Steam Sales 2012

[Mr Buckshot]

It's here. Time to yell in frustration at overloaded servers while merrily emptying wallets. And please ignore the MW3 $30 sale for the sake of the industry standards :)

Just nabbed the Bethesda collection to get Skyrim and a bunch of other titles I'd overlooked. Also Total War Shogun 2 though I need to finish Empire first before I get around to it.

[neuro]

fuck you i was about to post this.


BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY

[Mr Buckshot]

Further news: Now the community is allowed to vote on the next game to get a steep discount of its own (> 50%) every 8 hours. Right now it's between Saints Row 3, The Witcher 2, or Batman Arkham City. I say vote for The Witcher 2.

Looking to get Assassins Creed Revelations (confirmed no draconian DRM on that one) when it gets more than 33% off.

[DarkHalo003]

And of course, the Sale happens when I don't have any money to buy with. Happy fucking day.

[n00b1n8R]

I knew the Gaben would not forsake us :D
(or let our wallets to intact)

[Kornman00]

Getting the Eidos collection. Not blowing 50$ on anything else tho.

[=sw=warlord]

Deus ex Human revolution for £4.00?!

[Kornman00]

Also, turns out the Just Cause 2 MP guys are still alive (http://www.jc-mp.com/)!

[Zeph]

still haven't played all i got during the christmas sale

[Mr Buckshot]

Deus ex Human revolution for £4.00?!

If you don't have it by now.

GET IT.

and The Missing Link DLC was pretty good too.

Also, anyone know what the Badges are for? They don't seem to be giving me any rewards (at least not yet). Still, the objectives are super easy and don't require you to own games so I''ll just do them.

[CabooseJr]

Wake me when Mirrors Edge is on sale.

[Bodzilla]

how do you not have mirrors edge by now????????

i'll consider buying ME3 if it's a good price. but otherwise....

[CabooseJr]

I've had it for Xbox 360, but every time it was on sale I would either not have money or just flat out forget it was on sale.

[Mr Buckshot]

Payday The Heist is currently $4.99 (or $15 for the 4 pack). Would highly recommend it, especially if you're a fan of games like L4D and Borderlands. It has a few rough edges as a relatively low budget game, but it's a hell lotta fun.

But the highlight deal is:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Max_Payne_3_Cover.jpg/256px-Max_Payne_3_Cover.jpg

For $30, can't go wrong.

[DarkHalo003]

Wake me when Mirrors Edge is on sale.
On sale for $9.99 now.

[TeeKup]

I just bought EYE Divine Cybermancy and Universe Sandbox. I don't buy indie games much, and these intrigued me.

[Kornman00]

Anyone here have or play Anno 2070? I've watched some reviews on YT, nothing but really high praises (except for the fact that it has no actual tutorial, just like an ingame FAQ)

[TeeKup]

That was the game that had a set number of hardware changes before it locked you out wasn't it?

[Donut]

yeah anno 2070 is the game with the bullshit 3 hardware change restriction before it flat out locks you out of the game.
E: also, voted for metro 2033 on the current poll. if you enjoyed bioshock or stalker, you need to play this game. its post-nuclear russian bioshock in the future, with better guns. potentially for 5 bucks. the attention to detail is pretty impresive too. for example, i shot a guy in the head one time, and he doubled over in pain, but didnt die. i was like "wut", but then i noticed his helmet. helmets actually block bullets. you can do similar things with gas masks too.

also, its fucking beautiful and a great stress test for your pc, because i think to date, battlefield 3 possibly excluded, it is the most resource intensive game on the market.

[Mr Buckshot]

Metro 2033 is a great buy too - I got it for $5 last summer. Highly recommend voting for it if you don't already have it.

[Pooky]

Sonic Generations for $10 and Space Marine for $7. I highly recommend those to anyone.

[Cortexian]

i'll consider buying ME3 if it's a good price. but otherwise....
Not on Steam you won't.

[Kornman00]

They removed the PCIe slots from the hardware id (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/21/ubisoft-bluebyte-changes-anno-2070-drm/) in the DRM for 2070 back in Jan. Still, don't think I'm going to support Ubishit's "Not a bug, it's a feature" DRM bullshit (as are others (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2565559)). Sorry BlueByte, kiss my ass.

[Amit]

And of course, the Sale happens when I don't have any money to buy with. Happy fucking day.

It's your own fault for not preparing for this. It's not exactly a mystery that Steam does Summer Sales in June/July.

[Kornman00]

:iiam:

Nope.avi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GsstOHckw)

:mysterysolved:

[Cortexian]

I bought Portal 2 and Trine 2 so far.

Total: $13.01

[DarkHalo003]

It's your own fault for not preparing for this. It's not exactly a mystery that Steam does Summer Sales in June/July.
No reason to act defensive over it. I was just stating the sadness in my lack of money right when the sale starts.

[TeeKup]

Liking the Metro 2033 love in here. Highly under rated game. Who's looking forward to Last Light?

[Donut]

last light may be the first game i pay full price for on steam. i cannot fucking wait for it.

also, payday the heist is 5 bucks. i just played a round on single player, and so far im pretty impressed. its like a tactical shooter with a lot of left 4 dead elements in it. you can get upgrades like ammo bags, medic bags, new weapons, and squad specializations. its like if battlefield and left 4 dead had a child that grew up in the streets and now wants to rob a bank.

what is alan wake like btw? the game with dlc is on sale for 10 bucks. it looked interesting, but im on the fence.

[Mr Buckshot]

last light may be the first game i pay full price for on steam. i cannot fucking wait for it.

also, payday the heist is 5 bucks. i just played a round on single player, and so far im pretty impressed. its like a tactical shooter with a lot of left 4 dead elements in it. you can get upgrades like ammo bags, medic bags, new weapons, and squad specializations. its like if battlefield and left 4 dead had a child that grew up in the streets and now wants to rob a bank.

what is alan wake like btw? the game with dlc is on sale for 10 bucks. it looked interesting, but im on the fence.

It's another seriously story driven Remedy game. Kinda weird shooting elements, frustrating at times. Would recommend watching some youtube vids of the first few levels to get an idea of what the game is like, because it's really love it or hate it.

as for payday, seriously underrated, and really should have been done on the Source engine (so that we could make custom levels) but the stock 6 levels are pretty fun and replayable.

[Amit]

No reason to act defensive over it. I was just stating the sadness in my lack of money right when the sale starts.

A simple frowny face would have sufficed instead of "hapyp fucking day". That right there ruined my day.













Na, I'm just fucking with you. I'm just wondering why you didn't prepare. I've been saving since March :3

[DarkHalo003]

Oh.lol. I never know when Steam sells are and I'm very picky with the video games I buy to begin with. For example, out of this year I plan on buying Halo 4 and then the other maybes will go out to FFXIII-2 or Pokemon White. Mind you, these are all for when I get discounts too.

STILL, I do like picking up games from sales that I need to play, like Portal 2 or Half-Life (episodes included). It's just that whenever these sales go on I either just spent my money on other stuff or am about to spend my money on something else.

[Limited]

Don't bother getting From Dust...


http://from-dust.ubisoft.com/ in Chrome for free (I think, downloading still).

[kid908]

http://leviathyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/steam_sale.jpg

I don't think I'll be getting anything this year from the sale. I'm already backed up on games I already bought and I already pre-order ACIII and SC2-HotS.

[Mr Buckshot]

Oh.lol. I never know when Steam sells are and I'm very picky with the video games I buy to begin with. For example, out of this year I plan on buying Halo 4 and then the other maybes will go out to FFXIII-2 or Pokemon White. Mind you, these are all for when I get discounts too.

STILL, I do like picking up games from sales that I need to play, like Portal 2 or Half-Life (episodes included). It's just that whenever these sales go on I either just spent my money on other stuff or am about to spend my money on something else.

I place some money into my Steam Wallet every now and then specially for sales (especially with currency conversion being so volatile). Unfortunately, this summer's sale had very little to offer me (due to not many new games coming out lately), whereas 2011's steam sale more or less DOUBLED the size of my Steam library.

[Warsaw]

Toy Soldiers get.

[Mr Buckshot]

I was about to buy Toy Soldiers after seeing the video. Then I saw this:

3rd-party DRM: Games for Windows Live

never mind then. I do have a 360 that I rarely touch except for Halo and Forza, so I might check it out on that system instead.

[Warsaw]

It was made for that system first anyways. That's where I played it. I didn't end up getting Toy Soldiers, either.

[Amit]

Toy Soldiers get.

I had a huge boner for Toy Soldiers and then once I finally got it, the PC support was just abysmal.

[Cortexian]

I kinda sorta want to buy Skyrim, but I'm a sucker for "borrowing" non-multiplayer games...

[DarkHalo003]

I kinda sorta want to buy Skyrim, but I'm a sucker for "borrowing" non-multiplayer games...
Skyrim is worth the buy. I've put in 159 hours according to Steam, though I'm positive I've put in a lot more. The mods are awesome too and definitely is a great buy for PC.

[Corndogman]

So Far:

Borderlands 2
Darksiders
L4D2 - 4 Pack
Saints Row 3
Ghost Recon: AW2

I'm probably not even going to play half of these.... Why the FUCK did I buy ghost recon??? Oh not to mention the other 20 games from the holiday sale I haven't even installed.

I have a spending problem.... 7 days left... Goddammit Steam!

[ODX]

Skyrim is worth the buy. I've put in 159 hours according to Steam, though I'm positive I've put in a lot more. The mods are awesome too and definitely is a great buy for PC.Skyrim is worth it no matter what you pay.

I'd actually paid $40 for it over the Christmas sale, and I fucking love the game.

[DarkHalo003]

I payed the full $60 and got a hard copy because I love getting the game casings for the simply nostalgia that comes from going in to stores to buy games. I was actually just playing it a good bit today, but I've hit one of those funks where you're not entirely certain what to do (my 3rd run-through of the game) mainly because you usually have to be in a mood to explore Skyrim fully. Also, mods make you paranoid as hell. :tinfoil:

Also, it's difficult to add Quest mods because Skyrim is really bad about them. Simply put, it has a very limited memory for extra good quests put into it, so here's hoping the DLC (if it's on the PC at all) has reservations in that memory.

[Donut]

skyrim... is bad at quest mods? you mean like, main quest mods? or mods that simply add quests? because i know morrowind was miserable sometimes when it comes to mods, in terms of fixing save files when mods get removed, but ive seen people add tons of shit to that game, including entire new islands with their own entire quest

youd think skyrim would have that capability out of the box....

[=sw=warlord]

Skyrim is bad at alot of things.
I'm getting 40FPS but it's jittering like it's only 15.

[Kornman00]

I'm getting 40FPS but it's jittering like it's only 15.
I get that with GTA4. Drives me nuts T_T

[=sw=warlord]

I get that with GTA4. Drives me nuts T_T
You remember that thing with H2V running better on older hardware? yeah it's like that.

[Kornman00]

I just cough it up to a poor console port (GTA4 that is...H2V just had bad management). I hope GTA5 doesn't do the same shit.

[Pooky]

Got Cave Story with the first Indie Bundle. I have to say, I haven't been this engrossed by a game in a LONG time. I beat the whole thing in one sitting before realizing I hadn't even stopped to shit the entire time. The characters were well written enough that by the end of the story I actually cared what happened to them.

The gameplay should be immediately comfortable for anyone who's used to Metroid and Castlevania style sidescrolling adventure games. What really sets it apart is how well everything is paced. There wasn't one point where I was bored or at a loss as to where to go or what to do, but there was still plenty of off the rails exploring and things to find.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200900/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

For 6 bucks I can't recommend this game highly enough.

[Amit]

GTA5 better be fucking optimized.

[DarkHalo003]

skyrim... is bad at quest mods? you mean like, main quest mods? or mods that simply add quests? because i know morrowind was miserable sometimes when it comes to mods, in terms of fixing save files when mods get removed, but ive seen people add tons of shit to that game, including entire new islands with their own entire quest

youd think skyrim would have that capability out of the box....
It's the ESPs and how they affect the Skyrim's memory allocation. The more mods you have, even simple ones, the more it stacks. Quests additions are the heaviest of the ESPs, thus each one is a hefty load for the Skyrim memory. It's easy to have too many Quest Additions and then you simply can't load the game past the main menu. If you don't have a lot of loaded mods, though, you'll be fine for quests. I think I have about 20 mods loaded right now, so it'd make sense that the memory wouldn't be eaten up. Still, I'm kind of annoyed that it can't handle more. Oh well, you can only ask so much regarding functionality with Bethesda.

@Korn/Warlord: The same happens with me. It's just Skyrim/Bethesda. New Vegas does the exact same thing.

[Donut]

so, trine 1 and 2 are bundled for 5 bucks right now, hitman blood money is 2.49, fallout new vegas is 5 bucks, and terraria is 5 bucks. that was good enough for me to pick up trine 1 and 2. the game is fucking gorgeous.

[DarkHalo003]

so, trine 1 and 2 are bundled for 5 bucks right now, hitman blood money is 2.49, fallout new vegas is 5 bucks, and terraria is 5 bucks. that was good enough for me to pick up trine 1 and 2. the game is fucking gorgeous.
FUCK YEAH. Thanks a bunch Donut, I just got New Vegas Ultimate Edition for $9.99 (so ALL of the DLC) and I can finally play Vegas again to begin with since mine recently decided to stop functioning after some mods I did wrong....I think. It's actually not giving me a straight up new folder of Ultimate Edition, but at least I have all of the DLC now.

And if not, I can always uninstall Vegas and reinstall without having to buy again right?

[cheezdue]

And if not, I can always uninstall Vegas and reinstall without having to buy again right?

You mean the DLC's right? You can always reinstall the game without having to buy it.

I can't make my mind up. Should I get Metro 2033 or Dear Esther?

[Mr Buckshot]

GTA5 better be fucking optimized.

If it recycles the Max Payne 3 engine (hopefully), I'd say pretty good chance of that. More concerned about moddability though (LA Noire and Max payne 3 have been bad signs regarding that).


Also, I hope anyone who hasn't got trine/trine 2 by now got it. Really awesome side scroller with fun co-op. And the graphics are just so pretty to look at.

[arbiter901]

You mean the DLC's right? You can always reinstall the game without having to buy it.

I can't make my mind up. Should I get Metro 2033 or Dear Esther?For that price I would get both if i were you.

[Donut]

the difference is that metro 2033 is a game. i played dear esther at a friends house. its a fucking interactive story book. a beautiful story book, but a story book nonetheless.

get metro 2033.
E: that goes for everyone who doesnt have that game. metro 2033 is fucking fantastic, and for 5 bucks, theres no reason to not have that game in your library.

E2: fear 3, red faction: gurilla, and amnesia are all 5 bucks too. laxatives at my local drug store are about the same price. sounds like amnesia is the better deal to me, seeing as id get a game out of it too..

cave story+ is 2.49 as well. pooky seems to love the game, and from what ive seen of my friend playing, it looks like a great snes style platformer. knights of the old republic is 2.49 too.

[TeeKup]

Metro with the Ranger DLC is pretty fucking intense.

[Kornman00]

LA Noire and Max payne 3 have been bad signs regarding that
LA Noire isn't the RAGE engine, and MP3 is supported by OpenIV (http://openiv.com/?cat=3)

[DarkHalo003]

the difference is that metro 2033 is a game. i played dear esther at a friends house. its a fucking interactive story book. a beautiful story book, but a story book nonetheless.

get metro 2033.
E: that goes for everyone who doesnt have that game. metro 2033 is fucking fantastic, and for 5 bucks, theres no reason to not have that game in your library.

E2: fear 3, red faction: gurilla, and amnesia are all 5 bucks too. laxatives at my local drug store are about the same price. sounds like amnesia is the better deal to me, seeing as id get a game out of it too..

cave story+ is 2.49 as well. pooky seems to love the game, and from what ive seen of my friend playing, it looks like a great snes style platformer. knights of the old republic is 2.49 too.
Just ran out of money. :(

I'm also too busy not playing competitively in SCII, so I'm good with RTS games for now.

Also, does anyone know how to stop Steam from stopping downloads when in-game? I want to play Skyrim while my download is going and it's an SP game that uses little to no internet connection. I can't locate it in the settings at all, so if anyone even knows if that can be disabled your wisdom would be much appreciated?

[ODX]

I have no idea. Whenever that happens I would just window the game, restart the download, and go back into the game.


Wake me when Mirrors Edge is on sale.Mirror's Edge is the community choice. It's $5. For the next 5 hours.

Wake the fuck up and buy it.

[§partan 8]

Bought dead island.

[Bobblehob]

Bought Dear Esther, anyone else who reads this should immediately spend 2.50 and buy it, its absolutely beautiful.

[Mr Buckshot]

Crysis 2 is $12 and the whole Crysis collection is $17.

Dear Esther is pretty worthwhile for $2.50. I got it for $10 and if you interpret it as an "interactive novel" rather than a game, you'll appreciate it more.

[RedBaron]

Crysis 2 is $12 and the whole Crysis collection is $17.

Dear Esther is pretty worthwhile for $2.50. I got it for $10 and if you interpret it as an "interactive novel" rather than a game, you'll appreciate it more.

Is that in Americuh monies? Right now I see the Crysis Collection going for $35 and Crysis 2 on its own for $20. I would probably get only Crysis 2 if it dropped to $5...

E: BTW, get Metro 2033 while it's still $5. I bought it back in the day for $20 and thought it was worth every penny. But then, I enjoy old school linear, story driven campaigns. That, and Russians are badass. I'm tempted to replay the whole game with Russian VO and english subtitles.

[Warsaw]

It was $12 when he said it was, I checked. Now it's back up to $20, which is bollocks.

[RedBaron]

Must have been one of those flash sales...

[ODX]

Just Cause 2 is a Flash Sale for $3.74 gogogoogogogogo!

[cheezdue]

Holy damn Metro 2033 is soo worth the $5! I already logged 7 hours into the game and I'm enjoying every moment of it.

I also bought Cave Story. I'll play that one later. c:

[Mr Buckshot]

did anyone ever figure out how to enable a "toggle ADS" in metro 2033? There was a script fix for borderlands but I could never find one for this game. Still enjoyed it a lot, but the hold-to-ADS was annoying nevertheless.

e: JUST CAUSE 2 is $3.75 NOW

[Kornman00]

e: JUST CAUSE 2 is $3.75 NOW
NAY! Good sir you are WRONG. It is $3.74! One penny less!

I just saved someone a penny :mech2:

[Kornman00]

Fuck Cities 2012. Don't vote for that shit. Vote for Anno, at the very least (even if it does have some bullshit DRM...at least changing the GPU no longer fucks with the DRM). Cities is single threaded, and SimCity 4 is just hella old. So, go Anno.

Also, sad to see NFS won the last vote :mech:

[Mr Buckshot]

about NFS, I boycott all EA racing games because they've taken out split screen on consoles for a long time. I only buy racing games on consoles because split screen is my favorite way to play.

LA Noire is currently $4.99 as a daily deal and the Total War mega pack is $12.49 (but sadly does not include Shogun).

[Amit]

Fuck Cities 2012. Don't vote for that shit. Vote for Anno, at the very least (even if it does have some bullshit DRM...at least changing the GPU no longer fucks with the DRM). Cities is single threaded, and SimCity 4 is just hella old. So, go Anno.

Also, sad to see NFS won the last vote :mech:

I voted Cities 2012. Get maddddd. No chance in hell I'm allowing anyone to give money to Ubisoft for Anno. The more people who buy Anno and go through its bullshit DRM, the more games Ubisoft will put out with it.

[TeeKup]

Just got gifted STALKER Clear Skies and Bastion. Also bought Thief Deadly Shadows. I am a happy Kup.

[RedBaron]

If I were to buy just one of the STALKER games, which one should I get? Would I miss out on plot stuff if I just skipped the first 2?

[TeeKup]

I tried buying call of pripyat cause it was cheaper, but it wouldn't let me because I didnt have clear skies.

[Kornman00]

I voted Cities 2012. Get maddddd. No chance in hell I'm allowing anyone to give money to Ubisoft for Anno. The more people who buy Anno and go through its bullshit DRM, the more games Ubisoft will put out with it.
SimCity 4 won T_T

[Cortexian]

Grabbed these as well:
Star Wars KotOR - $2.60
Dead Space Pack - $10.36

Total in CAD this summer: $25.97

[Amit]

SimCity 4 won T_T

I'm pretty surprised by that, but hey, as long as Anno didn't win.

[cheezdue]

I tried buying call of pripyat cause it was cheaper, but it wouldn't let me because I didnt have clear skies.

I never played Clear Skies and I was able to play CoP perfectly fine. :o

[Cortexian]

Skyrim: $30.91

Total: $56.88 CAD

[Warsaw]

I tried buying call of pripyat cause it was cheaper, but it wouldn't let me because I didnt have clear skies.

wat. CoP is stand-alone. They don't even use the same version of the X-Ray engine. This makes no sense.

[Kornman00]

I was hoping Puzzle Agent 2 would win :\

[TeeKup]

Fallout New Vegas is 75% off at 4.99. If you haven't played it I recommend getting it. I loved everything about New Vegas and the DLC was amazing.

[DarkHalo003]

Fallout New Vegas is 75% off at 4.99. If you haven't played it I recommend getting it. I loved everything about New Vegas and the DLC was amazing.
Adding on to that, the Ultimate Edition (which is contains all DLC and Add-Ons) is only $5 more for $9.99. You save about ten dollars worth of add-ons (in the Steam Summer Sale, more if you miss buying the Ultimate Edition now) and DLC. New Vegas is a real good game, but be prepared for looking through forums for ways to optimize it.

[Donut]

If I were to buy just one of the STALKER games, which one should I get? Would I miss out on plot stuff if I just skipped the first 2?
no. the games seem kind of mutually exclusive, story wise. actually, clear sky is set as a prequel to shadow of chernobyl. i havent played call of pripiyat yet, but so far clear sky has been an improvement over shadow of chernobyl. lots of cool little new things added. id play them in order, so you can experience the upgrades between SoC and clear sky, otherwise SoC might be a real bitch to play for you.

do not attempt to max it out though, lol. the game is horribly optimized, and ends up being more resource intensive than battlefield 3 when you max it out, despite making zero visual difference. case in point: god rays.

[Warsaw]

Call of Pripyat is the most refined experience in the series, so if you want just one, get that one. It's also the prettiest.

As for being horribly optimized, it's not that bad. I could max it out at 1280x1024 (no AA though) with a Radeon HD5770 and still get 30-50 fps just fine. The light shafts, aka "god rays" appear only under the right conditions, same as real life. Check it out at sunset or sunrise by peering through the branches of a tree and strafing left and right. Lightning also casts them. It really does add something to the game's fantastic atmosphere.

[JackalStomper]

been a stalker fan for years, never bothered to get CoP though

got it now :)

[Pooky]

Teekup why are you even buying all these PC games? Last I heard your PC couldn't even run JK2 decently.

[Donut]

farcry 1 and 2 are bundled together for 5 bucks. farcry 2 is still pretty even by today's standards, and its pretty cool if youre into some unique (if somewhat unrefined) gameplay.

farcry 1 is hard as shit, but it is well worth full price if youre into a difficult yet rewarding shooter

E: picked up the first red orchestra as well. at 2.49 plus free mods, i couldnt resist

[Mr Buckshot]

farcry 1 and 2 are bundled together for 5 bucks. farcry 2 is still pretty even by today's standards, and its pretty cool if youre into some unique (if somewhat unrefined) gameplay.

farcry 1 is hard as shit, but it is well worth full price if youre into a difficult yet rewarding shooter

E: picked up the first red orchestra as well. at 2.49 plus free mods, i couldnt resist

far cry 1 is awesome yeah. Loved that game, even re-bought it on Steam despite having a physical copy from 2005.

far cry 2 ... well, it had a lot of wasted potential IMO. The first impressions are amazing (feels really immersive), and the graphics still hold up pretty well. But the gameplay mechanics had a lot of flaws, such as the stupid malaria, and the worst part, the respawning guard checkpoints. There's a lot of impressive things about the game, but they just didn't come together that well into one package. Maybe Far Cry 3 will correct the gameplay flaws, who knows.

[ODX]

So...I've only spent $3.74 so far on this Summer Steam Sale. On what, you ask? On mother fucking Just Cause amazing-holy-shit-this-is-fucking-awesome 2.

Seriously, I fucking love this game holy damn. Amazing graphics and amazing world, with story/writing that truly tries and succeeds at being purposely cheesy making it even more awesome, and gameplay that says "FUCK YOU REALISM." Riding commercial airliners and hijacking helicopters has never been this fucking fun.

Best money:fun ratio ever.

[Kornman00]

So...I've only spent $3.74 so far on this Summer Steam Sale. On what, you ask? On mother fucking Just Cause amazing-holy-shit-this-is-fucking-awesome 2.

Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent :MrBurns:, another Causer. What's your SteamID so when the MP mod is finished, we (+Amit) can all play together

[ODX]

It's iODX, (which is also my Xbox Live but I think I've already got you). Be warned, it's on my brother's computer which he is pretty much on all day long. Once he goes back to college at the beginning of August it's all mine again, but I can always try to do a workaround for sometime during the actual day depending on if I have work or not.

[El Lobo]

Just Cause 2 was so much fun. Bought it at full price like a year ago and still thought it was worth the money. Love open world games like that....on the other hand, did not enjoy Far Cry 2, for pretty much all the reasons Buckshot said, as well as the silenced weapons working like shit.

[Kornman00]

WTF, by how much did Gayman's Origins win by? Both it and Orcs Must Die were 39%. I voted for OMD. Not because I want it (I already have it) but because I think people should get it. If you get OMD1, you'll get 10 additional (classic) maps to play in OMD2.

[Mr Buckshot]

not really part of the steam sale, but for those who loved Just Cause 2, the upcoming sleeping dogs looks like it'll be fun too. It had several pre-order discounts on Green man gaming (which is a Steam key as it's gonna be steamworks) so I grabbed it for $30 a month ago (currently $45).

Also, vote for Age of Empires 3! Probably the last good MS-published game on PC, and the graphics/gameplay still hold up well against modern RTS games. Plus, the cheat code to spawn a statue of George Washington's head that insta-kills everything it targets is EPIC WIN.

[Amit]

I already own the stupid expensive AoE 3 collection on Steam, but I voted for it because I think we need more new people playing to balance out the trolls.

[TeeKup]

SHUT UP I CAN PLAY THIEF D:

[Kornman00]

Also, vote for Age of Empires 3! Probably the last good MS-published game on PC, and the graphics/gameplay still hold up well against modern RTS games. Plus, the cheat code to spawn a statue of George Washington's head that insta-kills everything it targets is EPIC WIN.
Yeah, I voted for it even though I got it the other day (pretty sure it in a daily deal).

[Patrickssj6]

Would love to do some AoE3 gaming :D

[Kornman00]

Would love to do some Halo Wars 2 gaming :D

owait :mech:

[Kornman00]

C&C 3/4 are being Flash Sold (few hours left). I was about to get the entire pack, but saw Uprising had a score of 64 and tons of crap reviews. Almost didn't get C&C 4, but decided that since I didn't get Uprising, it was okay to get 4 (plus it's score isn't as bad and has MP).

Hmmm, that's odd, I have less money today than I had a week ago...

fucking good deals

e: I've spent a few pennies shy of 160$. And there's still another day left T_T

[Amit]

Garry's Mod is in the Flash for $2.49 for 10 more hours. Get it if you don't already have it.

[Kornman00]

I feel dirty. Anno 2070 and some of its DLC are in my cart :ohdear:. It's all 50% off

[Pooky]

Ugh, my fault for not checking who published a game before paying 8 bucks for it

http://i.imgur.com/oMoTc.png

FUCK UBISOFT

[Kornman00]

What game did you buy?

[DarkHalo003]

The fuck is that shit? I swear the character in that picture is holding the gun to his head and not waving it in front of him. I think Ubisoft employees know the bullshit that's happening. :mysterysolved:

[Mr Buckshot]

The fuck is that shit? I swear the character in that picture is holding the gun to his head and not waving it in front of him. I think Ubisoft employees know the bullshit that's happening. :mysterysolved:

LOL, made my day

[Kornman00]

Isn't that the antagonist from Far Cry 3? The one who's crazy-ish? And tied the main character to a cinderblock and throw both into the waters below?

[Amit]

Yes, yes he is. And he's waving the gun, not pointing it at his head.

Also, Just Cause 2 is back on for community vote. Vote for it to buy it for $3.74 and then play the MP mod with Korn, ODX, and I when it comes out. Also, play SP! It's beast. I only bought it for the MP mod and now I'm hooked on the story.

[DarkHalo003]

Yes, yes he is. And he's waving the gun, not pointing it at his head.


No, it's obviously Ubisoft's slaves employees crying for help.

[Limited]

Who has played LCPDFR mod? Looks real good and might pick up the vanilla game.

[DarkHalo003]

Bioshock 2 and Bioshock 1 are both for sale at $4.99. Definitely go pick at least Bioshock 2 up if you haven't played it! It's an enjoyable game on PC and the MP (when there are people on it) reminds me a lot of Halo PC. If you don't have or haven't played either, they're for sale at $9.98 USD.

[Donut]

bioshock 2 has gfwl, just a heads up. bought that game, sunk an hour into trying to make gfwl work. had to restart the game 7 times, and gfwl crashed 3 times. also, no server browsers on multiplayer anyway.

so yeah, buyer beware.

[DarkHalo003]

bioshock 2 has gfwl, just a heads up. bought that game, sunk an hour into trying to make gfwl work. had to restart the game 7 times, and gfwl crashed 3 times. also, no server browsers on multiplayer anyway.

so yeah, buyer beware.
I also want to add that it varies depending on the user. Mine worked very well and I had no problems with GFWL. The Single Player is still worth the buy though.

[Limited]

So during the steam sales, 3 games purchased, 3 games that don't fucking work.

[Mr Buckshot]

bioshock 2 has gfwl, just a heads up. bought that game, sunk an hour into trying to make gfwl work. had to restart the game 7 times, and gfwl crashed 3 times. also, no server browsers on multiplayer anyway.

so yeah, buyer beware.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1844699

P (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1844699)roblem solved :) It prevents MP from working, not like anyone plays though. But the game runs MUCH better now.


Who has played LCPDFR mod? Looks real good and might pick up the vanilla game.

I have, but really, GTA is best played with mods period! I spend half a day modding real life cars into GTA and then admire the result aimlessly just driving through the city in dream cars. LCPDFR is really fun, but I spend most of my GTA time just running around doing random stuff so I didn't play that much.

[Limited]

Grand Theft Auto Complete Pack (every single GTA game including GTA4 and episodes from Liberty City): £9.99
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition (GTA4 + episodes): £12.49
Grand Theif Auto IV: £9.99

Its a no brainer...

[Limited]

just cause 2 75% off :D:D

[Kornman00]

Maybe if GTA4 didn't stutter on my more than capable computer (it's not the GFX), I would get into LCPDFR (or just GTA4 in general).

[Pooky]

Grand Theft Auto Complete Pack (every single GTA game including GTA4 and episodes from Liberty City): £9.99
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition (GTA4 + episodes): £12.49
Grand Theif Auto IV: £9.99

Its a no brainer...

I wouldn't get this. GTA 3 and Vice City barely work on modern systems. GTA 3 has fucked up sound and VC has some weird sensitivity issues that make you look up and down at light speed.

[Mr Buckshot]

Funny note: Just now on the "flash sales" section, MW3 was showing as $14.99 (the base game not DLCs), 75% off. I clicked on it and saw it was $29.99. The front page persisted at showing $14.99 for a few minutes before being corrected.

I wonder if we got trolled...

[Kornman00]

I wouldn't get this. GTA 3 and Vice City barely work on modern systems. GTA 3 has fucked up sound and VC has some weird sensitivity issues that make you look up and down at light speed.
San Andreas runs fine on my machine, not sure if I've tried VC, and I don't give a flying rat's ass about GTA3. Wish GTA4 worked though :|

[=sw=warlord]

Funny note: Just now on the "flash sales" section, MW3 was showing as $14.99 (the base game not DLCs), 75% off. I clicked on it and saw it was $29.99. The front page persisted at showing $14.99 for a few minutes before being corrected.

I wonder if we got trolled...
Thus the definition of a "flash" sale.

[Pooky]

San Andreas runs fine on my machine, not sure if I've tried VC, and I don't give a flying rat's ass about GTA3. Wish GTA4 worked though :|

Well I don't give a shit about San Andreas so I didn't actually try it :downs:

Since San Andreas seems to be the only game out of the bunch that works properly though, I'd say it's a pretty bad deal.

[Pooky]

What game did you buy?
It was Driver: San Francisco btw, sorry.

[chrisk123999]

Dunno if this was mentioned, but the background for the store page (Look at the trunk)...
http://i.imgur.com/m9WnZh.jpg

Enhanced Version:
http://i.imgur.com/SX8tJ.jpg

[Scott-PL]

I have bought much more than I should Have.

iD Pack
Universe Sandbox
Arma2 Pack
Nexuiz
The Witcher Pack
Trine Pack
Just Cause 2
Star Wars knights of old republic

[Amit]

Well I don't give a shit about San Andreas so I didn't actually try it :downs:

Since San Andreas seems to be the only game out of the bunch that works properly though, I'd say it's a pretty bad deal.

San Andreas is the best GTA game running on the RenderWare engine. The modding alone on it is just so much fun. I spend hours looking at mods online to make the game look prettier or just run the Emergency Light Mod on ELM enabled cars. I mostly play around with the aircraft, though. For me, GTA exists for modding. The story is usually good, but I have much more fun playing it as a sandbox game than playing missions. I would play GTA 4 if the game wasn't so poorly optimized. I'm waiting another few years before I install it again, so my hardware at that time might actually be able to run ICEnhancer. Hopefully GTA 5 will be uber optimized and ripe for modding.

I didn't grab too many things this year:

Mount & Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars DLC
Upgraded existing Trine 2 to Collector's Edition
Just Cause 2 + All DLC
ARMA II Operation Arrowhead: Private Military Company DLC (for high-resolution textures in DayZ)
EDIT: Well, Hell. I just checked my Steam transactions for last year's Summer Sale and I found that GTA IV Complete Bundle was the only thing I bought, heh.

[Kornman00]

It was Driver: San Francisco btw, sorry.
I was actually about to get that for PC too. But I have a used copy for the 360 that I haven't touched yet so I stayed away :3

I'll post my game list later

[Kornman00]

Games bought during the summer sale:
Star Ruler
4.99 USD
Anno 2070
24.99 USD
Anno 2070 - The Keeper Package
0.49 USD
Anno 2070 - The Silent Running Package
0.49 USD
Anno 2070 - The Central Statistical Package
0.49 USD
Anno 2070 - The Chrisis Response Package
1.99 USD
Anno 2070 - The Development Package
1.99 USD
Anno 2070 - The Nordamark Line Package
1.99 USD
Braid
4.99 USD
Super Meat Boy
3.74 USD
Tropico 4 Bundle
16.22 USD
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
4.99 USD
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars
7.49 USD
Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath
4.99 USD
Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight
4.99 USD
L.A. Noire Complete Edition
7.49 USD
Sins Trinity
4.99 USD
Orcs Must Die 2 Pre-Order
13.49 USD
Square Hit Collection (Summer 2012)
49.99 USD
Back to the Future: The Game
6.24 USD
Trine 2
3.74

Bullshit taxes:
Tax 0.47
Tax 3.09
Tax 2.37
Tax 2.12
Tax 1.18
Tax 1.28
Tax 4.75
Tax 0.59
Tax 0.36

Total: Pretty much 200$

Only reason I got Trine 2 was because a friend got it and wanted to do co-op. I really don't care for the game, but for 3.74 and the co-op I didn't mind the purchase.

I got Braid and Super Meat Boy after I watched Indie Game: The Movie

[MXC]

Space Marine
Civ V
Driver San Francisco(IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME)
Sam & Max pack

[cheezdue]

This is what I got during the sale.

Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Prypiat
Half-Life 2 (including episode 1 and 2)
Metro 2033 (favorite purchase this summer)
Cave Story+
Arma 2 CO
Just Cause 2

[JackalStomper]

Stalker: Call of Prypiat
Myst, Riven, Mist V
Thief 1, 2, 3
AoE 3


Had played the thief and myst series years ago but felt like giving them another playthrough, and of course as a recovery from my long lost disc collection...

[ODX]

This is what I spent on the Steam Sale: $3.74
This is what I spent that money on: Just Cause 2
This is what I got: Holy fuck shit damn this game is awesome

Yeah, I didn't really know what else to buy/I didn't really want to buy much else. I've got pretty high levels of self-control, and I'm pretty modest in the amount of games I buy. Most times I only buy something I really want, so like the next game I'll probably get is either BF3 for my brother's birthday at the end of the month (because he finally upgraded to Windows 7) or AC3 and Halo 4 around their respective launch dates (Halo 4 first day for sure though).

Fake E: Oh wait lemme readjust that...Halo 4 THEN AC3 (fuck you Ubisoft and you're 1 month later bullshit).

[Kornman00]

AoE 3

I must have skipped a Steam receipt because I got AoE3 but it's not on my list a few posts up. That or I forgot to copy the list of games from that receipt. Oh well, will update later.

[Donut]

i got:
$11.99 Arma II: Operation Arrowhead
$2.49 Red Orchestra
$9.99 Alan Wake Bundle
$2.49 Star Wars: KOTOR
$2.49 Cave Story+
$4.99 Trine Bundle
$4.99 Payday: The Heist

i also gifted my friend the bad company 2 specact kit for 2.99, so i spent a total of $42.42. i was gifted l4d2 and frozen synapse.

also, seeing that total makes me realize how easy it is to spend an assload on steam. i spent less than expected, which is not bad, seeing as i splurged a little for my birthday 2 days ago. i have some left over to buy some airsoft bbs :D.

[Kornman00]

Hmmm, I also got KOTOR, but I was never emailed the receipt for it either (I think I got it in the same purchase as AoE). So looking like almost 210 or 220$ spent on Steam last week :3

[Pooky]

San Andreas is the best GTA game running on the RenderWare engine.

I'm sure it's great for some people, but I just found playing it tedious. I didn't like the unnecessary addition of rpg-ish elements nor did I like the setting that much. Vice City wins for me.



Space Marine

YES


Driver San Francisco(IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME)

DOUBLE YES

Despite the godawful Ubisoft DRM, this game is fucking amazing. I had the original Driver on PC some years ago, so for me this game is like a nostalgic homecoming.

[Cortexian]

For the love of god, stop bitching about the Ubisoft DRM. Bitch at PC gamers in general for being the most finicky bunch of fucktards in the world.

Ubisoft completely stripped their DRM from a few games after the AC2 always-on out-rage. Those games made almost no profit since they were pirated so much. The DRM came back in a lesser capacity, and it's at the point right now that if you're a legitimate customer it's not a hassle. I haven't had any problems with it, on either side of the fence.

I own all the AC games and I've never had an issue. I also pirated a lot of the AC games before buying them without issue. So, if you're a pirate it doesn't affect you, if you're a legitimate customer it also doesn't affect you. It affects no one, so stop complaining.

[Pooky]

For the love of god, stop bitching about the Ubisoft DRM.

Cry me a fucking river. That was literally the second time I've ever mentioned Ubisoft DRM, because I've never purchased an Ubisoft game before. And I don't think either case counts as bitching either. Sounds like you need to pull an 8 foot log out of your ass.

[NullZero]

Only bought Arma 2: Combined Operations during the sale. That was to play DayZ ;s

[Timo]

Arma 2, Borderlands and Civ 5. Still yet to play the last two D:

[Mr Buckshot]

For the love of god, stop bitching about the Ubisoft DRM. Bitch at PC gamers in general for being the most finicky bunch of fucktards in the world.

Ubisoft completely stripped their DRM from a few games after the AC2 always-on out-rage. Those games made almost no profit since they were pirated so much. The DRM came back in a lesser capacity, and it's at the point right now that if you're a legitimate customer it's not a hassle. I haven't had any problems with it, on either side of the fence.

I own all the AC games and I've never had an issue. I also pirated a lot of the AC games before buying them without issue. So, if you're a pirate it doesn't affect you, if you're a legitimate customer it also doesn't affect you. It affects no one, so stop complaining.

partly agree with this. I got gifted the Assassins Creed collection and previously I thought I didn't like it (first game was repetitive) but I finally played the sequels and enjoyed them a lot more than I did the first.

So yes - there's no always-online DRM this time, for ALL ubisoft games. Meaning if you lose your internet connection, you don't get booted from the game. Will credit Ubisoft for doing that at the very least.

However, the uPlay system can be annoying. I remember during the sale, it got overloaded with product key registrations and crashed, so many players couldn't start their new games. Sounds kinda ridiculous to have to register the product key AGAIN after you've already bought it on steam, especially if the game is single player.

So is the Ubisoft DRM tolerable now? Yes. But is it still annoying? Yes. It may be far from the worst, but that doesn't make it any more welcome.

[DarkHalo003]

DRM and GFWL have never bothered me past Fallout 3's GFWL and Skyrim's DRM, mostly because I've learned to cope with both of these features. GFWL works well for my computer on most games (except Fallout 3 for whatever reason) and if a game requires internet connection to play then I'll simply do something else or play another game if I can't play it.

[Kornman00]

For the love of god, stop bitching about the Ubisoft DRM. Bitch at PC gamers in general for being the most finicky bunch of fucktards in the world.
...
The DRM came back in a lesser capacity, and it's at the point right now that if you're a legitimate customer it's not a hassle. I haven't had any problems with it, on either side of the fence.

I own all the AC games and I've never had an issue. I also pirated a lot of the AC games before buying them without issue. So, if you're a pirate it doesn't affect you, if you're a legitimate customer it also doesn't affect you. It affects no one, so stop complaining.
For the love of god, stop posting freeprancer.

AC isn't the only fucking Ubisoft game. To begin with, see Anno 2070.


Ubisoft completely stripped their DRM from a few games after the AC2 always-on out-rage. Those games made almost no profit since they were pirated so much.
Did you remove your butt plug before you pulled that out of your ass?

[Amit]

Alright let's just forget he posted before this turns into a shit flinging jamboree.

The UPlay system is a bit shoddy. In February, Ubisoft moved their UPlay servers and as a result I wasn't able to play HAWX 2 for days. I never did play HAWX 2 again after that. I just lost interest, I guess. I probably wouldn't if I wasn't barred from playing my fucking offline game because a log in system was down.

[Mr Buckshot]

agreed, even though uPlay is now not as awful as the original always-online incarnation, there is no reason to defend its existence. Steam already serves the intended purpose (online activation, locking the game to one account) so uPlay is just not needed at all. Sure it's far less of a nightmare than securom etc but that's saying a handful of shit is less gross than a mountain of shit. Less gross doesn't mean not gross.

anyway, I just checked my transaction history on Steam, then checked my account on this website:

http://www.steamcalculator.com/

Since 2009 I've spent a bit under $500 on Steam games, and that includes the odd $50 pre-order every now and then. The steamcalculator website shows my account would be worth over $3,500 if I'd bought every game at the current full price (as of 2012, not the price when the game released - so I'm estimating closer to $4,000 if the release-date price is used).

Hurray for Steam sales!

[Kornman00]

Guys, why does everything cost so much now :saddowns:? Everything cost less than 5 dorra last week...

[Patrickssj6]

demand remained, supply decreas..no wait

[Kornman00]

heh:
UDon’tPlay: UbiDRM Servers Wobble During Steam Sale (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/16/udontplay-ubidrm-servers-wobble-during-steam-sale/)

[Cortexian]

You guys do realize that uPlay isn't technically the DRM platform. It's just a content distribution system. The DRM is wholey its own thing on a game-by-game/case-by-case basis.

Also, the Steam servers themselves were barely able to distribute games during the Summer Sale. Why not point that out as well?

[Mr Buckshot]

You guys do realize that uPlay isn't technically the DRM platform. It's just a content distribution system. The DRM is wholey its own thing on a game-by-game/case-by-case basis.

Also, the Steam servers themselves were barely able to distribute games during the Summer Sale. Why not point that out as well?

Because you were still able to play the games you'd already installed, maybe in offline mode.

What people are complaining about is that they'd bought uPlay games from Steam, installed them, then ended up unable to play due to requiring a completely unneeded authentication from uPlay.

It is completely different from being unable to install games during the heavy load - that tends to be expected with any kind of downloading service. It's more like inserting a disc into your console to find that it's unplayable.

[Pooky]

Never had any problems installing any games off Steam during the sale, including massive ones like Just Cause 2.

[Kornman00]

Same

I've had issues with Ubihard games though, so majority rules: the world does not revolve around freelancer.

[arbiter901]

If you have problems downloading massive games during sales then just switch your download region.

[DarkHalo003]

I usually have problems when I'm at home, but when I go to college things are a good bit quicker. It really depends on your Router/Modem/Connection speed rather than your region (considering how traffic intensive college is versus home).

[Kornman00]

I know the summer sale is over, but we don't really have a general Steam thread so I'm just gonna poop this here

If you got to the Store page and look at the "new" releases, guess what game of yesteryears finally made it to Steam? KOTOR2! 10 dolla.

[Cortexian]

I saw and basically did this:

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

Like no joke, I actually jumped out of my chair, hands pumped up in the air! Which was a terrible thing to do, since I now have a ceiling fan which was rotating at full blast...

RIP knuckles. :saddowns:

[Amit]

There are videos like that for every gaming system.

[Pooky]

I would be excited about Kotor 2 if it actually had an ending.

[Tnnaas]

I heard their modding community put that together as a game completion mod using a lot of the original assets and storylines that were originally supposed to be in-game.

[Kornman00]

One of the Xbox1 debug kits I accquired way back in the day had a debug build of KOTOR2 on it (in-game debug menu and all). It made me kind of want to get into KOTOR modding action, but then the 360 came out and fucking BioWare had to start crapping out Ass Effects since, AFAIK, LucasArts wanted to make KOTOR into that MMO bullshit. Fuck that noise.

[TeeKup]

I'd be excited for KOTOR again if there was a KOTOR 3..and not some shitty fucked up MMO.

[Cortexian]

The sad part is that I actually like the SWTOR story lines... They aren't half bad. Will be playing the shit out of it when it goes Free2Play since the single-player PVE portion is all I really give a fuck about.

[Pooky]

I heard their modding community put that together as a game completion mod using a lot of the original assets and storylines that were originally supposed to be in-game.'

Except they never actually finished it and instead just cock teased the community for years on end.

[Amit]

In other news, Steam Greenlight is a go and more Black Mesa screenshots were released yesterday.

[Kornman00]

The Crysis franchise is on sale right now

Want to save a single fucking penny? Buy Crysis 1 Max Ed. and Crysis 2 Max Ed. separately, for a total of 17.48. Buy the Crysis Collection, which comes with the same shit, for 17.49.

:-3

[NullZero]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution 75% off weekend deal :O

http://store.steampowered.com/app/28050/

Sexcellent game, well worth the money IMO

[Kornman00]

Autumn sale started today. Lasts until the 26th

[Cortexian]

Both KotOR games were on for $2.49 earlier. Were part of a flash sale so I'm not sure if they still are. I grabbed KotOR II on Steam since it was only added a few months ago and I like digital copies of stuff.

EDIT: Ends in 11 minutes hurry up!

KotOR:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/32370/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

KotOR II:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/208580/?snr=1_5_9__205

[Mr Buckshot]

Max Payne 3 for $14.99 - way too damn good to pass up. Loved this game. And on the technical side it really is a true PC game as well, almost enough to make you forget GTAIV.

I'm considering getting Arma 2 due to all the Day Z hype... going to check out Youtube first.

[Cortexian]

OK I just bought Day Z, er, Arma II.

[Amit]

OK I just bought Day Z, er, Arma II.

Good choice for Arma II, no longer a good choice if you wanted to play DayZ. Standalone will be out in less than a month, but at least you get one of the best shooters ever made and a heavy discount on DayZ when its released for owning CO.

[Higuy]

Bought Terrari and Dear Esther for a grand total of 7 dollars (got the soundtrack of DE too), great steal. Plan on getting a couple other indie games while I'm at it.

[Cortexian]

Good choice for Arma II, no longer a good choice if you wanted to play DayZ. Standalone will be out in less than a month, but at least you get one of the best shooters ever made and a heavy discount on DayZ when its released for owning CO.
Wait what? They're going to stop supporting the mod when it comes out?

[DarkHalo003]

Someone should update the title to fit the sale....you know....because it's not Summer anymore?

[Mr Buckshot]

Not a Steam sale, but on Gamersgate, Dishonored is $29.98 today and as a Steamworks game buying outside Steam will still give you a Steam key. I got it as a gift and I LOVED that game - currently on my third playthrough in fact. Anyone who enjoyed Deus Ex Human Revolution will also enjoy this game for sure.

[Kornman00]

My friend bought Dishonered thinking it would be like HR...but was disappointed when he got it and found out it was nothing like. But he still enjoyed the game.

[Mr Buckshot]

My friend bought Dishonered thinking it would be like HR...but was disappointed when he got it and found out it was nothing like. But he still enjoyed the game.

really? When I played the game I kept going "whoa this is just like DXHR". Maybe that's just me.

Also, screw the Steam sale - hop onto green man gaming and use their 25% discount code to stack on existing deals. Getting Dishonored and Skyrim for $22.50 apiece and having them register on Steam? Take that Steam!

[PenGuin1362]

For anyone interested in Chivalry, it's on sale for $12.49 at the moment, trust me it's totally worth it.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219640/?snr=1_4_4__sdd

[Cortexian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7riaH8qgIs

This is how ye must act whilst participarting in Chivalry!

[Kornman00]

Just got THPS HD for 4.99. Also got the most recent Sins of a Solar Empire. All less than 20$. Almost got Saints Row 3 (the full package) for less than 20$ today when it was on sale, but forgot to checkout before it ended (was waiting to see if there were any other deals the came out before then).

[Cortexian]

Sins Rebellion is fairly fun, really the only difference is that they added some more Diplomacy stuff and the Titan class ships though. Some different game modes too IIRC. Still, pretty fun.

[Limited]

Ive been away for the weekend so I may have missed some good stuff.

But I picked up Sleeping Dogs for £14.99, and Batman Arkham City for £4.99

[Guardian]

Didnt know where to post this so I'll post it here.

You'll need facebook.

http://www.freemetrogame.com/

Go there, Metro 2033 for free via steam key. It works, have fun.

If this doesnt work, go to Metro (THQ) on facebook and like the page if you haven't then try. Don't know if it makes a difference.

[nuttyyayap]

Cool. I've been wanting to check this game out for a while.

[Donut]

metro is worth the full 20 dollars it usually goes for on steam, and this is coming from somebody who usually has scathing criticism for highly regarded video games. youd have to be nuts to not at least try it for free. if youre into first person shooters but want a deeper experience with a LOT of attention to detail, i promise youll love metro. and hey, if you dont, ill personally refund your money.



... you know, because its free :v:

[Cortexian]

You could of got it and other THQ games through the humble bundle as well.

But it's over. No pay-what-you-want for you!

[Amit]

I have a steam key for Metro 2033 that i have no use for. Who wants it?

[TeeKup]

ME. ME YOU BEAUTIFUL CREATURE.

[Amit]

Creature is humbled.