Steam Summer Sale 2015

sweetie

Just the Talos principle for me!

marko93

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Played any ARK yet? I'm always dubious about early access games after being bitten by the crap that is Dayz standalone.

I'm slightly quick to judge.

My set up is an i5 / 290 TriX / 8gb RAM, even in windowed I found it to run quite poorly. In similar light to Rust and DayZ you need a group of friends to sit and play with, which last night, I didn't have. In saying that I have a friend who was playing with people for the past two weeks and has clocked 80 hours in it and swears by it. I think I'll be waiting till it gets a few more patches before I buy it again.

But if you have a few mates that are going for it then it could be some mighty craic!

VinLieger

Probably gonna pick up iron brigade as my last one, was hoping it would drop a bit more but 66% is pretty good I suppose

J Mysterio

VinLieger wrote: »

Cant see massive chalice going beyond 10-15%

50%!

Tar.Aldarion

I can finally rest and buy games, finished the steam monster game

Wossack

~53e spent
Antichamber
Anno 2070 Complete Ed
Castle Crashers
Rayman Origins
Grow Home
The Talos Principle
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Ed
Alien: Isolation
Transistor
How to Survive

Krusader

Got

CK2 dlc
KSP
Age of Empires II
Long live the Queen
Homeworld

Digital Solitude

I ended up with

The Witcher 2
Kingdoms of Amalur
Spec Ops
Mark of the Ninja
How to Survive
Chivalry

Not bad for 20 quid or so, should pull a nice while from them

john the one

Not a bad sale my end:

Saints Row IV 4.99
Arma 3 DLC Bundle 13.99
The Long Dark 9.99
SimCity 4 Deluxe 2.19
Watch_Dogs Standard 11.99
Metro Last Light Redux 4.99
Metro 2033 Redux 4.99
Alien: Isolation Corporate Lockdown 1.99
The Witcher 2 2.99
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood ROW 9.99

Total of €68.10

Steam trading cards: €23786.34

Cant help myself

Outkast_IRE

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Only one purchase in this sale and that was

Grey Goo - I am a pretty big fan of RTS games, and grey goo seems like my kinda game.

Just requested a steam refund for this game, must say i was not impressed. The interface was unlikeable, graphically it looks like a game engine from 6-7 years ago, it just felt off.

Sierra Oscar

I am liking the Encore deals. I missed Alien: Isolation earlier in the sale so I reckon it is time to pick it up. 75% off ain't bad.

Thargor

Really disappointed with Metro 2033, is there any other enemies in it besides these mutated dog things? Ive been playing for a couple of hours and all I do is shoot them and the odd nest of bandits, its so boring, think Ill just give up and move on to the Wolfensteins.

murphyebass

So I finally broke.

Skyrim
Witcher 2
Child of light

I'm considering a Fallout game as well but unsure of which to go for Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

I've never played fallout before. I quite like the look of New Vegas though.

Thoughts?

Vojera

Just Orion: Prelude and Never Alone for me. Going to make an effort to play things I haven't touched since they were bought.

Darkglasses

murphyebass wrote: »

So I finally broke.

Skyrim
Witcher 2
Child of light

I'm considering a Fallout game as well but unsure of which to go for Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

I've never played fallout before. I quite like the look of New Vegas though.

Thoughts?

I definitely preferred Fallout 3 personally, but they're both excellent. New Vegas is much longer and the story can vary a lot more

J Mysterio

murphyebass wrote: »

So I finally broke.

Skyrim
Witcher 2
Child of light

I'm considering a Fallout game as well but unsure of which to go for Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

I've never played fallout before. I quite like the look of New Vegas though.

Thoughts?

If you havent played them before, would be a big mistake to go for NV. FO3.

Glebee

XCOM-Enemy unknown
This War of Mine
Strider
Lego Batman 3
Gauntlet(Refunded)
The Banner Sage.

I though I bought more.

jaxdasher

Finally Tally,

7 Days to die
XCOM EW
Valkyria Chronicles
CIV V complete
Payday 2 GOTY
Sunless Sea
Insurgency
Eldritch
Deadly Premonition

Total 60 quid

I got all I wanted and more and Im pretty happy with it all. Chuffed.

Anyone have a spare Cerulean Carmouth spare, have multiples of all the others bar number 3 and 7

murphyebass

J Mysterio wrote: »

If you havent played them before, would be a big mistake to go for NV. FO3.

I think I'll pick up Fallout 3 based on feedback here but tbf I probably won't get to it any time soon.

I intend on giving Skyrim a go first and I've heard there's a few hours in that. Lol

gazzamc

murphyebass wrote: »

I think I'll pick up Fallout 3 based on feedback here but tbf I probably won't get to it any time soon.

I intend on giving Skyrim a go first and I've heard there's a few hours in that. Lol

Few hundred :P.. Yea FO3 would be the best one to play first (I prefer it over NV myself)..

tbukela

Can anyone advise if Cities Skylines is worth the money? Tempted but more then I'd usually spend on a game.

Mr E

Yeah it's very very good. A bit of a learning curve, but it's very rewarding (I watched some youtube for starting tips)

Read some reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-skylines

Mr E

Tempted by Black Mesa for €15. Is it worth it? Haven't played HL1 since it came out.

Turtwig

Tempted by homeworld remastered, how does it compare with sins of a solar empire?

pablomakaveli

tbukela wrote: »

Can anyone advise if Cities Skylines is worth the money? Tempted but more then I'd usually spend on a game.

I bought it the other day and put about 7 hours in. Really enjoying it. It's very simple to get into but as your city grows managing things like traffic and pollution gets more difficult.

ionapaul

Final tally:

- Metro Redux bundle
- Child of Light
- Transistor
- Lego Batman 3
- Nihilumbra
- The Wolf Among Us

Came to just over €31. My top targets were GTA 5 and The Witcher, but only if I could have got either for under €30, so happy waiting for both. Also really wanted the rebooted Wolfenstein, but happy to wait till it drops under a tenner. I've been so spoiled by these sales that I'm patient to wait a year or so if need be, have enough of a backlog and little enough time!

Gbear

- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- Wolfenstein: Old Blood
- Spelunky
- Metro/Last Light Redux
- Grey Goo
- Dishonored
- Ancient Space
- Might & Magic: Heroes 6

About €80 all told.

Huh. Didn't even realise I got that many until now.

Pretty happy with that.

Might get the Witcher 3 as well. I just can't play it until I get a new GPU in a few weeks.

jill_valentine

murphyebass wrote: »

So I finally broke.

Skyrim
Witcher 2
Child of light

I'm considering a Fallout game as well but unsure of which to go for Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

I've never played fallout before. I quite like the look of New Vegas though.

Thoughts?

Depends what you're after, tbh.

I by far preferred FO3 because I loved the grimness and gallows humour of it. There's also a poignancy to wandering around Washington, with all these massive ruined icons of American patriotism and the constant, grimly ironic ashes of propaganda. It just felt more important. It's not a barrel of laughs, but I like that about it. There's a resonance to it that makes it very compelling.

NV, on the other hand, it's generally considered to have better writing and more refined gameplay, but it didn't get its claws into me in the same way. FO3 wallows in the ideas and ideals of a nuclear apocalypse, but NV kind of takes that setting for granted and populates it with a whole spectrum of characters and their territory wars. A lot of people like it for being less desolate, less oppressive and lighter in tone, as well as more variety in the cast, factions and settings.

So basically, if you like Cold War themes, you're okay wandering around alone a lot, and you want to spend some time contemplating the folly of mutually assured destruction, go FO3.

If you like westerns, faction intrigues, and a fairly dynamic plot universe, go NV.

DARK-KNIGHT

Just buy both fallout 3 and nv at those prices you can't go wrong and both games are class

EoinHef

Didnt pick up much this sale,a few games i wanted but werent quite cheap enough,ill most likely pick them up during the christmas sale as i reckon they will be discounted more.

Picked up:
-Spec Ops:The line
-MS Flight Sim X
-Insurgency
-Assasins Creed: Black Flag

Total about €23

Had a go of insurgency and have to say the guns feel and sound great. Can see myself putting a good bit of time in there. Havent played an assasins creed since 2 and black flag keeps getting good mentions so thought id pick it up and see.

the_syco

Arma 3 DLC Bundle for €14 -will it get any cheaper, or will I buy it now? Hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

vlad2009

Got myself CS:GO, Insurgency and Metro;LL Redux. Really want Arma 3 but don't have the money unfortunately, very good price.

EoinHef

vlad2009 wrote: »

Got myself CS:GO, Insurgency and Metro;LL Redux. Really want Arma 3 but don't have the money unfortunately, very good price.

You will be able to get Arma on the key sites for a similar price for the next while i reckon. Base game is only going to get cheaper. No need to get the DLC when you buy it first either unless there is a very generous deal.

You should pick it up at some point if you like tactical shooters,it really is very good and you get plenty of content even in the base game. The mission editor alone is worth it just to play around with

murphyebass

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Just buy both fallout 3 and nv at those prices you can't go wrong and both games are class

More so the time than money tbf.

Sure Skyrim and Witcher 2 will get me to the next sale on their own never mind all the console stuff I have going on.

Still tempted though. Lol

cherryghost

I have 2.60 left in my account. What to buy...

Dcully

cherryghost wrote: »

I have 2.60 left in my account. What to buy...

Add a wee bit more and get the most relaxing gaming experience ever, great after a hard day or when you want to play a game but dont want to play a game :P

Multiplayer mod is great fun.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/

cherryghost

Dcully wrote: »

Add a wee bit more and get the most relaxing gaming experience ever, great after a hard day or when you want to play a game but dont want to play a game :P

Multiplayer mod is great fun.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/

I have that already, but regardless I don't want to add more funds to my account :P So I would guess 2.49 or less is what I'm looking at. Any recommendations?

chrislad

You'll get Battleblock Theater and Castle Crashers for about that price.

ahnowbrowncow

Commandos 2 - Men of Courage is 90% and only 39c, it's still a great game

Links234

Links234 wrote: »

Ok, so the (maybe) final tally is:

Valkyria Chronicles - 4.99
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 12.49
The Evil Within - Gift
The Evil Within: Season Pass - 9.99
Insurgency 4 pack - 10.49
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 4.99

€42.95 in total.

I bit the bullet on The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, so that's €49.40 in total, still coming in at under the budget I set myself

mahoganygas

Final Tally:

Xcom Enemy Unknown
Crusader Kings 2 DLCs
Anno 2070
Fallout 3
Fallout NV
Age of Empires 2
The Guild 2
The Withcer 2
Galactic Civilizations 2
Banner Saga
Europa Universalis IV
Democracy 3

I quite enjoyed my first Steam Sale

Ant695

My final tally is:

FEAR 2: Project Origin Retail
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation - Season Pass
Half-Life Complete
Game of Thrones
FEAR 3 Retail
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
Bioshock
PAYDAY 2: GOTY Edition
Dishonored GOTY
Spec Ops The Line
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Eidos Anthology
Fallout 3 - Game of the Year
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate
Fallout 2
Fallout
Sniper Elite
Watch_Dogs Deluxe Edition
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

Pretty pleased with all this considering it was my first steam sale.

Thargor

Got a refund on the Metro 2033 and Last Light bundle, ridiculously overrated games, doesn't matter how good the rest of the game is (which it wasnt), if you've only got 5 or 6 weapons to choose from and only two types of enemies to kill over and over again its going to be a boring game.

Links234

Was I the only one who got The Evil Within?

Wossack

Im tempted by it - how you getting on with it?

johnny_ultimate

Said I'd spend €50, ended up spending maybe €5-6 over the last two days on a few stragglers. Made a decision to stick with smaller, independent games where I could (Metro and Life is Strange being the eventual exceptions). Ended up getting:

Metro: Last Light
Freedom Planet
The Talos Principle
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Astebreed
Talos Principle
Life is Strange (episodes 2-5)
The Graveyard
Fatale
Morphopolis (less than 20c!)

Links234

Wossack wrote: »

Im tempted by it - how you getting on with it?

Finding it very challenging, 5 hours into it and I'm only on chapter 4. Took me about hour just to get past the first enemy in the game, I was dying constantly. There's a big stealth element to it, and I'm loving that aspect, ammo is scarce and you can get killed very easily even by the average zombies, so it's pretty tense. The first boss fight was easily one of the most intense moments I've experienced in gaming in ages, I got a real sense of panic and had to run the hell away, because if he got close I was dead.

That said, it's a bit flawed and I can see where a lot of people would find issue, the controls take a bit of getting used to and the camera can be clunky. They also have this forced widescreen with prominent black borders, which I get what they're trying to do because it's an extremely cinematic game and very stylistic, but takes some serious getting used to. It's a really good game, with some great gameplay mechanics and incredible to look at, but there's issues some players won't be able to overlook.

I seriously like this game, but if in doubt, download the demo and see how you get on with it, then wait until the next sale. Oh, did I mention it was one of the few games on Steam that has a demo? So huge props to them for that alone! Apparently it's the first 3 chapters, which is a fair chunk of the game and gives you a good idea about how it plays. Here's the Steam page, give it a go.

The trailer gives a really good idea of the game too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxlo67zhOWc

jill_valentine

Whoever picked up Sunless Sea, what did you think?

Turtwig

Steam refunded my money today.

Bought brothers, this war, Stanley parable and don't starve.

That's the sale complete I think.

Outside of the sale I also got Fifa 15.