Author Topic: PC Gaming Sales thread - Steam Sale 2017 - June 22nd to July 5th (Read 70509 times)

stoa · « **Reply #120 on:** October 9, 2011, 09:16:13 pm »

Quote from: Paul-LFC on October 9, 2011, 06:14:34 pm

No, the built-in backup is known for being rubbish. Your problem here is most likely an update issue as leighton said rather than a specific problem with the backup, but it's still not exactly reliable. In future you're better copying the entire game folder of the game you want to back up from program files\steam\steamapps\common\ onto a memory stick or portable HD and then copying it back into the steamapps\common folder on the other PC. Then just start Steam and it should detect the game as 100% downloaded when you try to install it. Remember to back up your save file though, sometimes they're in different folders in My Documents.

You're right and that is one of the things I hate about Steam. I did it the way you described for some other games, but it caused problems from time to time as well...

Gili Gulu · « **Reply #121 on:** October 10, 2011, 07:25:01 pm »

~~Metro 2033 (PC) - £3.74~~

Gili Gulu · « **Reply #122 on:** October 13, 2011, 10:42:35 am »

Cities XL Standard Ed. £0.99

AnnieRoad(Un)Faithful · « **Reply #123 on:** October 13, 2011, 12:31:12 pm »

Steam never works on my pc.

Starts to update and gets to 27% and crashes every time.

RivaGe · « **Reply #124 on:** October 13, 2011, 02:44:30 pm »

Quote from: AnnieRoad(Un)Faithful on October 13, 2011, 12:31:12 pm

Steam never works on my pc.

Starts to update and gets to 27% and crashes every time.

The program itself? Try deleting everything in the folder (except games)

Gili Gulu · « **Reply #125 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:44:04 am »

GTA Complete Pack £4.99

Includes 7 items: Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

leighton · « **Reply #126 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:06:29 am »

wrong thread!!!!!!!!!

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #127 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:22:21 am »

The "Commandos" games available for €2,49 each today (So I'm guessing about £2 each). Really good games, albeit supremely difficult - good for a challenge anyway!

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #128 on:** October 21, 2011, 11:20:16 pm »

Just got every GTA for 7€ and all... The only one I haven't played is "Episodes from Liberty City" so that's basically what I was paying for, don't mind having all the others thrown in!

Gili Gulu · « **Reply #129 on:** October 27, 2011, 09:02:46 pm »

Bioshock £3.49

Bioshock 2 £3.49

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #130 on:** October 29, 2011, 09:08:24 am »

Loads of 'halloween specials' and a load of games for about £3...

Paul-LFC · « **Reply #131 on:** October 30, 2011, 01:46:10 am »

The "Indie Royale" bundle has 4 games which you can activate on Steam - ARES, Nimbus, Gemini Rue and Sanctum, plus 2 bits of DLC for Sanctum and possible "further surprises" at some point before it ends (about a day and 16 hours from now).

It works sort of like the Humble Indie bundles, but for this one you have to beat the minimum price, which is currently £2.57.

Still a great deal for what you get - Nimbus is really addictive, it's one of those "just one more go" time trial games and has friend leaderboards. The other 3 games are meant to be highly rated as well.

Link

They also promise to be doing at least 3 similar bundles with different games, one every two weeks or so. Could be a great way to build your games list cheaply if the other bundles have games as good as this one.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #132 on:** October 31, 2011, 11:19:15 am »

Quote from: Paul-LFC on October 30, 2011, 01:46:10 am

The "Indie Royale" bundle has 4 games which you can activate on Steam - ARES, Nimbus, Gemini Rue and Sanctum, plus 2 bits of DLC for Sanctum and possible "further surprises" at some point before it ends (about a day and 16 hours from now).

It works sort of like the Humble Indie bundles, but for this one you have to beat the minimum price, which is currently £2.57.

Still a great deal for what you get - Nimbus is really addictive, it's one of those "just one more go" time trial games and has friend leaderboards. The other 3 games are meant to be highly rated as well.

Link

They also promise to be doing at least 3 similar bundles with different games, one every two weeks or so. Could be a great way to build your games list cheaply if the other bundles have games as good as this one.

Sanctum is ace. Love it - it's so chilled out - a blaster where you can wobble about. Ace.

And you can play co-op online as well.

stoa · « **Reply #133 on:** November 6, 2011, 01:44:05 pm »

It looks like Steam doesn't want my money. Wanted to purchase Saints Row 2, but it keeps saying that the purchase can't be initialized... Wankers...

clacke · « **Reply #134 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:53:00 pm »

Autumn/Black Friday sale on Steam from 23rd - 27th Nov. Hundreds of deals every day.

andymanlfc · « **Reply #135 on:** November 24, 2011, 12:00:00 am »

Quote from: clacke on November 23, 2011, 11:53:00 pm

Autumn/Black Friday sale on Steam from 23rd - 27th Nov. Hundreds of deals every day.

Cheers for the heads up

stoa · « **Reply #136 on:** November 24, 2011, 07:32:40 am »

Stupid sales... Just bought Mass Effect 2 and Cities in Motion...

And Gothic 2 Gold Edition is on there for 4,99 Euros (at least here in Austria). If you like RPGs you should check it out...

Gili Gulu · « **Reply #137 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:34:30 am »

Portal 2 is £6.79 on Steam

stoa · « **Reply #138 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:07:31 pm »

Damn you Steam... L.A. Noire is available for 24.99 Euros... Why couldn't you do that this morning before I spent 12 Euros of the money in my paypal account leaving me with under 20 Euros left...

N-Red · « **Reply #139 on:** November 26, 2011, 08:17:34 pm »

Limbo for me today, £1.74.

HoinkDoink · « **Reply #140 on:** November 27, 2011, 12:27:28 am »

Snapped up all the GTA games for £5

iSmiff · « **Reply #141 on:** December 3, 2011, 11:15:42 pm »

direct2drive have leaked their upcoming offers by mistake

4th: SimCity Societies – £3.74
5th: Dead Island – £20.97
6th: The Witcher – £3.74
7th: Off-Road Drive – £9.98
8th: They have an image for Fallout 3 [Goatee Edition], which I can’t see listed on their site. Weird.
9th: Modern Warfare 2 – £9.98
10th: GTA4 [Complete Edition] – £6.24
11th: Napoleon: Total War – £6.24
12th: Empire and Napoleon: Total War [Goatee Edition] – £4.99 (That’s a bit sneaky!)
13th: The Stronghold Collection – £4.99
14th: No image loading
15th: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – £12.48
16th: Duke Nukem Forever – £7.48
17th: Crysis 2 – £3.74
18th: Mirror’s Edge – £3.74
19th: Hunted: The Demon’s Forge – £7.49
20th: Company of Heroes Complete Bundle – £7.88
21st: DCS: Black Shark – £8.68
22nd: Total War Collection – £19.70
23rd: Dragon Age II – £3.74
24th: Dragon Age: Origins [Ultimate Edition] – £4.99
25th: Smugglers IV: Doomsday – £6.24
26th: Magicka – £1.99
27th: Democracy 2 – £3.74
28th: Fallout: New Vegas – £14.98
29th: Two Worlds II – £7.49
30th: The Saboteur – £3.74
31st: Dirt 3 – £14.98

nothing i'm going to bother with (already own) but some decent stuff

Paul-LFC · « **Reply #142 on:** December 4, 2011, 11:35:17 pm »

Just picked up Dungeon Defenders for £2.50 (plus all its DLC for around £1.80) from the daily wishlist sale. As you probably know already, if you visit the daily deal page every day (don't have to buy the game), you get entered into a draw to win the top 10 games on your wishlist. 10 winners every day, until the Christmas Sale (thought to be December 19th).

stoa · « **Reply #143 on:** December 5, 2011, 08:21:55 am »

I had to put 10 games on my wishlist first...

Chances of winning are probably very slim, but I'd be getting some good games if I did... *g*

cloggypop · « **Reply #144 on:** December 6, 2011, 06:50:49 am »

http://store.thq.com/store/thq/en_GB/list/pc-games/categoryID.57753600/pgm.79071500

Some more offers here . Went for Saints Row The Third vmyself including future DLC . Activates on Steam and a lot cheaper than it would cost normally in Euros .

stoa · « **Reply #145 on:** December 9, 2011, 06:53:54 pm »

The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Game of the Year Edition is on offer via Steam. I'm tempted getting it, even though I have the dvd lying around somewhere. Don't have the addons though. So, I might get them and give it a try. Never finished it when I got it...

J-Mc- · « **Reply #146 on:** December 9, 2011, 09:06:09 pm »

APB Reloaded is up and I didn't even know.

Downloading it now, been looking forward to it for a while and it's free to play!

RivaGe · « **Reply #147 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:25:52 pm »

Christmas sales/contests are on!

stoa · « **Reply #148 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:09:40 pm »

I love how every time they're having a sale or anything their shop goes tits up...

HoinkDoink · « **Reply #149 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:35:06 pm »

Hope Football Manager 2012 gets a big price knockdown

iSmiff · « **Reply #150 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:39:21 pm »

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13024/

this is a fantastic deal right here, with Arkham city in there

filopastry · « **Reply #151 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:56:35 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on December 19, 2011, 10:39:21 pm

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13024/

this is a fantastic deal right here, with Arkham city in there

Cheers for that Smiff, had missed it when I flicked through earlier

dotmotion · « **Reply #152 on:** December 20, 2011, 05:12:38 am »

For all the nostalgics out there, Fable I is only 2.50 USD

FiSh77 · « **Reply #153 on:** December 20, 2011, 06:56:31 am »

Quote from: iSmiff on December 19, 2011, 10:39:21 pm

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13024/

this is a fantastic deal right here, with Arkham city in there

best deal on there at the moment

i already own arkham asylum on steam so would i be able to gift it to someone if i buy this pack?

stoa · « **Reply #154 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:34:43 am »

It's a good deal, but I love how the prices for the games are all fucked up in those packages...

iSmiff · « **Reply #155 on:** December 20, 2011, 04:50:16 pm »

Quote from: FiSh77 on December 20, 2011, 06:56:31 am

best deal on there at the moment

i already own arkham asylum on steam so would i be able to gift it to someone if i buy this pack?

generally that only applies to steam games or publishers who are 'in bed' with Valve, i doubt it would apply here

it will usually tell you when you're buying the pack though (before you pay)

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #156 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:25:44 pm »

Lego Batman £2.49

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #157 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:26:45 pm »

Duke Nukem Forever £3.74

FiSh77 · « **Reply #158 on:** December 21, 2011, 06:05:12 pm »

batman arkham city £19.99

dotmotion · « **Reply #159 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:18:38 pm »

Quote from: FiSh77 on December 21, 2011, 06:05:12 pm

batman arkham city £19.99

For people who have it. How good is the game? I am on the Steam Forum and there seems to be a few complaints. 25 USD is still a bit of money and I am wondering if it is really worth it if there are some issues.

I thought Asylum was great so I do like the series.