The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[sgc_meltdown]

Hard Reset has enclosed areas with a lot of environmental damage options, has two weapons that transform, is quite a bit prettier and takes place only during the night. Also, throwaway european translated plot/level briefing justifications.
The enemies drop health and ammo, which you do need.

 

[commie]

Gotta be the 4th or 5th times Portal 2 and Witcher 2 have been up for sale.

But Skyway get's twitcher 2 for $8! Inb4 "hurr, overpriced..durr"

 

[MetalCraze]

I'm in a bitter battle with Ed to be the number 2 steam retard. He bought it, so I had too as well to maintain my lead.

You are behind Ed

 

[Grunker]

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012

 

[Kitako]

Summer Sale over for me. Spent 67 €, and quite happy with the crappy games I got.
Even with the lousy sales recycles, I still love The Gaben.

 

[Infinitron]

Summer Sale over for me. Spent 67 €, and quite happy with the crappy games I got.
Even with the lousy sales recycles, I still love The Gaben.

Hey, it's not over until the last flash sale.

Also, did you read this? http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2799277

 

[IDtenT]

Today I'll probably grab Darkstar One and possibly Hard Reset.

Darkstar is okay, in some ways a step back from Freelancer, but a decent clone. It also comes with Patrician III which is a very good tycoon type game.

 

[Bruticis]

I'm in a bitter battle with Ed to be the number 2 steam retard. He bought it, so I had too as well to maintain my lead.

You are behind Ed

Lies! I'm beating Ed 766 to 746.

 

[OSK]

Looks like none of Vogel's games (except maybe Avadon?) were specials, so I ended up picking up the Geneforge pack (all 5 games) for $10 and the latest Avernum remake for $5.

Other than that I picked up Portal 2, Hitman: Blood Money, Just Cause 2, Sim City 4, Psychonauts, Monkey Island remake double pack, Den There, Dan That! double pack and the Frozen Synapse DLC at other times during the sale.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Picking up Jagged Alliance Back in Action with all DLC, and the Splinter Cell pack today. That'll probably be it for me. Only thing I kinda wanted and didn't pick up was the Age of Wonders bundle. Mainly just wanted it for a Steam copy of Shadow Magic to replace my disc version, so I'll keep waiting for a bigger discount.

Total haul:
Crusader Kings 2 African units pack
The Bard's Tale
Rayman Origins
Warlock Power of the Serpent
Warlock Lords and whatevers
Anno 2070 complete
Alan Wake American Nightmare
Frozen Synapse (ONLY NOW IT'S RED DLC!!!!!!!!)
Darkness 2
Fable 1 and 3 complete
Pendulo adventure pack
Stacking
Stardock pack (demigod, galciv2 complete, soase rebellion and trinity)
Orcs Must Die 2
Gratuitous Space Battles parasites DLC
Gratuitous Tank Battles
Swords and Soldiers Super Saucy Sausage Fest DLC
Divine Divinity
Beyond Good and Evil
Botanicula
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Crysis 2
Jagged Alliance Back in Action with all DLC
Splinter Cell pack

Total comes out to about $198. Now I probably won't spend much apart from terrible indie bundles. Even Steam sales probably won't hit me much. Just gotta wait 5 months for the winter sale.
And all that immediately springs to mind for 2012 new games I'm interested in is Borderlands 2. And that proooobably will have some manner of preorder discount and probably a 4 pack on Steam. I guess probably Dishonored too, but I'll probably wait on that one. Maybe. Possibly. May even wait on Borderlands 2 depending on what the preorder bundle discount would end up being.
Spent too much but I'd been preparing for the summer sale anyway, and I like having a massive backlog/pile of games on hand.

 

[Garm]

Summer Sale over for me. Spent 67 €, and quite happy with the crappy games I got.
Even with the lousy sales recycles, I still love The Gaben.

Same here, except mine was about $100 (counting the $25 spent on CK 2/Vicky 2 deal from the 11th). Just about everything I wanted was discounted...although I would have liked to see Arma 2 and JA:BIA a little bit cheaper...

 

[kazgar]

Any non flash/daily sale stuff worth getting on the last day? Thinking about that new bards tale for 75% off.

 

[Metro]

The new Bard's Tale is only good for the interaction between Tony Jay (the narrator) and Cary Elwes (the Bard). The game itself is laughably bad. It's a mindless top/down hack and slash with boring/filler combat.

 

[Turjan]

Hey, it's not over until the last flash sale.

Also, did you read this? http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2799277

Hah, more unexpected opportunities to spend money!

 

[kingcomrade]

I got Alice Madness Returns, New Vegas DLC, Binding of Isaac + Wrath of Lamb

Games I already had and recommended to others: Anno 2070, Arkham City, Bulletstorm, Borderlands, Psychonauts, BG&E, Bastion

 

[MetalCraze]

Lies! I'm beating Ed 766 to 746.

You can believe that


Also achievements and games you own are public domain. CDS stuff staying in CDS rule is not broken

Phage now owns Secret of the Magic Crystal​

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[Bruticis]

I went a little nuts on my purchases but I let that evil bastard Ed draw me into a land war in Asia (and you know what they say about that). Total haul:

You now own Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe CD Key Mac, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe CD Key, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe CD Key, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe CD Key Mac, Secret of the Magic Crystal, Fable III, Fable III - Traitor's keep Quest Pack, Fable III - Dog Breed Set, Fable III - Industrial Knight Outfit, Fable III - Dog Outfit, Fable III - Understone Quest Pack, Fable - The Lost Chapters, Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition, Beyond Good & Evil, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Rome: Total War Gold Edition, Rome: Total War - Alexander, SimCity 4 Deluxe, Napoleon: Total War - HMS Elephant, Napoleon: Total War - Grand Battery of the Convention, Napoleon: Total War - Towarczys, Napoleon: Total War - Royal Scots Greys, Napoleon: Total War - Elite Regiment, Napoleon: Total War - Community Reward Unit, Thief 2, Arx Fatalis, Sacred Gold, Stacking, Anno 2070, Anno 2070 - Standard Key, Anno 2070 - The Keeper Package, Anno 2070 - The Development Package, Anno 2070 - The Eden Series Package, Anno 2070 - The Central Statistical Package, Anno 2070 - The Crisis Response Package, Anno 2070 - The Distrust Series Package, The Silent Running Package, The Nordamark Line Package, The E.V.E. Package, Tropico 4 Plantador DLC , Tropico 4 DLC Quick-Dry-Cement, Tropico 4: Modern Times, Toy Soldiers, Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb, The Binding Of Isaac - Wrath of the Lamb, Heroes of Annihilated Empires, Alpha Prime, Post Mortem, Still Life 2, Aztaka, Warlock - Master of the Arcane, Warlock - Master of the Arcane DLC: Pre-order Pack, Warlock - Master of the Arcane DLC 1: Power of Serpent, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes - I Am the Boss DLC, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, Light of Altair, Stellar Impact, Stellar Impact - Game Activation Key, Stellar Impact – Support Ship, Stellar Impact - Carrier Ship, Stellar Impact - Artillery Ship, Divine Divinity.

 

[Jaesun]

Fable III - Dog Outfit

 

[Mangoose]

BRUTUS WHY YOU NOT BUY CYBERTRON

However I would like to play Chaos Theory and Edders did not want it so hit me up bby pls.

 

[Forest Dweller]

I would have bought Skyrim for 75% off. I guess Bethesda wouldn't allow it.

I went a little nuts on my purchases but I let that evil bastard Ed draw me into a land war in Asia (and you know what they say about that). Total haul:

You now own Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe CD Key Mac, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe CD Key, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe CD Key, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe CD Key Mac, Secret of the Magic Crystal, Fable III, Fable III - Traitor's keep Quest Pack, Fable III - Dog Breed Set, Fable III - Industrial Knight Outfit, Fable III - Dog Outfit, Fable III - Understone Quest Pack, Fable - The Lost Chapters, Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition, Beyond Good & Evil, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Rome: Total War Gold Edition, Rome: Total War - Alexander, SimCity 4 Deluxe, Napoleon: Total War - HMS Elephant, Napoleon: Total War - Grand Battery of the Convention, Napoleon: Total War - Towarczys, Napoleon: Total War - Royal Scots Greys, Napoleon: Total War - Elite Regiment, Napoleon: Total War - Community Reward Unit, Thief 2, Arx Fatalis, Sacred Gold, Stacking, Anno 2070, Anno 2070 - Standard Key, Anno 2070 - The Keeper Package, Anno 2070 - The Development Package, Anno 2070 - The Eden Series Package, Anno 2070 - The Central Statistical Package, Anno 2070 - The Crisis Response Package, Anno 2070 - The Distrust Series Package, The Silent Running Package, The Nordamark Line Package, The E.V.E. Package, Tropico 4 Plantador DLC , Tropico 4 DLC Quick-Dry-Cement, Tropico 4: Modern Times, Toy Soldiers, Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb, The Binding Of Isaac - Wrath of the Lamb, Heroes of Annihilated Empires, Alpha Prime, Post Mortem, Still Life 2, Aztaka, Warlock - Master of the Arcane, Warlock - Master of the Arcane DLC: Pre-order Pack, Warlock - Master of the Arcane DLC 1: Power of Serpent, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes - I Am the Boss DLC, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, Light of Altair, Stellar Impact, Stellar Impact - Game Activation Key, Stellar Impact – Support Ship, Stellar Impact - Carrier Ship, Stellar Impact - Artillery Ship, Divine Divinity.

How rich are you?

 

[Bruticis]

BRUTUS WHY YOU NOT BUY CYBERTRON

However I would like to play Chaos Theory and Edders did not want it so hit me up bby pls.

I tried to bro, I really did. I just couldn't make myself pull the trigger on the Transmorphers. Definitely down for some CT co-op action though.

 

[RK47]

BIA patched-this game is better than JA2

Well I'm convinced.

Active pause with combat planner is such an elegant, effective tool that it leaves any turn based system far behind. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it while there was no alternative but now executing actions in turns looks tedious, slow and boring.

 

[TripJack]

someone tell me about Star Ruler

 

[Crichton]

I was as disapointed as anyone with the constant recycling of the short term offers but I still picked up a few things here and there:

Trine 2
Portal 2
Toy Soldiers
both Warlock DLCs
Avernum bundle (4, 5 and 6)
Avernum: Escape from the Pit

I also bought the Warlock + other crap bundle on Amazon, leaving me with extra keys for Majesty 2 and Majesty: Gold. PM me if you'd like them.

Things I considered but ultimately passed on:

Batman: Arkham City (I bet it'll hit 75% off by the winter sale and I won't play it before then anyway)
Deus Ex: HR "Missing Link" (meh, the fact that it isn't integrated into the main game prevents me from collecting it for completness sake)
Bastion (kind of liked the demo, just too many better games that I haven't even installed yet)
Skyrim (I'm interested, but after getting burned on OB, even US$30 is too rich, I'll probably go for it at $20)

 

[Metro]

Wise decisions. Missing Link isn't anything special. Bastion is more like a Nintendo 64 game than an ARPG.