*** OFFICIAL Steam Games Deals Thread ***

Wings of Prey more than worth $6. Pick it up even if you have a slight interest in air combat games.

 

I was going to buy it even though I already own it on the X360. I was tempted at the price but wanted to buy it for the add-on pack which is more expensive than WoP.

 

ME2 and Darksiders....

*drools all over keyboard**

 

woot! MASS EFFECT 1 AND 2!

 

I prefer games like Warhawk back on the PS1 days, but I got it anyways. It works in eyefinity so that alone is usually enough for me to get a game.

Speaking of that, we gotta get some DogFigher games in.

 

Never been able to get dogfight multi to work right, I always play coms...

 

I have yet to try multiplayer on dogfighter, I have only tested the game and was working on a multi monitor hack for the game.

 

I only tried it once. It's probably just not very many people playing the game.

 

Do you guys recommend any of the indie packs?

 

All of em.

 

new sales are up! woot FO:NV at 40% off

 

Hm. I think I've been spared today. I'm still sad over the lack of Civ V, though.

 

Only intersting thing is NV at 50% off.

 

i picked up sam and max, finally bought the indie future pack, and now continue to wait for a civ v sale

 

I'll play with you if we can ever find the time.

Only if you have Fallout 3. I own Fallout 3 retail, but you can't register FO3 retail with Steam, so it's only 40% off.

I may just buy it. I've been wanting to play it.

But should I get FO:NV or DA:O???

 

Definitely grabbing DMC4, and possibly Saints Row 2
Nothing else really stands out

 

The FO:NV looks interesting for those that were waiting for it. It's not my kind of game unfortunately. CSS is at $4.99. Quick, somebody hold a contest!

Edit: Also I see Battlefield 2 Complete on sale. BC2 was on sale before too. Perhaps we will also see a (small) discount on Vietnam?

 

I would, but I'm outta cash now. I spent more that I should have (as does most everyone). Gotta keep what I got for my new laptop.

 

Man probably the best day so far for the sale, and its xmas, damnit I gotta wait to see what i got for xmas before buying anything , the gurl demands this !!!!

 

Is BC2 worth it, does any one still play multiplayer? How active is it compared to CS:S?

Hmm, they're both $5.

 

BC2 is more than worth it IMHO. Very active community and there's the Vietnam pack now too.

edit: Oh you meant BF2. Yes it still has a pretty active community... I have almost 700 hours with that game!

 

They are not both $5. The one on sale today is Battlefield 2. Battlefield 2: Bad Company is a different game. The latter is the one htwingnut is refering to that has the Vietnam expansion. I got BC2 a couple of weeks ago, and it is the best shooter I have ever played. Crysis Wars used to hold that spot in my list

Anyway, I can't comment on Battlefield 2 as I've never played it.

Edit: There you go, htwingnut has 700 hours. Then it must be good.

 

OK here's a weird one. I bought Wings of Prey and the DLC for a total of $13.49 so I check my Steam Games Library and all it shows is Wings of Prey and the DLC will cost me another $7.49

I'm in the process of installing L4D2 and still have a ways to go. Do I need to first install Wings of Prey before the Add-On shows up in my purchased queue? Not sure how this works.

 

Goddamnit! I caved and got BF2. :/ Civ 5 better go on sale soon.

Also hoping BC2 Vietnam goes on sale; otherwise I'll get it with money I get for my birthday.

 

I meant BF2, for some reason I confuse BC2 and BF2. I have BFBC2 already, I enjoy it but I cannot play it on my laptop very well, so I'm looking for a slightly less intensive game to play.

 

Hmmmm, I'm thinking of getting FO:NV, but I don't have FO3 yet either, so I was wondering if I should get FO3 first, since it's also cheaper.

 

BF2 is a great game. Graphics are rather dated, but the nice part about that is it should be able to play smoothly on most "modern" laptops without any problems. Used to play it all the time. Flying jets is incredibly fun.

 

Damn this sale is going to chew my spare funds this month like nothing, last year was pretty bad and I cant see this being any better.

 

This is actually my first Steam year (not counting TF2 a couple of years back). My god, I've never gotten this many games in such a short time in my entire life! I'll probably have enough to last me a year at this rate, which is a problem since I'm in college, I want a few games for PC, 360, DS, and Wii next year, and I want to get the 3DS. By the time I'm halfway done with everything, there'll be another sale! Those guys at Valve are evil geniuses.

 

Yes, I believe Valve stated the stats with these super sales, that they actually make more money selling things at 50-75% off than they do ever at full price. Granted, they have to have the sales to make it a "good deal" otherwise if they were always that cheap, people would hesitate to buy like they do at full retail pricing.

Now you can understand how so many people have such a vast library of games after being with Steam the last few years....

 

If you think Valve or anyone involved in this sale is losing money:

Left 4 Dead sees 3000% jump in sales on Steam

10 percent sale = 35 percent increase in sales
25 percent sale = 245 percent increase in sales
50 percent sale = 320 percent increase in sales
75 sale sale = 1470 percent increase in sales

 

^^^
I rest my case.

 

has anyone tried the game King Arthur? It looks good and I actually have been watching it since it first came out and now that it's on sale for only $5 I m actually thinking of giving it a try. I really like the models of the knights in the screenshots

 

If you like that genre of games then it's alright.

I don't like these turn-based strategy games though.

 

Im getting Devil may cry 4. Other titles Im pondering about: Saints Row 2, Borderlands, Arma II, Ghost Recon. Any words of wisdom guys?

 

Don't get SR2, get Borderlands GOTY, try Arma II demo (not for everyone) and skip Ghost Recon cuz you're not gonna play it.

 

hmm I like ur objectiviness lol, I just heard ghost recon is rly good(the first one and its sequels) but the graphics rather dated...
Also whats the difference between Borderlands and Borderlands GOTY? the first is 10 bux and the second is 25 bux??? lol, is it worth the difference?

 

yes, GOTY has all the DLC.

the General Knoxx DLC doubled my playtime from 60 to about 120 hours.

 

wth, was gonna get devil may cry 4, iirc it had a 75% discount, and now that I go add to the cart it says 50% discount, wth steam.... not cool.

 

when you install wop the dlc, wol, is already part of it.
when you play the game and choose the new missions for the dlc it will prompt you to activate the dlc. it takes you back to desktop and you enter the key in youplays window.
you will not see the dlc in your steam list.

edit: its the best looking game ive played on my laptop

 

If you want to play a sandbox game, try just cause 2. I think one downside of JC2 is vehicle control. For some reason it's really hard to maneuver in cars.

 

Cars are easy. Planes are Hard

 

I got that one on black friday sales, good fun.

 

Wish Borderlands was cheaper. Already have it in hard-copy, but want it digital. Price on steam is like £20 here, and if you buy the hard-copy off amazon you get the Game-of-the-Year Edition for like £9

 

Gotten Myself some deals from Steam too

Bully, King Arthur and Saint Row 2.

 

haha exactly the opposite for me. planes are easy, cars are hard.

 

picked up Overlord for $3.00. Hard to go wrong there!

 

Finally DA:O went on sale, bought the Ultimate Pack for $24.99. Also bought Batman Arkham Asylum for $7.50

 

Today's deal:

Civ 5 25% off: $37.49
DA: Origin series 50% off (separately)
X SuperBox 50% off: $19.99
Tropico 3: Gold Ed 70% off: $6
COD4 MW2 50% off: $29.99
Batman Asylum 75% off: $7.50
Monkey Island: Special Ed Bundle 75% off: $3.75
FlatOut 90% off
Red Faction series 75% off
Altitude 75% off: $2.49
Splinter Cell series 50% off
Shank 50% off: $7.49

These prices are US prices. I wonder which one of these is worth buying. Anyone have any suggestion?

 

I was hoping for a bigger Civ 5 deal. :/ Well, I would have bought it at full price if it were to never go on sale, so I can deal with it. Might pick up Batman AA as well.

Still, Steam saved some great deals for today.