General Steam Sale Madness

[Arctic Blast]

I actually liked AoE 3 quite a bit, ESPECIALLY with the expansions. The nations added in both packs actually felt and played a little bit differently from those in the vanilla game.

Anyway, so far no purchases for today.

[Staggerwing]

Dear Esther is just $2.49. For those who don't know about it, the game is a narrative overlaying a moody landscape in which the player simply walks the path of the narrator while trying to figure out what happened (or is happening?). There is no combat and minimal interaction with the environment. It's more like wandering around in someone else's dream, with haunting music and some great scenery. I recommend it but caution folks that you need to keep an open mind. I suggest buying it now and saving the game for a time when one desires a slower experience more akin to reading a ghost story or watching a well done biography of a mysterious and tragic figure.

[MuzzyDev]

I admit it.  I need intervention.  I am addicted to the Steam Summer Sale.  I just bought 4 more games, and I'm waiting to see if "Batman; Arkham City" gets picked as the community selection.

What's worse our game is on sale, too, so I'm frequently going back to check numbers and, well, you know.  While I'm here I'll just take a look around...

I can stop anytime I want.   And by "anytime", I mean after next Sunday.

Chris--

[Gusington]

^Welcome Chris.

I am waiting on Deus Ex: Human Evolution. I see that the Square Enix/Eidos Collection includes it and a ton of other games, but some I have already and there are some in the pack that I have not interest in.

So...waiting for Deus Ex to hit that sweet, sweet 6.79 spot again.

[Greybriar]

Does anyone know where to find a list of games that require Steam to play? I found this List of games using Steam authentication but it is incomplete. I prefer to use Steam only when I absolutely have to in order to play a game I have a hankering for or when the non-Steam version of a game has a very draconian form of DRM.

In case anyone is concerned about what type of 3rd party DRM a game sold on Steam might have, they may want to take a look at The Big List of 3rd Party DRM on Steam.

[Tpek]

GreenManGaming has again put up a free game (UFO Aftermath) that comes with a 20% off coupon for any other purchase.
Also, Steam is again down :P

[Gusington]

It's come back up for me. Anyone play Dungeon Siege III? 5.00 dollah!!

[LongBlade]

I'm eyeing the 10% pre-order discount on Orcs Must Die 2.

[Gusington]

Disciples III gold for 10.00 over at Gamestop. Did the game improve since it's release?

[Rayfer]

It's come back up for me. Anyone play Dungeon Siege III? 5.00 dollah!!

I'm curious about DSIII as well....mixed reviews on different sites.  I enjoyed the first and second...not sure about the third.

[Gusington]

Hmm...the Dungeon Siege bundle is only 7.49. Not sure what is included because tpek made Steam crap out on me :/

[Arctic Blast]

Weird...the Steam store is down in the client, but everything else works. And if you log in to the web site, the store works fine from there.

Anyway, saw Sniper Elite 2 on a Flash deal at 50% off and it's now downloading.  ;D

[Shelldrake]

Disciples III gold for 10.00 over at Gamestop. Did the game improve since it's release?

Beautiful graphics but gameplay just didn't grab me. Still worth checking out if you like HOMM and Kings Bounty series of games.

[Huw the Poo]

Disciples III gold for 10.00 over at Gamestop. Did the game improve since it's release?

Beautiful graphics but gameplay just didn't grab me. Still worth checking out if you like HOMM and Kings Bounty series of games.

That's exactly it.  It isn't as good as Disciples 2 but it's a solid effort.  To be honest, if you aren't a total graphics whore you may as well play D2 (which comes with all its expansions at a low price at GOG and other places), but D3 is far from terrible.

[LongBlade]

Disciples II was awesome. I haven't played DIII.