The Insanely Cheap Steam Sale Deals Thread

[ajrimmer42]

Just had to make a thread for the current Steam Sale, some insane deals going on. Picked up TF2 for £3.50 on Saturday, rather pleased :D

Anyway, just come across this: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6941/

Every Paradox game ever made, reduced from £386 to £29.99. Unbe-frigging-lievable!


Any more?

[Raptor1]

Pretty bad timing, the sale just ended...

[Oberon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn27GEzEsU8

[Gargamel]

Got Portal for free this summer,

Picked up SH3 this fall for $3 (and then found subsim! :woot:),

And got the Orange Box (Portal, TF2, all the HL's) for $2.50 about a month ago.

I LOVE STEAM.

Just keep your eyes peeled and you'll find the stuff you love.

[AngusJS]

The sale is over, and none too soon. I bought 15 games, and I'm afraid to look at my next bank statement. :o

[papa_smurf]

Shame its all over, but did get Tropico3: Absolute Power for under a fiver:D

[ajrimmer42]

fail lol, I thought it was on till the end of Jan :doh:

[ReFaN]

Missed it aswell, what a kerfuffle.

[TteFAboB]

Amazing indeed, got TF2 as well, pleased as well.

Missed the Tropico 3 expansion though.

[Falkirion]

I dropped $250 into this sale, worth every penny. My game library expanded and my nets almost capped. Just got to hold out for 4 more days until it rolls over. Then I'll be grabbing a few more games that I couldn't download last month.

[Gargamel]

75% off all Command and Conquer at steam this weekend.

And they got Dragon Age II and Total War Shogun 2 demos up.

[Biggles]

Best deal I had on Steam was GTA4 for 8 Euros...that's a little money for alot of game!

[ajrimmer42]

GTA 1, 2, 3, VC and SA for £4.99 :rock: hell yeah!

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/rockstarweekend

[Dowly]

Not a Steam sale, but GamersGate one.

If you like 4x games, Master of Orion 2 (IMHO, the best space RTS game EVER) is on sale, 1,60€.

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MOO2/master-of-orion-ii-battle-at-antares

Also, lots of other space games are on sale there atm. :salute:

[ajrimmer42]

Quick heads up, Battlefield Bad Company 2 is currently on sale with 66% off as is Vietnam with 50% off :D

http://store.steampowered.com/app/24960/

[JU_88]

I wish they'd remake BF 1942 Europe :( Im so bored of modern warfare games, I guess WW2 shooters got done to death in the mid naughties. but now its gone the otherway.
A WW2 European theratre based Arma would be amazing too :) And I want a Beaufighter in it!

[Dowly]

A WW2 European theratre based Arma would be amazing too :) And I want a Beaufighter in it!

You could always try Invasion 1944 (http://invasion1944.info/) for ArmA 2. ;)

[ajrimmer42]

I wish they'd remake BF 1942 Europe

there is BF1943 but it's pacific theatre and only on consoles

[Spike88]

Civilzation 5 is 75% off :D. Just got the digital bonus extended edition for $15.

[Gargamel]

Civilzation 5 is 75% off :D. Just got the digital bonus extended edition for $15.


hmmmm...... wish I had net service at home so I could take a peak.... just recently picked up civ 4 bts and I'm hooked. Hows it compare?

And maybe we could sticky this so more people would be reminded to post good deals? I got SH3, and ergo Subsim, on a steam deal, so It may be a good idea.

[Spike88]

Cities in Motion collection 75% off.

[Spike88]

Just bought

Alpha Protocol for $2 and Company of Heroes Tales of Valor $3.99 :yeah:

Total of $5.99


Also Shogun 2+ released dlc is 50% off(Rise of the Samurai is still $9.99)

And the Total War Mega Pack (All Total war games except Shogun 2) is $17.99.

So go get them while their cheap!

[ajrimmer42]

some good stuff reduced atm, all Sega games are 50-90% off, and I just picked up all the CoH titles for just over 5 quid :D

[Oberon]

Wrong bloody week...I don't get paid till next Friday!! :nope:

[eddie]

If Steam keeps having sales like this, they should give away new hard drives!:D

[ajrimmer42]

Holy crap! I just bought every GTA ever made including GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City for £4.99!!!! That's a saving of £55 on buying them seperately. I think that's my bargain of the year :haha: Deal is on till monday I think.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4466/

[Dowly]

Tons of stuff on sale atm in Steam. Think it ends Nov 1st so get them while you can. :up:

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/scary_sale_2011

[Spyguy101]

ARMA titles 50% off
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/arma_franchise_midweek/

[Rilder]

ARMA titles 50% off
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/arma_franchise_midweek/

Almost tempted to get Combined Operations, Want to kinda wait for the December sale before I buy any more games though. Plus I have Arma 2 (without OA) on Green Man Gaming and it doesn't play multiplayer (Receiving data bug) so that kinda limits playability. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Oh dear, autumn sales kicked off...

[Crécy]

Oh dear, autumn sales kicked off...

Oh no... Shouldn't even take a look. But I must...

[Raptor1]

Matrix Games also has more or less all their games on sale too (Yeah, I know, it's not Steam, but opening a Matrix Games sale thread is an exercise in futility).

[Fincuan]

Oooh crap, here we go again: ME1+ME2 for about 10e... A nice addition to the Stalkers bought a few weeks back, the ones I still haven't really played properly. :D

[Egan]

Whoop! 50% off DCS A-10 on Steam. Downloading now. God knows when I'll actually get a chance to play it, though. Cliffs of Dover is also 33% off. I think I'll leave that one just now.

Bloomin' Steam. I'd only gone on to check how many hours I'd played Skyrim for.

[Spyguy101]

So many games, but no time as i'm working 12 hours a day to pay for them.:damn:

[Drewcifer]

opps... I bought dcs a10... lol. Steam is like a really really really bad habit... or a really, really good drug dealer.

I can just see it saying everytime there is a sale. "Hey.. I got what you want bud... real cheap. Won't find anything this good anywhere else at this price."

I didn't much care for DCS blackshark, didn't play much of it... I'm not much of a helo pilot, personally prefer fixed winged... and I logged countless hours on Falcon.. so lets see if I can get into the a 10 and enjoy it. After hours of training before I even learn how to fire any weapons of course.

[Tribesman]

Matrix Games also has more or less all their games on sale too (Yeah, I know, it's not Steam, but opening a Matrix Games sale thread is an exercise in futility).
33% off WiTP, 50% off Panzer corps.....do I have the time:hmmm:

[Spyguy101]

Gamestop:Impulse has Civilization V 75% off today only
(ya I know it's not Steam)

[Crécy]

(ya I know it's not Steam)

Would be infact more convenient to use this thread to discuss other sales as well and not solely steam sales.

[eddie]

opps... I bought dcs a10... lol. Steam is like a really really really bad habit... or a really, really good drug dealer.


ROTFL, I know what you mean! I got away cheap, only bought 1 game and I ran away as fast as I could.:D

[eddie]

They've got a good deal on the new Batman Arkham City at Gamesplanet.

http://uk.gamesplanet.com/?affiliate=SCEBAD111125&utm_source=newsbad&utm_medium=mail&utm_campaign=SCEBAD111125

[Herr-Berbunch]

777 Studios have got all the Rise of Flight stuff on sale too. $20 to upgrade from the free demo...:hmmm:

So much at the moment, and so little money! Just plumped for all GTA titles for £4.99 :D Played all but two on PS/PS2 so nice to have them on PC now.

[Arclight]

Some good stuff up for grabs- well, half off- over on GoG.

http://www.gog.com/en/news/enjoy_a_panoply_of_games_50_off_this_weekend

[Egan]

777 Studios have got all the Rise of Flight stuff on sale too. $20 to upgrade from the free demo...:hmmm:
.

Yeah, I bought a few more crates. Only the two bombers, one of the two-seaters and a single scout left to get.

20 bucks for all those extra aircraft is pretty decent. I think you get another 6 or 7 over the two you have in the free version.

Due to a mix up with their web guy I managed to buy the new Re8 for the preorder price of $8.99 instead of correct price of $11.99. I notice they've fixed that now..:D

Managed to show some will power and hold off buying War in the East at Matrix. I'm so proud of myself!

[Dowly]

Another great looking indie bundle for cheap:
http://www.indieroyale.com/

Only seen videos of Cthulhu saves the world and Breath of Death VII, great humour in them. :yep:

As for the pricing, it goes something like this (I think):

If everyone just pays the minimum, the price of the bundle gradually goes higher, but
if you pay X amount more than the current minimum price the price drops for everyone.

[Egan]

Cool, Galactic Civ 2: Ultimate edition is under a tenner with 25% off. even though I already have this on disk I'm almost tempted to get it again just so I don't have to look for the disk. Great game.

[Oberon]

Good Old Games has Empire Earth Gold for free until 14th December.

Never played it, opted for Rise of Nations instead, but I think I shall take a looksie. :yep:

[Dowly]

Indie Royale Xmas Bundle is out!
http://www.indieroyale.com/

Might have to get it for the Blackwell trilogy. :yep:

[Raptor1]

Pride of Nations is on GamersGate for no more than $1.7 for the next day or so.

[Oberon]

Pride of Nations is on GamersGate for no more than $1.7 for the next day or so.

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsG/6956-21900.gif

"Alright then...you heard the good Captain, 'op to it!"

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steam Holiday Sale has begun, changes daily until 1 Jan. :yeah:

[Crécy]

Steam Holiday Sale has begun, changes daily until 1 Jan. :yeah:

And the first time you can actually access the deals without "Error service unavailable" messages, should be somewhere around next week I guess.

[Herr-Berbunch]

And the first time you can actually access the deals without "Error service unavailable" messages, should be somewhere around next week I guess.


You sayin' that is just going to scare Sky off from ever getting a great deal from Steam :O:

Edit: You mean this one -

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1253/62912268.jpg

:damn:

[Biggles]

Works for me now! :D

[Spyguy101]

Steam is draining my bank account faster then my bills:damn:

[Falkirion]

http://i.imgur.com/M8kez.png
If that's the grand prize. OMG, there goes your life.

[ajrimmer42]

http://i.imgur.com/M8kez.png
If that's the grand prize. OMG, there goes your life.

:doh: wow

[Herr-Berbunch]

Don't you already have to play just about every game to be in with a chance of winning?

[HunterICX]

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsG/6956-21900.gif

"Alright then...you heard the good Captain, 'op to it!"

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7530/franzjosephiofaustria18.jpg

''You Colonial Zulu Murderer!''

HunterICX

[Spike88]

Don't you already have to play just about every game to be in with a chance of winning?


You have to play several games to get a higher chance of winning, but they do have free entries available. Most of the games are indie or on sale anyways, so getting them to win isn't that bad for your bank account.

[Crécy]

Most of the games are indie or on sale anyways, so getting them to win isn't that bad for your bank account.

Considering the chances of winning, it's bad for your bank account.

[seaniam81]

I just got Red Orchestra 2 for $20

[Herr-Berbunch]

The only thing I've got so far, and that has caught my eye that I want, is Hitman: Blood Money. Best metacritic score of the bunch, and I didn't want all of them.:DL

[seaniam81]

I just got Batman: Arkham City and all it's DLC for $35. Ok I'm now broke. Merry X-mas to me! :D
It's good I'm off work from now until Jan 3

[Spike88]

Anyone want a copy of super meat boy? I won a copy with the event thing.

[Spyguy101]

Railworks 3:Train Simulator 2012 Complete Bundle 81% off for low low price of $299 down from full price of $1561.15:D

[CCIP]

Railworks 3:Train Simulator 2012 Complete Bundle 81% off for low low price of $299 down from full price of $1561.15:D

:haha:

Though I should also point out that you can get the base game today for only $3.95 - and that's a darn good deal :yep:

[CCIP]

For the two of you who still don't have IL-2, 1946 is on sale today for $3.39. Best $3.39 you'll ever spend :O:

Cliffs of Dover is also up for $17.

[Biggles]

For the two of you who still don't have IL-2, 1946 is on sale today for $3.39. Best $3.39 you'll ever spend :O:

Cliffs of Dover is also up for $17.

I bought them both! I already had 1946 (actually, I've had all the IL-2 games of that series, FB+AEP+PF and THEN I bought 1946 which includes all of them again), only to buy it all a third time! But my retail copy of 1946 was scratched beyond repair some time ago :shifty:

Anyone knows if the DCG campaign thingy works with the Steam version?

Also, what patch is the Steam version running on? Have they bothered patching that one or is it just 4.00 or whatever it was?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steam usually include the latest patches. :hmmm:

I've just got Far Cry 1 & 2 for £3.somethingorother. Had the first one many moons ago and have only bought it again as I see there are some lovely mods out there for it. None for 2 though as Ubi deem it beyond them to help people by releasing anything to help modders! Sound familiar? Mind you, it never stopped people here... :damn:

[Dowly]

Hate these damn sales! Burning so much money. :damn:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not me, I've only bought three things - FC1&2 and Hitman. Fortunately I'm easy to please (and skint!). :D

[Egan]

Lets see...the new Batman game (which is awesome, by the way.) Cliffs of Dover, Mount and Blade Warband, Amnesia Dark Descent, X3 Terran Conflict and it's new Albion Prelude expansion pack and Universe Sandbox. Steam is too easy.

There are a couple of others but I'm trying to resist the temptation. The ones I've got, on top of RoF, WiTP, and Combat Mission, will do me all next year, I reckon.

[Biggles]

Am I a horrible person for thinking that IL-2 Wings of Prey is a better game than IL-2 Cliffs of Dover? :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Am I a horrible person for thinking that IL-2 Wings of Prey is a better game than IL-2 Cliffs of Dover? :hmmm:

No, and I'm glad I didn't buy either at full price, in fact WoP was in last years Steam winter sale. :D


My goodness - the usual suspects are playing The Ship! :o Any good, guys?

[Biggles]

No, and I'm glad I didn't buy either at full price, in fact WoP was in last years Steam winter sale. :D


My goodness - the usual suspects are playing The Ship! :o Any good, guys?

Yeah I noticed that as well! Isn't that the MP game when you're supposed to kill off someone on a ship without anyone else noticing?

[Arclight]

It is. :yep:

Pretty fun, can lead to some awkward and rather hilarious situations.


Basically, you have a target, just like everyone else. Pull out a weapon in view of security or with witnesses around and you'll be detained for a bit and lose cash and items in inventory. Cash is rewarded for kills; amount varies with weapon used, so it pays to snoop around for high rewarding ones or go for high damage for easier kills (usually pay less).

Trick is not getting caught hitting your mark, without getting wacked yourself.

[Drewcifer]

So many games... so many deals... I'm flipping between youtube and Steam finding a cheap game I haven't played, looking up a video review, finding a new game, looking up the review...

[Egan]

Am I a horrible person for thinking that IL-2 Wings of Prey is a better game than IL-2 Cliffs of Dover? :hmmm:

Nah, I only bought it because it was cheap and I couldn't find my copy of BoB2. Is Wings of Prey on sale too? I might check that one out as well.

[Spike88]

Am I a horrible person for thinking that IL-2 Wings of Prey is a better game than IL-2 Cliffs of Dover? :hmmm:

Wings of Prey isn't an IL2 title. If Wings of Prey is better though, then I wish I had gotten it over Clod, I've had a rocky start with Clod.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I've just totted up what I've spent, and what I've got for my money, since the last week in November.

£20 - give or take a few pence. 17 games.

Obviously there is nothing like DCS:A-10C, or BF3 in there, but still... I already had them! :yep:

Oh, and I've got a giftable copy of The Ship if anyone is interested, whack Raptor01 with a mannequin's arm, or Dowly with a crowbar, or more likely - me with anything! :stare:

:D

[darius359au]

I only ended up getting Portal 2 from the steam sale..though I did pick up Batman Arkham City from Gamersgate for $20:D (they had a 6 hour time limited sale and I had the money so a no brainer really :up:)

[Spyguy101]

Are there any other seasonal steam sales to expect?

[Dowly]

Are there any other seasonal steam sales to expect?

Probably not, check gog.com if you are into older games, they got good deals. :salute:
(and yes, they work on Windows 7 if they say so)

[Biggles]

Are there any other seasonal steam sales to expect?

Well they did have one for Halloween (I think?) and I seem to recall they had some sort of spring break thingy last year...so maybe some kind of sale sometime in the upcoming months, but don't expect anything of the scale of Christmas...

They definitely had a sale last summer...though I dunno how big or long it was (away with you, naughty people! I'm talking sales here, nothing...else!)

[CCIP]

Nah, Steam has deals fairly regularly. There's always a 'midweek madness' sale where you can often bag some pretty good games for the same price you'd get them on the holidays, and occasionally good weekend deals too.

Then I recall there was a random big sale that went on last summer as well. Keep an eye on it.

However, gog.com is honestly more worth your attention if you like old games. I support that website wholeheartedly and IMO their business model is the fairest to the customer (what with the no-DRM policy and no-hassle distribution) :yeah:

[Drewcifer]

Basically ditto what CCIP said.

Steam is pretty random with sales, sometimes they don't do anything but garbage games for awhile then all of a sudden they have a brand new 59.99 game you wanted for 30 bucks, or something. I don't think there is any real pattern or season they follow I just think somebody spins a wheel they post a sale and continue on with the day.

[andritsos]

One question: is there a way to go and get the prices in dollars?
as they dont put the difference from $ to € ( maybe also £?).

generally i am fairly positive with steam. Only annoying thing is when i suddenly lose connection , or forget going in offline before going offline/with no internet. It's a tiny annoyance when i travel ( from what i remembe rit didnt do like that, think started it after an update before summer ( ? ) ).
Also when, due to my slow connection, i have to play a game installed from disc only when its patched ( i remember with shogun 2 total war it was a pain with the mega patch and i suspect also without the ''keep game always updated'' ticked :06:)

[Spyguy101]

Well thank you for the info, now im just checking the deals everyday now. Which has paid off since I have been looking at getting DCS Black Shark for months now and it just went on sale!:D

[Dowly]

Skyrim's -33% on Steam, also Morrowing GOTY and Oblivion GOTY are -50% each. :yeah:

[Biggles]

Cities XL 2012 for 10 EU, worth it?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Cities XL 2012 for 10 EU, worth it?

If you like that sort of game, probably. It's not for me though. :03:

[Biggles]

If you like that sort of game, probably. It's not for me though. :03:

I sure hope I'll like it, just bought it!:haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I sure hope I'll like it, just bought it!:haha:

I'm still scouting round for cheapest ArmaII:OA and just came across CitiesXL for £25 so you've got a bargain. :yep:

[Crécy]

Rumours say the ultimate-hyper-dyper steam summer sale will commence tomorrow. Prepare your wallets gentlemen. Or bury your head in the sand for the duration of the sale.

[Herr-Berbunch]

It's not payday for two weeks, I'll have to bury my head. :wah:

I don't know if there is anything I want at the minute, but I'll no doubt see some bargain and want it 'just because'.

[Oberon]

May God have mercy on our wallets because Steam certainly won't...

Oh, and let's have a moment of silence for HunterICX whose computer has fallen in the field of battle and will have to be rebuilt from the ashes of the fire of his CPU.

[danlisa]

I don't know if there is anything I want at the minute, but I'll no doubt see some bargain and want it 'just because'.

"Just because'es" are better when cheap. :D

I have a feeling I may go a little overboard when the sale happens. Given the database listings valve are putting up, they're either trolling or this sale will be epic.

[Herr-Berbunch]

NWAC is already on sale for just £3.74. :hmmm: *scrapes hand down the back of the sofa*

[Herr-Berbunch]

Let's just have a link to the potential list - http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/07/steam_summer_sa.html :D

[danlisa]

Let's just have a link to the potential list - http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/07/steam_summer_sa.html :D

Quite a few of those have happened already.

Yeah, shelled out that £3.74 last night...still to play though.

[Crécy]

And the madness is on...

[Takeda Shingen]

May God have mercy on our wallets because Steam certainly won't...

QFT

[Oberon]

And the madness is on...

And the Steam store servers are down.

You'd have thought they'd have learnt from the last sales... :dead:

[Crécy]

And the Steam store servers are down.

You'd have thought they'd have learnt from the last sales... :dead:

And from the sales before that, and before that and... Well, so on.

[HunterICX]

Oh, and let's have a moment of silence for HunterICX whose computer has fallen in the field of battle and will have to be rebuilt from the ashes of the fire of his CPU.

:hmph:

5€ Thermal grease, Coffee and some patience and I fixed it, still have to give her a stress test to see how she goes but I rather not and wait till the new build is done :D but in the meantime I can enjoy these sales and grab some for the new build :yeah::O:

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

And the Steam store servers are down.

You'd have thought they'd have learnt from the last sales... :dead:

And from the sales before that, and before that and... Well, so on.

So it's not a surprise, so no disappointment. :hmmm:

[Egan]

Gonna pick up a couple of the DLC for Deus Ex. I might pick up Crusader Kings as well...Hmmmm....

[Weiss Pinguin]

Ohhhh how I love steam sales. Definitely thinking of grabbing DCS A-10, although part of me is wondering if I should wait and see if they give it another discount :hmm2:

[CaptainMattJ.]

I have 100 dollars. Im so torn between:

bethesda collection
Sega collection
THQ collection
And/or Batman arkham city
La Noire

Skyrim is something ive wanted for a while now. so is Shogun 2, company of heroes, Napoleon total war. IT SO DIFFICULT. i want it all :/\\!!

[Krauter]

I would get Shogun 2 collection and Skyrim individually. Skyrim is on sale for 33.99 I think with the Shogun collection ~35$

[Egan]

Ok, I bought DX: Missing Link, the tactical pack, CK2 and Sword of Islam. Thing is, neither The Sword of Islam or the tactical pack are appearing in my download list on Steam. Am I missing something here?

EDIT

Scratch that. I figured it out. Lol. Too tired for this sort of thing!

[CaptainMattJ.]

I would get Shogun 2 collection and Skyrim individually. Skyrim is on sale for 33.99 I think with the Shogun collection ~35$
how good are the DLCs for shogun 2? are they good enough to replace another game, such as LA Noire?

[Egan]

I have 100 dollars. Im so torn between:

bethesda collection
Sega collection
THQ collection
And/or Batman arkham city
La Noire

Skyrim is something ive wanted for a while now. so is Shogun 2, company of heroes, Napoleon total war. IT SO DIFFICULT. i want it all :/\\!!

Get Skyrim Right this second....:D

And Batman:AC is a great game. I would recommend a controller for it, though. Having said that, I got as far as one of the boss fights about halfway through and had to stop. Madness is doing the same thing over and over and over and over again without any change....:/\\!!

[Weiss Pinguin]

how good are the DLCs for shogun 2? are they good enough to replace another game, such as LA Noire?
The Rise of the Samurai campaign might be, but in my opinion forget the little extra unit DLCs. From what I can see you can buy 2-3 games instead of the discounted extras.

[CaptainMattJ.]

The Rise of the Samurai campaign might be, but in my opinion forget the little extra unit DLCs. From what I can see you can buy 2-3 games instead of the discounted extras.
so Rise of the samurai is good? what about fall of the samurai?

i ask because i extended my budget to 115, and i forgot about skyrim because it didnt play in well enough to the budget currently (im sure itll be on sale come christmas), and without both dlcs im looking at an extra 10 bucks i can spend on another game.

[Biggles]

Both Rise and Fall of the Samurai are good. But Rise is much cheaper, and contains much less new content compared to Fall.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Well I haven't played it personally, but it is a whole new campaign with new factions and units, all for $2.50, so I'd say that was a pretty good deal. As for Fall of the Samurai, again haven't played it, but it's basically it's own game, and it's half off.

This is all a whole lot of strategy-ing, however, so I guess it really depends on if you think you'll play it enough for it to be worth $18. On that note it looks like you can get Shogun 2 + Rise of the Samurai + Fall of the Samurai for only $20, which I'd say is an even better deal. If I wasn't already looking at other games (and also taking a summer class :shifty:) I'd bite that bullet pretty hard.

[Highbury]

I have been wanting to pick up Crusader Kings II. Played it at a friend's and I really like those kind of strategy games. Under $20 for the whole set.. sold! :D (Actually it came out to $12.49 USD. Nice)

[Krauter]

how good are the DLCs for shogun 2? are they good enough to replace another game, such as LA Noire?

IMO the DLCs aren't mind blowing. They add new factions (one is more "stealthy", the other everyone hates you..). Blood pack adds gore, Rise of the Samurai i bought, but in all honesty don't find it all that much different then vanilla. It is mainly if you want to fight strictly sword/cavalry/bow type warfare. No gunpowder weapons at all.

Fall on the other hand, is where I would shell out the $$ if you really want to get a DLC because it adds a ton of new features and greatly improves gameplay. (mind you this is from reviews, I don't own Fall. I bought Rise and was slightly disappointed.)

[Stealhead]

If you can only buy one DLC for Shogun 2 get Fall of The Samurai it is better than Rise not that Rise is bad only buy Rise if you are really interested in that point in Japanese history (the time span covered in the base game is more interesting and has more troop variety) and do not waste the money on the factions or the blood pack unless you try the rest of the game and like it enough to try them.

Personally I would skip on Napoleon it does not offer much of anything new if anything once you play FOTS playing Napoleon will make you want to play that instead or Empire.Oh and the campaigns are sort of short in Napoleon which I do not like very much.

The elements added in FOTS are very neat the naval battles and shore bombardment is very fun/useful also the choice of modernization or old ways or a mixture is interesting and very challenging.You also get random points where you must make a choice and sometimes the effects are not always clear so have to go wit your gut and in FOTS you can choose at a certain point Shogun, Imperial,or neither(fun times this).

[danlisa]

Steam related, not sale related.

Is there a way to retain a usable Steam library on a large HDD but choose to install 1 or 2 games to a SSD?

NVM - Found it.

[eddie]

Its easy to purchase games during this sale, but downloading is another story altogether,lol

[Herr-Berbunch]

I've still not played some games I bought in the xmas sale. :o

Their time will come.

[eddie]

I've still not played some games I bought in the xmas sale. :o

Their time will come.

Have to agree with that statement, I enjoy taking my time with them. No hurry to beat some game within a day or two, got plenty of time to enjoy them!

[wamphyri]

Have to agree with that statement, I enjoy taking my time with them. No hurry to beat some game within a day or two, got plenty of time to enjoy them!

This reminds me why I didn't buy an xbox360/wii/ps3 I have a ps2/gamecube and had an xbox with a stack of games I never got to finishing or even play. Now my steam library is looking like that, 42 games in it and very few have been finished.

I say this as i'm buying more during the sale, My name is Wamphyri and I am a video game buying addict.

[Herr-Berbunch]

40 games in my library, 25 I've played - some of them were things like the GTA series on PS.

Still, I don't complain, a few pages ago I said I got some 17 games for about £20. I don't usually waste money. (Anyone want to buy a CH yoke?) :O:

[eddie]

This reminds me why I didn't buy an xbox360/wii/ps3 I have a ps2/gamecube and had an xbox with a stack of games I never got to finishing or even play. Now my steam library is looking like that, 42 games in it and very few have been finished.

I say this as i'm buying more during the sale, My name is Wamphyri and I am a video game buying addict.

Thanks for sharing!!:haha:

[Drewcifer]

we might need to start a steam rehab thread... :rotfl2:

[Spike88]

I got lucky in the fact that I don't have any extra spending money until this upcoming Friday.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Skyri is now 50% off. :).

[Crécy]

I got lucky in the fact that I don't have any extra spending money until this upcoming Friday.

Well, you still luckily have two efficient days to hoard games :O:.

[eddie]

40 games in my library, 25 I've played - some of them were things like the GTA series on PS.

Still, I don't complain, a few pages ago I said I got some 17 games for about £20. I don't usually waste money. (Anyone want to buy a CH yoke?) :O:

But, how many do you have from Gamersgate?:D I will never admit I have 31 from over there, plus the 22 I have from Steam. That's my story and I'm sticking to it,lol

[Herr-Berbunch]

One or two from GG, and another couple from (now) D2D. Quite a few retail boxes too, usually second-hand.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Has anybody 'played' Dear Esther?

Damned cheap, but little or no gameplay, but it is supposed to be really good. And it's just within my budget. :hmm2:

[Oberon]

Has anybody 'played' Dear Esther?

Damned cheap, but little or no gameplay, but it is supposed to be really good. And it's just within my budget. :hmm2:

Played the original, the storyline was...errr...but the graphics were moody and beautiful.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Need some advice

Should i buy Red orchestra heroes of stalingrad or air conflicts secret wars?

[Rilder]

Need some advice

Should i buy Red orchestra heroes of stalingrad or air conflicts secret wars?

I heartily recommend Red Orchestra, its a damn fun FPS, especially for that price. A bit hard to get into though and be prepared to die a lot!. :O:

[CaptainMattJ.]

How about Wings of prey? Does it handle well without a joystick or is it almost required? Is DCS black shark the same way, very poor handling without a joystick?

[Arclight]

Wings of Prey has a demo. Somehow I doubt you will still be interested after trying it, but you'll have your answer. :O:

[Dowly]

Has anybody 'played' Dear Esther?

Damned cheap, but little or no gameplay, but it is supposed to be really good. And it's just within my budget. :hmm2:

You might want to check TotalBiscuit's ramblings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--LmQrsD6b0) about it.

Is DCS black shark the same way, very poor handling without a joystick?

Yes. You very much need to have a joystick to play any of the DCS products.
Unless you don't care about flying and just want to sit at the airfield and press
buttons and flick switches. :O:

[Arclight]

It's like stepping into an actual flight simulator, pointing at the control stick or yoke, and asking "do I really need that?".

[Arclight]

Damage this summer;

Dear Esther Game Plus OST
Vessel
Trine 2 Collector's Edition
Frozen Synapse: Red DLC
Frozen Synapse: Soundtrack

€14.45 if I'm not mistaking.

[Oberon]

Off hand (not at home PC at moment)

Some Railworks DLC
Entire PC collection of GTA
GalCiv II complete

Probably works out about £10-20.

If I'm honest there wasn't a great deal that piqued my interest this year. Perhaps I'm becoming a gamer snob...? :doh:

[HunterICX]

Well...let's see my summer my additions to the collection of games are:

Steam Sale (pre-Summer Sale):
Wargame:European Escalation
Mount & Blade Complete Edition

Steam Summer Sale:
Frozen Synapse complete Edition
Train Simulator 2012 Deluxe
Civilization IV Complete (gifted by Oberon, Thanks:up:)

Gog.com
Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition

Gamersgate:
Vic2: A House Divided
Swords of the Stars (gifted by Raptor, Thanks:up:)
Swords of the Stars II

Total Damage 73 Euros

HunterICX

[danlisa]

Gog.com
Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition


Same. :yep:

Plus (I have no idea how much this totaled) :oops:

Grid
Saints Row: The Third Franchise Pack
Bioshock Franchise Pack (Summer 2012)
ARMA II: British Armed Forces
ARMA II: Private Military Company
Red Orchestra 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition
Krater - Collectors Edition
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate - Prima Official Strategy Guide
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Just Cause 2
Just Cause 2 DLC - Monster Truck
Just Cause 2 DLC - Agency Hovercraft
Just Cause 2 Black Market Boom Pack
Just Cause 2 DLC - Rico's Signature Gun
Just Cause 2 DLC - Chevalier Classic
Just Cause 2 DLC - Bull's Eye Assault Rifle
Just Cause 2 DLC: Black Market Aerial Pack
Crysis
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate
Fallout 3 - Game of the Year
Bastion
Trine 2 Collector's Edition
Magicka Complete Pack (June 2012)
Left 4 Dead 2
Frozen Synapse - Two Pack
Frozen Synapse: Red DLC
Skyrim
Half-Life Complete
Portal
F1: 2010
Legend of Grimrock
Naval War Arctic Circle
Wargame: European Escalation
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars
Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath
Sanctum
All Zombies Must Die
Terraria
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Complete Pack
Dawn of War II: Retribution - Complete DLC Bundle

Pfft, I was playing catchup, I imagine the winter sale to be a little more restrained.

[Dowly]

Didn't spend a dime on Steam sales. :smug:


Then again, I bought DCS: P-51D, so total: $39.99 :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Didn't spend a penny, either.

But nor did I buy P-51.

Yet.

[Dowly]

GoG.com has "USSR Invades! War & Strategy Games" (http://www.gog.com/promo/back_in_the_ussr_weekend_promo_16_11_12) promo weekend!

Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm and few other good ones 60% off!

[Crécy]

GoG.com has "USSR Invades! War & Strategy Games" (http://www.gog.com/promo/back_in_the_ussr_weekend_promo_16_11_12) promo weekend!

Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm and few other good ones 60% off!

Might have to get Silent Storm... :hmmm:

And only a month (forget that, only a week!) until matrixgames' prices drop to reasonable levels for a while! :woot:

[Herr-Berbunch]

They've also got 1946 if there is anyone still to get it. :hmmm:

[CaptainHaplo]

I didn't do any steam stuff, but....

Gog:

UFO Aftershock
UFO Aftermath
UFO Afterligth
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Perimeter
Fantasy Wars
Star Wolves

Gamestop:

NFS: Hot Pursuit
NFS: The Run
King Arthur Collection
King Arthur II
King Arthur II: Dead Legions

All told, less than $60 bucks.

[Crécy]

Matrixgames' holiday back to reasonable prices sale has begun!

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/982/Matrix.Games.Holiday.Sale.is.Here!

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/982/Matrix.Games.Holiday.Sale.is.Here! (http://http://www.matrixgames.com/news/982/Matrix.Games.Holiday.Sale.is.Here!)

For some reason that's doubling-up the http:// for me. :hmmm:

Not that I know why I looked, I know they're not my sort of games. :doh:

[Raptor1]

Does this (http://www.matrixgames.com/news/982/Matrix.Games.Holiday.Sale.is.Here!) work?

Anyway, Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge for $40, War in the Pacific and War in the East for $53? That's...incredibly reasonable...

But damn it, why can they not include Command Ops: Highway to the Reich in this sale too?! :shifty:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Does this (http://www.matrixgames.com/news/982/Matrix.Games.Holiday.Sale.is.Here!) work?

It does thank you, although I'd simply deleted the excessive preamble and got there. :up:

[Raptor1]

Ah, well. In any case, the problem seems to be that Crécy's link has 'http//' rather than 'http://', as it should be.

[Crécy]

Right, should work now. I'm not very pro with ipad...


But damn it, why can they not include Command Ops: Highway to the Reich in this sale too?! :shifty:

I guess it's too new... Even though it was on sale in the Normandy Sale last summer when I grabbed it.

Now I shall open my wallet and throw the content (tuft) to matrix.

E: And apparently Steam Autumn Sale might start today...

[Raptor1]

The Steam sale is up. XCOM is 33% off which is quite surprising considering it was only released last month.

Typically, I think I already have almost everything I want from the Steam sale, except the Civilization V expansion which is 50% off now...

[Dowly]

GamersGate got sales going too, and GoG has a "Pick 5, Pay $10" deal. :up:

[Crécy]

GamersGate got sales going too, and GoG has a "Pick 5, Pay $10" deal. :up:

Ugh, the situation is getting worse every minute... :wah:

[Egan]

I quite fancy picking up one of the Splinter Cell games. Never played any of them before. Any recommendations on which one to go for?

Oooh, Dawnguard on sale.....I might have to pick this up, and Legacy of Rome for CK2....

[Raptor1]

The list of games on GoG's sale is not particularly impressive, unfortunately. GamersGate doesn't have much I want either...

[Dowly]

But damn it, why can they not include Command Ops: Highway to the Reich in this sale too?! :shifty:

It is included. :O:

http://matrixgames.com/products/421/details/Command.Ops:.Highway.to.the.Reich

[Raptor1]

Huh, that's curious. It wasn't discounted when I looked and the developers said on their forums that it's not going on sale because it's too new... :hmmm:

EDIT: Well, bought, in any case.

[Mud]

5 minutes on Steam, bought Age of empires 3 and Knights o/t old republic.
Was close to buy Xcom E.U. but I'll wait a bit more, me tight git :O:

[Crécy]

Gamersgate.com (http://www.gamersgate.com/offers) offers a few even better deals than steam. For example: Max Payne 3 9,99€ and (Raptor close your eyes) Civilization V expansion Gods and Kings 10,18€. Well, at least better deals for people who suffer from steam's idiotic conversion policy.

[Raptor1]

(Raptor close your eyes)

Ha, I haven't bought it yet! I declare this sale well and truly outmaneuvered.

Incidentally, it's $10.18 on my end, so you're still suffering from the same conversion policy.

[Crécy]

Incidentally, it's $10.18 on my end, so you're still suffering from the same conversion policy.

Noooooooo! Et tu Gamersgate? Et tu?

[Egan]

Bought Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Late to the party I know, But I guess I'll see what all the fuss was about.

Think I'll leave Dawnguard just now. I imagine it'll be on sale again at Christmas time. Maybe even the new DLC will be out by them.

[danlisa]

Gamersgate.com (http://www.gamersgate.com/offers) offers a few even better deals than steam. For example: Civilization V expansion Gods and Kings 10,18***8364;. Well, at least better deals for people who suffer from steam's idiotic conversion policy.

Holding out for Civ V DLC to go to 75% discount tbh. All of it did in July, except the for Gods & Kings expansion, so it should this time.

Edit - Even better Get Games has the expansion for £5 as part of a 72 hour Loaded sale.

[Tribesman]

Stormpowered(jutland/distant guns) are doing a weekend sale.
€2.99 each for Rise of Flight and Operation Star

[Narko]

http://strategyfirst.com/games/2681-strategy-first-thanksgiving-bundle.html

[Herr-Berbunch]

Already added to the Bit of News thread but may as well add here as well - www.humblebundle.com - THQ games Saints Row the Third, Metro 2033, CoH, plus two CoH DLCs, Red Army Faction Armageddon, and Darksiders -pay whatever you want but to get SRt3 it needs to be above the average which at the last look several hours ago was $5.70. :yeah:

[Oberon]

http://strategyfirst.com/games/2681-strategy-first-thanksgiving-bundle.html

That is...incredibly tempting... :yep:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Now that Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/) also includes Warhammer 40k Dawn of War, and Titan Quest, and a DLC for RF:A, and five soundtracks, on top of all the others already listed.

Current price to get all is only $5.69, only a day and a bit left to go before it ends. :yeah:

[Lionclaw]

GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/) holiday sale has started. :)

Bullfrog 75% off, 22hrs to go.

[Raptor1]

GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/) holiday sale has started. :)

Bullfrog 75% off, 22hrs to go.

Several other games are on sale as well, it seems. Also, Duke Nukem 3D for free (http://www.gog.com/news/holiday_gift_duke_nukem_3d_pcmac).

[Rilder]

http://www.strategyfirst.com/games/2619-best-of-sfi-strategy-bundle.html

May not look like much of a deal at first but add it to your cart and in the coupon part add "HAPPYHOLIDAYS" (Without quotes) and you can get it for Free! :up:

[Lord_magerius]

I get "This product is out of stock" message :(

[Raptor1]

I get "This product is out of stock" message :(

Same.

[Rilder]

^Yeah must of sold out quickly, grab I nabbed it! Their downloading system sucks btw.

In other news... the Steam Winter sale... HAS COME.
http://i.imgur.com/aVhfS.jpg



Definitely a lot of stuff to put on watch for daily deals, only bought Grand Ages: Rome thus far.

[Dowly]

You should buy Europa Universalis:Rome Gold instead. Tried GA:R for a bit, wasn't that great. :hmmm:

EUR Gold includes the Vae Victis expansion, which makes it Crusader King II-ish
with it's characters and their invidual ambitions and such. Makes you have to take
care of the political side of things too. :yep:

[CCIP]

Gah, first day and it already gets me. I wanted Wargame: EE for a while, so there we go...

[Rilder]

You should buy Europa Universalis:Rome Gold instead. Tried GA:R for a bit, wasn't that great. :hmmm:

EUR Gold includes the Vae Victis expansion, which makes it Crusader King II-ish
with it's characters and their invidual ambitions and such. Makes you have to take
care of the political side of things too. :yep:


Yeah I've had EU:Rome for ages now, its fun but it carries a lot of the problems of Pre-Divine wind EU:3 like ping pong armies, I need to put more time in at some point. I mainly got GA:R due to being thoroughly impressed with Imperium Romanum, I didn't really get it for the strategy and politics, I got it for the city building which I hope is a bit improved on Imp. Romanum.

Of course the devs have to give Romans Holywood armour like a bunch of derps. ROMANS DIDN'T USE LORICA SEGEMENTA IN COMBAT, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY NOT BEFORE ROME WAS EVEN USING LORICA HAMATA.

Also new purchase, Cargo Commander for 2.50, already seems to be pretty fun.

Also grabbed Bad Rats for .50 cents, I dunno if itll be that good but eh 50 cents can't complain much.

[Biggles]

I bought RUSE and Wargame: EE.

[darius359au]

Just to make peoples wallets really scream this time of the year there's also green man gaming http://www.greenmangaming.com/ for super deals , I picked up Lord of the Rings-War in the north for $3.50 yesterday ,they've got Sleeping Dogs for 60% off atm and theres a voucher code you can use for another 30% off the sale price :up::D

[CaptainHaplo]

For you RTS or Tactical squad folks - the DOW/DOWII franchise is on sale - for $9.99

A pretty good deal. I own most of these but not all of them - so I got it just for backups.

[Biggles]

Well Victoria 2 is now in my possession....yet another game that I'll never learn to play to my everlasting shame....

[darius359au]

I wish these sale would stop soon ,I'm running out of money:wah:

Tropico 4 today for $7.99 on steam and Doom3 BFG edition from greenman gaming for $10 (yeah I know doom 3's not the best but it ,all the dlc and Doom 1 and 2 for $10 was too tempting:D)

[RickC Sniper]

Never played any of the Tropico series but grabbed Tropico 3 yesterday for $2.49

[Takeda Shingen]

Never played any of the Tropico series but grabbed Tropico 3 yesterday for $2.49

You'll love it. There are few things in gaming more addictive than playing as El Presidente. :up:

[Mud]

Bought XCom EU and Sleeping Dogs this sales week, that should keep me busy for a few weeks :up:

[danlisa]

Not a Steam Sale but a Steam redeem deal:

Hitman Absolution £7.49
Hitman Absolution Pro £9.99

Nice, if you were waiting for a price drop.:D

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/emea_uk/

[darius359au]

Steam has Crusader Kings 2 for 75% off over the weekend at $9.99 ,missed the xmas sales but grabbed it now :D

[Hottentot]

Steam has Crusader Kings 2 for 75% off over the weekend at $9.99 ,missed the xmas sales but grabbed it now :D

Most of the DLC packs are on sale as well, so this is definitely a good chance to grab some of those as well for those of us who already own CK 2. Especially the cosmetic stuff like music and facepacks that might otherwise feel not worth the price.

[HunterICX]

It's well due time Gamersgate has those DLC on sale :shifty:

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Son of a!

WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS AT CHRISTMAS GAMERSGATE?!! :nope:

[Crécy]

Eagle Dynamics' newsletter:

DCS Spring Sale! (http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=1322&scr=shop&lang=en)
The entire range of DCS products will be on sale between 21 and 27 March.

DCS: A-10C Warthog  $19.99 USD
DCS: P-51D Mustang  $9.99 USD
DCS: Combined Arms  $20.99 USD
DCS: Black Shark 2 (Full)  $19.99 USD
DCS: Black Shark 2 (Update)  $9.99 USD

Might have to grab P-51D and BS2 update. :hmmm:

[reignofdeath]

Eagle Dynamics' newsletter:



Might have to grab P-51D and BS2 update. :hmmm:

Oh gosh, I feel that itch coming on...

[CCIP]

The entire Hearts of Iron 3 collection (includes all DLCs) is up for 75% off today, which comes out to just over $6. Definitely worth that price :yep:

There's also an indie sale going on that features some very good gems. Euro Truck Simulator 2 is 50% off for example.

[Hottentot]

The entire Hearts of Iron 3 collection (includes all DLCs) is up for 75% off today, which comes out to just over $6. Definitely worth that price :yep:

Sold. Thanks for the heads up! :salute:

[Crécy]

The entire Hearts of Iron 3 collection (includes all DLCs)

Except for the most recent DLC The Finest Hour.

[Raptor1]

Except for the most recent DLC The Finest Hour.

Which is also separately on sale for $2.49, so getting the whole thing adds up to $8.73.

[Crécy]

Which is also separately on sale for $2.49, so getting the whole thing adds up to $8.73.

Unless one lives in euro conversion retardation area.

[Hottentot]

Found this out by accident: Grand Theft Auto IV Complete edition is 75 % off for the weekend. That's only 7,49 [Insert currency] for the base game and the Episodes from Liberty City.

I'm likely going to get stamped as the dreaded "casual gamer" for saying this, but it's one of the best games I can remember from the recent years. Both of you who haven't yet tried it (yes you hardcore serious intellectual super simmer snobs, I'm looking at you :stare:), go grab it while you can. :yeah:

[TarJak]

Found this out by accident: Grand Theft Auto IV Complete edition is 75 % off for the weekend. That's only 7,49 [Insert currency] for the base game and the Episodes from Liberty City.

I'm likely going to get stamped as the dreaded "casual gamer" for saying this, but it's one of the best games I can remember from the recent years. Both of you who haven't yet tried it (yes you hardcore serious intellectual super simmer snobs, I'm looking at you :stare:), go grab it while you can. :yeah:

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/140/5/2/casual_gamer_stamp_by_wesker_chick-d3gtk3f.jpg
Consider yourself stamped. Thanks for the tip though I've picked up that little bargain today.

[Kaye T. Bai]

Found this out by accident: Grand Theft Auto IV Complete edition is 75 % off for the weekend. That's only 7,49 [Insert currency] for the base game and the Episodes from Liberty City.

I nearly wet my pants! Thanks for letting us know! I'm definitely getting this! Shoppers, shoppers, man your debit cards! :up:

Seriously, 7.49 for essentially three games in one, and really good ones at that? That's nearly theft, man! Each DLC is 10.00, and the game itself is 20.00 at the very least. :)

[Dowly]

Guess you missed the Steam sale some months back that had GTA 1, 2, 3, 4, San Andreas, Eps. from Liberty City and Vice City for a total of 10 euros or something around that. :hmmm:

[Kaye T. Bai]

Guess you missed the Steam sale some months back that had GTA 1, 2, 3, 4, San Andreas, Eps. from Liberty City and Vice City for a total of 10 euros or something around that.

Oh, man! I would've bought that had I known. :wah:

[Hottentot]

Guess you missed the Steam sale some months back that had GTA 1, 2, 3, 4, San Andreas, Eps. from Liberty City and Vice City for a total of 10 euros or something around that. :hmmm:

Offtopic, but hasn't Rockstar been giving GTA 1 and 2 for free for ages already? I at least remember downloading them both to my computer at some point legally and playing them. Yet Steam sells them with prices like they were brand new. :06:

[Dowly]

I cant remember if they had price on them, but I got them through Steam as they
are in my library. :hmmm:

BTW, the pack I mentioned is on sale for 12,49 euros on Steam.

EDIT: Oh, GTA 1 and 2 have no price on Steam.

[Spike88]

They gave them away for free ages ago.

[Hottentot]

EDIT: Oh, GTA 1 and 2 have no price on Steam.

Whut? My Steam shows they are priced 49,99€ each and currently discounted to 12,49€?

Edit: nevermind. I see when adding them to the cart, they seem to lose their price. Pretty confusing, though, that they show such high price on the store. A bug perhaps, or then they are automatically bundled in the collection pack, which is 50€.

[Dowly]

BTW, Hitman Absolution is going cheap on Steam ($10).

[TarJak]

The flabnasticating Windows Live ID that is required to save games in GTA4 is a real PITA!!! FFS all I want to do is play the flobbing game not sign into yet another DRM always online bastardos of a network! I have a freaking hard drive FFS!/rant

[Hottentot]

The flabnasticating Windows Live ID that is required to save games in GTA4 is a real PITA!!! FFS all I want to do is play the flobbing game not sign into yet another DRM always online bastardos of a network! I have a freaking hard drive FFS!/rant

Welcome to the club. (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=203424)

I wouldn't mind it otherwise, but the save game feature is indeed just so over the top it's absurd. "Oh, you don't want to play through an impressively long game on one go? Well, you need a Windows Live account for that. Not to be confused with your Microsoft account, which you first have to create and then make it into a Live account."

At least they got rid of that monstrosity called "Rockstar Social club" in one patch or another. And you can run GTA 4 without Steam on the background, unlike, say, New Vegas. It's just the moronic Live that keeps bugging you.

And don't even get me started on not finding Mass Effect 3 on Steam, because noooooooo, having just one stupid third party client on your computer is not enough: if you want our game, you must install our stupid third party client too.

[TarJak]

Welcome to the club. (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=203424)

I wouldn't mind it otherwise, but the save game feature is indeed just so over the top it's absurd. "Oh, you don't want to play through an impressively long game on one go? Well, you need a Windows Live account for that. Not to be confused with your Microsoft account, which you first have to create and then make it into a Live account."

At least they got rid of that monstrosity called "Rockstar Social club" in one patch or another. And you can run GTA 4 without Steam on the background, unlike, say, New Vegas. It's just the moronic Live that keeps bugging you.

And don't even get me started on not finding Mass Effect 3 on Steam, because noooooooo, having just one stupid third party client on your computer is not enough: if you want our game, you must install our stupid third party client too.

Gotta love the games industries ways of keeping everyone on the straight and narrow. Good thing I've got several free e-mail addresses which lets me use details other than my own to set these flobbing accounts up.:88)

[HunterICX]

Been there, Done that.
With SSFIV:AE
booted up and had to go through all that hassle of turning that old hotmail account into a live and then Xbox account. I could play without but none of my progress would then be saved.

It was a pleasant reminder of why I stayed away from games in the shop that said ''Game for Windows Live''

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

That and getting your assistance kicked online :D

[HunterICX]

Which made it all...not worth it :rotfl2:

HunterICX

[Crécy]

Victoria 2: A House Divided (as well as Victoria 2) 55% off on Gamersgate. (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-V2AHD/victoria-2-a-house-divided-expansion)

[NeonSamurai]

You know, you can usually just make simple offline accounts for windows live to save your progress. No registration, email addresses or anything. Just don't loose your offline profile or you can kiss your save games goodbye (many save games are encrypted by your wlive profile for some stupid reason).

[Herr-Berbunch]

Humble bundle once again - they're now doing a weekly bundle. :yeah:

Now to piss off everyone as you'll already have them - for just $1 you can get Red Orchestra 1/2, for $2.91 (this may vary) you also get the Killing Floor.

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Six days, three hours and 42 minutes remaining.

OK, I've just bought them for $3 (£2.05), but I've already got RO and RO2 - anybody want these Steam keys? :hmmm:

[reignofdeath]

Humble bundle once again - they're now doing a weekly bundle. :yeah:

Now to piss off everyone as you'll already have them - for just $1 you can get Red Orchestra 1/2, for $2.91 (this may vary) you also get the Killing Floor.

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Six days, three hours and 42 minutes remaining.

OK, I've just bought them for $3 (£2.05), but I've already got RO and RO2 - anybody want these Steam keys? :hmmm:

Scratch that , some one else can have em :P I have too many games as it is

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steam key for RO and/or RO2? :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Some great stuff over at GOG.com again, the three that caught my eye:
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssee - $2.99
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - $2.99
Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy) - $2.99
(also, Psychonauts for $4.99)

[Hottentot]

Oddworld: Abe's Odyssee - $2.99
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - $2.99

Best. Platformers. Ever. Get them if you haven't yet: I'd buy them myself, but they were some of the first games I got from GOG years ago when I joined.


Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy) - $2.99

Also a good game with a somewhat non-linear plot and some decisions having effects on what happens later in the game. For that price it's a steal.

[Dowly]

Aye, can't recommend them enough. Oddworld is just.. SO AMAZING! :rock:

And Fahrenheit is one of those games you just wish would go on and on and on. :yep:

[Herr-Berbunch]

gamersgate.co.uk have a sale on sim stuff, not any SH stuff but also no crap like The Sims.

Couple of prices - B17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty Eighth is only £1.12 - surely not even two dollar/euro. Tropico 3 Gold £3.12, and Tropico 4 down to just £7.49.

[danlisa]

A wild 75% off voucher for Shogun Total War 2 has appeared in my inventory.

Already own so it's available to a good home.:up:

Valid until May 27th but I need to pass it on before the end of Friday, as I will be away until the expiry date.

Priority is given to members of the Subsim Steam group but is available for all. If I can't shift before Friday, I could pass it on to a Subsm Group member for the remaining time period in an attempt to shift it.

Steam ID is Danlisa or psn_danlisa.

[Crécy]

The Humble Weekly Sale: Alan Wake (https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly)

I recommend.

[Crécy]

As Crusader Kings II: Old Gods DLC is released next week (woo!) there's a CKII sale going on at Gamersgate (http://www.gamersgate.com/offers).

[Hottentot]

Thanks, Crécy. I know a guy who is going to be thrilled to hear that. :)

[Hottentot]

Alan Wake and its expansion were -90 % in Steam. That's, like, less than 2€ from what I quickly glanced. Didn't find it interesting myself (which I know I'm going to regret), but that definitely should count as "Insanely Cheap Sale". :yep:

[Dowly]

Shadow Warrior's free on Steam. :up:

[Herr-Berbunch]

The Walking Dead is this week's Humble Bundle Weekly Deal. Along with six other games. As usual - pay what you want. :yeah:

[Dowly]

Hitman Absolution 6.25€ on GamersGate (11hrs remaining):
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HMA/hitman-absolution

[Hottentot]

Zafehouse: Diaries 60 % off in GOG (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/zafehouse_diaries) until 6th of June 10am GMT. Recommended and reviewed with an AAR here: www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202205 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202205)

[Nippelspanner]

Zafehouse: Diaries 60 % off in GOG (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/zafehouse_diaries) until 6th of June 10am GMT. Recommended and reviewed with an AAR here: www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202205 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202205)

Thx! Wanted to buy it since I've read your excellent (and disgustingly long and never ending :D) AAR!

[Dowly]

If you dont own RTW, now is a good time to get it, 87% off:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/4760/

[Crécy]

GOG.com 2013 Summer Sale (http://www.gog.com/)

For example Witcher 2 on daily deals for $5.99. Not bad. (19hrs left)

[Nippelspanner]

GOG.com 2013 Summer Sale (http://www.gog.com/)

For example Witcher 2 on daily deals for $5.99. Not bad. (19hrs left)

And the Alan Wake bundle for 5$ instead of 45$! :yeah:

[Hottentot]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9YgWF06LXxM/UZsUliz0ULI/AAAAAAAAARE/mZzD1RrFMks/s640/cute-hamster.jpg

Look into my deep, black, hypnotic eyes: you like Zafehouse Diaries. You will buy Zafehouse Diaries. Zafehouse Diaries is a good purchase for $2.50. You like Zafehouse Diaries. You will buy Zafehouse Diaries...

And while you're at it, go grab King of Dragon Pass too while they are practically giving it away.

[Crécy]

Quickly grab Company of Heroes 2 now when it's cheap on steam! Only 79,99€!

[Nippelspanner]

Quickly grab Company of Heroes 2 now when it's cheap on steam! Only 79,99€!

That game is not worth 15€ in my opinion...:har:

[eddie]

Wow, you can get Planetary Annihilation for only $90.00 on Steam right now. And its a beta,can't get anything better then that!!:haha: Will be a cold day in hell, before I'd pay something like that for a PC game!!

[Cybermat47]

Star Wars: Republic Commando - $9.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/6000/?snr=1_7_15__13

[reignofdeath]

Wow, you can get Planetary Annihilation for only $90.00 on Steam right now. And its a beta,can't get anything better then that!!:haha: Will be a cold day in hell, before I'd pay something like that for a PC game!!

The price is going to drop closer to release.

[Oberon]

TAKE COVER NOW!

The Steam Summer Sale has started.

May God have mercy on our wallets, because Steam sure will not...