Steam Summer Sale 2014

Maximus Alexander

The only thing I'm after in this sale are a couple of indie titles that I'm not convinced are worth full price, but still intrigue me.

For example, the rather odd Always Sometimes Monsters which I'd like to try, but I'm not convinced will give me a tenner worth of entertainment. Or The Forest, which is early access, and I've promised myself to stop buying games that are in early access. I sale might be enough to see me renege on that promise though. And by 'might' I mean 'definitely will'.

That said, roll on to the end of the sale and I'll probably have bought 20 games again, of which I'll play 4. :pac:

TheDoc

thegame983 wrote: »

No Dice. Wait for 75% off during the sale

Wasn't there some Deuz Ex HR DLC that was good? Cant seem to find it on the Steam store.

I have just the original launch copy

gazzamc

I'm waiting on Skyrim Legendary edition .. Also guys keep an eye on Amazon US as they usually price match most games and it ends up working out cheaper for us ;P

Trying not to splash to much on this sale... But we'll see.. ;(

thegame983

TheDoc wrote: »

Wasn't there some Deuz Ex HR DLC that was good? Cant seem to find it on the Steam store.

I have just the original launch copy

Yeah it looks like there's only the director's cut available, which includes the DLC. That's annoying

Yeti Beast

TheDoc wrote: »

Wasn't there some Deuz Ex HR DLC that was good? Cant seem to find it on the Steam store.

I have just the original launch copy

Yeah, the Missing Link DLC is supposed to be good. Think it's disappeared because of them (SquareEnix) trying to shove the Director's Cut edition at people? The original non-DC edition and DLC still pop up on sale on GMG, Amazon etc from time to time though, so keep an eye out. I got the complete Deus Ex pack on GMG a few weeks back. All the following for a tenner;

1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
3. Deus Ex: Invisible War
4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
5. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Tactical Enhancement
6. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Explosive Mission.

thegame983

Also guys, you should check out sites like steamtrades. You can quite often get games even cheaper on there. People in Russia etc get the games at their local price and then trade them for TF2 keys. That's where I buy the bulk of my games. Desu ex: HR Directors cut, when it hits 75% off, will most likely cost 2 keys, which it around 3.50 euro.

Cravez

TheDoc wrote: »

Actually as we speak, there is a 60% off Deus Ex Human Revolution Directors cut, thats a good early deal, its only like €8

If you already have Deus Ex HR on your steam account (the vanilla, non Directors Cut version) you get the directors cut at a very significant discount anyway.

gazzamc

thegame983 wrote: »

Also guys, you should check out sites like steamtrades. You can quite often get games even cheaper on there. People in Russia etc get the games at their local price and then trade them for TF2 keys. That's where I buy the bulk of my games. Desu ex: HR Directors cut, when it hits 75% off, will most likely cost 2 keys, which it around 3.50 euro.

Some games are region locked so check before purchase..

TheDoc

Cravez wrote: »

If you already have Deus Ex HR on your steam account (the vanilla, non Directors Cut version) you get the directors cut at a very significant discount anyway.

I think thats why I'm seeing it for €7 right now

Directors cut includes all DLC?

Yeti Beast

gazzamc wrote: »

Some games are region locked so check before purchase..

Might be handy for some people.

Raphael

Looking to pick up Banished, Shadowrun:Dragonfall, XCOM: Enemy Within & Contraption Maker if they get 75% or more off. Will probably end up picking up a whole bunch of other stuff though. At least my bank balance is pretty depleted right now, never thought I'd find myself go glad about that.

thegame983

gazzamc wrote: »

Some games are region locked so check before purchase..

Yes. In general most new AAA games (Assassins' Creed 4, watch Dogs, etc) are region locked, or any games from big publishers (Child of Light)but any indie or basically non AAA game is fine. (such as Transistor)

The 4 games I want: Banished, Kentucky Route Zero, Shadowrun Returns & the Banner Saga are all region free. So happy day.

It's a nice way to save even more.

EDIT: Also older games are fine. i.e. All the Assassin's Creed games before Black Flag are region free

Glebee

thegame983 wrote: »

Yes. In general most new AAA games (Assassins' Creed 4, watch Dogs, etc) are region locked, or any games from big publishers (Child of Light)but any indie or basically non AAA game is fine. (such as Transistor)

The 4 games I want: Banished, Kentucky Route Zero, Shadowrun Returns & the Banner Saga are all region free. So happy day.

It's a nice way to save even more.

EDIT: Also older games are fine. i.e. All the Assassin's Creed games before Black Flag are region free

Kentucky Route Zero and Shadowrun Returns have been poppoing up cheap on gog.com over the last few days...

Shiminay

There's an official DLC for Shadowrun Returns as well as tons of Steam Workshop content, so I'd urge everyone to consider it if it comes up.

Doc reminded me about the Total War series, I think I'll get Shogun 2 as it seems to be the most highly regarded and I've been keen to get my hands on one of those games.

gazzamc

Yeti Beast wrote: »

Might be handy for some people.

Good post..

thegame983 wrote: »

Yes. In general most new AAA games (Assassins' Creed 4, watch Dogs, etc) are region locked, or any games from big publishers (Child of Light)but any indie or basically non AAA game is fine. (such as Transistor)

The 4 games I want: Banished, Kentucky Route Zero, Shadowrun Returns & the Banner Saga are all region free. So happy day.

It's a nice way to save even more.

EDIT: Also older games are fine. i.e. All the Assassin's Creed games before Black Flag are region free

Yep it's always nice to save a few euro.. I would add that there are a few scammers on steam trades so make sure they're reputable before trading.

The only ones I that had some issues with were the Metro games.. Although I did get a ROW key for last light when it released.. It depends a lot... The link above helps picking the right gams...

thegame983

Shiminay wrote: »

There's an official DLC for Shadowrun Returns as well as tons of Steam Workshop content, so I'd urge everyone to consider it if it comes up.

Doc reminded me about the Total War series, I think I'll get Shogun 2 as it seems to be the most highly regarded and I've been keen to get my hands on one of those games.

I'd personally recommend Medieval 2. I'm pretty sure the steam version come with the expansion. The mods are outstanding.

I much prefer the setting to Feudal Japan personally.

PS. Don't bother with Rome 2. I'm not of of these fanatics who likes to get all up in developer's faces for releasing a bad game...but it's really poor. Especially when compared to what came before.

3wayswitch

thegame983 wrote: »

Yes. In general most new AAA games (Assassins' Creed 4, watch Dogs, etc) are region locked, or any games from big publishers (Child of Light)but any indie or basically non AAA game is fine. (such as Transistor)

The 4 games I want: Banished, Kentucky Route Zero, Shadowrun Returns & the Banner Saga are all region free. So happy day.

It's a nice way to save even more.

EDIT: Also older games are fine. i.e. All the Assassin's Creed games before Black Flag are region free

I got a black flag key cheap off Amazon.com for steam and it installed fine without any issues.

Steviemoyne

My rule of thumb for this sale: Don't buy anything even remotely resembling (B)Early (Complete) Access.

Apart from that I'll jump all over Dark Souls 2 for a good sale price. Possibly Payday 2 also.

thegame983

3wayswitch wrote: »

I got a black flag key cheap off Amazon.com for steam and it installed fine without any issues.

Yeah, what I meant was that it's region locked in Russia on Steam. That's the cheapest (or at least one of the cheapest) places to buy games directly from Steam.

For example. Bioshock Infinite is region locked in Russia, but like yourself, I just bought it from Amazon.com

TheDoc

Steviemoyne wrote: »

My rule of thumb for this sale: Don't buy anything even remotely resembling (B)Early (Complete) Access.

Apart from that I'll jump all over Dark Souls 2 for a good sale price. Possibly Payday 2 also.

Payday 2 is €6, how much of a sale are you hoping for :O

Falthyron

TheDoc wrote: »

Payday 2 is €6, how much of a sale are you hoping for :O

That's the latest DLC's price. PAYDAY 2 is priced at 27.99.

TheDoc

Falthyron wrote: »

That's the latest DLC's price. PAYDAY 2 is priced at 27.99.

oh right, not very clear, just says "Payday 2" on my steam catalogue

Maximus Alexander

Guys when does the sale actually start? Is it today?

Falthyron

TWO HOURS!! Like a kid at Christmas here...

Steviemoyne

TheDoc wrote: »

Payday 2 is €6, how much of a sale are you hoping for :O

I'm hoping for a negative price!

Ah no, on the same note though I hope none of the Flash sales mess up, if they go negative the buy buttons get removed which is really frustrating at times.

degrassinoel

Falthyron wrote: »

TWO HOURS!! Like a kid at Christmas here...

if you're like me, you installed all those games you never played since the last sale last night, and got all the cards by having the game running but tabbed out, sold the cards on the marketplace and have a few quid on your steamwallet from it for tonight..

Falthyron

degrassinoel wrote: »

if you're like me, you installed all those games you never played since the last sale last night, and got all the cards by having the game running but tabbed out, sold the cards on the marketplace and have a few quid on your steamwallet from it for tonight..

My long lost brother!?! How did you know!?! :eek:

TheDoc

degrassinoel wrote: »

if you're like me, you installed all those games you never played since the last sale last night, and got all the cards by having the game running but tabbed out, sold the cards on the marketplace and have a few quid on your steamwallet from it for tonight..

I really never even checked out steamcards, and have no idea what they are. Feel a bit silly now since lads are talking about making real $$$ from selling them.

degrassinoel

it's handy for sales and F2P games that you can just use the steamwallet to buy premium for the likes of warthunder or pick up that supercheap 1.99 indie game you never thought about buying until the price went to 80% off

thegame983

degrassinoel wrote: »

it's handy for sales and F2P games that you can just use the steamwallet to buy premium for the likes of warthunder or pick up that supercheap 1.99 indie game you never thought about buying until the price went to 80% off

Agreed!. I'm pretty broke right now so I put all 200 or so cards on the marketplace a few days ago. Sold nearly half of them for 14 euro. Still another 10 or so quid to be made. Nice!

degrassinoel

lol i thought i was doing well with my 4 euro haha

ScumLord

degrassinoel wrote: »

it's handy for sales and F2P games that you can just use the steamwallet to buy premium for the likes of warthunder or pick up that supercheap 1.99 indie game you never thought about buying until the price went to 80% off

I still don't get it. Who are you selling them to and why would anyone buy them?

Tipsy McSwagger

75 mins:)

Won't be buying anything unless it's a flash sale, daily deal or maybe community choice. Having said that I am desperate for Skyrim with all the DLC.

thegame983

ScumLord wrote: »

I still don't get it. Who are you selling them to and why would anyone buy them?

You just list them on the marketplace, then someone buys them eventually. They generally sell for anything between 5 & 15 cent (sometimes more, but rarely)

Basically if you complete a 'set' of cards, you can craft a 'badge' and level up your steam profile.

Essentially, there's just digital collector cards that come free with certain games.

Maximus Alexander

ScumLord wrote: »

I still don't get it. Who are you selling them to and why would anyone buy them?

Yeah I don't get it at all, but I sell them and money appears so, whatever, I won't complain.

VinLieger

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

75 mins:)

Won't be buying anything unless it's a flash sale, daily deal or maybe community choice. Having said that I am desperate for Skyrim with all the DLC.

If you see it all for 12 grab it, wont go lower than that id say, got that deal last year and 12 is a damn good price for all that content

thegame983

Some tips for anyone who hasn't experienced a Steam Sale before. Check out the diagram half way down. http://digitalgamedeals.com/steam-summer-getaway-sale-2013-live-runs-from-711-22/

Steviemoyne

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Having said that I am desperate for Skyrim with all the DLC.

If you don't already have the previous elder scrolls games I strongly suggest looking into The Elder Scrolls Anthology. Comes with all the maps, all the games and all the DLC (full DLC for Oblivion and Elder Scrolls come in the format of steam keys).

Well worth it and in some cases cheaper than getting everything individually depending on what you already have.

degrassinoel

you get "XP" for completing sets, which in turn increases your steam level and grant you bonus cards every so often, the higher your level the more often you get the bonus or booster cards sent to your inventory.

It's actually genius, steam take a percentage of the sale even if it's only 1c they are constantly making cash from that, afaik the developer also makes a certain amount from each sale. Considering that the same card can be sold multiple times that's a fairly cool golden goose for both steam and the devs

Aside from making a few cent/euro back on games that have cards associated with them, there's not much else to it. But even if you can make back a euro from selling a games cards on the marketplace it's worth doing.

Falthyron

Although Steam has been more stable in recent sale events, there is a chance the home page on the Steam client might crash as it makes the big switch. You can try using the website if the client goes down: www.steampowered.com

Also: It can take a few minutes to actually update all the prices to their sale prices. This is particularly evident with the Daily Sales where a game might say 33% off and you are thinking "That's not a lot", but wait 10-15 minutes for the prices to update properly.

CastorTroy

Well, i just want to tell you Good Luck. We're all counting on you.

Fun times ahead.

If anyone sees a deal and knows of a better deal elsewhere, can they post here, or stick with the bargains thread?

Overheal

Falthyron wrote: »

Although Steam has been more stable in recent sale events, there is a chance the home page on the Steam client might crash as it makes the big switch. You can try using the website if the client goes down: www.steampowered.com

Also: It can take a few minutes to actually update all the prices to their sale prices. This is particularly evident with the Daily Sales where a game might say 33% off and you are thinking "That's not a lot", but wait 10-15 minutes for the prices to update properly.

It's people pinging the client and the page that crashes it. Several million gamers-come-shoppers tallying 1-5 hits each. Thats a lot of hits.

Cravez

Crafting badges is essentially investing into your steam account if you want to do it. The benefits are:
- Every 10 levels you get another showcase to use (e.g your rarest achievements, screenshot showcase, games library, items to trade etc)
- Every 5 levels increases your slot capacity for friends by 10 or 20 (not sure which)
- Every 10 levels increases your chance of randomly obtaining a booster pack for a game you own by 20%. Booster packs give you 3 trading cards for the game which you can craft for another badge or sell on the marketplace (either 3 cards individually or the pack itself)

I crafted a few on a whim and it sorta became an additiction. Crafting badges you can get an emoticon from the game or background to use on your steam profile. The rarer ones can sell for good money. I sold a background a while ago for €4.

Falthyron

F5, F5, F5, F5!!!

Sarky

thegame983 wrote: »

Desu ex: HR Directors cut, when it hits 75% off

Best typo ever. KAWAII JENSON-SAN! ^_^

Yeti Beast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JUCfX1P1ik

Falthyron

BOOYAH!

Washington Irving

It takes a minute or two for the prices to update before anyone panics

Falthyron

Oooooh! A competition to win games!

Yeti Beast

Overheal wrote: »

Looks like a soft launch, with the sale prices to kick in a few mintes after summer sale pages are loaded in.

:10 past the hour for prices. Probably done so Valve can quickly verify flash sale errors

Boo-urns. That's been my favourite game in the past - nab 10 copies of the game with the erroneous 99% discount.