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May 12, 2010, 03:17 PM
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Warlord
Join Date: May 2010
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If you are not sure what to expect from Steam....
Steam currently offer Portal for free untill 24th.
Try it - its not going to kil you (and Portal is pretty good game) link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/400/ Last edited by Rebel44; May 12, 2010 at 03:26 PM. |
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May 12, 2010, 03:37 PM
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May 12, 2010, 03:45 PM
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The blue pieces
Join Date: Feb 2010
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I'd strongly advise giving it a go! Portal is a critically acclaimed masterpiece and since it's free you've got nothing to lose.
It will give you a good idea of how Steam integrated games work and answer all your questions and fears you may have about Civ 5. |
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May 13, 2010, 10:33 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Jan 2009
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They just want more people to get steam, and slowly sucker them in to buy more games :P
I already have steam, but downloading a whole game off it will take WAY to long, so i won't bother. |
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May 13, 2010, 12:46 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Well, I bought Civilization IV complete (vanilla Plus 2 expansions) and colonization for 10 euros last weekend.
Best. Buy. Ever. I won't buy the Extra edition of Civ V, though. I did it with Civ IV and I still have those funny discs that say play and install, and it is the install disk the one you have to insert if you want to play.
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May 14, 2010, 03:00 AM
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Drill IV Defender
Join Date: Jan 2006
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I can buy it off ebay brand new for 7.60USD. I have to add postage cost (8.90USD) but you get the idea. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people who think they get such wonderful deals on Steam but who don't bother to consider that you can get games just as cheap elsewhere. If you're prepared to buy games on Steam, I think it goes without saying you don't mind much if there's no manual or the box is scratched or something like that so second-hand is quite a cheap way to go. Steam just has pretty advertising (ooh shinies!) for its specials. Apparently it works.
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Tip: Forcing Steam's Offline Mode Civ4 Mods: Advanced Combat Odds, PIG Mod(discontinued), HEX Mod(discontinued) Suggestion: Try karadoc's K-Mod: Far Beyond the Sword Read if bored: Zoom-To-Cursor, Good advice from Kaell for DX11 users, Nvidia beats AMD in Civ V Last edited by PieceOfMind; May 14, 2010 at 03:04 AM. |
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May 14, 2010, 03:03 AM
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The blue pieces
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May 14, 2010, 03:31 AM
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Warlord
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Davis, CA
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Portal is a great game that should be played, with a great sense of humor and fantastic atmosphere -- I recommend it even if First-Person games are not normally you're thing. It is also single-player so you should also use it to put steam through it's offline-mode paces as well.
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May 14, 2010, 03:33 AM
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Drill IV Defender
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It's a good deal I agree. But my whole point is there are good deals in other places too. It's not like Steam has a monopoly on good prices. It's prices are however probably a tad better on average than physical distribution methods, especially when postage is factored in. Steam's discounts from what I can gather just tend to match closely the real market value of a product. It seems the risk of using Steam excessively is that you start to think its discounts are pretty much gifts.
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Tip: Forcing Steam's Offline Mode Civ4 Mods: Advanced Combat Odds, PIG Mod(discontinued), HEX Mod(discontinued) Suggestion: Try karadoc's K-Mod: Far Beyond the Sword Read if bored: Zoom-To-Cursor, Good advice from Kaell for DX11 users, Nvidia beats AMD in Civ V Last edited by PieceOfMind; May 14, 2010 at 03:37 AM. |
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May 14, 2010, 03:48 AM
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The blue pieces
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 Bioshock was on sale for £2.50 the other day. I didn't really think it looked like my sort of thing but... man. That's like the price of a sandwich. I'm so weak! |
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May 14, 2010, 03:53 AM
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Warlord
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May 14, 2010, 04:11 AM
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Drill IV Defender
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You can tell someone has a successful marketing strategy when a lot of the people who purchase their products consider the advertisements to be an "advantage" or "benefit" (of Steam). There's nothing wrong IMO with gamer's appreciating the advertising, but it's a win-win situation and oh so delicious for the publisher Valve. I wonder if people used to (or do still) place any value on the little advertising leaflets publishers put in with boxed copies of games? It's still fairly common practice if I understand correctly.
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Tip: Forcing Steam's Offline Mode Civ4 Mods: Advanced Combat Odds, PIG Mod(discontinued), HEX Mod(discontinued) Suggestion: Try karadoc's K-Mod: Far Beyond the Sword Read if bored: Zoom-To-Cursor, Good advice from Kaell for DX11 users, Nvidia beats AMD in Civ V |
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May 14, 2010, 07:28 AM
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Warlord
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: South Korea
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Dang, I hadn't even thought about that (the whole temptation to buy games thing). I have very little free time as it is... I don't need the temptation of cheap games!
But Portal for free? I've heard so much about it... oh, I am so tempted. I'm going to have to download Steam anyway, right? |
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May 14, 2010, 07:36 AM
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Deus Caritas Est
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May 14, 2010, 07:44 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: May 2010
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I will take a pass, but thank you for the heads up
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May 14, 2010, 07:45 AM
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The blue pieces
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As for game count... it's currently at 105. Although there are loads of indy games on there and I mostly buy stuff when it's on offer. I have no idea how much money that works out to though  I dread to think.
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May 14, 2010, 02:57 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: May 2010
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I'm a sucker for a deal. If you haven't checked it out. Look at this:
http://www.steamcalculator.com/ It appears the ave. account has $440 of game value. Portal is what sucked me into the Source universe. Highly recommend it. |
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May 14, 2010, 04:57 PM
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The blue pieces
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My not terribly accurate total is: $1287.21 USD I'd estimate it's closer to $600-$700, probably less looking at all the stuff I either got for free or at 50% off. Last edited by Chalks; May 14, 2010 at 05:01 PM. |
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