Bought:
Steam:
Castlevania 2 Lords of Shadow
Castlevania Mirror of Fate
South Park
Ultra Street Fighter IV Upgrade
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry Standalone (since my copy of ACIV is solely on Uplay)
The Walking Dead Season 2
GreenManGaming:
Goat Simulator
Wolfenstein The New Order
Resident Evil 4 HD
GamersGate:
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2 Complete Pack
Amazon PCDL:
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Bundlestars:
Lords of the Fallen
Damage Assessment:
Lucked out that Namco was honest and admitted a Dark Souls 2 DX11 version is coming, which knocked that one off my list. Not going to waste my money or time since I've already waited this long on the DX9 version (by their own admission).
Tried to use Steam as much as possible because 1) $50 steam card for $40 from ebay and 2) no tax. I'll start with the ones I let pass by and wish I hadn't. The Evil Within at $16-ish was probably one I should have bought in hindsight, but buying both Wolfenstein and The Evil Within for a combined $32 (by the time I saw them) in one day felt wrong. If they offered it at that $16 again, I'd probably get it, but given the reviews it's getting on PC and on the Steam forums (in particular a crash at the cinematic of Act 3 or level 3 or whatever) maybe I dodged a bullet? Figured I have RE 4HD to play, which is not unlike it. (Plus RE5 and 6 in my backlog.)
Unless you counted Uplay's BOGO deal that included South Park (prior to this sale never cheaper than $20), Dragon Age Inquisition did not get a sale until yesterday (45 with tax), but $45 with tax is a crap deal on a game I know full well will be far less in three or so months. I'm sure EA'll have fixed at least some of the UI problems with PC.
The game I expected to buy was South Park. Imo not worth $20, but would have paid $15. When it was Uplay BOGO, I considered it and Tales from Borderlands, but then Uplay! Eh. When it hit the Steam sale proper, I bit. Thank you $50 Steam Credit that cost $40.
I'm probably going to regret Lords of the Fallen. I mean, look at the Steam forums. It seems like you're LUCKY if it works consistently. Still, I calculated that $21-ish as a large enough savings to match any deal in the foreseeable future. (Famous last words.) It felt like the kind of deal that was accidentally incredible, so I took a chance.
Still debating Child of Light. 60% off seems fair, but since it always has Uplay, I'm iffy on the Steam version (DRM on top of DRM.)
Kinda wish I had picked up OctoDad for $3.75. Wish I could have caught Wolfenstein and The Evil Within combined for the price they raised them both individually to at either GamersGate or GMG. Ah well. You snooze, you lose. And I snoozed except I was awake. I just hadn't started checking them at the time.
At this point, the games left for me to watch for are an outrageous deal on Call of Duty Advanced Warfare or Dragon Age Inquisition. And various indies. Odd that Call of Duty didn't get its seemingly customary $30 deal this year. Perhaps they were spooked because they didn't sell many copies of Ghosts last year.
All in all, the damage could have been worse. Kinda wish Dragon Age Inquisition had come out during its original release date so it'd have been on (real) sale two months later. Hoping for a good sale on Far Cry 4 and The Crew.
