Cheeseman Battitude
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No, obviously, but just generally it seems weak.
This might sound daft but maybe there are too many of the most popular games on the front page. Perhaps they should draw more attention to the cheaper games in the sale.
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No, obviously, but just generally it seems weak.
This might sound daft but maybe there are too many of the most popular games on the front page. Perhaps they should draw more attention to the cheaper games in the sale.
Same. I have 900 games. Not exactly a wide array of things for me to choose from. I think the sale is pretty usual with some good deals here and there. Just because I don't want them doesn't mean omgitsux
Polishin8r
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its a french website? You can buy via pay pal in usa?
If a person feels one day with sale is bad for some weird reason it's like the apocalypse.
I've been calling this sale "bad" because there's fewer daily/flash deals than in past sales, in spite of the fact that there's massively more games on the store now. So the chance of any non-mainstream title getting a daily is lower than it has ever been. That, to me, makes the sale objectively worse than ever before.
As for individual offers though, you're right, this sale is as good as any other. In fact, we've seen a few deals cheaper than ever before, ACIV and MGR:R both hit record lows this sale and we've only just gotten started.
Cuban Legend
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so its down to the dev team to fix this fuck-up, which seems to have been on their end. UGH... it's EA... ALL HOPE IT LOST.
It's Brazilian and yes, as long as the game has steamworks.
TheDarkKnight774
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This happens every year. People get nostalgic of what the sales were like "in the good old days". But i think this has more to do with back then the games on sale were older and people didn't have hefty steam catalogs of these items already. Also people that say this tend to want 75% off games that came out 1-3 months ago, or ignore games they already own.
Just remember a 75% off 60 game is as good as a 50% off 30 game a year from now
Mr. Luchador
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Steam client freezing badly.
Kadin
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For me, I like to find some popular games that friends of mine don't have and pick them up. I like to build up a stash of games and then give them away. So far this sale, I haven't seen much of anything I already own or could want. I just feel the selection so far has been really rather poor. The Community Choice also being only once a day kinda takes away a bit of the thrill of seeing stuff rotate more often.
Mutanthands
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Anyone who's been on Steam for more than a couple of years will have gotten most of what they want. It just won't feel the same as it did in the beginning, when you were loading up your cart full of classics and superior PC versions of the games you already had.
The key now is to look for and find the hidden gems you may have missed before.
zerokoolpsx
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Yeah. Voted for Ruse and lost. It got an even bigger discount haha.
Actually it isn't EA, as JaseC said it's up to Epic, who seems to have no interest in doing the conversion. Though they did put the game back on the store and if it has been having some success perhaps that will change.
Impossible to say how it's gonna be in the end but when we had more flash/votes/dailies most of the stuff got repeated a lot. Some where even in all three categories. So it looked like a huge amount but it wasn't actually that many.
Maybe that will happen this time too, maybe not, but before we know I wont hate on this sale
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+1 to that question. I would like to try a game in that style and this one seems quite interesting. I'm waiting for -75% though
VisceralBowl
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Wondering the same.
If you're interested in Chapters you should really play the other two too. They are amazing games.
Mr. Luchador
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One of the good well supported Early Access games.
I have to correct myself. It's not just a spiritual sequel, so you might want to play the original games, which were awesome by the way, first. Man, I wish the first two games were on sale, I'd love to play them again, but ~20€ for both seems a bit much.
Angelus Errare
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Really don't like how the community vote is hidden behind a link that most people won't notice is a link. Poor UX right there, Valve pls.
elementalsin
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Is Ethan Carter worth a go? I've been eyeing it for awhile and can't make up my mind for the life of me.
Mithos
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It is.
cicero
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Less variety of games on sale from one sale to the next, no meta game, lazy move to have a card drop for every vote which bottomed out the market for holiday cards, reduced selection of games on flash/daily sales every day now. At least for me and my 500 count wishlist, fewer older titles with what should be larger price reductions. I see mostly 33%-50% reductions.
TheDarkKnight774
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I really want to play it, but i'd like to get under $10. i think i'll wait for the summer sale
Angelus Errare
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Everyone says Prison Architect is good...so I pulled the trigger. Don't make me regret my Wendy's meal GAF!
Relaxed Muscle
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On one hand I bought 2 games already, and spent more than other sales in the same timeframe.
In the other hand I bought the games outside of Steam and considerably cheaper than the Steam prices.
So...I guess that even if Steam discounts suck in you opinion, make sure to check other places. (Yeah, I know, I have money too on my Steam wallet...)
In the other hand I bought the games outside of Steam and considerably cheaper than the Steam prices.
So...I guess that even if Steam discounts suck in you opinion, make sure to check other places. (Yeah, I know, I have money too on my Steam wallet...)
serenewarfare
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If you don't own Prison Architect, at $6 you'd be an idiot to let that problem continue.
elementalsin
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As others have mentioned.. Easily one of the best supported early access games. It is an absolute blast of a game thus far too.
VisceralBowl
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Okay I kinda want to play the old ones now.
Do I need both TLJ and Dreamfall: TLJ? Or is it just a remake type of thing?
Do they play well with Windows 8 and modern GPUs?
I feel the same and i feel like they never go on sale.
I'm about to finish the first one (got it on a giveaway thanks to steamgaf
) and i feel like i will never get the longest journeyImpossible to say how it's gonna be in the end but when we had more flash/votes/dailies most of the stuff got repeated a lot. Some where even in all three categories. So it looked like a huge amount but it wasn't actually that many.
Maybe that will happen this time too, maybe not, but before we know I wont hate on this sale
Even with no repeats, at best the same number of games will go on sale or only slightly more. The problem is, the number of games on the Steam store more than doubled in the past year. So not scaling the sale up to match that is bad enough, to actually scale the sale down is insane.
Hmm, maybe I'll wait then because the sale on DreamFall and The Longest Journey isn't that great. Too bad those didn't get a bigger discount when DreamFall Chapters went on sale.
OrlanisWorks
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Indeed. I spenta lot of hours in that game. Pretty addictive for the first few plays.
Oooooh. The Golf Club on sale. What is the status of that game? Very playable and enjoyable?
Should really play both since they are all continuous. Dreamfall is still semi separate from TLJ though, cause it introduced new characters and kept an old one. Im fairly sure if you got it on GOG or something there should be no problems on modern machines.
Darth Kupi
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elementalsin
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Yeah... I keep telling myself I need to wait since my backlog is already ridiculous. Maybe I shall hold off once more.
This is highly unlikely to happen :/
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