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    *** OFFICIAL Steam Games Deals Thread ***

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by crash, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    LOL this would have made my day but the hacking of MW3 fansite made my day already :cool:
    I wouldn't count on it. I was in one of those situations once. I forgot which game but it was i think about $39.99 and it was on a 50% sale just before the Christmas sales so I decided to wait. But the game never made it to the deals list. Was it the last Christmas deals that sucked really bad?
     
    tetutato, Jun 27, 2011
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  2. Tree_Burner

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    There were some decent sales. Not sure how they compare to the years before though. I hope the summer sale isn't this week... I'm in a bad money situation (company I work for thinks they overpaid me...) for a little bit. dang.
     
    Tree_Burner, Jun 27, 2011
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  3. meemer

    meemer Notebook Consultant

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    I see what you mean. I guess I'll take it this time around since I decided not to go for it last time it was 50% off during the Christmas sale.

    I didn't think the last Christmas sale was that bad, but I remember reading a lot of posts expressing disappointment compared to past sales.
     
    meemer, Jun 27, 2011
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    I think it was not the Christmas sales that sucked (they were good), it was just that the last days of the sales the games offered were really not popular at all.
     
    lozanogo, Jun 28, 2011
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  5. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    I think it might have been the deals for Happy New Year. Not sure tho. and aww, no summer deals yet :(
     
    tetutato, Jun 28, 2011
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    Foudn this on steam forums: Twitter

    Looks like Hydrophobia: Prophecy will be the "Midweek Madness" item that will probably start tomorrow.

    Here's a tweet [or is it twit?] from the devs:

     
    alexUW, Jun 28, 2011
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  7. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    NICE, I've been waiting for a sale on that one.
     
    Bearclaw, Jun 28, 2011
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  8. assaultsuit

    assaultsuit Notebook Evangelist

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    already started here... is that game any good?
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 28, 2011
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  9. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Has an interesting premise: set in future, super rich create isolated society on large cruise ship thingy; then trouble begins....

    I searched and it has mixed reviews. Supposedly it's the first installment of a trilogy, so I know that might turn some people away (chance of incomplete story).

    Steam forums has users crying about weird bloom effects, while others saying it's not a problem.

    I got paid yesterday, so I'll take the $3 plunge.
     
    alexUW, Jun 28, 2011
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  10. fantomasz

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    I bought this game.Looks interesting.
     
    fantomasz, Jun 28, 2011
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  11. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I tried Hydrophobia while it was on Xbox 360, before the "fix" that greatly improved the gameplay.
    For me the game was awesome, so i just rebought it. xD
     
    DEagleson, Jun 28, 2011
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  12. assaultsuit

    assaultsuit Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think my Sig laptop would handle it on high... and buying a game which visuals are the 75% of the reasons to buy it... and not being capable to see that, is a waste. My opinion...
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 28, 2011
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  13. InfectedSonic

    InfectedSonic Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought hydrophobia when it released. its a pretty good game. not super long but it doesnt get boring halfway through like so many out there. as for bugs ive only experienced two of em. one was that my g35 didnt work right on it but that was fixed i think (i didnt use them to play it just tested it). the other was a rope that you shoot off the ceiling not detaching properly making what looked like floating blue macaroni (you can see it here Steam Community :: InfectedSonic :: Screenshots)

    i did have the game crash once on me but not convinced it was the games fault (Itunes i think was the prob since after an uninstall never crashed again)
    Ive never had an issue with bloom or anything like that so i dunno what everyone was complaining about but that was patched also. as for performance there have been a few updates that make it run better now but i always got high fps in the game. the only time the fps would drop was when there was alot of water particles effects going on screen. I really liked it and i do think it was worth the $11 or so dollars i spent on it so its a steal a $3
     
    InfectedSonic, Jun 28, 2011
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  14. assaultsuit

    assaultsuit Notebook Evangelist

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    You think it will run fine on the Dell from my Signature?
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 28, 2011
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  15. fantomasz

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    I must say that game is demanding for my laptop
    all max and just around 30 fps but no problem and play smoth
     
    fantomasz, Jun 28, 2011
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  16. InfectedSonic

    InfectedSonic Notebook Evangelist

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    I dont see why it wouldnt since i ran it on my laptop just fine. The gpu in your xps is better then my 9800m so that shouldnt be an issue there.
     
    InfectedSonic, Jun 29, 2011
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  17. tetutato

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    How is Frontlines Fuel of War? The open world feature kind of makes me want to get it. Are there people still playing multiplayer?
     
    tetutato, Jun 29, 2011
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  18. alexUW

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    Many speculating Summer Sale starts tomorrow [mainly because the 2010 Summer Sale started on a Thursday].

    FINGERS CROSSED :D
     
    alexUW, Jun 29, 2011
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  19. WaR

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    I enjoyed the game a lot. It's very underrated and fun. However, the multiplayer is as good as dead. Perhaps with this sale there will be a small spike in action and you might be able to get a few rounds. In general, though, you'll be lucky to find maybe 3 servers populated, and even then perhaps no more than 10 players in them.
     
    WaR, Jun 29, 2011
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  20. AznImports602

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    Do not get it, it's a waste of money. Multiplayer is dead and the game is buggy. Think about this, Frontline is made by the same people who made Homefront.
     
    AznImports602, Jun 29, 2011
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  21. tetutato

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    I actually enjoyed Homefront for a few days but yea I get your point :)
     
    tetutato, Jun 29, 2011
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    Dead2th3world Pure Hatred

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    Dead2th3world, Jun 29, 2011
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  23. fantomasz

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    this is steam deal thread
     
    fantomasz, Jun 29, 2011
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  24. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    oh look, a volunteer moderator!
     
    rschauby, Jun 29, 2011
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  25. tony_coringa

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    Those bugs make me wanna break it.
     
    tony_coringa, Jun 29, 2011
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  26. AznImports602

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    LOL, this thread had deals on about any video games sale on digital distribution.

    Yup, that was the feeling I had when I paid full price for it when it first came out.

    Same here I put like 50 hours plus in the multiplayer even dealing with all of its bugs. But now im done with it. Too bad I can't say the same for Brink...
     
    AznImports602, Jun 29, 2011
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  27. Lord_Zath

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    I don't mind people posting deals about games. Some can be activated on Steam anyways!
     
    Lord_Zath, Jun 29, 2011
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  28. Syberia

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    Who cares what platform it's on, cheap games are cheap games.
     
    Syberia, Jun 29, 2011
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  29. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    We could just remake the thread and call it "Daily Digital Gaming Deals".
    Not that its needed yet, i dont mind other deals for cheap games.
     
    DEagleson, Jun 30, 2011
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  30. assaultsuit

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    Or make another post about other deals... that would be great, this thread is already huge
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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  31. Lord_Zath

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    Lord_Zath, Jun 30, 2011
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  32. RaYYaN

    RaYYaN Back on NBR :D

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    Under an hour for mid-week madness to end

    Hoping for the summer sale :D :D
     
    RaYYaN, Jun 30, 2011
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  33. Tree_Burner

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    hmm...they could bve slow in uploading the sale, but so far, no summer sale. THe "daily" deal has 263 hours left according to the countdown timer on it though. =)



    EDIT: I do believe it's starting today. LOTS of stuff is on sale.
     
    Tree_Burner, Jun 30, 2011
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  34. assaultsuit

    assaultsuit Notebook Evangelist

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    It seems summer sales started... no great discounts (except valve pack xD), but it seems they are still loading it up... ;)
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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    Crap my steam just crashed. lol

    EDIT: excellent sales on some complete collections.
     
    Tree_Burner, Jun 30, 2011
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  36. assaultsuit

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    the whole system is crippled... they are preparing something huge it seems :fingerscrossed:
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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  37. assaultsuit

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    SFI summer pack     and Valve Pack are interesting... Maybe I'm wrong, but most of other titles get better discounts before... I suppose they would add more titles and discounts from now on 'till end of summer sale
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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  38. alexUW

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    Steam Summer Sale:
    Peggle Extreme for 66% off for the next 11 days !!! :(

    I heard a bunch of games are automatically 25-50% off. Additionally there are daily deals (a group of games), that have an added percent off; in addition to the automatic discount.

    So, when I saw Assassins creed for 25% off I was disappointed, but if it has a daily deal for 75% off I will be happy.
     
    alexUW, Jun 30, 2011
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  39. alexUW

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    alexUW, Jun 30, 2011
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    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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    alexUW, Jun 30, 2011
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  42. Lord_Zath

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    Best part about these summer sales - no need to worry about "running out" of copies. Think it's only happened a couple times in the past...
     
    Lord_Zath, Jun 30, 2011
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  43. HTWingNut

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    They said "down for a few minutes". It's been 30 minutes lol.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 30, 2011
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  44. alexUW

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    Summer Sale is up for me now
     
    alexUW, Jun 30, 2011
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  45. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    It's up but hardly stable, I get connection refused/errors every couple clicks... they are getting hammered while trying to update it live, haha.

    However I did see some of the games on sale...
    witcher 2 $33
    portal 2 $33
    borderlands $5
    oblivion goty $8

    and a whole bunch of collections/packs up
     
    hakira, Jun 30, 2011
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  46. assaultsuit

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    The complete Valve Collection at 50$... including portal 2
     
    assaultsuit, Jun 30, 2011
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  47. alexUW

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    Publisher's packs are pretty neat, but I'm not looking to spend that much.

    Example: Square Enix pack: 50 games for $75 (original $600).
     
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  48. HTWingNut

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    Server is getting hammered, keeps giving errors, can't check anything out. Witcher 2 is $33.49 though. Might bite on that one.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 30, 2011
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  49. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    Ok finally got thru to the "summer camp" page... it's sort of similar to their potato hunt, but different. You earn tickets by achieving stuff in the featured games (like the potato event), but this time you can redeem tickets for different select DLCs for games. They also have the wishlist random winner thing again.

    The DLC's you can "earn" with the tickets are not that great, there's only a couple ones for popular games.

    [​IMG]
     
    hakira, Jun 30, 2011
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  50. HTWingNut

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    I'm just going to wait and check it out later. Keeps timing out. A few things I might get though...
     
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