The Steam specials thread

[Necuno]

Spellforce - Platinum Edition $3.74 USD ±R30
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix, SpellForce: Breath of Winter

SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
In a world beyond imagination...

In their immeasurable greed and constant thirst for power, the thirteen most powerful Mages of all time doomed the land, hurling it into an endless spiral of chaos and despair. Entire countries were wiped out in the blink of an eye when the devastating power of the Elements was unleashed - Elements summoned by dark rituals. Continents shattered like glass, the pieces strewn about like leaves in the wind. Huge armies, bound by the the power of ancient runes, brought war and destruction to the lands that survived the initial onslaught. All that was left were a few islands, connected by magic portals.

Now, only a few years after the end of the Convocation, evil is back - stronger and more powerful than ever before - to finish what was started.

Yet there is still hope. The prophecies tell of a human. A human damned to immortality, bound forever by the power of the blood runes…

Soon, the time will come when the power of one may change the destiny of many.

For better or for worse...

SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix
In a world beyond imagination...

By means of an enslaved god's life essence a dark necromancer is trying to reanimate the powerful circle mages and make them his unholy servants. Only the power of the Phoenix Stone will be able to prevent the returning of the Circle.

Thus the rune is summoned again to finally put an end to his former slave-masters.

But to free the special power of the Phoenix Stone, the blade of the Shadow Sword is required which is held by the rune warrior of Urgath. The two avatars need to combine their powers and work together to overcome this final enemy.

SpellForce: Breath of Winter
A Prince of Darkness, a Fial Darg, was set free through the Convocation and took over the reign over the Fire Empire. His whish is to bring the Renegades, the Gods of darkness, back to Eo.

For the Ritual, to make that happen, he needs the blood of a first-born Elve. But there is only one more left, Cenwen, the Elve Queen, who lives under the ice where she sings for the mighty dragon Aryn…

* Innovative game design: The unique mixture of RTS and RPG elements offers a brand new game experience.
* High degree of identification with the hero-avatar, whose skills and strengths can be improved by the player.
* Click'n'Fight: This revolutionary control system guarantees instant action, the best possible overview and completely new tactical possibilities in battle.
* 6 races - Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs and Trolls - that can be used simultaneously (!) to build settlements and fight battles and more than 30 different enemy races, from cowardly goblins to powerful demons, Fire Angels, Werewolfs and giant Ice Dragons.
* A multitude of spells, divided into different categories of magic (white, black, elemental, etc.) and enchanted items
* Awe-inspiring 3D-graphics with zoom levels from isometric to 1st-Person-views
* Free game in SpellForce – The Breath of Winter: The Avatar can develop and upgrade his skills with every map he plays. This mode enables the player to try out other Avatars abilities without playing the main campaign again.
* Cooperative Multiplayer: Free game can be played with up to 3 players cooperatively over LAN.

 

[Necuno]

King Arthur Pack $28.80 USD ±R224
King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame, Knights and Vassals DLC, Legendary Artifacts DLC

Welcome to the lost age of chivalry, where magic and myth is alive, and you are destined to be one of the living legends: Arthur, the son of Uther Pendragon, the Once and Future King of the prophecies.

Fulfill your destiny and claim your rightful place on the throne of Britannia. Recruit fabled knights to your Round Table: send them to adventures or battles, let them gather knowledge and artifacts, see how they become the most powerful heroes of the realm. Build the majestic Camelot, but beware: there will be enemies, both mortal and otherworldly that will try to destroy you. Send your heroes and their followers to battle with legendary warriors and monsters and see how the folk of the faeries and the saints set against wizards and evil knights.

â– Real-time fantasy battles: spectacular fight scenarios on grandiose battlefields, featuring thousands of soldiers and powerful heroes such as Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad or Merlin. Battles rely on the strengths and weaknesses of the different arms with several tactical possibilities, the abilities of the units and the heroes, monsters and most of all, spells.
â– Turn-based Campaign Map: Britannia is represented as a fully three dimensional topographic map where heroes move freely, conquer provinces or find adventures. In the turn-based campaign the changing seasons have effect on the gameplay and the graphics of the Campaign Map.
â– Create your own legend! The saga of King Arthur is an epic tale about the conquest of Britannia through a story-based campaign. The Campaign is divided into chapters, like a chronicle, each with a unique tone and theme. The chapters all have objectives, long- and short-term goals that also fit together to draw a grandiose picture of an unfolding storyline. There are many possible events and outcomes that all influence the legend itself and determine the ending of the storyline.
â– Morality Chart: Every decision in the game will influence the position of King Arthur on the Morality Chart. King Arthur might become a Christian ruler or the Follower of the Old Faith; a rightful or a ruthless monarch. These choices unlock special contents, allies, heroes, units and developments.
■RPG elements: Heroes lead the armies and learn skills, spells and abilities from an ability tree for experience points. Heroes can also use magic items or become liege lords, entrusted with the leadership of a province, which is the best way to have them indebted. Arranging their marriages with the nice damsels of Arthur’s court also raises their loyalty.
■Adventures: adventuring is the essence of King Arthur’s world. Quests pop up on the Campaign Map regularly. In technical terms it is a short story where the chosen knight has to make important decisions. Some adventures end in battles on special battlemaps.

 

[Necuno]

hmmm i think i want to get the spellforce collection (sf1 + sf2) for R80 in total

 

[XeroS1x]

f***ing hell. this is now the 3rd time my steam account magically locks when i try to use my credit card. each time i have to ask for an unlock. seriously weird as paypal works but on each initial credit card transaction after it has been unlocked it locks again. this only happens with steam. direct2drive... no issues.

/must be steamy unlucky

How bizzare, it wasnt long ago since you had the same problem.

Mmm. Steam specials. Doesnt look like anything is happening this weekend??

 

[Necuno]

How bizzare, it wasnt long ago since you had the same problem.

Mmm. Steam specials. Doesnt look like anything is happening this weekend??

tell me about it. anyways went with just spellforce 2 gold. i have spellforce1 on dvds already via my graphics card...

 

[Necuno]

Football Manager 2010 -- [metascore 88]
$19.99 USD ±R153

Football Manager 2010 is the latest iteration of the world’s best selling football management simulation series. Developed by multi award-winning studio Sports Interactive, Football Manager™ 2010 is slated to release on October 30th, 2009.

* Polish — Making the game faster, more immersive, more realistic and easier to play with better in game feedback and more advice.
* Improved Match Engine — Improved AI, over 100 new animations in 3D mode, better lighting, improved pitch degradation, stadiums and crowds.
* Match Analysis — A match analysis tool that shows you where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have happened for both sides, both live in game, and post match, allowing you to work out your, and your opponents, strengths and weaknesses.
* New GUI — A new look to the game, and a new way of control – gone is the side menu, to be replaced by an easier to use tab system, with everything at your finger tips.
* Tactics — A new tactics module, making it much easier to make your team play as you want them to, with thousands of possible pre-set options, touchline shouts for easily changing things around, and instant changes. (the old system is still there for people who love their sliders).
* News Center — A subscription based newspaper. Get the news about the football world around you that you want, and not the news you don’t want.
* New Data Editor — A brand new data editor. Not only has the functionality and ease of editing data improved, we are also proud to announce that you can now add competitions and extra levels for leagues currently in the game, and add completely new competitions and leagues all via a very simple to use editor.
* And more... There are still load of additional features, both big and small, to announce for FM2010. Stay tuned!

 

[Grimspoon]

I will be visiting this thread more often now that I have enough cap to start dling games.

 

[Necuno]

Indie Game Pack - $9.99 USD, ±R76
Altitude, Bob Came in Pieces, Bullet Candy, Galcon Fusion, Gridrunner Revolution, Space Giraffe, Super Laser Racer

Altitude

Blast your way across the cartoon skies in this fast-paced game of aerial combat. Nimbly Games has crafted an instantly accessible, rewardingly deep, and ravishingly fun multiplayer action game. The sirens have sounded, bogies are coming in hot…

Jump into the fast and agile Loopy and drop your enemies from the sky with a tactical EMP blast - but hit your afteburners before your Biplane support tears them to pieces with 20mm cannons blazing! Barrel roll through the enemy minefield and arm your nuke as you enter the drop zone. There it is - the enemy base - but two Mirandas just warped in with lasers hot and an Explodet is lumbering into position over their hangar decks — will you carry your team to victory?

Multiplayer Done Right: Developed by hardcore Counter-Strike players, Altitude combines Call-of-Duty style perks with the gameplay variety of Team Fortress 2 in a fresh multiplayer experience. Carefully refined controls, netcode, and balance make for hundreds of hours of deep, rewarding gameplay.

Bob Came in Pieces

Bob has crashed on a strange planet, lost a bunch of parts for his ship and above all, is late for work!

Find the lost parts and rebuild your ship along the way to solve challenging, physics-based puzzles. You can build your ship any way you like in the ship builder – try to find the coolest ship-design for the puzzle at hand!

Bullet Candy

Bullet Candy is a fast paced, action packed arena shooter. There are a variety of combo systems and many secret techniques that you can employ to get the best score and weapon upgrades possible. Viewed from a top-down perspective, Bullet Candy allows for a true 360° shoot-em-up experience. With all of your enemies in view at all times it's easy to see and, more importantly, shoot them into tiny little pieces.

 

[Necuno]

Galcon Fusion

Conquer the Galaxy like never before! Galcon Fusion is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic arcade-strategy game. Send swarms of ships to defeat enemy planets and conquer the universe!

GridRunner Revolution

Gridrunner Revolution is a game which has evolved over 27 years. The original Gridrunner games were created for the Commodore 64 and Vic-20 back in 1982. The company that made the games, Llamasoft, are now one of the longest established game developers in existence and over the intervening years have done pioneering work in the field of music visualization as well as developing genre-defining games such as Tempest 2000 and the extraordinary Space Giraffe.

Gridrunner Revolution takes some core ideas from those old Commodore games and extrapolates them forward to create a game that is both modern and exceptionally beautiful. The gameplay goes way beyond mere shooting and leads players to score highly by engaging with the game's mechanic to produce aesthetically pleasing abstract graphics “performances” as they play.

Several game modes are included, along with simulations of the original Vic and C64 games so that players can see for themselves the game's history and how it has evolved in the 21st century.

Space Giraffe

Space Giraffe is an abstract action arcade style game that takes place in a succession of beautiful environments generated by an advanced graphics synthesizer. It presents itself as a shooter but the more you play the more you discover the hidden depths and strategies that make the gameplay satisfyingly rich and rewarding. This is the boldest evolution of the trance-shooter, created by the company that helped to define the genre with the groundbreaking “Tempest 2000”.

Super Laser Racer

Super Laser Racer is an exciting combat racing game set in outer geometric space. Blast your way to the top of the leaderboards using lasers, missiles, bombs and more!

 

[armthedark]

I think the steam purchasing process is excellent. Makes all pricing fair, and retailers have to compete with their specials/pricing.
Are there any oldschool budget multiplayer games im missing out on? Team Fortress 2, & CS 1.6 are still the best.... cant wait for promod to be official!

 

[Blackhand]

f***ing hell. this is now the 3rd time my steam account magically locks when i try to use my credit card. each time i have to ask for an unlock. seriously weird as paypal works but on each initial credit card transaction after it has been unlocked it locks again. this only happens with steam. direct2drive... no issues.

/must be steamy unlucky

I had a similar problem a year ago. I sent them a ticket detailing the full problem and it was fixed permanently the next day.

 

[Necuno]

I had a similar problem a year ago. I sent them a ticket detailing the full problem and it was fixed permanently the next day.

so far i've managed 2 purchases after the 3rd fix and it looks like it is going to be fixed for now.

got my self the indie game pack yay

 

[Necuno]

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising $7.49 USD, ±R57

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale. The player takes the role of a US soldier, part of the allied force fighting against outnumbering Chinese forces vying for control of the island. The game centres on a campaign narrative that gives the player a variety of roles in the allied forces ranging from a Marine Infantry, tank commander, Special Forces and helicopter captain. The game has an incredible realistic depiction of war with careful attention to the detail of the weapons, equipment and tactics of the armed forces. The action is varied from intense fire fights through to slower pace tactical decision making on how to best tackle the mission objectives.

* Most accessible, engaging and visceral sandbox shooter - Includes over 100 authentically modeled vehicles and weapons and players will be able to control multi-component vehicles including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, APCs, attack and utility helicopters
* Freedom of Play - Players will need to balance brute force with intelligent use of tactics with unscripted missions containing real objectives such as covering a friendly unit's retreat or conducting short-range recon patrols
* Squad-Based Combat - As an epic single and multi-player campaign weaves the narrative, players will fight as infantry soldiers in battle, drive tanks in armored assaults, and infiltrate the enemy in covert special operations utilizing a wide variety of realistic military weapons from knives and rifles to machine guns and grenade launchers.
* Redefines the Size of Battles - The island of Skira is 220km2 large and gives the player the ability to make a multitude of tactical decisions based on terrain and environments. The island contains valleys, mountains, coastlines, towns, and much more!
* Co-Op and PvP Support - Play with up to 3 friends cooperatively through the campaign or head online and play up against 32 players in epic battles!

 

[Necuno]

...well that is a no brainer. /instantly loots Operation Flashpoint

 

[Deceptor]

Yeah thats a awesome price for Operation Flashpoint.

 

[Fivel]

...well that is a no brainer. /instantly loots Operation Flashpoint

Where do you get the time to play all of these games......?

 

[Necuno]

Where do you get the time to play all of these games......?

i have total of 55 steam games now bought . just play them through one at time. currently smitten with mass effect so nothing else gets attention till that is done. probably i'll continue with trine, braid and painkiller before moving into something else.

 

[Blackhand]

Where do you get the time to play all of these games......?

You just queue them up for a later date =) My steam game's library is also starting to get quite big now and its going to get a lot bigger this month.

 

[Fivel]

You just queue them up for a later date =) My steam game's library is also starting to get quite big now and its going to get a lot bigger this month.

LOL, fully understand, but I get to play maybe 3-4 hrs a week

 

[Necuno]

Monday Madess !

Hitman and Deus Ex Bundle $16.98 USD, R126

Seperate
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition $4.99 USD, ±R37
Buy Deus Ex: Invisible War $4.99 USD, ±R37
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin $4.99 USD, ±R37
Hitman: Blood Money $4.99 USD, ±R37
Hitman: Codename 47 $4.99 USD, ±R37


...take note this is mark as Square Enix, Eidos Week Day 1. more to follow i guess