[PeopleLikeFrank]

One of the best gaming deals evar just got a little sweeter: HL2, HL2:E1 & E2, TF2 and Portal for $10 this weekend.

[Frigidman]

What, no link?!

[Janichsan]

nobody, on April 24th 2009, 11:09 PM, said:

One of the best gaming deals evar just got a little sweeter: HL2, HL2:E1 & E2, TF2 and Portal for $10 this weekend.

Portal alone is worth that purchase. HL2 is good, though – in my opinion – overrated, but for $10 definitely a recommendation.

[Frigidman]

Link to news:
http://store.steampo....com/news/2443/

Yeah, portal is a wicked little fun game. TF2 is pretty awesome for online gamers. And the half lifes are a good run through as well. Well worth $9.99 for all of that though. I bought it.

[teflon]

if you dont already own it, buy it now.

Or just wait till the next time its on offer, as it surely will be.

[Sneaky Snake]

I just bought this and came here to post the new topic. A definite purchase for any PC gamers

[ehuelga]

Count me in.

[PeopleLikeFrank]

I've had an extra copy of HL2 hanging around ever since I first bought the Orange Box. Anybody hasn't played it yet, PM me your Steam login name, and I can gift it to you.

(This is for anyone who's not planning on buying the OB this weekend, or misses the sale. You're much better off getting the full package otherwise.)

[Kaoro]

Thinking about buying it but the only ways I can play are CXGames or VMWare Fusion... both are huge gambles and never work as well as I hope.

[Janichsan]

Kaoro, on April 26th 2009, 10:29 PM, said:

Thinking about buying it but the only ways I can play are CXGames or VMWare Fusion... both are huge gambles and never work as well as I hope.

Rest assured that both solution actually run these games very well.

[Kaoro]

Janichsan, on April 26th 2009, 02:52 PM, said:

Rest assured that both solution actually run these games very well.

In the back of my mind I was hoping they wouldn't so I wouldn't be tempted to spend my money! Damn!

[bobbob]

nobody, on April 26th 2009, 08:51 AM, said:

You're much better off getting the full package otherwise

If you don't have any of the games, the full-full gold or silver packages have every Valve game or every Valve Source-engine game, respectively. You might want to wait for a sale, though. At Christmas/New Year I think it was 20% off or something, and that's a ton of games.

[Kaoro]

Safari, Firefox, and CXGames Steam are all telling me Steam's SSL certificate isn't valid. Should I be concerned?

[Sneaky Snake]

Kaoro, on April 26th 2009, 06:52 PM, said:

Safari, Firefox, and CXGames Steam are all telling me Steam's SSL certificate isn't valid. Should I be concerned?

Hmm, interesting.

I would say no though. If Steam got hacked it would massive news on every tech site on the web

[Sneaky Snake]

I noticed that it came with Half Life 2: the Lost Coast. How is that expansion?

[PeopleLikeFrank]

Sneaky Snake, on April 26th 2009, 07:56 PM, said:

I noticed that it came with Half Life 2: the Lost Coast. How is that expansion?

It's a single level, built to test the HDR additions to the Source engine a few years ago. It's good, but obviously not very extensive. It's available free to anyone who owns HL2.

[Kaoro]

Wow, Portal is very fun. I haven't tried the other games but even if I end up hating them I think Portal is worth $10 . Janichsan you were right -- CXGames actually runs Portal better than VMware! If I didn't know any better I'd say it was running on Bootcamp it's that smooth.

[teflon]

Yup, Portal is absolutely amazing. For me easily one of the top 3 games of 2007 (I think second behind Super Mario Galaxies, whilst Bioshock comes third).
Its single flaw is that its relatively short, I think I managed a second run through (literally) in 2 hours, but thats the problem with a puzzle based game, once youve figured it out the first time its easy the second time.

Any sequel they may or may not release this year is going to be fan-dabby-tastic

[Janichsan]

teflon, on April 27th 2009, 03:14 PM, said:

Its single flaw is that its relatively short, I think I managed a second run through (literally) in 2 hours, but thats the problem with a puzzle based game, once youve figured it out the first time its easy the second time.

Thankfully there are the advanced maps, that – while being only variants of the original levels – are in parts bloody hard.

[ehuelga]

ehuelga, on 26 April 2009 - 09:28 AM, said:

Count me in.

It's not even a year later, and Steam is coming to the Mac, no repurchase necessary. WOOT!