The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Metro]

Waiting on the summer sale for Warlock and probably Defenders of Ardania if it doesn't drop to $3.75.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Amazon guy on CAG just said this Paradox Pack will be only $13 on Sunday/Monday (I believe a few activate on Steam, perhaps all, but I'm not 100% sure): Crusader Kings II, Magicka Collection (+ Stars are Left DLC), Sword of the Stars II, Swords of the Stars (original complete set), and Victoria II.

Awesome deal if that's the case, but you'd have to be a retard to buy the pack at full price, it costs more than the individual games.

Total Individual Price: $125.31
Bundle Price: $135.94

 

[Bruticis]

Awesome deal if that's the case, but you'd have to be a retard to buy the pack at full price, it costs more than the individual games.

Total Individual Price: $125.31
Bundle Price: $135.94

Pretty sure that page was recently created just for this sale.

 

[Metro]

Exactly. When you see packs like that they are created specifically for the sale and they don't intend for you to pay full price.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

The "Because we may" sale mostly sucks, especially on the few things I was eyeballing. Stacking was $6 which I was considering but has gone up to $7.50, and Vessel is $10 and QUBE is $7.50.
Still might pick up Stacking at that price if Amazon price matches it (Burn up that $3 credit) since it likely won't be in any indie bundles, but nuts to Vessel and Qube. I'll get 'em eventually.

Binding of Isaac and Dungeons of Dredmor are both marked down though. I'd recommend both of those to Codexbros, even though Dredmor is sub-par compared to free roguelikes and Binding of Isaac infuriated me at launch by eating my saves for week(s).

 

[Metro]

Yep, most of it is only 50% off, although nothing I really wanted. The Vertex Dispenser developer decided to be a douche and raise the prices of his games: https://twitter.com/#!/smestorp

 

[Metro]

Not even close. It's linear and maybe five or six hours long. Looks pretty, though, if you have a high end graphics card.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I wouldn't buy it knowing what I know now (boring gameplay/story, awful FOV, hideously optimised).

 

[Metro]

80+ hours played on BoI here~

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Sengoku for $5. NOT A STEAM KEY
http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Interactive-40795Sengoku1-Sengoku-Download/dp/B005M38I5E/

Think I'll pick that up. Been antsy for more Paradox strategy after rubbing Crusader Kings 2 all over my greasy body. Sounds like this is basically Crusader Kings 2-Japan edition with slightly more emphasis on map painting, but for five (Two after credit) bucks what the fuck. Still waiting for a good deal on EU3 on Steam, god damn it Paradox I know you've had big sales on it multiple times but I was scared! All your menus were intimidating! But now that I took a single county earl and made a dynasty controlling three crowns I'm ready for you!
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/sengoku-this-bitch.63958/page-5 Codex Sengoku thread if anyone's curious as to hivemind opinion. Seems mostly positive, though I guess bros didn't stick with it as much as CK2.

And I actually liked Metro 2033, but it is linear as hell and I'm fairly forgiving when it comes to dumb FPS. Binding of Isaac's a far better game assuming it floats your boat though.

Edit: Well fuck. I was pretty positive Sengoku activated on Steam. Bought it from Amazon, tried activating key, no luck. Fuck! AMAZOOOOOOOOON! PARADOOOOOOOOOOOOX!

 

[Crooked Bee]

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble for only $4.99!

 

[Gragt]

I'm glad I recommended that game to you, Madame l'Abeille Tordue.

 

[Gord]

Thanks bros, won't touch it by now then, I'll probably get Binding of Isaac instead

Actually it's not that bad, if you don't mind the linear nature. Of course, most games are pretty linear, so what the fuck. A few levels offer multiple approaches (well, the stealth approach and the shooting approach, plus some very limited exploration). No open-world or large free-roaming levels, though.
It's got a good atmosphere, imho, some levels are even a bit scary and at high settings I have no problems with performance (although I get some rare unexplainable slowdowns near certain lightsources; GTX460, AMD Quadcore).
There seem to be some quirks there, so you might want to look for a tweaking guide if you should get it.

All in all I think it's worth 5 bucks, but I've seen it for less already.

 

[DwarvenFood]

That Red Orchestra 2 is still shit or what ? has a nice price to it now...

 

[sgc_meltdown]

also I wonder if mhc will buy this for the novelty
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207080

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

God no.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

God no.

too bad son you'll be seeing it in a humble indie bundle sometime soon as a bonus

 

[Deleted member 7219]

If that was a cake, I'd eat it.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

God no.

too bad son you'll be seeing it in a humble indie bundle sometime soon as a bonus

They'll probably have it as a beat the average bonus, and I won't beat the average because I'm a loner Dottie, a rebel.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Edit: Well fuck. I was pretty positive Sengoku activated on Steam. Bought it from Amazon, tried activating key, no luck. Fuck! AMAZOOOOOOOOON! PARADOOOOOOOOOOOOX!

Amazon saved me from myself. The Amazon rep on CAG told me to contact customer support and get a refund, and sure enough they refunded me even though the retardation was on my end. Thanks Amazon, that's even better customer service than the glorious god-Gaben.

 

[Metro]

I sort of feel bad for the Amazon guy because the only question he fields is basically: "Does X activate on Steam?" Still, better he get the sale than Valve.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I sort of feel bad for the Amazon guy because the only question he fields is basically: "Does X activate on Steam?" Still, better he get the sale than Valve.

In the defense of Steamtards such as myself, he did seem to imply that the addition of more Steam keys on Amazon was doing well for them though. And someone competing with Valve on pricing but offering Steam keys is just the sort of competition I can get behind.

 

[Metro]

I would have helped you out by getting that Paradox Pack and given you SotS II but SotS I doesn't activate on Steam, wtf!!!

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Yeah, that's a shame. Especially since I don't see it being likely Steam will beat that price. Most certainly not for Crusader Kings 2, but even the other games like SotS1 and Vicky 2 wouldn't get as comparably cheap I suspect. That $13 bundle is nuts.

 

[Metro]

I'm really not even wild about Magicka so I probably would have just kept CK II and sold the rest off. Still trying to unload that Guardian of Light key for $3, but I could always just keep it. I'm not necessarily dying to play CK II so I can wait another few months -- probably until the Christmas sale.