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-Blackadder- posted:Well that was a fun sale, got a lot of stuff. I have too goddamn many games already and I've grown picky, so it was the quietest sale for me in a while. Not to say the sales weren't good, but I already have everything. Hitman, The Sexy Brutale, StarCrawlers and Hollow Knight have been a lot of fun so far. Have I... have I beat Steam?
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-Blackadder- posted:Well that was a fun sale, got a lot of stuff. Had fun riding the gift train like five times and also picked up Hitman and a few other things I've been wanting to check out. Gift train handled most everything else and I'm set until Prey drops to like $15 or something. edit: Like I'll probably want to pick up the necrodancer dlc, dead cells, maybe brigador, and maybe the sexy brutale too at some point but think I'm good for awhile.
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The wishlist is empty. Well, someone's mentioned Card Quest, so I'm keeping tabs on that one come next sale, but otherwise it's empty.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:05
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I was just going to pick up like 6 little indie games for $10 but then I threw Dead Cells on top of the pile and I think I'm just going to play that for eternity.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:06
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I spent almost exactly $100, which was a bit less than average just because I have a bunch of stuff already... but I'm super happy with my haul this year. I tried to actually get things I think I'll play as opposed to just good deals, so I went pretty heavy on roguelikes and RPGs. I'm not going to bore you all with my full haul list, but I was really pleasantly surprised by both Steamworld Heist and Sproggiwood, which are actually still on sale on the humble site. I bought a bunch of triple A stuff and then spent most of the weekend on those 2.
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I entirely skipped last Winter Sale, and Summer 2016 I limited myself to titles I wanted to play RIGHT NOW, and it worked out well so I did the same this year. I picked up: Broforce Brothers (gifted, beat) Guacamelee (gifted, beat) Juarez Gunslinger Hollow Knight Talos Principle Undertale (gifted) I found I missed a game I got last Summer, Mirror's Edge (gifted), so I'm finishing that up before tackling Gunslinger next. Good sale, all in all. At some point soon I'll catalog all my old sale purchases and present them to the steam thread to get an idea of what's actually worth playing or not. Some of them are so old that newer games have come out that are mechanically better, so they might not be worth attempting. For example, Dead Island 1 I understand is usurped entirely by Dying Light.
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Gift train sucked, sale sucked, gently caress you gaben :/ Let's hope they come up with a smarter way to battle third party sites and lift some of the restrictions before the Winter sale 
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Too Shy Guy posted:I was just going to pick up like 6 little indie games for $10 but then I threw Dead Cells on top of the pile and I think I'm just going to play that for eternity. Good choice. I have to plow through all the other metroidvanias and platfomers though before I can okay myself buying Dead Cells. Stuff like Hollow Knight, Owl Boy, Axiom Verge, Momodora 4/whatever the latest one is, possibly Grow Up, some Shantae games, etc.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:17
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Skipped the sale. Maybe winter.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:17
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StarCrawlers was the big surprise for me. Very good purchase. If dungeon crawlers are your jam, this is a solid buy.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:20
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barely an hour into devil daggers and i already topped my friend leaderboards at 190 seconds. need better friends oh well, gotta shoot for that 500 second achievement i guess
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Jul 5, 2017 18:21
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I got: Hyper Light Drifter Sunless Sea Transformers: Devestation Antichamber Endless Legend: Shifters and Tempest I also bought and refunded Hand of Fate and got a few gifts for people, and was gifted Stardew Valley. All told a really good sale for me. Hyper Light Drifter is my favourite but they're all fun, and different.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:24
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Blattdorf posted:The wishlist is empty. Well, someone's mentioned Card Quest, so I'm keeping tabs on that one come next sale, but otherwise it's empty.  To be fair, I add stuff to my wishlist or follow EA games to avoid going to the store.
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Jul 5, 2017 18:26
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They made gifting basically impossible now, right? The sale ended as I was trying to check out with Gemcraft and King of Dragon Pass 
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Kiranamos posted:They made gifting basically impossible now, right? The sale ended as I was trying to check out with Gemcraft and King of Dragon Pass You can't store gifts any more. You can send them right away though.
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Gave myself a reality check on my backlog between my Steam catalog and PS4 and went with just Thumper and Hollow Knight. Hopefully I can get through MGS V and Witcher 3 before the winter sale.
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Jul 5, 2017 19:09
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$50.00 budget/gift card stuck to. Lisa was refunded, I wasn't into the combat at all, and it was feeling too bleak for me to play at this point. So I went with To The Moon Rakuen Ori and the Blind Forest (My god is this gorgeous, but gently caress me some of the platforming is *mean*) Dishonored 2 Hollow Knight (let's be on the indie bandwagon early) Thomas Was Alone (see how behind I am on the indie bandwagon?) Wrapped up the summer cards and stickers, sold a few bucks worth of cards, but sadly, was at .48 until the ending, so I couldn't badger a friend with Bad Rats. Maybe in the winter.
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Sacred Cow posted:Gave myself a reality check on my backlog between my Steam catalog and PS4 and went with just Thumper and Hollow Knight. Hopefully I can get through MGS V and Witcher 3 before the winter sale. I picked up Hollow Knight as well and have been playing it, it's fun but it took a little bit to get into it. My only major annoyance is that there really should be save benches at or near a boss fight; I've had a hell of a time at a boss in the mines and the run back has been super annoying. I thought castlevania/metroid always had save spots near bosses but it's been awhile since I've played one. I did not give myself a reality check and panic bought FFX/X-2 Remaster this morning. Never played it but I have enough to get me to the winter sale and beyond, I might give it a go and see if it grabs me within the refund window
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THE DAMAGE Sold off a chunk of my now-redundant 360 and PS3 collection at the Pawnstop, so the financial hit wasn't too hard. Somehow I got $35+ for three Valve games. I guess they'd know their game values, but... Purchases: FaceRig Live 2D Module: Took a poo poo-ton of work to get FaceRig functioning before I bought this, but one day it suddenly just worked. Now I can be a hideous anime abomination, life is alright. Life is Strange: I had downloaded the 1st part last sale with the intent to try it out. Tried it out, liked it, dropped the $5 for the rest. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator: There are a lot of great games but nothin's cooler than this. You have to be able to still tolerate the obtuse quirks of fighting games, though. Pinball FX2 - Bethesda Pinball: Doom makes for a great pinball table. Skyrim and Fallout mostly continue FX2's flirtation with RPG-themed pinball... the Epic Quest table still does it better, though. Kickbeat: It was $2 and I figured it was worth a whirl with how much I like Pinball FX2. I'm not sure the visualization for this rhythm game is more than just a distraction from the actual gameplay, tho. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core: Figured I may as well round out my Guilty Gear set with one of the best games with the worst names! Battle Fantasia Revised Edition: Sold off my 360 version and it paid for itself. Weird fighting game, but worth another look at, probably...? Under Night In-Birth: Liked it on the PS3, hopefully I'll have the time to sit down and duel some goons on this one. I like really approachable fighting games and this is one of the few. Resident Evil Revelations 2: Had the first part of this sitting around for ages from Humble Bundle and snubbed it, tried it out and hey, I wanna play the rest now. Mainly an inoculation against RE7 purchases. Transformers: Devastation: Liking the use of transforming and the Platinum combo flow, not liking random equipment drops and exceedingly samey city environs. Pitch-perfect cartoon emulation. Fairy Fencer F DLC: ... well, figured I should get it while it was cheap to avoid future regrets. Right now? Only present regrets, thanks. Freebies: Facerig Free DLC: Pyro is the best face for this. Very easy on the processor. Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial: Realized it's "cheaper" to faff about with the free trial than actually buy this during the sale, but I'll be poking at it. Standard MMO jazz played really well. Lawbreakers - Rise Up Beta: Played three rounds and uninstalled, decided it was a multiplayer shooter that focused on precisely the wrong stuff. Amazingly ugly for the amount of graphical detail. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Test of Power: Free DLC junk. Gifts: A big  THANKS for all the gifts, whether it was on the Train or off!Gemcraft - Chasing Shadows (from Zetsubou-san): I haven't tried this yet, but I have a friend who swears by it and has put in countless hours, so he'll be happy to see me dip in. Fairy Fencer F (from Zetsubou-san): The Hyperdimension Neptunia games are dumb fun, but will they be as fun without all of the low-tier video game humor? I'll have to find out!... once I finish Neptunia, anyway. The Dweller (from Zetsubou-san): Cheapass monster puzzling. I've wanted more games where you play some unapologetic monster. You pretty much are in most video games, but it's usually not unapologetic. Company of Heroes (from jukkaz): Steamgifts pull. Guess I get to see what Relic did when they weren't doing youtube poop-worthy space marine speeches. 10 year anniversary entry in a series I've never played! Wayout 2: Hex (from kater): I owned the first Wayout game. Now I own two! SuperHOT (from kater): The game is a really fun and addictive gimmick and is everything great people have raved about. The completely obnoxious "story" can go poo poo itself to death, though. Forced (from kater): I can't imagine the multi for this isn't dead with the sequel out, but I had a friend who really liked this, so maybe...? Guilty Gear 2: Overture (from Sir Phoebos): This is gonna be weird and janky but I want to experience the important lore about a two swordguys and a very tall baby. Inside (from Sklurb): Just started this out, looks to be another enjoyable and affecting trip through the misery of a child once again. Duskers (from Sklurb): I was really curious about this one as an abstract horror piece, but I feel like I need to enter it with a clear head. Cyber City 2157 (from NettleSoup): A pull from the WHEEL OF TRASH. When you see noted trash dumpster publisher Sometimes You, you know you're in for a treat, but this looks... surprisingly alright? Ever since I set up my game budget, Steam Sales have often been wet blankets for me where I don't buy anything, but for some reason I went in deep. I guess I had a lot of pent-up consumer whoring to do, but it could have been a lot worse. ... I've now hit over 1000 games, though, I could be proper hosed. Never played all this in one lifetime, but I just have to remind myself that I don't have to finish a game to enjoy it. I don't have to finish a game to enjoy it. 
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Had ~60 bucks leftover from some gift cards I got from work a couple months ago that I had been saving specifically for this, so I ended up getting: Dishonoured 2 - Finished it. I liked it but the experience was somewhat soured by some really weird lag/control issues, which I'm still not sure if they were caused by the game or my system. We'll see how high chaos run goes I guess. Rise of the Tomb Raider - This game is fantastic and I'm having a blast; I'm playing on Survivor and every bit of loot counts so I'm taking my sweet time and exploring every nook and cranny. Final Fantasy 14 Online - Starter Edition - Had to make a bad decision at some point. Goon bro Ragequit gifted me Hollow Knight and I couldn't revenge gift him anything because Steam hates my region. Sort gifting out, Gaben.
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This is the first steam sale I've skipped in five and a half years, for many reasons, but there's just nothing exciting about it anymore.
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If we're actually posting what we got I guess I can do a low effort version of that. Spent: Roughly $230. Bought for myself: Hitman 2016 Detention Stronghold Crusader HD Kindred Spirits on the Roof OneShot Subnautica Gifts Sent out Dawn of War 1 Master Collection & Dragon's dogma (gift train 1) Hollow Knight, You Must Build a Boat, & MGR: Revengeance (gift train 2) Dishonored 2 (gift train 3) The Consuming Shadow & Wuppo (gift train 4) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (gift train 5) Disgaea 1 and 2 PC (Gifted to a friend) Ittle Dew 2 (Gifted to a different friend) Gifts Received: Tales of Berseria (Gift from a friend) Inside & Event[0] (Gift Train 1) Owlboy, Slime-San, & Hollow Knight (Gift Train 2) Tyranny (Gift Train 3) Way of the Samurai 4 (Gift Train 4) Westerado: Double Barreled, Wuppo, Dungeon Warfare, & The House in Fata Morganna Deluxe (Gift Train 5) $30 wasted on a very dumb thing: Two GMG lootboxes, one at 30 games, one at 10 games. I was a fool. Threw the keys out to anyone who wanted them on the internet somewhere. Don't really remember where.
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I didn't go crazy this time, tried to keep the damage down to what I'd play over the next 6 months or so. Got some stuff I've been meaning to pick up. Wolfenstein: TNO - Beat it already, loved it Mad Max - Played this all weekend, love it Shadow of Mordor - Haven't played this yet, but I think I will enjoy it Hollow Knight - Haven't touched it yet Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Haven't touched it yet but this looks cool HITMAN Season 1 - Blood Money was my favorite in the series and I heard this compared favorably. Looking forward to it!
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First time I bought a game and started playing it during the sale. I must be really bored.
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Almost ready to return a bunch of the games I bought because almost none of them work properly at my resolution. Sigh.
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veedubfreak posted:Almost ready to return a bunch of the games I bought because almost none of them work properly at my resolution. Sigh. 21:9?
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Jul 5, 2017 20:05
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The resolution to play fewer games.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:... I've now hit over 1000 games, though, I could be proper hosed. adorable
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This time I spent a bit more than usually as it was my birthday & I had just finished a bigger work thing. Still it was around 30 euros. As usual,bought a bunch of indie roguelikes and -lites: Low Magic Age, Deathstate, Golden Krone Hotel, We Slay Monsters, Conquest of Elysium 4. CoE4 and Deathstate are my favs so far. Also got A House of Many Doors, a fun arcade game Carrie's Order's Up and Little King's Story Would've spent more and gotten Regalia as my bigger purchase + Stellaris DLC Leviathans, but I forgot the sale is ending today, and was still grinding some cards...
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I bought and played Dishonored 2 and Gone Home. Got Hyper Light Drifter too, but I can't play that without a controller, so I suppose I'll buy one of those too.
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Anti-Hero posted:21:9? Basically.
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I bought three games and played one a bit and then spent another 10 hours playing Skyrim.
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veedubfreak posted:Basically. Yeah, I had 21:9 and found the amount of fiddling required to make it work just wasn't worth the effort, and went back to a 16:9 1440P display.
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gmq posted:I bought fixed for me.
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-Blackadder- posted:Well that was a fun sale, got a lot of stuff.
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I bought Brigador, Life is Strange, Necrodancer, and Project Highrise, but I refunded the last after about an hour. Then,gmq posted:I bought three games and played one a bit and then spent another 10 hours playing Skyrim. e; Oh and I picked up the Endless Legend DLC I had been missing.
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i stuck with only buying pillars of eternity+dlc and witcher 2. i have played pillars for like 24 hours now according to steam so i think that was an ok purchase
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