Steam christmas sale 2010... twitch

Xelene · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:24

davewhite04 said:
If Alpha P is a good port it is an awesome price, really good and different RPG, a bit too easy on easy level though.

I'm taken a £5 risk

It was slammed in reviews, but I quite enjoyed it - don't know what the PC port is like.

meths · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:43

Is it just my imagination or are the prices not as good as last year?

Destination · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:56

Meths said:
Is it just my imagination or are the prices not as good as last year?

Thats my impression also.
Most of the prices are the same as they were for games that were on sale last year, and the newer stuff simply ins't as dramatically reduced.

CaptainRAVE · 24 Dec 2010 at 09:59

Meths said:
Is it just my imagination or are the prices not as good as last year?

My impression also - even stuff I already own, I have bought it cheaper on Steam in previous sales. I figured the Christmas sales were supposed to be their best. I would say it is early days, but then we have had some big titles on there already.

Deluxe1 · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:06

Just got L4D2 for £7.49

jack.mitchell · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:29

Deluxe1 said:
Just got L4D2 for £7.49

Couldn't wait for the daily sale?

Cooper · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:35

Oh god...only 4 days in and i've spent £40....

This is not going well...

ic1male · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:37

The Biscuit/Halibut dude cannot do a Steam deals video today but I present his comments in brief.

Though I can't do the video today, my advice? Wings of Prey = Ok, Deathspank = Meh, Silent Hunter = Meh, unless you are a fan of simulations, Patrician 4 = Good, Blood Bowl = Niche/Meh, Blur = Meh (for the price, good game), Darksiders = Must buy for the price, Mass Effect 2 = Buy, Alpha Protocol = Avoid, bad, Dead Rising = Ok, bit pricey, OpFlash 2 = Avoid

Oh yeah and Risen, probably worth the price.

CaptainRAVE · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:39

Patrician 4 = good? lol, OK. Maybe for £2 or so. Seriously tempted by Risen, wish it was a little cheaper. Will probably wait for a future sale as I wont get round to playing it until then anyway.

Downloading the demo of Risen to see what it is like...

Ysmalari · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:49

CaptainRAVE said:
Patrician 4 = good? lol, OK. Maybe for £2 or so. Seriously tempted by Risen, wish it was a little cheaper. Will probably wait for a future sale as I wont get round to playing it until then anyway.

Downloading the demo of Risen to see what it is like...

What's wrong with Patrician 4? I was going to get it for a mate who's into the Total War series and it's ilk; a bad idea then?

dirtydog · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:50

Hikari Kisugi said:
Thats my impression also.
Most of the prices are the same as they were for games that were on sale last year, and the newer stuff simply ins't as dramatically reduced.

Yep some of it is worse. I know Vegas 2 was £4.99 a year ago and this year it's £7.49! (I bought it in another Steam sale this year for about £6.50 IIRC. I had thought about waiting for the Christmas sale and it seems I needn't have worried.)

Pestilence · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:54

Disappointed at the Blood Bowl price. Would have went in for a tenner, but not convinced at £15.

Still juggling with the idea of Risen.

m4cc45 · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:54

Alpha Protocol is actually okay - it's different to the rest of the stuff out there and although it does have faults it's one of the only games recently I've actually spent time completing. Well worth 5 squid.

M.

ic1male · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:56

m4cc45 said:
Alpha Protocol is actually okay - it's different to the rest of the stuff out there and although it does have faults it's one of the only games recently I've actually spent time completing. Well worth 5 squid.

I keep getting it confused with Prototype. I nearly bought it!

Kenai · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:56

Meths said:
Is it just my imagination or are the prices not as good as last year?

Probably just your imagination, this year seems to have taken much the same tact - put some decent deals up on day 1, everyone thinks 'oh wow this will be awesome' and then the rest of the sale is pretty mediocre with the odd deal being good.

I'm sure if you could dig out last years thread you'd see similar moaning in the latter days about how the sale was a bit rubbish after day 1.

CaptainRAVE · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:57

Ysmalari said:
What's wrong with Patrician 4? I was going to get it for a mate who's into the Total War series and it's ilk; a bad idea then?

It looks pretty, but it is supposed to be a very, very basic game. I really don't think it is worth that price.

Ysmalari · 24 Dec 2010 at 10:58

CaptainRAVE said:
It looks pretty, but it is supposed to be a very, very basic game. I really don't think it is worth that price.

Ok thanks, I'll see if there's something else he might like...

CaptainRAVE · 24 Dec 2010 at 11:00

Ysmalari said:
Ok thanks, I'll see if there's something else he might like...

Any of the total war series that he doesn't have? They all seem reduced at the moment.

Armitage Shanks · 24 Dec 2010 at 11:07

Ysmalari said:
What's wrong with Patrician 4? I was going to get it for a mate who's into the Total War series and it's ilk; a bad idea then?

Its a trading/business simulation. Potentially quite dull- I think it only averaged about 6/10 not a must buy

Ysmalari · 24 Dec 2010 at 11:19

CaptainRAVE said:
Any of the total war series that he doesn't have? They all seem reduced at the moment.

Sadly he's got them all (he's a bit obsessive

), maybe I should try introducing him to a new genre...

Armitage Shanks said:
Its a trading/business simulation. Potentially quite dull- I think it only averaged about 6/10 not a must buy

Thanks, it sounds as though it won't go down great then as my mate likes the battle strategy side.

Steam christmas sale 2010... *twitch*

Steam christmas sale 2010... twitch