Steam Winter Sale 2016 thread of hoping for better deals elsewhere
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shiftplusone
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This is what I'm thinking for my first ever Steam sale haul. Thoughts/critiques? I'll probably wait until the hidden deals thread before I pull the trigger on it. The only game on this list I've played before is Borderlands, and I'm mainly just getting that to play co-op with a couple friends.
Ys 1 and 2 are way too cool to pass up imo
Absolutely loved them both
This is what I'm thinking for my first ever Steam sale haul. Thoughts/critiques? I'll probably wait until the hidden deals thread before I pull the trigger on it. The only game on this list I've played before is Borderlands, and I'm mainly just getting that to play co-op with a couple friends.
The only game that's striking me as seeming a bit high is Sonic All Stars, but I'm not sure about it's recent price history
e: Also, what's the status on Tales of Symphonia? I remember when it first came out people were saying it wasn't a good port
Django.Mango
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Rusty Lake Hotel
- Imagine Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None or Clue: The Movie; the premise is that guests at a hotel are being killed one by one
- Also all the guests are animals dressed up in dapper outfits
- The gameplay is basically escape room style puzzles, which should be familiar to you if you played 999 or Zero Escape, or if you've done a live action escape room.
- Spoilers for first five minutes:also you're the murderer
For $0.99 I recommend this definitely.
Runs on PC and Mac and should be notebook / bad hardware friendly.
It runs on flash player iirc.
A really bizarre and macabre puzzle game. It would work fine with some David Lynch movie soundtrack. Voted it for the best use of farm animals award. Good game and for one buck a no brainer.
Sr Kitsune
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I am probably going to pull the trigger with this:
Any thoughts/recommendations? I'm trying to keep it under 400 mxn (20 usd) this year.
Any thoughts/recommendations? I'm trying to keep it under 400 mxn (20 usd) this year.
There's a windows app, Steam Tile which makes things easier.
Rusty Lake Hotel
- Imagine Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None or Clue: The Movie; the premise is that guests at a hotel are being killed one by one
- Also all the guests are animals dressed up in dapper outfits
- The gameplay is basically escape room style puzzles, which should be familiar to you if you played 999 or Zero Escape, or if you've done a live action escape room.
- Spoilers for first five minutes:also you're the murderer
For $0.99 I recommend this definitely.
Runs on PC and Mac and should be notebook / bad hardware friendly.
It's very Mac friendly, if anyone's wondering to what extent. I had no hitches.
But man, Stump, that game messed me up some. Spoiler and all, when you
gotta electrocute that poor baby bird like 6 times
I'd like to shill Why Am I Dead At Sea for $1.99. Great little pixel rpg-like, can get multiple endings, decent story
http://store.steampowered.com/app/359400/
Remember being interested in buying this a while ago. How long does it take to beat?
Saiyan-Rox
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Is planet coaster worth it? Also does it support wide-screen? I'm getting one of those monitors for Xmas so want games to show off on it.
Thought Skyrim remaster would work but apparently not?
Thought Skyrim remaster would work but apparently not?
pretty done
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Love the show and books, hate the Telltale non-game style of game. Ended up hating the game and not even being able to refund it. It's not even compelling as GoT content, as a game it's among the worst I've ever played. I think the only way to enjoy it is being a superfan of GoT and Telltale Games.
I think having unknown houses be the face of the game was a mistake, I probably would have played it to completion had I been playing some Baratheon/Stark/Targ fellow rather than this House Forester bs
MythicReclaimer
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My retail versions of Crysis and Warhead will not complete installation on Windows 10 due to known issues (a previous Windows Update for the former and I believe Securom or something similar for the latter). I'm assuming the digital counterparts install/work fine?
BronzeWolf
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How about this?
SmokedMeat
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Not sure if it's been mentioned but Turok is $5! That's the cheapest I've ever seen it.
I'm blowing my load real fast this time around. Snagged the Shadow Warrior 2 bundle that was discounted since I had Shadow Warrior. Also included the redux of the original game.
I'm blowing my load real fast this time around. Snagged the Shadow Warrior 2 bundle that was discounted since I had Shadow Warrior. Also included the redux of the original game.
Steam tile or steam tiles? There are both
bobnowhere
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You keep waiting for just one good thing to happen to the good guys and it never does. It's basically just torture porn.
The writers didn't understand why the show is so successful that while bad things happen to the good guys, the good guys also win sometimes as well.
Crysis still has Securom on the Steam version. So if that is causing you problems, you may want to avoid.
How's Malebolgia?
Game seems to be 90% off, and the visuals look neat, though the reviews on steam are neutral.
Game seems to be 90% off, and the visuals look neat, though the reviews on steam are neutral.
TelemachusD
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So my nephew bought Dark Souls 3 yesterday for full price, and already played more than 2 hours. What are the chances he can get a refund to rebuy at the sale price?
This is what I'm thinking for my first ever Steam sale haul. Thoughts/critiques? I'll probably wait until the hidden deals thread before I pull the trigger on it. The only game on this list I've played before is Borderlands, and I'm mainly just getting that to play co-op with a couple friends.
Life is Strange is amazing. /post
AndyMoogle
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You'll have to get the GOG versions.
Steam Tile...
the_firewithin
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i put about 4 hours into it for one playthrough
Stumpokapow
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Made by a GAFfer (Dascu) if you want to support independent games made by our own!
The Dear Leader
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I don't think there's anything for me this sale, I'll have to dig through everything later but not much of anything I really want is on sale enough from my wishlist.
Stumpokapow
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Repeatedly feeding a pig its own shit until it bleeds, producing toilet tomatoes was the grossest for me. The blueberries were the only thing I missed, so I assume that's what you get from electrocuting the bird.
shira
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TheExhaustedWalrus
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Man I'd really like to try Dragon's Dogma at that price.
Stumpokapow
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Wow the emotes and backgrounds for this sale badge are bad. This is so low effort. This is like "shit I forgot the project was due today, time to wing it" level effort.
Ragnarsson
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For the first time in a while, I purchased a few games in a Holiday Sale.
Feeling quite happy about it.
- Final Fantasy VI
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
- Life is Strange
Feeling quite happy about it.
Valve pretty much stopped caring about just about everything...except making money :/
Stumpokapow
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they'd make more money if they had higher quality emotes tbqh
pantsattack
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Pin Steam is what I use for the Start menu. I had a bug, or something with Steam Tile just didn't work as well as Pin Steam.
What the heck, might as well grab it then.
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I tried Pin Steam but then I got a bug whereby any new games I bought wouldn't show up, no matter how many times I reset/reinstalled everything. I've found TileCreator to be the most cumbersome to use but also the most reliable, and allows you to pin games not from steam.
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I tried Pin Steam but then I got a bug whereby any new games I bought wouldn't show up, no matter how many times I reset/reinstalled everything. I've found TileCreator to be the most cumbersome to use but also the most reliable, and allows you to pin games not from steam.
Stumpokapow
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In other news, Silent Hill Homecoming (which isn't great and I think has a bad PC port if I remember correctly) is at an all-time low price by far, $5.99 (85% off). In previous sales it never dipped below $10, then this October it went to $8, and now $6. Not sure if this indicates they're planning to pull it, or if they're planning to actively take part in Steam sales going forward. Maybe keep an eye on it if this is an important collector's item for you.
I just used Steam Tile. Works pretty good! What about tiles from Origin and GoG? They are small and not as nice as the rest. (Gwent/TF2/Diablo III)
Anything for those?
I love Stardew Valley and Mini Metro. Been tempted to rebuy Stardew on the XBone just to support the devs. For whatever reason I stuck with it longer than I did any of the Harvest Moon series. Mini Metro starts out very zen but can escalate quickly as it goes on and bottlenecks start to develop.
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