Steam Summer Sale 2014

Peanut Butter Jelly

Stanley Parable?

gazzamc

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Stanley Parable?

Don't have that but I don't know if ill like it.. Looks kind of boring..

If it goes lower I may pick it up..

Peanut Butter Jelly

Papers please?

MiskyBoyy

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Papers please?

Here you go...

gazzamc

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Papers please?

I've played it.. It worth maybe 99c tbh..

Links234

gazzamc wrote: »

Don't have that but I don't know if ill like it.. Looks kind of boring..

If it goes lower I may pick it up..

Best way to survive Steam Sales is don't dump the dosh on something cheap that you wouldn't be interested in otherwise. If the Stanley Parable looks boring, or you're not interested in it, then don't pick it up just because it's on sale.

nesf

Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that you've bought all the interesting stuff on Steam already? :P

Burgo

nesf wrote: »

Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that you've bought all the interesting stuff on Steam already? :P

A long time ago, doesn't stop me spending money

ZeitgeistGlee

Jesus the Greens have come out with a vengeance today. :pac:

mrcheez

Links234 wrote: »

Best way to survive Steam Sales is don't dump the dosh on something cheap that you wouldn't be interested in otherwise. If the Stanley Parable looks boring, or you're not interested in it, then don't pick it up just because it's on sale.

Also I find that items on sale usually end up cheaper by the time you finally get around to playing them ... so only buy stuff that you reckon you're gonna actually play in the next month or so

(says I with several Games with Gold Xbox / GOG.com games I've downloaded and not even opened)

MadYaker

Links234 wrote: »

Best way to survive Steam Sales is don't dump the dosh on something cheap that you wouldn't be interested in otherwise. If the Stanley Parable looks boring, or you're not interested in it, then don't pick it up just because it's on sale.

But its only €4.79!!! Thats the price of a pint! **** this I'm buying it, and Age Of Empires.

Links234

nesf wrote: »

Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that you've bought all the interesting stuff on Steam already? :P

Moi? Not in the least, I've just been through a few Steam sales and getting something just because it's cheap can tend to make for some clutter of unplayed games. I still have things from last year's summer sale I've not even touched yet (Max Payne 3, Alan Wake Franchise pack) and things that I've not played at all yet (LA Noire, X-Com).

My survival tips for Steam sales would be, know what you want going in, and have an idea of the kind of price you'd like to pay for it. Be really careful with impulse purchases, make sure it's the kind of game you'd like and check the ratings/reviews beforehand. Don't buy something cheap just because it's something you 'might' play, try and only buy things you know you'll play.

gazzamc

Links234 wrote: »

Best way to survive Steam Sales is don't dump the dosh on something cheap that you wouldn't be interested in otherwise. If the Stanley Parable looks boring, or you're not interested in it, then don't pick it up just because it's on sale.

Just tried the demo.. Not my game.. I guess I'll just wait for something I like lol

ZeitgeistGlee

MadYaker wrote: »

and Age Of Empires.

AoE2 HD is definitely worth a punt if you enjoyed the original. Still a great RTS years on.

Sonics2k

nesf wrote: »

Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that you've bought all the interesting stuff on Steam already? :P

Yup, got it pretty bad this year so far.

All the games going I already have, and a lot of the indie ones aren't a massive interest to me.

I'm not complaining mind, previous Steam sales have served me so well that my gaming collection is immense and I have great selecting of games, many of which I haven't finished yet!

Mickeroo

Anyone having trouble with the steam client? It won't let me add papers please to my cart. Why won't you shut up and take my money steam?

Also, does anyone reckon Stanley Parable will run ok on a bog standard-ish laptop with an intel integrated graphics?

Links234

gazzamc wrote: »

Just tried the demo.. Not my game.. I guess I'll just wait for something I like lol

There ya go! Shop smart, shop S-Mart :pac:

Yeti Beast

Mickeroo wrote: »

Anyone having trouble with the steam client? It won't let me add papers please to my cart. Why won't you shut up and take my money steam?

Had that problem earlier with a different game - working now though.

pablomakaveli

Already own most of the stuff on sale today bar the early access stuff which i'm not touching with a 9 foot pole. Crafted my first badge earlier. Given the blue team have been ****e so far probably not going to matter.

Antar Bolaeisk

Mickeroo wrote: »

Anyone having trouble with the steam client? It won't let me add papers please to my cart. Why won't you shut up and take my money steam?

Also, does anyone reckon Stanley Parable will run ok on a bog standard-ish laptop with an intel integrated graphics?

If you can run HL2/Portal okay then this should perform about the same, maybe a bit better as the levels aren't that complex.

Links234

Aaaaaand... girlfriend just gifted me Van Helsing 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKES58m_BXQ

I got her Payday 2 today and the Commandos/Desperados collection on GOG

Think I've pretty much got what I wanted out of this sale, unless something else comes up that really blows me away.

shruikan2553

I feel sorry for the people that won a game that was less than 2 euro on sale already.

Mickeroo

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

If you can run HL2/Portal okay then this should perform about the same, maybe a bit better as the levels aren't that complex.

It ran the first Witcher game, just, if that's any indicator? Runs Civ 5 fine with everything turned down too.

Edit: system requirements lab says I can run it so that's good enough for me

CastorTroy

Started playing Marlow Briggs. So far I'm surprised how cheap it was considering I would describe it as a cross between God of War and Enslaved. Probably a short game.

Rossi IRL

Cmon Tropico, come down under €30, im board ****less

MacBizzle

Any good games for sale for €1.79 or under? Might as well empty my Steam Wallet :P

nesf

Links234 wrote: »

Moi? Not in the least, I've just been through a few Steam sales and getting something just because it's cheap can tend to make for some clutter of unplayed games. I still have things from last year's summer sale I've not even touched yet (Max Payne 3, Alan Wake Franchise pack) and things that I've not played at all yet (LA Noire, X-Com).

My survival tips for Steam sales would be, know what you want going in, and have an idea of the kind of price you'd like to pay for it. Be really careful with impulse purchases, make sure it's the kind of game you'd like and check the ratings/reviews beforehand. Don't buy something cheap just because it's something you 'might' play, try and only buy things you know you'll play.

You clearly don't understand the point of Steam Sales! Deep discounts are for games you might play...


(This is actually kinda true, if you're not young/student, if Skyrim was something you'd definitely play, you'd have bought it already)

MacBizzle

Mickeroo wrote: »

It ran the first Witcher game, just, if that's any indicator? Runs Civ 5 fine with everything turned down too.

My laptop can't run the Witcher 1 with an FPS above about 10, but it can run Far Cry 3 on medium-high settings at ~40FPS...

Links234

nesf wrote: »

You clearly don't understand the point of Steam Sales! Deep discounts are for games you might play...


(This is actually kinda true, if you're not young/student, if Skyrim was something you'd definitely play, you'd have bought it already)

Just trying to advise people on how to avoid the "Why the **** did I buy that?" thing and having a clutter of games they'll never play

(I got Skyrim for Christmas when it came out)

shootermacg

Just finished 2 games of contagion and its a blast. They go down the restrict ammo, swarms of slow zombies approach, which is really refreshing.

degrassinoel

It came out in November 2011 slacker!

Ahh, i cant really slag ye off, i only got Rage there yesterday

nesf

Links234 wrote: »

Just trying to advise people on how to avoid the "Why the **** did I buy that?" thing and having a clutter of games they'll never play

(I got Skyrim for Christmas when it came out)

I don't experience that. I've a large stack of games I want to play, I don't really have any "why did I buy that?" ones. :P

nesf

This is what I mean, mostly when I look at the sales in the genres I play it looks like this:



Green = purchased and Wasteland shouldn't be there, it's an RPG (and looks promising but I'm wary of Early Access usually, a notable exception being Prison Architect there).

Any of the interesting, nicely discounted stuff tends to be games I already own (or, be Early Access which I'm usually not interested in).

degrassinoel

That reminds me, i've had wasteland 2 on my wishlist for ages too, still a shockingly high price for it though

Mickeroo

MacBizzle wrote: »

My laptop can't run the Witcher 1 with an FPS above about 10, but it can run Far Cry 3 on medium-high settings at ~40FPS...

That seems bizarre. I have 6gb of ram and an i3 processor but the graphics is the HD family which is brutal. Witcher ran fine, I have no idea what the fps was (wouldn't even know how to check tbh) but it seemed no different to any other game I've played, there were some issues when the screen got cluttered with enemies or there was a lot going on but for the most part it was fine.

seriously doubt I could run far cry 3 at any setting though I was temopted to give the Stick of Truth a go since it looks like a south park cartoon.

Varik

Is this sale seriously under-performing or were Valve actually prepared this time, as my new games are actually downloading at full speed.

I usually have to play around with regions.

MacBizzle

Mickeroo wrote: »

That seems bizarre. I have 6gb of ram and an i3 processor but the graphics is the HD family which is brutal. Witcher ran fine, I have no idea what the fps was (wouldn't even know how to check tbh) but it seemed no different to any other game I've played, there were some issues when the screen got cluttered with enemies or there was a lot going on but for the most part it was fine.

seriously doubt I could run far cry 3 at any setting though I was temopted to give the Stick of Truth a go since it looks like a south park cartoon.

I think the game was clashing with AMD Catalyst Control Centre and it was stuck on ultra settings or something. My laptop should still have been able to handle that well though :P Could be a Windows 8 issue as well, the game is fairly old.

Sephiroth_dude

So far I got the new state of decay doc,payday 2 and prison architect .

Falthyron

First purchase of the Steam Sale 2014: Wasteland 2. Just had to as I know I will sink hours into it. For those wondering, its official release is August, so its practically finished.

ShadowHearth

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Cmon Tropico, come down under €30, im board ****less

Yours for only 19eu
http://www.kinguin.net/category/5915/tropico-5-steam-gift/

MiskyBoyy

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Yours for only 19eu
http://www.kinguin.net/category/5915/tropico-5-steam-gift/

I Kinguin

ShadowHearth

Falthyron wrote: »

First purchase of the Steam Sale 2014: Wasteland 2. Just had to as I know I will sink hours into it. For those wondering, its official release is August, so its practically finished.

Is it at good playable state right now? You can start it and finish it? I am really worried about single player story games like this.

Falthyron

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Is it at good playable state right now? You can start it and finish it? I am really worried about single player story games like this.

From what I understand, it is possible to complete it. However, there may be bugs and problems towards the later stage of the game. Maybe, wait until the Xmas sale if you really want a flawless, complete edition. I, on the other hand, can't wait!

Also, its been three days since the sale started and I haven't bought anything. I couldn't hold out any longer! :P

degrassinoel

Falthyron wrote: »

First purchase of the Steam Sale 2014: Wasteland 2. Just had to as I know I will sink hours into it. For those wondering, its official release is August, so its practically finished.

I heard somewhere the release will be cheaper than the early access

Falthyron

degrassinoel wrote: »

I heard somewhere the release will be cheaper than the early access

Nooooooooooo!

Glebee

nesf wrote: »

Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that you've bought all the interesting stuff on Steam already? :P

I fear my friend this might be true. One to many steam sale has beaten me. A few items on my wish list but will wait till last day if nothing turns up on daily sales between then.

Sephiroth_dude

Falthyron wrote: »

First purchase of the Steam Sale 2014: Wasteland 2. Just had to as I know I will sink hours into it. For those wondering, its official release is August, so its practically finished.

Im really tempted by that

gavmcg92

So far so good.

Have purchased payday2, the stanley parable, skyrim legendary, super meat boy and bioshock infinite.

Main games I'm looking out for is some of the earlier assassin's creed games (want to play them again but on pc) and civ V.

Links234

I bought Defy Gravity Extended, because it was €0.19

MiskyBoyy

Links234 wrote: »

I bought Defy Gravity Extended, because it was €0.19

You'd probably make a profit selling the cards lol