Steam Holiday Sale

[Matt E. Waldman]

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2933/

This is it. The best ironic steam gift.

Lol, prison tycoon.

[Abadoss]

Well... that's just great. One splurge down. See what you made me do Dhsu?

Anyway, I picked up the two Monkey Island special editions, Tales of Monkey Island, and Portal.

[KyleJCrb]

You didn't have Portal? They gave that one away not too long ago!

[Powerlord]

You didn't have Portal? They gave that one away not too long ago!

Also, since Portal's currently $7.99, why wouldn't you just get Orange Box for $14.99?

Unless he meant he picked up Portal for cheaper earlier in the week...

[kitty]

EDIT: Alternatively, is borderlands one of those games where you don't really need the DLC to have fun, in which case, it IS only $10? Please answer no to this question. For my bank account's sake.

I thoroughly enjoyed General Knoxx plus it does some nice things like introduce some minor changes to add versatility to the classes and increase the level cap. You can definitely do without Mad Moxxi though.

[Abadoss]

Also, since Portal's currently $7.99, why wouldn't you just get Orange Box for $14.99?

Unless he meant he picked up Portal for cheaper earlier in the week...

I already had Half-Life 2 and Episode 1...

[Imagist]

So there are some cool sales right now. A few of them are actually repeats from Black Friday (EVE Online, KOTOR) but others are ones I have been waiting a while for! Like Mirror's Edge for $5!

[Dunther]

I bought (not counting the treasure hunt sales), Left 4 Dead 2 (too many of my friends play it, time to try) and...

SUUUUUUUPER Meat Boy, wich is really awesome.

[Kenogu Labz]

Machinarium's cheap again, beautiful buy if you haven't already. Mirror's Edge and KOTOR both look like good deals, too, though haven't played Mirror's Edge myself.

Anyone know if Neverwinter Nights 2 is worth it if you haven't played the first?

[BardicKnowledge]

Machinarium's cheap again, beautiful buy if you haven't already. Mirror's Edge and KOTOR both look like good deals, too, though haven't played Mirror's Edge myself.

Anyone know if Neverwinter Nights 2 is worth it if you haven't played the first?

If you want Machinarium, go buy the Humble Indie Bundle instead as it comes with a TON of great games. humblebundle.com -- no direct link because I'm on my iPod waiting for pizza.

[Gollgagh]

too late dood

it ended a couple days ago I think

[Imagist]

Yeah. But you can still get Braid and Machinarium (my favorite two of the bunch) for $8 with today's sales.

[Dunther]

Braid is a fucking masterpiece, everyone should play it, everyone.

[KyleJCrb]

Mirror's Edge is definitely worth the $5. The controls are slightly wonky, but once you get used to it, it's a most excellent game.

[Tensei]

Anyone know if Neverwinter Nights 2 is worth it if you haven't played the first?

Yes.

Hell Yes.

Hell Fucking Yes.

NWN 2 is an absolute steal for this price and it's without a doubt the best deal out of todays ones. Worth it, if only for the Mask of the Betrayer expansion.

[Graycascade]

Picked up the King's Bounty pack. Never heard of it, but it looked interesting.

[Kenogu Labz]

It's a fun take on the hex-grid RPG, with a troop-based spin, but it has caused my computer to blue-screen several times; something to do with the Nvidia graphics drivers. Tried replacing the driver to no avail, so I'll have to wait 'til I pick up a new computer to play it.

Enjoyed the parts I did get to, though. Definitely not easy, but certainly fun.

[Powerlord]

I'm tempted to pick up Global Agenda, since it looked interesting... but I'm not sure how much it relies on its online component. Although, it does appear that its online component is now free to play.

[Dunther]

Taken SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition...not sure I will ever play that but...

I was tempted about the Doom collection but I think I can pass that for now, my main interest was only Doom 3.

[Powerlord]

New day, new deals... the interesting ones I see today are:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent for $6.80

The Quake Collection for $10.20. Note: Quake 4 is not on Steam, so it is not part of the Quake Collection or iD Software pack.

Dead Space for $6.80

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY for $4.00

I've been eyeing The Ball for a while, but I don't really know if it's any good, but it's part of today's sale. (Fun fact: It's published by the same people that make Killing Floor)

[Dunther]

Taken Swords & Soldiers HD, I would really like to play Amnesia but I tried the demo and my PC can't run it properly...

[Graycascade]

Amnesia: The Dark Descent for $6.80

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This makes me very glad I didn't buy this three weeks ago.

Note: if you have any previous Penumbra title, Amnesia's only $4.80.

[Dafydd]

The Quake Collection for $10.20. Note: Quake 4 is not on Steam, so it is not part of the Quake Collection or iD Software pack.

Word of warning though - the soundtracks are not included, so there is no music in those games, which is a shame considering how good those soundtracks really are. They also don't seem to run under Windows 7. I used a free engine called DarkPlaces (which is a stand-alone executable which uses Quake's data files) to play Quake, dunno how to go about playing Q2 or Q3. Personally, I think it's really lame to sell old games like these without modifying them to work under a recent OS, especially without warning you about compatibility issues. At least the very oldest games like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D are shipped with DOSBox so you can just run them out of the box.

[Dunther]

Yeah I've not bought Q2 on Steam because the soundtrack isn't there...

I think copyright issues...

[Gollgagh]

Well see quake 1 and 2 used redbook audio (meaning steamed the music from CD). I'm pretty sure it's not copyright issues, but instead an issue of reprogramming some stuff, but really that's just plain lazy.

Are you sure that the audio isn't there? I'm installing my copy right now just to check if it's in there somewhere