2011 Steam Summer Sale:DEAD!

[epidemis]

Yes and yes

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

just cause 2 is hella fun but it's more of a sandbox game than a mission driven game. I think you can do something like the above .gif in garry's mod. It's very open so you can mess around, and that's the best part of the game.

 

[Phynaz]

Click on the little "Games" drop-down menu arrow in the top left of your library, see if it's under "media" or something like that.

Nope.

I bought Just Cause 2 with the strategy guide, and I wanted to download just the guide to my laptop.

 

[Dankk]

Is Braid worth the two-fiddy? Or will I tear apart my gamepad in frustration?

Yes, and maybe, depending on your tolerance for puzzle games. It's a beautifully-made title, great visuals, music, and gameplay, however the puzzles can become extremely difficult.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

+1 for just cause 2. Been totally waiting for it to go on sale. Missed out the other times.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

JC2 for sure, and HOMM V. Forget Railworks 2, and you have Shogun 2 to keep you busy instead of E@W

Well, that's what I did..Shogun 2, JC2 and HOMM V.

But Empire at War lets you blow up planets! ah well, there's always Christmas sale, I need every dollar in case Fable 3 comes up during the rest of the week.

I just realized also that I've only been buying steam games since Feb 11(I bought Arma 2 in 2009 but that was a one-off thing because I couldn't travel to buy in store), and I've got 60 games. And I've still got 62 games on wishlist, although some of them are placeholders for a trilogy or sometimes even more(no point adding all of them). Even though I removed like 15 without purchase after closer review lol).

 

[CPA]

For those that missed the sale on Witcher 2, Direct2Drive has it at $37 today.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Describe Racettear problem please! SHE NEEDS TO PLAY IT.

Weeeeell, it's installed on her UL80VT-A1 laptop running Win7 64-bit.

Apparently, there's some driver issues where:
A. The sound does not play.
B. The background does not show - we started the game and there's a bunch of random characters walking around on a black screen.

I believe the sound issue can be sidestepped by installing an additional program in there, but I'm not too sure about the improper display.

 

[shortylickens]

It would seem the only way to get GTA 1 an 2 is to buy the whole collection.

 

[MajorMullet]

It would seem the only way to get GTA 1 an 2 is to buy the whole collection.

I don't know why Steam doesn't have those in their "Free games" library since they're both free downloads from Rockstar.

 

[zinfamous]

It would seem the only way to get GTA 1 an 2 is to buy the whole collection.

someone mentioned earlier that you may have trouble with those on modern systems. ...and they are somewhat fun, but not really worth it, imo. Just get zombie driver for a somewhat similar type of game.


I want to grab Shogun 2, but I feel that by the time I get around to playing it, it will been on sale again, and for cheaper.

anyone have any experience with this on a ~Phenom II (965 BE for me) and a 5850, or similar system? It looks great, I'd just like to be able to take advantage of the sexiness.


I've also heard that the HMM people really hate on HMMV, But I'm wondering if $5 for the whole set (also Dark Messiah--the demo of which I hated) is worth it?

:hmm:

that might be a stupid question.

 

[zinfamous]

I don't know why Steam doesn't have those in their "Free games" library since they're both free downloads from Rockstar.

oops!

 

[busydude]

I think I am going for KoTR..

 

[gorcorps]

Is Braid worth the two-fiddy? Or will I tear apart my gamepad in frustration?

Braid is a good game, but does NOT natively support a gamepad. You need to use another program to map keyboard commands to the controller inputs.

 

[RandomSanity]

These steam sales are genius.. I've bought 4 games I had very little interest in just to get the summer achievement tickets and 3 of those ended up being good games! These Indie developers must love these sales.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Braid is a good game, but does NOT natively support a gamepad. You need to use another program to map keyboard commands to the controller inputs.

You sure about that? When I played it, I'm certain it had native support for the 360 gamepad.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

All that DLC for Civ 5- does it open up additional civilizations in the main epic campaign or only in scenarios?

 

[gorcorps]

You sure about that? When I played it, I'm certain it had native support for the 360 gamepad.

Unless they've updated it since it was in one of those humble indie packs. I bought it then, started it and was immediately shocked that it didn't have gamepad support. Googled to check on forums and they all said to use joy2key or something like that to remap the keyboard commands.

edit: I just tried it now and it works. I may have been misremembering and I actually was trying to use a different gamepad than the 360 one and that was the issue. Either way at least the 360 pad works now in the steam version (I had also only played the stand alone version before it came to steam, though I don't think it was different).

 

[KeithTalent]

Heh, those Just Cause 2 gifs sold me. Just bought the game.

Now I am seriously eyeing Shogun 2 at $29.99. Demo was great, just not sure I feel like spending $30 on a strategy game. :hmm:

KT

 

[Maximilian]

How many games can you do this in?

It is a very fun game.

Fuck me that is pretty specialist :thumbsup:

 

[KaOTiK]

Heh, those Just Cause 2 gifs sold me. Just bought the game.

Now I am seriously eyeing Shogun 2 at $29.99. Demo was great, just not sure I feel like spending $30 on a strategy game. :hmm:

KT

You can usually find legit keys on ebay for it since the game comes with various video cards now. I think the normal price on their is like $20-25. I came across that from a person over on the CAG forums.

Thanks for the sticky btw :awe:

 

[KeithTalent]

You can usually find legit keys on ebay for it since the game comes with various video cards now. I think the normal price on their is like $20-25. I came across that from a person over on the CAG forums.

Thanks for the sticky btw :awe:

My pleasure sir, even though you are likely to cost me several dollars over the next few days. :hmm:

KT

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Seriously, thank you Kaotik for this thread. Great way to keep track of "dead deals" to check and see if you missed something or what is potentially coming up. Keep up the good work and know that people appreciate your efforts, even if they don't verbalize it.

Thanks again.

 

[JujuFish]

edit: I just tried it now and it works. I may have been misremembering and I actually was trying to use a different gamepad than the 360 one and that was the issue. Either way at least the 360 pad works now in the steam version (I had also only played the stand alone version before it came to steam, though I don't think it was different).

That's probably the case. I got it a year before it was on sale in the Humble Indie Bundle, and it worked natively with my 360 gamepad back then.

 

[KaOTiK]

Seriously, thank you Kaotik for this thread. Great way to keep track of "dead deals" to check and see if you missed something or what is potentially coming up. Keep up the good work and know that people appreciate your efforts, even if they don't verbalize it.

Thanks again.

Thank you I appreciate it and am glad you find it helpful