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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2009, 11:59:32 PM »
I sincerely doubt there's anyone out there (especially people who are watching this topic >_>) that hasn't played Portal/TF2/Any of the HL2 games, but if there IS, the Orange Box is 15 bucks today, too.   

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #26 on: December 29, 2009, 08:36:45 AM »
I disagree, Prey is shit, boring and not worth a damned cent.

Get STALKER instead.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2009, 11:51:51 AM »
Curses.  I bought The Orange Box (and didn't really download it) four days ago at 22 bucks, which was still a good deal, but not as good.  And still have a store copy of Bioshock lying around which I bought for 20$.

Also thinking I should have gotten the id pack for 25 bucks after all, though whatever.  I've plennnnnnnnnty of gaming for awhile now.  (Got Braid, Secret of Monkey Island - only played Curse / Escape before, and the LucasArts pack.)  Combined with ALSO having KOTOR2 still lying around forever unplayed.  Ack.

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2009, 07:14:45 PM »
Jade Empire for less than $4 today, if anyone cares.


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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #29 on: December 29, 2009, 07:31:54 PM »
... hrm. Bioware RPGs. I do like them, despite myself. Is it any good, people who've played it?

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2009, 09:04:17 PM »
Heck, even I'm interested in that one, since it looks like an action-RPG system instead of BioWare's usual crap.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2009, 09:26:45 PM »
It is.  Can't say much more than that though, as I'm not all that far into it.

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2009, 09:52:25 PM »
It is $4 good.  PC Version is incredibly playable.  Probably one of their better ports all things considered.

It is a Bioware game, you know what you are getting yourself into even with it being an action combat system.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2009, 10:00:43 PM »
Yeah, more or less what I figured. Bought it an hour or so ago, because, damn. $3.75.

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #34 on: December 30, 2009, 06:47:18 PM »
Both Max Payne games, $3.74. I'm sure Super will join me in whipping people into buying that.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2009, 07:04:55 PM »
Both Max Payne games, $3.74. I'm sure Super will join me in whipping people into buying that.

Also me. Two of the best games ever made, people.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #36 on: December 30, 2009, 09:04:40 PM »
I never finished the second, but the first is a classic everyone should play.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #37 on: December 30, 2009, 09:44:37 PM »
The second is will worth playing for about 3/4 of it.  By the end of it you will be sick of the actual map, but everything involving Address Unknown is awesome.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #38 on: December 30, 2009, 10:11:53 PM »
Just chiming in with my love of Max Payne. They should be played.

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #39 on: December 30, 2009, 10:22:19 PM »
Yes, they are up your alley.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #40 on: December 30, 2009, 11:08:36 PM »
As a heads up for people getting Max Payne on today's sale, and if you have Vista/Windows 7...


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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #41 on: December 31, 2009, 08:08:55 AM »
Just chiming in with my love of Max Payne. They should be played.

ARRRRGH should I buy the Telltale Everything Pack? Should I?

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #42 on: December 31, 2009, 12:50:31 PM »
Get X-Com.  All of you.  Especially those who don't have it.  If you have it?  Buy another copy and send it to the slackers who don't.


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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #43 on: December 31, 2009, 06:49:28 PM »
Street Fighter 4 for $10 is a ridiculously good deal for anyone with a good PC. I won't be getting it since I have it on 360 already though.

Half Life Source for $2.50 today as well.


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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2009, 06:52:10 PM »
Street Fighter 4 for $10 is a ridiculously good deal for anyone with a good PC.

Indeed. Everybody get it so I have people to play against.

Half-Life sucks in any engine, though.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #45 on: January 01, 2010, 01:23:35 AM »
Half-Life Source is from all reports I have heard both nice and not so good.  The updated graphics and stuff are cool and all, but the game is just a bit off because of the physics engine differences.  So meh.  Either or.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #46 on: January 01, 2010, 02:10:48 AM »
Street Fighter 4 is tons of fun and it involves Ken wars.  Buy it for ten dollars.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #47 on: January 01, 2010, 03:22:54 PM »
Apparently Grefter is psychic, because Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is now on sale for $10.
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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #48 on: January 01, 2010, 03:29:31 PM »
Finally bit the bullet and purchased Telltale's Everything. I was also flirting with buying the Eidos pack just for the Hitman games, but then noticed that there's a separate Hitman pack with all three for $13.50 or so. Nice.

... and now I want to buy The Awakened. Should I? Gref? Goddamn. I won't need to buy another game until halfway through 2011.

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Re: Steam Holiday Sale - RECOMMENDATIONS REQUESTED
« Reply #49 on: January 02, 2010, 12:17:48 AM »
Let me put it this way.

It is a bad game.  You will have fun, but it is baaaaad.  The story is really quite fine and everything (albeit a bit light on the Lovecraft for my taste).  Just the actual gameplay itself is really not great.
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