Steam Christmas Sale 2015

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fourdegrees11

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Dying Light = Platform jumper where if you fall down you fight zombies. I requested a refund, so disappointing...
 

balloonshark

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2008
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re how long - the money gets added to your steam wallet. It just sits there as long as the money you put into the account.

as to when to sell, sell when you want. the market sets the price so set a low value to sell fast.

Though as with some previous event cards, they did not vanish, they just changed to blank and did not work for creating badges any more. Come the next event and they start working again (some times).
Thank you. It's good the money doesn't expire. I'll try selling a few cards.
 

Subyman

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Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Beyond Earth is $36 on sale with the expansion, but doesn't sound good enough for that amount, especially when I could play more Civ 5 instead they say is almost the same.
 

Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Some nagging at me still:

- Darkest Dungeon
- Subnautica

Two that don't sound that enjoyable to me (but not bad) but posts here seem to suggest:

- Rocket League
- Rebel Galaxy
 

ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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It's hard to recommend Darkest Dungeon currently. A few friends have it and said it was great, but then they made some major changes and most everyone hates it now(reviews on steam echo this as well). It could still change more in the future though, but since it is in early access...no rush to get it IMO.
 

local

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Jun 28, 2011
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Sale is almost over. You Need a Budget is still not on sale. Until that happens this is not a real Steam sale as you apparently did not need a budget because crap sale.
 

imaheadcase

Diamond Member
May 9, 2005
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This whole sale has been a disappointment...its literally the same games every day with maybe 2 "new" ones put in. lol

Today sale is the EXACT same games yesterday..plus one new one that was on a few days ago. Not sure wtf they are thinking, what happened to putting lots of old titles or new indie titles like in days past on sales?

Also, what is with the "scroll down for more recommendations"...they are the same games over and over. lol
Also, when you click "not interested"...they still show up.
 

sweenish

Diamond Member
May 21, 2013
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It's still funny to me how people want to go back to flash and dailies, being forced to perpetually check in during the sale, etc. "Please try to manipulate me into spending money, giant corporation!" is what goes through my head.

I'm personally completely happy with the new format. Games went on sale, and I was able to peruse my wishlist, pick a dollar amount that I wanted to spend, and make my purchases when I had the time during the holidays. I've picked up The Banner Saga and Her Story so far, and tomorrow right before the sale ends, I might get The Black Watchmen depending on how I feel about the demo.
 

Seba

Golden Member
Sep 17, 2000
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I do not miss the daily/flash/community's choice sales, but I do miss the big discounts.
 

CPA

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Nov 19, 2001
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This whole sale has been a disappointment...its literally the same games every day with maybe 2 "new" ones put in. lol

Today sale is the EXACT same games yesterday..plus one new one that was on a few days ago. Not sure wtf they are thinking, what happened to putting lots of old titles or new indie titles like in days past on sales?

Also, what is with the "scroll down for more recommendations"...they are the same games over and over. lol
Also, when you click "not interested"...they still show up.

Clicking "not interested" only means it won't show up in your daily Queue any longer.

I don't even really check the sale page much. Instead, I scroll through my 500+ Wishlist to see what games I know I'm interested in are on sale and at what price. So far, I've bought about 30 game for $40 or so. All from my wishlist.

The one thing I wanted that wasn't on my wishlist was the Season Pass for Far Cry 4, however since I bought the main game through UPlay, I can't buy the SP through Steam. Ugh.
 

imaheadcase

Diamond Member
May 9, 2005
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It's still funny to me how people want to go back to flash and dailies, being forced to perpetually check in during the sale, etc. "Please try to manipulate me into spending money, giant corporation!" is what goes through my head.

I'm personally completely happy with the new format. Games went on sale, and I was able to peruse my wishlist, pick a dollar amount that I wanted to spend, and make my purchases when I had the time during the holidays. I've picked up The Banner Saga and Her Story so far, and tomorrow right before the sale ends, I might get The Black Watchmen depending on how I feel about the demo.

Yah because who has time to check in on steam every 12 hours with computers and smartphones being so rare...
 

Newbian

Lifer
Aug 24, 2008
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It's still funny to me how people want to go back to flash and dailies, being forced to perpetually check in during the sale, etc. "Please try to manipulate me into spending money, giant corporation!" is what goes through my head.

I'm personally completely happy with the new format. Games went on sale, and I was able to peruse my wishlist, pick a dollar amount that I wanted to spend, and make my purchases when I had the time during the holidays. I've picked up The Banner Saga and Her Story so far, and tomorrow right before the sale ends, I might get The Black Watchmen depending on how I feel about the demo.

The thing is they are dead because of the steam refund policy now so it will never happen again.
 

local

Golden Member
Jun 28, 2011
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It's still funny to me how people want to go back to flash and dailies, being forced to perpetually check in during the sale, etc. "Please try to manipulate me into spending money, giant corporation!" is what goes through my head.

I'm personally completely happy with the new format. Games went on sale, and I was able to peruse my wishlist, pick a dollar amount that I wanted to spend, and make my purchases when I had the time during the holidays. I've picked up The Banner Saga and Her Story so far, and tomorrow right before the sale ends, I might get The Black Watchmen depending on how I feel about the demo.

No, it is about the discount. Several items on my wishlist were cheaper last year during a flash sale than they were this year. If it wasn't cheap enough then it really isn't now. I am guessing some of these items on sale this year would have been cheaper with flash and daily sales that they were.

I am cheap, I want the cheapest price, this sale does not provide that. If I know something was cheaper previously I will not buy it at a higher price.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Some nagging at me still:

- Darkest Dungeon
- Subnautica

Two that don't sound that enjoyable to me (but not bad) but posts here seem to suggest:

- Rocket League
- Rebel Galaxy

I find Rebel Galaxy quite fun. It is rather mindless and you can pick it up in about 20 minutes or so, which I find to be a good thing in the background of all of the rather complex large-world space exploration/combat sims.

You get in a ship, improve your ship, do some missions here and there by flying around and choosing whether or not you want to just blow people out of space or play nice. The music is great, but very redundant. I think there are only 3 tracks in the entire score, but maybe that's an early game thing?

I haven't had any time to play it exensively.
 

ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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I found a game called "The Desolate Hope" today in my queue. It is a sci-fi platformer/rpg/arcadeish (it blends multiple genres) game from the maker of the Five Nights at Freddy's game. Apparently this was before them. Played a bit of it, and it is quite interesting and even better it is FREE. Not sure if it is just free for the sale or if it is always free. It is nothing like FNAF, but you can see some of the same elements in this game that later were put into those games.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/298180/
 
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Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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That comment on the music actually is a bit of a concern. The trailers sound like a sort of country/Sons of Anarchy type music. A little is ok, but not crazy about much of it.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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one thing about sale being done this way, have no idea what's on sale at a good price without looking through a crapton of pages.
 

sweenish

Diamond Member
May 21, 2013
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Yah because who has time to check in on steam every 12 hours with computers and smartphones being so rare...
Every 8 hours, and I don't know about you, but I was visiting family and outside of sleeping, had very little time to myself. I decided to engage with the people I was visiting instead of religiously browsing an online store three times a day.

The thing is they are dead because of the steam refund policy now so it will never happen again.
I am well aware of why the sale is the way it is, and you missed the point entirely of my post.

No, it is about the discount. Several items on my wishlist were cheaper last year during a flash sale than they were this year. If it wasn't cheap enough then it really isn't now. I am guessing some of these items on sale this year would have been cheaper with flash and daily sales that they were.

I am cheap, I want the cheapest price, this sale does not provide that. If I know something was cheaper previously I will not buy it at a higher price.
So, the publisher not discounting a game as much is the fault of Valve? Logic checks out. At least you'd have a legitimate reason for not liking this sale, but the format of the sale, which is the subject of my post, is irrelevant to the prices a publisher chooses.

one thing about sale being done this way, have no idea what's on sale at a good price without looking through a crapton of pages.
It wasn't as if Steam was trying to nudge users toward the queue or anything. It's also not like you don't have a wishlist.
 

lupi

Lifer
Apr 8, 2001
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two thirds of my queue was filled with indie or early access crap, couldn't click through fast enough.
 

balloonshark

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2008
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I found a game called "The Desolate Hope" today in my queue. It is a sci-fi platformer/rpg/arcadeish (it blends multiple genres) game from the maker of the Five Nights at Freddy's game. Apparently this was before them. Played a bit of it, and it is quite interesting and even better it is FREE. Not sure if it is just free for the sale or if it is always free. It is nothing like FNAF, but you can see some of the same elements in this game that later were put into those games.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/298180/
Thanks for the heads up. I grabbed a copy.

It looks like I'll end up making about $2 from selling the trading cards. With it picked up Serious Sam Classics: Revolution for $0.99. It comes with the first two games and the new early access game. http://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/
 

Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Funny, I haven't even seen how to use the cards this time. Before, you clicked one in your inventory and there was a button for creating a badge.
 

ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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I dont even worry. I don't know who wants them, but people buy them. I've made probably $30-40 over the last few years selling cards.
 
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