The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Ulminati]

I've probably spent like 2€ on considerably worse.

Chlamydia?

 

[TripJack]

Commandos pack, rome total war pack, eu3 pack, and the binding of isaac expansion. Have mowas goty, serious sam pack, and sr3 pack sitting in my inventory. Got some gifts from true bros too.

Spent about $40 total. Made out like a bandit I think.

 

[sser]

This is my haul; some a little before the Steam sale. I have never bought so many damn games in such a short span of time.

- Alan Wake + American Nightmare. Fuck me, terrible game.
- Capsized. Awesome side-scrolling shooter. Surprised it doesn't get more attention.
- Civilization V: Gods and Kings. Haven't really tried it out yet.
- Crusader Kings Sword of Islam. Didn't bother with the other DLC.
- Drakensang: River of Time. Have yet to play it.
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition. Got it for 40% off; then it went 75% off. I don't care. It's a great game.
- Game of Thrones RPG. Combat/graphics are just like DA:O. Interesting story. Camera fucking sucks, though.
- Jagged Alliance: BIA + all the DLC. Have yet to try it. Shouldn't be too bad. I'm genre-starved since Silent Storm. Don't hate me, bros.
- Humble Indie Bundle that had Amnesia, Lone Survivor, Sword and Sworcery, Limbo, Braid, Bastion etc. They're all okay.
- Magicka and all its DLC from some other site. Have yet to play it.
- Max Payne 3 from Amazon. Mediocre shooter. Good graphics and runs well on the PC, though.
- Serious Sam 3 from Amazon. Worst starting levels ever, otherwise it's Serious Sam again.
- Sword of the Stars gifted from Uliminati pre-sale. I was gonna get GalCiv2, but then remembered I had this.
- Trine 2. Looked fun. That's it. Haven't played it yet.
- The Walking Dead. Just started the series so figured why not the game? It's pretty decent so far; wouldn't pay full-price for it, though.
- Warlock DLC because fuck it.

 

[mck]

wound up with Saints Row 3, Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Undercover, Galactic Civilizations II, Unreal Tournament III, Audiosurf, Hitman Blood Money, Mount & Blade Napoleonic Wars, Orcs Must Die, Tropico 1 & 2, Toy Soldiers, EYE, The Binding of Isaac, and Trials 2.

also almost bought jade empire til I noticed that I have a sealed copy sitting on my shelf. Seriously have no idea where the fuck it came from or how long its been there

 

[felipepepe]

Can anyone tell me if Sim City 4 is any good? Also Cities XL, how does that game work? Is it like a Sim City, or like a Tycoon game, or something else?

Cities XL is a very good game, the best SimCity-game in the last decade. Graphics are fantastic, building different kind of cities is fun and the modding community is very active. It's often criticized & overlooked due it's annoying memmory leak, that makes the game VERY slow after 2-3 hours, but if you save, exit the city and reload it you get more 2-3 hours of smooth gaming, so it's a really irrelevant issue IMHO. If you like SimCity games, grab it, it's really worth it. Also, Cities Xl 2012 is more of an expansion of Cities 2011 than anything else...you get snowy & beach themed cities and some extra biulding, but apart from that nothing much new...get 2011 and buy 2012 with the discount if you enjoy it.

SimCity 4 is an absolute classic, I recommend it very much if you never tried.

 

[Metro]

Bioshock was good, liked it about as much as System Shock 2, especially the Level design.

 

[Morgoth]

For a Xbox 360 game, the level design was indeed good.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Greenman Gaming has Last Remnant Steam key for $4. After a coupon and store credit I got it for a dollar. Probably will never play it but now I am kawaii desu~

 

[Grunker]

Bioshock was good, liked it about as much as System Shock 2, especially the Level design.

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[Ulminati]

I rage on all of them. Notice I removed the least shit titles from his OP

Just the white ones I haven't had enough calibrations on to decide how much I hate.

 

[Grunker]

Jade Empire is OK bro. Not good, but fine at that price.

 

[Ulminati]

Greenman Gaming has Last Remnant Steam key for $4. After a coupon and store credit I got it for a dollar. Probably will never play it but now I am kawaii desu~

I brofisted this just so I could un-fist it again. You are still a Bro, MHC. But standards must be maintained

 

[Metro]

Stealing from Tripjack's legwork: http://www.gamersgate.com/games?prio=relevance&q=paradoxsummersale

Gay-mer's Gate is having a Paradox sale with daily deals. Note a lot of Paradox titles activate/require Steam.

 

[RK47]

Jade Empire is OK bro. Not good, but fine at that price.

Gotta enjoy some closed fisting at times. Yeah. It's unique, for sure. I'm thinking of getting it too.

 

[sea]

Jade Empire is OK bro. Not good, but fine at that price.

Gotta enjoy some closed fisting at times. Yeah. It's unique, for sure. I'm thinking of getting it too.

Time for another LP?

 

[RK47]

Sure, going back to my Azn roots. It's a faithful depiction of classic eastern mythology, this game is. Bioware has done so much for the Canadian Chinese population by releasing such a jaded gem.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Which Asian country are you from/in, RK47?

 

[RK47]

Which Asian country are you from/in, RK47?

Singapore. Was born in Indonesia but that was half a lifetime ago.

 

[kazgar]

I bought jade empire not long after pc release, have some metal tin version at home, wondering if to do a steam backup. Probably not gonna worry about it, enjoyed it at the time though.

I grabbed SR3 but as a gift code in case I can't be bothered with it later, it was under $10 for dlc version, while the original was $14

Otherwise got

isaac dlc
ckII dlc
double fine bundle
bards tale
grotesque tactics II

of most use has been the Isaac DLC, probably look at the double fine stuff next.

 

[Metro]

Costume Quest is pretty solid, albeit a bit short (6-7 hours with the DLC). Recently tried Shoot Many Robots (one of my purchases) and it's pretty fun. Apparently they're going to release a F2P 'PvP/Arena' version on Steam where you fight against other people.

Also, some Amazon sales coming up (some Steamworks, some not):

Borderlands GOTY - $7.49 - Steam

Deals on 7.28 ONLY

Binary Domain - $9.99 - Steam
Dreamcast Collection - $4.99 - Not Steam
Sega Sports Spectacular - $12.49 - Virtua Tennis 4 not steam
Total War Bundle - $29.99 - Some steam
Virtua Tennis 4 - $4.99 - not steam
Grand Theft Auto IV - $9.99 - Steam Version
Grand Theft Auto IV - $9.99 - non steam version
Bioshock Dual Pack - $7.49 - Steam version
Bioshock Dual Pack - $7.49 - Non-Steam version
Civ IV & V Pack - $11.99 - Civ V Steam Civ IV not
Spec Ops The Line - $24.99 - Steam
Civ V GOTY - $24.99 - Steam
Civ V - $14.99 - Steam
Civ IV Complete - $14.99 - Steam
Civ IV Complete - $14.99 - DRM Free
2K Mega Pack - $39.99 - All Steam except CivCity Rome
2K Mega Pack - $39.99 - Mixed back on DRM
2K Strategy Pack - $19.99 - All Steam
2K Strategy Pack - $19.99 Civ V Steam, Civ IV and Stronghold Collection not
2K Shooter Pack - All Steam - $19.99
2K Shooter Pack - $19.99 Duke Nukem + Borderlands GOTY Steam, Bioshock 1+2 Not
Rockstar Classics (All Steam) - $14.99 - All Steam
Rockstar Classics - $14.99 - None Steam
X-Com Collection - $2.99
Darkness II - $12.49 - Steam
Max Payne 3 - $29.99 Not Steam

Also also:

Hitman Triple Threat Pack - $7.49 - Steam

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Jesus wept. Got a wild hair up my ass to install Desura and add all the shitty indie bundles I've bought to it since I got a Postal 2 complete Desura key and wanted to look at it for some stupid ass reason. Making an account is no issue, takes a couple minutes to find where you're supposed to add keys to your account and where your games are listed in the program. "Finally" thinks I, "it's time to download this dumb game". Then BAM, this error.

I get this almost every time I try to download the game. At one point it downloaded 200 megs before it popped up. Every time I resume it downloads a few more pieces before exploding again. Sure is no Steam I tell you what.

 

[kingcomrade]

Jaesun I was gonna say hi to you on #fallout but you got booted prob cause irc is bigoted

 

[Monk]

Wanted to buy Arma A2 CO to play Dayz, but I was hoping for something like $15. Also, I think they will be releasing a standalone version.

 

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[barker_s]

Now that I have a job I bought a shitload of games that I won't play, because I have a job o_O . The circle of life.

Nevertheless, I've got some games I always wanted to have legit - Thief series (got those somewhere on the cd's though), Bloodlines, Metro 2033, STALKER, CivIV Complete...

Moreover, I bought Amazon Paradox Package (mainly for the Warlock) and I'm left with some Crusader Knights DLC's that I won't probably use in the foreseeable future. If any of you bros wants them, hit me on the PM and specify which ones would you like. Here's the list:

1. Crusader Kings II: Dynasty Shields DLC Pack
2. Crusader Kings II: Mongols DLC Pack
3. Crusader Kings II: Ruler Designer DLC
4. Crusader Kings II: Songs of Albion DLC
5. Crusader Kings II: Songs of Faith DLC
6. Crusader Kings II: Songs of the Holy Land DLC

Also, If any of you bros got spare Warlock DLC's, I'd gladly take them off your hands .