The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Stabwound]

Well I bought SR3 for a friend and didn't see the DLC version was like a buck more until I read this thread. FFS.

I opened a support ticket; do you guys think Steam will help me out here? I'm guessing probably especially because it's a flash sale. God dammit.

 

[Ulminati]

I'm starting to realize that 75% off something I'll never play still isn't a good deal. I'm perusing my library right now and I don't even remember buying some of these games...

I reached the same conclusion a while ago, which is why I passed over stuff like SR3. Only things I bought were things I wanted to play immediately

 

[Correct_Carlo]

I just got the Thief bundle, Divine Divinity, Civ 5 GOTY, and the final game in the Blackwell series. Grand total: 29 dollars.

As a word of warning Thief Gold was kind of a bitch to get running on my system. I finally got it working by telling my anti-virus to ignore my steam folder entirely (it was detecting it as a virus) and by installing some fan made patches to get the videos to run. I've heard people having fewer problems with the GOG version, though, so if you really want them maybe it's a better idea to get them from GOG.

 

[commie]

This is what I bought:


Dawn of War Platinum Edition
Dawn of War: Soulstorm (ROW)
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Beyond Good and Evil
The Bard's Tale
Grand Theft Auto Complete Pack
Napoleon: Total War - Imperial Eagle Pack...yeah cause I'm a completionist whore


This is what BROS gifted to me I will add names if they want, but let it be known they have my gratitude.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
Galactic Civilizations II
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars
Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath
E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy
Star Wars: KOTOR
EUIII Chronicles
Majesty 2 Collection Retail (ROW)
The Ship Skyway's joke but he DID gift proper things too...


i also got this for nothing by trading in those free games from Green Fag gaming for a steam key:

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Retail


Finally I also got some non Steam Deals: Gameturd otherwise known as fagstop had (and in the case of Ad&D still does) these deals I couldn't pass up:

King Arthur complete series collection

AD&D+NWN 1 and 2 collection bundle.



Pretty cool sale for me. Some really good stuff, other stuff to replace retail version I already have. Still others just to try cause it was free/cheap. 17 Euros and some change I spent on Steam. Another 30 dorras on Faggotsgate. Total of about 50 dollars or so for 30 odd games...could have been worse.

 

[J_C]

I bought:
TW: Shogun 2
Jamestown
Wings of Prey
Galactic Civilization II Ultimate Edition
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition
Frozen Synapse

What I received as a gift:
Metro 2033
Dear Esther

 

[commie]

Man, I hate Inxile's Bard's Tale with a passion, why are you buying it anyway? There are plenty of humorous games around, why would you play this abomination (that I'd put on par with Brotherhood of steel gameplay wise) just because of the funny interaction with that narrator, go play some funny adventure or whatever. Better yet, go play BG&E that you now have, neat game with some fun stealth-lite segments AFAIR. I'd have bought it too but I'm completely broken now

Well I consider it an adventure itself. Combat is no worse than most games with an ARPG or H&S title these days anyway, so that point is moot. BG&E I already have from retail but it doesn't work properly on my computer anymore, so I got the Steam version which seems to work.

 

[Kitako]

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

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

Yeah, I'm really over. After last year sales (where I lost my Gaben virginity) I learned to basically make a wishlist before the sales and stick to it. I just got a couple of sub-2€ games because fuck it.

I just skipped the one I wanted the most, Games of Thrones, but I have enough to play for a while and will get it when it'll be 5€ or less, no hurry.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Let's see.

I bought:

Shogun 2 "Gold"
Thief 3 (a loss to GOG)
Jagged Alliance 2 Gold plus expansion
Game of Thrones RPG
Unreal Gold (another GOG loss)
Quantum Conundrum
realMyst (yet another GOG loss)
Longest Journey plus Dreamfall
Bastion
Lengend of Grimrock
STALKER: Call of Pripyat

And was gifted Trine 2 and EYE from a friend.

Spent about $100.

 

[Turjan]

I should probably imply a rule not to buy anything else until I have played what I have. Or at least most of it.

You won't buy one single additional game for the rest of your life if you actually fulfill this, believe me. I've been toying around with this plan myself and it's utopia.

Yeah, that's why I added that half-assed "Or at least most of it" at the end. Which really translates to "a few". Then again, there's not much left I really want.

 

[Gord]

Hm, still contemplating Saints Row 3.
Might be fun for dicking around from time to time, but I'm not so sure if I'll play it much.

 

[Ulminati]

I bought:
CKII - Sword of Islam
W40K Spehss Mehreen
Bully
Warlock (On amazon)

I gave away surplus keys for:
1 set of all CKII DLC 'cept Sword of islam
Majesty II
Majesty HD
DOW Platinum
DOW 2
CoH
Space Rangers 2 Rebooted
Frozen Synapse
Sword of the Stars
Magicka + DLC
Victoria 2

I received keys for:
Nada. But then, there's not really anything I want either.

I still got some surplus keys taking up space in my inventory. I'm certain I'll give them away eventually.

 

[commie]

I received keys for:
Nada. But then, there's not really anything I want either.

I still got some surplus keys taking up space in my inventory. I'm certain I'll give them away eventually.

Ahh Ulminati and MHC...two other bros that gifted me stuff who I haven't been able to 'pay back' as it were, YET. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten....

 

[Secretninja]

I am King of the Fort.

 

[DarthBehemoth]

Hmmm..

I bought:

Grand Theft Auto IV
E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy
Sniper Elite V2
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga
New Vegas: Honest Hearts
New Vegas: Lonesome Road
Universe Sandbox

I know, not much but these are all the games that I never bought at release and still wanted to play. Spent about €83.

 

[Konjad]

So far I bought:
Red Orchestra 2
Victoria II
Sword of the Stars Complete Collection
Darkstar One + Patrician III + some-shit in a bundle


So far I gave away:
Twitcher
Red Orchestra x 3 and
Secret of the Magic Crystals x 2


So far I received:
Nothing on Steam, though I've got non-steam key to ArmA2OA Russian version from Skyway

 

[IDtenT]

I spent between $60 and $70. Not too bad. I've had worse.

 

[IDtenT]

Victoria II

When was that on sale? :O

 

[CorpseZeb]

What a vanity fair we have here...

Ps. So. Uhm. Dear Esther, Space Marine, Alan Wake, Alan Wake American Donuts, Fallout LV handsome roads, Dungeon Defenders, Fable One, Machinarium, Bonaticarium and Samorosticarium, GTA SA (without hot coffee, I suppose), Lone Survivor, X3 Terran and X3 Albion and Star Wars Unleashed, Legendary and DXHR Missing Adam. And I expected much more, but nothing that exhaling extraordinary was offered. Hough and many sqaw.

 

[Peter]

Bought Botanicula, Capsized and Red Orchestra 2. Spent about 10 Euros overall I think. I already owned everything I want from the previous sales!

 

[Captain Shrek]

I bought quite a few things:

DoW 2 complete - 10
Operation flashpoint: Dragon Rising - 5
Splinter cell : Conviction (WTH I thought) - 5
Galactic Empires 2 - 4
ARMA 2 complete (well without the DLCs) - 15
New Vegas non-story DLCs (regret) - 4
Batman - Arkham City Harley's revenge DLC - 4
Morrowind GOTY - 5
Wings of Prey + Luftwaffe - 7
Torchlight - 4
Warlock DLCs - 4
Brink - 5
Two worlds 2 - 10
Alan Wake complete - 11


So at most over all I spent : 94 euros.

Which was quite a lot.

 

[Pelvis Knot]

Bought Driver: SF, SimCity 4, Thief Bundle, F:NV Ultimate. 25 € in total. Wanted some other games, but not at the presented prices.

 

[Konjad]

Victoria II

When was that on sale? :O

It's on -40% sale all the time :p

 

[MetalCraze]

This sale is officially the shittiest Steam sale to date.

Shitty discounted games selection with mostly consoletard and indie crap. Shitty prices. Same games being repeated 3-4 times, even daily sales were repeated 2 times.

 

[Ulminati]

Victoria II

When was that on sale? :O

I got it in this pack a few weeks ago and gave away the steam key to a BRO 'cause I wasn't interested in VickyII. (Got it for CKII + Magicka DLC) -> http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Interactive-41051dox-Package1-Plentiful/dp/B0085CD7BE

Most paradox digital distributions come with steam keys nowadays. Shop around for a better deal than what GabeN offers, then activate it on Steams for faster download speed.

 

[Infinitron]

This sale is MASSIVELY the shittiest Steam sale to date.

Shitty discounted games selection with mostly consoletard and indie crap. Shitty prices. Same games being repeated 3-4 times, even daily sales were repeated 2 times.

fixed