And Bethesda wants you to get a baby on a certain date and give it a stupid name for the same thing (all their games). I think Valves' offer was a little (just a teeny tiny bit) better than theirs.
Valve Gifts Complete Collection to Portal 2 ARG Completists
- Thread starter Tom Goldman
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Huh?Shadow-Phoenix said:
A lot of what games required the potatoes?
OT: No one was forced to buy the potato sack - if no one had bought it or owned any of the games, Portal 2 would simply have been released on time. Or you could have bought only a few, or one of the games. I only bought Audiosurf, since it'd been reduced to £3 and I wanted it already.
It certainly pissed me off when she kept redirecting my Audiosurf games and made me keep going back to the main screen so I could bloody select Ninja Mono. That's by far the most annoying update I've ever seen.LavaLampBamboo said:
Ontopic, I WAS EVEN THINKING OF GETTING A GOLDEN POTATO D:
And then I just decided to be lazy. What a waste >.>
Wellll yeaah... I mean you cannot complain about free stuff. Trouble is if you ever played anything with friends on steam you will prolly have most of the games. Also funny thing is that the pack is not realy Complete. It misses Portal 2 
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!Wrong on two counts. You get giftable copies of the games you already have, and it's the Valve Complete Pack + Portal 2.CommanderKirov said:Wellll yeaah... I mean you cannot complain about free stuff. Trouble is if you ever played anything with friends on steam you will prolly have most of the games. Also funny thing is that the pack is not realy Complete. It misses Portal 2
I think they did well with this. Probably the first time Valve thought with their minds and not their wallets.
Well, all of those people were self centered and upset that they didn't get Portal 2 on Friday like the rumor they foolishly believed had claimed, so their opinion likely hasn't changed a bit because they didn't bother getting all the potatoes. In fact, they probably think Valve is even more greedy now.Tom Goldman said:
Really, if I learned two things from the ARG, it's these:
1. Valve is extremely awesome.
2. Many people are extremely shit.
Congratulations to everyone who got all the potatoes and received some free games.
I got the golden tater over the last three days of the event. As far as I'm concerned, it was worth it for Portal 2 alone (though I did also like most of the games in the Sack).
Not to mention I now have some spare Christmas/birthday gifts (spare copies of Portal, TF2, and both L4Ds).
Not to mention I now have some spare Christmas/birthday gifts (spare copies of Portal, TF2, and both L4Ds).
Horrible ARG.... Don't get me wrong but, all the time spent just to get... ONE game? (Ricochet)
I am a VALVe fan, and bought almost all of their games, but this is outrageous! Loyal fans gets screwed over, and newcomers get served like kings! This is complete BS, and that is the reason this ARG was a massive fail. Everyone says that on SPUF, and I support them. I was hoping for something more than that, especially for long-term fans that have bought all their games.
Oh, did I mention that you also got a free Portal 2 copy if you got all the potatoes? This is a DOUBLE fail from VALVe, for long term fans and Steam users. I love VALVe, but this time: FU** YOU!
I am a VALVe fan, and bought almost all of their games, but this is outrageous! Loyal fans gets screwed over, and newcomers get served like kings! This is complete BS, and that is the reason this ARG was a massive fail. Everyone says that on SPUF, and I support them. I was hoping for something more than that, especially for long-term fans that have bought all their games.
Oh, did I mention that you also got a free Portal 2 copy if you got all the potatoes? This is a DOUBLE fail from VALVe, for long term fans and Steam users. I love VALVe, but this time: FU** YOU!
Er, what? This is not the first time Valve gave away stuff for free. They gave away UT2007 at a weekend on Steam. And the original Portal. Hell, they hired out the mod team working on Alien Swarm, paid them full time, and then gave the finished game away for free on launch day.Ziadaine said:
I'm not going all 'Steam loves us all!' or something, mind. What they're doing is really smart business. All the free TF2 updates and free PC version of Portal with the PS3 copy? It's so that people log into Steam, see all the deals at the store, and go impulse shopping.
I would say they definitely think with their minds when it comes to their business practices.
Pretty sure anyone insane enough to collect all those thirty-six potatoes were big valve fans anyway, and would have any valve game they were remotely interested in.
But, their mates will benefit from their hard work, and I traded some crappy hats in tf2 (3 of them, none were worth-mentioningly good) to a stranger for HL1+DMC+HL:Opposingforce+BlueShift+TFC
So, I'm not really complaining loudly.
But, their mates will benefit from their hard work, and I traded some crappy hats in tf2 (3 of them, none were worth-mentioningly good) to a stranger for HL1+DMC+HL:Opposingforce+BlueShift+TFC
So, I'm not really complaining loudly.
Uh...maybe this is just me, but I'm pretty happy that it came out twelve hours earlier for me. I mean, I was playing it Monday evening, as opposed to tuseday mid-afternoon.awesome_ninja said:
That's pretty good!
Yeah, this too.
yup it all makes sence and you will apreciates the whole campain once you finnish portal 2,josemlopes said:
very unique.