The Steam Sales Cometh

[caballitomalo]

I admit I fell for this the 1st time I saw a steam sale. I'm proud to say that I've grown as a person after that. Last year I pretty much skipped all sales events in order to wrap up some of the games I bought earlier on (I still havent played several adventure games in my game list) and this year I have only payed for 2 games so far.

Skyrim for 4.99 (Elder Scroll games are too long for me to pay extra to make them even longer not knowing if I'll ever get to play the dlc) and Bioshoc Infinite for 8.99 (no dlc for same reason). It felt good.

 

[Darth_Payn]

Interesting how the Necrotizing whatever melted the skin and muscle off Erin's bones, but left her hair intact. She got ripped off.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Interesting how the Necrotizing whatever melted the skin and muscle off Erin's bones, but left her hair intact. She got ripped off.

It's early access. They'll add that in a patch later. Read the description on the game's page.

Pretty much on the money. I've already got probably closer to 20 games I've never even installed lying around in my backlog. Though now I got the Hammerlock DLC and a bunch of costume packs for next to nothing. Goddamn big, juicy green percentage signs, making us all sheep.

 

[J Tyran]

Not bought much, only thing so far is Dark Souls: Prepare to laugh edition. How can people praise this game when the developers are obviously incompetent and can barely put a game together, it doesn't bode well for the game itself.

I had to mod it to stop it running and looking about as good as Morrowind, then I had to sort the controller out because it randomly throws a fit with the 360 pad drivers for no real reason. After all that I cannot be bothered to play it because it cannot be anything other than shit, they can barely nail a game together so its going to be rubbish.

 

[Alfador_VII]

Not bought much, only thing so far is Dark Souls: Prepare to laugh edition. How can people praise this game when the developers are obviously incompetent and can barely put a game together, it doesn't bode well for the game itself.

I had to mod it to stop it running and looking about as good as Morrowind, then I had to sort the controller out because it randomly throws a fit with the 360 pad drivers for no real reason. After all that I cannot be bothered to play it because it cannot be anything other than shit, they can barely nail a game together so its going to be rubbish.

Don't immediately pre-judge the original console game, by the terrible port which was done by another team, more likely a completely different company.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

1. Set the price aside for a second. Do you actually want to play this game?
2. Profit

I add all the games I'm interested in to my wishlist as they come out. Then when sales come, I give myself a set budget and buy only the games from my list.
There is a secondary budget of 10 euro for games that aren't on my list.
Works out great, especially this sales since I didn't wast any of my money.

Bought 2 games, both less than 10 euro combined, still have 4 euro left from the dota2 courier I sold.

This sales are shit... which could be actually a good thing.

 

[Terratina.]

I've bought so many games for a tenner I'm sure I've done a number on my bank balance. And then I bought Transistor for full price like a pro.

Whelp. At least I actually bought good games, so I can be a happy poor person.

 

[Tsaba]

the same story every year, so many sales... so many games.....

 

[J Tyran]

Not bought much, only thing so far is Dark Souls: Prepare to laugh edition. How can people praise this game when the developers are obviously incompetent and can barely put a game together, it doesn't bode well for the game itself.

I had to mod it to stop it running and looking about as good as Morrowind, then I had to sort the controller out because it randomly throws a fit with the 360 pad drivers for no real reason. After all that I cannot be bothered to play it because it cannot be anything other than shit, they can barely nail a game together so its going to be rubbish.

Don't immediately pre-judge the original console game, by the terrible port which was done by another team, more likely a completely different company.

Well okay I wont pre-judge the original console game but its already well established console gamers generally have lower standards anyway so the fact the game barely works should be no surprise, also port is a charitable term really.

I have seen console emulators that run better than From software have managed with this, the sequel apparently isn't all that much better.

 

[irishda]

Steam Sales always make me feel pretty good about my willpower when I read everyone else's comments on them

 

[Right Hook]

I'd just wish Steam could sell me some free time or maybe Gaben could at least call into work for me, I don't have time to play all this shit.

 

[Zydrate]

I think that sales sometimes bring a game down to it's actual value.

Plague Inc. Evolved for example is just a suped-up version of Pandemic. It was 15$ for the longest time where it haunted my wishlist for a couple of months. The sale brought it down to 10$, which was a bit more acceptable.

 

[Neferius]

Looks like Erin needs to make a campfire ASAP :I

 

[pearcinator]

I use Steam sales to buy all the indie games I have heard about, for practically nothing!

I bought The Swapper (loved it!) for $3 and now I just bought Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons also for $3.

Oh, and RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition because I can't remember the last time I played Myst. Oh, and Age of Mythology because all my mates begged me to. DAMMIT! I'll probably buy Bastion too if it wins...$2.25? BARGAIN!

 

[inkheart_artist]

I wish there was a game on Steam called Actual Garbage. Or they could take the worst of those god awful greenlit early access games that lie about their features and pretty clearly are never going to become anything of value and give it the ACTUAL GARBAGE seal of approval.

 

[Bestival]

Bought 2 games so far, haven't installed neither. Probably never will. BUT THEY WERE ONLY LIKE 3 BUCKS! can't afford not to buy.

Hoping Riptide will come along again though, I wanna coop the shit out of that like the first one. Bad game solo, hilarious shit with a buddy.

 

[LetalisK]

Steam sales' been a bit shit this year. I've bought nothing at all so far.

How many of the games on sale do you own from previous sales?


Be honest...

Honestly? Just the one, X:com Enemy Unknown. My PC gaming collection mostly consists of all the Total War series and The Witcher 2. Neither of which I bought in the sales.

Though theres still time yet I guess.

This seems more like an indicator of your tastes, not the Steam sale being shit, particularly "this year".

 

[Dalisclock]

One day 1$ is still not low enough.

That's kind of how I feel.

Right now COD:Ghosts is $30. Normally that would be low enough to seriously tempt me. The problem is that I've heard just how shit it is, so I'm not buying ghosts until it drops to $10 or less.

I still haven't bought Aliens: Colonial Marines and it was on sale for $5 a week or so ago.

 

[DirgeNovak]

I especially like the "Game You Bought Last Week: -99%" and "Actual Garbage: Still too much".

Only having a $300 laptop that can't run shit is a blessing during Steam sales.
[small]Who am I kidding, I'm going to buy stuff anyway[/small]

 

[Birdnest]

You know, once you have a list of 20+ games bought as a sale or in bundles not net played (but intending to play) and an equally long list of games you'd instantly buy at full-price once you have the time to play them, the steam summer sale loses its appeal somewhat. Though -75%/5? deals are still quite alluring (fell for Dark Souls).

By now when I see a game at -50% I now skip the sale, because buying it later, when I actually have the time to play it, at full price will still be cheaper long-term than continuing to build my back-log of unplayed games