Steam XMAS Sale 2012

[Tiwaking!]

I heard that if you enjoy Spec-ops, it kinda makes you a psychopath

As much as I want to see this story everyone goes on about, I can't make myself due to the zzz 3rd person shooter gameplay.

Like the review by Yahtzee says, Spec-Ops is a bit different.

It is like playing Apocalypse Now, but you are Marlon Brando. Or something to that effect

[Codex]

Have not heard a single good thing about spec ops until this thread lol, everyone else I know that has it says it is beyond terrible

Walking dead is pretty rad

Jurassic park is fun

[Pyromanik]

I heard that if you enjoy Spec-ops, it kinda makes you a psychopath

As much as I want to see this story everyone goes on about, I can't make myself due to the zzz 3rd person shooter gameplay.

I was skeptical going in, but it's not that bad. It's like an FPS, only instead of a gun blocking the lower section of your screen it's a torso.

Have not heard a single good thing about spec ops until this thread lol, everyone else I know that has it says it is beyond terrible

I didn't say it was excellent, lol.
I played and enjoyed it, and didn't regret the purchase

The story is quite cool although it doesn't really play on the 'you make hard no win moral decisions' as much as the description says, it more just takes you along for it. Which is pretty much expected anyway to make the story work, so it doesn't really matter.

[Aloysius]

Am tempted by Civ V and sins of a solar empire. But I probz won't bother.

[Retardobot]

You dicks need to be taking advantage of The Witcher 2 at only $12USD.

[Aloysius]

I have it. Never really got into it tbh.

[Pyromanik]

You dicks need to be taking advantage of The Witcher 2 at only $12USD.

heh, same deal GoG has going on atm.

[Retardobot]

I'd go with GoG. They give you a lot more goodies with the game.

[Pyromanik]

I'd go with GoG. They give you a lot more goodies with the game.

Heh, irony.
So now you can get The Witcher 2 for $7.50 USD, and the first one for $2.50.
Whole Witcher franchise for $10.

On the other hand GoG has a daily special of 7 indie adventure games for $20.
(Witcher 2 special in previous post still stands as it's not a daily deal if one still wanted those extra goodies)

[Pyromanik]

Someone tell me about A10 Warthog?

[winter]

Someone tell me about A10 Warthog?

It's FUCKING hard.. like unbelievably hard.

[Pyromanik]

It's FUCKING hard.. like unbelievably hard.

"Most realistic flight model ever" - pretty big claim.

[Pyromanik]

Bought Choplifter HD a while back (jan!), only just now getting around to playing it.
It's actually really cool. I'd recommend it for the current 75% off (not a daily), it's good fun for $2.50 USD (I probably wouldn't recommend at what I paid for it a year ago, it's just an arcade filler game).
DLC choppers are currently 50c rather than a dollar too.
Zombie DLC levels are free!

[Codex]

Sweet, got it^

[oefox]

Just read IGN's review of A10 and i'll think i'll pass, that game looks immensely hard.

[Codex]

Everyone should grab the fable packs, fable one was epic and fable 3 isn't bad either xD

[Pyromanik]

I never could get into fable. I should give it another chance maybe.

[oefox]

Bought Far Cry 3 and played 10 hours yesterday, kind of feel like it's dumbed down a little from fc2, but the world is more open and not having outposts constantly respawning is good. The environment is not as destructable as the previous either, I really liked blowing away trees and other stuff in fc2.
Bought Rage since it was < $7.50, save that for a rainy autumn day
Deus Ex for $7.50 is a steal for anyone who hasn't got it already.

[Growler]

the THQ bundle seems like a fucking good deal.

[Pyromanik]

So... tell me about Ace of Spades, I've had my eye on that since it was released.

It's pretty much what you see on the video when you visit it's steam page. A bit TF2 meets Minecraft. Multiplayer matches where there are four classes with different weapons and equipment and all can destroy or build on any part of the map. There are a few different game modes from what I've seen but I haven't really played that much because there are only US servers at the moment and I lag pretty bad. I've had one good round where I didn't have too much trouble and that was pretty fun, but I'd like to see local servers.

I fucking knew it looked familiar. It's a studio pickup/fuckup of a free game (which has the same name, so now has 'classic' appended to it).
Last free release 0.75, this one is 1.0 and has apparently had a few of the game mechanics stripped back and dumbed down.
http://buildandshoot.com

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

If it buy the THQ bundle pack, but already have some of the games, do I get to gift the ones I already have?

[Pyromanik]

unsure, but I think so.
Search steam forums. Seems a common question.

[mycoolcar]

Last couple of days, all the prosome deals are back.

Picked up Rage, Dead Island & The Walking Dead for $26USD

[oefox]

If it buy the THQ bundle pack, but already have some of the games, do I get to gift the ones I already have?

No, pack deals on special do not allow you to gift games you already have.