The Steam Thread

[whomario]

anno 2070 is the type of game i end up watching tons of youtube videos and be hella impressed but still would never dream of buying right now. I´m having trouble enough as it is getting to play my historical-type strategy games (just got back into AOE I and II, Crusader Kings II and Total War Rome), think Anno would be too "far fetched" for me to invest the time right now.

But yeah, looks helluva impressive from an interface standpoint as well as just graphically

Endless Space is to be had for cheap btw ! (66% off)

Wouldn´t buy it again for full price like i did, but fot 10 or so bucks it is propably a solid game if you play this sort of game.


If you are into racing games, F1 2012 is 50% off. The previous version was tons of fun (but with a few bad bugs) on the 360 as essentially a debut version, i suppose with a year more on their backs and with PC mods it´s a really good game.


If anyone is looking to get a visually impressive story-game, Dear Esther is 50% off. Actually there´s not that much of a story and there´s been discussion if it´s even a game technically, but it´s a couple hours of great atmosphere to get immersed in.

[Capital]

Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos

Bought Anno 2070 as well. Looks impressive.

Let us know what you think of the game.

[Young Drachma]

I bought Anno 2070, but haven't gotten into it. Looking forward to hearing what the legions of folks buying it here now will think and maybe that'll spur me into action.

[Young Drachma]

Tempted by Endless Space...but can't quite get a handle of it. Need to read a few more reviews, but tempted.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

Tempted by Endless Space...but can't quite get a handle of it. Need to read a few more reviews, but tempted.

It's a fantastic turn based strategy game and at 66% off, it's a steal.

[Neon_Chaos]

Anno 2070. Campaign seems like a giant tutorial. Which is good, since there is a lot to grasp.

The game has me impressed so far, despite the hand holding.

Can't wait to finish the campaign and get to do a sandbox game.

[whomario]

the Batman games are 75% off.

[Abe Sargent]

I'm in the Anno campaign and its not exactly was I was expecting, but I',m enjoying it. I thought it would be a little more SimCity and a little less shooting down gunboats.

[Neon_Chaos]

So, playing the campaign for Anno 2070 nicely. Chapter 3's level of involvement shoots up ridiculously. Just pure island building and resource chain management.

First mission took me 3 hours to complete!

I'm betting continuous games will be ridiculously long. Hehe.

[Abe Sargent]

That sounds promising

[spleen1015]

I bought that game a while ago. I need to fire it up, I guess.

[FrogMan]

of course, when I convince myself that Lego: LOTR wouldn't go any lower than the 10% off it was and I decide to buy it, yesterday, it drops to 33% off today, bah... oh well...

It's a lot of fun though...

FM

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

of course, when I convince myself that Lego: LOTR wouldn't go any lower than the 10% off it was and I decide to buy it, yesterday, it drops to 33% off today, bah... oh well...

It's a lot of fun though...

FM

It might still be $7.49 on Amazon.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

It might still be $7.49 on Amazon.

yeah, had seen that but not available to people outside the US and not giftable, from what I understood... Didn't feel like fighting it out.

FM

[Neon_Chaos]

Quick, vote for FM 2013 at 50% off in Community's Choice!

[Neon_Chaos]

Boo. Bloodbowl: Chaos Edition won.

[Qrusher14242]

dang i guess you missed FM13 at $14 the other day on greenmangaming.com i posted it in the Game specials thread. Hope it goes down to that price again

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

yeah, had seen that but not available to people outside the US and not giftable, from what I understood... Didn't feel like fighting it out.

FM

Ah. From what I've read you just need to put in a US address, and I've never heard of anyone having trouble doing that. Only issue that you could run into is some games have region locks like Civ V, though typically if you're in Canada with a US key that isn't an issue.

[Abe Sargent]

STEAM questions for you regular users. All i do from Steam is buy games, nothing more. So i don't know gifting, community, etc. Here's my questions.


Back in November, i purchased King's Bounty: THe LEgend for 7.50 on sale and I just finished it today after putting around 60 hours into it - good game btw. Now i Want to buy the sequel and its expansion. They are ten dollars each, on sale right now, but a bundle has the first game, second game and its expansion fir 17.50 or something.

If I buy the bundle with the original game, which I already have, can I gift that game, will I own it twice? How does that mechanic work?

[Qrusher14242]

Extra Copies - Trading and Gifting - Knowledge Base - Steam Support

Doesnt look it like. Only a few Valve games and Dawn of War II will give you extra copies.

[Abe Sargent]

Ah well, i was hoping I could hook someone up. Thanks for the linkie

[spleen1015]

I think it depends. I've only ever ran into this once. When I preordered XCOM I got a copy of Civ 5. I already had it, so I gifted it to someone here.

I think you'll be able to give your extra copy of King's Bounty.

[Abe Sargent]

I'ma buy it now and we'll find out. It;s still teh best dela to get Crossworlds and Armored Princess.

[Abe Sargent]

LOL - It tells me this as I go to buy it:


† Note: You already own the following items in "King's Bounty: Platinum Edition". You will not receive extra copies of these items when you complete this purchase:
King's Bounty: The Legend

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

I think it depends. I've only ever ran into this once. When I preordered XCOM I got a copy of Civ 5. I already had it, so I gifted it to someone here.

I think you'll be able to give your extra copy of King's Bounty.

So that must hasve been where I got that Civ 5 copy from, when I preordered XCOM. Just gifted it recently but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how I got the second copy.

[EagleFan]

Can you buy it as a gift? Then from your gift inventory install the one that you want and gift the other?

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Can you buy it as a gift? Then from your gift inventory install the one that you want and gift the other?

No. If you purchase a bundle as a gift and put it in your inventory you have the whole bundle as a single item rather than all of the individual games.

[CrimsonFox]

I once bought the Orange Box but I already had a couple of the contents. It let me give those away.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

I once bought the Orange Box but I already had a couple of the contents. It let me give those away.

It's up to the publisher of the bundle to decide to give extra copies or not. Valve does, almost all others do not.

[CrimsonFox]

then almost all others suck

[Qrusher14242]

yeah i got an extra copy of Dawn of War II when i got the Dawn of War Franchise pack

[mckerney]

It's not exactly entirely out of goodwill that Valve does it. They stand to potentially benefit if you gift a friend a game and they register a Steam account as a result. That isn't true for other publishers.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

STEAM questions for you regular users. All i do from Steam is buy games, nothing more. So i don't know gifting, community, etc. Here's my questions.


Back in November, i purchased King's Bounty: THe LEgend for 7.50 on sale and I just finished it today after putting around 60 hours into it - good game btw. Now i Want to buy the sequel and its expansion. They are ten dollars each, on sale right now, but a bundle has the first game, second game and its expansion fir 17.50 or something.

If I buy the bundle with the original game, which I already have, can I gift that game, will I own it twice? How does that mechanic work?

Thanks for buying King's Bounty so it would go on sale just hours later.

[Abe Sargent]

Sure thing!

[Abe Sargent]

Now you can all enjoy the Bounty. I kill me with jokes!

[Qrusher14242]

http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/ki...atinum-edition

for $5.49...but i'm not sure if it has a steam code. Just says 'Keycode activation'

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Since I have started adding to my friends list recently I have been in screens that I never visited before (basically looking through the deals or my library was pretty much it prior).

Saw the complete game list (not from the library screen) which shows all of my games with the time played listed. That made me wonder which game I played the most, and if I would be surprised by it.

Not that anyone cares but here is my top 10 played (in terms of time)...

1) WWSM 2009
2) Plants vs. Zombies
3) FM 2011
4) FM 2010
5) Defense Grid
6) Skyrim
7) Frozen Synapse
8) MLB 2K9
9) Torchlight
10) Blood Bowl

Big surprise when I saw the numbers. WWSM 2009 leads by a wide margin, actually more time than the next two combined. Plants vs. Zombies is an inflated number as my daughters play it. If that is taken out and only my time playing PvZ is taken into account WWSM would probably be more than the next 4 combined.

Amazing that for someone who isn't a soccer guy that three of the top 4 are all from the FM series and that the current version hasn't made the cut yet.

Also shocked that Frozen Synapse ended up as high as it is. That has been from a lot of shorter sessions playing.

Saw this post and it made me wonder where I am a year later...

1) WWSM 2009 (--)
2) Plants vs. Zombies (--)
3) FM 2011 (--)
4) FM 2010 (--)
5) Defense Grid (--)
6) Skyrim (--)
7) Frozen Synapse (--)
8) MLB 2K12 (new)
9) MLB 2K11 (new)
10) FM 2012 (new)


It seems my play time has been spread over several different games over the past year. WWSM 2009 may be at the top of this list forever. Of the 10 the three soccer titles near the top have not increased (and doubtfully will). PvZ had some play. DG had more play than PvZ. Skyrim hasn't had much because I haven't really had the time to commit to it. FS had some play. The bottom three had the most of any of the titles this past year I would guess.

[Abe Sargent]

Goood idea!


My top ten by hours:


1: FM 2012
2: Fallout: New Vegas
3: Crusader Kings 2
4: Tropico 3
5: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
6: Blood Bowl
7: Fallout 3
8: Tropico 4
9: UFO: Extraterrestials Gold
10: King's Bounty: The Legend at 61 hours clocks in at #10.


EDIT: Honorable Mention: Space Pirates and Zombies

[lighthousekeeper]

Mine:
1. FM2011 (681 hours. No way I believe this though - I think I just left the game on idle for long periods of time)
2. Skyrim
3. WWSM2009
4. Dragon Age: Origins
5. CK II
6. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
7. GTA IV
8. Bioshock
9. Fallout III
10. Half-Life 2 (15 hours)

[mckerney]

1. Dota 2 (Nearly 900 hours more than anything else, so unlikely to change soon)
2. Left 4 Dead 2
3. Dragon Age: Origins
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Skyrim
6. Team Fortress 2
7. Terraria
8. Civ IV
9. Mass Effect
10. Fallout: New Vegas (52 hours)

Likely to at least pass where New Vegas is by end of next year:
Hero Academy
XCOM
Civ V
Borderlands 2
Saints Row 3

EDIT: New Vegas is actually slightly ahead of L4D.

[Fidatelo]

1. Civ 5
2. FM2010
3. Frozen Synapse
4. Civ 4
5. Dragon Age Origins
6. Dungeons of Dredmore
7. Batman: Arkham Asylum
8. Hoard
9. Torchlight
10. Spacechem

[Vince, Pt. II]

How are you guys sorting by time played?

[Scoobz0202]

From steam, top of the page My Profile > My Profile. Right sidebar, under Actions, click Games. Click All games at the top of your list, make sure it is sorted by playtime.

And mine:

1. Counter Strike Source
2. Counter Strike GO
3. Football Manager 2011
4. Super Meat Boy
5. NBA 2K12
6. The Witcher 2
7. Battlefield Bad Company 2
8. Avernum: Escape from the Pit
9. Football Manager 2010
10. Elder Scrolls Skyrim

[CrimsonFox]

1. Terraria
2. Portal 2
3. Portal
4. Half Life 2
5. Limbo
6. Peggle Nights
7. Revenge of the Titans
8. Half Life Source
9. Braid
10. Lightfish

[Draft Dodger]

1 Terraria (hello, CrimsonFox)
2 Magic 2013
3 Defense Grid Awakening
4 Magic 2012
5 Civ 5
6 Elder Scrolls Oblivion
7 Tropico 4
8 Orcs Must Die
9 Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
10 Fallout 3

Terraria I have 189 hours, while Magic at number 2 is at 68 hours. I do share an account with the kids, though, and they both play Terraria quite a bit as well.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

1. Dota 2 (Nearly 900 hours more than anything else, so unlikely to change soon)

Holy crap.

[Qrusher14242]

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North is $10.50 w/ this coupon:
GMG30-DPLIM-DN831

at http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/e...arriors-north/

Its the Steam version

Also,the new X-COM is $17 there with the same 30% coupon

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/e...y-unknown/?two

think it ends tonight

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Holy crap.

Dota really good.

[Qrusher14242]

Mine:

1. Team Fortress 2 ( 227 hrs)
2. Dungeons of Dredmor (177 hrs)
3. Football Manager 2010 (125 hrs)

The rest are 34 hrs or less

4. Just Cause 2
5. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
6. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
7. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
8. Football Manager 2012
9. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
10. The Binding of Isaac

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Holy crap.

yup everytime I see mck I see him playing dota 2 at least some time during the day