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    #601  Edited By BeachThunder

    Well, I guess that's it. If you haven't seen something you want on a Flash Sale/Community Choice/Daily Deal, then now is the time to pick it up.

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    #602  Edited By Time_Lord
    • THQ Collection
    • Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai Collection

    • The Darkness 2
    • LA Noire
    • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
    • And the Tropico 4 DLC

    Every time I say there is nothing I want then I spend a hundred or so on games each sale that there is a good chance I may never play.

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    Doom 3

    Doom 2

    Masters Levels for Doom 2

    Max Payne 3

    Spec Ops

    KOTOR 2

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    #605  Edited By granderojo

    Picked up Binary Domain and Torchlight 2. Thought about getting 30 Flights of Loving but I decided to wait tell after the sale to buy that, give the dude more money. I love non-linear stories, dude deserves a few extra bucks for bringing that to games.

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    #606  Edited By BeachThunder

    @thabigred said:

    Picked up Binary Domain and Torchlight 2. Thought about getting 30 Flights of Loving but I decided to wait tell after the sale to buy that, give the dude more money. I love non-linear stories, dude deserves a few extra bucks for bringing that to games.

    Buy a copy; then buy another to gift to someone else :P

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    #607  Edited By Kidavenger
    @thabigred do you also like games that are less than 15 minute long? If you're going to buy it, get it on sale.
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    still have all my steam credit i was looking purely for some good rts sales and missed the dow ii and total war pack blehhh

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    #609  Edited By TruthTellah

    @masterpaperlink said:

    still have all my steam credit i was looking purely for some good rts sales and missed the dow ii and total war pack blehhh

    Check back over the next two days. They're going to be doing each of the daily deals again over an "Encore Weekend". So, those deals might pop up again.

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    #610  Edited By HaroldoNVU

    I bought more than 25 games between Amazon, Steam, GMG and GOG. I'm DONE. I won't even look the encore so I won't do more stupid last mine purchases.

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    @Time_Lord said:

    • THQ Collection
    • Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai Collection

    • The Darkness 2
    • LA Noire
    • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
    • And the Tropico 4 DLC

    Every time I say there is nothing I want then I spend a hundred or so on games each sale that there is a good chance I may never play.

    You should definitely play The Darkness II. It's short and, surprisingly, great.

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    #612  Edited By raremonkey

    final list

    • Sleepy Dogs (GMG 8 bucks)
    • scribblenauts unlimited (amazon think it was about 10 during 1 day)
    • hotline miami (amazon 2.50)
    • they bleed pixels (steam 2.50)
    • Mcpixel (steam think 1.50)
    • half minute hero (2.50 steam)
    • desert sea bundle (spec ops and bioshocks) (amazon 10)
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    #613  Edited By HaroldoNVU

    I bought more than 25 games between Amazon, Steam, GMG and GOG. I'm DONE. I won't even look the encore so I won't make more stupid last minute purchases.

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    #614  Edited By jacdg
    • XCOM (Green Man Gaming)
    • Just Cause 2
    • KOTOR 1&2
    • Sleepy Dogs DLC

    Not a lot, but it's 'aight I guess.

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    #615  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

    Just got Dragon Age : Origins (quickly becoming one of my favourite games, I dismissed it after playing a hour on 360) and Saints Row 3 for like $12 combined. And got gifted Civ 5 and Metro 2033 from the fine community at Giant Bomb =)

    I don't spend alot on Steam anymore, spent way too much on previous years sales on stuff I wouldn't even hire from the video store. Only brought games I actually wanted to play this time.

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    #616  Edited By Rhaknar

    Sleeping Dogs price error 91% off right now, quick

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    craazy too bad i already own it

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    #618  Edited By penguindust

    Just two for me this holiday season, XCOM (2012) and Fallout 3 New Vegas. These are the only two games I am absolutely certain I will play. My Steam backlog is huge so I didn't just splurge on everything I saw that tweaked my fancy. Now, if I had been fortunate enough to catch a few others while they were at their lowest price, I probably would have picked them up, but no loss either way. There's always the Summer Sale later this year.

    EDIT: I made the mistake of checking out the Steam site one last time and saw Batman AC GOTY and Witcher 2 for $7.50 each. I had thought I'd missed the sales for both. Damn you last minute impulse buy!

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    #619  Edited By Subjugation

    Sleeping Dogs for $4.49? Don't mind if I do!

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    #620  Edited By MezZa

    Well I finally started to make some purchases this sale. Got Torchlight 2, Hell Yeah, Skyrim Hearthfire dlc, and Witcher 2 (own it on disc already, but I like having an extra steam copy when its cheap enough). All in all I feel pretty good about what I picked up. Both Torchlight 2 and Hell Yeah were games that I've been looking forward to playing, and Witcher 2 is one of my favorite rpgs ever. There are a few things I came close to buying, but I'm going to hold off until the Summer Sale. Hopefully by then Dishonored, Darksiders 2, and Far Cry 3 will be cheaper.

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    #621  Edited By BaneFireLord

    Survived with only one purchase, Dragon Age Origins Ultimate for $7.50.

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    #622  Edited By Morbid_Coffee

    Final haul:

    • Binary Domain
    • Deus Ex: Human Revolution
    • Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    • FTL
    • Mark of the Ninja
    • Rayman Origins
    • Sleeping Dogs
    • Super Hexagon
    • Super Street Fighter IV AE

    I'm pretty happy with the sale. Already finished Binary Domain, Sleeping Dogs, and Mark of the Ninja. Deus Ex and Skyrim are going to take all my gaming time, though.

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    #623  Edited By Dallas_Raines

    KOTOR 2

    Sleeping Dogs

    To The Moon

    Saint's Row DLC

    Alan Wake's American Nightmare

    I sadly missed out on the three 'big' Wadjet Eye games when they were on sale.

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    #624  Edited By uhtaree

    Okay, stupid question, but Darksiders II is a Zelda clone, right? AKA searching around, trying doors, moving a rock, pushing a lever, cutaway of door opening, retracing steps...

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    #625  Edited By cheesebob

    @aquamarin: Less retracing steps but yeah

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    #626  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    @aquamarin said:

    Okay, stupid question, but Darksiders II is a Zelda clone, right? AKA searching around, trying doors, moving a rock, pushing a lever, cutaway of door opening, retracing steps...

    The second Darksiders is a little less like Zelda (and a lot less good than the original) but that's still pretty much how it plays out.

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    #628  Edited By Subjugation

    Final score:

    XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Greenmangaming

    Sleeping Dogs (during the price error!) - Steam

    Borderlands 2 - Greenmangaming

    Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - Steam

    Age of Empires III: Complete Edition - Steam

    All of those for less than the price of one brand new game. Digital distribution, aw yiss.

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    #629  Edited By Jrinswand

    Games I got this holiday season (many of which were purchased from places other than Steam, such as Amazon or Green Man Gaming):
     

    1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    2. Sleeping Dogs
    3. Far Cry 3
    4. Spec Ops: The Line
    5. Bioshock
    6. Bioshock 2
    7. The Darkness II
    8. Duke Nukem Forever
    9. Civilization 5: Gods and Kings
    10. Dungeon Defenders Collection

    Edit: All this cost me about $87. If I were to buy it all at full price, it would have been $350. I saved 75%! I love PC gaming.

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    #630  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    My haul:

    • Dark Souls
    • Scribblenauts Unlimited
    • Lego Harry Potter 1-4 + 5-7
    • Lego LotR
    • LotR: War in the North
    • Sleeping Dogs
    • Rage
    • The Last Remnant
    • XCOM
    • Darksiders 2 and all DLC
    • Rayman Origins
    • Civ 5: Gods and Kings
    • FTL
    • Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
    • Jet Set Radio
    • Alan Wake + American Nightmare

    Just over £100 in total, which I'm pretty happy with, considering that's almost everything I've bought gaming wise in 2012 and I shudder to think how much more that would have been on consoles.

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    #631  Edited By DocHaus

    I think this counts as my haul from the holidays:

    • Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (meh game, but for $2.49 the artwork and music are worth it)
    • Dead Island GOTY Edition
    • The Walking Dead (amazing story)
    • Intrusion 2: (simplistic shooter tha--HOLY SHIT I'M RIDING A GIANT WOLF)
    • Sine Mora (that bullet hell shooter made by Grasshopper)
    • SSF4AE Complete Pack (hope I don't regret this purchase)
    • Sengoku (received as a gift from a Steam-friend, only FAQ I can find on this game is "Play Crusader Kings 2 Instead.")
    • Max Payne 3 + Rockstar Pass
    • Payday The Heist (Left 4 Dead with robbin banks? Yes! Just shooting through legions of cops to get to Point B? No!)
    • Resonance
    • Cave Story+
    • Sleeping Dogs (with a few packs of DLC)
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    #632  Edited By mustachioeugene
    • Sleeping Dogs (w/some dlc packs)
    • Torchlight II
    • FTL
    • Binary Domain
    • XCOM
    • Universe Sandbox

    @DocHaus:

    Is your display pic The Hebrew Hammer? If so, nicely done!

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    #633  Edited By gla55jAw
    • Wanderlust: Rebirth
    • Zeno Clash
    • Wizorb
    • Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
    • Half-Life Complete
    • McPixel
    • The Binding Of Isaac with Wrath of the Lamb DLC
    • FEAR Complete Pack
    • Frozen Synapse: Soundtrack Edition
    • The Longest Journey + Dreamfall
    • GTA Complete Pack
    • To The Moon

    I'm also contemplating the Saint's Row The Third Complete Pack. I have the regular game from the Humble Bundle, and also have it on 360 (which I haven't really played), but it comes with everything for $7.49.

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    #634  Edited By musubi

    I got

    • Torchlight 2
    • Analogue: A Hate Story
    • Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
    • Hotline Miami
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    #635  Edited By DeF

    @Demoskinos said:

    I got

    • Analogue: A Hate Story

    Fantastic purchase!

    I fell into the trap again and got

    • Mark of the Ninja
    • Hotline Miami
    • Towns
    • Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
    • Hell Yeah! (gifted)
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    #636  Edited By Time_Lord

    @GetEveryone played about 5 hours of The Darkness 2 so far really enjoying it aside from the light mechanic they use it far to much.

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    #637  Edited By HaroldoNVU

    So, time for the final tally for the last few weeks

    Steam

    Amazon

    • Syndicate (Jeff sold me on the co-op)
    • Sine Mora (Really cheap, plus I'm a fan of Akira Yamaoka)
    • Scribblenauts Unlimited (I was kinda over the DS when the first game came out, now I can play it on the PC)
    • Batman Arkham City GOTY (I haven't played Asylum but I'm considering playing both back to back some time this year)
    • Sega Genesis Classic Series 1-5 (I already have most of those on the PS3 but whatever, they were cheap and now I have it on PC)
    • The Secret World (Wanted to play this for years but I was really busy when it came out)
    • Hotline: Miami (So many people saying it's awesome, I'm giving it a shot. Also, I love De Palma's Scarface)
    • Kingdoms of Amalur: Recokning complete (I liked the demo, it's seems like a fun 30-50 hour RPG)
    • XCOM Enemy Unkonw (I wasn't gonna buy it now but I just couldn't ignore Giant Bomb's game of the year)
    • Spec Ops: The Line (It was cheap. Besides my expectations are so low it will probably blow my mind)

    GOG

    Green Man Gaming

    PSN

    Gifts

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    #638  Edited By winsord

    Purchased on Steam:

    Purchased on Greenman Gaming:

    Pretty happy with how things broke down this holiday sale. Spent $25.47 and got six pretty well regarded games, as well as bought Zeno Clash for my brother. I did get a little impatient before the holiday sales started though and bought a few things:

    Got three games for Christmas:

    and finally, I got a free copy of Far Cry 3 with my graphics card (XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz).

    Final total: $128.97 for 16 games purchased (excluding duplicates from the THQ bundle), averaging $8.06 per purchase.

    I would also still like to purchase Tokyo Jungle, which is currently $10 on PSN. Made the mistake of thinking all games would still be on sale today though, so I won't be picking up McPixel quite yet (more of a time thing, less about the cost), and Indie Game: The Movie. The main problem is really being able to download all of these games, since I'm on a somewhat stringent bandwidth cap. I've got Far Cry 3, Counter-Strike: GO and Sleeping Dogs for this month, but I'm already reasonably far into Far Cry and I think I'll fly through Sleeping Dogs once I start it.

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    #639  Edited By TheHT

    Batman: Arkham City GOTY (from Green Man Gaming)

    Spec Ops: The Line (from Green Man Gaming)

    Tiny and Big (from Green Man Gaming)

    Sleeping Dogs (from Green Man Gaming)

    Sleeping Dogs DLC

    Rage

    The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

    F.E.A.R. 3

    Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

    Binary Domain

    Max Payne 3

    Max Payne Collection (1 and 2)

    THQ Pack

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    #640  Edited By streetninja

    What I got while on sale: 
     
    XCom: Enemy Unkown (GMG)
    Audiosurf (Steam)
    Hotline Miami (Amazon)
    Scribblenauts Unlimited (Amazon) 
    The Walking Dead (Steam)
    FTL (Steam, but I traded it to someone for Civ V Gods & Kings)
    Syndicate (Amazon for free with credit) 
    Magicka (Amazon for free with credit)
    Dead Island GOTY (Amazon)
    Tropico 3 (Steam) 
     
    Overall, I'm extremely happy with what I got and glad different types of games. I would've loved to have Arkham City GOTY, but I already have a lot of stuff to play through and decided to wait until I clear some of my now expanded backlog.

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    #641  Edited By fattony12000

    Games What I Bought On Steam

    Sleeping Dogs - £2.69

    Hard Reset: Extended Edition - £2.49

    Legend of Grimrock - £2.99

    Civ V DLC Babylon & Civ V Gods and Kings Expansion - £5.73

    £13.90 total.

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    #642  Edited By Arebuckle

    Unmechanical

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat

    Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind

    Spec Ops : The Line

    Max Payne 3

    Devil May Cry 4

    Orcs Must Die - Franchise

    Miasmata

    Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II

    Sleeping Dogs

    -------------------------------------------------------------

    All totaling up to somewhere between £48-£50. Not my worst that's for sure. Now I just need to find the time to play them.

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    #643  Edited By valrog

    My haul:

    • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
    • Assassin's Creed II
    • Darksiders Franchise
    • Tropico Reloaded
    • Batman: Arkham Asylum
    • Max Payne 3 (Gift)
    • Grand Theft Auto Complete Pack (Gift)
    • Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 (Gift)

    I was a little disappointed how many games didn't go on sale, yet stuff like Borderlands 2 did every day.

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    Purchased Dragons Age Origins....hope it lives up to its hype!

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