The Steam Deals + Cards Thread V8 ~ Summer Sale Encore Day! | Rage $4.99 | Retro City Rampage $2.99 | Crysis $5.99 | Endless Space $10.19 |

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It had to be done, welcome aboard the new thread, Steam Deal Thread V8!

You can find link to past threads at the bottom of this post. Read post #2 of this thread for Steam FAQs and more.

Disclaimer: Because of the ridiculous number of games on sale and the speed at which sales change, it is likely I will not be able to catch everything . Be sure to check the update time for the OP, and visit the Specials Tab to see all current sales. If you see something not listed in the OP, please feel free to PM me and I will see that it is added. Thanks, enjoy the sale  :D

Before you buy anything be sure to check out both BigSpoonyBard's Super Tips for Steam Sale Newbies (and Vets) and jshackle's Enhanced Steam Extension/Plugin for Chrome/Opera/Firefox!

Steam Summer Sale

Flash Deals


[*]Retro City Rampage - $14.99 $3.00
[*]Endless Space Gold - $34.99 $11.89[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Total War Grand Master Collection - $164.99 $41.24[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rome: Total War - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Empire: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Napoleon: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Total War: SHOGUN 2 - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Viking: Battle for Asgard - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Total War Battles: SHOGUN - $4.99 $1.24
[*]SHOGUN 2: Rise of the Samurai Campaign - $9.99 $2.49[/customspoiler]

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Community Choice

  • Rage - $19.99 $4.99
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Daily Deals



[*]Borderlands 2 - $39.99 $10.19 (4-Pack - $89.99 $30.59)[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Bioshock - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock 2 - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock Infinite - $59.99 $29.99
[*]Torchlight - $14.99 $3.73
[*]Torchlight 2 - $19.99 $4.99 (4-Pack - $59.99 $14.99)
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - $19.99 $4.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Tomb Raider Collection - $69.99 $17.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]The Walking Dead - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $13.79
[*]Dishonored - $29.99 $10.19[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Skyrim: Legendary Edition - $59.99 $36.00[customspoiler='Contents']


Yesterday's Deals


[*]Natural Selection 2 - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Worms Collection - $89.99 $22.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Worms Revolution - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Worms Ultimate Mayhem - $14.99 $3.74


[*]Starforge (Alpha) - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike Complete - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Assassin's Creed Pack - $169.95 $57.78[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Assassin's Creed III - $39.99 $23.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $2.23
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $3.74[customspoiler='Contents']

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Persistent Deals

(if you notice a daily/flash sale in here by mistake, please let me know)

-75% or More

-50% to -74%


[*]The Political Machine 2012 - $3.99 $0.99 (4-Pack - $9.99 $2.49)[/customspoiler]

[*]Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity - $19.99 $6.79
[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $19.99 $9.99
[*]The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Dead Space - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Dead Space 2 - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Hitman: Blood Money - $8.99 $4.49
[*]Hitman: Codename 47 - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $14.99[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition - $29.99 $14.99
[*]The Cave - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Hits Collection - $29.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $4.99

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $4.47
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $7.49


[*]Mirror's Edge - $19.99 $9.99
[*]McPixel - $4.99 $0.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator - $8.99 $4.49
[*]FTL - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Cart Life - $4.99 $1.99
[*]To The Moon - $9.99 $2.99
[*]VVVVVV - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $20.69
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Need for Speed: Undercover - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Need for Speed: Shift - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Shift 2: Unleashed - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Magical Diary - $14.99 $5.24
[*]Super House of Dead Ninjas - $6.99 $2.37
[*]The Blackwell Legacy - $4.99 $1.99
[*]Jack Lumber - $7.49 $2.24
[*]Anna - Extended Edition - $9.99 $3.39
[*]The Bridge - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Alice: Madness Returns - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Payday The Heist - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike - $9.99 $2.49
[*]The Orange Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Half-Life Complete - $39.99 $19.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rockstar Hits Collection - $89.97 $44.98[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]LA Noire - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Max Payne 3 - $39.99 $19.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Starseed Pilgrim - $5.99 $2.69
[*]The Binding of Isaac - $4.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

All Current Specials

Preorder Deals - Updated 24/6

  • The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="Free upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition"]
    Digital poster (printable) 
  • Papercraft mask of The Raven (printable)
  • “Making of” booklet 
  • Story book (plenty of background info and artworks)
  • Soundtrack[/customspoiler]

[*]Europa Universalis IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="The 100 Years War Unit Pack DLC"]
  • This DLC adds new, unique unit models to the belligerent nations of the
    100 Years War. Included are 11 infantry models for the warring nations,
    including England, France, Scotland, Burgundy and many more! [/customspoiler]

[*]Saints Row IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="3 Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Weapon Costumes"]
  • Pre-Purchase Saints Row IV and get 3 exclusive Team Fortress 2 weapon costumes to use in Saints Row IV: The Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher, only with Pre-Purchases on Steam! [/customspoiler]

[*]Rise of the Triad - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler='The Apogee Throwback Pack']
  • The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee
    Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the
    galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and
    "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in
    "Rise of the Triad".[/customspoiler]

[*]Divinity: Dragon Commander - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler='Immediate access to the Divinity: Dragon Commander beta']
  • As an extra bonus, you will also receive a free upgrade to Divinity: Dragon Commander Imperial Edition.
  • The Imperial Edition includes a golden dragon skin, a Dragons On Earth
    campaign map, a digital soundtrack by award winning genius Kirill
    Pokrovsky, and behind the scenes information like concept art,
    classified design documents, confidential decision tree flowcharts and a
    unique documentary.[/customspoiler]

[*]Total War: Rome II - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="The Greek States Culture Pack"]
  • The Greek States Culture Pack includes three new playable Factions for use in Single or Multiplayer Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer Battles. These factions are the diplomatic Athens, shrewd Epirus and formidable Sparta as playable factions. Each offers range of special tactics to achieve cultural and martial victories, and lethal elite units to crush foes in battle.
  • The Greek States also share a number of common goals, philosophies and general diplomatic aims. However, they are defined by their fierce independence and between them demonstrate a huge variety in approach to civil and military challenges that often brings them into conflict with the wider world, and each other.
  • Plus, Pre-Purchase and receive the Greek Hellenic Armor for The Pyro & Egyptian Cheetah set for The Scout in TF2. More to come!  [/customspoiler]

Indie Bundle Threads
 
Groupees
Indie Gala
Indie Royale
Humble Bundle

IndieGameStand
 
Free Stuff
 

There are quite a few free and free2play games and mods on steam. You can find a full list here. Note that free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.


Past Special Sales

Visit www.steamgamesales.com to check previous sale prices on Steam games. We do keep track of some older sales here though:

CAG Threads Featuring Steam Games on Sale Elsewhere - Updated 1/9

Past CAG Steam Deal Threads

 
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"Ike said:
Am I missing something on these badges? You need to have 5 sets of them to max your lvl... for every game... each game only gives you 4... so they're expecting people to seriously buy all their missing ones? You figure FTL is a set of 8.. you get 4... so just for your first badge you need to buy 4 extras. That's not including the other 32 you'd need to hit lvl 5.....
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There's no need to craft badges. It's just there if you want to mess with it. Leveling up your badge to level 5 is really more of a trophy or achievement you likely paid for. Me, I keep the cards For the games I want badges for, and I sell off the cards for games I don't care about. I use that money and a little of my own to get the badges I want. Entirely unnecessary system, but it's snagged a bunch of us in.
 
I just realized I spent almost 6 bucks lvling my badge for this summer sale all the way up.  I did get a couple of emoticons and stuff that are worth next to nothing TO ME... but I just... looking through my game library... it's been a while since I touched my PC.  My library is stacked.  And now Steam expects me to go play Skyrim more than the 160+ hrs I already have to earn 4 badges to prove I played it... :p

Oh wells... pretty much what I expected to see.

 
IkedaTeramusa said:
I just realized I spent almost 6 bucks lvling my badge for this summer sale all the way up. I did get a couple of emoticons and stuff that are worth next to nothing TO ME... but I just... looking through my game library... it's been a while since I touched my PC. My library is stacked. And now Steam expects me to go play Skyrim more than the 160+ hrs I already have to earn 4 badges to prove I played it... :p

Oh wells... pretty much what I expected to see.
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the badges really aren't about proving you've played a game, otherwise you wouldn't be able to craft badges for games you didn't own.

 
imo cards shouldn't be given out for just idling a game. they should require each game have one achievement; beat the single player on normal. if it's a multiplayer game, make that requirement something like win an online match. just something universal and simple. you have that achievement, then you can get the cards for the game. would make them worth more than the pennies that they are, and would keep people from just buying cheap games for the stupid cards.

obv they shouldn't be based on silly achievements but i think if each achievement game was required to have either 'beat sp on normal' or 'win an online match' that'd cover 99% of the games and would give cards out only to people that actually play their games.

 
^^

I'd prefer they were tied to achievements as well, but I don't see that happening now the current method is in place. Would surely cut down on the amount of cards, which would cut into Valve's profits :shame:

 
SonicXtreme said:
imo cards shouldn't be given out for just idling a game. they should require each game have one achievement; beat the single player on normal. if it's a multiplayer game, make that requirement something like win an online match. just something universal and simple. you have that achievement, then you can get the cards for the game. would make them worth more than the pennies that they are, and would keep people from just buying cheap games for the stupid cards.

obv they shouldn't be based on silly achievements but i think if each achievement game was required to have either 'beat sp on normal' or 'win an online match' that'd cover 99% of the games and would give cards out only to people that actually play their games.
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Agreed 100%. Cards should be based off doing certain things within a game. Not only would that help the market but it'd also kind of make them mean something.

 
Awesome Sale for me as someone who is fairly new to PC Gaming

Final Haul

The Binding of Issac

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Fallout Collection

Gunpoint

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

Monaco

Natural Selection 2

Rogue Legacy

Shatter

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Surgeon Simulator 2013

The Swapper

Terraria

Torchlight 2

 
SonicXtreme said:
imo cards shouldn't be given out for just idling a game. they should require each game have one achievement; beat the single player on normal. if it's a multiplayer game, make that requirement something like win an online match. just something universal and simple. you have that achievement, then you can get the cards for the game. would make them worth more than the pennies that they are, and would keep people from just buying cheap games for the stupid cards.

obv they shouldn't be based on silly achievements but i think if each achievement game was required to have either 'beat sp on normal' or 'win an online match' that'd cover 99% of the games and would give cards out only to people that actually play their games.
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It's trivial to get achievements on Steam without actually playing. You'd cut out some of the people who just idle for cards, but it wouldn't make them any more difficult to get.

 
Flowette said:
Thanks louie!

Been tempted by RCR but not at the sale price, this is good enough for me though. It's 20% higher in the UK.
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I was tempted for Retro CR by the Steam sale, but the dev's offering both DRM-FREE and then your choice of either Steam or GOG version was the instant buy.

Giving me BOTH a DRM-FREE version and a Steam-version = Epic win.

I love GOG and all - but that's just another DRM-FREE version (since dev's are offering DRM-FREE Version up to you no matter what) plus a few extras I didn't want/need.

I'll take Steam Achievement and Cards, thanks. :D

Best of both worlds (DRM-FREE + Steam worlds)!

 
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MysterD said:
I was tempted for Retro CR by the Steam sale, but the dev's offering both DRM-FREE and then your choice of either Steam or GOG version was the instant buy.

Giving me BOTH a DRM-FREE version and a Steam-version = Epic win.
I love GOG and all - but that's just another DRM-FREE version (since dev's are offering this up to you no matter what) plus a few extras I didn't need.
I'll take Steam Achievement and Cards, thanks.

Best of both worlds (DRM-FREE + Steam worlds)!
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I'm not sure what the hullabaloo over DRM-free is. It's not that I'm overpriviledged, I just haven't a clue (Steam newblet)
 
utopianmachine said:
There's no need to craft badges. It's just there if you want to mess with it. Leveling up your badge to level 5 is really more of a trophy or achievement you likely paid for. Me, I keep the cards For the games I want badges for, and I sell off the cards for games I don't care about. I use that money and a little of my own to get the badges I want. Entirely unnecessary system, but it's snagged a bunch of us in.
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My plan is pretty similar except for the part where I use some of my own money. I made a couple of game badges by buying my missing cards and selling off cards I don't care about and that's probably what I'll continue to do.

EDIT: I don't think there's any point to levelling up badges unless you just enjoy giving Gabe money (at least until Valve reveals next year's meta-game that involves collecting level-5 badges!).

 
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Well, I bit on the Daedalic Bundle, which includes Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, Edna and Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, and A New Beginning-Final Cut. $19.99 for all five (75% off). I had them all on my wish list already, but hadn't bought them yet because I was waiting to upgrade my Mac and/or get a Windows laptop. Well, this should give me some added motivation.  :oops:

The list:

Daedalic Bundle: $ 19.99

FTL+soundtrack:   $ 3.49

Just Cause:   $ 0.27

Just Cause 2:   $ 2.99

Legend of Grimrock:   $ 5.09

Star Wars KOTOR 2:   $ 3.39

Anna:   $ 3.39

Thomas Was Alone:   $ 2.49

Blocks that Matter:   $ 1.24

iBomber Attack   $ 0.89

My total for the sale: $43.23. And I guess I can try to sell my four cards for... um... $1? :newbie:

 
zenaphobe zerj said:
I'm not sure what the hullabaloo over DRM-free is. It's not that I'm overpriviledged, I just haven't a clue (Steam newblet)
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DRM = Digital Rights Management.

It's usually used to kill the used-market and/or to try to keep piracy down.

DRM con involve many things, up to the dev's and/or publishers. It can include forcing activating online before you can boot a game; limiting number of PC's you can activate a game on; disc needed in the drive (old-style DRM - when discs were actually a big deal and most people bought PC games from Retail); inserting a serial code to get the game to install/boot; activating your serial code online on Steam (or another service like it); forcing a game to be played always online via your own special account w/ the game company (see Diablo 3 and many MMO's); etc etc. DRM usually forces you to jump through hoop(s) of some kind just to get a game to boot.

DRM-FREE = no restrictions on installing your game on certain number of PC. Just get the game files and go!

No bullcrap attached.

DRM is often notorious (see StarForce, Securom, Tages) of causing all kinds of problems. Securom was known to black-list your game from booting, if you had virtual drive programs installed (i.e. Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120). StarForce was known to cause security issues w/ Windows - and even measured your disc-drive and spun it slower and faster, to check to see if your disc was legit; which could shatter your disc to pieces and/or even wear your disc-drive out. StarForce also is OS-specific b/c of the ways its drivers were made - so if StarForce DRM wasn't supported on an OS, your game wouldn't even start (unless say you downloaded an unofficial crack; SF updated their DRM to work on new systems w/ a SF-drive patch; and/or the dev's pulled DRM-check from the game in a patch).

Steam is a set of DRM actually - usually, its DRM makes you have to activate your game online first; and it ties it forever to your Steam account. If you buy a Steam-game from retail - this might annoy you, if you're not on the Net much or have a crappy Net connection. Since most people (at least in USA) likely have an Internet connection or are actually buying their games via Steam directly, you're not gonna often notice the activation step at all here - buying a Steam-key from somewhere else (like Amazon DVG, Gamergate, etc) and registering it on Steam or buying a game through Steam, you basically did the activation step. Plus, for SP games, many Steam games work in "offline mode" (after its been activated), so if you're having problems connecting to the Net or say Steam's servers are down for whatever reason - you can still run the game.

 
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MysterD said:
Plus, for SP games, many Steam games work in "offline mode", if you're having problems connecting to the Net or say Steam's servers are down for whatever reason.
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From one noob to another, or how many others are lurking, this is the most important part that you need to research. Steam can run in an "offline mode" so don't get completely discouraged if your net, like my Alabamian connection, isn't all that awesome.

 
cranky2 said:
From one noob to another, or how many others are lurking, this is the most important part that you need to research. Steam can run in an "offline mode" so don't get completely discouraged if your net, like my Alabamian connection, isn't all that awesome.
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Exactly.

It's very important to know Steam has an "offline mode." There's been times my Net connection was out on either my end or my ISP's end; or Steam's servers were out for "maintenance" - and I just booted Steam up; Steam will take a bit to look for a connection; can't find it so it'll asked me to go into "offline mode"; I'll agree; and then I could play the SP portions of the game I wanted to play. :D

Also important to see this GOG Thread, in case you want to know what games on Steam that once you DL'ed them and all, you won't even have to worry about Steam DRM. People love to screw around - and have found ways around Steam's DRM, in games that don't really force Steam DRM on it.

 
I doubt anyone cares, but here's how I did:

From my wishlist:

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Dark Souls
The Witcher 2
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Worms: Revolution
 

Unplanned purchases:
Critter Crunch
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
System Shock 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Surgeon Simulator
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That




Pretty much all paid for with card sales with the exception of FE which I got off the forum.  Also prior to the sale I got Rocksmith with card money, so it's been a good month of adding to the backlog for me.

All in all I have to say I was happy with this sale.  I got four out of my top five most-wanted games at great discounts for free with card money within the first three days of the sale.  The rest of the time my account was mostly coasting, but as I've been on vacation anyway I didn't waste time sitting at my computer all day waiting for better discounts and then griping when I didn't get them.  Now I just have to decide if I'm going to spring for Rogue Legacy at Amazon to get 5/5.  I almost never pay more than $7.50 for a game, but in this case I might make an exception.  As long as I've been waiting for XCOM, Dark Souls, and the Witcher 2, I think I'd play RL before anything else right now.  Kudos to the developers.

 
bought hotline miami, borderlands goty, and the political machine.

couldn't pull the trigger on dishonored or tomb raider, small backlog and black friday is around the corner!

 
My Haul
Puzzle Quest 2
Hydrophobia
Magical drop V
Borderlands 2 slaughterdome
Borderlands 2 psycho pack
Surgeon Simulator
Clive Barkers Jericho
Penny Arcade 4
System shock 2
Poker night 2
Trine 2 complete upgrade
Reus
Fallen Enchantres legendary Hero
Gunpoint
Rage DLC
Monaco
Strike Suit Zero DLC
Just Cause
Rogue Legacy
Shogun 2 saints and heroes
Shogun 2 Otomo clan dlc
Under the ocean
 

Gifts
FTL
System Shock 2
 

Total Cost: $75.74
Card Money: $66.1
Real Money: $9.64

Not a bad haul and cosidering it was almost paid for entirely by card money i feel it was a great sale. Hopefully more cards get added so I can begin filling my wallet for the winter. The only other thing I got during the sale was FFVII for around $8 from GMG.

 
MysterD said:
DRM = Digital Rights Management.
It's usually used to kill the used-market and/or to try to keep piracy down.
DRM con involve many things, up to the dev's and/or publishers. It can include forcing activating online before you can boot a game; limiting number of PC's you can activate a game on; disc needed in the drive (old-style DRM - when discs were actually a big deal and most people bought PC games from Retail); inserting a serial code to get the game to install/boot; activating your serial code online on Steam (or another service like it); forcing a game to be played always online via your own special account w/ the game company (see Diablo 3 and many MMO's); etc etc. DRM usually forces you to jump through hoop(s) of some kind just to get a game to boot.

DRM-FREE = no restrictions on installing your game on certain number of PC. Just get the game files and go!
No bullcrap attached.

DRM is often notorious (see StarForce, Securom, Tages) of causing all kinds of problems. Securom was known to black-list your game from booting, if you had virtual drive programs installed (i.e. Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120). StarForce was known to cause security issues w/ Windows - and even measured your disc-drive and spun it slower and faster, to check to see if your disc was legit; which could shatter your disc to pieces and/or even wear your disc-drive out. StarForce also is OS-specific b/c of the ways its drivers were made - so if StarForce DRM wasn't supported on an OS, your game wouldn't even start (unless say you downloaded an unofficial crack; SF updated their DRM to work on new systems w/ a SF-drive patch; and/or the dev's pulled DRM-check from the game in a patch).

Steam is a set of DRM actually - usually, its DRM makes you have to activate your game online first; and it ties it forever to your Steam account. If you buy a Steam-game from retail - this might annoy you, if you're not on the Net much or have a crappy Net connection. Since most people (at least in USA) likely have an Internet connection or are actually buying their games via Steam directly, you're not gonna often notice the activation step at all here - buying a Steam-key from somewhere else (like Amazon DVG, Gamergate, etc) and registering it on Steam or buying a game through Steam, you basically did the activation step. Plus, for SP games, many Steam games work in "offline mode" (after its been activated), so if you're having problems connecting to the Net or say Steam's servers are down for whatever reason - you can still run the game.
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Thank you, that makes a lot of sense and I see now. Once again, console gamer, all of this is new to me.
 
louiedog said:
Adding in an easy mode sounds like something you might do if you're trying to appeal to Mac & Linux players. ;)
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GSTD is pretty damned hard. Indie games are extremely dependent on people telling their friends about how awesome they are. If you have a game that only the hardcore Contra fans are going to recommend to the other 8 hardcore Contra fans, you won't sell many more copies. Making it a little more accessible will open GSTD to many more people, only at the cost of annoying those 8 hardcore Contra fans.

 
SonicXtreme said:
imo cards shouldn't be given out for just idling a game. they should require each game have one achievement; beat the single player on normal. if it's a multiplayer game, make that requirement something like win an online match. just something universal and simple. you have that achievement, then you can get the cards for the game. would make them worth more than the pennies that they are, and would keep people from just buying cheap games for the stupid cards.

obv they shouldn't be based on silly achievements but i think if each achievement game was required to have either 'beat sp on normal' or 'win an online match' that'd cover 99% of the games and would give cards out only to people that actually play their games.
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The most critical adjustment I want from them is to drop all cards synchronously. fcuk :ziplip:

zenaphobe zerj said:
I'm not sure what the hullabaloo over DRM-free is. It's not that I'm overpriviledged, I just haven't a clue (Steam newblet)
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DRM-free enables the joy of swashbuckling without potentially walking the plank.

It's like braving the elements in a Winnebago.

camping :rofl:

 
SonicXtreme said:
imo cards shouldn't be given out for just idling a game. they should require each game have one achievement; beat the single player on normal. if it's a multiplayer game, make that requirement something like win an online match. just something universal and simple. you have that achievement, then you can get the cards for the game. would make them worth more than the pennies that they are, and would keep people from just buying cheap games for the stupid cards.

obv they shouldn't be based on silly achievements but i think if each achievement game was required to have either 'beat sp on normal' or 'win an online match' that'd cover 99% of the games and would give cards out only to people that actually play their games.
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Requiring an achievement to unlock a card would just make use of that Steam Achievement Manager more common, hence likely having Steam enforce restrictions on it, which is probably a whole lot more work that it's worth. The current system rewards you for simply owning a game, which I think is good enough. You bought the game, therefore, you're rewarded.
 
Sale over, heres my pain...

Surgeon Simulator [+ a copy for a friend]

eXceed Complete Pack [gift]

System Shock 2 [+ future steamgift]

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army [part of 4 pack]

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare [part of 4 pack]

Poker Night 2

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile DLC

Interstellar Marines: Spearhead Edition [completely unrelated to sale, but i won it during the sale]

RAGE: The Scorchers DLC

Under the Ocean [+ one for friend]

Iron Warriors
Dinner Date
The War Z / Infestation: Survivor Stories

Hospital Tycoon [gift for friend]

They Bleed Pixles [gift for cag]

Half-Minute Hero [gift for cag]

Tomb Raider [future steamgift]

Just Cause [future steamgift]

+ CARDZ!!!!!!!
MysterD said:
About Retro CR, how long/short is the game?
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Depends on how you play it, but in terms of just storyline completion, its fairly quick, if about 7-9 hours is quick. Map is pretty decent, and its charm of old style GTA is surprisingly great.

annihilator said:
Hmmmmmm...HIB next week? They've been laying awfully low lately.
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We can only hope, and by hope, I mean expect.

 
Psydero, where are the motherfucking weeklong deals detailed in the OP? Are there any?

Your predecessors' are shaking their heads in their graves right now.

 
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