STEAM SALE BEGINS. WALLETS SCREAM IN TERROR.

[mauve]

Yup, it's that time of year again. Today's the first day of the annual Summer Sale on Steam, a time where everybody claims they don't need/want any new games and then magically finds themselves UNABLE TO SURVIVE WITHOUT (insert name of random game here) AND IT'S 75% OFF.

Today's offerings include XCOM:Enemy Unknown, Don't Starve, Witcher 2, FarCry 3, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Democracy 3, Divinity: Original Sin, and DAYZ.

This year's sale also involves teams. Click the SUMMER ADVENTURE banner halfway down the page and get assigned to a team. Teams gain points by crafting badges and buying stuff (Valve: drowning out the screams of your wallet by making the "Give Us Money Game."), and the team with the most points at the end of each day wins. And by "wins" I mean "you get trading cards if you helped." Yay? I guess?

Anyway, I'm Blue Team. How about you guys?

I still have games from the Winter sale I haven't installed yet. Ugh. I've become one of those gamers.

[Flarecobra]

Apperentally I'm on the Team Green here.

[Azisien]

Team Green!

And woo, Dead Rising 3 pre-order price, and a good one! Bought that for myself and a co-op friend, so there goes a huge gouge into my wallet reserves.

[Loyal]

Well, haven't seen anything I wanna buy yet. Let's see how long that lasts.

[mauve]

Ahhh, the magical feeling of looking at your wishlist and seeing everything on sale, and then leaning back and saying, "but they're not on sale ENOUGH. Yet."

Beautiful.


I'm waiting on Transistor, Kentucky Route Zero, Broken Age and Shadowrun: Dragonfall to hit Daily or Flash Sale.

[Flarecobra]

I think it's interesting you pick sets of games to go on the community choice sale now, instead of just having to pick one.

[BB]

http://steamdb.info/sales/ a list of all games currently discounted. Remember anything 75% or more is probably safe to get now, anything less wait for a flash sale or the last day!

I myself am waiting for Magical Diary and Long Live The Queen.

...And, erm, y'know. Something masculine.

[Revising Ocelot]

Team Red. Which is why it's in last place by a wide margin. Of course. Of course.

DR3's doing the same as Metal Gear Rising in the winter sale, but I'm not leaping on that one both because it's more expensive and Capcom said "it's best at 30fps, you can uncap it but it'll make things screwy" which makes my eyebrow impersonate Spock and want to wait for reviews.


DAYZ at -15% is taking the piss.

[Menarker]

Didn't think I'd get caught up in it, but like you cool kids, I've been ensnared!

On another note, The Dead Island game I got comes with about 4 copies to give away as gifts when they activate tomorrow.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Oh god, and I finally have a laptop that can run some shit. I'm scared now.

[mauve]

I've been ensnared!
I'm scared now
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[phil_]

So, how am I supposed to do this? Just keep F5-ing Babybahamut's link and scrolling until my eyes go numb, or is there a smarter way?

[BB]

The only sales that change are the daily sales, and the flash/community sales which each last 8 hours. Checking in once every 8 hours is enough to catch everything.

Games that are currently discounted but not on the front page under either of those headings (which the link I posted will show) can still go for a bigger discount later if they are part of a flash sale, which is why people suggest waiting until the last day to buy any deals. Buying a game at 10% discount, only for it to be in the next bunch of flash sales at 75% discount, will leave you sore.

[phil_]

Ok, that sounds closer to doable.

[Aerozord]

I find the "team idea" morally dubious. It taps into that gambling compulsion but works so you increase your odds of winning by putting down more money, but with no real pay-off.

But the sale itself. lots of tempting things, but until I can secure employment I'm resisting even dirt cheap two dollar stuff like Hotline Miami.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I landed the purple team which has a ridiculous lead meaning I can benefit without even pitching in because thats what teamwork is.

[Bells]

I find the "team idea" morally dubious. It taps into that gambling compulsion but works so you increase your odds of winning by putting down more money, but with no real pay-off.

But the sale itself. lots of tempting things, but until I can secure employment I'm resisting even dirt cheap two dollar stuff like Hotline Miami.

Dude, steam has been leaning heavily on tapping into that "Cow clicker" mentality with its sales ever since they added trading cards for badges in their system... that's the main reason why i never bother with ANY thing steam claims to give me... just today a friend came to me and said "can i take all your cards in exchange for all my wallpapers i have repeats of?" and i just said "sure". She took 75 cards, i took 11 wallpapers... i had cards from the Holiday sale from LAST YEAR and i didn't even care.

Gotta stay away from the steam crack man...

On the other hand, i was going to get Ultra Street Fighter 4 anyway... so i decided to clean up the scrap barrel of cheap games i could care about and that i know can't get cheaper than this...

So, thus far...

Ultra Street Fighter 4
pacman Championship Bundle
Onimusha 3
Urban Trials Freestyle
Marlon Briggs
Aces Wild

If the sale ended up right now, i would be satisfied. $25 bucks give or take... but just USF4 is more than half of that.

[Aerozord]

Dont get me wrong, this isn't a chemical addiction. These kinds of things become a problem because people let them so its not something I feel should be like illegal, but Valve is intentionally trying to make it worse. Just bugs me when people say how altruistic Valve is.

Valve is basically like a drug dealer offering you up free samples of the new types of crack. You can argue its your own fault for taking it, but Valve certainly isn't doing this out of the kindness of its heart. Valve is doing it so you'll feel like YOU are the one getting the better end of the deal while Valve bleeds abit more out of you. "Yes customer, I will always treat you well. I have only your best interests in mind"

[Flarecobra]

Well, Purple took the first day... and now I notice that everything is reset.

[mauve]

It doesn't look like you get points from buying games-- only crafting badges. So I guess that's slightly less morally ambiguous..?

[Aerozord]

It doesn't look like you get points from buying games-- only crafting badges. So I guess that's slightly less morally ambiguous..?

No you do get points, or to be more exact its the easiest way farm materials for badges, and doing that gets you points. So it very much is "pay to win", worse if the materials are randomized like I think they are cause that adds the gambling compulsion to it all

[Bard The 5th LW]

I haven't seen any games I care to buy yet so I haven't bought any. Going to wait until some of the things on my wishlist go below 75%.

[Menarker]

No you do get points, or to be more exact its the easiest way farm materials for badges, and doing that gets you points. So it very much is "pay to win", worse if the materials are randomized like I think they are cause that adds the gambling compulsion to it all

They are random. I got doubles of a few cards and missing a few of others.

[synkr0nized]

The whole point of these sales is to offer games at retardedly-low prices. Whose wallets are actually in danger?

But I suppose there are still those of you who for whatever reason use these sales as an excuse to buy scores of games that you'll never really play.

Also team purple I guess.

[Aerozord]

If it was really to provide cheap games there wouldn't be things like the team battle or flash sales. Both of which pressure consumers into making purchases that they'd otherwise hold off on. Its that "I cant afford to not get it now" mindset. Marketing tactics like this is one of the things that helps keep the poor, poor. I am not saying dont buy stuff, long as you are being objective about it and aware of the intent its a good way to get more for your dollar. Which I just wanted to point out. This isn't your buddy offering you a deal, this is a corporation trying to wring money out of people that would normally be too froogle to buy more games.

But hey thats capitalism for ya, never said it was perfect. Plus I did have abit of my tax return money left over so I will buy a few things. Though gonna wait to see if they go down any lower first.

Oh and can you give away parts of a bundle? There was one I was interested but I already have one of the items

[synkr0nized]

If you cannot afford a 20-50 dollar purchase and are stupid enough to make enough 1-5 dollar purchases that equal the same amount, you're an idiot regardless.

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Yo I get that Volvo makes all kinds of money off these, especially considering that they actually spend virtually zero dollars to deliver you games as a digital distribution platform and still make profits off of these low prices.

but

seriously

If under $5 sale prices are crushing you, fix your addiction/poor budgeting/inability to prioritize first probably.

[Flarecobra]

Or just learn some self-control, right?

[Azisien]

Or just learn some self-control, right?

I'm getting better (and wealthier) as the years go on, so the Steam sales don't harm me so much. 2010-2011 were real bad though. I was working full-time, single, and depressed, with nothing but a room in a basement, a good PC, and Steam. Oy it's where the bulk of my games come from.

But now you can calculate how Steam'd Valve makes you!

http://steamdb.info/calculator/

Games owned: 334
Games not played: 185 (55%)
Hours spent: 1809

I'll play them all, I swear! Saving for retirement?! :(

[Bells]

591 Steam games here... plus those outside of steam...

Only the Most Platinum offers can even tickle me now. I've harden myself on sheer stupidity and bundles.

So many bundles....

[mauve]

Bought Shadowrun: Dragonfall on the flash sale. Been wanting it for a while.

Earlier this year I played through the entirety of Shadowrun Returns (Dead Man's Switch) with a mage; never died, only lost one companion total, in the last level.

First mission of Dragonfall: Died in first combat sequence.

Huh.

[Krylo]

I'm getting better (and wealthier) as the years go on, so the Steam sales don't harm me so much. 2010-2011 were real bad though. I was working full-time, single, and depressed, with nothing but a room in a basement, a good PC, and Steam. Oy it's where the bulk of my games come from.

But now you can calculate how Steam'd Valve makes you!

http://steamdb.info/calculator/

Games owned: 334
Games not played: 185 (55%)
Hours spent: 1809

I'll play them all, I swear! Saving for retirement?! :(

Games Owned: 67
Games Not Played: 17 (25%)
Hours Spent: 5,174.2 (There's probably like 600 hours of this that were me leaving things running while not playing them, or leaving launchers up, etc.)

The seventeen games I haven't played include some games I JUST bought (it was like 20 dollars to get almost everything on my wishlist, so why not?), things I obtained when there was no easy legal way to get a working copy, and I played then, but then bought after they got on steam (Fallout 2/Tactics), all the Mac version of CivIV that they put in my library for no good reason, and games and add ons that came as a bundle purchase to get the game I actually wanted (things like the Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod).

I own exactly one game I've had for more than a few hours that I've actually not played, and that's Star Wars Starfighter. And I'm not sure why. Edit: Oh, and Castle Crashers, I bought that for myself and someone else to play together and we just never did for whatever reason.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I think I've actually played all of my games if only for an hour.

Anyways, I bought Witcher 2 for cheap, figuring that if its good I might look into the third one whenever it comes out. I'm waiting until the last day to buy the most recent Myst remake, and I'll probably keep an eye out for Metal Gear Rising, Child of Light, and maybe a couple of smaller Indie games to see if they get a flash sale or something.

[MuMu]

And look what's back on the Steam Store (http://store.steampowered.com/app/9870/)

[Bells]

Just remember that you are all healthy people ok?

http://www.reddit.com/r/SteamTeamBlue/comments/28qh3p/operation_everyone_work_as_a_team_blue_monday/



Also, i'm just going to start a support group for those who got trapped in Steam's Crack Alley...

[Aerozord]

crap, one of the games I was keeping an eye on, Rocksmith, is on sale but I dont have the cable so not sure if its really worth it. definitely more than I wanted to spend...

screw that, just looked it up and the cable is like 30 bucks on amazon. screw that. I'm just getting ducktales

[Flarecobra]

Let's see...

Games owned: 52
games not played: 11 (21%) (really 9, because I played HL2: Episode 1 and HL Source, but it was a time when I did not have internet access.)
Games not in store: 2
Hours played: 1600.0

[Ryong]

Games owned: 114
Games not played: 24 (21%)
Hours spent: 3,018.6h

Let's see if I can remember every game I never played...
Company of Heroes + Steam edition
Red Orchestra 2 SP + MP
F.E.A.R. + 2 DLCs
Giana Sisters
Puzzle Agent
Jolly Rover
Civilization 4...Well, I've played Civ 4, but each expansion counts as another game. And there's the mac version of the game and the expansions too.
Shad'o
Bioshock 2
Dead Space 2

That's everything I actually have and haven't played, instead of games that you get as part of something.

[Aerozord]

I've been trying to get you guys to join me for awesomenauts

Well now its A DOLLAR (http://store.steampowered.com/app/204300/)

So get it already so I can murder you

[Solid Snake]

Games Owned: 67

Awww yeah Krylo and I are "Number of Games Owned on Steam" Twins.

[Kim]

Someone gave me a spare copy of Sonic Racing Transformed, which is awesome, and I used some of my Steam buck$$$$ to buy some DLC for it. Then last night I got someone Terraria and they got me Nether and Nether is pretty cool. Post-apocalypse survival roguelike mmo. I died earlier today so I think I'm finally over being afraid of dying sufficiently that I can try killing other players now.

EDIT: Gone Home is $3 on Steam go get it.

[Revising Ocelot]

Anybody suffering from a deficiency of REVENGEANCE in their life and want a swift remedial dosage? I've been randomly buying games on people's wishlists since most things I've wanted so far have had horrible discounts (looking at you, South Park) or have been on flash sales I missed due to illness. First post first served.

[Aldurin]

Anybody suffering from a deficiency of REVENGEANCE in their life and want a swift remedial dosage? I've been randomly buying games on people's wishlists since most things I've wanted so far have had horrible discounts (looking at you, South Park) or have been on flash sales I missed due to illness. First post first served.

NO STOP. What if my Blue Team wins and I lose out on the chance for free games because someone gave me free games beforehand? That's lost value!

[Revising Ocelot]

Also 96% thumbs down on Gone Home? Crazy. And that can't solely be hatred for the Walking Simulator part, I don't remember Dear Esther getting shat on nearly as much. People consider GH worse than the likes of Bad Rats solely for spoilery themes. Awful.


NO STOP. What if my Blue Team wins and I lose out on the chance for free games because someone gave me free games beforehand? That's lost value!

You only get given games from your wishlist. It's not on your wishlist.

Not that you'll get the games, it's 30 people out of 300,000+ at a conservative estimate. My kind of odds!

[Ryong]

Also, reddit is controlling who wins.

[Marc v4.0]

Also 96% thumbs down on Gone Home? Crazy. And that can't solely be hatred for the Walking Simulator part, I don't remember Dear Esther getting shat on nearly as much. People consider GH worse than the likes of Bad Rats solely for spoilery themes. Awful.

Let me tell you about shitty, sexist gaming nerds on the internet...

[Menarker]

Ok! Time for me to mourn my wallet and see if my list is overcompensating for my e-peen.

(Note, this is my entire collection including the free games and the gift from MuMu which I got before the sales came)

Agarest: Generations of War, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands (1 and 2), XCOM (The Bureau and Enemies Unknown ones), Castle Crashers, Darksider (1 and 2), Dead Island/Riptide, Deus Ex Human Revolution- Director's Cut, Devil May Cry, Don't Starve, DOTA2 (Free), Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition, Dynasty Warriors 8: Extreme Legends, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Epic Battle Fantasy 4, Euro Truck Simulator 2...
Fable - The Lost Chapters, Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition, Fallout: New Vegas, Far Cry 1, 2, 3 (and Blood Dragon), Final Fantasy 7 and 8, Hitman (Absolution and Sniper Challenge), Hotline Miami, Magic 2014, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Metal Gear Rising: Revengance, Mount and Blade: Warband, Papers Please, Path of Exile (Free), Red Orchestra 2 ( Rising Storms and Heroes of Stalingrad. Got those free on the one day it was), Risen (1 and 2: Dark Waters), Risk of Rain, Rogue Legacy, Saints Row 2-3-4, Shadowrun Returns, Sleeping Dogs, Spelunky, State of Decay, Surgeon Simulator 2013, Tales of Maj'Eyal (Got as a gift from MuMu), TF2 (Free), Terraria, Titan Quest (and TQ: Immortal Throne), Tomb Raider, Torchlight (1 and 2), The Witcher 2: Assassins of King's Enchanced Edition.


Still got a week to go...

EDIT: See you guys talking about Gone Home. Bought it just now.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Anybody suffering from a deficiency of REVENGEANCE in their life and want a swift remedial dosage? I've been randomly buying games on people's wishlists since most things I've wanted so far have had horrible discounts (looking at you, South Park) or have been on flash sales I missed due to illness. First post first served.

If the offer is still open I'd be down for some REVENGEANCE.

[Solid Snake]

Also 96% thumbs down on Gone Home? Crazy.

But I thought Kotaku's commentators had just finished overwhelmingly informing us that gamers and the industry at large wasn't sexist or homophobic?

[Arhra]

If the offer is still open I'd be down for some REVENGEANCE.
And they run when the sun comes up,
With their lives on the line.
Aliiive!
(For a while.)
No choice!
Got to follow the laws of liiiiiiiiife!

...the musical cuing in that game is something else. As you will undoubtedly realise the first time you hear that song.

I heartily recommend it!

Soooo I have guarded my wallet thus far. Any stand-out good things to grab? Shadowrun maybe?

[Ryong]

I highly suspect Gone Home's review scores have nothing to do with homophobia - or do you think the average gamer is exempt from this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlOnGirlIsHot), most of the time? ( note I'm not saying the average gamer isn't sexist or homophobic, no, just that I feel this isn't the case here )

No, no, it probably has something to do with being a $20 game hailed as game of the year by critics and then people who bought it or got it on a bundle played it and found it to be, well, an extremely short game where you just explore an area.

Also, I bought FTL. I doubt I'll buy anything else. Maybe Knytt Underground or Valdis Story if that goes on a better sale.

[Kim]

The average het dude only actually finds girl on girl sex hot. They are aghast at lesbian romance because they are neither present nor wanted in such a relationship and can't jerk off to girls just being in love.

Like, this is pretty basic. This is why anime dudes convince themselves the cast of Madoka is straight or that Utena and Anthy are just Really Good Friends.

Lesbian sex they jerk off to and always tell themselves, "Well, they just haven't found the right guy," or, "She just needs a good dicking," or all sorts of other shit like that. The most sensual thing you find in Gone Home is the scene where they dyed Sam's hair.

Also, saying Gone Home is a game where you just explore an area is reductive. It's really well designed in both the way it uses the environment to help communicate the story and characterize the cast. Furthermore, it uses the level design to guide the player through the story at a certain pace and slowly lead into things. It's obvious about where the main story is going but the way it tells that story makes good use of the medium and it's important because it tells a story unlike those conventionally told in the medium. It's also good at having multiple character stories going on at once.

If you didn't like it because you couldn't bother to do research into what kind of game it was, or because you think not having Myst puzzles or dudeshoot makes a game less worthwhile, that's your problem.

Also, Dear Esther got similar praise despite being a shitty version of the same kind of game as Gone Home. Dear Esther you have a fairly linear path to follow to trigger story, and the environment plays no meaningful role in the storytelling beyond the narrator using a bunch of poorly written island metaphors, and the story itself (at least the one I encountered) is a fairly cliche Dude Blames Self For Wife's Death narrative.

So, other than the ways in which Dear Esther is mechanically inferior and more cliche, what are the differences? Female protagonist and a plot centered around queerness. If you honestly don't think homophobia and misogyny have anything to do with the mass response to Gone Home, you're lying to yourself.

[Marc v4.0]

I highly suspect Gone Home's review scores have nothing to do with homophobia - or do you think the average gamer is exempt from this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlOnGirlIsHot), most of the time?

You would be on the wrong end of the 'highly suspect' spectrum, then.

The 'Average Gamer' isn't interested in heartfelt, real life lesbian relationships that show the validity of their feelings while covering the impact of society's views on the matter, they just like steamy made-for-het-dudes borderline pornography lesbians in their games.

Maybe you didn't pay much attention to all the uproar while it was happening, but it was so obviously bigotry-charged you would have had to remove yourself from viewing all information related to the game to miss it.

[Kim]

Just checked and while Gone Home has 90% thumbs down Dear Esther has 80% thumbs up. So yeah, the idea that it has a bad score is because people praised it a lot and it's "just walking around" is flat-out wrong.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'm not going to lie, I imagine their IS a prejudice factor at play in Gone Home's score, but I could sympathize with someone who paid $20 for a 2 hour or so game and ended up feeling kinda burned.

[Kim]

Why? Nobody ever claimed it was a long game, in fact many reviews acknowledge how short it is, and it would have been a worse game if it tried for length, because it would have fucked the pacing all to hell. I really don't see how length is an issue except in a consumerist culture that uses length as a poorly informed marketing tactic. Even then, if you thought it was gonna be longer that's something you told yourself. The game is hardly to blame for that.

EDIT: Like, if you genuinely cared about the length above all else about the game to the point that you think that's what decides whether it is worth $20, then why would you buy it full price. And if you did so because you assumed it would be longer despite the premise not being one that would provide length and the reviews acknowledging how short it is, then why do you feel burned by the game and not your own failure to check up on info about the game and wait for it to go on super cheap Steam sale?

[Azisien]

I consider Portal one of the best video games ever made and I can beat it in under 2 hours.

[Kim]

Yeah, and I'd sure as hell pay $20 or even a little more to play through Portal if that was what'd been required.

[Aerozord]

Portal is more an exception than a rule. Keep in mind if it didn't come paired with Half-Life and TF2 most people wouldn't have even tried it. I know it was the last game I tried in the orange box. Even then it had to be heads above the vast majority of games. Alot of people judge a game based on hours of entertainment to cost. The mind set that if a game provides less than a certain amount of game hours it doesn't "deserve" that price tag.

I've seen alot of people complain about length for other good games. Wolf Among Us has gotten flak for its length and it was far cheaper than 20 bucks an episode.

Though I dont know, haven't played that game. I have no job so no matter how amazing a game is I cant afford 20 bucks for it.

[Kim]

You don't have to! Nobody ever had to. It's $5 right now. Everything goes on Steam sale eventually.

[Marc v4.0]

A lot of people use a very piss poor method of judging if a game is worth the purchase, then.

When I go looking for a proper metric to judge if an entertainment product is worth my money, I typically go with 'Will it entertain me' over 'Will it last 40 hours'.

It'd sure suck more to get stuck with a 200 hour game that was ass than a game I could finish in 2 hours and entertained me while making feel good about things.

[Kim]

I bought this movie on BluRay and it's only two hours long and I paid twenty bucks I feel ripped off. :(

To be fair tho, I think the hourly perspective on game value is probably influenced by capitalism a lot, specifically wages. Our work is valued on an hourly basis and so we inflict that on others, even when that hourly basis isn't a fair judge of value. Hours worked = Money made unless you're salaried, so I guess that'd be a huge influence on how you value things. It's incorrect but I sympathize with where it comes from I guess is what I'm getting at.

Anyway, if you don't think Gone Home is worth $20 it only costs $5 and if you don't think it's worth that then I guess you can spend $15 on manshoots or swordgames or Mario.

EDIT: I'll lay my cards on the table and confess another reason I don't like the length argument is that I don't think anyone who actually enjoys the kind of game Gone Home is really cares about it not being longer. So far as I've seen, the only people who criticized Gone Home for its length are people who wouldn't have liked it regardless. If you've seen examples of folks being all, "I liked it the story and game design a lot, but it was too short so I feel kinda ripped off," then I guess I'm wrong. Just speaking from my own experiences.

[Ryong]

If you didn't like it because you couldn't bother to do research into what kind of game it was, or because you think not having Myst puzzles or dudeshoot makes a game less worthwhile, that's your problem.

:crossarms:

With that out of the way...

If you want to compare it to Dear Esther:

They're both short, but Gone Home is twice the price of Dear Esther. The difference denotes a difference in quality of content or quality AND quantity of content. Adding pointless, unentertaining content is padding to get the crowd that believes that more content always means it's better. Perceived quality - such as in story - is subjective, though.

Dear Esther received some acclaim from critics for being an artsy, exploration-based game that attempts to tell a cliché story of guy who blames self for wife's death. But see, it tried to do something different from the norm - a game where you just walk around and get told a story.

Gone Home received almost universal acclaim from critics. It, too, is an artsy, exploration-based game that tells a story focused on a lesbian relationship that is taken seriously is, which is far, far from the norm in video games. So not only does it do the bold move of telling such a story like it does, it also is a game about exploration.

So why has Gone Home received terrible user reviews? Maybe the story didn't resonate with them. Maybe it's sexism. Maybe the game received an incredible amount of praise from critics because it portrays a lesbian relationship seriously, itself a step towards better representation, that the average consumer doesn't care about or doesn't think the same in another form of media would receive the same amount of praise. Maybe it's homophobia. Maybe it's some backlash about the discussion of social issues being so prominent in media to a point where even people who are okay with everything are getting tired of getting told they're not okay with everything enough.

[mauve]

Any stand-out good things to grab? Shadowrun maybe? Shadowrun Returns is fun. It is very well written, has an interesting world, and some good combat mechanics. The only downside is that its provided campaign, Dead Man's Switch, plays like a giant tutorial. You'll learn how to deck, and then if you're not a decker you'll never have to deck again. You'll be introduced to characters and you'll want to learn more about them, but they'll hang out with you for maybe two missions and then peace out so you can meet ANOTHER character. It was a little difficult to care about the characters once you realize that most of them will leave as soon as you do what they want you to do. There are a few exceptions, of course, but generally everyone was written well enough to make you want to know more about them and their motivations, but there's only one or two you'll ever actually get to know better. I actually ended up getting more attached to the random NPC shadowrunners you can hire as part of your team than I did several of my storyline companions, because they had more screen time.

Dragonfall, Shadowrun's DLC, is better in almost every conceivable way. You have a set group of characters who stays with you, so you can watch them develop over the course of the story. You can still hire from a pool of NPC shadowrunners if you want to switch up your team, but your in-house crew is well rounded enough to rely on alone. All of your characters are well written (except maybe Glory? I dunno. I liked her at first but she got a bit Mary Sue after a while) and the game as a whole seems to have tons more intrigue, moral choices, and depth. Overall, Dragonfall is less of a DLC and more a stand-alone game, and so far I love it.

So yeah. Pick up Shadowrun Returns if you like turn based strategy games with a fantasy-cyberpunk edge. Play through it, and grab Dragonfall when it goes on sale again.



OK. So. Kentucky Route Zero: What's your guys' opinion on that? It NEVER goes on sale more than 30%, so today's 50% flash sale is tempting. Is the game worth $12?

[Kim]

Definitely. Kentucky Route Zero's soundtrack is awesome and it's really good at doing subtle and surreal at the same time. It creates a definite air of mystery and I still don't know where it's going.

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So why has Gone Home received terrible user reviews? ...the average consumer...

Worth noting that user reviews do not reflect the average consumer and can never be assumed to do so when places like 4chan and Reddit organize around skewing these things one way or another and people get harassed and abused for speaking up about it.

Maybe it's some backlash about the discussion of social issues being so prominent in media to a point where even people who are okay with everything are getting tired of getting told they're not okay with everything enough.

Anyone seriously engaged in such backlash has their head up their ass. If they want the talk of social issues in games to go away, they'll have to wait until games stop being gross and terrible about gender, race, and sexuality.

EDIT: Also worth noting that the reason Dear Esther is cheaper is because its a graphical update to the original Source Engine mod that is the game.

[Ryong]

Also about Shadowrun Returns: There's a campaign in the workshop called Shadowrun Unlimited that aims to deliver the world of shadowrun instead of a story. It's pretty crazy.

( Also while playing this I found out that it's not shadowrun that I dislike, it's that our GM was a hack )

[BB]

I haven't played them myself but my girlfriend loves the heck out of the Blackwell games and you can buy four of them for £1.49 on flash sale right now (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13237/).

[Aerozord]

The real thing we should remember is metacritic is a horrible metric for determining quality.

[MuMu]

I got pretty bored of Dead Man's Switch, I'll check this campaign later. Also yay for a great day, I'm getting Shadow Warrior and Blacklist and reccomend Darksiders as always for being a damn good grimdark Zelda(Try the second at your own risk, some people like it better, other worse, but don't expect any conclusion on the story).

I doubt there's someone here who hasn't tried New Vegas but IMO it and Alpha Protocol are the best PC RPGs to come out in the last few years.

I own the first Metro and although it didn't click on me I gotta admit it's a very polished FPS

The Blackwell games are fun short point'n'clicks, nothing special but good for scratching that retro pointing itch

And although one day I wrote a pretty scathing review about Brothers, Imma take that back and reccomend it if you want a game that plays like it was made by Pixar or whoever is your favorite animation company.

oh and there's also call of duty I guess

[Flarecobra]

I note they changed up the Summer Adventure rewards, now giving awards to the top three groups.

[mauve]

I have extra cards and am looking for a trade: I have doubles of #2 and #5 and need numbers 4, 8 and 10.

My purchases thus far:

Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Kentucky Route Zero
Torchlight II (Bought as a gift for a friend)


Still waiting on Transistor and Broken Age to get better sales.

[Menarker]

I have extra cards and am looking for a trade: I have doubles of #2 and #5 and need numbers 4, 8 and 10.


I have 2 extra copies of #2, 5 extra copies of #3, 3 extras of #6, 3 extras of #7, 2 extras of #8, and 1 double of #9. Am missing #1, and #5.

So in your case Mauve, I suppose we could exchange your 5 for my 8. (Although my trading I think is locked down for 5 more hours due to a password edit a few days ago locking my community market down for security)

[Flarecobra]

I got 4 and 8 that I can give you Mauve.

[Krylo]

Still waiting on Transistor

Bought Transistor at full price. 0 regrets. Excellent game.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I'm ignoring the entire sale until I get home to Oregon, and only because I'm going to binge grind for TF2 content.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Torchlight II is 75% off. Go get it. Get it now for great justice (http://store.steampowered.com/app/200710/)

[mauve]

Sweet! I'l trade my 5 for your 8, Mern.

Flare, I'd be happy to take both those if you're still offering-- my sister needs a #8 as well. Were you looking for any particular cards in return?

[Flarecobra]

Nope. I'm not looking for anything in return to be honest.

[mauve]

OK, thanks a lot!

[Azisien]

The discussion in this thread got me interested in Gone Home, so I'm actually going to buy it now and try it out.

Kentucky Route Zero is really tempting looking, I'm in love with the aesthetic right away. I read the description and saw it was episodic though. I think I'd rather wait for all five acts to be out. I prefer having all the content upfront when I can.

[Flarecobra]

I'll be ready when you are, Mauve.

[Revising Ocelot]

Yup, I'm very interested in KRZ but I want to wait until the whole series is out. Episode 3 took a year to make, roughly? So could be waiting until 2016.

[Bells]

This entire sale so far has been a "stock up on DLC i didn't have yet" so far.

Also, i mentioned this in the steam thread we have, but just to reinforce it... if you guys are looking for cards and you see i have one you want, just send me the trade. I don't really care for the badges and cards and stuff... so, just dump whatever you don't want if you want any cards i have in return. No biggie.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I tend to just sell my cards because those nickels and dimes will add up eventually.

[Flarecobra]

And it appears that "Let's work as a team" thing is starting to fracture.

[Aldurin]

Seems that Valve caught on and realized that offering 2nd and 3rd place would shake up this cartel-style turf negotiation.

Also Killing Floor is on the Flash Sale so for the 20th year in a row buy it already!

[Aerozord]

Valve: "Whats this? Cooperation and kindness getting in the way of profits? Not on my watch!"

[RickZarber]

So the only game I've bought so far was Gone Home, which had been on my wishlist for ages. (Only wish I'd held out for the better sale price--not because it's not worth the $2 difference, just that I have to be careful with my money right now.) Just spent a little less than four hours going through it (so take that, "two hours of gameplay"?) and now I feel emotionally drained and possibly in need of a cry. Kim was comparing it to Dear Esther, which I did love, but I agree that there's really no comparison when it comes to story. Gone Home was incredible. The only place I think Esther has one up is the music; that game has a gorgeous soundtrack. But I'm not sure a soundtrack would have improved Gone Home.

Anyway, that's my unsolicited two cents. Gonna go lie in the dark and listen to sad music now...

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Valve: "Whats this? Cooperation and kindness getting in the way of profits? Not on my watch!"

Because it's perfectly normal and acceptable in other competitions for the competitors to conspire with one another.

[Bells]

meh... the problem is calling what Valve is going a "competiton"... i know it looks like one, mechanically it operates as one... but that duck is no duck at all.

[Aerozord]

To be honest I dont mind what Valve is doing. I'm a capitalist, long as the consumer is informed and competition (as in between businesses) is maintained and laws observed I'm ok with it. I'm just going, well duh its just a technique to encourage competitive buying because American consumer loves a competition even when they don't directly benefit. So of course Valve is going to try and make this as cut-throat as possible to encourage people to buy more to win.

[Loyal]

Because it's perfectly normal and acceptable in other competitions for the competitors to conspire with one another.

Considering the way in which the prizes are to be distributed in this particular competition, collusion makes perfect sense here. Especially considering how shitty the prize is and how quickly 'investing' any effort into winning legitimately fails to pay off (i.e. after spending almost any money at all).

I mean, thirty people who get anything as a reward for spending the most money. Out of thousands of 'winning' participants. You either collude with the enemy or write off winning the prize at all.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Or we could all just ignore the competition aspect since the probability of winning anything is ludicrous for anyone.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I mean, thirty people who get anything as a reward for spending the most money. Out of thousands of 'winning' participants. You either collude with the enemy or write off winning the prize at all.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but the team is selected by the most points, and then the individuals who get games are selected by random amongst the team members that helped to win that day.

The only reason to collude was if you genuinely believed you had a real shot at winning for some reason, which, lets be honest, barely anyone does. It was just a dumb little raffle for people who were going to be buying games anyway to make a badge for their profile and have a chance to win something. People took it too seriously (Which, admitedly also cuts the profits Valve can make from it) so they changed it up in a way that let more people actually get something.

[Ryong]

So I ended up caving in and getting Knytt Underground and Valdis Story too now.

TOTAL DAMAGE SO FAR:
FTL
Knytt Underground
Valdis Story
Marlow Briggs ( to gift )

[Bard The 5th LW]

I got The Witcher 2, realMyst: Masterpiece Edition, and Papo & Yo. Will probably snag Child of Light and then call it quits.

E: I also got REVENGEANCE on gift.

[Flarecobra]

I just got gifted the Space Hulk+DLC set.

[Aerozord]

can you gift part of a bundle?

[Flarecobra]

I have 2 extra copies of #2, 5 extra copies of #3, 3 extras of #6, 3 extras of #7, 2 extras of #8, and 1 double of #9. Am missing #1, and #5.



Still looking for Card 5?

can you gift part of a bundle?

No.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I've been good so far this summer, I only picked up Spacechem so far for like less than £2. Fun little puzzler, makes my brain hurt. Fucking methane!

Kinda wish Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 was out already though, as it is it's now gona miss the sale.

[phil_]

Is anyone trying to make a foil badge? 'Cause I got foil 7, and while it could be a $2 rebate on Kerbal, it would be kinda asinine to not help you guys out over two bucks. I also have a normal 4.

Anyone interested? I still don't have the "Trade something" achievement on steam, so you'd be helping me out in an equally insubstantial way.

[Bard The 5th LW]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/15ac85e5a1e04c1bd1e5c67f9648447a/tumblr_n7r48j7ovE1sq2otjo1_1280.png

Some killer deals right now.

[Aerozord]

haha they fixed it, but I hope you jumped on that and spam bought it

[Red Fighter 1073]

Torchlight II or Diablo 3?

Can't decide whether or not to get Torchlight II. Never played any Diablo before. Torchlight 1 was my first action RPG and couldn't really get into it, so not sure how much Torchlight II will stack up against it. Any thoughts on whether Torchlight II is still good?

I would just pay the $5 and get it, but I've bought some really cheap games in the past to only play them for a short amount of time and get bored.

[MuMu]

I've been good so far this summer, I only picked up Spacechem so far for like less than £2. Fun little puzzler, makes my brain hurt. Fucking methane!


http://i.imgur.com/tngxQ0z.jpg

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/25/we-have-one-million-spacechem-steam-keys-to-give-away-with-bundle-stars/

[mauve]

Torchlight II or Diablo 3?

Can't decide whether or not to get Torchlight II. Never played any Diablo before. Torchlight 1 was my first action RPG and couldn't really get into it, so not sure how much Torchlight II will stack up against it. Any thoughts on whether Torchlight II is still good?

I would just pay the $5 and get it, but I've bought some really cheap games in the past to only play them for a short amount of time and get bored.

I too was very bored by the original Torchlight, mainly because the entire game took place in one dungeon. Torchlight II is better in almost every way. I enjoy it a lot; I bought it for my sister so we could play multiplayer (although that doesn't work well so far), but I can see how some people might be bored by Torchlight II as well.

Personally, I like it and think it's definitely worth the $4.99. It's not, however, a game with a deep and gripping storyline or super impressive graphics: There IS a storyline and some of the enemy designs are really cool, but the game's focus is on slaying hordes of monsters, building up fame (by slaying special "rare" monsters) and collecting loot.

You also have a pet in Torchlight II, who becomes your personal packmule, assist character and loot gopher. Your pet (which can be anything from a wolf to a llama to a falcon) has its own inventory to pick up loot you can't hold, and you can send him into town to sell your unwanted loot and buy items from merchants so you don't have to stop killing goblins to get more health potions. That element is really nicely implemented.

So if you're looking for a nice little hack-n-slash, give it a try. Supposedly there's multiplayer, my sister and I tried it today but kept disconnecting or getting so out of sync that we were teleporting all across each others' screens and monsters were falling over dead for no apparent reason. But that might just be due to our terrible internet.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Torchlight II or Diablo 3?

Can't decide whether or not to get Torchlight II. Never played any Diablo before. Torchlight 1 was my first action RPG and couldn't really get into it, so not sure how much Torchlight II will stack up against it. Any thoughts on whether Torchlight II is still good?

I would just pay the $5 and get it, but I've bought some really cheap games in the past to only play them for a short amount of time and get bored.

Torchlight II is fantastic with great music. Plus the amount of mods you can get is nearly overwhelming. Torchlight II is a game that you may enjoy and it is even greater with friends.

Edit: Mauve that would be your internet. I played with my friends and we had no issue

[phil_]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/15ac85e5a1e04c1bd1e5c67f9648447a/tumblr_n7r48j7ovE1sq2otjo1_1280.png_mike's asleep and I don't have a credit card. Someone gift me Gone Home.

[Menarker]

Accept my Friend Request and I will. =3

EDIT: Message me when you do so I know that you're actually on my list and can be gifted.

[phil_]

Done and you're a peach.

[Bard The 5th LW]

haha they fixed it, but I hope you jumped on that and spam bought it

Valve had some measure in place that made the 'add to cart' button vanish probably specifically so that I couldn't do that.

[Bells]

Theo nly thing keeping me from getting Mass Effect 2, a game i really really like, is the fact that Mass Effect 3 is so disappointing that i don't want to pay for it, which also means i would have to either keep an incomplete series or keep a crappy 3rd installment...

Can't do that... OCD too strong =P

On another note... those who were Backers of Shovel Knight have gotten the game already, i just played and its PHENOMENAL.

Listen to me on this one, the game comes out officially on steam on the 26th .

BUY IT. BUY SHOVEL KNIGHT. At launch price.

Accept my word as endorsement, if you liked Castlevania or Megaman... or Dark Souls a bit... you will enjoy it. Plus, the soundtrack is super kickass...

Seriously you guys... Shovel Knight. Go pick it up.

[phil_]

Why doesn't it show a price? Why would I buy a Windows-only game? Why shouldn't I wait until next year?

[Steel Shadow]

God, I have so many #5 cards now...

[Menarker]

Got several duplicates of certain cards. Only one I'm missing now atm is #1.

Also, for some reason, I'm seeing the same games offered for the main sales even after the timer ran out and a new 8hr period started...

[Bells]

Why doesn't it show a price? Why would I buy a Windows-only game? Why shouldn't I wait until next year?

It's not windows only. Linux and Mac versions were stretch goals. Also WiiU and 3DS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-knight

I dunno what's the final retail price will be, but the Kickstarter price for the WiiU or 3Ds versions was $15. i payed $10 and got a DRM version + steam version. So, between $15 and $20.

As for not waiting a full year, well... depends on personal taste really. This is one indie title that after playing i felt that it deserved every single penny. The stretch goals were well balanced to give you more content with new game +, Playable bosses, Battle mode with 4 players and stuff like that.

It is a really fun game to play and a lot of stuff to "get good" at. ::V:

[Solid Snake]

Valiant Hearts is going to go on sale, right?!?
...RIGHT?!?!?!?

[BB]

For people with stacks of cards they don't want: http://www.steamcardexchange.net/index.php?home

It's legit, I've used it a bunch before. Cards have credit values that automatically adjust to current Market prices and you can store some credits for later or just do direct trades. They've got barrels of summer cards at the moment so you can swap your dupes for cards you need.

---

So uh, probably everyone already voted, but Ikaruga is one of the potential options for the current community flash sale and if there's no games in the other group you want I'd appreciate throwing your vote that way.

[Menarker]

Unfortunately, they locked down my ability to trade using that site since I'm logging in there for the first time. Thus to "protect my inventory", they locked down from trading there for a week.

[mauve]

Got several duplicates of certain cards. Only one I'm missing now atm is #1.

Also, for some reason, I'm seeing the same games offered for the main sales even after the timer ran out and a new 8hr period started...

I have an extra #1 if you'd like it. I won't be available to trade on Steam until this evening, but if you send me a trade request for it I'll approve it when I can. Otherwise I'll look for you next time I'm online.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I definitely most positively want to get Black Flag now that it has hit the sale sale mode. But I'm not sure about just getting the regular edition or the SUPER ULTRA PLATINUM DIGITAL VERSION.

Anyone with experience with the game willing to share some insight on the content it provides?

[Revising Ocelot]

AssPirates is £19.99. Problem is that in US Dolla, it's ALSO 19.99. Compare with Total War Rome II, which is £10.19 and $20.37.

If anybody wants to trade AssPirates to me in exchange for $20 worth of stuff that you want, that'd be grand.

[Solid Snake]

I definitely most positively want to get Black Flag now that it has hit the sale sale mode. But I'm not sure about just getting the regular edition or the SUPER ULTRA PLATINUM DIGITAL VERSION.

Anyone with experience with the game willing to share some insight on the content it provides?

If I'm reading Steam correctly, the Gold Edition of Assassin's Creed 4 on Steam doesn't come with Freedom Cry, the one DLC that's genuinely worth the price of admission.

So, honestly, I'd just buy the Standard Edition, then spend $5 extra (while it's on sale) for Freedom Cry, and forget about the rest.

As for what's actually included in the Gold Edition...

...The Aveline DLC is honestly advertised. It's about an hour -- a little more or a little less depending on how you play -- of extra content. It doesn't add much to the AC4 story, as it takes place long after Kenway's Pirate Adventures. It doesn't add much to Aveline's story, either, so even if you're a huge fan of the character, you can probably skip it. There's a unique narrative approach but that's about it. It was basically created because Sony gave Ubisoft some extra incentives for some Timed Exclusive Content for the PS3 and PS4, and at the time it was created, promoting Aveline also meant promoting the Vita.

The rest are all extra islands (locations on the map) that are 'unlocked' that are completely ancillary to the main story and just give Edward some new outfits and a few new weapons to play around with. The good news is that the new weapons aren't game-breaking per se like so many overpowered items in DLC. I mean, you'll be overpowered if you complete all that DLC content the moment you technically have access to do so, but the game essentially discourages this through clever game design, as the Jackdaw isn't powerful enough early on to survive many trips south unless you spend countless hours grinding for upgrade materials. (And it makes no sense to grind early when you'll get far greater returns with minimal effort later on.)

...The bad news, though, is that the content is still completely optional, adds nothing of value to the story, and is ahistorical, meaning you'll just see Edward dress as other famous pirates and privateers (even ones who came 'after' him in the timeline.) I suppose the excuse is akin to the Animus glitching out and giving the player 'going back' to be Kenway content the real Kenway never could've accessed.

And, none of the weapons are better than the weapons you'll acquire by the end of the canon game.

[Ramary]

It comes with the Black Flag season pass, so it totatly does come with Freedom Cry, but just getting Freedom Cry by itself is only 5 dollars extra vs the 10 dollars extra for the SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME HYPER EDITION TURBO ALPHA edition.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

If I'm reading Steam correctly, the Gold Edition of Assassin's Creed 4 on Steam doesn't come with Freedom Cry, the one DLC that's genuinely worth the price of admission.


Is Freedom Cry not what it's referencing with: Gives you all-in-one access to a new 3+ hour single-player story featuring Adewale, an ex-slave turned Assassin

I just wanna say since I feel like in retrospect I should've addressed more of this but it seems like Freedom Cry was the big sticking point for you so I want to understand that first and foremost. But, in addition to the freedom cry stuff: Are the islands actually fun? I really enjoyed stuff like the dungeon crawling for armor in 2 and Brotherhood. Is it the same sort of stuff?

[Solid Snake]

Ramary's right. I did a quick scan through the additional Gold content and didn't see Freedom Cry listed there, because instead it's buried under the 'Season Pass' header. I'm not sure why they did that. It's not the most visible way for Ubisoft to advertise the best part of the Gold package.

Still, you're absolutely better off saving the $5. This isn't as well executed as what you're remembering from the Ezio Trilogy. The islands are all generally very bland compared with existing locations in the main game. There's a real lack of well-thought out stealth options and opportunities, and there's absolutely nothing to do, see or collect in these islands aside from the new costumes and weapons. If you spend more than ten minutes at any of these locations, you're doin' it wrong. I purchased Black Island and Hidden Mystery as separate content and was not impressed.

Freedom Cry is the one piece of AC4 DLC that's actually well-made story-driven content that will add value. It's even standalone, you'll basically play it after you finish AC4.

[Azisien]

Good day to grab Civ V Complete if you've been holding out. Whole lot of strategy goodness for $16!

[Revising Ocelot]

Thanking Arcanum for the Ass. Goes well with the Shovel (Knight).

[Ryong]

I am highly tempted to get Borderlands 2, but I already got too many games this sale.

If only like 90% of that DLC was cut and then it'd just be a couple bucks pricier than the standard edition...

[Aerozord]

How do you do this crafting thing anyways? I'm on team red so might as well do it if I get all the cards

[MuMu]

Get one of each card of the cheapest collection in the market, go to the badge page and hit the craft button next to the game. 1 point contribution is enough to get in the raffle.

[Aerozord]

Get one of each card of the cheapest collection in the market, go to the badge page and hit the craft button next to the game. 1 point contribution is enough to get in the raffle.

wow, I'm level 6 so I get no cards for voting. So since I dont plan on spending 100 dollars on games, I only have the one card. Actually doing the math it kind of shows just how much valve is making off this idea.

its number 7 anyone want it?

[Solid Snake]

I'm waiting for Stanley Parable and Mount & Blade Warband. Also, possibly Deadly Premonitions DC, if it enjoys an even greater discount. It's hard to get too excited about DP when I've already seen so many Let's Plays of it, though. Might have been one of the few great games I managed to spoil for myself.

Oh! And Kentucky Route Zero. Definitely Kentucky Route, it just needs to be cheaper than $18 to entice me.

[Kim]

kinda want blood dragon but not enough to actually get it. here's hoping for deals im more interested in soon.

[akaSM]

wow, I'm level 6 so I get no cards for voting. So since I dont plan on spending 100 dollars on games, I only have the one card. Actually doing the math it kind of shows just how much valve is making off this idea.

its number 7 anyone want it?

Get help from friends to get 2 full sets of cards, craft those 2 badges; that should get you to level 8, then you'll get all the summer card drops you've earned through voting.

EDIT: Something that worked for a friend was, get enough cards for a full set (even if there are duplicates), using this (http://www.steamtradematcher.com) to trade the dupes and, craft the badges.

Also, if you don't care about dem cards, I'll gladly take yours, because I
gotta craft all the things for REASONS.

[Aerozord]

*sees Long Live the Queen for $2.50*
....
.............
.................... *clicks buy*

[MuMu]

It doesn't need to be a Summer Sale badge, a badge of any game will score you 1 point,which is enough to get in the pool.

[mauve]

Transistor finally hit the daily sales YAAAAY!!!! 25% ain't great but for a new game it's not bad. Plus it's only $14.99, and from what I hear that's more than fair for the game.

[Ryong]

Wait, hold on, didn't transistor go on a 25% off flash sale AND a 25% off community vote already?

[mauve]

I thought they were available to vote for, but never actually won.

[Flarecobra]

And the game board got rage-flipped.

[Revising Ocelot]

Was not expecting Wolfenstein to go -50% a month after release. Very pleasant surprise.

[Menarker]

Welp, look like the sales are winding down. Only the last batch of games featured, which happen to be games they shown already in the past two weeks. Nothing notably new.

Well, I got a shit-ton of games to work with. =3

[Kim]

Apparently Hate Plus is only like 1.13 right now and it's amazing go buy it.

[Arcanum]

I bought way more than I thought I would this sale. Total damage:

Bulletstorm
XCOM: The Bureau
Marlow Briggs
Shadowrun: Daggerfall
PayDay 2: Big Bank Heist DLC
PayDay 2: Sniper pack DLC
Space Hulk
Splintercell Blacklist (I owed a friend for buying the Divinity Original Sin two pack, so I gave him the free copy of WatchDogs that came with my graphics card, so he gifted me this to make us even)
Nether
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Cloudbuilt
Killer is Dead (gifted to me by RO for buying him AssCreed Pirates)

And hardly any time to play any of them :(

[BB]

Relatively unscathed. Long Live The Queen was a planned purchase and The Blackwell Saga (four games out of the 5 in the series) was unplanned, but I got five games total and spent less than £3 so I'm happy. I also got Ticket To Ride from a gift.

Ikaruga (http://store.steampowered.com/app/253750) sadly never got it's flash sale, but it's still at 50% discount and I'll try once more to sell it.

[mauve]

Aarrrgghhh, the only days where I missed the community choice sales were the days when Broken Age was on sale. Welp, guess I'll have to buy it at 33% off. HOW SAD. XD

My total so far:

Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Kentucky Route Zero
Transistor
Broken Age
Torchlight II (As a gift for a friend)
Quantum Conundrum
The Wolf Among Us

Orion: Dino Horde (received as a gift)


All in all, I spent a little more than I meant to, but not by a huge amount.

[MuMu]

This was a pretty lackluster sale, but I guess the real treasure were the games that were randomly at 75%-90% instead of featured in a daily. Also the ones that lost in community choice because you all suck at voting.

Total Damage:

-Bought:
•Master Reboot
•Mars: Wars Log
•Gone Home
•Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
•Bunny Must Die
•Double Dragon Neon
•Consortium
•Stick it to the Man
•Splinter Cell: Blacklist
•Shadow Warrior

-Was Gifted:
•Wolf Among Us

-Gifted:
•System Shock 2
•EYE
•Metro Last Light Complete
•Marlow Briggs

@Mauve, it's almost finished and the Fables universe is pretty interesthing in the hands of a competent writer team so I'd reccomend it, I would have bought it even if I was not gifted it before.

Reccomendations for this last day:
•Tomb Raider
•Dishonored
•State of Decay
•New Vegas
•Witcher series(If you're unfazed everyone being a complete asshole)
•Dark Souls
•Batman Arkham(Even Origins isn't that bad, it's just more of the same)
•Saints Row 3/4

[Revising Ocelot]

Welp.

For myself:

Shadowrun Returns + Dragonfall
Max Payne 3
Wolfenstein TNO
AssFlag (Gift from Arcanum in exchange for Killer is Dead)
Shovel Knight
Steamworld Dig
Rayman Lemons
Kairo (Gift from Bard)
Battleblock Theater
Arkham Oranges + That Mr Freeze DLC
Marlow Briggs (Gift from Ryong)


But there's more! Gifts!

Killer is Dead - Arcanum (For the aforementioned AssFlag)
Dishonored Goatee - Synk
REVENGEANCE - Bard
Don't Starve - Someone I know IRL.
XCOM EU - Oster
Blood Dragon - Akasm
Witcher 2 - Geminex, although I don't think he comes here anymore.





This is why I shouldn't have a paying job.

[Solid Snake]

Shit, I haven't bought anything yet.

EDIT: ...Welp, that's no longer true. I did just buy The Stanley Parable and an expansion for Europa Universalis IV.

[RickZarber]

Final verdict:

-Gone Home
-Goat Simulator
-Stanley Parable

Plus one gift purchase.

Also, I found that it actually kinda pays to use the market for the trading cards (at least during an event). I was able to buy the cards I was missing in order to craft the badge, sell all my extra cards (which mostly came from voting) and unwanted goodies, and actually come out ahead with a few dollars' credit in my Steam Wallet.

[Aerozord]

Retro City Rampage
Far Cry: blood dragon
Long Live the Queen
and Awesomenauts expansion

Abit sad I missed the flash sale on The Last Federation. Looked like my kind of game but was abit out of my price range.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Bought:
- Witcher 2
- Papo & Yo
- Child of Light
- Dishonored
- realMyst: Masterpiece edition

Gifted:
- METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE (from Ocelot)

Gifted to other people:
- Kairo (to Ocelot)
- Deponia (to someone completely different)

The only game I'm still considering is Borderlands 2 since there are some DLCs I didnt try out on the 360 and some friends of mine are playing it again.

[Flarecobra]

Bought... nothing.

Was gifted Space Hulk DLC.

[Ryong]

Bought:
- FTL
- Valdis Story
- Knytt Underground

Gifted to other people:
- Marlow Briggs (to Ocelot)

Greatly went "meh" at: ( games I want to play, know I'll enjoy playing but won't pay the price they were at )
- Borderlands 2
- Grim Dawn

WELP AND NOW OCELOT GAVE ME BORDERLANDS 2

THANKS

[Aldurin]

Dammit Valve:
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Edge of Space
Broken Age + Soundtrack
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Max Payne 3
FEAR Complete Pack
Reus
The King Of Fighters XIII
Child of Light
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Wasteland 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
Planet Explorers
Mass Effect Collection
The Wolf Among Us
Awesomenauts
Betrayer Steam
Blood Rayne Betrayal
One Finger Death Punch
Unepic
Max Payne Bundle
Marlow Briggs
The Last Remnant
ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition

[Steel Shadow]

I bought more than I meant to. That's all I can really say.

[Bells]

i managed to survive with mostly DLC!!!

[akaSM]

I cannot remember what things did I buy but, RO gave me FC: Blood Dragon.

[Aldurin]

I cannot remember what things did I buy but, RO gave me FC: Blood Dragon.

You can go to your account details page from your account name tab in the top right of steam. Assuming of course you think you can handle seeing your financial irresponsibility all on one page.

[Locke cole]

Oh right, the sale. I got FTL early on, and I forget if I got anything else.

[Azisien]

You'd think with my game collection getting so large I would have gifted mostly... I suppose value wise my gifts were worth a fair bit though. Oy, Gaben, have mercy!

For Me:

Dead Rising 3
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Metal Slug 3
Sid Meier's Pirates!
The Guild II + DLC
Project Zomboid
Guacamelee!
Gone Home
Kingdom Rush
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Civilization V DLC
PAYDAY 2 DLC
Mercenary Kings
Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced
Broken Age
Wolfenstein: The New Order
State of Decay + DLC
Battleblock Theater
Plants vs. Zombies
Ticket to Ride
Banished
One Finger Death Punch

I Gifted:

Dead Rising 3
Metal Slug 3 x2
Civilization V x2
Total War Rome II
Project Zomboid
Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion

I Was Gifted (It was my birthday at the start of the Sale so that garnered some freebies):

Dead Island Riptide
Goat Simulator

[Revising Ocelot]

I Was Gifted (It was my birthday at the start of the Sale so that garnered some freebies):

Dead Island Riptide


That shit is as common as dirt, you should have inflicted Bad Rats on the bastard.

[Doc ock rokc]

nothing... sigh

[Satan's Onion]

I bought a pack of character palettes for Skullgirls. Oh, and I got base Skyrim when it was like five (-ish) bucks. I'd have gotten Crusader Kings II when it was like eight, but I fell asleep in front of my laptop and missed the flash sale ::V:

[akaSM]

You can go to your account details page from your account name tab in the top right of steam. Assuming of course you think you can handle seeing your financial irresponsibility all on one page.

YOUR SORCERY WORKED

PAYDAY The Heist: Wolfpack DLC
PAYDAY: The Heist Soundtrack
Spec Ops The Line

Huh, I could've sworn I got more stuff...

And I gifted

Ultrabundle
Defy Gravity (cheap, interesting and, dem trading cards might actually earn you a profit ::V:)
Bioshock Triple Pack

Oh, and, not from Steam:

XCOM Everything Forever
Sonic CD

Didn't get because I DON'T KNOW:

Long Live the Queen

And, I got "80's Simulator 2013" from RO

But seriously...I could've sworn I bought more stuff...

[Arcanum]

That shit is as common as dirt, you should have inflicted Bad Rats on the bastard.

I think you're thinking of Dead Island: Epidemic (or whatever it is called that abbreviates to DIE). The moba thing that everyone got 14 keys for.

Riptide is the expansion to Dead Island that adds another character and plot and stuff.

[Revising Ocelot]

Ah yes, my mistake. Shows how little I care for the franchise, though. Nice trailers, nothing more.

Did you know they announced another Dead Island game this week? Stop trying to milk the cash cow Deep Silver, you're going to pull the udders off.