Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-12-19T08:31:26.000Z

It’s definitely logical that you’d find Steam Sales in the fire swamp.

kerzain · 2011-12-19T08:32:48.000Z

SEtP RIRHT UP.

Marcin · 2011-12-19T09:45:17.000Z

Giaddon:

GamersGate hasThe Saboteur for $9 right now.

It was glossed over at release, but I found it to be a very fun open-world game set in a comic-book version of World War 2 northern France. It has the best-feeling shooting of any GTA-like I’ve played, and a Hitman-like disguise mechanic where you can wear Nazi uniforms to infiltrate installations and blow them up. There are some porting issues (not that great performance, and ATI cards I think don’t work, and the map can be wonky), and the graphics at a distance aren’t great, but the black and white to color style gives it a great look, and I find it a nice change of pace to play in a historical setting. I’m actually replaying it now, and having a blast. Check it out!

Seconded. I’ve sunk probably 50 hours into it, especially after getting the Remote Detonated eXplosive upgrade. It’s right up there with Just Cause 2 when it comes to “men walking away from explosions” awesomeness - and Saboteur even has a totally gratuitous “light up a cig” control built in!

Alistair · 2011-12-19T09:47:49.000Z

ATI cards are fine post-patch. The map is still buggered, but it doesn’t stop you finding stuff.

Tracy_Baker · 2011-12-19T09:53:50.000Z

A lot of Steam markdowns have kicked in even though the sale isn’t officially on yet. The See All Specials page keeps growing and growing… :)

intruder · 2011-12-19T09:58:10.000Z

TurinTur:

Well Intruder, after saying three times, i have to believe you! :P

QT3 forum acted up when I posted :p

Maybe they are linked to the Steam servers which will “die” in 5-10 minutes…
In a way Steam sales are like MMOs at first launch day / week or patch day. ;)

Papageno · 2011-12-19T10:01:21.000Z

Someone please post the highlights here ASAP for those who can’t reach the site.

Scuzz · 2011-12-19T10:10:06.000Z

GoG has the Witcher Directors Edition at $9.99 on the site, but using a e-mail link they have sent me I can get it for $4.99.

I should, shouldn’t I?

intruder · 2011-12-19T10:22:38.000Z

Papageno:

Someone please post the highlights here ASAP for those who can’t reach the site.

Server extremely unstable so I can’t click on the deals to see prices (most are franchise sales today) + they are in EUR anyways.

So far I see as daily deals:

Amnesia Dark Descent -75%
Bunch of Heroes -75%
Fable franchise -75% (Fable 1 finally to be bought alone (was only coming with Fable III until now) it’s 2,50 EUR so dirt cheap
Just Cause franchise -66%
Max Payne franchise -75%
Metro 2033 -75%
Orcs must Die! -75%
Portal franchise -75%
Rift -75%
Sam & Max franchise -75%
Singularity -75%
The Next Big Thing -75%

Might miss some title not available in Germany (censored) but usually you see white “spaces” then and there is none so far.

Seems they “exchange” achievements for Steam stuff put in your inventory. Either gifts or “lump of coal” (lumps seem to be able to be “crafted” into gifts later). Seems they want to pimp the TF2 crafting thing and their Steam inventory this time.

Gigglemoo · 2011-12-19T11:20:20.000Z

I’m sure I’m probably the only person here who plays Spiral Knights, but if I’m not here’s their holiday special:

1000 CE (normally $4 on its own)
2 weeks of free elevators (normally $3 on its own)
Tradeable 7 days of double heat
Tradeable Silver Key for stupid lockboxes
Tradeable costume hat accessory

For $3 USD. You can buy more than one and the elevator pass is cumulative. The spacebuck value of the bonus stuff @ regular price is around 1500.

James Johnson:

I can’t think of a single gaming computer that uses an integrated video card.

I went retail shopping for computers on Black Friday. “Great for gaming” on their ads now means facebook games :\

Aeon221 · 2011-12-19T11:56:17.000Z

Mr Popov:

There may be a pricing mistake (in your favor!) on GamersGate for Pride of Nations.

It shows the base price as $5 instead of $20 and then applies the -70% discount from that for a net price of $1.70

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PON/pride-of-nations?caff=7901

Also remember they are still running their “buy 3 get the 4th free” deal. So if you find yourself with 3 items, you may as well pick up a 4th for free (the freebie is whatever your cheapest item is).

DO NOT BUY PRIDE OF NATIONS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. I mean, unless you’re looking for an opportunity to gouge out your eyes with possibly the most awful game not made by Derek Smart, in which case go ahead.

1.70$ is more than it is worth. You could get a similar experience by buying a pen and jabbing it through your hand, except that you’d end up with a pen (useful and potentially entertaining) rather than a horribly coded mess (useless and dull).

Lake · 2011-12-19T12:16:23.000Z

Scuzz:

GoG has the Witcher Directors Edition at $9.99 on the site, but using a e-mail link they have sent me I can get it for $4.99.

I should, shouldn’t I?

You should.

drbob · 2011-12-19T15:18:43.000Z

Creole Ned:

Steam Daily Deal for December 16th is Magicka for $2.49 (75% off).

You can also get:

Magicka 4-pack: $7.49

Magicka + all DLC: $6.24

For anyone who missed this deal, gamersgate currently have Magicka on sale at a similar discount.

Original game - £2.72/$3.40/€3.40

Four pack £8.15/$10.19/€10.19

Collection (game + all DLC) £5.08/$6.78/€6.78

Kadath · 2011-12-19T15:47:27.000Z

Play station 3d ‘tv’ (really its a monitor) bundle down to $300 beans at Best buy, online or in store.

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499, no fin way, 399 meh, 299 now you’re talking, I’ll experiment and TOFTT. Will let you know how it is, I usedupsome expiring gift cards and just walked out with one.

Misguided · 2011-12-19T15:57:18.000Z

Kadath:

Play station 3d ‘tv’ (really its a monitor) bundle down to $300 beans at Best buy, online or in store.

http://slickdeals.net/f/3727788-Sony-Computer-Entertainment-America-PlayStation-3D-Display-Bundle-299-99-Free-Shipping-BB

499, no fin way, 399 meh, 299 now you’re talking, I’ll experiment and TOFTT. Will let you know how it is, I usedupsome expiring gift cards and just walked out with one.

I’m intrigued by the Simulview option. Looking forward to having that option on a larger set.

mouselock · 2011-12-19T15:58:47.000Z

Kadath:

Play station 3d ‘tv’ (really its a monitor) bundle down to $300 beans at Best buy, online or in store.

http://slickdeals.net/f/3727788-Sony-Computer-Entertainment-America-PlayStation-3D-Display-Bundle-299-99-Free-Shipping-BB

499, no fin way, 399 meh, 299 now you’re talking, I’ll experiment and TOFTT. Will let you know how it is, I usedupsome expiring gift cards and just walked out with one.

I’d be all over this if it were an actual 120Hz monitor. However, my understanding is that it is not. So it will never, for example, be able to do NVidia 3D Vision type stuff.

drbob · 2011-12-19T18:35:39.000Z

Game UK is selling the retail box of Skyrim for £19.99 it’s a Steamworks game so will activate on Steam - I’ve not seen it cheaper anywhere else. They do ship internationally. US shipping is £4.95 so total price in dollars is about $39.

malkav11 · 2011-12-19T18:44:01.000Z

mouselock:

I’d be all over this if it were an actual 120Hz monitor. However, my understanding is that it is not. So it will never, for example, be able to do NVidia 3D Vision type stuff.

It’s listed as 240Hz. You may have seen that already and know this is misleading somehow, but to my simple, un-TV-savvy mind, that looks like 120 and then some.

Fugitive · 2011-12-19T19:02:16.000Z

malkav11:

It’s listed as 240Hz. You may have seen that already and know this is misleading somehow, but to my simple, un-TV-savvy mind, that looks like 120 and then some.

It’s confusing since the rate can refer to two different things. A lot of these high-refresh-rate TVs don’t actually accept an input signal at 120Hz or 240Hz; the incoming signal is still 60Hz and what it’s actually doing is internally calculating three frames of motion interpolation between those incoming frames to get to 240Hz. It’s supposed to make some things look better, but some things look worse too.

The Nvidia 3D stuff needs a TV that can actually accept a 120Hz signal, which is still fairly rare as far as I can see.

Mark_L · 2011-12-19T19:21:42.000Z

Buy bunch of heroes ONLY if you think you can get the (quite difficult) cheevo tonight. It’s really quite bad, imho.