2011 Steam Holiday Sale DEAD!

[FalconHorse]

The Overlord games are actually quite fun. They are like Pikmin if you ever played that series on the Gamecube.

Never played Pikmin, but good to know you think the game is good. Wonder if I will ever get through half of these games in my library.

 

[NTAC]

In for Just Cause 2 and Max Payne 2... not bad for the first day, keeping my composure.

 

[busydude]

Haha! It is a good thing that I am out of the country. No playing games and my wallet is safe with me here.

 

[Ig]

Fix for missing inventory items. i.e. if you only have 1 item after completing the first achievement when you're supposed to have 2.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2305280

Spiral Knight fix worked for me and it's the smallest download. Got my second item after the spiral knights tab showed up.

 

[s1njin]

Will the first page of this thread be updated daily or must we dig for each day's deals?


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[rivethead]

I know Steam was really buggy yesterday so I thought I'd point out (as I suspect many have missed this): those inventory items (free games, coupons, etc.) can be gifted and traded to other users. So if you have coupons you'll never use (like a 50% off Valve and a 33% of CGSG games coupon like I have) you can trade them for something you will use.

That should be interesting. Let the Anandtech Steam inventory gift market begin!

 

[pontifex]

Fix for missing inventory items. i.e. if you only have 1 item after completing the first achievement when you're supposed to have 2.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2305280

Spiral Knight fix worked for me and it's the smallest download. Got my second item after the spiral knights tab showed up.

I went into portal 2, then the store and exited the game. i now have 2 lumps of coal that weren't there earlier.

 

[pontifex]

I know Steam was really buggy yesterday so I thought I'd point out (as I suspect many have missed this): those inventory items (free games, coupons, etc.) can be gifted and traded to other users. So if you have coupons you'll never use (like a 50% off Valve and a 33% of CGSG games coupon like I have) you can trade them for something you will use.

That should be interesting. Let the Anandtech Steam inventory gift market begin!

Well I have Portal 1, HL2, and a 33% off a Valve game ATM if anyone wants to trade. Not sure what I'd want to trade for though.

 

[astrosfan315]

Will the first page of this thread be updated daily or must we dig for each day's deals?


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Kaotik's good about updating the thread at the beginning.

 

[CPA]

Yup, nothing pops up when you hover over them either. You have to click on each one, HUGE pain in the ass. How did they screw up a system that has worked so well for years?

Pops up for me.


Checked this morning and I'm still missing a prize for checking my inventory and getting the Orcs Must Die Achievement.

Interestingly, I bought the Bunch of Heroes 4 pack and gifted two of them. Both were accepted an installed, however, my inventory still shows that I have 3 gifts to give.

Lastly, the only gift I did receive is for 25% off a Valve product. I never get the good stuff

 

[colaxs]

I got day of defeat source and a lump of coal lol

 

[Rakewell]

I know it's been asked already,

But can anyone comment on Bunch of Heroes? Worth the Purchase?

 

[rivethead]

I got day of defeat source and a lump of coal lol

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Congrats. Better than the coupons most are getting. Remember that lump of coal can either

1) be combined with 6 others to get you another gift from the gift pile (likely a coupon, but maybe a game!), or
2) be used as an entry on 1/2 for their big giveaway.

Personally, I'd rather get coal than the coupons, but it's only day 1 and I'm confident my luck will change (think positive right?)

 

[zinfamous]

Fix for missing inventory items. i.e. if you only have 1 item after completing the first achievement when you're supposed to have 2.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2305280

Spiral Knight fix worked for me and it's the smallest download. Got my second item after the spiral knights tab showed up.

hmm. didn't work for me. Tried loading Team Fortress 2 and still short one item (from listed total), and 3 items in my inventory.

First team I actually loaded TF2. :hmm:
Don't have Portal 2

 

[KaOTiK]

I know it's been asked already,

But can anyone comment on Bunch of Heroes? Worth the Purchase?

No, it is crap. I spent $1.87 from a 4pack on it and still feel ripped off

 

[KaOTiK]

Will the first page of this thread be updated daily or must we dig for each day's deals?


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'll be updating the OP each day when the new sales go live. Only exception is if something comes up and I wont be at my computer around 1pm EST

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Congrats. Better than the coupons most are getting. Remember that lump of coal can either

1) be combined with 6 others to get you another gift from the gift pile (likely a coupon, but maybe a game!), or
2) be used as an entry on 1/2 for their big giveaway.

Personally, I'd rather get coal than the coupons, but it's only day 1 and I'm confident my luck will change (think positive right?)

I just wish the tasks to do were games I had. The Orcs Must Die task was only in the first level, is that how these things are generally?

 

[CPA]

I know it's been asked already,

But can anyone comment on Bunch of Heroes? Worth the Purchase?

Server coding, both interface and actual gameplay, suck. You literally can not scroll through the list of games. You get one page of games, many of which are already full.

 

[astrosfan315]

I read the steamforums about Bunch of Heroes and decided not to purchase..not many good comments at all.

 

[Craig234]

I've fogotten, do the daily achievments have to be completed that day to get the gift, or can you complete them later during the holiday sale?

I haven't played most of the games onthe first day's list and it'll take a while to complete the achievments I'm pretty sure.

 

[Rakewell]

Server coding, both interface and actual gameplay, suck. You literally can not scroll through the list of games. You get one page of games, many of which are already full.

Thanks, brother. I almost bit, too. :thumbsup:

 

[CPA]

I've fogotten, do the daily achievments have to be completed that day to get the gift, or can you complete them later during the holiday sale?

I haven't played most of the games onthe first day's list and it'll take a while to complete the achievments I'm pretty sure.

Over the summer, when they had the tickets, you could do the achievements any day.

 

[Craig234]

I still don't have any gifts listed; I went into TF2 store, browsed a little, still none.

 

[zokudu]

I saw the witcher 1 and 2, MW2, Tropico 4, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Half life franchise sale and thats all I could catch before the store went down.

 

[Barfo]

I just wish the tasks to do were games I had. The Orcs Must Die task was only in the first level, is that how these things are generally?

Some are really easy, but a couple from the summer sale were pretty hard.