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((( My Steam ID in case you have suggestions:http://steamcommunity.com/id/Palpek/ ))) ((( Use IsThereAnyDeal to track your Steam wishlist on all the sites everywhere forever. )))  Welcome to the Steam (and other distribution platforms) X-Mas Sale of 2016 Thread. The leaks tell us it should start in like 4 hours on December 22nd. Pro-click: http://store.steampowered.com/ or better use http://gabegaming.com/.  Join our #steamgoons IRC channel! This year's metagame is Steam Awards. Bascially Valve found a way to make people come back to the sale every day without having daily deals. You'll get cards for that and everybody loves cards, right? Goddamnit Zach, my coffee really did warn me about it! (thanks to Zetsubou-san for the image) Other distribution services. Anyway, gently caress Steam Sale brother because there are better deals on:
Actually Steam sucks so much that I don't even need Steam keys:
Just kidding, I still love Steam! Rules of sale:
Recommendations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thILxw6wBJE http://gaben.tv/ https://gaben.amigocraft.net/ Palpek fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Always glad to see this thread each year. Also the write up about Uplay, they do give Steam keys on non-Ubisoft games. Never knew until they had that even more on sale then intended sale a few weeks ago where I got Batman Arkham Origins + Season Pass for 3 bucks and a Origin key for Dragon Age Inquisition for 9.
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Dec 22, 2016 14:16
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Buy Everyday Genius: Square Logic and all three HexCells games. That is all.
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Dec 22, 2016 14:17
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Looking forward to recommending you buy Alien:Isolation every few pages, goons! 
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Dec 22, 2016 14:23
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Assuming Dark Souls 2 drops down to 10 dollars is it still worth playing? I'm just getting to the series now and I remember hearing a lot of complaining about 2 when it came out. I'm wondering if I should pick it up or just skip to 3.
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Dec 22, 2016 14:39
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Oh for sure, just make sure to get the scholar of the first sin version.
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Dec 22, 2016 14:42
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 Doom 2016 you're mine if you're $20 or less
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Dec 22, 2016 14:45
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While you will hear different opinions on which Dark Souls game absolutely ruined everything - know that the Dark Souls game that reportedly sucks is still better than most releases out there. They're all worth your time.
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Dec 22, 2016 14:48
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This will be my first winter sale. Should I call in sick for maximum savings?
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Dec 22, 2016 15:06
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Rd Rash 1000cc posted:This will be my first winter sale. Should I call in sick for maximum savings? Steam App, friend. Waste your money on video games while making more money to waste.
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Dec 22, 2016 15:08
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Edmond Dantes posted:Looking forward to recommending you buy Alien:Isolation every few pages, goons! I look forward to still not buying Alien:Isolation every few pages as well! 
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Dec 22, 2016 15:26
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frrriiiick It's happening. The planets aligned and this December was a 5-paycheck month and also a Christmas bonus. I actually have money to spend instead of trying to figure out what I'm gonna split like $30 between. My 2017 backlog will be glorious and terrible.
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Dec 22, 2016 15:28
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Some really good games that always go to basement-level prices during these sales: -Alpha Protocol -Alpha Protocol -Payday 2 and its DLC -Dark Souls 1 Prepare To Die Edition -Alpha Protocol Edit: I don't know if I agree with the below suggestion that all Dark Souls are worth it. Personal opinion is that 1 is a masterpiece and stands the test of time well, the other games in the series are great if you liked the first. Atoramos fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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Dec 22, 2016 15:30
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Horn posted:Assuming Dark Souls 2 drops down to 10 dollars is it still worth playing? I'm just getting to the series now and I remember hearing a lot of complaining about 2 when it came out. I'm wondering if I should pick it up or just skip to 3. Play them in order if at all possible, as they are all great but you might find it hard to go backwards from newer, prettier, and smoother combat. poo poo, get a PS3 if you don't have one and track down Demon's Souls!
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Dec 22, 2016 15:31
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Ragequit posted:I look forward to still not buying Alien:Isolation every few pages as well! Still having that horrible taste in games I see.
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Dec 22, 2016 15:33
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Edmond Dantes posted:Still having that horrible taste in games I see. I kid - I might pick it up someday, but I am a colossal baby that could really do without jump scares. I have provided a visual of me playing Alien:Isolation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVhEJSYrk9Y
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Ragequit posted:I kid - I might pick it up someday, but I am a colossal baby that could really do without jump scares. I have provided a visual of me playing Alien:Isolation: It's very light on the jumpscares, I remember... 1, 2 tops; it is unrelentingly tense though. I need to put together a curated wishlist and budget myself, there's a bunch of stuff I want to get this time around.
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Dec 22, 2016 15:43
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shoppin around the winter sale at the newell party hop three dollar games all you can see once you buy them you won't stop shoppin around the winter sale massive sales from a to z then we'll all bitch it's gone downhill and we'll shout "where's half life 3" you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear "is this game worth 50 cents?" "NO! it sucks." "i'm on the fence" shoppin around the winter sale there are no flash deals today post your steam haul and you'll be mocked but i'll do. it. a-ny-way
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Dec 22, 2016 16:00
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Looking forward to it since I currently have a lot of free time. SO maybe someone can help me: I need a nice time-sink strategy kind of game, something like rollercoaster tycoon, rimworld, anno, dwarf fortress, X tycoon etc. I've played a lot of these games but I propably missed some greats. I'd be thankful for any hints of what I should look for in the sale. Planet coaster is one, but I doubt it'll get big savings.
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Dec 22, 2016 16:05
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Quest For Glory II posted:shoppin around the winter sale 
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Dec 22, 2016 16:09
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Son of Rodney posted:Looking forward to it since I currently have a lot of free time. Have you played Cities Skylines?
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Dec 22, 2016 16:09
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I'm gonna be the guy that tells everyone to buy Alpha Protocol and Just Cause 2 and all the other good games that have been $2.50 for the last 5 years of Steam sales that there couldn't possibly be anyone left that doesn't own them at this point and if there are they're probably stupid idiots.
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Dec 22, 2016 16:18
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Reminder that if you're disappointed or leery of Streum On's Deathwing, their classic E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy routinely goes on sale nearly every Steam sale for $1. I have previously described it as Cantorsdust posted:EYE Divine Cybermancy is a game I've described before as Deus Ex meets Warhammer 40K in a fever dream. Run around in your cyber-armor, use cool cybor abilities and implants, and kill guys with some satisfying weapons and good gunplay. and Cantorsdust posted:EYE: Divine Cybermancy is best described as a Deus Ex fever dream set in a Warhammer 40K-like universe in the Source engine. You are a warrior monk for the organization EYE, a secret organization within the Secreta Secretorum, which is itself a secret organization within an interplanetary Federation. Wear power armor, wield giant hammers or enormous miniguns, and use psi-powers to hack and slash through a variety of monsters, gun-toting bandits and soldiers, and enemy warrior monks. This game has some of the best gunplay ever. The guns have real weight to them when you fire, each feels distinctive, and each have their uses. My typical loadout would have a solid-feeling AK style gun, a pistol that felt like a goddamn cannon going off in your hand, and an ENORMOUS loving warhammer. You start out relatively weak, but through research and grinding for money, you can buy all kinds of cybernetic upgrades. The levels themselves are well-designed and probably the largest of their kind in a Source-engine game. The whole thing is really well done gameplay wise. The story is weird as hell, and all the NPCs speak in a fake French ish language, so don't buy it for the story, maybe. Cantorsdust fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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Dec 22, 2016 16:21
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Quest For Glory II posted:shoppin around the winter sale Well I don't know why I came here tonight, I got the feeling that something ain't right, I'm so scared that I'll miss a flash sale, It's got me checking the steam page all day, Bad rats to the left of me, Witchers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the Steam Sale with you, Yes I am stuck in the Steam Sale with you, And I'm wondering what it is I should do, It's so hard to keep these games off my cart, Even though most of them may well be crap Deus Ex to the left of me, Dishonoured to the right, Here I am, stuck in the Steam Sale with you.
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Hopefully we'll see some good deals on VR games so I don't have to buy poo poo on the crappy Oculus store
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Just got a Christmas bonus, have the rest of the week off work -- this seems the perfect time for a Steam sale. Waiting around for my wishlist to turn green
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Dec 22, 2016 16:30
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MMF Freeway posted:Have you played Cities Skylines? I haven't, but I was never too much of a city building fan. I hear it's really good though, so maybe I should give it a try?
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Shredder posted:Hopefully we'll see some good deals on VR games so I don't have to buy poo poo on the crappy Oculus store Impressions of all this stuff: Thumper's on Steam, runs for the Vive and Rift direct from Steam, a good purchase. The Climb is only on the Oculus store and is actually an incredible game with a ton of content. If it goes on sale again I actually do suggest it. I Expect You To Die and Superhot are both quite good but short. Superhot is longer than I Expect You To Die. If Subnautica goes on sale, grab it. Also my game (Skeet) is gonna support the Rift in about a week or two, and is free. Currently on Steam but Oculus support is janky until the patch which also doubles the amount of content/adds leaderboards. Atoramos fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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Cantorsdust posted:Reminder that if you're disappointed or leery of Streum On's Deathwing, their classic E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy routinely goes on sale nearly every Steam sale for $1. This actually isn't true anymore. It's been 2.50 the last few sales. It's still cheap but there has definitely been a move away from the insanely low prices of years past. Now they are merely very low. You don't see 98% off sales anymore.
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Tomahawk posted:I'm gonna be the guy that tells everyone to buy Alpha Protocol and Just Cause 2 and all the other good games that have been $2.50 for the last 5 years of Steam sales that there couldn't possibly be anyone left that doesn't own them at this point and if there are they're probably stupid idiots. I will probably end up getting JC2 just for the multiplayer. I've been playing JC3 and having a good time, but the multiplayer mod is still in like early beta. I kinda want to hold out and see if it goes up on steam like the one for JC2 did.
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Son of Rodney posted:I haven't, but I was never too much of a city building fan. I hear it's really good though, so maybe I should give it a try? It's sort of an interesting breed of city builder, in that it places a very heavy emphasis on transportation networks. Once your city is established and kinda big, the game very much becomes "obsessive traffic management simulator", and you're given a full suite of tools to make big, complex highway junctions and underground railroad segments and stuff. The citizen agents also love walking and public transit, so you get a lot of options.
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Dec 22, 2016 17:06
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Sale hasn't even begun yet and isthereanydeal is already dead. How am I supposed to budget like this? 
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Dec 22, 2016 17:11
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GMG Winter Sale just started and don't forget WINTER10 for an extra 10% off. Someone wanted Doom for under $20 well you got it for $17.09
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Dec 22, 2016 17:14
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Son of Rodney posted:Looking forward to it since I currently have a lot of free time. I play a lot of Craft The World, it should be on sale. Terraria as well. Banished, Tropico 5 also come to mind in that space.
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Controversial opinions and hot takes. Reiterating Buy Alpha Protocol. They basically invented the dialogue system that you associate with Telltale now, only theirs has actual consequences and branching and a cool story. Never buy the execrable Deponia franchise. Bad puzzles, bad writing, terrible characters. I've played like a billion point and click adventures and the Deponia games are some of the worst. EYE Divine Cybermancy doesn't make an ounce of goddamn sense and is cludgy as gently caress. That's honestly the thing I'd compare it most to Deus Ex for -- that it feels weird and clunky, only it doesn't have the nostalgia to make up for it. Wolfenstein: New Order is badly written filler pretending to be well written filler. Never buy Hidden Object Games from Jetdogs. The adventure-lite portions joining the hidden object sections are horrible. Safecracker will go on sale for like 5 cents but it won't work on your computer. Every Wadjet Eye title is good except The Shivah and A Golden Wake. Technobabylon and Resonance are the best. Great point and click adventures. Never buy episodic adventures until they're complete. The small companies never finish (Majestic Nights, Bullets & Blues, Kentucky Route Zero) and the big ones will sell the whole series for half-off before it's even completed (Telltale). Honest Hearts is the one bad DLC for New Vegas. Vermintide's resemblance to L4D ends at the concept stage. The melee system is super deep and will give back as much as you put into it and that makes it a super rewarding game. Nehru the Damaja fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Buy Everyday Genius: Square Logic and all three HexCells games. That is all. This is good advice, Square Logic has an absolutely obscene amount of puzzles for the price and some good relaxing ambient music.
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Has anyone done a write up of coop games? Would appreciate a link to it if so.
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Atoramos posted:Impressions of all this stuff: I'm totally getting Thumper and Space Pirate Trainer. Hoping for good deals on Technolust, NewRetroArcade, Hot Dogs etc, Raw Data and maybe Fantastic Contraption. I assume you meant The Climb, I'm not sure I'd be into that one especially for $25+ Expect and Superhot are on my list, will have to wait and see if they show up as a daily on the Oculus sale. I've got Subnautica but it made me violently ill when I got my Rift back in March, maybe I'll give it another go. I will check out your game!
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Has anyone done a write up of coop games? Would appreciate a link to it if so. I don't have a link but some of my recent favorites are Payday 2, Space Marine, Dying Light, The Division. Local co-op, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is good.
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Do we know why they dropped the daily deal model a year or two ago? I miss the excitement of logging in and impulse buying games I had no interest in yesterday because they're 75% off for a day instead of 20% off for 2 weeks with full price DLC.
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