2014 Steam Summer Sale Thread

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BaggerX

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I thought I owned Sins of a Solar Empire already but apparently I don't. This is the cheapest it's been, http://www.steamgamesales.com/9iYYh/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion, so I'll probably bite. Does anyone have an opinion on if the DLC is worth getting too? They are 'only' 50% off and have been 75% off in the past, so I am thinking I'll skip it, at least for now. But if someone thinks they are worth it I will consider getting them now as well. Thanks.

YES! Get the DLC. It makes the game a lot better!
 

SMOGZINN

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What are some of the good co-op games in this sale?

Divinity:OS is designed to be a 2 player LAN or Internet co-op game.

I bought Cave Story because it is a couch co-op game made by Double Fine, but I don't know how good it will be. But for ~$4.00 it will entertain us for a few hours at least.
 

BaggerX

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some of these deals are weird as hell. Early access title at 20% off? Dead Rising 3 pre-order for 25% off? Those two seem like a waste to me. The flash deals are really good though
Divinity Original Sin is due to be released on the last day of the Summer Sale anyway, so might as well take the discount if you're interested in it
 

Dankk

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Kind of interested in Plague Inc, but then I realized it's Early Access. Eh.
 

Grooveriding

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Am I the only one who feels like Steam sales are crap once you've been through a few years of Summer & Winter sales ? It's always the same stuff and everything you're interested in you've already gotten in past sales.

edited to correct gibberish
 
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TallBill

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Am I the only one who feels like Steam sales are crap once you've been through a few years of Summer & Winter sales ? It's always the same stuff and you've gotten everything you've already gotten everything in past sales.

I'll definitely buy a lot less this year... maybe.
 

BergeLSU

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Am I the only one who feels like Steam sales are crap once you've been through a few years of Summer & Winter sales ? It's always the same stuff and you've gotten everything you've already gotten everything in past sales.


It's because your first Sale includes years of big-name titles that have been out for years, so they are discounted heavily. If you buy everything you wanted to play from 2009-2012 in two sales, now you are just relying on newer releases, which may take years to get cheap enough for you to buy.
 

Seba

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On the main Steam store page, click on the treasure map and the there should be a button called "Get started" or something like that. The team you are included in is randomly selected.
 

Ganeedi

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Which is the best FPS on sale?

Rage, Bulletstorm or Gunslinger? Leaning toward Rage because its post-apoc.
 

BergeLSU

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Which is the best FPS on sale?

Rage, Bulletstorm or Gunslinger? Leaning toward Rage because its post-apoc.

I really enjoyed Bulletstorm for what it was. However, there seems to be some unknown about it's playability status with GFWL going offline.
 

Dankk

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Which is the best FPS on sale?

Rage, Bulletstorm or Gunslinger? Leaning toward Rage because its post-apoc.

RAGE is the last one I would recommend. It's a very dull, iterative, generic post-apocalyptic open-world shooter, that plays like Fallout:NV and Borderlands had a bastard child. (If you're really into that sort of thing though, then I guess it's worth checking out).

Bulletstorm, on the other hand, is totally kickass. Same with Gunslinger to a lesser extent. Bulletstorm gets my top vote.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Grabbed the cheapest Call of Juarez, Gunslinger. Its a daily.
I think the others will also be daily's soon.
 

Elixer

Lifer
May 7, 2002
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Where is Kaotik? OP is lacking! Stuck at work, I rely on first post for updates!!!

EDIT: Little search revealed Steam screwed him. NOOOOOOO!!! Koatik!! I need you!

You never know how good you had it until it's gone.

This post made my day:
*edit, here is the post:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36318225&postcount=17

Hey guys, sorry for the disappearing act.
I wasn't sure if I was still going to do the threads or not. Steam burned me on something and it pissed me off a lot and I wasn't sure if I would bother with the threads anymore or not at all.

Anyways, I'll start doing them at the start of the new week since a lot of people did find it useful and no use screwing them for my own issues with Steam atm.

Thank you for the concern though, I do appreciate it and was surprised to see this thread
 
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voodoo7817

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COJ Gunslinger is in a pack with Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon for $6.24 total. Is FC3BD worth checking out for the extra two-fitty? I can't imagine it'd ever get cheaper than that but I already have FC 1, 2, and 3 and haven't played any of them yet lol. From what people say about FC2 though, I'll probably just jump to FC3.
 

yepp

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Jul 30, 2006
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Which is the best FPS on sale?

Rage, Bulletstorm or Gunslinger? Leaning toward Rage because its post-apoc.

Check out Singularity if you haven't already, currently 75% off, tough you can wait to see if it pops up in a flash deal.
 

BaggerX

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COJ Gunslinger is in a pack with Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon for $6.24 total. Is FC3BD worth checking out for the extra two-fitty? I can't imagine it'd ever get cheaper than that but I already have FC 1, 2, and 3 and haven't played any of them yet lol. From what people say about FC2 though, I'll probably just jump to FC3.

Definitely skip FC2 in favor of FC3. FC3 was much better and fixed a lot of the gameplay flaws that FC2 had. FC3BD and Gunslinger are both a lot of fun, and completely worth it for that price!
 

werepossum

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Definitely skip FC2 in favor of FC3. FC3 was much better and fixed a lot of the gameplay flaws that FC2 had. FC3BD and Gunslinger are both a lot of fun, and completely worth it for that price!
Funny, I thought Far Cry 2 was much, much better than Far Cry 3. The only two flaws (to me) in Far Cry 2 were the instantly resetting cross-roads enemies and the heavy-handed if amusing lack of choice in the final scene. Far Cry 3 was to me much more consoley.
 

Elixer

Lifer
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Definitely skip FC2 in favor of FC3. FC3 was much better and fixed a lot of the gameplay flaws that FC2 had. FC3BD and Gunslinger are both a lot of fun, and completely worth it for that price!

Wait, don't Ubi games require you to install Uplay, so, this would have steam drm + uplay DRM ?
 

greenhawk

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Am I the only one who feels like Steam sales are crap once you've been through a few years of Summer & Winter sales ? It's always the same stuff and everything you're interested in you've already gotten in past sales.


interestingly, you can replace "steam sales" with most other things in life and come to the same conclusion.
 

greenhawk

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Feb 23, 2011
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Which is the best FPS on sale?

Rage, Bulletstorm or Gunslinger? Leaning toward Rage because its post-apoc.

I would have to say Rage, but then the others did not interest me when they came out originally.

Rage does let you down in that there is a lot of driving at times so not a full time fps.

Bulletstorm, well, just watch a demo video for it. Going into "kill shot" or similar slow motion killing just irks me when playing fps.

as to gunslinger - It did not appeal to me in the way of big booms
 
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