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[Stumpokapow]

How do you guys feel about Kholat? Been eyeing that for awhile...

Among the Russian scary game games it seems to be one of the less bad looking ones IMHO.

 

[Jeff Stephen]

Purchased the W3 season pass. Steam tells me the card was declined but two new cards in my inventory. Nothing in my download queue.
Update:
Purchase confirmation in my inbox. Guess it went through after all.

 

[gdt]

Among the Russian scary game games it seems to be one of the less bad looking ones IMHO.

Glowing praise, bought 8 copies.

 

[Cozmogramma]

Guess I'll just have to wait then. Bit annoying, would've been nice to download all the games during the night.

 

[bbd23]

was really hoping The Town of Light had a better discount

 

[11037]

I'm trying to buy some games for some friends but steam won't let me. My purchase has been pending for the past 20 minutes now...

 

[uncredited male]

First post should make it clear that dailies are no more in a massive red, bolded font, with caps lock on. Maybe some anime next to it to grab people's attention even more.

We have people for that. Like a whole unit we can mobilize.

 

[RealityCheque]

Yep. Not purchasing anything until tomorrow when hopefully steam has gotten its foot out of its mouth and thumb out of its ass.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

I managed to finally get through the discovery queues and craft the Summer sale badge. My reward?

I like that emoticon the most out of this years set.

If anyone wants to spoil themselves and see what all the emoticons, background and badges look like pop on over to here:
http://www.steamcardexchange.net/index.php?gamepage-appid-480730

Quick question. In my inventory I see no indication that the cards are going to expire. Does this mean no expiry and thus non-authenticator users can breathe a sigh of relief with the fact they don't expire? (something not seen for 3 years)

 

[Mr Nash]

There's actually nothing I want this sale. =O

 

[DuffDry]

I've never played a Far Cry game, but would 4 be worth the extra 15 dollars or will I be just fine with 3?

 

[Deleted member 98878]

The Anniversary version has worse keyboard functionality than the original. So I dunno, how much does that matter to you?

I wouldn't mind playing with a controller. Just saw that it was under 5€ while browsing.

But I've decided I'd rather get the Mass Effect Collection using my trading card money.

 

[chronomac]

I've never played a Far Cry game, but would 4 be worth the extra 15 dollars or will I bejust fine with 3?

I would save money and start with 3.

 

[MUnited83]

Wait, so nothing is changing prices at all during this sale? I thought it was just the flash sales that were gone.

That sucks.

There are publishers that might do "dailies", aka discounting what they aren't discounting now at all for one or two days. Ubisoft did a lot of this last winter.

 

[Rhaknar]

Volume, the stylish looking stealth game, is 75% off

 

[Momentary]

Doesn't seem like bundles are working as intended. Aren't they supposed to go down in price the more from the bundle that your own?

 

[texhnolyze]

Has anyone ever done a serious analysis on how good the deals are on Steam are now vs. 3-4 years ago? Because it really does feel like they've gotten way shittier over time, and I swear it's not just in my head.

I've never seen so many piddly 20%, 33%, 50% sales featured. You used to routinely see AAA games going for 75% off a year or two after release. Some games are still following that pattern roughly (e.g. DOOM at 40% right after release), but man, there's a lot of hot nothing. Games with no discount at all, games with worse discounts than the GOG sale that just ended, games with higher prices than earlier Steam sales, three-year-old indie games with shockingly stingy 33% off tags. Seems like we're finally seeing the end of Steam as an actual source of decent deals.

Steamspy made this analytic post winter sale last year.

Average discount on the winter sale (no dailies/flash deals) was lower compared to the summer sale on the same year (the last dailies/flash deals) , which is  57.52% vs 66.63%. However, most games’ discounts were either 50–59% or 70–79%. He then suggest that you shouldn't trust an average. Also, total revenue was bigger than summer sale. The new system was a success for publishers.

 

[WinterDemons]

Might wait until the HB Monthly reveals until buying anything.

 

[Teknoman]

LIGHTNING RETURNS PC or PS3?
Both are on sale this week

I need to know this.

 

[empyrean]

Apologies if it's been mentioned but...is the sale price the sale price? There won't be any cheaper dailies or flash prices?

 

[Deleted member 125677]

On the fence about Dragon's Dogma.. 33% is not quite what I was hoping for. Also considering Evil Within, Dreamfall (TLJ), Ass Creed Unity, Resident Evil Re, Transformers, Everybody's gone to the rapture, Dark Maus and Lifeless Planet

 

[JimmyRustler]

Does Dying Light: The Following EE include the main game and all DLC? Seems tempting for 15 €. It's good, right?

 

[drotahorror]

Looks like Valve got their ish together.

My previous pending purchase is gone, and I went back and bought the games again and it went right through, fast as it normally does.

 

[FloppyDelux]

Ghost busters game(2009) is $2.49 BUY IT!

 

[MUnited83]

Doesn't seem like bundles are working as intended. Aren't they supposed to go down in price the more from the bundle that your own?

That is correct, but it entirely depends on the bundle. This bundle system has only been introduced recently, so older bundles don't have that. (and publishers can opt out of using these bundles if they want as well)

 

[jshackles]

On the fence about Dragon's Dogma.. 33% is not quite what I was hoping for. Also considering Evil Within, Dreamfall (TLJ), Ass Creed Unity, Resident Evil Re, Transformers, Everybody's gone to the rapture, Dark Maus and Lifeless Planet

Dude... it's great though

 

[Ludens]

Almost five hours later, still no cards for me.

 

[Large Professor]

Doesn't seem like bundles are working as intended. Aren't they supposed to go down in price the more from the bundle that your own?

Yeah that doesn't work for the capy bundle yet.

 

[nintendork666]

I just bought You Don't Know Jack! (Movies Edition) and Shadowrun: Dragonfall.

Total spent = $4.50

I'm a happy camper. Wish I wasn't such a broke joke. There's already so much in my library I've yet to play though.

 

[witchedwiz]

weeeeeeell
I've yet to finalize the purchase.. but i'm already hovering on the 120eur area ;_;
of course the metroidvania package is included

 

[chronomac]

Volume, the stylish looking stealth game, is 75% off

Beware that if you have Windows 10 and an Xbox One controller, it won't work with the most up-to-date controller firmware. You'll have to revert back to an older driver. It's a widespread Unity issue.

 

[Speevy]

Is Disgaea still good if you beat the game 12 years ago?

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

So far looks like I'm going to get:

Axiom Verge
Transformers Devastation
Jackbox Party Pack 2

I'll mull over the rest later, kinda wanted Pillars of Eternity but I don't have anywhere near enough time to play it.

 

[gdt]

How is Dreamfall Chapters? I've been meaning to play this series for so long now....

 

[voodooray]

Quick question. In my inventory I see no indication that the cards are going to expire. Does this mean no expiry and thus non-authenticator users can breathe a sigh of relief with the fact they don't expire? (something not seen for 3 years)

They still expire. From the summer sale FAQ:

Unlike previous badges, once the sale ends the cards will disappear. Make sure to trade and craft your badges before July 4th 10am PST.

 

[Sch1sm]

Is Disgaea still good if you beat the game 12 years ago?

Hero Prinny* says yes, at the very least. He enjoyed the game like every other one.

*he has Prinny in his name, auto bias.

 

[Tizoc]

Is Disgaea still good if you beat the game 12 years ago?

It's the same good game from 12 years ago.
Only now it has the benefit of mods and the like.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Some random stuff I put on my possible to-buy list:

Nevermind
Xenoraptor
Raiden IV
Ancestors
Crypt of the necrodancer
Aarklash Legacy
Last Leviathan
Enki
Share
Jagged Alliance Flashback
Dead Rising 3
Abandoned
Haunted Hells reach
Miscreated
Echo Tokyo intro
Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Ether One
Crimzon Clover

 

[tiebreaker]

Not buying anything this time. Still have a ton of games to play and the discounts aren't steep enough to entice me to buy for Backlog.

 

[derExperte]

How is Dreamfall Chapters? I've been meaning to play this series for so long now....

Boring af according to basically everyone.

 

[BroodShadow]

It was a struggle to get steam to take my money this time but I finally got it to charge me.

 

[Bonfires Down]

How is Dreamfall Chapters? I've been meaning to play this series for so long now....

You would need to play at least the first Dreamfall game first.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Revelations 2 pricing is so bad, I just want the episodes tf Capcom.

 

[Ruruja]

How long do items stay in your cart? I've popped some in there that I plan to buy next week.

 

[Tizoc]

I've never played a Far Cry game, but would 4 be worth the extra 15 dollars or will I be just fine with 3?

fc4 is a good Elephant Rider simulator of a sorts, but it is the usual Ubi formula so consider that before buying it.

 

[TheVoidDragon]

Has anyone ever done a serious analysis on how good the deals are on Steam are now vs. 3-4 years ago? Because it really does feel like they've gotten way shittier over time, and I swear it's not just in my head.

I've never seen so many piddly 20%, 33%, 50% sales featured. You used to routinely see AAA games going for 75% off a year or two after release. Some games are still following that pattern roughly (e.g. DOOM at 40% right after release), but man, there's a lot of hot nothing. Games with no discount at all, games with worse discounts than the GOG sale that just ended, games with higher prices than earlier Steam sales, three-year-old indie games with shockingly stingy 33% off tags. Seems like we're finally seeing the end of Steam as an actual source of decent deals.

There are definitely games that are lower than they have been many times before. There are a few games on my wishlist that seem to be more than with the usual discounts.

 

[metareferential]

I bought some games:

- Adrift
- Audioshield
- Lifeless Planet
- Submerged
- The Long Dark
- House of the Dying Sun.

VR and relaxing games. Maybe I'll get Hover Junkers too.

 

[Xeteh]

Among the Russian scary game games it seems to be one of the less bad looking ones IMHO.

They should put that on the back of the box.

I bought some games:

- Adrift
- Audioshield
- Lifeless Planet
- Submerged
- The Long Dark
- House of the Dying Sun.

VR and relaxing games. Maybe I'll get Hover Junkers too.

I really want to know more about The Long Dark. GB did a quick look of the game a couple years back and it seemed like the type of survival game I could get in to but some guy recently wrote a review (on steam) that made it sound like a lot of the things they promised have yet to be released and they've gone to the Valve/Blizzard approach of "its ready when its ready" instead of regular updates.

How long do items stay in your cart? I've popped some in there that I plan to buy next week.

Assuming the store isn't exploding (like it is now) they stay until you remove them or buy them.

Edit: You might want to just make note of what games you're thinking about. Steam is under such a load right now that no cart is safe.

 

[derExperte]

How long do items stay in your cart? I've popped some in there that I plan to buy next week.

Right now? ~5 minutes +/- 5 minutes, mostly -

 

[Stevey]

Damn, are they just releasing Fighting Fantasy books as Steam games now?
That's hilarious.

Yeah, I can remember Forest Of Doom from my childhood, so thought I'd buy the lot