQ pack sale be taken down?

 

I also have a question about the thq pack. Do you guys think it will be offered again this Christmas? i.e. was it offered twice last year during the holiday season?

Also, thanks to all who responded to my question on BF2. If anyone has comments on the current state of punkbuster that would be helpful as well. I've read a lot of conflicting reports on its intrusiveness and problems updating.

 

Offer through Monday.

 

I've bought several games from Steam in the last couple of days, like GRID, Plants Vs. Zombies, Left 4 Dead, etc.

I've just tried to purchase World of Goo now and my debit card is being declined, saying the company (my bank Chase) is denying the card.

Has Chase put a hold on my card or my entire checking account because I've bought all these games and they may suspect its fraud? I've never had this happen to me before, its a huge shock to me.

What a major pain, now I have to contact Chase Support and the deal may expire on the game before this gets sorted out and I may not get to buy any games for the final sale tomorrow.

Stupid overbearing Chase bank!!!! I really, really hope I don't have to keep doing this every time I make several purchases in a couple of days!

 

Most likely yes, or have you purchase anything else with your credit card as well? Could there be a limit or maybe they might think its unusual activity because you never buy so many things online recently.

 

I added the last set of deals to the first post. Only 12.5 hours left!

 

is there going to be another set of deals tomorrow, or is this going to be the last set?

i believe the deals started on Wednesday and today should mark the last day

 

I think today is the last day of deals.

 

Damn. I was hoping for a final cyber Monday extravaganza.

 

The wording is a little ambiguous, as it says that there will be a new sale every day through Monday.

I purchased BF2, so I'm pretty happy.

 

I believe there is one more set of deals for tomorrow.

 

Thanks-you for posting this, ive been away for a while and missed so much. xD

 

HSBC does that to me occasionally when I go on a online shopping spree. Just contact them, they'll be able to fix it immediately. And it's a quick fix!

 

Thanks. Would I have to keep calling them over and over again everytime I want to make several Steam or other purchases in a short period of time? Its very annoying for me. If there was a problem, I would contact them, no need for them to put a hold on my account!

 

Well, they probably won't put a hold again in the short run at least. I cannot guarantee what they might do in the long run.

Part of this is due to the fact that banks are seeing more online fraud lately, and it is giving them problems, so multiple online purchases in a short period of time can trigger red flags.

I have managed to do so several times when shopping at Amazon.

Amazon Prime FTW!

Doh, looks like they put my card on hold again.
Edit: called HSBC, not an issue on their side.

Might be a Steam issue. If you purchased several games over the last few days, it is possible that the hold on your account is due to fraud protection.

 

Agreed times a million

 

So I ended up getting KoToR, and some war game by square enix, what did the rest of you guys get?

 

Nothing off steam yet, though I did nab Borderlands from Amazon for 20. If nothing cool comes up today I might splurge for the THQ pack.

 

Evil Genius for $2.49 is a good classic RTS/action game. Mirror's Edge for $5 might be worth it too. $25 for Section 8, but meh, maybe wait for it to drop below $20.

 

Seems like the last day sales aren't that great

 

was hoping Cyber Monday would bring epic deals... but much suckage here haha, oh well got Dragon Age Origins out of it, kind wish I jumped on a couple other deals but was holding out.

 

oooh if Mirror's edge is $5 then I'm gonna have to get on that

 

I already picked up Mirror's Edge for $6 and Prince of Persia for $7 at Half Price Books, they have a lot of copies.

 

Is Mirror's Edge any good?

 

It was good, and now for $5, it is GREAT!

 

Great game, if your system can handle it and you don't already have it BUY IT!!! For $5 it is a steal.

 

I've bought LOADS of games these last days, these deals have been epic indeed.

Dragon Age Origins, Aion, Left 4 Dead 2, Far Cry 2, Dead Space, Grid, Left 4 Dead 1, Madballs in Babo, Mirror's Edge, Quantz, Osmos, Resident Evil 5, Monkey Island Special Edition, World of Goo.
Damn thats alot..

 

REALLY REALLY want to get mirror's edge, hopefully my dad will let me borrow his card

Also, I'm looking at riddick
How good is it?
I mean 2 games for $10 is a steal

 

yep, had to snag Riddick and Mirror's Edge today... was hopelessly hoping for CODMW2 for a sale of some sort, but also snagged Dragon Age early on.

Downloading Riddick now, loved the first one, so excited about it. Dragon Age, I know everyone loves it, but struggling to get into that one... played about 6 hours so far, fairly boring... just my humble opinion though.

 

Added Monday's deals to the first post. Nothing too exciting today IMO.

 

riddick has TAGES drm. 3 activation limit.
killed the deal for me.

 

mirrors edge is awesome 5$ is a steal!

 

I agree, TAGES sucks, but Riddick is a GREAT game.... so, had to play it.... and for $9.99, if I have to call in couple years to work out an issue if I've used up my activations, I'll worry about that then.... I just loved Butcher's Bay too much to pass up both a remake and a new release for less than a movie ticket!

 

ended up grabbing Mirror's Edge and Monkey Island today.. and previous haul included Madballs 2x (gifted to sis) and Dragon Age Origins. hooray!

 

Steam had placed a hold on my account for fraud protection probably because I bought several games in a short period of time. Has this happened to anyone else? Because of it, I missed on the $5 World of Goo sale.

I got it fixed now and purchased several more games from them. Their cryptic error message hinted to me that my bank was the problem and I called them and they stated they placed no holds on my debit card so I found out Steam was the culprit.

Hope it doesn't happen again.

 

Wait, so if you remove it from steam do you get that activation back?

Not too familiar with TAGES to be honest

Thanks

 

i assume it would be 3 download limits before you need to phone people up.
i personally never heard of TAGES before, but i really don't like excessive drm, steam itself is enough.