The Big Steam PC Game Sale

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 16:16

Here's a big list of games for sale on Steam.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key ... xZGc&hl=en

So - what are the good ones?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I opened this thinking "Hurrah! Grim... has gone through all the Steam games on offer and will now tell us what all the good offers are!"

>:|

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 16:22

I'm getting there.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

I've just spent a massive £8.98 and got 7 games

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 17:02

DavPaz wrote:

I've just spent a massive £8.98 and got 7 games

...

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 17:11

I love Audiosurf. It's slightly lacking in terms of game mechanics, but as a pretty fiddle-toy it's fantastic. And chasing high scores for your favourite songs so that you can officially Be The Best In The World at them can be weirdly compelling. I appreciate it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but at £1.50 it's a total bargain.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 17:13

People still play games on the PC? It's almost 2010 furrevan's sake!

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

I bought:

Time Gentleman please/Ben there dan that
Shadowgrounds pack
Mirror's Edge
Defense Gride

for 11,5€

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 17:55

I bought Machinarium the other day in that pack deal.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

is it good?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 17:59

Haven't played it much, but it looks divine.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

I just bought:
Stalker
Beyond good and evil
Braid
Shadowgrounds
Rome Total war gold
for 8.05

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 18:35

Trying to checkout but it keeps erroring on me.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Th3Mull3dW1n0K1d wrote:

People still play games on the PC? It's almost 2010 furrevan's sake!

Get out. Go on, out!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Hee hee! Dark Forces is ace. And old. And runs in DOS. But still ace.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:11

DavPaz wrote:

Hee hee! Dark Forces is ace. And old. And runs in DOS. But still ace.

I didn't spot Dark Forces in there - now I'm tempted. Do Steam take Paypal?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Braid and Stalker are must haves at those prices.

Edit: Defence Grid and Mirror's Edge too.

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:27

devilsnowman wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Hee hee! Dark Forces is ace. And old. And runs in DOS. But still ace.

I didn't spot Dark Forces in there - now I'm tempted. Do Steam take Paypal?

Yes they do. I'm tempted to grab Jedi Academy - it's a very up and down game but the fight in the hanger where Luke Skywalker turns up to help you is one of the great set-pieces in videogaming history.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:38

Bobbyaro Ho Ho wrote:

I just bought:
Stalker

I'm so sorry for you

Quote:

Rome Total war gold

Got this, and MedII:TW, even though I already have them, due to cd key in storage/cd needed in drive.
Also: Civ4 pack and the unreal pack

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

I got the jedi pack or similar. All the jedi knight games

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:50

Dark Forces has that problem of "where the hell does it want me to go next?" as Jedi Knight one and two did. I still have the CD from byegone days on my shelf and I think I played it thrice over the last 15 yar.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:52

It has now let me purchase Time Gentlemen Please.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

Also, can someone better at maths add these up to the quoted total?

Quote:

STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl 1.21 GBP
Shadowgrounds 1.03 GBP
Braid 1.51 GBP
Beyond Good and Evil 2.17 GBP
Rome: Total War Gold 1.08 GBP

Total 8.05 GBP

All prices include VAT where applicable.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 19:57

Pound five for electrons.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Dimvinterblot wrote:

It has now let me purchase Time Gentlemen Please.

I mesmerised the author of this with my sequinned jacket at the OLL party on the 18th.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:26

lucasarts adventure pack for £1.74 is a great deal.

2 indiana jones point and clickers and also loom and the dig.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:31

Is Loom the talkie edition?

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:42

Dimvinterblot wrote:

Is Loom the talkie edition?

yeah.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:44

Hmm. Might be worth it to stop faffing with DOSbox to get my CD-ROMs working again. Then again, ScummVM on my DS is the preferred playback device and I've bought the games in there twice over already.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Y'know, I'm quite suprised Valve themselves don't really put things on sale, bar that 87% off offer on Half-Life a while ago.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:49

they had team f 2 for 3 quid for a day a couple of months back.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 22:49

Also you can get both the abe oddworld pack for 2 quid.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

Pod wrote:

potentially might buy based on current price:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3970
http://store.steampowered.com/app/20900
http://store.steampowered.com/app/9870

The RRP of the retail CD version of Prey is a fiver and you can get it for £3.73 delivered from thehut.com (or even as little as £2.50 for a new copy via Amazon Marketplace). Plus I'm pretty sure you can just bang the CD key into Steam and have it loaded into that, if you're OCD about having as many of your games in Steam as possible.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

tossrStu wrote:

Pod wrote:

potentially might buy based on current price:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3970
http://store.steampowered.com/app/20900
http://store.steampowered.com/app/9870

The RRP of the retail CD version of Prey is a fiver and you can get it for £3.73 delivered from thehut.com (or even as little as £2.50 for a new copy via Amazon Marketplace). Plus I'm pretty sure you can just bang the CD key into Steam and have it loaded into that, if you're OCD about having as many of your games in Steam as possible.

This is why I haven't bought them yet. I was either waiting form them to come down in price, or shop around. I'm not that arsed about them, but if they come down in price more for some reason I will IMPULSE SNAP them up.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

If you are interested in Prey, just play the demo, it goes downhill pretty rapidly after the rather excellent intro.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:01

See I thunked it got better after the first few diabolical maps.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:04

I thought it got a bit dull after you stopped being able to die.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:05

I think I got well over my money's enjoyment from it. Salvage Walk.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

LewieP wrote:

If you are interested in Prey, just play the demo, it goes downhill pretty rapidly after the rather excellent intro.

I go bored of it very quckly after finding out I was effectively invincible. It didn't help that I got to a series of puzzley rooms that took all the enjoyment out of the gravity-toying element not long afterwards, too.

I may have picked it up again later, but the funsquare went sui a few weeks later, and I lent the games away. Meh. I wouldn't bother with it again, personally, unless you really like walking through huge anus doors.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Dimvinterblot wrote:

Hmm. Might be worth it to stop faffing with DOSbox to get my CD-ROMs working again. Then again, ScummVM on my DS is the preferred playback device and I've bought the games in there twice over already.

Why not run SCUMMVM under Windows? Why is DOSBox involved?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:36

Dimvinterblot wrote:

I think I got well over my money's enjoyment from it. Salvage Walk.

I still need help whoring out the multiplayer cheevs. Do you still have it?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:18

Of course I do. I've only traded in two games in my Xbox 360 owning history and I still regret it.

Plissken · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 13:33

Secret of Monkey Island SE
LucasArts pack
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Braid
Audiosurf

£9.86. Can't argue with that.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 13:52

Hmm Out Run 2006 C2C is on there too for £1.24. I think I'll buy that later, even though I've not currently got a PC that would run it satisfactorily.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 13:54

Time Gentlemen Please is fucking awful.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 14:03

Dimvinterblot wrote:

Time Gentlemen Please is fucking awful.

fuck off its great. sorry bit floral for this time of year. whats doing your nut in?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 14:04

Terrible scrolling making head and eyes hurt.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 19:03

theres 5 new daily deals up, I'd post them but I'm leaving the house right now.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - down from £18 to £9
id Super Pack - down from £38 to £13
Left 4 Dead 2 - down from £30 to £21
Need for Speed: Shift - down from £30 to £22.50
Football Manager 2010 - down from £30 to £22.50

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