2014 Steam Winter Sale casualty report

[Darth Sea Bass]

Monetary amount i didn't keep track of. But the list of stuff i bought is as follows...

Choplifter HD and dlc
Borderlands GOTY
Fable: Anniversary
Skyrim Legendary Edition
The Wolf Among us
Walking Dead: Season 2
Outlast and Whistleblower DLC
Shadowrun Dragonfall: Directors cut
GRID Autosport
How to Survive: storm warning ed


I also bought Borderlands the pre-sequel through Greenman and Project Eden and Thief 2 from GoG.

 

[Astoria]

Well after the devastation of last year which totaled about $200 this year I managed to stay well away and spent nothing. I have such a backlog right now that I'm just not buying anything until I catch up. Damn you university for taking up all my time.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Not sure how much I spent in total, but I picked up...

1. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
2. Tales From The Borderlands
3. Wolfenstein: The New Order
4. Saints Row IV: Game of the Century Edition
5. Resident Evil: Revelations

All during daily deals, so pretty cheap.

 

[LG Jargon]

....Well, don't I feel like a wasteful p.o.s., especially after reading how damn near everyone in this thread spent very little compared to me. :/

What did I spend, you ask? Hundreds and hundreds of U.S. dollars--but mostly on other people! Aren't I nice? ^.^ I resolved to try and buy each and every person on my Steam Friends list at least one game, something cheap and on sale. I stress the try part, since though I meant to only spend less than $10 on each person, I sometimes couldn't ignore getting that friend who has that game on their wishlist the soundtrack for said game, or the DLC with the fancy shit, or the cheaper GOTY version (definitely tried to avoid any GOTYs with the season pass still in it)...which meant that I could've spent more than the $10 limit I meant to hold myself to. Needless to say, I had to reload my cash reserves numerous times, but as long as all...*looks at Steam*...88 friends got something that they like, then I am happy. ^w^

...Though, I will admit that there were quite a few $3.39 copies of the original Mount & Blade I gifted out to those who either had nothing on their wishlists or things that were just too expensive, so...yeah.

Also, it does seem like there weren't a lot of good deals this year. Sure, there were a few, but...gifting aside, I don't think I spent too much on myself...

 

[Glaice]

This is pretty much what I purchased over the 2014 Steam Winter Sales:

Dec 29, 2014 $20.39 Purchase
Wolfenstein: The New Order ROW

Dec 29, 2014 $3.99 Purchase
Age of Empires II

Dec 28, 2014 $13.49 Purchase
Rising World

Dec 27, 2014 $9.74 Purchase
GhostshipAftermath

Dec 27, 2014 $29.99 Purchase
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Dec 26, 2014 $47.20 Purchase
Rome: Total War, Democracy 3, Democracy 3: Social Engineering, Democracy 3: Extremism, Sniper Elite 3

Dec 21, 2014 $12.49 Purchase
Grim Dawn

Dec 21, 2014 $1.96 Purchase
Borderlands 2: Headhunter 2: Wattle Gobbler, Borderlands 2: Headhunter 4: Wedding Day Massacre

Dec 19, 2014 $2.49 Purchase
Blood

Dec 19, 2014 $1.49 Purchase
Castle Crashers

Dec 18, 2014 $5.99 Purchase
Metal Gear Rising


GRAND TOTAL: $149.22

 

[Platypus540]

I survived compared to a lot of people, but sort of splurged by my standards:
Valkyria Chronicles
Insurgency
Analogue: A Hate Story
Metro 2033
Graviteam Tactics
Europa Universalis IV
All told probably around $40 so really not that much for 6 games at all, but I reeaaally don't buy many games at once like that haha.

 

[Vigormortis]

Bought very few games for myself. Already have a backlog to get through, so there wasn't much point.

Did received a few gifts, though. So hurray!

As for what I did buy, I bought one or more copies of each of the following to pass out to friends:

* Torchlight 2
* Project Zomboid
* Terraria
* Deus Ex: Human Revolution DC
* Contagion
* Legend of Grimrock 2
* Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
* Valve Complete pack


As for what I was gifted:
* Ibb & Obb
* Halo: Spartan Assault
* Slave Zero
* Tiny Brains
* Broken Age
* Freespace 1&2
* Gauntlet
* Ancient Space


So...yeah. Nabbed most when they were at their cheapest, but I still dropped a fair bit this time 'round.

Oh well. Was happy to do it. Had a decent amount of "throwin' around" money this holiday. Besides, I made a lot of people happy and have already managed several hours of play time with friends in the games I bought for them.

All in all, twas a good sale.

May GabeN be praised...

 

[Michael Tabbut]

Divekick
Postal 2
Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend
Hotline Miami
Garry's Mod
Counter Strike Source
They Bleed Pixels
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2
Skullgirls

I spent a little bit over $75.

 

[FPLOON]

0 bones... The only thing I got was a free copy of Mount & Blade from one of my Steam friends during the Knishmas season...
(Thanks, dude!)

 

[Mister Eff]

Assassin's Creed Unity (don't judge, I'm enjoying it)
This War of Mine
Gods Will Be Watching
Banished
Jade Empire (LOVED this when it came out)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Tales from the Borderlands (I like Borderlands...)
Telltale Game of Thrones
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Rome: Total War 2
Child of Light
Skyrim: Legendary Edition

Not a bad haul!

 

[Weaver]

Probably like $30. There's just nothing I wanted.

 

[Scorpid]

Well. I don't have alot of time for games and I got a ton of games already in steam to play so buying something I want like Wasteland 2 would be pointless. BUUUUUUUUUUT! As I was scanning through the sales I Noticed a game I'd never heard of and looked like something I hadn't seen done that way before. Graviteam Tactics. A WWII RTS done faithfully realistically with multiple tactical levels. and it was normally priced at like 20 bucks and another 15 for each of its DLC and it was down by like 85 and 90 percent so I got 3 dlc packs and the game itself for less then 10 dollars on the last day. So it was good I suppose.

EDIT: It makes Company of heros looks so arcadie and silly.

 

[Zontar]

EDIT: It makes Company of heros looks so arcadie and silly.

What's wrong with arcady or silly games? It's because of how arcady World of Tanks is that I like it more then Warthunder.

 

[Scorpid]

EDIT: It makes Company of heros looks so arcadie and silly.

What's wrong with arcady or silly games? It's because of how arcady World of Tanks is that I like it more then Warthunder.

Nothing at all. But I wanted a hard bitten historical game which I thought that CoH was a little bit. Just not anymore.

 

[fenrizz]

I only got a few games this time around:

* Wolfenstein: The New Order
* The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
* Spore + one expansion
* The Witcher

Pretty pleaased with all the games so far.
Wolfenstein is the best shooter I've played in a while, Ethan Carter is atmosperic and creepy, the kids love Spore and The witcher is a fresh (even though it's from 2007) take on the western RPG.

 

[StormShaun]

Only one.

- Gunpoint = $5:99.

It's worth it.
Sure, it may be sure, but the Steam community is building more. There is action, puzzles, comedy, and a neat story. That's all I need.
... also gadgets that make you leap through glass, punch people 200 times, and get you to places.

It's a fun little game. Wouldn't mind a sequel too.

 

[pearcinator]

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - $11
Deux Ex: Human Revolution Directors Cut - $6
Audiosurf 2 - $10
The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition - $3

Total = $30

No regrets, worth the asking price for all of them (haven't played Witcher 2 yet but I doubt I'll feel annoyed over $3). I don't know how people can buy so many games...would you even play them?

 

[NortherWolf]

Dreamfall Chapters For about...15 Euros I think?
Age of Wonders 3 About the same.
Borderlands 2 5 Euros
Divinity: Original Sin 19.99 Euros

 

[NPC009]

No regrets, worth the asking price for all of them (haven't played Witcher 2 yet but I doubt I'll feel annoyed over $3). I don't know how people can buy so many games...would you even play them?

I can't speak for others, but most of the games I buy on Steam are fairly short (2-10 hours). I already played through five of the nine games I bought.

(captcha: change yourself

I don't wanna! D

 

[small]

Well. I don't have alot of time for games and I got a ton of games already in steam to play so buying something I want like Wasteland 2 would be pointless. BUUUUUUUUUUT! As I was scanning through the sales I Noticed a game I'd never heard of and looked like something I hadn't seen done that way before. Graviteam Tactics. A WWII RTS done faithfully realistically with multiple tactical levels. and it was normally priced at like 20 bucks and another 15 for each of its DLC and it was down by like 85 and 90 percent so I got 3 dlc packs and the game itself for less then 10 dollars on the last day. So it was good I suppose.

EDIT: It makes Company of heros looks so arcadie and silly.

its an incredible game and definitely a hardcore wargame, the maps are huge and it can sometimes take 20-30 minutes before you even find the enemy (stumbling through a forest with a company of little pixeltroopen and running into enemy soldiers point blank makes for some vicious little fights), basically the game is built on a ww2 tank simulator engine so all vehicle movements, penetrations are realistic in the extreme