The Steam Deals + Cards Thread V8 ~ Summer Sale Encore Day! | Rage $4.99 | Retro City Rampage $2.99 | Crysis $5.99 | Endless Space $10.19 |

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It had to be done, welcome aboard the new thread, Steam Deal Thread V8!

You can find link to past threads at the bottom of this post. Read post #2 of this thread for Steam FAQs and more.

Disclaimer: Because of the ridiculous number of games on sale and the speed at which sales change, it is likely I will not be able to catch everything . Be sure to check the update time for the OP, and visit the Specials Tab to see all current sales. If you see something not listed in the OP, please feel free to PM me and I will see that it is added. Thanks, enjoy the sale  :D

Before you buy anything be sure to check out both BigSpoonyBard's Super Tips for Steam Sale Newbies (and Vets) and jshackle's Enhanced Steam Extension/Plugin for Chrome/Opera/Firefox!

Steam Summer Sale

Flash Deals


[*]Retro City Rampage - $14.99 $3.00
[*]Endless Space Gold - $34.99 $11.89[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Total War Grand Master Collection - $164.99 $41.24[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rome: Total War - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Empire: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Napoleon: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Total War: SHOGUN 2 - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Viking: Battle for Asgard - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Total War Battles: SHOGUN - $4.99 $1.24
[*]SHOGUN 2: Rise of the Samurai Campaign - $9.99 $2.49[/customspoiler]

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  • Rage - $19.99 $4.99
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Daily Deals



[*]Borderlands 2 - $39.99 $10.19 (4-Pack - $89.99 $30.59)[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Bioshock - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock 2 - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock Infinite - $59.99 $29.99
[*]Torchlight - $14.99 $3.73
[*]Torchlight 2 - $19.99 $4.99 (4-Pack - $59.99 $14.99)
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - $19.99 $4.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Tomb Raider Collection - $69.99 $17.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]The Walking Dead - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $13.79
[*]Dishonored - $29.99 $10.19[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Skyrim: Legendary Edition - $59.99 $36.00[customspoiler='Contents']


Yesterday's Deals


[*]Natural Selection 2 - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Worms Collection - $89.99 $22.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Worms Revolution - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Worms Ultimate Mayhem - $14.99 $3.74


[*]Starforge (Alpha) - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike Complete - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Assassin's Creed Pack - $169.95 $57.78[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Assassin's Creed III - $39.99 $23.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $2.23
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $3.74[customspoiler='Contents']

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Persistent Deals

(if you notice a daily/flash sale in here by mistake, please let me know)

-75% or More

-50% to -74%


[*]The Political Machine 2012 - $3.99 $0.99 (4-Pack - $9.99 $2.49)[/customspoiler]

[*]Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity - $19.99 $6.79
[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $19.99 $9.99
[*]The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Dead Space - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Dead Space 2 - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Hitman: Blood Money - $8.99 $4.49
[*]Hitman: Codename 47 - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $14.99[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition - $29.99 $14.99
[*]The Cave - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Hits Collection - $29.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $4.99

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $4.47
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $7.49


[*]Mirror's Edge - $19.99 $9.99
[*]McPixel - $4.99 $0.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator - $8.99 $4.49
[*]FTL - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Cart Life - $4.99 $1.99
[*]To The Moon - $9.99 $2.99
[*]VVVVVV - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $20.69
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Need for Speed: Undercover - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Need for Speed: Shift - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Shift 2: Unleashed - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Magical Diary - $14.99 $5.24
[*]Super House of Dead Ninjas - $6.99 $2.37
[*]The Blackwell Legacy - $4.99 $1.99
[*]Jack Lumber - $7.49 $2.24
[*]Anna - Extended Edition - $9.99 $3.39
[*]The Bridge - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Alice: Madness Returns - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Payday The Heist - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike - $9.99 $2.49
[*]The Orange Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Half-Life Complete - $39.99 $19.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rockstar Hits Collection - $89.97 $44.98[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]LA Noire - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Max Payne 3 - $39.99 $19.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Starseed Pilgrim - $5.99 $2.69
[*]The Binding of Isaac - $4.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

All Current Specials

Preorder Deals - Updated 24/6

  • The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="Free upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition"]
    Digital poster (printable) 
  • Papercraft mask of The Raven (printable)
  • “Making of” booklet 
  • Story book (plenty of background info and artworks)
  • Soundtrack[/customspoiler]

[*]Europa Universalis IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="The 100 Years War Unit Pack DLC"]
  • This DLC adds new, unique unit models to the belligerent nations of the
    100 Years War. Included are 11 infantry models for the warring nations,
    including England, France, Scotland, Burgundy and many more! [/customspoiler]

[*]Saints Row IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="3 Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Weapon Costumes"]
  • Pre-Purchase Saints Row IV and get 3 exclusive Team Fortress 2 weapon costumes to use in Saints Row IV: The Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher, only with Pre-Purchases on Steam! [/customspoiler]

[*]Rise of the Triad - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler='The Apogee Throwback Pack']
  • The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee
    Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the
    galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and
    "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in
    "Rise of the Triad".[/customspoiler]

[*]Divinity: Dragon Commander - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler='Immediate access to the Divinity: Dragon Commander beta']
  • As an extra bonus, you will also receive a free upgrade to Divinity: Dragon Commander Imperial Edition.
  • The Imperial Edition includes a golden dragon skin, a Dragons On Earth
    campaign map, a digital soundtrack by award winning genius Kirill
    Pokrovsky, and behind the scenes information like concept art,
    classified design documents, confidential decision tree flowcharts and a
    unique documentary.[/customspoiler]

[*]Total War: Rome II - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="The Greek States Culture Pack"]
  • The Greek States Culture Pack includes three new playable Factions for use in Single or Multiplayer Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer Battles. These factions are the diplomatic Athens, shrewd Epirus and formidable Sparta as playable factions. Each offers range of special tactics to achieve cultural and martial victories, and lethal elite units to crush foes in battle.
  • The Greek States also share a number of common goals, philosophies and general diplomatic aims. However, they are defined by their fierce independence and between them demonstrate a huge variety in approach to civil and military challenges that often brings them into conflict with the wider world, and each other.
  • Plus, Pre-Purchase and receive the Greek Hellenic Armor for The Pyro & Egyptian Cheetah set for The Scout in TF2. More to come!  [/customspoiler]

Indie Bundle Threads
 
Groupees
Indie Gala
Indie Royale
Humble Bundle

IndieGameStand
 
Free Stuff
 

There are quite a few free and free2play games and mods on steam. You can find a full list here. Note that 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 Special Sales

Visit www.steamgamesales.com to check previous sale prices on Steam games. We do keep track of some older sales here though:

CAG Threads Featuring Steam Games on Sale Elsewhere - Updated 1/9

Past CAG Steam Deal Threads

 
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My budget was 0 until the cardz thing.  I think I had around $50 in my SW for the winter sale but ended up converting most of that to paypal hosting some group buys and then selling off my regretted purchases from my inventory.  I honestly don't expect to buy much.  I updated my wishlist with any game even remotely interesting to me, but the only games I definitely would purchase are Sang-Froid, I Am Alive, and Reus at 75% off.  I'm interested in Don't Starve and Gunpoint too and might consider them, but if I get the other three I might hold off since something is going to get bundled and I won't have time to play them all before then. 

 
Anyone know if buying the "Dungeonland Collection" gives you ALL of the in-game DLC? Apparently there's DLC that you can buy in-game but not on Steam. I know the collection gives you some of the DLC, but not sure if it gives all of it..
 
Mooby said:
I used to spend more but pretty much all the stuff Fox mentioned I've relegated to Bundle status.
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Pretty much. The only one I don't expect bundled is I Am Alive because it is Ubisoft. I might even pass on Reus. Sang Froid will be bundled eventually, but I have been really wanting to play that one.

spoderman said:
Anyone know if buying the "Dungeonland Collection" gives you ALL of the in-game DLC? Apparently there's DLC that you can buy in-game but not on Steam. I know the collection gives you some of the DLC, but not sure if it gives all of it..
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The only way to get all the DLC is:

Amazon 2013 Paradox Everything Bundle

Indie Gala September

 
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My wishlist is actually fairly short (the real wishlist items) and the only major items that I can expect a decent discount on is Skyram DLC and Dishonoured DLC.  The rest are totally unrealistic for a sufficient discount (e.g. GRID 2 & MotoGP 13) or too new/high profile to be discounted enough for me (e.g. Tome Reader & Bioschlock Infinite).  Then there's the games who's MSRP is too damn high for their age (e.g. Mafia ][ and Snajper 3lite).  I've also got some mighty fine games in my "play this next" list, so I can wait for discounts.  Also, I'm looking forward to seeing what GG does with their Summer Sale (last year it was all of August), since I'm a 20%er.

 
I bought Sang-Froid when it was on sale for 50% just because I'd been waiting on it and wanted to give at least a little support to the devs.

Only played the intro missions and they've been fun (if simple since it's the intros) but I have to say that the voice acting is hilariously bad.  Doesn't affect the actual game but, man, it's best to just go into it ready to laugh.

I've no idea what my budget is.  There's not much I can think of that I'm waiting to see go on sale so I'll probably not spend a whole lot.

Like Asheskitty, I'm probably more interested to see what GamersGate puts on sale since I'm part of the 20% club.

 
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spoderman said:
Anyone know if buying the "Dungeonland Collection" gives you ALL of the in-game DLC? Apparently there's DLC that you can buy in-game but not on Steam. I know the collection gives you some of the DLC, but not sure if it gives all of it..
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So within the game's store, there's DLC that you can buy with real money and DLC that you can buy with in-game currency. From browsing through each of the store tabs, it looks like buying the Collection has given me all of the real money content, and some of the in-game content.

Having said that, this is a Paradox game, so for how long this remains a "Complete Collection" is anyone's guess.

 
Fully expect Dungeonland and Impire to be in a not-so-distant future Indie Gala as multiple Paradox games that flop have ended up in them.

 
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Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/223710/

Anyone played that? Free mod to HL2 or something?
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It's supposed to be quite good, but not for the faint of heart if you can't handle jump scares (pretty much the opposite of Amnesia). HL1 mod IIRC though, not HL2.

I tried installing the mod via Desura once, but must have done something wrong because it didn't work. This was on Greenlight, so it's nice to see it's standalone now!
 
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What I would love to happen in the upcoming sale is for EA to get their heads out of their asses and drop the first two DeathSpank games to $10 MSRP, offer a collection of all three and make it 75% off. Would also love it if World in Conflict would get a 75% off sale. I can't count how many seasonal sales have come and gone without those two games getting a decent sale. DeathSpank's discount is always 50% ($7.50) and it's been like that for at least 2-3 years now. World in Conflict got up to 66% off in an Ubisoft weekend IIRC, but I'm still waiting for that sweet 75% off. Also, The Haunted: Hell's Reach needs to get a price drop already. It's been one and a half years. Drop the price, put it in a bundle and get one last big payout.

On the more realistic side, I'm hoping for 75% deals on Sleeping Dogs, The Witcher 2, CS:GO, Dust: Elysian Tale, Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, Monaco and a bunch of DLC. Won't really mind if there's a better deal on Amazon/GMG/GG since I've got a bunch of Gaben bucks to spend.

 
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I don't care about the games, I'm sure it will be usual mega sale shannigans. I just hope there is some fun metagame to play. Like sumnmer tickets awhile back, or the winter coal event.

 
Van Helsing is on my "waiting for" list, I'm not hopeful since it's quite new (and I still have some TL2 and all of D3 to feed my Diablo-like cravings) ...as well as Titan Quest and Scared 1&2 (>.> okay, so I'm a little behind). I think I could bit on Van Helsing at 66% off, but 50% is more iffy.

stupidproz1 said:
I don't care about the games, I'm sure it will be usual mega sale shannigans. I just hope there is some fun metagame to play. Like sumnmer tickets awhile back, or the winter coal event.
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I'm hoping for sales on a greater diversity of games than recent steam sales.

 
DukeEdwardI said:
What I would love to happen in the upcoming sale is for EA to get their heads out of their asses and drop the first two DeathSpank games to $10 MSRP, offer a collection of all three and make it 75% off. Would also love it if World in Conflict would get a 75% off sale. I can't count how many seasonal sales have come and gone without those two games getting a decent sale. DeathSpank's discount is always 50% ($7.50) and it's been like that for at least 2-3 years now. World in Conflict got up to 66% off in an Ubisoft weekend IIRC, but I'm still waiting for that sweet 75% off.
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This x 10000. It's been three years. You'd think they'd give Deathspank a 75% off sale by now. Funny thing is it isn't even sold on Origin so, to my knowledge, Steam is literally the only place you can get it on PC. Of course, if you don't see it with a 75% off on the first day as part of the base deals you can pretty much forget about it taking up a daily spot.

 
pepsiguy_2 said:
WHat's everyone's summer sale budget?
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I don't set a budget, but I do have pretty tight rules about what I will buy at this point. Between sales I wishlist items and then wait to see if those go on sale for at least 75% off. Newer games that will immediately be played are okay at 66% or more.

 
Paradox published games have taken a nose dive in recent years.  They used to put out some good stuff but the vast majority of the last several titles have been crap.  I enjoyed Warlock but it felt extremely unpolished and lacked a decent AI and others features that made the game more shallow than it should have been.  Still looking forward to Warband 2 -- might even Day One Purchase that mofo.

I remember Tony giving away free Warband keys during one of the Christmas promos and the price has dipped to the point where it's $5 standard during most major sales.  Probably  won't see it in a bundle until shortly before Warband 2 comes out.  That said, it's well worth the $5 and I don't say that a lot.

 
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asheskitty said:
pepsiguy_2 said:
EDIT: Something was here. Now it's gone becuase I'm an idiot. So I'm gonna start a new topic.

WHat's everyone's summer sale budget?
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Budgets? We ain't got no budgets. We don't need no budgets! I don't have to show you any stinkin' budgets!

The proper version [explicit language]:
Budgets, to god-damned hell with budgets! We have no budgets. In fact, we don't need budgets. I don't have to show you any stinking budgets, you god-damned cabrón and chinga tu madre!
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Whoa now, I happen to be a huge fan of You Need A Budget. Total of 80 hours logged on that bad ride.

 
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
well for all it's features it's gained recently, am I the only one annoyed there still isn't an option to specifically NOT recommend something? I think most people would find it more useful to know the games their friends didn't enjoy, so they can't save their time and money. Then again, maybe that is part of the reason they don't exist. Valve wants us to continue blind buying everything :whee:
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This can't be much of a shock really. Valve is still a store. They're happy letting you do stuff that promotes selling a game but they're obviously not going to put up stuff to help you discourage people from buying stuff :)

 
Pheace said:
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
well for all it's features it's gained recently, am I the only one annoyed there still isn't an option to specifically NOT recommend something? I think most people would find it more useful to know the games their friends didn't enjoy, so they can't save their time and money. Then again, maybe that is part of the reason they don't exist. Valve wants us to continue blind buying everything :whee:
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This can't be much of a shock really. Valve is still a store. They're happy letting you do stuff that promotes selling a game but they're obviously not going to put up stuff to help you discourage people from buying stuff :)
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I mean... They put the metacritic score up.

 
Flowette said:
I'm totally lost. Does anybody have a Dungeonland group going? I'm totally in becauseeverybodyboughtitalreadyandIfeelleftout.

PM me please chaps!

Also, the Rourke Warrior credits are the best thing about the game, which is pretty tough going as the entire 3¾ hours of gameplay is a f***ing masterpiece.
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What's better - Rourke Warrior or Aliens: CM? :p

asheskitty said:
pepsiguy_2 said:
EDIT: Something was here. Now it's gone becuase I'm an idiot. So I'm gonna start a new topic.

WHat's everyone's summer sale budget?
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Budgets? We ain't got no budgets. We don't need no budgets! I don't have to show you any stinkin' budgets!

The proper version [explicit language]:
Budgets, to god-damned hell with budgets! We have no budgets. In fact, we don't need budgets. I don't have to show you any stinking budgets, you god-damned cabrón and chinga tu madre!
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I don't know about budgets.

But, my rule: anything to add to the backlog = 75% off or better.

Anything ASAP = whatever. I don't have much of a rule for things I want to play now/ASAP.

I usually am not an ASAP kind of guy here.

I'm a backlog kind of guy.

 
Pheace said:
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
well for all it's features it's gained recently, am I the only one annoyed there still isn't an option to specifically NOT recommend something? I think most people would find it more useful to know the games their friends didn't enjoy, so they can't save their time and money. Then again, maybe that is part of the reason they don't exist. Valve wants us to continue blind buying everything :whee:
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This can't be much of a shock really. Valve is still a store. They're happy letting you do stuff that promotes selling a game but they're obviously not going to put up stuff to help you discourage people from buying stuff :)
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You know, you don't HAVE to use the recommend a game to your friends feature to just recommend it. People on my friends list use it all the time to express their dislike for games all the time. Just rename the "Recommend by your friends" to "What your friends think" on a game's store page.

 
asheskitty said:
Van Helsing is on my "waiting for" list, I'm not hopeful since it's quite new (and I still have some TL2 and all of D3 to feed my Diablo-like cravings) ...as well as Titan Quest and Scared 1&2 (>.> okay, so I'm a little behind). I think I could bit on Van Helsing at 66% off, but 50% is more iffy.

stupidproz1 said:
I don't care about the games, I'm sure it will be usual mega sale shannigans. I just hope there is some fun metagame to play. Like sumnmer tickets awhile back, or the winter coal event.
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I'm hoping for sales on a greater diversity of games than recent steam sales.
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Van Helsing is definitely worth playing. I'm almost done with it. I play it on and off since I'm playing it on the hardest difficulty. The characters are very likable and have comical dialogue. You can experiment as much as you want with ur characters stats and skill tree, as well as Katarina's (your npc follower), since you can respec by spending gold. It isnt too expensive to respec either. You get plenty of gold. Combat feels great, but in harder difficulties, you will need to kite around a bit. I was using a full tank spec at first and I STILL had to kite around a bit. But its not too bad. Standing still and autoattacking is boring anyway. Reviews had only good things to say about the game. I think the only negative I saw was about the multiplayer being buggy. I havent even tried the mp, so I dont care about that.

 
Well, I've been enjoying Pinball FX2's first free table, Sorcerer's Lair. It's not a pinball sim... the physics don't quite match physical pinball... but they seem to have made a comfortable video-pinball physics set. I'm hoping to see some discount on their tables on the sale (33% seems realistic)

It looks pretty and the system requirements are quite low. It even plays okay in 16:10 or even 16:9 widescreen, but I like it best flipping my 24" IPS into portrait (damn it looks weird like that). I tried flipping my cheap Dell ULV i3 (Ivy Brige) laptop vertically but the TN screen looked terrible in portrait. The game default is no AA (and it shows lesser jaggies but not too bad), flipping on 4x MSAA cleaned it up (on my GTX 660).

It runs quite well on an HD 4000 with AA off, I'm able to drive 55-60 FPS @ 1920x1200 (well 1200x1920... portrait mode). It didn't give me AA settings on the HD 4000, so I tried tossing SweetFX (for SMAA) on but that almost halved my frame rate.... not enough Shader power, Still the no-AA jaggies aren't bad (probably because it's mostly static, no creepers or the like).

JakeNome said:
asheskitty said:
Van Helsing is on my "waiting for" list, I'm not hopeful since it's quite new (and I still have some TL2 and all of D3 to feed my Diablo-like cravings) ...as well as Titan Quest and Scared 1&2 (>.> okay, so I'm a little behind). I think I could bit on Van Helsing at 66% off, but 50% is more iffy.

stupidproz1 said:
I don't care about the games, I'm sure it will be usual mega sale shannigans. I just hope there is some fun metagame to play. Like sumnmer tickets awhile back, or the winter coal event.
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I'm hoping for sales on a greater diversity of games than recent steam sales.
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Van Helsing is definitely worth playing. I'm almost done with it. I play it on and off since I'm playing it on the hardest difficulty. The characters are very likable and have comical dialogue. You can experiment as much as you want with ur characters stats and skill tree, as well as Katarina's (your npc follower), since you can respec by spending gold. It isnt too expensive to respec either. You get plenty of gold. Combat feels great, but in harder difficulties, you will need to kite around a bit. I was using a full tank spec at first and I STILL had to kite around a bit. But its not too bad. Standing still and autoattacking is boring anyway. Reviews had only good things to say about the game. I think the only negative I saw was about the multiplayer being buggy. I havent even tried the mp, so I dont care about that.
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Thanks for that! I think I'm moving it up on my buy list.

 
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asheskitty said:
Larce80 said:
what was the cheapest skyram has been? $24?
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Best value has been the GG Beth Pack @ $30... however at this point the complete version is out, so if you don't own the base game.. I'd probably focus on that.
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I remember in that ULTRA-rare TRU PC games blowout around last early October 2012, Skyram retail box was $10.

Oh, and so was D3, MW3, Starcraft 2: WOL, Batman: AC, some Sims 3 games, and a bunch of others.

asheskitty said:
Larce80 said:
what was the cheapest skyram has been? $24?
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Best value has been the GG Beth Pack @ $30... however at this point the complete version is out, so if you don't own the base game.. I'd probably focus on that.

MysterD said:
@Ashes

Thanks for trashing my score on Sorcerer's Lair on Pinball FX 2. :(
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YW, anytime! ^_^
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Don't worry - I'm gonna keep trying to top your 100M score. :p

 
MysterD said:
asheskitty said:
Larce80 said:
what was the cheapest skyram has been? $24?
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Best value has been the GG Beth Pack @ $30... however at this point the complete version is out, so if you don't own the base game.. I'd probably focus on that.
Click to expand...
I remember in that ULTRA-rare TRU PC games blowout around last early October 2012, Skyram retail box was $10.

Oh, and so was D3, MW3, Starcraft 2: WOL, Batman: AC, some Sims 3 games, and a bunch of others.
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Ah right slipped my mind... also $10 on the MS $tore (for an hour or two) around Thanksgiving... I remember I missed that but managed to grab Diablo 3 for $10 then... once the Beth Pack rolled around I was happy/content that I missed Skyram @ $10.

 
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asheskitty said:
MysterD said:
asheskitty said:
Larce80 said:
what was the cheapest skyram has been? $24?
Click to expand...
Best value has been the GG Beth Pack @ $30... however at this point the complete version is out, so if you don't own the base game.. I'd probably focus on that.
Click to expand...
I remember in that ULTRA-rare TRU PC games blowout around last early October 2012, Skyram retail box was $10.

Oh, and so was D3, MW3, Starcraft 2: WOL, Batman: AC, some Sims 3 games, and a bunch of others.
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Ah right slipped my mind... also $10 on the MS $tore (for an hour or two) around Thanksgiving... I remember I missed that but managed to grab Diablo 3 for $10 then... once the Beth Pack rolled around I was happy/content that I missed Skyram @ $10.
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I forgot about those M$ Store sales.

I remember TSW retail box & SWTOR was $10 during one of those sale, but they were sold-out when I hit the site. :(

EDIT:

Damn GG and their BethSoft (Mistake) Sale. That site was so hammered, I could hardly connect to buy it. :(

 
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MysterD said:
asheskitty said:
MysterD said:
@Ashes

Thanks for trashing my score on Sorcerer's Lair on Pinball FX 2. :(
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YW, anytime! ^_^
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Don't worry - I'm gonna keep trying to top your 100M score. :p
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Be sure to grab my achievements while you're at it. ^_~ (0.15% baby!)

MysterD said:
I forgot about those M$ Store sales.

I remember TSW retail box & SWTOR was $10 during one of those sale, but they were sold-out when I hit the site. :(

EDIT:

Damn GG and their BethSoft (Mistake) Sale. That site was so hammered, I could hardly connect to buy it. :(
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Yeah, the GG one took persistence but totally worth it. Yeah I though of trying to pickup more on the MS sale but if anything, I just wanted to secure my $10 Diablo 3 (esp given Blizzard's <lack of> sales). I can't remember it was SWTOR was OOS and I toldmyself into sour grapes or it was in stock and I talked myself out of it. :lol:

Beth Pack night was interesting... esp for people without GG accounts.. I was really surprised by how many CAGs I'd consider regulars who had never bought anything from GG before.

 
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@Ashes

I ain't got the spiders achievement yet. :p

Rub it in, why don't you - that you got one more achievement than I do! :p

And bleh @ SWTOR, TSW, and all those good deals that sold out on M$ Store online deals. :(

IIRC, even SWTOR Collector's Ed was on sale, too. :(

 
You can still buy a new copy of SWTOR for $10 on eBay, which gives you a month of subscription for $5 less than subscribing normally. Only works once, of course.
 
I'm having this impression that steam will slowly come out with summer sales rather have a huge event.  Especially since last year their sale came out later than usual. 

 
NvaderJim said:
Looks like Dishonored sold out from Get Loaded. I dunno what else to pick to go with my copy of brink. :whee:
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>.> Without Dishonored the "deal" is dead. We're also right ahead of the summer sales, so there'll be more opportunities soon.

DGMoney said:
I'm having this impression that steam will slowly come out with summer sales rather have a huge event. Especially since last year their sale came out later than usual.
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It will be a "big event". Regular CAGs may moan about the about the sale prices but it will be a big event.

 
asheskitty said:
It will be a "big event". Regular CAGs may moan about the about the sale prices but it will be a big event.
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For the past few sales, I've been the first CAG to declare that the sale blows. Usually within the first 90 seconds.

I plan to keep that tradition alive for the 2013 summer sale. Might even preemptively declare that the sale is a flop.

 
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asheskitty said:
NvaderJim said:
Looks like Dishonored sold out from Get Loaded. I dunno what else to pick to go with my copy of brink. :whee:
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>.> Without Dishonored the "deal" is dead. We're also right ahead of the summer sales, so there'll be more opportunities soon.

DGMoney said:
I'm having this impression that steam will slowly come out with summer sales rather have a huge event. Especially since last year their sale came out later than usual.
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It will be a "big event". Regular CAGs may moan about the about the sale prices but it will be a big event.
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If the sale prices aren't good, is it really a big event? #CAGPhilosophicalMusings

 
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Why do I get the impression that most of the people giving Brink hate haven't even played it? Must have been blasted by the totally definitive voice of the people folks at giantbomb or RPS. I thought it was a solid team based shooter with some cool concepts.
 
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