The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Rahdulan]

I don't know who's responsible but his goof is my gain. Buying the game at 75% off was my plan anyway. It just happened sooner than expected.

 

[Azalin]

I don't know who's responsible but his goof is my gain. Buying the game at 75% off was my plan anyway. It just happened sooner than expected.

They fixed it just as I was putting in in my cart...

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/call-of-cthulhu?hmb_source=search_bar

Price error for Call of Cthulhu, it's 75% off on Humble.

Thanks for that! Focus-published janky RPGs hit the spot for me at the $5-10 range and I didn't expect CoC to hit that for a while so I scooped up a copy.

Not much in the Steam sale tickling my fancy. $15 for Neverwinter Nights enhanced complete collection which I'll probably go for since roughly $10 is my Beamdog range. Even though the knocks against it are NWNEE is less useful than the IE games since it isn't even "Hey we already included resolution mods and added minor quality of life shit", and NWN itself is far less likely to be something I'll want to play again. I played the absolute and everloving fuck out of it back in the day (Namely modules since I've never once finished the base campaign because it's awful) but I dunno if I'll want to play SoU or HotU again. Haven't played most of the premium modules though so maybe there's some fun in there. Also thinking about the $16 Dumpsterfire season pass just because I'll probably want to try it with all the DLC and patches and see if it's less shit. PoE1 improved a decent amount with DLC and patches so maybe the same'll hold true with 2.

 

[Bocian]

Even though the knocks against it are NWNEE is less useful than the IE games since it isn't even "Hey we already included resolution mods and added minor quality of life shit", and NWN itself is far less likely to be something I'll want to play again. I played the absolute and everloving fuck out of it back in the day (Namely modules since I've never once finished the base campaign because it's awful) but I dunno if I'll want to play SoU or HotU again.

One and only reason to ever buy this is if you wish to play multiplayer servers which require it. Otherwise you're better off downloading diamond edition (which was free on gog), also it's possible that old modules might not run properly on EE.

 

[markec]

A standard meh sale, but as always I find something to buy.

 

[Don Peste]

 

[Azalin]

All Total Warhammer dlcs are 50% off some of them for the first time.

 

[Rahdulan]

Not sure if confirmed yet as such, but This Is the Police 2 also seems to be a price mistake with 75% off.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/this-is-the-police-2

 

[Zombra]

Not sure if confirmed yet as such, but This Is the Police 2 also seems to be a price mistake with 75% off.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/this-is-the-police-2

play this game maggots

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

Oh man, someone is going to have a rough day tomorrow at Humble Bundle...

 

[Don Peste]

Feargus' Favourite, Tsus + Poseidon


The system doesn't allow to nominate Troika for the Awards


I believe this is a historical low

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/call-of-cthulhu?hmb_source=search_bar

Price error for Call of Cthulhu, it's 75% off on Humble.

Thanks for that! Focus-published janky RPGs hit the spot for me at the $5-10 range and I didn't expect CoC to hit that for a while so I scooped up a copy.

Not much in the Steam sale tickling my fancy. $15 for Neverwinter Nights enhanced complete collection which I'll probably go for since roughly $10 is my Beamdog range. Even though the knocks against it are NWNEE is less useful than the IE games since it isn't even "Hey we already included resolution mods and added minor quality of life shit", and NWN itself is far less likely to be something I'll want to play again. I played the absolute and everloving fuck out of it back in the day (Namely modules since I've never once finished the base campaign because it's awful) but I dunno if I'll want to play SoU or HotU again. Haven't played most of the premium modules though so maybe there's some fun in there. Also thinking about the $16 Dumpsterfire season pass just because I'll probably want to try it with all the DLC and patches and see if it's less shit. PoE1 improved a decent amount with DLC and patches so maybe the same'll hold true with 2.

Yes, that's exactly the right price point for me for the NWNEE as well, however, I need that deal on gog not steam unfortunately & it's not on gog's Black Friday sale. I have two laptops for different games you see, one for low memory older games & one for newer high memory games, both used at different locations. The one that specialises in older and lower memory games doesn't have steam & is kinda my gog machine & that's the one I want NWN on. So this is annoying for me.

For this steam sale I've plumped for Divinity Original Sin 1 Enhanced Edition & The Banner Saga 1 for a very acceptable price of a total of £12.17. I'm sorely tempted by the Tyranny Gold & Pillars of Eternity Definitive, but even in a big sale they both still cost more than the two games I bought combined individually. I guess the difference is that both the Obsidian games are rife with expansions/DLC which is cranking up the cost & while I'd like to play those two Obsid games at some point, they really are pricing themselves right at the top of the market & I'm not entirely sure the content warrants it, beyond there being a lot of it, or, at least, lots and lots of small chunks of them spread all over the place. Makes me suspicious about whether I'm being sucked into a Paradox money train rather than just buying an old cRPG.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Even though the knocks against it are NWNEE is less useful than the IE games since it isn't even "Hey we already included resolution mods and added minor quality of life shit", and NWN itself is far less likely to be something I'll want to play again. I played the absolute and everloving fuck out of it back in the day (Namely modules since I've never once finished the base campaign because it's awful) but I dunno if I'll want to play SoU or HotU again.

One and only reason to ever buy this is if you wish to play multiplayer servers which require it. Otherwise you're better off downloading diamond edition (which was free on gog), also it's possible that old modules might not run properly on EE.

Well it does include the premium modules which diamond edition doesn't. How good they are I can't really say since the only one I bought and played back in the day was Infinite Dungeons (A misguided desire for a modern Dungeon Hack) and even though ID was fairly cool and really fucking impressive it didn't have the same casual pick up and play charm of Dungeon Hack.

Considering Prey Mooncrash too. $10 isn't fantastic, but I did love the shit out of Prey and heard good things about Mooncrash.

For this steam sale I've plumped for Divinity Original Sin 1 Enhanced Edition & The Banner Saga 1 for a very acceptable price of a total of £12.17. I'm sorely tempted by the Tyranny Gold & Pillars of Eternity Definitive, but even in a big sale they both still cost more than the two games I bought combined individually. I guess the difference is that both the Obsidian games are rife with expansions/DLC which is cranking up the cost & while I'd like to play those two Obsid games at some point, they really are pricing themselves right at the top of the market & I'm not entirely sure the content warrants it, beyond there being a lot of it, or, at least, lots and lots of small chunks of them spread all over the place. Makes me suspicious about whether I'm being sucked into a Paradox money train rather than just buying an old cRPG.

With Tyranny you're getting stuck with some extra bullshit. Soundtrack, "Deluxe edition upgrade", and portrait pack are all easily skippable. The two actual content DLCs aren't that vital either. Tales from the Tiers adds some extra fluff/text adventure bits and Bastard's Wound adds a side dungeon which is only particularly viable for non-loyal playthroughs and is also pretty much side content. For the complete experience obviously you'd want both, but you aren't exactly missing out if you skip them either.

PoE1's DLC is a bit different. On one hand it's some of the best content in PoE1. Nice areas, some decent (By PoE standards which still isn't that great) encounters, fun new party members, etc. On the other hand, it doesn't mesh with PoE1's story AT ALL (PoE1's story trying to put you in a race to keep your sanity but all of a sudden you decide for some winter funtime adventures in the DLC) and it doesn't even mesh with the gameplay of PoE1 at all. Once you fuck off and do the DLC adventure and come back to PoE1 proper, you reach a point in the game where a popup window appears and says "Hey, you bought our DLC. Thanks! However, since we decided to make the DLC mid-game content you're now overleveled for the regular story. Do you want to remain overpowered or do you want enemies to scale to your level with no extra rewards?" which is lame as all goddamn hell. So even though the PoE1 DLC is good it's also EXTREMELY skippable both story-wise and for maintaining the flow of gameplay. Even though it's still good content. It's fucked up. Though I'll also add that the sale price on both of those doesn't look very good, yeah.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

So Humble Bundle refunded me the money for Call of Cthulu and they will revoke the key.

I think that’s illegal at least according to EU law, but whatever...

 

[Sceptic]

So Humble Bundle refunded me the money for Call of Cthulu and they will revoke the key.

I think that’s illegal at least according to EU law, but whatever...

Yep it's illegal. Whenever there's a discrepancy between displayed price and actual price, the seller has to use whichever is lower. Considering in your case the transaction had already occurred and they're revoking and refunding after the fact, there's a double problem there...

It's funny how "piracy is like stealing a car", but as soon as it comes to basic consumer protection when it comes to prices it's suddenly perfectly ok to come into your house, take back their goods and leave a refund on the table revoke keys because physical and digital goods are not the same

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Yeah, that's some absolute shit. They say they're going to give me $5 Humble store credit which whoopty fucking doo, I can count the number of games I've bought from their store on one hand and I'm pretty sure store credit doesn't apply toward bundles. Almost makes a person want to spitefully install the game and poopsock it before they revoke it since it's supposedly like 10 hours long, except I'm not inclined to do that anyway and it's Thanksgiving which is another disincentive. I guess that's decent enough reason to pick up the Prey Mooncrash DLC. I was bitching about not being crazy about the $10 price on Steam, but Humble's running the same deal so I can use their $5 funbux.

 

[Latelistener]

 

[you know what time it is]

Reminded me of French animation quite a bit, looked up the artist and he's from Barcelona. Closenough.jpg

Looks very pretty though, with a good score to boot.

 

[agentorange]

Some super cheap hidden gems.

 

[Rahdulan]

So Humble Bundle refunded me the money for Call of Cthulu and they will revoke the key.

I think that’s illegal at least according to EU law, but whatever...

They haven't recalled my key yet, but I guess they're taking their time. And yeah it is a bullshit move. Say what you want about Gaben but Steam will eat the price difference if they screw up and honor the deal. I suppose IGN, which now owns Humble Bundle, has no such inclination.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

I got the email and the refund about CoC, but still have the game on my library. Let's see what happens.

 

[Alienman]

I got the email and the refund about CoC, but still have the game on my library. Let's see what happens.

Doesn't it say license missing or something like that if you press it?

 

[Rahdulan]

You could theoretically have three days to play through the game if they really take a while to get to your order.

Along with this email, you will be receiving a refund of your order, and the game key will also be revoked shortly. If you don't see the refund to your payment method within 72 hours, please contact our support team at https://support.humblebundle.com.

 

[Solid Snail]

So Humble Bundle refunded me the money for Call of Cthulu and they will revoke the key.

I think that’s illegal at least according to EU law, but whatever...

Same here. And yes it's illegal. If we wouldn't for it (aka if they would price it 0€) than yes, they can revoke the key, but we paid the product and still they issued a refund.

Did you receive the 5$ wallet bonus? I have nothing on my Humble account.

 

[Latelistener]