STEAM: Deals Thread

[TacoTaru]

Do you get booster packs for just idling too?

[Kerberoz]

You don't even need to keep the game installed for booster packs. Just log in to Steam at least once a week.

[Okan]

Just to throw it out there, I think Skyrim will be the next daily deal. We'll find out in about 20 minutes.

[Aevis]

Finally, Civ 5 -75%. Almost bought BNW yesterday but luckily remembered, that I pirated the base game. Is the gold edition worth it or should I just stick with basic + BNW?

[Tyrath]

I've been holding off on trying Fable III cuz I've heard mixed reviews, but for 5 bucks I think I gotta pull the trigger.

[dejet]

Got my hopes up thinking I could get bnw at a discount...

[Eragon]

I've been holding off on trying Fable III cuz I've heard mixed reviews, but for 5 bucks I think I gotta pull the trigger.

Fable 1 is only 2.50 so I can't pass that up. Anyone have thoughts on Fable 3 though?

[Guitarman]

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[Correction]

Yo if y'all haven't played Bully, get it.

It's the follow up to San Andreas that GTA IV was not.

[tyven]

i picked it up cuz i never played it, pretty excited

[Deftscythe]

It's on a flash sale for the next 8 hrs.

Snatched it up, thanks. It was for a friend though. He's been a WoW-only "gamer" for a long time but I'm slowly changing that.

[tyven]

any thoughts on van helsing? had never heard of it but looks interesting

[Tyrath]

Yo if y'all haven't played Bully, get it.

It's the follow up to San Andreas that GTA IV was not.

Care to say any more about it? I feel like it'll get old quick just as GTA would without any cars.

[Correction]

Care to say any more about it? I feel like it'll get old quick just as GTA would without any cars.

The world will feel 'smaller' than every GTA game ever made, but then you realize it's beneficial both to the narrative and the theming of the gameplay. You're supposed to feel like a kid trying to win against otherwise extremely petty tyrants. The environment is small and sometimes claustrophobic but it is also used extremely well. Before long you feel like John McClane crawling around airducts because the assholes outside can't see you're actually trying to do the right thing.

If you ever find yourself 'missing' the expansive environments of San Andreas or IV try to understand that those games put in a lot of stupid, unfun bullshit (dating girls in san andreas, swimming missions, answering your fuckin phone every 30 minutes in IV) to pad out the expansiveness. Those games aimed for a lot more and didn't quite pull it off. Bully trims the fat, refines the experience and reaches higher narrative and gameplay heights.

Also, dat fuckin music.

[Cream Soda]

Is there any way to stop steam from pausing the game when it's not the active window? Makes it suck to multitask

Bumping

Steam will be ultimately unplayable if it sucks this much to multitask.

[Correction]

Bumping

Steam will be ultimately unplayable if it sucks this much to multitask.

As far as I know this is a per-application setting. The game, not steam, has to allow a 'windowed' mode that still functions like fullscreen to not pause gameplay while another window has focus. Some games do not implement this very well or at all. I don't think there is a global steam override for that.

[GoggleHead]

any thoughts on van helsing? had never heard of it but looks interesting

I'm in the same boat. I'm just adding it to my wishlist for when I run dry on games later since I don't really need another D2 clone at the moment.

[Kuishen]

Where the fuck are the flash sales for fallout collection and ys games? That's like all I wanted from this sale.

[Correction]

Where the fuck are the flash sales for fallout collection and ys games? That's like all I wanted from this sale.

It is a little strange how there aren't any publisher packs. Maybe they don't sell well or publishers are less willing to play ball nowadays.

[Tyrath]

The world will feel 'smaller' than every GTA game ever made, but then you realize it's beneficial both to the narrative and the theming of the gameplay. You're supposed to feel like a kid trying to win against otherwise extremely petty tyrants. The environment is small and sometimes claustrophobic but it is also used extremely well. Before long you feel like John McClane crawling around airducts because the assholes outside can't see you're actually trying to do the right thing.

If you ever find yourself 'missing' the expansive environments of San Andreas or IV try to understand that those games put in a lot of stupid, unfun bullshit (dating girls in san andreas, swimming missions, answering your fuckin phone every 30 minutes in IV) to pad out the expansiveness. Those games aimed for a lot more and didn't quite pull it off. Bully trims the fat, refines the experience and reaches higher narrative and gameplay heights.

Also, dat fuckin music.

Alright, sold me for that price tag. Probably won't have time to play it for a while but at least I got it cheap.