Steam sale thread: Summer 2017 Edition

[Sharky.]

Dragon Age: Origins -70%

If you don't already own DA:O, get it. Absolutely superb game 👍

 

[Flex0r]

New Flash sales:
Half Life 2 -75%
Music Creator -66%
Torchlight II -75%
Defiance -66%

Community vote choices:
Van Helsing -50%
The Walking Dead -75%

Previous community vote winner: Surgeon Simulator 2013 -66%

 

[Joel]

Grabbed HL2, figure I should play it some time.

 

[Alltidxx]

Vote Van Helsing!

 

[Coxis]

I know plenty of people who have it but have never actually launched it for that reason, I am one of those people. I WILL do it some day, just not soon.

I'm way too familiar with that feeling, eventually I did get the balls to play it, but the longest I could last playing was like 30 minutes per session. My heart was pounding and I only played it during the day.

I'm such a girl for these kind of truly scary games. One thing I can guarantee though, you won't regret playing it. Amazing game, truly.

 

[sesselpupser]

One thing I can guarantee though, you won't regret playing it. Amazing game, truly.

I'm sure I won't, I'm just never really in the mood for horror games. Same with horror films, it's not really a genre that interests me, but with Amnesia there's the unique appeal of the fact that it's genuinely scary, that's why I bought it... But yeah, I never sit down and think 'Hey, I think I'll play Amnesia tonight!'.

Valve did an oops and leaked today's deals a whole 20 minutes early:

"Today's Daily Deals include:
Grand Theft Auto IV 75% off
Dead Island Series 50 - 75% off
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition 75% off
Fallen Enchantress Series 66 - 75% off
Tropico 4: Steam Special Edition 80% off
Batman Arkham City GOTY 75% off
Ace of Spades 75% off
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword 75% off
Evoland 50% off
Deus Ex: Human Revolution 85% off"

That's from their news blog. GTA IV (and presumably the older GTAs as well), Arkham City (and presumably Asylum), Dark Souls, Ace of Spades and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are the interesting ones today, for me anyway. Dead Island is acceptable, it plays quite a lot like a poor Borderlands clone with melee weapons (the sequel is, apparently, not a lot better than the first) but is fun in co-op, I have no experience of the others. I might see how much Evoland is, I'm kind of interested in that but not very. If it's like £1-2 then I might pick it up.

Edit: It'll be £3.49, that's a no from me.

 

[Joel]

Might grab Tropico 4. I resisted the first time it was on sale, might not be able to last another 48 hours of it being on sale

 

[Phoenix]

Lego Lord of the Rings 75% off eh?

Hmm, might get that. Loved pretty much every other Lego game on PS2/PS3.

 

[sesselpupser]

Everyone! Quick, try the Gunpoint demo, and if you like it, buy it from the website instead of Steam. It's a tiny bit cheaper, the developer gets a bigger cut and you get a Steam key as well as a DRM-free version.

 

[Joey D]

Mount & Blade and it's sequels are all excellent if anyone is thinking about it. Warbands is the best, but anyone of them would be pretty entertaining. There are also a ton of mods out there for it too that change it from anything to a Star Wars battle to the Civil War.

 

[McLaren]

Might grab Tropico 4. I resisted the first time it was on sale, might not be able to last another 48 hours of it being on sale

If you're going to do that, spend the extra 2 bucks & download the Collector's Bundle. That'll not only give you the 6 tiny DLCs, but the Modern Times one as well.

 

[Joel]

If you're going to do that, spend the extra 2 bucks & download the Collector's Bundle. That'll not only give you the 6 tiny DLCs, but the Modern Times one as well.

I've been holding off so far, I think I'll wait until tomorrow to make a decision after seeing what the daily deals are. But thanks for the tip, I'll definitely grab the bundle if I get the game.

 

[sesselpupser]

So, what did you all think of Gunpoint?

Anyone? I'm honestly not exaggerating when I say it's probably the best indie game I've played this year.

 

[sesselpupser]

Fez is on sale again. Woo.
Saints Row 3 -75%
Anno 2070 -50% (I think I've heard of some pretty poor DRM stuff going on with this, if you're interested you might want to check up on it)
Rage -75%

Saints Row 3 and Rage are pretty good, Rage was quite poorly received but I still think the shooting part was very well done. SR3 is basically the antidote to GTA IV's very serious face. I somehow doubt I have to say much about it though.

Bastion won the vote, predictably. New votes are: Extremely expensive Marvel thing, a Warframe booster, a Star Trek booster. I think that's the first time I've seen F2P boosters in a featured sale.

Wow, it's late. This is my first ever double post, apologies.

 

[HighSeasHoMastr]

So, what did you all think of Gunpoint?

Anyone? I'm honestly not exaggerating when I say it's probably the best indie game I've played this year.

This x1000 haha. It is really excellent. I bought it a few weeks ago and absolutely love it.

 

[McLaren]

Bastion won the vote, predictably. New votes are: Extremely expensive Marvel thing, a Warframe booster, a Star Trek booster. I think that's the first time I've seen F2P boosters in a featured sale.

Wow, it's late. This is my first ever double post, apologies.

Good lord, it's a DLC pack & is one of 3 currently on sale for the Marvel Heroes online game. The core game itself is free to play, but still, all 3 DLCs retail for over $80/piece new & each pack says it only contains 4 new characters & 8 new costumes with 10 fortune cards.

$240 for 12 characters & 24 costumes for a game that's free?

LOL WUT?

 

[Joel]

But it's on sale! $64, what a bargain!

I grabbed Bastion and HL2 today. I'll have plenty of time over the school year to play games so I may as well stock up on the cheap games.

 

[Flex0r]

Everyone! Quick, try the Gunpoint demo, and if you like it, buy it from the website instead of Steam. It's a tiny bit cheaper, the developer gets a bigger cut and you get a Steam key as well as a DRM-free version.

Missed your post, I bought it on steam yesterday, unfortunately did not have the time to play it yet.
Seems like a fun game, had it in my wish list for a couple of days.

 

[dice1998]

To Dirt 3 or to not Dirt 3. That is the question.

 

[Shaun]

I was thinking the same, still yet to make a purchase .

 

[Imari]

To Dirt 3 or to not Dirt 3. That is the question.

I got it a while ago with my graphics card, it gave me a good bit of enjoyment. It's not RBR, but it's a solidly enjoyable game. I got at least $6 of entertainment out of it.

 

[sesselpupser]

I would agree with that assessment. It works best if you treat it like car-based entertainment rather than a serious attempt at a rally game. The physics aren't the selling point, the stages are wide and not very challenging - I tend to place first on my first attempt (compare that to RBR where you're lucky to finish after five restarts!) - and the gymkhana stuff is pretty much an annoyance you must sit through. On the plus side, it feels fast, there are a lot of cars and it's very pretty.

OH BUT! It uses Games for Windows Live, the DLC is never discounted and you can't 100% the career without it. It hard-sells DLC at every opportunity, and unfortunately some of the best stuff in the game like the Mini (classic Mini, I mean) and Monte Carlo stages is DLC.

 

[Sureboss]

Pretty good assessment, it's good for pick up and play, I will chuck Dirt3 in if I want to do something for half an hour, go in with an open mind and not expecting anything serious and you'll enjoy it.

 

[livemusic]

I liked DiRT 2 better.

 

[XtremeBadass]

To Dirt 3 or to not Dirt 3. That is the question.

Go to Dirt 3 of course, Dirt 3 is a fantastic rally game.

 

[G.T.Ace]

I wouldn't recommend it to be honest. Bought it for 15 bucks on PSN, deeply regret it. Although the PC version might be more enjoyable, thanks to the higher possible framerates and resolution.

 

[sesselpupser]

I liked DiRT 2 better.

Me too, and I liked Dirt better than either.


And yeah, the PC version supports triple monitors almost natively so that's quite nice. It is very pretty to look at...

 

[JvM]

I wouldn't recommend it to be honest. Bought it for 15 bucks on PSN, deeply regret it. Although the PC version might be more enjoyable, thanks to the higher possible framerates and resolution.

And higher wheel rotation support apparently. I'm actually quite pleased how it is with wheel. Decent ffb, definitely better than I expected.
So far only buy for me.

Gonna get Sleeping Dogs probably though.

 

[Terronium-12]

I haven't purchased much, just Hotline Miami, Euro Truck Simulator 2, and the GTA Complete Package.

I still have things from previous sales that haven't been played yet, finished, or even installed.

 

[Joel]

Not much interesting me today other than Euro Truck Sim 2, but it's hard to justify buying it when I have less than a month left at home and I'm not taking my wheel to school.

Might gift my brother a copy of Torchlight 2 if I'm feeling generous later.