It's Here, and It's Massive: Steam Holiday Sale 2010

[Paingod]

On the other, I've never finished it because it turns into a grind that wears me out until the thought of even playing it is too exhausting.

I've got gamer's ADD. It's very rare for me to finish a game, so I never expect to see the end of any of them. I usually play a game for a weekend - maybe a week - and then install a new/old one. Grinds don't bother me - I'm really just there to have some fun and when the fun stops, I move to another game.

The only exceptions to date are Minecraft, Everquest, and City of Heroes. The MMO's are gone due to monthly subscription.

Recently (within the last three years) think I beat Knights of the Old Republic once, Evil Genius once, StarTopia a couple times, Space Rangers 2 once ... and that might be it. Hundreds, nay, thousands of hours of gaming and I hardly beat anything.

[YellowKing]

In for King's Bounty. It's cheaper to rebuy KB and KBAP than to buy Crosswinds expansion on its own!

I agree with the sentiments on King's Bounty, but it is one of those games I find myself coming back to regularly. For $8 and some change it is a tremendously good value.

[Paingod]

I did it. That's the last of my holiday cheer. Now I'll have to go back to saving my allowance to buy games. My Steam list is now...

King's Bounty: Collection
Borderlands GOTY
Torchlight
Greed: Black Border
Sword of the Stars - Complete Collection
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold
Star Wolves 2
Zombie Driver
Company of Heroes Complete Pack
Overlord: Raising Hell
Bioshock (NA)
Zombie Shooter 2
Complete Shooter Pack
Oddworld Abes Oddysee and Exoddus package
Overlord
Sacred Gold
Evil Genius
Defense Grid: The Awakening
The Best of TiltedMill
Risk II Stand Alone
X-Com Complete Pack
Ultimate Doom
Portal
Stubbs the Zombie
Shadowgrounds Survivor and Shadowgrounds
X3: Reunion

... and roughly 95% of those were "It's on sale and dirt cheap, why not" purchases.

[ChaoZ]

Added IL2-1946 today along with Sim City 4.

[Lassr]

In for King's Bounty. It's cheaper to rebuy KB and KBAP than to buy Crosswinds expansion on its own!

I agree with the sentiments on King's Bounty, but it is one of those games I find myself coming back to regularly. For $8 and some change it is a tremendously good value.

I bought the Platinum pack off Amazon. Been playing the first one and liked it but was getting very frustrated with running out of gold to buy an Army after getting into fights with equal or stronger armies.

then I discovered the cheats, actually makes the game less frustrating having enough gold to replace my armies

[GreenGoo]

Bought King's Bounty against my better judgment. Figure I'll get to it next summer. Maybe.

Overlord has been a huge surprise hit here. Kids just sit around watching with their mouths hanging open, completely engrossed while I play. When the minions urinated in the Halfling homes, they laughed their asses off.

A lot of fun so far.

[Tscott]

I finally caved and got SimCity4 and Mount & Blade Warband. Those were two that I was on the borderline of buying in previous sales, but eventually resisted. Well, I resisted no more.

Anyone have anything to say about the indie deal, Protogalaxy?

[Kelric]

Nothing for me. My bank account is very disappointed in Steam this year.

[Tscott]

Anyone have anything to say about the indie deal, Protogalaxy?

I just found an entertaining 25 min look into the game - WTF is Protogalaxy? Funny video. Still on the fence on if I'll put $2.50 down on it. One note is apparently they've set up the ability to set hotkeys for weapons which wasn't in the game when this video came out.

[Carpet_pissr]

I read somewhere that the DVD based version of Sim City 4 doesn't run on Win 7/64, but the Steam version does? Can anyone verify that?

[GreenGoo]

Fingers crossed we see another deal on Borderlands. Probably should have pulled the trigger already.

[LawBeefaroni]

Fingers crossed we see another deal on Borderlands. Probably should have pulled the trigger already.

I'm waiting on/hoping for a better Borderlands DLC deal.

[godhugh]

I read somewhere that the DVD based version of Sim City 4 doesn't run on Win 7/64, but the Steam version does? Can anyone verify that?

Yep, it works fine.

[Kelric]

I caved and got Crysis.

[LawBeefaroni]

Why does a Steam game need SecureROM?

[Lassr]

New day new deals.

Dead Space looks interesting. Anyone else played it and can give me a nudge toward the purchase?

[Carpet_pissr]

Can someone indicate which one of the Brothers in Arms is best? Looks like might be a case where the earlier ones are better than the most recent?

(I only want one, not the whole pack)

[Doomboy]

New day new deals.

Dead Space looks interesting. Anyone else played it and can give me a nudge toward the purchase?

It reminded me a bit of System Shock. More linear than System Shock, but you can go back to previous areas, so it was similar. Good scary atmosphere. You can upgrade your suit and weapons, but I never felt like I was overpowered, so there was always that feeling of dread.

The end gets a bit annoying, but it is one of the few games I have managed to finish in the last few years.

[Sandpuppy]

The full list:

Sniper: Ghost Warrior (-75%) $7.50
City of Heroes: Going Rogue Complete Collection (-75%) $10.00
The Ball (-75%) $4.99
Quake Collection (-66%) $10.20
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (-66%) $6.80, or $4.80 if you own any Penumbra game
Plants vs Zombies: GotY Edition (-60%) $4.00
Brothers in Arms: All Games (-75%)
* Road to Hill 30 $2.50
* Earned in Blood $2.50
* Hell's Highway $4.99
* Whole Pack $9.99
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (-75%) $4.99
Hearts of Iron III: Complete Pack (-75%) $14.10
Swords & Soldiers (-75%) $2.50
Dead Space (-66%) $6.80
Greed Corp (-75%) $2.50

Daily Indie Deal: Archon Classic (-75%) $2.50


The Quake Collection is just Q1, Q2, and Q3 with all the add-ons, so no Quake IV or Quake Wars.

[Doomboy]

I can't seem to buy Hearts of Iron III Complete. It just tells me to contact customer support. Which I don't feel like bothering with.

[GreenGoo]

I've got Greed Corp on my wishlist for some reason, so I guess I'll pick that up.

Been interested in Dead SPace for awhile, so I guess I'll take that too.

Don't know anything about the Ball or Swords and Soldiers. I'll look around before deciding on those.

[Freezer-TPF-]

Finally a Dead Space daily sale! Excellent.

[Blackhawk]

I'm tempted on The Ball. I've looked at it before, and it looks a bit like Portal meets Painkiller, plus a ball.

[GreenGoo]

I'm tempted on The Ball. I've looked at it before, and it looks a bit like Portal meets Painkiller, plus a ball.

Just watched the video. Wow, yeah, that does look interesting. Somewhat innovative gameplay, in that it takes the gravity gun from HL2 and multiplies it by 1000, plus, there's a ball.

Anyone looking for FPS with a twist, take a look at the video.

[Archinerd]

Plants v. Zombies for sure. On the fence with Dead Space and The Ball.

[ChaoZ]

Do I need all that DLC for HoI 3? The base game is $4.99. Never played one of those before and from those screenshots, it looks like a very dense game.

[Defiant]

Do I need all that DLC for HoI 3? The base game is $4.99. Never played one of those before and from those screenshots, it looks like a very dense game.

The DLC is just graphics or music additions, apart from the Semper Fi expansion (reviews on that seem mixed to positive)

[YellowKing]

Dead Space is a great game and well worth it.

I'm tempted on Amnesia - reviews were good and it's supposed to be super-scary. Anybody had any experience with it?

[LawBeefaroni]

I'm tempted on Amnesia - reviews were good and it's supposed to be super-scary. Anybody had any experience with it?

Yes. The gameplay movie convinced me that it is too scary for me to play.

[silverjon]

I've been intrigued about Amnesia as feedback from OOers playing it indicates that it is so scary it requires frequent breaks to calm down.

I'll probably bite and pick up the indie Blueberry Garden while I'm at it (80% off all sale - I'm not worried about a daily deal). Then they will sit uninstalled in my game list indefinitely. This will be my first purchase for me this holiday sale.

[Chaz]

If I didn't have Amnesia and Dead Space already, I'd be getting them. This looks like one of my bigger days, as I'm likely getting Swords & Soldiers, Sniper, Kane & Lynch 2, and Greed Corp. Any disabling on any of those?

[Lassr]

Can someone indicate which one of the Brothers in Arms is best? Looks like might be a case where the earlier ones are better than the most recent?

(I only want one, not the whole pack)

I enjoyed them all, I do remember liking the first 2 more than Hell's Highway but can't remember why.

[daedalus]

Anyone have anything to say about the indie deal, Protogalaxy?

I just found an entertaining 25 min look into the game - WTF is Protogalaxy? Funny video. Still on the fence on if I'll put $2.50 down on it. One note is apparently they've set up the ability to set hotkeys for weapons which wasn't in the game when this video came out.

protogalaxy wasn't my thing but that review guy's "WTF is" series is insanely amusing. thanks for finding it.

[Dan256]

Well, I'm in for Dead Space and Amnesia.

I think part of me actually believes I'll be able to play these games after I'm dead and in the Netherworld. I can't think of any other reason I'd have so many games in my backlog and still feel the need to get more.

[Octavious]

If you like horror games you would be silly not to get Amnesia.. It had me screaming out loud at some points...

[hepcat]

If you like horror games you would be silly not to get Amnesia.. It had me screaming out loud at some points...

Barbie's Adventure Island had you screaming out loud, for cripe's sake.

But yeah...Amnesia's a no brainer (pun intended). Get it if you even remotely like horror games. It's superb.

[GreenGoo]

But yeah...Amnesia's a no brainer (pun intended). Get it if you even remotely like horror games. It's superb.

Damn it. Yet another sale.

The idea that these sales hurt the industry is simply untrue. It might hurt specific developers, in that I've spread my money around rather than buying from 1 or 2 developers, but I've spent over a hundred bucks so far with a few more days to go, whereas I probably would have spent 20 bucks on DoW II gold edition, and that's it.

[Smoove_B]

There are various videos on Youtube of people filming themselves playing Amnesia. I watched enough of them to know I'd lose my grip.

[LawBeefaroni]

Phew, nothing for me today.

[Smoove_B]

RUSE $33.49
Left 4 Dead 2 $6.79
Singularity $24.99
Hegemony: Philip of Macedon $3
Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition $7.50
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit $29.99
Transformers: War for Cybertron $19.99
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY edition $9.99
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete edition $10
Shatter $2.50
Europa Universalis III Complete $5
Grand Ages: Rome 80% off