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Daily Deal:
Please check the Steam homepage.

Weeklong Deals:
Steam usually has week-long deals that change on Mondays at 6PM UTC. They mostly feature indie games, and may not run every week.

Sale summary lists:

Key:
⤷ indicates DLC, — specifies part of a pack, + shows alternative versions, ⚠ highlights things worth knowing, ♫ is obvious, and ... denotes a multi-pack.

Holiday Sale 2013 | 19/12/13 through 3/1/14:
Days 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-14.

Spring/Autumn Sale 2013 | 27/11/13 through 3/12/13:
All days.

Steam deals on other stores: (Related threads on CAG.)

Indie* bundle threads: (*Not always indie, nor always a bundle.)

Free stuff:
There are quite a few free games (mostly Free to Play) and mods available via the Steam platform, a comprehensive list of which can be found in this thread on the SPUF.
(NOTE: free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.)

Past Steam Deals Threads:

 
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asheskitty said:
Better be... it's a combat focused game... it's not a very wordy game... and well there are no moral choices.

No lousy dialog to get the in way of RAWR KITTY-SMASH.
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These kitties are huge pains in the ass in that game

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I just found a friendly Aussie at Reddit who sold me Walking Dead + DLC for two TF2 keys and some TF2 items.

These keys are part of the leftover stuff I had from selling Deadpool last month, so I essentially got the game for free.

And yeah... better grab it now. I still think Activision plans to pull the game soon. They never put stuff at 80% off unless their licenses are about to expire.

 
I hope you guys realize Detruire has NZ prices, so he can get Survival Instinct for $3.99.. Kinda funny how you guys are going out of your way to find someone.

 
Foxhack said:
I just found a friendly Aussie at Reddit who sold me Walking Dead + DLC for two TF2 keys and some TF2 items.

These keys are part of the leftover stuff I had from selling Deadpool last month, so I essentially got the game for free.

And yeah... better grab it now. I still think Activision plans to pull the game soon. They never put stuff at 80% off unless their licenses are about to expire.
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If only they'd put COD: World at War + Black Ops 1 at 80% off.

 
pasports31 said:
i actually thought dark souls' combat was pretty great
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Agreed.

You really do need to learn how to time things; block; that you should actually move slow + keep your shield-up most of the time; not let enemies get behind you and hit you; and other things.

Most modern games DO NOT play like THAT. Many games, it's like, "Run in and attack w/ no worries about defense!"

 
Geez. I was thinking about grabbing Nascar 2013 for $5, but nope. Thank god for reviews. I haven't played since the 1st N64 version. Spent many blurry nights as a teen running full races with friends. Updating seemed fun, but I'll look into now that impulse is gone. I'm by no means a Nascar fan, but there was something about it back then. Spending days on the even older pc version going backwards for science was amazing fun.  Anybody have any thoughts on where to start for a good, modern version if one exists?

 
MysterD said:
Agreed.

You really do need to learn how to time things; block; that you should actually move slow + keep your shield-up most of the time; not let enemies get behind you and hit you; and other things.

Most modern games DO NOT play like THAT. Many games, it's like, "Run in and attack w/ no worries about defense!"
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Or you can just swing, roll away, swing. Repeat until enemy is dead.

Of course this method only works when your weapon hits instead of going through their body.
 
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Preedatore said:
Shitty combat in Morrowind is recognized as such, but shitty combat in Dark Souls is excused because it's marketed as a hard game. Makes sense, I guess.
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I'm honestly curious of all of the mysterious, unmentioned games that have better combat than games like Skyrim and Dark Souls. There's no shortage of naysayers who will call the combat "shitty", yet I never hear of all these unnamed amazing games that have better combat.

Not to be bitchy or anything, it just would honestly be nice to know. I'd love to play these TPS/FPS ARPGs with incredible combat.

bob101910 said:
Replace walk backwards with roll backwards and you just described how I beat Dark Souls.
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Someone either didn't actually beat Dark Souls, or has forgotten all about a certain dark scary place with big bony fellows.

Flowette said:
I have a request. I've been watching the Sochi Winter Olympics and it's given me a MUSTPLAYNOW bug. What snowboarding/skiing games are there out there that are worth playing? (PC/PS3/360) I played SSX Tricky back in the day and loved that, something similar would be great.

I've seen Snow on Steam Early Access, but I'm not paying money for an alpha of an eventually-F2P game. I have enough Early Access shite already.
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You know you're a gamer when watching physical activity makes you want to play more video games.

On a helpful note, why don't you download PCSX2 and download some of the classics? I'd imagine SSX3 would look incredible in high def, and with all the characters and gear/clothing options, unlocks, etc, that game has loads of replayability.

 
Idiotekque said:
I'm honestly curious of all of the mysterious, unmentioned games that have better combat than games like Skyrim and Dark Souls. There's no shortage of naysayers who will call the combat "shitty", yet I never hear of all these unnamed amazing games that have better combat.

Not to be bitchy or anything, it just would honestly be nice to know. I'd love to play these TPS/FPS ARPGs with incredible combat.
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DMC.

 
Idiotekque said:
I'm honestly curious of all of the mysterious, unmentioned games that have better combat than games like Skyrim and Dark Souls. There's no shortage of naysayers who will call the combat "shitty", yet I never hear of all these unnamed amazing games that have better combat.

Not to be bitchy or anything, it just would honestly be nice to know. I'd love to play these TPS/FPS ARPGs with incredible combat.

Someone either didn't actually beat Dark Souls, or has forgotten all about a certain dark scary place with big bony fellows.

You know you're a gamer when watching physical activity makes you want to play more video games.

On a helpful note, why don't you download PCSX2 and download some of the classics? I'd imagine SSX3 would look incredible in high def, and with all the characters and gear/clothing options, unlocks, etc, that game has loads of replayability.
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I actually just did this over the weekend because the olympics had me thinking the same thing (plus missing my dead xbox with the ssx games). For some reason for me though ssx tricky looks better than ssx3, not sure why that is, just setting it to 6x original resolution

 
asheskitty said:
DMC.
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Are you being serious though? Because I recall that being a crazy, all over the place, combo-oriented arcade style hack n' slash. Totally different ballpark.

Chaos Legion was cool like that too.


ezelkow1 said:
I actually just did this over the weekend because the olympics had me thinking the same thing (plus missing my dead xbox with the ssx games). For some reason for me though ssx tricky looks better than ssx3, not sure why that is, just setting it to 6x original resolution
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SSX Tricky was the better game as far as gameplay and level design, imo. SSX3 just took the rest of the game to the next level and added a more freeform experience that was really cool (instead of just selecting your track, going down it, selected the next track).

 
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Idiotekque said:
Are you being serious though? Because I recall that being a crazy, all over the place, combo-oriented arcade style hack n' slash. Totally different ballpark.

Chaos Legion was cool like that too.


SSX Tricky was the better game as far as gameplay and level design, imo. SSX3 just took the rest of the game to the next level and added a more freeform experience that was really cool (instead of just selecting your track, going down it, selected the next track).
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I hope someone one puts Chaos Legion on steam someday. Amazing game.

 
MysterD said:
Wait - DMC is a ARPG?!?!?!
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I understand your point. But I feel both DMC and Dark Souls are totally combat focused games... I suppose by that reasoning Batman AA/AC should like cousins to that.

Idiotekque said:
Are you being serious though? Because I recall that being a crazy, all over the place, combo-oriented arcade style hack n' slash. Totally different ballpark.

Chaos Legion was cool like that too.
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Just grasping for freeform (not Batman AA/AC) combat focused games... I can't exactly laud KoA, Darksiders, or Dungeon Siege III (demo only) (or even AssCrud) combat... next (modern) runner up might be Torchlight 2 on my engineer (but that's even more different).

 
asheskitty said:
I understand your point. But I feel both DMC and Dark Souls are totally combat focused games... I suppose by that reasoning Batman AA/AC should like cousins to that.
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I don't think Batman: AA/AC let you actually manipulate your character's actual base-number values of this kind and length that Dark Souls goes to:

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/615020269848765131/80C9B09E31052E79B6E6CD2B7BEEA1A2CE759D45/

I ain't played DMC - but I don't know if DMC would take it to these kind of levels.

 
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Flowette said:
I have a request. I've been watching the Sochi Winter Olympics and it's given me a MUSTPLAYNOW bug. What snowboarding/skiing games are there out there that are worth playing? (PC/PS3/360) I played SSX Tricky back in the day and loved that, something similar would be great.

I've seen Snow on Steam Early Access, but I'm not paying money for an alpha of an eventually-F2P game. I have enough Early Access shite already.
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It's on N64, but you really need to play 1080 Snowboarding. Best music in a video game evar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGPhpeaBIo

Here are the real lyrics if you couldn't understand them..

Look out!
What is it?
Who did it?
What is it?
But who's to blame?

Would you look at me right now please?
I need You to tell me I'm a man.
You gotta get me outer here.
I want more life so I can feel.

What is it?
Who did it?
What is it?
But who's to blame?

We all wanted
This joy of the moment
It will be for nothing
So what? I don't care for it

We take vacant eyes.
We take vacant words.
We take vacant minds.
We take vacant lives.

 
Idiotekque said:
Are you being serious though? Because I recall that being a crazy, all over the place, combo-oriented arcade style hack n' slash. Totally different ballpark.

Chaos Legion was cool like that too.
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Well, to be fair, there's no reason why a FPS/TPS RPG can't have a combat system like any of those games. Which I think is the main point. But maybe there is. Maybe the computer can't calculate that many dice rolls that quickly.

 

asheskitty said:
I understand your point. But I feel both DMC and Dark Souls are totally combat focused games... I suppose by that reasoning Batman AA/AC should like cousins to that.

Just grasping for freeform (not Batman AA/AC) combat focused games... I can't exactly laud KoA, Darksiders, or Dungeon Siege III (demo only) (or even AssCrud) combat... next (modern) runner up might be Torchlight 2 on my engineer (but that's even more different).
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The best I can think of (of a FPS RPG with Skyrim-esque) combat would be either Arx Fatalis or Might and Magic: Dark Messiah. The former honestly had acceptable, but extremely dated combat mechanics, and I haven't played the latter (which I've heard a lot of good about).

KoA had great, simple combat. Basically what Fable combat should have felt like. Dungeon Siege III is like... Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Fun, especially for multiplay, but really basic and hard to compare with games like DS and Skyrim. Haven't played Darksiders.


spoderman said:
It's on N64, but you really need to play 1080 Snowboarding. Best music in a video game evar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGPhpeaBIo

Here are the real lyrics if you couldn't understand them..

Look out!
What is it?
Who did it?
What is it?
But who's to blame?

Would you look at me right now please?
I need You to tell me I'm a man.
You gotta get me outer here.
I want more life so I can feel.

What is it?
Who did it?
What is it?
But who's to blame?

We all wanted
This joy of the moment
It will be for nothing
So what? I don't care for it

We take vacant eyes.
We take vacant words.
We take vacant minds.
We take vacant lives.
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I still have that game. I love that song.

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Well, to be fair, there's no reason why a FPS/TPS RPG can't have a combat system like any of those games. Which I think is the main point. But maybe there is. Maybe the computer can't calculate that many dice rolls that quickly.
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It could, but when I sit down to play a "realistic" ARPG like Skyrim or Dark Souls, I'm not really looking for that ridiculous, fast paced psychosis that is a game like DMC. Kinda like saying "Why doesn't Mario have the same combat system as They Bleed Pixels?", which admittedly would be awesome, but not very in the spirit of Mario.

 
Idiotekque said:
The best I can think of (of a FPS RPG with Skyrim-esque) combat would be either Arx Fatalis or Might and Magic: Dark Messiah. The former honestly had acceptable, but extremely dated combat mechanics, and I haven't played the latter (which I've heard a lot of good about).
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I love Dark Messiah of Might & Magic. It was such a nice find for cheap. However, the combat isn't going to win any awards as it's all about THE BOOT.

 
Idiotekque said:
It could, but when I sit down to play a "realistic" ARPG like Skyrim or Dark Souls, I'm not really looking for that ridiculous, fast paced psychosis that is a game like DMC. Kinda like saying "Why doesn't Mario have the same combat system as They Bleed Pixels?", which admittedly would be awesome, but not very in the spirit of Mario.
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But I think when you can hit someone and do no damage you are really stretching the definition of "realistic." I personally thought the combat in Dead Island is better than anything in the TES series. At least it feels like I'm doing damage and generally hit things when I point at them.

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
But I think when you can hit someone and do no damage you are really stretching the definition of "realistic." I personally thought the combat in Dead Island is better than anything in the TES series. At least it feels like I'm doing damage and generally hit things when I point at them.
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Not hitting things? I was really only talking about Skyrim and Dark Souls; are you talking about Morrowind? I've never had a problem with not hitting things in Skyrim and Dark Souls.

Dead Island combat is nice though, mainly for that satisfying crunch and clear damage to WHERE you hit. I think there was a Skyrim mod that took from that idea and added amputation and whatnot mid-combat.

 
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Idiotekque said:
So, you're bragging about beating the game oh-so-easily, while you just ran past enemies and skipped areas?
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EDIT: Oops phone submitted post when I pressed enter.

Not bragging, just saying that the combat system isn't as good as people make it sound.
 
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Combat has never really been the main draw for me in RPGs and I've played them since the turn based days. I don't really care about or need hyper realistic or frentic or complicated combat so something like the Elder Scrolls, which hasn't changed much since the early days in terms of combat, suits me just fine.

Even with the chain attacks that a lot of people complained about I really liked the Witcher 1. When the second game game out it was way too focused on combat for me (and had a hideous UI) so it lost me.

Just speaking personally in RPGs and sandbox games I'd rather the other elements come first and a simplified combat rather than have an action game with RPG elements, but that's just me.

Anyway this is turning into a 'Someone is wrong on the Internet: Serious Business' sort of thing now so I'll just step away after having said that and let you guys resume your regularly scheduled TASTES GREAT/LESS FILLING back and forth.

 
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Idiotekque said:
Not hitting things? I was really only talking about Skyrim and Dark Souls; are you talking about Morrowind? I've never had a problem with not hitting things in Skyrim and Dark Souls.

Dead Island combat is nice though, mainly for that satisfying crunch and clear damage to WHERE you hit. I think there was a Skyrim mod that took from that idea and added amputation and whatnot mid-combat.
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From what I remember last time I played Skyrim, there was still plenty of failure to impact moments. I mean I guess technically they were blocking my sword but it just felt really clumsy with the combat. I never got that feeling playing DI.

 
Idiotekque said:
I'm honestly curious of all of the mysterious, unmentioned games that have better combat than games like Skyrim and Dark Souls. There's no shortage of naysayers who will call the combat "shitty", yet I never hear of all these unnamed amazing games that have better combat.
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Kingdoms of Amalur and Darksiders 2 come to mind.

 
Motoki said:
Even with the chain attacks that a lot of people complained about I really liked the Witcher 1. When the second game game out it was way too focused on combat for me (and had a hideous UI) so it lost me.
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Haven't gotten around to playing the Witcher yet. Isn't that relatively strategic combat, though? Like Dragon Age?

Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
From what I remember last time I played Skyrim, there was still plenty of failure to impact moments. I mean I guess technically they were blocking my sword but it just felt really clumsy with the combat. I never got that feeling playing DI.
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There is a lot of blocking going in Skyrim, especially as you set the difficulty higher. That's actually a big reason I like it, since you can't just run up swinging like a madman. That works in Dead Island because you're usually hacking and smashing on zombies who are all offense and no defense (which lends to the survival aspect when you can damage and kill them without any defense on their part, while they have the advantage of swarming you). I like Skyrim because the block-heavy combat style means you have to feint, backstep, and make use of power attacks to stagger your opponent and get past their guard.

Then again, you can always use bows at long and short range. That's fun too and is really hard for your opponent to block. It can be a little too easy, but I don't use crosshairs in Skyrim, so it's pretty fun.


Naked Snake Eyes said:
Kingdoms of Amalur and Darksiders 2 come to mind.
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Talked about KoA a little while ago, how it feels like Fable, except better. I liked the combat in that game, but I still have a hard time comparing it to Dark Souls and Skyrim. It's simple, fast paced, Fable style hack n' slash. You could compare it to Dark Souls, but Dark Souls is a lot more calculated. Especially early on, it's slower and you have to be decisive about your attacks, since a hit or two can kill you. You can soak up the hits in Fable and KoA, which heavily influences the combat style and how you come at it.

Haven't played either of the Darksiders games, though.

 
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