The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Turjan]

Anyone know why the best GTA of them all (GTA London) isn't on Steam?

You mean why the mission packs for a game that was available for free are not on Steam? None of the free Rockstar Classics are on Steam.

Edit: Just looked, and it says "currently unavailable" for the free downloads, so you may be able to pay for them in the near future.

 

[DDZ]

It was stand alone, so yeah, why isn't it?

Loved that game when it came out.

 

[evdk]

Would anyone want a Prison Architect card? I don't even feel like selling anymore for these prices.

me (same handle on Steam)

'k

 

[Turjan]

It was stand alone, so yeah, why isn't it?

You know, questions like this become self-fulfilling prophecies. They can even claim the customers asked for it when they suddenly start taking money for the games again.

http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/

 

[Zed]

the best GTA of all time is Vice City. duh.

 

[felipepepe]

The best GTA is, and will always be the next one. Just like any AAA+ game.

 

[Gurkog]

Because of the shitty games I bought during the sale I purchased a shitbox controller. Damn thing better give me an orgasmic playing experience for $30.

 

[Metro]

Was so excited to get another foil... before I realized I could get like $2 tops. I offloaded it for $1 before the market filled up with them.

 

[bertram_tung]

picked up dishonored for 10 bucks. i'll probably regret it

 

[Kirtai]

Was so excited to get another foil...

I have to admit that Valve are excellent at preying on their customers and making them like it.

 

[Zewp]

You mean why the mission packs for a game that was available for free are not on Steam? None of the free Rockstar Classics are on Steam.

Both GTA1 and 2 were free Rockstar Classics and both were available in the GTA Complete pack on Steam. That's where I got them.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I think that's because they were available on Steam before Rockstar decided to release them as freeware, which is why you can't buy 1 and 2 separately, only as a bonus for the complete pack.

 

[Zewp]

Ah, that makes sense.

Still, I wouldn't mind paying for the GTA London mission pack, as long as it's optimized for modern systems. I spent ages on that game when I was a kid.

 

[Fatty]

Yay or Nay? I'm not clear what a Steam Special Edition is. Or is there a better city builder/manager out there? I did not care for Sim City 4.

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[Clockwork Knight]

Well, if you're feeling nostalgic GTA London is available on the Playstation 1 as well. Just grab the iso and ePSXe and you're good to go.

I'm not clear what a Steam Special Edition is.

From the description:

Special Edition

...includes an exclusive island (Isla Nublar) and El Presidente avatar costume (Luchador) and 50 Steam achievements. El Presidente is back to rule it all!

Basically, it's just the name for the version available on Steam.

 

[DDZ]

Some of the game releases are confusing as fuck on Steam, DLC bundles that include 40 DLC items, but still miss some, gold editions, premium editions. Annoys the shit out of me.

 

[Turjan]

Yay or Nay? I'm not clear what a Steam Special Edition is. Or is there a better city builder/manager out there? I did not care for Sim City 4.

Buy Tropico 4 Collector's Bundle

I like that game very much, it's quite humorous. Then again, I also like SimCity 4 very much, so...

Either you like city building or you don't. You can also throw people in jail and rig the elections, but that's actually more difficult than playing it the plain way. Which isn't a bad thing per se.

 

[Fatty]

Hmm I'll have to try and remember why I did not like Sim City 4. Its been years. As I recall it was mainly the lack of random map generator but maybe there was one and I am thinking of something else.

Unrelated question - do we think the early Tomb Raiders will appear again for under a buck each of was that just a one time fuck-up?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Fuck-up. But at 66% they're already dirt cheap anyway.

edit: 50% of the community chose Bastion, the game that goes for 75% every two weeks. *sigh*

 

[Gragt]

 

[Gurkog]

My eyes can not unsee what they have seen. Gragt has permanently damaged me.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

go home Gaben, you're drunk



edit:

Oh for fuck's sake, I wasn't being serious

Since voting ears you cards, it becomes a retarded popularity contest as even people who aren't interested vote as well. "Walking Dead kicks ass, I'm voting for THAT! Wtf is van helsing LOL"

muckymucks

11 minutes ago

I had Bastion already but the other two choses were pretty bad, so I voted for Bastion again. That seems to be the trend; community nominees I already own get the vote because the contenders don't look so good.

 

[Country_Gravy]

No shit, he is. He replaced real words with some sort of gibberish.

 

[Excidium]

50% discount on a F2P game looks like a great deal to me, might finally buy something on this sale

 

[Turjan]

Eh, I only vote for... science. Yes, that's it...

The only positive I see here is that everything that's up to vote hasn't been on sale yet.