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[Foliorum Viridum]

I'd probably jump on Rayman and Dust if the Summer sale wasn't around the corner. Seems silly not to wait now just in case they have any crazier deals.

 

[plc268]

I think I'll bite on Rayman.

I want to try From Dust, but not if it's still a broken poor port.

 

[Crub]

Great to know to know the daily deals are not limited to single franchises. Makes Driver: San Fransisco much more likely as a daily.

 

[Stallion Free]

I tried From Dust the other night and it still feels awful on PC. 30 fps + garbage mouse control = no fun.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I tried From Dust the other night and it still feels awful on PC. 30 fps + garbage mouse control = no fun.

Welp.

 

[Zimbardo]

i can say that From Dust worked fine with an xbox360 pad.

i never tried it with the mouse/keyboard, so i have no idea how good or bad it is with that setup.

 

[morningbus]

I almost broke on Rayman, but I'm not gonna get to it before the summer sale or anytime soon. Self control prevails.

Spoiler

Also a friend whose opinion I trust told me it wasn't that great a platformer.

They'll hunt you. They'll condemn you; set the dogs on you. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes... the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people need to know that a game is being propped up because they don't have Mario.

You're the hero the Steam thread deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, they'll hunt you, because you can take it.

 

[TimmiT]

Is Rayman worth the price?

I enjoyed the demo, but how much content does the game offer and is it a decent single-player experience?

According to HowLongToBeat.com it takes about 9 hours to do all the main stuff and 13 hours if you do all the side stuff (collecting medals, speedrunning the levels etc.) as well. Like New Super Mario Bros Wii, single player is probably the best way to play the game and multiplayer is fun because you can mess with the other players.

 

[Blizzard]

I already bought Rayman at full price/preorder/whatever. Ubisoft 2D games without extra DRM is good in my book.

 

[Baha]

Suddenly a wild Alien Shooter sequel/expansion appears!

 

[Stumpokapow]

Suddenly a wild Alien Shooter sequel/expansion appears!

will pick it up for a dime in Indie Gala 32

 

[Boss Doggie]

Buy Rayman for 15 bucks or wait for summer sale?

 

[AngryChinchilla]

will pick it up for a dime in Indie Gala 32

I will do the same, and never play it like the rest of the alien shooter series sitting in my steam library.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

I almost broke on Rayman, but I'm not gonna get to it before the summer sale or anytime soon. Self control prevails.

Spoiler

Also a friend whose opinion I trust told me it wasn't that great a platformer.

Not that you believe me since I don't play games at all but your friend is wrong, it's an amazing platformer.

 

[I H8 Memes]

OK so dead space 2 really gets back on its feet when you

Spoiler

go back to the ishimura

. This feels like what the entre game should have been. bummer i got the surprise spoiled here a long while ago

I tried to be pretty vague so I hope it wasn't my post that spoiled it. But yes this was the only section that I found scary at all. Great atmosphere there and

Spoiler

the emptiness and quietness of the area together with not having enemies constantly thrown at you made for one of the few sections of the game that made me feel uncomfortable as I moved through it.

 

[Hugs]

Has remote library management been implemented yet? I thought I saw it in an update note, but I couldn't seem to actually do it anywhere.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Buy Rayman for 15 bucks or wait for summer sale?

Summer sale generally means 33-75% off MSRP. MSRP will still be 29.99 for Summer Sale. So if Rayman is 50% off, 66% off, or 75% off you're better off waiting, but if it's only 33% off in the summer sale, you lose by waiting.

 

[Stallion Free]

i can say that From Dust worked fine with an xbox360 pad.

i never tried it with the mouse/keyboard, so i have no idea how good or bad it is with that setup.

It's frustrating because the gameplay would benefit from the finesse of the mouse.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Summer sale generally means 33-75% off MSRP. MSRP will still be 29.99 for Summer Sale. So if Rayman is 50% off, 66% off, or 75% off you're better off waiting, but if it's only 33% off in the summer sale, you lose by waiting.

Yeah, the dilemma is killing me.

Urgh...

 

[ClosingADoor]

Nice deal for Rayman, but will wait. Too many games to justify the price for myself at the moment.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Summer sale generally means 33-75% off MSRP. MSRP will still be 29.99 for Summer Sale. So if Rayman is 50% off, 66% off, or 75% off you're better off waiting, but if it's only 33% off in the summer sale, you lose by waiting.

Would you care to bet 5.00 dollars that it will be more than 33%? It's going to be at least 50 percent (and probably 66 or 75).

 

[morningbus]

The only real way to win the Steam sales game is to not play: only buy stuff that you'll get to within a week or two. If you miss out on a deeper discount before a seasonal sale, evaluate if the seasonal sale price is worth it, or wait for another opportunity when it'll probably be even cheaper. Not every game needs to be on your Steam list as quickly as possible or ever.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Yeah, the dilemma is killing me.

Urgh...

Just wait. It will almost certainly be the same, if not more likely to be 66%/75% off.

Very few games which I've passed in regular sales have had worse sales in the big ones. In fact, they're usually always better.

Wait.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Just wait. It will almost certainly be the same, if not more likely to be 66%/75% off.

Very few games which I've passed in regular sales have had worse sales in the big ones. In fact, they're usually always better.

Wait.

Should I trust this sentiment? :I

I'm being tempted harshly.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Would you care to bet 5.00 dollars that it will be more than 33%? It's going to be at least 50 percent (and probably 66 or 75).

No bets here. I expect it'll be 50% across the summer sale, and maybe featured in a daily deal for higher.

I suspect MSRP will be $19.99 by Christmas, which should make it $5-10 for the Christmas sale.

 

[Tomodachi]

From Dust is a title everyone calling himself a gamer should try, it really has some amazing stuff concealed under clunky controls (even with a 360 pad it's not that smooth, control-wise, unfortunately). I don't see the problem with being locked at 30fps, it's a sim game, not a racing game.
It has a huge issue though, and it's the lack of a sandbox mode available since the beginning AND with a huge map (you unlock something like that at the end of the missions, but it really is a tiny map to play with), but other than that I think it's a little gem of this generation and I really wish there were more games in a genre long forgotten, now that the tech allows some really amazing stuff with physics and such.
Another issue would of course be the lack of PC optimization (hey ubisoft, time to put some effort in your ports, right?) but at this low price I really can't consider that a big issue.

 

[1-D_FTW]

The only real way to win the Steam sales game is to not play: only buy stuff that you'll get to within a week or two. If you miss out on a deeper discount before a seasonal sale, evaluate if the seasonal sale price is worth it, or wait for another opportunity when it'll probably be even cheaper. Not every game needs to be on your Steam list as quickly as possible or ever.

Except there are general floors for games. And the floor hasn't changed in a while. So if you know you want to buy the game when it hits rock bottom, there's no harm in purchasing (so you can then play without having to wait whenever the mood strikes).

This obviously only applies to games that are rock bottom pricing. This is the only way you win the Steam game (and even then, you still need to exercise willpower on games you only like in theory and will never truly play).

No bets here. I expect it'll be 50% across the summer sale, and maybe featured in a daily deal for higher.

I suspect MSRP will be $19.99 by Christmas, which should make it $5-10 for the Christmas sale.

Heh. Just had to throw it out there. Wanted to see if you'd take a sucker bet from the sucker's perspective for once

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Should I trust this sentiment? :I

I'm being tempted harshly.

Would I lie to you?

Your avatar tempts me to, but no, I wouldn't!

 

[Glass Rebel]

Nothing for me today, luckily/sadly. Only Rayman interests me but I can wait for it to hit 10€ or below.

Remaining days will most likely be AssCreed and Splinter Cell/Prince of Persia.

 

[JaseC]

Today I realised that I haven't given away any spare indie bundle codes in a while, because they go live when it's late here and I simply forget to hand out the spares the next day. I can't remember which ones I've used (Steam doesn't display the used key message if you already own the game), so I've lumped all 2012 codes into this post, hidden behind the e-mail tag. Naturally, many of them will have been used already, by myself, but some will work. Due to the amount of keys contained herein, mention if they're already used or if you've used one, and I'll cull the list accordingly.

Indie Gala:

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution: 5HRXX-9RWG5-TYX5H

Indie Royale:

Tobe's Vertical Adventure: 03TAR-WBYMY-KKEGI
Osmos: 26XB2-0CHXN-0PBDV

Humble Bundle for Android:

Toki Tori: IMQNP-LHEN0-3QBHR
Windosill: GNMZD-I6LTF-Z90E5

(Ignore the broken text -- the formatting plays silly buggers with the email tag.)

Edit: B.U.T.T.O.N., Defense Grid & DLC, World of Goo, Blueberry Garden, Altitude, Botanicula/Machinarium/Samorost 2, Disciples II: Gallean's Return, Really Big Sky, Critical Mass, Bunch of Heroes, Hack, Slash, Loot, Unstoppable Gorg, Fortix 2, Flatout, Hacker Evolution, Astro Tripper, Alien Shooter 2, Alien Shooter, Depths of Peril, Alien Zombie Megadeath, Twin Sector, Greed Corp, Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes, Trapped Dead, Greed: Black Border, Future Wars, Cloning Clyde, Ancients of Ooga, Roboblitz, A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda, and EDGE/Anomaly/Osmos removed.

Edit 2: Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Tobe's Vertical Adventure, Osmos, Toki Tori, and Windosill are still available.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Would I lie to you?

Your avatar tempts me to, but no, I wouldn't!

Got something against sharks?

And darn it, the "wait for it to go 5/10 bucks" is really strong in this one, looks like I'll let it slide.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Jase, I used B.U.T.T.O.N. but it was already used.

 

[Lingitiz]

I took World of Goo and all of the Defense Grid stuff. Thanks!

 

[SteveWinwood]

Blueberry Garden is also used JaseC, but thanks anyway!

 

[Stumpokapow]

I tried RoboBlitz and it gave me an invalid code error--is it possible that they lock attempting to activate codes if you try too many duplicate ones?

 

[YianGaruga]

Today I realised that I haven't given away any spare indie bundle codes in a while, because they go live when it's late here and I simply forget to hand out the spares the next day. I can't remember which ones I've used (Steam doesn't display the used key message if you already own the game), so I've lumped all 2012 codes into this post, hidden behind the e-mail tag. Naturally, many of them will have been used already, by myself, but some will work. Due to the amount of keys contained herein, mention if they're already used or if you've used one, and I'll cull the list accordingly.

Indie Gala:

Critical Mass: 0XR2M-M6N0M-WX8JJ
Fortix 2: 0XT52-64353-YVRYC
Bunch of Heroes: 0Y54Y-JW3NC-ZZATV
Hacker Evolution: Y57A3-C0EV4-NEXL7
Roboblitz: 0PJCX-9L990-BY6BK
Greed Corp: A5S2D-44RRA-IQL2G-DXH34-ZJE8Q
Future Wars: 54PFA-6D3N3-0VDAJ
Greed: Black Border: 56DP4-V4GHF-M6NI6
Trapped Dead: 55HNT-29NBN-M0YY0
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes: 4KAWG-5372X-6ZEI8
Twin Sector: 4JN30-3YRWB-YFD6Q
Flatout: 4KZ8R-HKCJV-ANRIM
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution: 5HRXX-9RWG5-TYX5H
A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda: 5GPHL-HNCQ0-2EZYI
Alien Shooter: 5FKJ9-JNW26-4NDDT
Disciples II: Gallean's Return: 4V2AH-WRJ4I-MK96X
Altitude: 4QIBQ-MC45F-M067R
Alien Shooter 2: 4T8KA-QIB76-8K0E9
Really Big Sky: 4PP2C-N0LZ2-Q3966

Indie Royale:

Ancients of Ooga: 304I3-5ADLX-DTYEC
Cloning Clyde: 2VL4I-ZVGA9-69TF3
Defense Grid: The Awakening: 9WT4J-VCAHL-A2VAC
-- Resurgence Map 1: 8ECF0-4QTKT-RZJ8V
-- Resurgence Map 2: 83KAZ-KEEJX-T4ZC8
-- Resurgence Map 3: 7ZF9N-FBJY0-7A4IX
-- Resurgence Map 4: 7Z6LH-YMRDN-5GJGI
Hack, Slash, Loot: 4L0ID-NLCHV-LR5Y9
Alien Zombie Megadeath: 4H7W3-GV83K-K5QQ2
Astro Tripper: A5ZFR-3CLI5-6H9P2
Unstoppable Gorg: 5BMJX-V4X44-YAGT3
Depths of Peril: 5D39H-A27LJ-7KLEW
Tobe's Vertical Adventure: 03TAR-WBYMY-KKEGI
Osmos: 26XB2-0CHXN-0PBDV
Blueberry Garden: 2HGXY-3GI9Q-LP7VH

Humble Bundle for Android:

EDGE, Anomaly, and Osmos: FETJH-NLR56-XMEL0
World of Goo: FZXLC-PTQVN-7BE3Y
Toki Tori: IMQNP-LHEN0-3QBHR
Botanicula, Machinarium, and Samorost 2: DM4ZG-QH926-BHIJM
Windosill: GNMZD-I6LTF-Z90E5

(Ignore the broken text -- the formatting plays silly buggers with the email tag.)

Edit: B.U.T.T.O.N. removed.

I got Altitude! Thanks!
Botanicula, Disciples II and Really Big Sky are already used.

 

[JaseC]

I tried RoboBlitz and it gave me an invalid code error--is it possible that they lock attempting to activate codes if you try too many duplicate ones?

Hmm, perhaps. I just tried it myself and got the "Product already owned" error. Anyone else tried it?

 

[RetroGreg]

Damn. I want Rayman, but I'm waiting for the summer sale too.

 

[Peff]

I tried RoboBlitz and it gave me an invalid code error--is it possible that they lock attempting to activate codes if you try too many duplicate ones?

That doesn't usually happen when a dev posts one of those huge lists that are force people to go one by one, but I'm getting that error too.

Are there any news on the Hard Reset DLC?

 

[HoosTrax]

Critical Mass, Bunch of Heroes, Hack, Slash, Loot, and Unstoppable Gorg were already used.

I took this one for myself: Fortix 2. Thanks!

 

[Rapstah]

I am fairly sure those are all taken now, I wanted Flatout but it was already used. Don't want to try them all to see if they're all taken in case someone actually wants a game.

EDIT: Apparently not!

 

[Stumpokapow]

I took this one for myself: Fortix 2. Thanks!

So I know when people give away keys, people just claim anything just to own it, but you really owe it to yourself to try Fortix 2. It's really fun.

 

[Milamber]

Today I realised that I haven't given away any spare indie bundle codes in a while, because they go live when it's late here and I simply forget to hand out the spares the next day. I can't remember which ones I've used (Steam doesn't display the used key message if you already own the game), so I've lumped all 2012 codes into this post, hidden behind the e-mail tag. Naturally, many of them will have been used already, by myself, but some will work. Due to the amount of keys contained herein, mention if they're already used or if you've used one, and I'll cull the list accordingly.

Indie Gala:

Critical Mass: 0XR2M-M6N0M-WX8JJ
Fortix 2: 0XT52-64353-YVRYC
Bunch of Heroes: 0Y54Y-JW3NC-ZZATV
Hacker Evolution: Y57A3-C0EV4-NEXL7
Roboblitz: 0PJCX-9L990-BY6BK
Greed Corp: A5S2D-44RRA-IQL2G-DXH34-ZJE8Q
Future Wars: 54PFA-6D3N3-0VDAJ
Greed: Black Border: 56DP4-V4GHF-M6NI6
Trapped Dead: 55HNT-29NBN-M0YY0
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes: 4KAWG-5372X-6ZEI8
Twin Sector: 4JN30-3YRWB-YFD6Q
Flatout: 4KZ8R-HKCJV-ANRIM
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution: 5HRXX-9RWG5-TYX5H
A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda: 5GPHL-HNCQ0-2EZYI
Alien Shooter: 5FKJ9-JNW26-4NDDT
Disciples II: Gallean's Return: 4V2AH-WRJ4I-MK96X
Altitude: 4QIBQ-MC45F-M067R
Alien Shooter 2: 4T8KA-QIB76-8K0E9
Really Big Sky: 4PP2C-N0LZ2-Q3966

Indie Royale:

Ancients of Ooga: 304I3-5ADLX-DTYEC
Cloning Clyde: 2VL4I-ZVGA9-69TF3
Hack, Slash, Loot: 4L0ID-NLCHV-LR5Y9
Alien Zombie Megadeath: 4H7W3-GV83K-K5QQ2
Astro Tripper: A5ZFR-3CLI5-6H9P2
Unstoppable Gorg: 5BMJX-V4X44-YAGT3
Depths of Peril: 5D39H-A27LJ-7KLEW
Tobe's Vertical Adventure: 03TAR-WBYMY-KKEGI
Osmos: 26XB2-0CHXN-0PBDV

Humble Bundle for Android:

EDGE, Anomaly, and Osmos: FETJH-NLR56-XMEL0
Toki Tori: IMQNP-LHEN0-3QBHR
Botanicula, Machinarium, and Samorost 2: DM4ZG-QH926-BHIJM
Windosill: GNMZD-I6LTF-Z90E5

(Ignore the broken text -- the formatting plays silly buggers with the email tag.)

Edit: B.U.T.T.O.N., Defense Grid & DLC, World of Goo, and Blueberry Garden removed.

Got Hacker Evolution. Thanks.

 

[Wok]

Today I realised that I haven't given away any spare indie bundle codes in a while, because they go live when it's late here and I simply forget to hand out the spares the next day. I can't remember which ones I've used (Steam doesn't display the used key message if you already own the game), so I've lumped all 2012 codes into this post, hidden behind the e-mail tag. Naturally, many of them will have been used already, by myself, but some will work. Due to the amount of keys contained herein, mention if they're already used or if you've used one, and I'll cull the list accordingly.

Indie Gala:

Roboblitz: 0PJCX-9L990-BY6BK
Greed Corp: A5S2D-44RRA-IQL2G-DXH34-ZJE8Q
Future Wars: 54PFA-6D3N3-0VDAJ
Greed: Black Border: 56DP4-V4GHF-M6NI6
Trapped Dead: 55HNT-29NBN-M0YY0
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes: 4KAWG-5372X-6ZEI8
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution: 5HRXX-9RWG5-TYX5H
A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda: 5GPHL-HNCQ0-2EZYI

Indie Royale:

Ancients of Ooga: 304I3-5ADLX-DTYEC
Cloning Clyde: 2VL4I-ZVGA9-69TF3
Tobe's Vertical Adventure: 03TAR-WBYMY-KKEGI
Osmos: 26XB2-0CHXN-0PBDV

Humble Bundle for Android:

EDGE, Anomaly, and Osmos: FETJH-NLR56-XMEL0
Toki Tori: IMQNP-LHEN0-3QBHR
Windosill: GNMZD-I6LTF-Z90E5

(Ignore the broken text -- the formatting plays silly buggers with the email tag.)

Edit: B.U.T.T.O.N., Defense Grid & DLC, World of Goo, Blueberry Garden, Altitude, Botanicula/Machinarium/Samorost 2, Disciples II: Gallean's Return, Really Big Sky, Critical Mass, Bunch of Heroes, Hack, Slash, Loot, Unstoppable Gorg, Fortix 2, Flatout, Hacker Evolution, Astro Tripper, Alien Shooter 2, Alien Shooter, Depths of Peril, Alien Zombie Megadeath, and Twin Sector removed.

Thanks for Greed Corp.

 

[JaseC]

I just discovered that registered keys show up in your purchase history as "retail", so I'll cross-reference it with the key list.

 

[Wok]

I just discovered that registered keys show up in your purchase history as "retail", so I'll cross-reference it with the key list.

Before trying Greed Corp, I tried several which were already used:

• Roboblitz
• Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
• Twin Sector

 

[JaseC]

Before trying Greed Corp, I tried several which were already used:

• Roboblitz
• Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
• Twin Sector

Yeah, they were in my purchase history. The handful that are left should work.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Took A.R.E.S., thanks JaseC!

 

[Frank the Great]

Today I realised that I haven't given away any spare indie bundle codes in a while, because they go live when it's late here and I simply forget to hand out the spares the next day. I can't remember which ones I've used (Steam doesn't display the used key message if you already own the game), so I've lumped all 2012 codes into this post, hidden behind the e-mail tag. Naturally, many of them will have been used already, by myself, but some will work. Due to the amount of keys contained herein, mention if they're already used or if you've used one, and I'll cull the list accordingly.

Indie Gala:

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution: 5HRXX-9RWG5-TYX5H
A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda: 5GPHL-HNCQ0-2EZYI

Indie Royale:

Tobe's Vertical Adventure: 03TAR-WBYMY-KKEGI
Osmos: 26XB2-0CHXN-0PBDV

Humble Bundle for Android:

EDGE, Anomaly, and Osmos: FETJH-NLR56-XMEL0
Toki Tori: IMQNP-LHEN0-3QBHR
Windosill: GNMZD-I6LTF-Z90E5

(Ignore the broken text -- the formatting plays silly buggers with the email tag.)

Edit: B.U.T.T.O.N., Defense Grid & DLC, World of Goo, Blueberry Garden, Altitude, Botanicula/Machinarium/Samorost 2, Disciples II: Gallean's Return, Really Big Sky, Critical Mass, Bunch of Heroes, Hack, Slash, Loot, Unstoppable Gorg, Fortix 2, Flatout, Hacker Evolution, Astro Tripper, Alien Shooter 2, Alien Shooter, Depths of Peril, Alien Zombie Megadeath, Twin Sector, Greed Corp, Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes, Trapped Dead, Greed: Black Border, Future Wars, Cloning Clyde, Ancients of Ooga, and Roboblitz removed.

got the edge+anomaly+osmos pack. thanks a lot .

 

[Wok]

Yeah, they were in my purchase history. The handful that are left should work.

got the edge+anomaly+osmos pack. thanks a lot man.

(Off-topic)
By the way, who is JaseC's avatar? This has been a mystery so far.