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Seemed about time for a new thread, so here it is. Welcome to the Steam Deals Thread V11!

Daily Deal
Luftrausers - $9.99 $5.99
 
Yesterday's Deal
Metro: Last Light Complete Edition - $19.99 $9.99
Metro 2033 - $14.99 $3.74
 
Weekend Deals
Europa Universalis IV - $39.99 $9.99
Europa Universalis IV Extreme Edition - $44.99 $11.24 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Europa Universalis III Collection - 39.99 9.99
Europa Universalis III Complete - 14.99 3.74 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition - 9.99 2.49
PAYDAY 2 - 29.99 9.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
PAYDAY™ The Heist - 14.99 4.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]

Midweek Madness
Audiosurf 2 - $14.99 $8.99
Audiosurf - $9.99 $2.49
XCOM Complete - $49.99 $24.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler][/customspoiler]
Painkiller Complete Pack - $69.99 $13.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler][/customspoiler]
 
Weeklong Deals
Pool Nation - $9.99 $1.49
Booster Trooper - $4.99 $0.74
Zeno Clash - $9.99 $1.99
Thunder Wolves - $9.99 $1.99
Alien Breed™ Trilogy - $22.99 $11.49 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
Two Worlds II - $19.99 $4.99 [customspoiler=DLC][/customspoiler]
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne - $14.99 $3.74
Titan Quest - $14.99 $3.74
Sine Mora - $9.99 $2.49
Primal Carnage - $14.99 $3.74
Mirror's Edge™ - $19.99 $4.99
Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina - $7.99 $1.99
Guncraft - $14.99 $3.74
Expeditions: Conquistador - $19.99 $4.99
Alien Spidy - $9.99 $2.49
Violett - $9.99 $2.99
Dark Matter - $14.99 $4.49
Survivor Squad - $8.99 $2.96
Victoria II - $19.99 $6.79
Star Trek - $14.99 $5.09
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition - $14.99 $5.09
Tiny Troopers - $4.99 $2.49
Spate - $9.99 $4.99
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition - $19.99 $9.99
Litil Divil - $9.99 $4.99
Last Dream - $9.99 $4.99
KickBeat Steam Edition - $9.99 $4.99
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
Dead Space Pack - $34.99 $8.74 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
Earthworm Jim Collection - $19.99 $9.99
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension - $34.99 $17.49
Desert Thunder - $9.99 $4.99
Construction Machines 2014 - $14.99 $7.49
Tower of Guns - $14.99 $8.24
PlayClaw - Game Video Recorder - $49.99 $29.99
Vox - $9.99 $7.49
Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath) - $9.99 $7.49
Obscure - $6.99 $5.24
Action Indie Pack - $14.99 $1.49
Geneforge Saga - $19.99 $3.99

Miscellaneous Deals (end time varies)
Cloudbuilt - $19.99 $9.19
Titan Quest Gold - $19.99 $4.99
Football Manager 2014 - $49.99 $12.5
Dracula Trilogy - $19.99 $9.99 [customspoiler=Includes][/customspoiler]
The Wolf Among Us - $24.99 $16.74
MXGP - $39.99 $25.19
FX Eleven - $19.99 $9.99
Franchise Hockey Manager 2014 - $39.99 $19.99
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - $14.99 $6.00
 
Thread under construction, more to be added shortly...
 
Thanks to EastX, Detruire, Psydero, and everyone else that has contributed to the thread!
 
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hal said:
Don't take it too literally when you hear people around here say "we don't play games, we collect them."

That's true to some extent, because many regulars spend a lot of time monitoring deals and buying games, but they also play a few too... whether or not they will admit to it. It's really just a way of making fun of yourself for spending so much time on the meta-game of getting deals.
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i definitely spend more time putzing around here and gaf than i do playing games

 
pasports31 said:
Also worth noting: If any game i want hits 95% off, who gives a fuck if it might get bundled, i'm buying that.
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If you buy it at 95% off and say an upcoming bundle has it in there that gives out separate keys...

...then there's an extra key to trade, sell, or giveaway. :D

That's as long as Bundle doesn't have ONE key (tier) representing itself for multiple game-keys.

 
MysterD said:
If you buy it at 95% off and say an upcoming bundle has it in there that gives out separate keys...

...then there's an extra key to trade, sell, or giveaway. :D

That's as long as Bundle doesn't have ONE key (tier) representing itself for multiple game-keys.
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i hate that one key tier thing. the sega weekly would've been so much better if i could've sold/traded a few unwanted keys.

 
MysterD said:
I also think the PWYW thing on a new release can be alright, as long as you think you'll get mileage out of a game. I tend to lean this way towards RPG's - those are the games normally that I get plenty out time out of & really enjoy playing.

When I spend good $ on a game, I want a time-sink; value per playthrough; and/or heavy replay value.

i.e. Shadow of Destiny has around 7 different endings. It's about 5-10 hours per playthrough. I got every ending. Do the math.

i.e. ONE playthrough of Skyrim (without DLC) - which is still unfinished on the main quest, BTW - has netted over 110 hours.
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That's another good point. A lot of people go by the "$ / hours played" model where they figure that if you get the amount spent per time spent under a certain arbitrary threshold, you've done well. Card idling has turned that on its head, though, since it's now hard to tell what time was spent playing games and what time wasn't. (For the same price, I'd rather play a great 2-hour game than a mediocre 10-hour one, personally.)

 
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DPsycho said:
That's another good point. A lot of people go by the "$ / hours played" model where they figure that if you get the amount spent per time spent under a certain arbitrary threshold, you've done well. Card idling has turned that on its head, though, since it's now hard to tell what time was spent playing games and what time wasn't. (I'd rather play a great 2-hour game than a mediocre 10-hour one, personally.)
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But the thing is - "$ for hours played" thing is only good if the game's good-to-great.

If you play something mediocre at best that could have a time-sink worth of content - like say the ESO Beta currently has - and you just don't too care much for it - ummm....bleh. Not worth your time.

 
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The $ / time focus also suggests that if you buy a game and never play it, it's intrinsically worthless, that money was all lost.  I like to think that there's value in the smug feeling of knowing you got it at a great price.

 
DPsycho said:
The $ / time focus also suggests that if you buy a game and never play it, it's intrinsically worthless, that money was all lost. I like to think that there's value in the smug feeling of knowing you got it at a great price.
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The other thing is - buying a game to backlog can be important if you do want it, if a game might go away....for whether it actually might not renew its game-license, any music-licenses, distribution w/ a company, or any other reason so that it could wind-up "off the market".

 
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DPsycho said:
The $ / time focus also suggests that if you buy a game and never play it, it's intrinsically worthless, that money was all lost. I like to think that there's value in the smug feeling of knowing you got it at a great price.
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getting stuff at a good price is a rush. there's intrinsic value in that.

plus just having the game in your library is worth something, because you have the option of playing it, as dumb as that sounds. there's been a few games that i didn't REALLY want when i bought them, but i randomly played/played due to putting th egame up to a vote, and really enjoyed. if i didn't bite on a good price, i wouldve never had the chance to play such games.

 
Out of curiosity...  I'm 1.74 short of being able to buy Shoot Many Robots on getgamesgo with paypal.  (They have 3.74 minimum.) 

Does anybody want a copy of Shoot Many Robots (or something else) and is willing to pay me for it? 

(I'll also take recommendations for cheap games to get also with Shoot Many Robots.)

Edit: Actually, you can only buy one copy at a time...  What the hell is wrong with these retailers now day?  (Do you want my money or not?)

 
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Flowette said:
What's funny about this is that you've spent infinitely more time whining about CS:GO than you have actually playing it.
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Actually nope. I've put about 4 hours of actual playtime into it (for some reason Steam didn't count entire first play session, so my time played is off). Hasn't taken anywhere near that to type my observations and complaints. I reinstalled it yesterday and gave it another chance because I wanted to see if I could get any drops, played for awhile, continued disliking the game, and then tried idling on an idle server for awhile. Nothing there either, so I dunno.

Also, you're English! It's *whinging!

INMATEofARKHAM said:
Actually, I think he's just being nice and answering/replying back...
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Pretty much. Zenii or whatever his name was just pulled the "No, the game is good, you just suck." line, and I couldn't help but reply to that. Deuterium made a civil, reasonable reply and gave him one back. I can understand the appeal of the game to some people, and obviously the game still has merit, I was just offering my (admittedly brutal) opinion on the game.

Internet = Opinions

Motoki said:
Or in his case 'Honey let's say goodnight and log out in our virtual House in Perfect World. I can't someone is wrong on the internet!'

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Thankfully she hasn't badgered me to play it in awhile. It's so damn boring...

CarnivalMadness said:
Saw this pic and read the expansion as Hymen of Chaos, and thought "Man, I know Perfect World is trying to cater to a certain demographic but they must be getting pretty desperate here..."
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As did I.

MrNinjaSquirrel said:
Idiot?

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I'm nice to lots of people, just not you.

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Eternal Session said:
That doesn't sound right. Why buy them if not to play them?
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MysterD said:
If you're worried about ... DRM ...
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hal said:
Don't take it too literally when you hear people around here say "we don't play games, we collect them."

That's true to some extent, because many regulars spend a lot of time monitoring deals and buying games, but they also play a few too... whether or not they will admit to it. It's really just a way of making fun of yourself for spending so much time on the meta-game of getting deals.
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Comparative to how many games we buy, saying "We don't play games" is accurate in a way. But naturally we play tons of games.

Neuro wears out keyboards playing Borderlands.

Motoki plays old lady death simulators, hidden object games, and weeaboo VNs even though he claims to hate weeaboo stuff.

Mooby plays 2deep4u indie games so that he can accurately say that they suck.

Spoder plays just about anything if it has co-op, even if it's fucking awful, to completion.

Dr. Sasquatch plays everything, all the time, ever.

And I play a random assortment of shit, but usually just end up getting hooked on games now and then (like Skyrim, State of Decay, XCOM, etc).

DPsycho said:
I never said the cards paid for the games they came from. I've yet to manage to sell cards for a game before I bought it. That being said, I've had plenty of bundles pay for themselves thanks to card sales, particularly older Groupees offerings. But no, you'll never make back the purchase price buying a game directly through Steam, and I would never claim that.
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Actually making back the purchase prices HAS happened in the past, OUT of the card beta. I believe Zack Zero was one of those cases (though I didn't jump on that one, had no interest in the game), Triple Town, and most notably Drunken Robot Pornography. You could buy DRP out of a 4-pack and actually MAKE money if you got the right drops. I made out like a bandit on that one.

Most recently you could buy Vanguard Princess for $4 on Steam and make $2.50 back on cards, or you could buy from some buyers in the Steam thread for $2 and actually make money.

Generally speaking though, most games have cards worth a pitiful 10-15 cents these days, so you're seldom making your money back.

 
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pasports31 said:
getting stuff at a good price is a rush. there's intrinsic value in that.

plus just having the game in your library is worth something, because you have the option of playing it, as dumb as that sounds. there's been a few games that i didn't REALLY want when i bought them, but i randomly played/played due to putting th egame up to a vote, and really enjoyed. if i didn't bite on a good price, i wouldve never had the chance to play such games.
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I own tons of strategy games considered classics - and I'm normally NOT one to play them.

For example, I have HomeWorld 1 + 2 on disc.

Right now, that's not back on the market...yet.

{stares @ Gearbox}

The thing is: I have a feeling one day, I'll finally decide to actually play a strategy game - and that'll be my real entrance into the genre and cause me to play MORE.

 

INMATEofARKHAM said:
Out of curiosity... I'm 1.74 short of being able to buy Shoot Many Robots on getgamesgo with paypal. (They have 3.74 minimum.)

Does anybody want a copy of Shoot Many Robots (or something else) and is willing to pay me for it?

(I'll also take recommendations for cheap games to get also with Shoot Many Robots.)
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I'm tempted to say Seduce Me and leave it to you to ponder whether I'm suggesting you buy that game or asking you to seduce me into buying a copy of SMR.

 
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DPsycho said:
I'm tempted to say Seduce Me and leave it to you to ponder whether I'm suggesting you buy that game or asking you to seduce me into buying a copy of SMR.
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Mooby? Is that you...? I only ask as that seems way too random (even for this thread) to be anything but a reply to someone's post.

 
MysterD said:
I own tons of strategy games considered classics - and I'm normally NOT one to play them.

For example, I have HomeWorld 1 + 2 on disc.

Right now, that's not back on the market...yet.

{stares @ Gearbox}

The thing is: I have a feeling one day, I'll finally decide to actually play a strategy game - and that'll be my real entrance into the genre and cause me to play MORE.
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the odd thing about strategy games is that i typically look at the games in my strategy subsection on steam, and go "ehhhh..." i'm never in the mood to play one...but when i do, they're typically highly addictive. i occasionally have to just force myself to play one, because going into it i usually don't want to, but end up enjoying myself.

 
Idiotekque said:
Actually making back the purchase prices HAS happened in the past, OUT of the card beta. I believe Zack Zero was one of those cases (though I didn't jump on that one, had no interest in the game), Triple Town, and most notably Drunken Robot Pornography. You could buy DRP out of a 4-pack and actually MAKE money if you got the right drops. I made out like a bandit on that one.

Most recently you could buy Vanguard Princess for $4 on Steam and make $2.50 back on cards, or you could buy from some buyers in the Steam thread for $2 and actually make money.

Generally speaking though, most games have cards worth a pitiful 10-15 cents these days, so you're seldom making your money back.
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I did make my money back on Triple Town, but that was an Amazon deal that the majority of Steam users didn't know about, so it didn't tank the market. I specified buying a game through the Steam store because once that happens, the floodgate is officially open. Vanguard Princess was one of those cases where the cards paid for more than its share of the bundle.

 
pasports31 said:
getting stuff at a good price is a rush. there's intrinsic value in that.

plus just having the game in your library is worth something, because you have the option of playing it, as dumb as that sounds. there's been a few games that i didn't REALLY want when i bought them, but i randomly played/played due to putting th egame up to a vote, and really enjoyed. if i didn't bite on a good price, i wouldve never had the chance to play such games.
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Very true. I have 700-800 games on Steam. I'd have a lot more and be over 1000 games like other regulars here, but I don't really have a disposable income, so I fund my addiction by selling a lot of keys instead of redeeming them.

Will I ever play all of the games on my account? Nope, but having the option of playing any game and any genre that suits my fancy is why I buy everything that I do.

 
pasports31 said:
the odd thing about strategy games is that i typically look at the games in my strategy subsection on steam, and go "ehhhh..." i'm never in the mood to play one...but when i do, they're typically highly addictive. i occasionally have to just force myself to play one, because going into it i usually don't want to, but end up enjoying myself.
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I do recall tried a Demo for strategy games when on sale - bought them day of.

Never to be barely touched again, hehe.

Sins of A Solar Empire - went out to Best Buy and bought it that day ($25).

Same happened for Civ 5, when it was dirt-cheap + $5 coupon on Amazon DVG during an EC sale one year.

 
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DPsycho said:
I did make my money back on Triple Town, but that was an Amazon deal that the majority of Steam users didn't know about, so it didn't tank the market. I specified buying a game through the Steam store because once that happens, the floodgate is officially open. Vanguard Princess was one of those cases where the cards paid for more than its share of the bundle.
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True, but there still have been cases. DRP was a Steam deal only.

 
DPsycho said:
Now you're arguing just for the sake of arguing. His last post to the Enhanced Steam Discussion Thread was two days ago. He's far from being an inactive CAG. =P
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I wasn't arguing, but now that you've mentioned dates: the last time he's posted in another thread here was the on 20th of December.

 
DPsycho said:
I did make my money back on Triple Town, but that was an Amazon deal that the majority of Steam users didn't know about, so it didn't tank the market. I specified buying a game through the Steam store because once that happens, the floodgate is officially open. Vanguard Princess was one of those cases where the cards paid for more than its share of the bundle.
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The first and only time I've made a profit was from HB11 when I lucked into a foil card drop from The Swapper after playing it immediately and sold it for $1.05 before the market crashed.

 
To contribute the the card conversation: you can expect each set of cards to get you between .25-.50, depending on the game/the market for it. Considering I hardly ever buy a game that's more than five bucks, that's an additional 5-10% off on an individually bought $5.00 game. If you're buying a 1 dollar tier in a bundle, if multiple games have cards you can make your money back, even MAKE money. The card money really adds up. 

 
pasports31 said:
To contribute the the card conversation: you can expect each set of cards to get you between .25-.50, depending on the game/the market for it. Considering I hardly ever buy a game that's more than five bucks, that's an additional 5-10% off on an individually bought $5.00 game. If you're buying a 1 dollar tier in a bundle, if multiple games have cards you can make your money back, even MAKE money. The card money really adds up.
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We all remember the first Groupees Build a Doujin bundle with Cherry Tree High Comedy Club...

 
I had Cherry Tree High before that bundle.  It was glorious.

Edit to add: "You're welcome, everyone."

 
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DPsycho said:
I had Cherry Tree High before that bundle. It was glorious.
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Where did you get it though? I remember before the bundle the cheapest price was something like $7, and you'd STILL make money off the cards with that price. It's crazy how much some weeaboo cards will go for.

 
I picked it up during the tail end of Winter Sale 2012, iirc.  Pretty sure it was under $5.  I think I gifted a copy to Motoki.  Can't remember for sure now.

Edit: Found the receipt.  3.99 on January 5 2013.  Also a gift copy.

 
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DPsycho said:
I picked it up during the tail end of Winter Sale 2012, iirc. Pretty sure it was under $5. I think I gifted a copy to Motoki. Can't remember for sure now.
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Hm, I know that was the sale I was thinking about, but for some reason I though it was more than $5. Oh well, same difference. I regretted not picking it up then too.

Granted I ended up just selling extra copies of it after the bundle ended and making a fair bit anyways (with my buyers still probably breaking even, since card prices ebbed back up after the bundle). All in all that game was a win for everyone.

 
DPsycho said:
Now you're arguing just for the sake of arguing. His last post to the Enhanced Steam Discussion Thread was two days ago. He's far from being an inactive CAG. =P
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Compared to NeoGAF, he's not very active on here. He's active in his own plugin thread on here, while he posts very frequently in the Steam threads over there ;)

 
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MinDRioT said:
Doorways Chapter 1 & 2 is on special for $2.49 @ the Humble Store. Looks kinda creepy, good creepy. They're making Chapter 3 though so I'm hoping Chapters 1 & 2 to be bundled around the release date.
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Waggles said:
Pretty sure someone mentioned that the dev said it was getting bundled soon. You may wanna wait a short while.
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I think it was Mooby. The real one.

DPsycho said:
I picked it up during the tail end of Winter Sale 2012, iirc. Pretty sure it was under $5. I think I gifted a copy to Motoki. Can't remember for sure now.
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I just checked and you gifted it to me on 1/4/13 when it was half off for $3.99. Thanks again. :mrgreen:

And yeah the prices on those cards were crazy. I was getting nearly $2 on one. Then the bundle hit and the bottom fell out of that market, but I had already sold by then.

 
Motoki said:
I just checked and you gifted it to me on 1/4/13 when it was half off for $3.99. Thanks again. :mrgreen:

And yeah the prices on those cards were crazy. I was getting nearly $2 on one. Then the bundle hit and the bottom fell out of that market, but I had already sold by then.
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Stop making me regret not getting it then!

 
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