2014 Steam Summer Sale Thread

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voodoo7817

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I usually don't like buying games that are only 2-3 hours long (as mentioned before I simply watched a Let's Play of Gone Home), but Brothers looks pretty good. It at least looks more like a real game than Gone Home, so I might pick it up for $3.

Edited to add: Just watched the first minute of TotalBiscuit's WTF is Brothers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz3EmqraAxc) and he said it was one of the most memorable gaming experiences in the last 25 years. That's pretty high praise! I stopped watching as soon as he said the 25 years comment and bought the game.
 
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Dankk

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25% is all you are going to see at this time, it's too new (04/2014). I will say I played the demo four times and really like it. If you like JRPG's, then you will like this game. Off to buy it!!

Yeah, I might buy it anyway, looks like a great game with a great artstyle. There hasn't been much else interesting to me that I don't already own.
 

chimaxi83

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Yeah, I might buy it anyway, looks like a great game with a great artstyle. There hasn't been much else interesting to me that I don't already own.
I just got done with my second playthrough on PS4. This is not my typical kind of game, but I couldn't put it down. Cute little story, some fairly simple fight mechanics that were fun to learn (elemental/physical/magical vulnerabilities), and a decent skill tree. Got my moneys worth at $15.
 
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rivethead

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I usually don't like buying games that are only 2-3 hours long (as mentioned before I simply watched a Let's Play of Gone Home), but Brothers looks pretty good. It at least looks more like a real game than Gone Home, so I might pick it up for $3.

Edited to add: Just watched the first minute of TotalBiscuit's WTF is Brothers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz3EmqraAxc) and he said it was one of the most memorable gaming experiences in the last 25 years. That's pretty high praise! I stopped watching as soon as he said the 25 years comment and bought the game.

I watched TotalBiscuit's review and immediately bought the game. Before today, I'd never even heard of it. I guess it was the amount of begging TB did in the review that got me. I mean he implores everyone to buy it.....guarantees they will not be disappointed.

Hell I spent the $3 not because I want to play the game, but because I want to see if he's full of shit.

But in reality, I like puzzle games, so this could be a good buy anyway......
 

Topweasel

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I'm seriously shocked it's on sale at all. That's very unlike Ubisoft. But it's very good news for anyone that wants to pick up the game.

I only care in as much as it's disingenuous on Valve's part to run a contest where the results were predetermined by them. It's better to repair it and admit you screwed up. But that would require Valve to communicate.

I'm aware of how it works. And looking at token prices I'm also aware that anyone who is serious enough to drop real money on this is currently dog piling on the red team, whose tokens are worth about 6x at much as the others.

There are too many Steam users for the players to effectively collude. When the outcome is predetermined by Valve, the winners rotated. When the outcome is not predetermined, the same team is winning every day because that's where all the winners go (using the token they purchased). This is why Reddit can't control the outcome, and why "holding out" on making badges doesn't work.

And you're right, Valve did change the rules to improve the game and to make sure people kept buying cards. Previously the winning team took it all, now the loser teams at least get a lesser prize so that the game is not a complete failure and is still semi-competitive.
So your suggesting that the reason that a team gained such a big lead was because a majority of people were buying $10 tokens to become an insignificant member of the winning team. Keep in mind that Valve isn't selling those tokens, they are random awards for finishing a badge.

So if the Steam community is to large to be impacted by redit. How do you propose that the winners have been the exact same as the outline they established at the start of the Sale?
 

ViRGE

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So your suggesting that the reason that a team gained such a big lead was because a majority of people were buying $10 tokens to become an insignificant member of the winning team. Keep in mind that Valve isn't selling those tokens, they are random awards for finishing a badge.
Essentially, yes. People who are crazy enough to throw down real money on this want to be on the winning team, so they purchased tokens to make it so.

So if the Steam community is to large to be impacted by redit. How do you propose that the winners have been the exact same as the outline they established at the start of the Sale?
Because Valve was rigging it. That order is certainly the hardest point to prove from my perspective, but if you're going to go through the trouble of rigging it, why not use someone else's schedule as plausible deniability? Also, keep in mind that's it's not just who won, but who lost. The fact that all 4 other teams were equal, and that there wasn't a team well at the bottom suffering from player flight and demoralization speaks loudly that something wasn't right. Today's results are far more realistic in that respect.

Valve doesn't want to admit that their original game idea was a failure, so they're trying to fix it without admitting fault. Which is why they've made all of these changes without saying a word.
 
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KingstonU

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Ooooh Arkham City GOTY Edition is finally $5!!! I believe this is the first time it's ever finally broken $5! Yup this will be my first purchase of this sale despite my backlog as I've been waiting for this one for a long time.

Next I'll be waiting for is Dishonored GOTY Edition for $5. (current lowest was $7.49)

Brothers looks great but I don't have a controller yet so I'll hold off and play my other games in my backlog.
 
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Pheran

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What type of game is Dragon age?

Fantasy RPG; you control a 3-person party (though you choose them party makeup from more characters). It's essentially the fantasy version of Mass Effect. It's very good if you like the genre. Wait for a daily or flash sale to buy though, it's not on full sale right now. It has been 75% off already in this sale; hopefully it will come around again. DAO:Ultimate for $7.50 is an absolute steal.

EDIT: Forgot it was up for vote, so it may be about to go back down.
 
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Newbian

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How is kerbal: space program going?

Thinking of finally grabbing it as I have seen some videos awhile ago and it looked like fun but it seems the devs have been killing it a bit by some reviews.
 

sze5003

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Fantasy RPG; you control a 3-person party (though you choose them party makeup from more characters). It's essentially the fantasy version of Mass Effect. It's very good if you like the genre. Wait for a daily or flash sale to buy though, it's not on full sale right now. It has been 75% off already in this sale; hopefully it will come around again. DAO:Ultimate for $7.50 is an absolute steal.

EDIT: Forgot it was up for vote, so it may be about to go back down.

Yup it will be going back down tomorrow I suppose. Going to check out some YouTube vids.





How is kerbal: space program going?

Thinking of finally grabbing it as I have seen some videos awhile ago and it looked like fun but it seems the devs have been killing it a bit by some reviews.

It's a space simulator where you create your own rocket by trial and error. You launch your little guy into space and see how far he goes. Once in orbit you can modify attributes of your ship to get you into the orbit you want. Eventually you can go to different planets, collect materials for your ship.

A coworker at work has it and he says its fun. Very steep learning curve and no real tutorial or explanation of what you need to do but there are plenty of tutorials around. I was thinking about getting it too. This is the lowest it has been usually it was $30 or $40 bucks.

But then again I'm not sure how much I would play it not knowing much about what to do.
 

KingstonU

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What type of game is Dragon age?

Fantasy RPG; you control a 3-person party (though you choose them party makeup from more characters). It's essentially the fantasy version of Mass Effect. It's very good if you like the genre. Wait for a daily or flash sale to buy though, it's not on full sale right now. It has been 75% off already in this sale; hopefully it will come around again. DAO:Ultimate for $7.50 is an absolute steal.

EDIT: Forgot it was up for vote, so it may be about to go back down.

I am not even that big into the genre or gameplay type and I still loved the game. I bought it at full price based on great reviews, and they were completely justified. 150+ hours and I still wanted to play (And this is only a single player campaign game, and that was only 1 play through!!!).

It's a challenging game with a steep initial learning curve but very rewarding once you get through the first few sections.
 

shortylickens

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How is kerbal: space program going?

Thinking of finally grabbing it as I have seen some videos awhile ago and it looked like fun but it seems the devs have been killing it a bit by some reviews.

Slowly.
I played it many years ago when free. Just jumped back in.
Not much progress made.

They took a very long time to add asteroids and grabber claws. And we arent looking to see any new updates soon.
 

rivethead

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I am not even that big into the genre or gameplay type and I still loved the game. I bought it at full price based on great reviews, and they were completely justified. 150+ hours and I still wanted to play (And this is only a single player campaign game, and that was only 1 play through!!!).

It's a challenging game with a steep initial learning curve but very rewarding once you get through the first few sections.

It may be Bioware's finest game ever.
 

Pheran

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It may be Bioware's finest game ever.

I don't know, Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, and Mass Effect is pretty awesome competition, and I absolutely loved Jade Empire. But the fact that this is even debatable in the company of these other games should tell you something about Dragon Age.
 

sze5003

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I'm going to check out some gameplay videos. I didn't really like mass effect too much but this looked interesting.
 

KingstonU

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Any opinion on The Bridge?

And what about Dream? Which is still in early access apparently but looks beautiful.

I want to limit what is in my wishlist just in the odd chance that I win 3 games
 
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KingstonU

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I'm going to check out some gameplay videos. I didn't really like mass effect too much but this looked interesting.

I actually would not compare it to Mass Effect at all. Dragon Age is a top-down-view (bird's eye?) RPG, whereas Mass Effect is a 3rd Person Shooter/RPG. Completely different gameplay, DAO is a lot more of the leveling up and looting and has a much longer story.

And Mass Effect 1 was very flawed/buggy (2 and 3 were almost perfect in my opinion) in case that is how you were comparing them.
 
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