6/24-7/4: Christmas in June/July (complete pack sales and one day sale)

[Baldrake]

Well that pushed me to finally pick up World of Goo...

What's the deal with Mount and Blade? Should I get just the base game, or pick up the expansion as well to get the graphics upgrades? (Do the graphics upgrades even apply to the core game?)

[trias_e]

Sam and Max is definitely worth picking up at that price IMO.  This season has been good stuff so far.

World of Goo at 5 bucks should be an insta-buy if you haven't played it.

Any thoughts on Devil May Cry 4?

[caladein]

What's the deal with Mount and Blade? Should I get just the base game, or pick up the expansion as well to get the graphics upgrades? (Do the graphics upgrades even apply to the core game?)

You just need Warband.  It has everything the base game has and almost all the mechanical changes (e.g. lance crouching) have toggles to go between Original-style and Warband-style.

[Trippy]

Any thoughts on Devil May Cry 4?

It's an excellent port for a Capcom game (i.e. it's decent enough).

[Ingmar]

The Sam & Max thing is worthwhile IMO.

[Segoris]

Updated. It's repeat day, enjoy.

[Malakili]

Looks like a combination of the best selling items from previous days.  Nothing on the list left that I want though.  I made out pretty decent in this sale though, only ended up spending around $55.

[bhodi]

Snagging civ4 pack, L4D2 4 pack, monkey island.

And the THQ complete pack. Mostly for the dawn of war stuff.

[Hoax]

Steampowered.com is down?

[Baldrake]

What's the deal with Mount and Blade? Should I get just the base game, or pick up the expansion as well to get the graphics upgrades? (Do the graphics upgrades even apply to the core game?)

You just need Warband.  It has everything the base game has and almost all the mechanical changes (e.g. lance crouching) have toggles to go between Original-style and Warband-style.

Teh awesome. Thanks Caladein.

[NiX]

Steampowered.com is down?

Fine for me.

[Ragnoros]

I'm not sure if it was available on sale the other day, but anyway. Borderlands DLC is 66% off: $3.39 each or $10.17 for all three.

[CaptainNapkin]

I picked up an insane amount of gaming for under 75 bucks throughout this sale. These Steam sales getter better every time, I wonder if I'll ever bother buying a new, full priced release again.

Left 4 Dead 2
Mount and Blade: Warband
Borderlands + all DLC
Shatter
Red Faction Guerrilla
Samorost 2
Broken Sword: Twin Pack
Ghost Master
Introversion Complete Pack
Puzzle Kingdoms
Avencast
Gothic Bundle

[Malakili]

I wonder if I'll ever bother buying a new, full priced release again.

I've certainly scaled back on it in a major way since these things started, though games still often get me excited early enough that I want to.  My new consideration is: "Will I play this multiplayer more than twice a week" if the answer is yes, I'm willing to pick up right away, since it will likely replace whatever my current "go to" game is for that genre.  However, if I only intend to play single player, or I'm not 100% sold on it, I just put it off. 

For instance, the next "full price" game I will buy is likely to be Civ 5, but who can blame me there

[koro]

Updated.

I'd suggest avoiding Metro 2033 (technically shitty, check steam forums for complaints), otherwise the sale isn't bad it's just not overwhelming imo.

You're crazy. Metro is an awesome shooter and incredibly atmospheric; kind of like STALKER meets Half-Life. It has its issues, of course (stealth is a bit spotty and there are some setpieces near the end that are kind of... "unfortunate"), but it's still a fantastic game overall.

I've also never heard of any outstanding technical issues with it, aside from a little wackiness involving DX11.

[Kail]

I spent far, far too much.  Going to be eating a lot of ramen for the next month.  In my defense, I was very drunk for some of these.

Borderlands
Deus Ex collection
Devil May Cry IV
Earthworm Jim collection
Evil Genius
Freedom Force collection
Ghostbusters
Gothic collection
GTA IV
GTA: SA
Left 4 Dead 1&2
Oddworld collection
Puzzle Kingdoms
Red Faction: Guerilla
Shatter
Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Unreal complete series
The Void
The Witcher

[Sky]

I re-bought the Gothics and the Witcher, I had the Witcher through some download site for the EU version on release, Steam is much easier to deal with. Very happy with ME2 for $23. Also grabbed RE5 and Indigo Prophecy, which were on my wishlist. Only one I'm really debating is maybe getting Anno 1404 Gold, have to rebuy it on Steam if I want the expansion that way. Somewhat tempted by the THQ thing for CoH and DoW series, but money's too tight for that right now.

[CaptainNapkin]

I re-bought the Gothics and the Witcher...

Oh man, I almost forgot I wanted Witcher, thanks. I was waiting to see if the last day would bring back that $6 and change price. I haven't played the Enhanced version and it will be nice to have on Steam anyway. A few of my others were also re-buys just for the convenience having them on Steam.

[tgr]

Only one I'm really debating is maybe getting Anno 1404 Gold, have to rebuy it on Steam if I want the expansion that way.

3rd-party DRM: TAGES™
3 machine activation limit

[Sky]

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5251042375/m/1111082797

[tgr]

I'd still take a quick mail to valve to verify if they've removed it on that version as well, since I copied it directly from their store page. If they've removed it, then they should remove the mention of it as well.

[Sky]

Let me elaborate: I don't give a shit.

 

The new system sounds like a pita (the settlers/asscreed2), but I already own a copy of Anno 1404. If I have to call to install, ok, whatever. I'll worry about it in eight years or whenever I'm on my third install, if I'm not playing whatever the latest iteration of Anno is. I don't really go back and play old games much.

[Rasix]

But, but..  but... DRM! HURK!!  *spasm* 

I really didn't end up buying at lot with this sale (Shatter, Void, DoW2 collection).  Some of the stuff I really wanted was covered by last Christmas' sale or various midweek stuff.  I just don't have that much time for games anymore.   

[bhodi]

Yikes. I've been bad.

[Rasix]

Somehow HL2: Lost Coast is worth $100.  You've got like $350 on me.  schild has you beat by almost a thousand.

[bhodi]

Yeah, but it's schild.

[Draegan]

Just installed Gothic 3, holy shit it's bad.

[Morfiend]

Yikes. I've been bad.

I was just checking my Steam community page and saw this:

Bhodi now owns S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Full Spectrum Warrior, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers, Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Gold Edition, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Saints Row 2, Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II, Red Faction: Guerrilla , Red Faction, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Red Faction II, Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II – Chaos Rising™, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Ownership Check, World of Zoo, Metro 2033, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, Source SDK, Source SDK Base 2006, Source SDK Base 2007, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools, Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Support, Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay , Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan , Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood , Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God.

[caladein]

http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/cal

If you at any point bought a publisher's Complete Pack though it's completely off the reservation.  Either way, I've really spent a lot of money in Steam.

[Teleku]

Oh hey guys, do I win something?   

In my defense, I've bought almost all of that through stream sales and pack sales, so I didn't pay anywhere near that amount.

[Trippy]

As if Steam wasn't a big enough piece of spyware already. Now there's the perfect tool for account hackers to determine which accounts to go after.

[AutomaticZen]

Oh hey guys, do I win something?   

In my defense, I've bought almost all of that through stream sales and pack sales, so I didn't pay anywhere near that amount.

Dude, you need to stop playing fucking Shatter.  Can't even touch your highscore.

[Thrawn]

Somehow HL2: Lost Coast is worth $100.  You've got like $350 on me.  schild has you beat by almost a thousand.

If you click on Lost Coast in the store it takes you to a complete HL2 pack at $99.99 so thats what it gets priced at.

[Paelos]

Just installed Gothic 3, holy shit it's bad.

Yeah I played it for about 20 hours before I just couldn't handle the combat stupidity anymore. The world was really fun and cool, but the combat is just eye-gougingly horribly with no real feedback on what you could be doing to improve.

Even the alternate AI via the community patch only moderately improved the situation. I mean, why the fuck do I have to make an active decision to kill someone when I've been hacking them to bits already with my sword? Also, I can kill a city of orcs, but I get gangraped by three wolves and can't get up? WTF?

[Tairnyn]

A part of me feels empty not having a new sale to look forward to today.