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[Koroviev]

It actually feels more like a burden to me

Selling games is faster and easier than playing them.

I mean, if that's really how you feel

I can relate when it comes to $40-60 console releases, but my solution has been to simply buy less. I don't care if I have 100+ Steam games. A lot of it is indie/bundle stuff anyway.

 

[Grief.exe]

GAF is amazing.

So this Christmas season I made two posts asking if people would like to sell their games to me.

In the first one, I asked if someone would like to sell me their Legend of Grimrock key from the bundle.

In the second one, I asked if someone had an extra Amazon $5 coupon so I could get Hotline Miami for $2.50.


In both these cases I got hooked up with the game for free by some amazing Gaffers. I'm a poor college student and a little bit of extra money goes a long way! Thanks guys

HoosTrax got me Legend of Grimrock.

Dreamfall got me Hotline Miami!

Thanks so much guys! I really appreciate the generosity! I will enjoy both games and I will pay it forward down the road!

 

[MRORANGE]

You made such a wonderful thread last year... GO FOR IT!

Eh I'll see if I have time to make a list, I know Toma and Mavromatis has a good list of must buy games for this sale already.

If anyone wants to recommend game under the $2/$5/$10 range category drop their thoughts here or send a pm.

 

[Derrick01]

About to pull the trigger on Dead Island.

Is the game any fun?

Nope. It's a wannabe RPG with mediocre melee combat and it goes on about 15 hours longer than it should have. It has nothing but fetch quests and poorly thought out RPG-lite elements like just about every game that tacks XP and skill trees on anymore.

 

[Zimbardo]

i thought Dead Island was pretty darn good ...really good with a few friends.

 

[MRORANGE]

Nope. It's a wannabe RPG with mediocre melee combat and it goes on about 15 hours longer than it should have. It has nothing but fetch quests and poorly thought out RPG-lite elements like just about every game that tacks XP and skill trees on anymore.

I think it's important to mention if you've played by yourself or not.

IN most cases Dead Island is a lot of fun with friends.

 

[Derrick01]

I think it's important to mention if you've played by yourself or not.

IN most cases Dead Island is a lot of fun with friends.

I don't understand why. Having another person there doesn't make any of those problems disappear other than possibly making the game a little quicker.

 

[Omega]

I think it's important to mention if you've played by yourself or not.

IN most cases Dead Island is a lot of fun with friends.

every game is fun with friends though.

 

[MRORANGE]

I don't understand why. Having another person there doesn't make any of those problems disappear other than possibly making the game a little quicker.

The game had co-op in mind, you would not play L4D, Magicka, Borderlands...etc* by yourself, I could argue the same points you are making for any other co-op game if I was playing by myself.

 

[Zimbardo]

ahh, opinions. have you ever liked a movie that others hated? have you ever hated a band that many others loved? most likely.

anyway ...Dead Island gets generally favorable reviews on Metacritic ...
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/dead-island

 

[elfinke]

I played Dead Island entirely in single payer first time through and enjoyed it a lot, well worth the couple bucks I bought it for. MP just adds a stack of terrific chaos (ie the Giantbomb TNT). A neat game. The only part of Derrick's comment that rang true with my experience is that it does overstay its welcome a little.

 

[Grief.exe]

ahh, opinions. have you ever liked a movie that others hated? have you ever hated a band that many others loved? most likely.

anyway ...Dead Island gets generally favorable reviews on Metacritic ...
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/dead-island

Please don't give them clicks.

 

[Sarcasm]

I need friends..to play CoOp in Dead Island (and RAGE) =(

 

[zkylon]

Nope. It's a wannabe RPG with mediocre melee combat and it goes on about 15 hours longer than it should have. It has nothing but fetch quests and poorly thought out RPG-lite elements like just about every game that tacks XP and skill trees on anymore.

Unless you play it with friends, in which case it turns a contest of "who can kick that beheaded zombie corpse the most!".

Really only buy it if you're gonna play it with friends.

 

[Nabs]

Eh I'll see if I have time to make a list, I know Toma and Mavromatis has a good list of must buy games for this sale already.

If anyone wants to recommend game under the $2/$5/$10 range category drop their thoughts here or send a pm.

My amazing sub-$1.99 list: Toki Tori, Cthulhu Saves The World/BoD Pack, Sequence, Chime, Critter Crunch.

If you have a group of friends willing to try shit, games like Iron Grip: Warlord and Madballs are surprisingly fun. I don't recommend them to everyone, but they are a blast with the right crowd.

Audiosurf ($2.49) is still one of the best games on Steam. Everyone who is into music should give it a shot.

That's my list.

 

[Grief.exe]

Unless you play it with friends, in which case it turns a contest of "who can kick that beheaded

Spoiler

zombie

corpse the most!".

Remove zombie from that statement and you just described Chivalry

 

[Row]

My amazing sub-$1.99 list: Toki Tori, Cthulhu Saves The World/BoD Pack, Sequence, Chime, Critter Crunch.

If you have a group of friends willing to try shit, games like Iron Grip: Warlord and Madballs are surprisingly fun. I don't recommend them to everyone, but they are a blast with the right crowd.

Audiosurf ($2.49) is still one of the best games on Steam. Everyone who is into music should give it a shot.

That's my list.

I second critter crunch, beautiful artstyle and fun gameplay, it's a steal

 

[mattiewheels]

What's youse guys' favorite Total War game that's not Shogun 2? Is there one to avoid? Never tried any of them.

 

[zkylon]

I'm the worst kind of impulse buyer. I see what I want, wonder about it for days on end filling my mind with guilt for not being able to control myself, stay true and steady until there's like 5 minutes for the offer to end, pat myself in the back, then two minutes later randomly buy it and the next day it goes cheaper on sale.

Remove zombie from that statement and you just described Chivalry

So unfortunate, then, that I have no friends ((

 

[toddhunter]

Nope. It's a wannabe RPG with mediocre melee combat and it goes on about 15 hours longer than it should have. It has nothing but fetch quests and poorly thought out RPG-lite elements like just about every game that tacks XP and skill trees on anymore.

That might be true, but just like Deus Ex HR that doesn't mean you can't have a few hours of fun out of it. Full price? No. But good cheap fun.

What's youse guy's favorite Total War game that's not Shogun 2? Is there one to avoid? Never tried any of them.

I still like Medieval 2 because of the setting. In my opinion they are all good, but not that different. One is enough.

 

[Soyongdori]

What's youse guy's favorite Total War game that's not Shogun 2? Is there one to avoid? Never tried any of them.

Medieval 2; better than shogun 2.

 

[RionaaM]

I had forgotten how awful the combat sections were in PoP: Sands of Time. A lot of enemies, surrounding you and piling on you, hitting you from all sides, not giving you time to get up, and sometimes even killing Farah, which you have to defend from time to time.

It's still one hell of a game, but I don't recall the combat being this terrible. Oh well, nostalgia's partially ruined.

 

[Koroviev]

Eh I'll see if I have time to make a list, I know Toma and Mavromatis has a good list of must buy games for this sale already.

If anyone wants to recommend game under the $2/$5/$10 range category drop their thoughts here or send a pm.

Does it have to be purchasable through Steam? Because I think Spec Ops is 100% worth $10, but it's only available for that price through Amazon in a bundle with the BioShock games. And it does register on Steam.

 

[squidyj]

Big thanks to Letters

For donating his amazon credit and helping me get Dark Souls.

 

[Echoplx]

Crysis 2 y/n ? I'm in the mood for a solid FPS with a decent campaign, worth it for 10$ ?

 

[Soi-Fong]

DLC for Rage worth getting or should I put it towards another game?

 

[blindrocket]

It looks like gamersgate has the Hitman Collection for $6.25 which is currently a better price than Steam.

http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-HITMAN/hitman-collection-bundle

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Is today the last day for the sale or tomorrow?

 

[x3sphere]

Steam down for anyone? Community pages are up but can't access store

 

[JaseC]

Is today the last day for the sale or tomorrow?

The sale ends coincident with the store update on the fifth.

.

 

[toddhunter]

Steam down for anyone? Community pages are up but can't access store

Yeah it is stuffed

.

Coincident is one word that is not used enough.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Steam down for anyone? Community pages are up but can't access store

Store page and web store front is dead as a doornail.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Error -102

 

[esai]

Steam down for anyone? Community pages are up but can't access store

down for me.

 

[JaseC]

DLC for Rage worth getting or should I put it towards another game?

The added content worth the asking price but given the DLC is not on sale I'd set the money aside. You can always purchase it later.

 

[Soi-Fong]

Store is down even on mobile. Wanted to purchase Rage and it's about ti end soon.

Edit: Back up.

 

[toddhunter]

back

 

[Link Man]

Borderlands 2 won the vote with 47%.

 

[statham]

I can't remember from last year or summer, does the sale usually end with a boom or just the regular same deals?

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Just beat Spec Ops. Wow.
Borderlands 2 won the vote again?

 

[Kerub]

Yay, got my badge

 

[toddhunter]

I can't remember from last year or summer, does the sale usually end with a boom or just the regular same deals?

Typically you will get a day of repeats from the best deals of the sale. So yeah, same regular deals :|

 

[CatPee]

Just beat Spec Ops. Wow.
Borderlands 2 won the vote again?

Spoiler

Which ending?

 

[Soi-Fong]

Typically you will get a day of repeats from the best deals of the sale. So yeah, same regular deals :|

Considering we've gotten repeats, it's literally a punch to the face.

 

[MessieurCouchon]

How many times has Borderlands 2 been discounted now? I think I remember quite a few. Sigh.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Spoiler

Which ending?

Spoiler

The hero didn't fire a single bullet.

 

[j-wood]

How many times has Borderlands 2 been discounted now? I think I remember quite a few. Sigh.

community keeps voting for it. I really think there are a lot more people that use steam occasionally that don't know the sale system, therefore don't know bl2 has been on sale already

 

[Exuro]

Does it have to be purchasable through Steam? Because I think Spec Ops is 100% worth $10, but it's only available for that price through Amazon in a bundle with the BioShock games. And it does register on Steam.

Thanks for letting me know. $5 for Spec Ops sounds good to me.

 

[lexi]

community keeps voting for it. I really think there are a lot more people that use steam occasionally that don't know the sale system, therefore don't know bl2 has been on sale already

I think people just vote for games they like.

 

[Koroviev]

Thanks for letting me know. $5 for Spec Ops sounds good to me.

I think you will be really impressed if you are going in blind.