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Group Buys - Updated 05/20

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[quote name='forbiddenx']Other than Civ IV what other games would you guys recommend that isn't a daily deal but at a killer price.[/QUOTE]


Painkiller Black

Besides the others one suggested.
 
[quote name='gbpackers94']Is Super Meat Boy worth $7.50? I missed the sale and now I reallllly want it. Do you think I should buy it now or wait for it to go on sale again?[/QUOTE]

Might want to wait until the final day of this round of Steam sales. There's an ever-dwindling mass of people holding their breath for the Potato pack, or the second-chance day(s) might be your salvation.
 
I'd also throw frozenbyte pack on the list. 5.99 for Trine, and both Shadowgrounds games. I just tried the latest shadowgrounds demo and it was quite enjoyable.
 
When I purchased oblivion goty i wasn't aware that it was missing dlc packs or there was a "goty deluxe" w the missing content for 2 bucks more....

Also I can't see that I can even get the extra dlc if I wanted to add goty version since it's not offered on steam... Am I missing something?
 
bah stupid GTA IV pack. I purchased the episodes during the thanksgiving sale for 7.50 and now they go and do that whole thing for $10. Why cant they do a filler option?! Hopefully GTA IV pops up as $5 or something.
 
[quote name='Dysheekie']Sweet! I wish other games on Steam would go on sale![/QUOTE]
Hahaha, oh you.

Yeah, P.B. Winterbottom may be the best value-for-your-money deal on Steam right now. It was the first item under the "Specials" section on the front page prior to the Holiday layout switch-over, and now it's easy to miss.

EDIT: There's also a "Best Deals that aren't Daily Deals" thread over at the Steam forums. Of course, P.B.'s in there.
 
[quote name='DPsycho']Might want to wait until the final day of this round of Steam sales. There's an ever-dwindling mass of people holding their breath for the Potato pack, or the second-chance day(s) might be your salvation.[/QUOTE]
It's worth noting that Super Meat Boy was already part of last Sunday's first round of encore deals. Therefore, Super Meat Boy has been on sale for $3.75 twice.

It's a shame to miss such an amazing deal, but $7.50 isn't exactly a bad price, either. There's quite a bit of game to be had with Super Meat Boy.
 
[quote name='iso135']What keeps you going on it? I played the demo, and when I got to that first challenge puzzle and beat it and it popped up, "you have unlocked 787 new puzzles!", I about screamed. Then I realized that every level and world thing there all end in unlocking that many more puzzles. [/QUOTE]

The great thing about the game is that you don't have to do any of the "unlocked" puzzles to progress. You simply have to accomplish all the puzzles in each step of the ladder to move to the next world. But if you find that you really love a certain variation of puzzle you can always go back to it and have thousands more like it to try.

It's one of those games that you can play just sitting back in your chair, relaxed, just zoning.
 
[quote name='fester']Oh look, another person on the Internet who is convinced that just because he doesn't need (or want) something, everyone else in the world must be the same way. :roll:

There are a lot of reasons for opposing limited-install DRM, none of which are dependent on the actual of number of installs you get, a sample of which include: What happens when the authentication servers go down or the company goes tits-up? You might have 10 installs left but you're now SOL. Or what if the company decides to pull the rug out from under you and change the terms? I'm sure their 25 page EULA give them the "right" to do that. SOL again. Or how about the fact that once again the person who pirates the software gets a superior version than the person who actually paid for it? The pirate gets to install the game as many times as he wants, 20 years down the road if he feels like it. If Micropose had put this kind of DRM on the copy of Darklands that I bought in 1992, I would be, wait for it....SOL.

Sorry, but I refuse to support any company that punishes their paying customers.[/QUOTE]You know, fundamentally I understand your points about all the possible ways the Evil Corporate Monsters can screw you, but I can do you one better: What if Steam went out of business? :shock: Think it's impossible for an Internet leader to fall away? Ask AOL or MySpace how they're doing.

Given my druthers, I'd buy physical copies of all my games so I didn't have to wait for 10+GB of data to download. I've got a fast Comcast connection, but my g/f has puny 1.5Mb/s DSL and it drives me crazy waiting for downloads to come. (I was building a PC over there and forgot my driver discs for the mobo and had to DL 170MB of stuff and wanted to cry.) At least if my online service goes away, I've got something. I cringe when I see people here rebuying games on Steam so they can throw away their discs. Unless the game has no key code requirement for play, digital versions are weak compared to physical because you can't sell them. If you can't sell something, you don't own it. People who DL games on consoles are morons because if they beat it or hate it, they can't sell it. They've thrown that money away. Real stuff FTW!

The "pirates get a superior copy" argument is a canard. Online MP games usually require keys to get on (yeah, yeah, private servers, snore) and as more games make online the central focus over the SP campaign - because that's the part that's hardest to pirate and people have to buy to have fun - that puts people like me who are mediocre online on the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Yes, they don't have to muck around with DRM restrictions, but they're trading this "freedom" for being on the outside of patches and support. The developers of Titan Quest put themselves out of business because they put an anti-piracy check routine in that crashed the game if it was warezed. Problem was that it didn't give any indication why it crashed, so the warez kiddiez took to the forums bitching about the "buggy POS game" (that they didn't buy) and it scared off the legit customers.

Stardock has been leading the "no DRM/don't punish the customers" charge and they got reamed with the launch of Demigod at Easter last year when Gamestop broke street, selling the game early. Since it was DRM-free, it was rapidly torrented and then all the pirates went online and overwhelmed the servers. Over 90% of the people playing had stolen the game and I saw these clowns saying that it was Stardock's fault for not having the capacity to hold them all when in reality, Stardock looked at it's highest ever usage stats, put in double that peak number, and still had three times as many people trying to play. As a result of the pirates, the game got docked in review scores and real money was lost. (However, they totally pooched themselves with Elemental.)

This is why Ubisoft laid in the most onerous DRM ever, requiring a constant connection to their servers, God help anyone whose wireless drops when the cordless phone rings. I saw people calling for mass piracy to "teach them a lesson." Uh, yeah, that works. I came up with a better way to play Assassin's Creed II that didn't have the DRM restriction and denied Ubisoft any money: I bought a used copy for the Xbox. I get the game, Ubisoft pounds sand, and it's totally legal.

Fundamentally, I'm just bored to death of EVERY fraking thread here for EVERY game mentioned having this question bleated: "What's the DRM?" (It's worse than that one guy who can't stop bitching about how the Halo: Reach Legendary has been marked down and he says Bungie lied to him to trick him into spending too much money.)

It sucks being punished for the actions of the thieves, but when developers spend tens of millions on making a game, they have to protect their investment somehow. When people last year were stealing the Humble Bundle, which answered every false defense the thieves use - it was DRM-free, name your price, and you can direct the money to charity if you wanted - any remaining tolerance for the excuses offered went away. I'm tired of the thieves who make DRM necessary acting as if they're entitled to everything for nothing. Spoiled brats.

/rant
 
What this makes me realize is that I'm glad I didn't buy this on XBLA. Not because I'm going to buy it on Steam, but because I'm NOT going to buy it on steam.
 
Damn it, I actually bit on GTA IV Complete even though I have it on 360 and just realized it's a whopping 32 GIGABYTES for the entire thing!!!
 
[quote name='DirkBelig']What if Steam went out of business?[/QUOTE]

Gabe throws the kill switch that detaches steam from your games.
Or so the legend goes...
 
[quote name='Blackshear']When I purchased oblivion goty i wasn't aware that it was missing dlc packs or there was a "goty deluxe" w the missing content for 2 bucks more....

Also I can't see that I can even get the extra dlc if I wanted to add goty version since it's not offered on steam... Am I missing something?[/QUOTE]

Same here. I'm pretty mad at myself since I usually research these things when there are multiple options on a game's Store Page. I'm assuming it says "You already own The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe" if you got that version instead of "You already own The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition" like mine says. They really should offer the DLC separately in case this happens.

No pickups for me today (thank God!) I spent a bit yesterday and am trying to not really buy anything else.
 
[quote name='DirkBelig']You know, fundamentally I understand your points about all the possible ways the Evil Corporate Monsters can screw you, but I can do you one better: What if Steam went out of business? :shock: Think it's impossible for an Internet leader to fall away? Ask AOL or MySpace how they're doing.[/QUOTE]

man, you just gave me a kick back into reality... now you got me worrying where steam will be in a few years, after dumping almost a quarter of a grand on steam.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']What this makes me realize is that I'm glad I didn't buy this on XBLA. Not because I'm going to buy it on Steam, but because I'm NOT going to buy it on steam.[/QUOTE]

Congrats, you win the award for most confusing post ever! :)
 
[quote name='frpilot']man, you just gave me a kick back into reality... now you got me worrying where steam will be in a few years, after dumping almost a quarter of a grand on steam.[/QUOTE]


You didn't use the sarcasm tag so... if you're worried about Steam I guess you haven't seen "offline mode". Install all your games on an external hard drive and you don't have to worry about downloading them again either.
 
Overall, this has been a wonderful sell (for me at least)

Picked up The Adventures of P.B. Winterbottom (can't go wrong for 50cents), and the Lucasarts Adventure Pack, which came with Loom, The Dig, and both of the Indiana Jones games for 5 bucks :D
 
[quote name='UltraMysteryDopplega']LoL, your computer is decidedly NOT a beast. You have a graphics card that was nowhere near close to the top of the line two years ago when it came out, and I'm guessing you have a ghetto CPU from the C2 generation since most i7 builds have triple channel memory.

You should absolutely be worried about performance issues. I have dual GTX 480s and an i7 at 4.2ghz and the game can push my system hard with every slider maxed at 2560x1600. Each of my two GPUs has about 5x the horsepower of a 4670 and the CPU is probably twice as fast. The game is amazing fully maxed but that's not the experience you're going to get. Your GPU is better than what's in a Xbox 360, but you'll need to run the game in a higher resolution on your PC than the 360 runs it to avoid having it look like garbage on your monitor, so it's going to chug even at low settings. Stick with the consoles until you upgrade.[/QUOTE]

Let the man brag and live life thinking his early-4000 series ATI card is enough to take on anything he wants. :p
 
[quote name='frpilot']man, you just gave me a kick back into reality... now you got me worrying where steam will be in a few years, after dumping almost a quarter of a grand on steam.[/QUOTE]


They've said in the past that you own the games and they can operate seperate from steam if it ever came to that. Your only real worry would be a time limit to download and back up the files. However i dont think it will ever come to that because:

1. Steam is the single most successful digital distribution system for games out there and their catalog continues to grow and they're plugged in with tons of publishers.

and

2. Lets just say for some totally oddball reason they got into serious financial trouble, i can PROMISE you with a user base this huge and loyal another company would rush in and scoop them up in a heart beat. Active steam users total in the millions. Any company would absolutely love to have direct access to 3-4 million customers like valve does through steam. Think about that a second.
 
[quote name='frpilot']man, you just gave me a kick back into reality... now you got me worrying where steam will be in a few years, after dumping almost a quarter of a grand on steam.[/QUOTE]

Reality would tell you that even if that were to happen, even if Steam would not have some kind of patch to allow you to play your games without getting past the login check that the hackers community would have one up in no time.
 
Question. I plan on buying the GTA IV bundle, someone said it was 32GB's. I only have 25GB's of space on my first partition in Windows 7 (WORST. IDEA. EVER!). Is there a way to get them, or will I have to move 7+GB's of stuff so I can download them? Thanks for your time.
 
[quote name='DaedalusIkari']Alright peeps. Forgive the ignorance, but are there any downsides to buying GTA4 complete on Steam over 360 or PS3? I've got a 360 gamepad for the compy, so I'm not worried about control schemes. In addition the computer is a bit of a beast (Quad core 3.0 Ghz, 8 GB RAM, 1 GB HD4670) so i'm not too worried about performance issues.

I guess my big question is, is it at all buggy / better to get on a console?
( PC ports are buggy as hell and questionable in quality)[/QUOTE]


I really hope that processor is un-overclocked...Your comment about your PC is just like saying, "My car is a beast. It's a Ford Escort GT with a custom exhaust and 91-grade fuel when I fill 'er up"

Buy a modern, high-end graphics card and processor/RAM before you refer to it as a "beast". Not that shitty two year old stuff that was mid-class when it came out. The new 6950 and GTX 570's are pretty affordable 'beast' cards. The i7-950 and 12GB of DDR3 (3x4GB) is also pretty affordable as well.

(And no, I don't drive a Ford Escort GT, but was simply using it for example purposes for this noobcake.)
 
[quote name='Pheace']Reality would tell you that even if that were to happen, even if Steam would not have some kind of patch to allow you to play your games without getting past the login check that the hackers community would have one up in no time.[/QUOTE]

This is the most sane comment on "What happens if Valve/Steam goes away?".

Steam is pretty valuable and I'm sure Valve would be able to sell it if they ever needed cash. But the real problem, to me at least, if Steam ever closed shop, is would third parties allow Valve to send out that code for their games?

And besides, I do believe all Steam/Steamware games are already cracked. It would be a simple matter to apply Steam cracks to third party games.
 
[quote name='Trepidation']Question. I plan on buying the GTA IV bundle, someone said it was 32GB's. I only have 25GB's of space on my first partition in Windows 7 (WORST. IDEA. EVER!). Is there a way to get them, or will I have to move 7+GB's of stuff so I can download them? Thanks for your time.[/QUOTE]

Been running into space issues myself. Have 750GB partitioned out 3 ways C: 100GB D: 50GB (winXP) E: 548GB (Game Installs). My E: drive was completely full and that is where Steam is installed on my PC , so I moved around 85GB of games over to my F: drive (1TB). Then I used the Windows 7 mklink command and created a Junction for each of the games in the 85GB section I moved so steam doesnt know anything is different. Works very well. Haven't run across any problems yet, though I'm sure I will at some point because just the nature of things.
 
[quote name='JP']Been running into space issues myself. Have 750GB partitioned out 3 ways C: 100GB D: 50GB (winXP) E: 548GB (Game Installs). My E: drive was completely full, so I moved around 85GB of games over to my F: drive (1TB) and used the Windows 7 mklink command and created a Junction for each of the games in the 85GB section I moved so steam doesnt know anything is different. Works very well. haven't run across any problems yet, though I'm sure I will at some point.[/QUOTE]

Pretty good thinking right there, good sir.
 
[quote name='Achpoques']Pretty good thinking right there, good sir.[/QUOTE]
Wish I could take credit for it. I saw someone mention the process on the Steam forums. They didn't explain the full steps but once I saw they used the mklink command I felt like a real jackass for not thinking of that sooner. It's so simple.

It's really only a stop gap for me anyway. Building a new gaming PC come June (this one barely is a year old) and finally pulling the gaming plug on my current one. It'll get re-built as a 12TB (RAID5) file server.
 
[quote name='JP']Wish I could take credit for it. I saw someone mention the process on the Steam forums. They didn't explain the full steps but once I saw they used the mklink command I felt like a real jackass for not thinking of that sooner. It's so simple.

It's really only a stop gap for me anyway. Building a new PC come June (this one barely is a year old) and finally pulling the gaming plug on my current one. It'll get re-built as a 12TB (RAID5) file server.[/QUOTE]

I would definitely go that route as well, but have no need as my OS drive is the whole 750GB partition of my HDD. I have two other 750's, but they're encrypted with TrueCrypt and used as storage for backups of the games, as well as Movies/Blu-Rays/Tv Shows. I'll keep this in mind though in case I ever need to spill onto another (planning on getting an SSD here soon).
 
[quote name='DirkBelig']What if Steam went out of business?[/QUOTE]

I have a lot more faith that I'll be able to play my computer games in 20 years, bought through Steam, then my XBox 360 games: someday they'll stop making TVs that connect with HDMI, and someday they'll stop making XBoxes. Will Valve ever be out of business? Probably. I just hope it's farther off.

These aren't books (paper books, with ink on them) we're talking about, people. They will all require some amount of work and dedication to access one day.
 
[quote name='Mikocouch']Tempted to buy the GTA complete, but I also have a sealed copy for the PS3. Dunno which to go for![/QUOTE]

sell your ps3 copy and get this PC copy (which has 2 games in 1)

PC version look way better and has tons of mod to extend your game life.
 
Anyone remember Triton Games? If they do, it's only for one reason: They went out of business leaving "owners" of Prey high and dry because the way the DRM worked was they held the .EXE hostage, only feeding it to certified customers. 3D Realms made good on it by shipping a PHYSICAL COPY to all the owners.

Now, Steam is in a great spot with a loyal user base. So effing what? AOL was once so powerful that it bought Time-Warner. That worked out. While watching The Social Network, my girlfriend remarked, "I wonder why the guys who started Friendster think about this?" I replied, "How does Tom [MySpace] feel about it?" Being #1 is only applicable as long as you're #1.

As for Gabe Newell, you're kidding, right? That fat fucking liar PROMISED that Half-Life 2 would ship on Sept. 30, 2003. Bank on it, he said in PC Gamer. I built a new computer in August that year in preparation for the sequel to my favorite game ever. Yes, I did and I'd already upgraded the video TWICE by the time the game actually arrived in November 2004. Newell was lying his fat ass off about the game hitting the deadline up until the day it missed. They tried to use the hacking of their network and the ganking of the code as an excuse, but as the stolen code showed, it was nowhere near finished and years later, Tubby McLiarpantsonfire admitted as much.

While I'm kicking Jabba the Developer in the junk, WHERE THE fuck IS OUR HALF-LIFE 2: EPISODE THREE, MOTHERfuckER?!?!? It's been three years since Ep. 2 and Valve hasn't even seen fit to explain why their failed episodic content strategy hasn't been wrapped up with the conclusion yet. They wandered off and made a couple of zombie cash cows and are teasing us with Portal 2: More Cake For You as if that makes the fact that they lied and failed on their flagship franchise go away.

The whole thing was predicated on the idea that they could put out three short episodes in less time than one complete game. Yeah, that worked. They got a whole one more episode done than they did with SiN: Episodes. Remember that rousing success, er, total failure? A game that shipped with a AI bug that made it nearly impossible to beat after the 2/3rds mark. I was reviewing the game for a site and was on a deadline and was forced to God Mode the last third to make it. After filing the review, they announced, "Whoops, we screwed up. Here's a patch," forcing us to yank down the review so I could replay the ending and update the copy. Jerks. They planned nine episodes and came up 8-1/2 short.

It's not that I hate Steam or Valve - though Gabe can choke on a donkey for all I care - but just want to remind people of the veracity of who we're patronizing. Valve are proven, repeated liars, so if you're relying on the word of Gabe "When's lunch?" Newell to keep you from being screwed over, you'd better be making offline backups of everything you bought.
 
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Ended up getting Arcadia for the awesome music and SquareLogic because I like the sudoku-ness of it.

It's like I'm forcing myself to find little things to buy if the front-page dailies don't suffice.
 
Sure wish I would have known that PvZ didn't have a widescreen mode. I feel kind of cheated. How is it they can have widescreen on the iphone but not on a damn computer?
 
[quote name='Firvagor']Ended up getting Arcadia for the awesome music and SquareLogic because I like the sudoku-ness of it.

It's like I'm forcing myself to find little things to buy if the front-page dailies don't suffice.[/QUOTE]
I feel like i'm doing the same thing. I downloaded the Squarelogic demo and I really enjoy it. I don't think I can say no to $1.50.
 
[quote name='DirkBelig']Anyone remember Triton Games? If they do, it's only for one reason: They went out of business leaving "owners" of Prey high and dry because the way the DRM worked was they held the .EXE hostage, only feeding it to certified customers. 3D Realms made good on it by shipping a PHYSICAL COPY to all the owners.

Now, Steam is in a great spot with a loyal user base. So effing what? AOL was once so powerful that it bought Time-Warner. That worked out. While watching The Social Network, my girlfriend remarked, "I wonder why the guys who started Friendster think about this?" I replied, "How does Tom [MySpace] feel about it?" Being #1 is only applicable as long as you're #1.

As for Gabe Newell, you're kidding, right? That fat fucking liar PROMISED that Half-Life 2 would ship on Sept. 30, 2003. Bank on it, he said in PC Gamer. I built a new computer in August that year in preparation for the sequel to my favorite game ever. Yes, I did and I'd already upgraded the video TWICE by the time the game actually arrived in November 2004. Newell was lying his fat ass off about the game hitting the deadline up until the day it missed. They tried to use the hacking of their network and the ganking of the code as an excuse, but as the stolen code showed, it was nowhere near finished and years later, Tubby McLiarpantsonfire admitted as much.

While I'm kicking Jabba the Developer in the junk, WHERE THE fuck IS OUR HALF-LIFE 2: EPISODE THREE, MOTHERfuckER?!?!? It's been three years since Ep. 2 and Valve hasn't even seen fit to explain why their failed episodic content strategy hasn't been wrapped up with the conclusion yet. They wandered off and made a couple of zombie cash cows and are teasing us with Portal 2: More Cake For You as if that makes the fact that they lied and failed on their flagship franchise go away.

The whole thing was predicated on the idea that they could put out three short episodes in less time than one complete game. Yeah, that worked. They got a whole one more episode done than they did with SiN: Episodes. Remember that rousing success, er, total failure? A game that shipped with a AI bug that made it nearly impossible to beat after the 2/3rds mark. I was reviewing the game for a site and was on a deadline and was forced to God Mode the last third to make it. After filing the review, they announced, "Whoops, we screwed up. Here's a patch," forcing us to yank down the review so I could replay the ending and update the copy. Jerks. They planned nine episodes and came up 8-1/2 short.

It's not that I hate Steam or Valve - though Gabe can choke on a donkey for all I care - but just want to remind people of the veracity of who we're patronizing. Valve are proven, repeated liars, so if you're relying on the word of Gabe "When's lunch?" Newell to keep you from being screwed over, you'd better be making offline backups of everything you bought.[/QUOTE]

tl/dr version:
I hate Valve because they, unlike other game companies, set releases for their games and then delay them. Also, I once had to rewrite a review or something because they put a patch out because they wanted to fix one of their games. Also Gabe Newell may be a tad bit overweight. I'm concerned for his health.
 
[quote name='Indignate']tl/dr version:
I hate Valve because they, unlike other game companies, set releases for their games and then delay them. Also, I once had to rewrite a review or something because they put a patch out because they wanted to fix one of their games. Also Gabe Newell may be a tad bit overweight. I'm concerned for his health.[/QUOTE]


This summary is epic. Nice one. :)
 
Nabbed GTA4. It's going to bring my 2.53 Ghz C2D and Mobility Radeon 4570 to its knees, but maybe in ultra low settings I can have some multiplayer silliness with some friends.
 
My philosophy on Steam is that if I buy cheap enough, if for some reason the company implodes and I'm unable to access my games ten years from now I won't really be that upset given the prices I paid. So far during this sale I've gotten sixteen games for twenty-six dollars.
 
[quote name='qwerty1']Any company would absolutely love to have direct access to 3-4 million customers like valve does through steam. Think about that a second.[/QUOTE]

There have actually been 3 million people signed into Steam at a single time. The total active userbase is in the tens of millions, actually.

[quote name='DirkBelig']Anyone remember Triton Games?[/quote]
Triton isn't exactly a good comparison, since they were never successful.

As for Gabe Newell, you're kidding, right? That fat fucking liar PROMISED that Half-Life 2 would ship on Sept. 30, 2003. Bank on it, he said in PC Gamer. I built a new computer in August that year in preparation for the sequel to my favorite game BLAH BLAH BLAH I'M SO fuckING PISSED THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A NEW HALF-LIFE GAME IN THREE WHOLE YEARS AND THAT VALVE HAS DARED TO WORK ON OTHER HIGH-QUALITY, POPULAR GAMES AND NOT RELY ON A SINGLE CORE PROPERTY, LEMME BITCH ABOUT THIS FOR THREE MORE PARAGRAPHS WITH SOME EDGY "GABE IS FAT" JOKES, AND ALSO, LEMME THROW SIN EPISODES IN THERE FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THAT IS EVIDENCE OF WHAT A FAILURE THE HALF-LIF SERIES IS.
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I have no idea where the hell you're going with this tl;dr shit, but if you're saying what I think you're saying, then this is kind of dumb logic, because the part of Valve that runs Steam is totally separate from the part that makes Half-Life. A (completely typical) long gap in-between Half-Life games, and their plans for the series not working out like everyone wanted, is not really something that a calm, rational person would use to base fears about Steam's future on.

Contrary to popular belief, there is more to Valve than Gabe Newell, ya know. They just so happen to have 70,000 of office space full of some the smartest people in the industry.

Oh, and if you're not arguing what I thought you were arguing, then you must just be rambling for no reason because you're angry about having to wait for a videogame sequel that everyone knows is coming eventually, which uh, I guess you're entitled to.
 
[quote name='Cleaner7']Same here. I'm pretty mad at myself since I usually research these things when there are multiple options on a game's Store Page. I'm assuming it says "You already own The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe" if you got that version instead of "You already own The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition" like mine says. They really should offer the DLC separately in case this happens.
[/QUOTE]

I e-mailed steam support, told them it I did not realize GOTY didn't come with everything/asked if they could refund me the 9.99 GOTY if I purchased the Deluxe version.
 
[quote name='Indignate']tl/dr version:
I hate Valve because they, unlike other game companies, set releases for their games and then delay them. Also, I once had to rewrite a review or something because they put a patch out because they wanted to fix one of their games. Also Gabe Newell may be a tad bit overweight. I'm concerned for his health.[/QUOTE]

Aren't we all tho ;)

But seriously, how is Gabe's weight relevant to any argument regarding Valve? And why does that always come up?

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Got Grand Ages: Rome today. Was tempted to get Europa Universalis, but I'm really eying that Paradox pack... might pick it up at the end. Of course, every time I look at all those strategy games in the pack, I feel my head beginning to explode from information overload.

So far, I've gotten FEAR, Bad Company 2, Witcher, Battlefield 2, Plants v Zombies, and Amnesia. Total damage to the wallet is $30.07. Assuming I don't buy much over the next couple of days, I'll probably splurge on the 2K Games pack. Maybe the Paradox pack too. I know I'll never get around to playing half of these games, but oh how glorious it is to have a vast library of games to choose between. :)
 
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