Steam Great Gift Pile Swaps and Giveaways.

[frogbeastegg]

I've got 3 coal and a -33% off Valve games coupon. The coupon is only valid after the sale ends and excludes any games released after 2/1/12. If someone can actually make use of it, let me know.

[johnhughthom]

Gah, that Spiral Knights game is horrible. Three tries to get the map for the achievement and no luck, I'm not grinding anymore to get tries at it. I'd probably have won some coal... Hopefully there'll be achievements for games I actually own soon, so far only Psychonauts.

edit: Seems I was wrong, time to find out what Defense Grid: The Awakening is like, sounds like a tough achievement to earn though.

[LeftEyeNine]

I am a coal goblin. \o/

[Hamata]

i entered but dont think it has no objectives for shogun 2 though


ps Changed my name :D

[johnhughthom]

i entered but dont think it has no objectives for shogun 2 though

It adds new achievements daily, there might a Shogun 2 objective before it ends.

Completed two achievements, 2 coal. Yay!

[frogbeastegg]

After 5 lumps of coal and that Valve voucher I won a game! A fairly expensive one too. Farming simulator 2011. Anyone?

This is a nice bonus on games which you already own but the people buying games specifically to get chances at the great gift pile must be insane.

[johnhughthom]

Ha ha, who's going to publicly admit to wanting to drive a virtual combine harvester? Froggy is probably inundated with pms!

A lot of the games with the achievements are relatively cheap, most under a fiver and quite a few under £2. It's a pretty good idea in that it gets people to actually install and play games that they may have had for ages without downloading, like I did with Psychonauts and Defence Grid. Then uninstall them after they get the achievement...

[frogbeastegg]

Ha ha, who's going to publicly admit to wanting to drive a virtual combine harvester? Froggy is probably inundated with pms!

Oddly enough, I saw a bunch of people expressing interest in this series of sims over on 2 other hardcore gaming forums. I couldn't believe my eyes and had to re-read it a few times to see if my sarcasm detector had broken. Nope. Turns out there is a subsect of hardcore gamer who wants to play street cleaning simulator, garbage truck simulator, and that lot. Winning that copy of farming sim is like some big karmic finger pointing at me and going "And you thought it was a joke!"

A lot of the games with the achievements are relatively cheap, most under a fiver and quite a few under £2.

If it's a game you are interested in anyway then it's fine, the achievement is just an added bonus. If you are not interested in the game you're throwing money away; by the time you've purchased a couple of cheap games for the achievements you could probably buy that copy of Portal 2 or whatever. While there are some good games on the reported prize list the chances of getting one are tiny.

It's a pretty good idea in that it gets people to actually install and play games that they may have had for ages without downloading, like I did with Psychonauts and Defence Grid. Then uninstall them after they get the achievement...

You publicly admit to uninstalling Psychonauts?

I've been revisiting games too. Just got Psychonauts left and then I've done all of the ones I can until the next set get revealed. I don't normally bother about steam achievements, with the exception of using them to track my campaign victories in Civ 5 and Shogun 2.

[CountArach]

Ha ha, who's going to publicly admit to wanting to drive a virtual combine harvester? Froggy is probably inundated with pms!

I own that game. Sometimes the staff discount at work combined with a rather surreal sense of humour demands these purchases of me!

Seriously though Farming Simulator is immensely difficult and a thoroughly unique concept for those who have the patience.