The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

Anno 2070 bundle is $40. I'll probably buy that if it doesn't hit a daily/flash/community/whatever sale.

Let down that Rebellion has no discount and the Stardock bundle isn't out yet. And Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 doesn't have a discount. And there isn't a picture with video game characters in it. SORROW!

 

So this is the 'great' Steam Sale? Colour me unimpressed. I got better deals from Gamersgate every other week, and get shit with blue coins for free too.

Shit, I got better deals just picking individual things up like the Dawn of War franchise stuff a couple weeks back. 2.50 euro per title was great.

 

Most broken sale yet, imho.

 

Eschalon Book I is for 2€, Book II is for 3€.

Guys, I like Anno and Sim City series, but I dislike The Guild and The Sims series, will I like Patrician III?

 

Well, I bought Sword of Islam. That took me two tries and about 20 minutes, so that's it for the day. There isn't anything else on sale I'm interested in at the moment, anyway.

I guess this is the "too many sales" syndrome. I bought most of the stuff I really want already during previous sales, and some stuff I want never gets good sales anywhere. But prices for the regular sales items seem to be better on amazon, too.

 

Is Grand Ages: Rome good?

 

I guess we will have to wait till next year for this one.

 

I bought DA2, I think including one DLC, when it was on sale together with DA1 Ultimate edition, which included all DLC, for $10 altogether. I haven't played it yet, as I didn't really buy the bundle for DA2. Which reminds that I still have to go on with DA1. I got stuck after one too many mobs of derpspawn.

Regarding your actual point, I still hope to see bundles with all DLC from publishers other than EA at some point when the games get older.

 

Patrician is a decent game. It's not comparable to any of those games listed though.

Grand Ages: Rome isn't too bad either. A bit of a throw back to Impressions Games era, but not quite so good.

 

Keep in mind you have to wait for the daily deals to pop up for the good discounts and we've only seen a day of them. That said, as I mentioned, the base discounts are pretty tame. I see 40% off Warlock which leads me to believe it'll only be like 60% off on the daily. Meh. I put $50 on Steam wallet in advance of this and, as of now, I'd be surprised if I spent all of that.

 

Same here. Been waiting on TWitcher 2 until it goes on sale, and that never really happens. I guess I don't need it, so if it doesn't go on sale I will just have more time for other things.

 

Sega Hit Collection, about 70 or so games including all Total War games as far back as 'Rome' and Expansions/DLC for 88% off, plus a few of their old Sega Genesis and Megadrive classics. 49.99 Kwanzanian dorras.

So glad I didn't purchase Shogun 2 last week as I intended.

 

Spent some more time sifting through the catalog to find some 'gems' but just confirming my earlier impressions that Steam is following a trend of inferior discounts covered up by more crappy gimmicks (merit badges, flash sales, voting sales, etc.) Discounts are down across the board (40% off base discount for Torchlight 1? lol?). Shaping up to be a pretty mediocre event. Hell, just compare it to the Summer Sale that was the genesis of this thread two years ago. Guess I'll grab Portal 2 although it's nothing I greatly anticipated.

 

I feel unclean. I made junk Google and Facebook accounts and uploaded a video all for the precious precious badge.
Think I probably will break down and buy Rayman today, too. Not a whole lot I was looking for during the sale and that was one of 'em, and I doubt it'll go under that given it's a "Flash sale" game.

Here bros, enjoy my shame.

 

Exactly. I'm calling broken. Also why 36 hours?

 

Hm, I'm a bit interested in HoMM V, as it's cheap and supposed to be one of the better parts in the series.
Never played one, though.

Should I get vanilla or the stand-alone expansion Tribes of the East?

 

They've gone with longer than 24 hour daily deals in the past because ultimately idiots who would wait until the last minute would complain if there was an error on their transaction or they couldn't get the deal in itme.

 

Get all three if you're interested in the campaign, since they all follow on each other.

What really pisses me off about this sale is the empty packs. The packs used to contain all the games from a studio. What is this shit? Decline of GabeN.

 

At least there are no game-related achievements so I don't have to go downloading a dozen games I've since uninstalled. Pretty sure the Community badge thing won't have a time limit on it. That, and we have no idea what the benefits to getting one is, anyway.

 

And CKII collection is 75% off, finally. Just waiting to see if the new stuff is added to it, doubt it though.