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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[*]Round 10

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[*]Round 28

[*]Round 29

[*]Round 30

[*]​Round 31

[*]Round 32


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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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TheKbob said:
I beat Antichamber (only a few rooms left unsolved). That's a good one if it comes back up on sale.
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I've been tempted to get that game, but the bright white screens in all the pictures make me thing it'd give me a bit of a headache. There was a TF2 map that was sort of similar and I could only play it for like 10 minutes before I could really feel my eyes straining.

Neuropod said:
Yeah, I expect deals to repeat a lot, that's just part of the game now. But when the "flash" deals are running for a whopping 8 hours it does start to grate on the nerves.
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The first time they did the flash deals, they were every 6 hours. A lot of people complained that that meant it was possible they'd be sleeping through a deal they might want, so since then they've been 8 hours. It makes sense, I suppose, but I wish when they made the flash deals last longer, they could've added a fifth deal. 6 hour flash deals meant there were 16 flash deals a day; now there are only 12.

 
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Ehh... just a heads up on War Z, watch your GPU temp. Mine was hitting 84 Celsius, which ain't gonna melt anything, but that's REALLY high for such a terrible looking game running on a very strong GPU (680M). There are clearly some problems there, since Battlefield 3 maxed out only makes my GPU hit the low 70s.

Really, if your computer caught on fire while playing War Z... You'd never hear the end of it.

 
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boneless said:
So no one has bought operation payback for CS Global ops? I thought some might since it's only $1 for map packs.
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yea I did, figured for 1$ in gaben bucks why not. Not a huge CS player, but played a few rounds, it was fun. From the screenshots all the maps look pretty interesting too

 
Detruire said:
Did you mean Yahoo! Babel Fish Bing Translator Yahoo homepage?
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No I meant Altavista's (altavista.digital.com) Babelfish (babelfish.altavista.com). Not all of us have upgraded to Web 2.no

Cantatus said:
The first time they did the flash deals, they were every 6 hours. A lot of people complained that that meant it was possible they'd be sleeping through a deal they might want, so since then they've been 8 hours. It makes sense, I suppose, but I wish when they made the flash deals last longer, they could've added a fifth deal. 6 hour flash deals meant there were 16 flash deals a day; now there are only 12.
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6 hours was rough. 12 hours was dull. 8 hours is just right. #Goldilocks

(Honestly I'd rather they just cut flash/community crap and expand the dailies to their historical numbers.)

 
Okay after all the fuss over Euro Truck Simulator 2 I really want to know, how accurate is it?  Does it really capture the ins-n-outs of trucking (professional sex workers)?
 
Ooh, which brings me to a movie recommend ... one of my favorites from Japan (2008) (DVD has subtitles, fyi),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJaZP0_vw3E
 
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Idiotekque said:
Ehh... just a heads up on War Z, watch your GPU temp. Mine was hitting 84 Celsius, which ain't gonna melt anything, but that's REALLY high for such a terrible looking game running on a very strong GPU (680M). There are clearly some problems there, since Battlefield 3 maxed out only makes my GPU hit the low 70s.

Really, if your computer caught on fire while playing War Z... You'd never hear the end of it.
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silly idiot... buy real computer 2 play real games... 680m is weak like clock radio speakers
 
should i buy myself a $20 steam card for my birthday or is the typical end of the sale weekend bad?

i just got a gaming pc less than a month ago so i'm calling upon the steam gods.

 
Dr0p119 said:
should i buy myself a $20 steam card for my birthday or is the typical end of the sale weekend bad?

i just got a gaming pc less than a month ago so i'm calling upon the steam gods.
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You're probably better off just paying with CC/paypal if that's an option. End of Steam Sale is merely recap-day, second chance on some things you missed.
 
Dr0p119 said:
should i buy myself a $20 steam card for my birthday or is the typical end of the sale weekend bad?

i just got a gaming pc less than a month ago so i'm calling upon the steam gods.
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yeah, and sensuous thinking of buying one, you can buy one for my belated birthday on the 17th

 
Do people ever trade TF2 items for games and stuff? I'd love to offload the crap I've got from a game I won't ever play again.


Best bet would just be to sell it on the market and use the funds to buy the games you want.
 
Dr0p119 said:
should i buy myself a $20 steam card for my birthday or is the typical end of the sale weekend bad?

i just got a gaming pc less than a month ago so i'm calling upon the steam gods.
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Why commit that money to Steam if you're not sure you'll use it. Just pay via credit card/paypal if something comes up, and save your cash for something else if it doesn't.

 
I'd just like to say that I bought Van Helsing and I think it's goddamn insane that it's a 19.5 GB game.

This isn't against the game, and it probably told me it was that big on its store page.

I just did not expect that.

From a game released on Xbox Live Arcade.

Wow.

 
Eldredpe said:
I'd just like to say that I bought Van Helsing and I think it's goddamn insane that it's a 19.5 GB game. This isn't against the game, and it probably told me it was that big on its store page.
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When I was looking to free up some space and wondered why my Steam folder was pushing 400GB, I was shocked to discover that Max Payne 3 is 29.7GB on the disk. Fallout New Vegas Ultimate is 20.3 GB. Rage 21.2GB, Witcher 2 18.5GB, Batman Arkham City 16.5GB. Meanwhile Tomb Raider, which is HUGE and gorgeous is 10.3GB.

 
DirkBelig said:
When I was looking to free up some space and wondered why my Steam folder was pushing 400GB, I was shocked to discover that Max Payne 3 is 29.7GB on the disk. Fallout New Vegas Ultimate is 20.3 GB. Rage 21.2GB, Witcher 2 18.5GB, Batman Arkham City 16.5GB. Meanwhile Tomb Raider, which is HUGE and gorgeous is 10.3GB.
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Pshh, Terraria is way better looking. 29mb.

 
Idiotekque said:
Ahh, but that was for posting censored cartoon My Little Pony porn! The one girl mod saw it, so I didn't even get a warning. :roll:
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Ah, yes, I couldn't remember if it was something like that or tentacle porn....or was it both?!

Idiotekque said:
(I'm also mildly disturbed that you took the time to save that picture.)
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Mmmhmmmm, you should be...

Cause I'm just a filthy guy, never cleaning out his dropbox public share

AloX said:
Holy **** I just got CS: GO for $0.14 o.o
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Glad some people got this, I saw it just in time for it to change price.

Shifty Effect said:
Voted for PayDay: The Heist. Been waiting for it go on sale. Hope it wins.
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And your hopes are received!

Idiotekque said:
I bring you... my (second) Survivor Story™.
Since my last character was... incapacitated, I was forced to create a new one for the time being. I named my new tiny mustached man Sokray Blue, and immediately thrust him into the zombie world.

We found ourselves in a rather idyllic location, looking over a small lake amidst a lush forest. The sun was beginning to dip down in the sky, and the entire scene actually was quite peaceful and attractive. My Frenchman tried to take a swim, but alas, civilians of the War Z do not know how to swim. Disheartened, he moved on towards the nearest town, keeping his wits ever about him.

[Survivor Stories: Image 1]

It soon became apparent that this was not a pleasant slice of suburbia, instead a rather large town overrun with our undead friends. Flipping his fleshlight off, Mr. Blue snuck towards the first visible house, sure to avoid any zombies that strayed too close. Once inside, he quickly scrounged up a baseball bat out of one of the bedrooms. He was armed!

Moving into the kitchen, the heartwarming silhouette of a rifle on the wall lifted our spirits. Snatching up the .22, sadly we learned there were only three bullets in it, but beggars cannot be choosers, so we moved on upstairs. After searching through every room, the house was learned to be empty besides the two weapons. "Time to leave." we decided, but someone had other plans.

Suddenly--a balding, rather ugly zombie was all up in Sokray's face. How did he find us? Who knows, but the battle was on. Wielding his baseball bat, our hero smashed the zombie upside the head over, and over, and over... Eventually, the ghoul groaned and flopped to the ground. Feeling accomplished, Sokray set back to leaving the house, but NAY, another zombie! Identical to the last one, the twin zombie brother charged, but was met with a dozen deft swings, showers of low resolution blood, and the same fate as his sibling.

Upon their deaths, the zombies seemed to disappear. Shrugging it off, we headed back downstairs, and lo and behold, the twice deceased siblings were laying in the kitchen, somehow having fallen through the floor. Interesting. Mr. Blue pushed on, deeper into the darkening town, evading zombie patrols with as much brilliant stealth skills as sir Snake himself. The sun was sinking lower and lower, and if we didn't find a place to hole up for the night soon, we would surely be zombie chow.

Upon our way, we came across a playground, littered with water, chips, and even a cricket bat. Sokray was never one for that silly game, but it was considerably cleaner than the blood soaked baseball bat, so he equipped the new weapon. Snacking on his chips, he moved further into town, avoiding confrontation as he moved into the business district. With night falling, visibility was poor, but morale was still high.

Our spirits lifted higher when we came across a small military outpost in the middle of the street, made up of sandbags and a humvee. Hopping over a barrier to explore, and hopefully turn up some ammo or guns, what did we come across? Not one, but two HATS. As Sokray triumphantly adorned himself with his new crimson beret, you could almost smell his manly pits, and frog's legs frying in the pan. Stashing the other hat (a camo fisherman style hat), he looked towards the nearest building. Before he could take another step, however, a zombie popped into view, drooling and likely quite jealous of our hats. Wielding his new cricket bat, Sokray beat the pulp out of the undead fellow, and moved on into the building, which we found to be a bank.

A quick search turned up nothing useful besides a bottle of water inside, but the structure looked to be a well defendable position, with a room over the counter and deep inside, with no separate entrances. The Frenchie kicked back and had a drink and a bite to eat as night fell over the town, and perhaps almost nodded off for a bit, until the familiar groaning, ghastly symphony of death sounded from the lobby.

Holding his cricket bat firmly, Sokray moved carefully back to the counter he had hopped over. We had two visitors, a man and a woman, who wanted direly to eat our hero's brains, but seemed to be rather confused by the counter in front of them. They ran around in circles for a bit, and Sokray was brave enough to move up closer, leaning up against the counter. They charged, but upon reaching the counter again, decided to stand still and look to their left. This continued for a few moments before Mr. Blue got bored and smacked them upside their heads a handful of times over the counter.

[Survivor Stories: Image 2] (Yes, it's really that dark.)

With the fiends dispatched, we moved back to the deepest reaches of the bank and decided to take a break, waiting for sunrise.

What ghoulish adventures await the Frenchman? Tune in next time to find out!
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Look what you made me do!

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n8rockerasu said:
Sweet! Payday actually won the Community Vote. I've been hoping that would go on sale.
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I convinced all my friends to vote for it and was pretty positive it still wouldn't win. Happy surprise, except...

DLC discount didn't change, which is all I was after until I fully dedicated myself and the 3 people I bought it for to the game. fuck!

 

The Dead Texan said:
I would, but I haven't bought anything from Steam in like a year, so they won't let me list on the market.
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It might be worth buying a cheap game just to get access to the market.

The Dead Texan said:
I've got a bunch of vintage items and a few vintage hats. Maybe I can get someone to take them off my hands for Deus Ex or System Shock
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You can sell all vintage items in the steam market now, and the market would also be the best place to get an idea of what your items are worth. Most vintage hats are worth around a dollar at least, but the weapons won't be worth anything much unless they're rare.

 
asheskitty said:
At least I can say I was busy threatening the free world. ^_~

...

Meme, see below.

It's a meme.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gaben
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Next time, I'll throw my sound up - and you can PM me over Steam and make sure I'm awake - so I don't miss a 99% off deal like that again! :p

Or any deal and/or glitch over 75% off that looks like it's too good to me true, for that matter. :p

And, didn't know about the GabeN Meme - thanks for MORE info on the "weight" line. :D

More meanings = good! :D

 
MysterD said:
Yeah, it's a HUGE game.

I think Ashes said she had WOW + All expansions taking up like around 60GB+.
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Unless the latest expansion takes up 25 gigs, I think WoW clocks at around 30-35 gigs. Then again I can see why, it has The main world, plus 3 separate expansion worlds. Like what, 3000+ quests, etc. WoW is certainly justified considering how massive it is.

Yay, more repeats. *sigh*

 
Spiricore said:
I convinced all my friends to vote for it and was pretty positive it still wouldn't win. Happy surprise, except...

DLC discount didn't change, which is all I was after until I fully dedicated myself and the 3 people I bought it for to the game. fuck!
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Finally won a CC vote, Woohoo! Hopefully this mean the daily deals are going to be great. Who am I kidding.

sch0oldaze said:
Gonna pick up Payday, anyone know if the DLC is worth the other 5 bucks or is the base game enough?
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I would like to know what others think on this as well. It's only 50% off, why not 75% like the game itself?

 
Sir_Fragalot said:
Unless the latest expansion takes up 25 gigs, I think WoW clocks at around 30-35 gigs. Then again I can see why, it has The main world, plus 3 separate expansion worlds. Like what, 3000+ quests, etc. WoW is certainly justified considering how massive it is.

Yay, more repeats. *sigh*
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I have WoW + all expansions + some screenshots + a lot of addons and it takes up 26 GB

 
As someone who is interested in Company of Heroes because of the great reviews and high regard, but not really into RTS games, should I get just the base game or the expansions as well?  Chances are the game goes on the backlog, but when (if) I get to playing it, I don't want to kick myself for not getting the expansions for cheap.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

 
DrR0Ck said:
As someone who is interested in Company of Heroes because of the great reviews and high regard, but not really into RTS games, should I get just the base game or the expansions as well? Chances are the game goes on the backlog, but when (if) I get to playing it, I don't want to kick myself for not getting the expansions for cheap.

Thoughts?

Thanks!
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I've not played myself, but my brother-in-law (who is really big into RTS) games has played Opposing Fronts 100 hours, Tales of Valor 10 hours, and the original 6 hours. I can't say anything about the differences, but he obviously likes OF the best.

That being said, the complete pack at 7.50 is easily the best deal, since it's the same price as just the original and OF together

 
boredasfook said:
Really want the COH expansions wished they had a separate bundle just for the 2 expansions.
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Ah... the old case of it being cheaper to buy the complete pack or GOTY/ultimate/uber edition than it is to just buy the expansions/DLC/extras that you're missing. :headache:

That's why I usually wait for the complete pack/edition to come out before buying any game that I think (or know) will have DLC or expansions.

 
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asheskitty said:
Okay after all the fuss over Euro Truck Simulator 2 I really want to know, how accurate is it? Does it really capture the ins-n-outs of trucking (professional sex workers)?

Ooh, which brings me to a movie recommend ... one of my favorites from Japan (2008) (DVD has subtitles, fyi),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJaZP0_vw3E
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This is what comes of posting on CAG at 1:00 in the morning. I hope you got some sleep, Ashes.

Woodlands said:
I was in talks to discount my conspiratorial ramblings to -85%, but Valve told me that you can't discount something that's already free, and they don't carry me on Steam anyway.

Tell us secrets from the future.
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You misunderstood me: I meant that I'm reading each post backwards. It's a skill I've developed over the years because I have vast amounts of free time and am also a giant nerd.

Sir_Fragalot said:
So in some way shape or form I have all of those games. Except for Age of Empires 2 HD. Then again I have Age of Empires 2 Gold on CD.
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My understanding is that part of the reason HD exists is because the original game doesn't play well with Win 7 + installs. It was actually one of my few purchases during this sale and I'm looking forward to actually finishing all of the campaigns this go-round. I think I only finished William Wallace with the original game. I used to love setting up comp-stomp skirmishes in this game.

Idiotekque said:
My first experience on WarZ.

Tsel: HOW'S THE GAME
Idiotekque: well
Idiotekque: after finally gettign it to stop screen tearing
Idiotekque: and figuring out that ssao makes it run at 30 fps
Idiotekque: i walked for 10 minutes
Tsel: o_O
Idiotekque: found a small town
Idiotekque: found "time capsules" in a building, which are basically just dark souls messages you can leave on the ground
Idiotekque: walked back outside
Idiotekque: got killed by a dude with a scar assault rifle
Idiotekque: i had no weapons, and you can't punch
Idiotekque: so that was fun
Tsel: LOL WTF
Idiotekque: i said "Wow, this game is cool. I didn't even have a weapon. Thanks for that."
Idiotekque: and he said "sure"


Time to make a new character. My character is "injured" for an hour and I can't play as him.

Oh, and when I died the game crashed. It also kicks me at random intervals and gives some "Punkbuster failed to update" message.
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Best. game. ever.

Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
pshhhh... I once pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for the PS2 and paid for taxes AND shipping.

I was buying $60 games before $60 games even existed.
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Well, I bought the Star Trek: Judgment Rites numbered LE new for $50 (it came with a VHS copy of "City on the Edge of Forever," one of the best TOS episodes of all time, a pin, and some other things I've long since forgotten. I may or may not still have it. Not long before we got married, my future wife bought me the CE of Baldur's Gate II for the same price as a birthday present. That was an epic birthday present.

Idiotekque definitely beat me with his CE for BL2. I'm not really in a financial position to plunk down $150 on a CE for any game and the missus would kill me if I did. I thought the Witcher 2 CE looked interesting (and was around $120 when it dropped IIRC), but I looked at it and thought, "What the hell would I do with a Geralt head? Hollow it out and wear it at Halloween?!"

Codester06 said:
I saw it on the sale page! They changed the name of it right? Those sneaky bastards!!
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I am constantly forgetting that they changed the name. As Elder Pee said somewhere, this was probably a direct response to the World War Z movie coming out and also a way to fool more people into buying it.

Kaltic said:
Being a giant empty world has nothing to do with a game either being or not being a hand-holding affair. When you were given a quest in the game you quite literally did not even have to think of where to go or how to even get there because you could follow the maker the game provided you.

I completely agree though that Oblivion's world was horrible, It was empty and consisted of a summer forest, winter forest, autumn forest, and marshy forest. If I wanted to see nearly the exact same landscape with no iconic points I would go outside in real life.

Hand-holding however is the difference between playing say Perfect Dark and Call of Duty. If you haven't played either game I will explain the difference. In Call of Duty there will either be a giant symbol on your screen saying either "go here" or "do this" and if it isn't immediately there then you can stand around for about 10 seconds and it will appear. Perfect Dark on the other hand gave you say 3 objectives and put in the level. It didn't tell you exactly where the objectives were or exactly how to complete them. That was something you have to figure out. And if you couldn't figure it out you were completely screwed unless you had a game guide or the internet because nothing would even give you a hint.

When a game, such as Oblivion, gives you a marker saying "go here and exactly here" you don't have to think. Then when you get to that location, which is lets say a dungeon, you don't even really have to explore it because yet again the marker will tell you exactly where you need to be in the dungeon or where the person you need to kill is.

Hand-holding simply removes the need for the player to actually process the information given to them and understand what needs to be done and how to do it from that information. Hand-holding does the thinking for you and tends to put the game into an on-rails mode.

Well that was more than I planned on typing...
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You have a valid point. I suppose I was conflating two different rationales for disliking a game and chucking everything under the heading "RPGs I don't enjoy." Oblivion annoyed me chiefly not because I didn't know what it wanted me to do but because it would give me a mission objective to travel to a city 100 miles away and I would get tossed in jail if I tried to steal a horse and I had nowhere near enough money to actually buy one. That left me the option of walking, which is actually much crappier than RL. At least in reality if I can't afford a car, I can always take a bus. If I want to RP being bored out of my skull and walking from Los Angeles to Denver, hell, there's probably some indie sim for that somewhere on Desura.

I've played a few CoD games but I can't remember any of them. Or maybe I just have backlogged CoD games on the PC. I played a few minutes of the first Black Ops game before I got stuck on the first mission (skiing downhill and shooting people?). I don't know--shooters aren't really my forte, but Black Ops was confusing and frustrating (I died a lot before I gave up on it). I never played any Perfect Dark games because that's a console series and I bought the first console I've ever owned about three years ago (PS3).

I suppose I want a certain degree of hand-holding in my games. I prefer not to have to wander around looking for someone or something I may not be able to find on my own or being forced to consult the internet to figure out virtually everything in a game. I used to play a lot of LOTRO and the older players on the forums complained bitterly about the addition of quest markers and a minimap to the game (at some point before I started playing in 2009). I will never be among the "hardcore" who like having to actively search for objectives and quest NPCs. <shrug> </shrug> To each his own, I suppose.

 
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awestover89 said:
I've not played myself, but my brother-in-law (who is really big into RTS) games has played Opposing Fronts 100 hours, Tales of Valor 10 hours, and the original 6 hours. I can't say anything about the differences, but he obviously likes OF the best.
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I have only played the original and Opposing Fronts and simply from a campaign perspective I found that I enjoyed OF a lot more. Not that the original was bad, but just that the expansion was that much better.

However, I have never played either online as I only really like playing Blizzard RTSs online for the custom games. I'm not a fan of doing skirmishes against random people on the internet.

 
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