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Left 4 Dead pre-orders miss out on Complete Pack
Author: Harry ButlerPublished: 18th November 2008
While the wait for Left 4 Dead is over, those who pre ordered early will miss out on the Valve Complete Pack Deal.
Sadly though, it looks like Valve has decided to make all of those who pre-ordered Left 4 Dead via Steam look a tad foolish by launching the Valve Complete Pack, featuring every Valve game ever, for just $50 more.
While $100 is a fantastic bargain by anyone’s standards, especially considering the quality of the games included in the pack, it certainly would have been nice to have had the opportunity to pick up this offer back when we were shelling out $49.99 for just Left 4 Dead alone.
Sadly that just isn’t an option though, and those who pre-ordered will miss out on the offer unless they want a second Steam copy of Left 4 Dead to send as a gift. That could be a good idea in the run-up to Christmas, but really, come on Valve, we like your offers but sort them out please! What about a general pick-and-mix offer with savings? You've left at least one of us crying in frustration in the office!
Did you pre-order Left 4 Dead and feel like you’ve missed out or do you already have all of Valve’s games anyway? Let us know in the forums.
Comments (32)
It's getting a little long in the tooth now.
You sir, are missing out on some of the best games EVER!
I must admit this is the second time they have done something like this. But everything else they do I love. They still beat EA any day of the week.
I beg to differ.
I bought HL1, and yes, that was good. That said, the appeal of the games they cough out has gone down since that game. That's not to say they're bad games exactly, just that they do not appeal to me. I realise that my post came across a bit.. "Valve suck" but that's not what I meant :B
Besides there's a lot of junk in there. Seriously, the valve Day of Defeat, Ricochet, HL: Deathmatch, TFC, CS:Condition Zero, good luck finding servers for those games. As much as I loved (I mean really loved) TFC, you can't play it anymore. Last time I checked on servers was about a year ago. I think there were 4 and all had mostly bots. And DoD died when valve took over let alone when the source version came out.
Its a great deal for a newcomer, though.
And Left4Dead is amazing. I'm guessing the lack of full review is due to Joe and the rest still being glued to their monitors?
Ditto, I just bought 4 copies (preordered) at $45USD each then they go and release the 4 pack for $150USD. WTH Valve? Thanks a lot :( That actually makes me think about not preordering their games, in case the real savings come the day of release.
Best Shooters Ever: $100!
Yeah, I'll have to buy a crap load of games again to get that too. :(
i rather have a option to trade in all previous games and get the new one for FREE
How about that Valve?
As has been pointed out here, since the pound has dropped against the dollar recently Steam games aren't nearly the value they were - I picked up all of the Rockstar games, all the iD games and all the Unreal games for £20-25 a shot (gotta love those discount weeeknds) but buying Left4Dead through Steam right now will set you back £39.21 against paying £20 on Amazon or £23 on Play, and the only penalty is having to wait a couple of days to crack on...
Of course new stuff by 3rd party big name devs has always been painfully expensive on Steam - Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 being two big examples - but usually Valve's own stuff has been hugely competitive pricewise...