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[Shepard]

It's still a flash deal for 3 more hours. You probably looked at the discount when they weren't updated yet.

Nope, pretty sure it stayed ~15% the whole day. In the community hub people are noticing the same thing, asking for refunds.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

Worth buying Costume Quest ($3.39) and Costume Quest 2 ($5.09) at 66% off?

Part of me thinks they can go lower.

 

[Li Kao]

Mmh, is there any sign that today discounts will last until tomorrow like the last times ? I could bite on Hotline Miami 2 but I would like to see what today brings before buying.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Homeworld for me the first day.

 

[UltraJay]

Should I keep trying to get into the Monster Summer Game or play one of my multitude of games in my backlog that I actually need to play? I actually got in and was level 10 but then all my progress disappeared.

 

[fokkusu]

I'm level 96 and I only got errors when I tried to join...

I was also lvl 50something and same. But does that really matter, since the levels are reset soon and all start over again?

 

[Bronetta]

Should I keep trying to get into the Monster Summer Game or play one of my multitude of games in my backlog that I actually need to play? I actually got in and was level 10 but then all my progress disappeared.

Should we also tell you what color underwear to wear today?

 

[UltraJay]

I was also lvl 50something and same. But does that really matter, since the levels are reset soon and all start over again?

I didn't realize that would happen. It resets when new daily sales show up?

Should we also tell you what color underwear to wear today?

That would actually help a lot, thanks.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Can't get into this monster game. Keep getting an error. I've crafted my summer sale badge. Why would I want to increase it's level? Seriously because this is my first summer sale so not sure what it means.

Of all the games I've bought today the one I'm really enjoying is Towerfall Ascension! Binding of Isaac is cool but I'm terrible at it.

 

[MrGlugi]

EU here. What's with the GTA V deal? I wanted to buy vanilla, no additional cards etc. But vanilla costs 59,99€... or deal with the shark card for 56,23€. And somebody mentioned that it is ~30$.

 

[Devilgunman]

EU here. What's with the GTA V deal? I wanted to buy vanilla, no additional cards etc. But vanilla costs 59,99€... or deal with the shark card for 56,23€. And somebody mentioned that it is ~30$.

It's fcking nothing for GTAV. I think it was pricing error.

Very underwhelming sale so far.

 

[tmarques]

Still Lvl 75. Why's my team so bad?

I know they got a lot of crap for that coloured flags minigame last year, but it was kind of hilarious to see people getting bent out of shape and spending insane amounts of money to beat the other teams. Having everyone work together isn't nearly as much fun.

 

[UltraJay]

Can't get into this monster game. Keep getting an error. I've crafted my summer sale badge. Why would I want to increase it's level? Seriously because this is my first summer sale so not sure what it means.

Increasing the badge's level gives you more emoji and wallpapers as well as more EXP for your Steam level. There is a max level to the badge.

Also, how did you craft it? Did you trade or buy the cards? I really hope they fix the problems with this game soon. It seems sort of fun.

 

[Backlogger]

Actually, do publisher bundles go in daily or flash sales in general? New to steam so this would be good to know.

Looks like they can go into both from what we have seen so far

 

[Evo X]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

 

[| Praxis |]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

Great game, played it on PS3 and heard good things about the port. At that price it's a no brainer if you haven't played it before.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

Yes.

 

[FaintDeftone]

I woke up this morning at level 144 and I was on level 30 prior.

 

[MadClacker]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

It's worth actually playing.

 

[John Dunbar]

why would anyone play that monster game? it's fucking dreadful.

 

[Shepard]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

Awesome game, buy it and make sure to find some time to play it too.

 

[| Praxis |]

why would anyone play that monster game? it's fucking dreadful.

It's nearly as enjoyable as grinding in an mmo.

 

[Avinexus]

Increasing the badge's level gives you more emoji and wallpapers as well as more EXP for your Steam level. There is a max level to the badge.

Also, how did you craft it? Did you trade or buy the cards? I really hope they fix the problems with this game soon. It seems sort of fun.

There aren't max levels for sale badges.

 

[Yrael]

I can't play that Monster Game, for whatever reason - I keep getting the message that there was a problem trying to join a game.

 

[fokkusu]

I didn't realize that would happen. It resets when new daily sales show up?

Yeah it's on the FAQ:

At 9am Pacific time each day, all game sessions in the Monster Summer Game will end. All players can then join a new game, beginning with attacking the level 1 enemies again.

When you start a new game, you will start with special badge points that you can spend on abilities. The amount of badge points you get is based on the maximum boss level you’ve completed in the game on any previous day, plus the level of your Steam Summer Sale badge.

 

[Alavard]

EU here. What's with the GTA V deal? I wanted to buy vanilla, no additional cards etc. But vanilla costs 59,99€... or deal with the shark card for 56,23€. And somebody mentioned that it is ~30$.

Grand Theft Auto V is simply not included as a daily like the rest of the series. The 'deal' that comes with the card lasts until the end of the summer sale (June 22nd).

 

[Baron_Calamity]

How does San Andreas play on PC? I like to replay this game every couple of years or so but my PS2 is about to go tits up :/

Not anymore. It use to be great but then a few months ago they released a new version and broke a bunch of stuff. Now it's missing textures, has animation issues, certain resolutions are no longer possible. They added gamepad support which is good but they broke mouse control at the game time. They also took out 18 or so songs and blocked all mod support.

That said, its fairly cheap and it is playable at higher resolution that the ps2 version.

If something is 85% off is it pretty much guaranteed that it isn't going to be part of a daily/flash sale? That's basically as cheap as it's gonna get, right?

I was also lvl 50something and same. But does that really matter, since the levels are reset soon and all start over again?

Yeah. My question is do the games all reset? Do we have to rejoin or does everyone just keep truckin just at level 1?

Also, something tells me we aren't going to unlock the naval wargame strategy. Its been hovering right in the middle between 10k and 20k all night unless it will magically jump and unlock right before time is up.

 

[Grief.exe]

Grand Theft Auto V is simply not included as a daily like the rest of the series. The 'deal' that comes with the card lasts until the end of the summer sale (June 22nd).

What a disaster.

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Worth buying Costume Quest ($3.39) and Costume Quest 2 ($5.09) at 66% off?

Part of me thinks they can go lower.

It has gone lower and that price is too high for #2.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Increasing the badge's level gives you more emoji and wallpapers as well as more EXP for your Steam level. There is a max level to the badge.

Also, how did you craft it? Did you trade or buy the cards? I really hope they fix the problems with this game soon. It seems sort of fun.

Ah, alright, I see. Maybe if I get more cards throughout the sale I can upgrade it.

Well, I bought about £50 worth of games this morning and that gave me 7 cards. I had 2 doubles so sold them off. I just bought the other ones I needed. Then it let me craft it. As for the game I've been getting errors all day so far.

 

[MillionStabs]

KOF triple pack is 10$

No excuses, you wimps.

 

[aku:jiki]

Yeah it's on the FAQ:

That's such an unfun idea. If the goal of the game is to grind out money and keep improving your DPS, having it reset to 0 and killing your sense of progression every day is like the worst possible idea. What a clusterfuck of a minigame...

 

[Deleted member 59090]

KOF triple pack is 10$

No excuses, you wimps.

What if I could only get one of them?

 

[chiimisu]

Batman will get a daily franchise deal. Origins will be nice and cheap. Add it to your wishlist and Steam will send you an email with a notification.

The Batman games will almost certainly get a daily deal with a lower price then 50% off.

Thanks a lot, guys! I'm so ready to scratch my Batman itch once again <3

 

[MrGlugi]

Is Metro Collection worth 8&#8364;? Is PC better place to play it than PS4? I have the game on PS4, untoched, so I can sell it and buy it cheaper on Steam...

 

[HungOverOnATues]

I can't play that Monster Game, for whatever reason - I keep getting the message that there was a problem trying to join a game.

Been trying off and on for the past half an hour and having the same problem.

 

[Applesauce]

Not anymore. It use to be great but then a few months ago they released a new version and broke a bunch of stuff. Now it's missing textures, has animation issues, certain resolutions are no longer possible. They added gamepad support which is good but they broke mouse control at the game time. They also took out 18 or so songs and blocked all mod support.

That said, its fairly cheap and it is playable at higher resolution that the ps2 version.

Thanks, bought it anyway. I will most likely only play it on my macbook anyways.

 

[Dr Stabbingworth]

What a disaster.

Not for sales apparently, since it's #4 and 5 on the top seller list.

 

[RootCause]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

It was great on PS3, can't imagine it being worse in pc. I'd say go for it, it's a steal at that price.
Hope they rework 2/3 and release it on PC.

 

[Dryk]

I can't play that Monster Game, for whatever reason - I keep getting the message that there was a problem trying to join a game.

As far as I've been able to tell the problems are stemming from two factors

- It's capped at 190 games
- It won't let you join a game 10 or more levels above you

I could be wrong though

 

[MillionStabs]

What if I could only get one of them?

Then go for 13.

 

[SkyTurnsRed]

Consensus on Valkyria Chronicles?

Worth adding to my ever increasing backlog?

100%. Start it ASAP. Amazing game.

 

[Vazra]

KOF triple pack is 10$

No excuses, you wimps.

Only missing 2002 but still got an excuse lol

 

[John Dunbar]

did steam sales use to be better? i've only followed them couple years now, but while there are some good deals they don't seem to come even close to living up to the hype.

 

[UltraJay]

There aren't max levels for sale badges.

Isn't there a point where they are "complete" though? All the others would look like something being built with each level.

 

[Aaron D.]

Why do people keep asking if prices will go lower for titles not yet listed as a Daily or Flash?

 

[Dennis]

did steam sales use to be better? i've only followed them couple years now, but while there are some good deals they don't seem to come even close to living up to the hype.

You probably already own most of the Steam games you want. I know that is how it is for me.

And the newest games obviously are discounted so heavily.

 

[Bytes]

did steam sales use to be better? i've only followed them couple years now, but while there are some good deals they don't seem to come even close to living up to the hype.

The discount percentages have generally gotten lower in recent years. As I had quipped before, 33% is the new 50% and 60% is the new 75%.

I think the other issue is that a lot of people have hit a point where they have purchased just about every game they are interested in, so the sales seem underwhelming for that reason.

 

[SpaceHorror]

Hoping for FM 2015 to go back on sale for 16.99 as I missed it last weekend.

Other than that maybe a few impulse buys.

If PES 15 drops below 10 bucks I'll pick it up.

 

[StrangeADT]

The discount percentages have generally gotten lower in recent years. As I had quipped before, 33% is the new 50% and 60% is the new 75%.

I think the other issue is that a lot of people have hit a point where they have purchased just about every game they are interested in, so the sales seem underwhelming for that reason.

I used to regularly see 90% sales. Now, that is basically never. New steam sales suck compared to what they used to be. Now I have to wait 2 years for an item to drop in price and then wait for a 75% sale. I refuse to purchase games for >$5. Have too many as it is.