Steam Summer Sale 2014

[byker]

And are we gonna have a GH party on CS:GO or what ?

This needs to happen

tell me where I can rent a server for cheap

or if someone will host one

then I'll arrange a gamenight.

We can always just jump on an empty server.

[metalliqaz]

Make a wishlist on isthereanydeal.com so you can get instant notification of sales. You can also check the price history for games across a huge range of sites; CS:GO was last 75% this January and the sale prices this year haven't been as good as last year (when it went to $3.75 every few months)

thanks for this. I used to use cheapassgamer until that site went to ****.

[tp4tissue]

sigh.......... still no $5 cs-go

oh freakin' now it's $7.49...

what do you guys think.. will it get lower?

[exitfire401]

So...is Dragon Age Origins showing up at 125%off for anyone else, or just me under the community choice? Shwing up at -$7.51...I'd try to buy it, but I already have it.

[billnye]

sigh.......... still no $5 cs-go

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oh freakin' now it's $7.49...

what do you guys think.. will it get lower?

I caved and got it.  :))

It's pretty fun, but everyone is way better than me and I am constantly getting yelled at for not being good.  :confused:

[Pacifist]

vote for sandbox so gta can be had for $4!

sigh.......... still no $5 cs-go

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oh freakin' now it's $7.49...

what do you guys think.. will it get lower?

I caved and got it.  :))

It's pretty fun, but everyone is way better than me and I am constantly getting yelled at for not being good.  :confused:

I'm still **** at it. But how I got decent was playing ffa, you're shooting pretty much all the time and it helps with understanding the recoil

[billnye]

vote for sandbox so gta can be had for $4!

sigh.......... still no $5 cs-go

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oh freakin' now it's $7.49...

what do you guys think.. will it get lower?

I caved and got it.  :))

It's pretty fun, but everyone is way better than me and I am constantly getting yelled at for not being good.  :confused:

I'm still **** at it. But how I got decent was playing ffa, you're shooting pretty much all the time and it helps with understanding the recoil

Ah, OK. I'll check out FFA.

[MythicalWagyu]

sigh.......... still no $5 cs-go

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oh freakin' now it's $7.49...

what do you guys think.. will it get lower?

Typically when things hit Daily or Flash sales, they don't get any cheaper so I wouldn't expect to see CS:GO cheaper during this sale... but who knows, Valve is always changing things up.

thanks for this. I used to use cheapassgamer until that site went to ****.

No problem! I used to use CheapShark but ITAD integrates with Enhanced Steam (which btw is the best way to browse the store, especially during sales)

[metalliqaz]

I'm learning so much today

[metalliqaz]

So...is Dragon Age Origins showing up at 125%off for anyone else, or just me under the community choice? Shwing up at -$7.51...I'd try to buy it, but I already have it.

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-75% for me

[noisyturtle]

Metal Slug 3 is $2.71 right now. Probably my favorite Metal Slug, a really solid shooter with lots of level branching, but it's Metal Slug so of course it's going to be amazing

[tp4tissue]

Metal Slug 3 is $2.71 right now. Probably my favorite Metal Slug, a really solid shooter with lots of level branching, but it's Metal Slug so of course it's going to be amazing

yea but it actually runs better on the mame emulator...  and you can use hq4x filter @ 2133x1600  res

[exitfire401]

So...is Dragon Age Origins showing up at 125%off for anyone else, or just me under the community choice? Shwing up at -$7.51...I'd try to buy it, but I already have it.

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-75% for me

It's showing up for 125% on all of the computers in my house. Only shows up for 75% on the browser on my computer. Weird.

[noisyturtle]

Metal Slug 3 is $2.71 right now. Probably my favorite Metal Slug, a really solid shooter with lots of level branching, but it's Metal Slug so of course it's going to be amazing

yea but it actually runs better on the mame emulator...  and you can use hq4x filter @ 2133x1600  res

****, it runs best on an overclocked AES system, but you can't play online multiplayer on either

[JaccoW]

Just bought The Banner Saga and Kerbal Space Program. I really enjoyed the demo of that last one.

[tp4tissue]

Metal Slug 3 is $2.71 right now. Probably my favorite Metal Slug, a really solid shooter with lots of level branching, but it's Metal Slug so of course it's going to be amazing

yea but it actually runs better on the mame emulator...  and you can use hq4x filter @ 2133x1600  res

****, it runs best on an overclocked AES system, but you can't play online multiplayer on either

nuh uhn... mame has the slider for 48mhz 400% overclock on both the neogeo spu and cpu

highest oc with the  oscillator is only 16mhz

[IvanIvanovich]

Bunch of good games in the under $5 today. Many recent 'classics' that should be picked up if have not played yet.

[MythicalWagyu]

Just bought The Banner Saga and Kerbal Space Program. I really enjoyed the demo of that last one.

I still haven't made a successful Mun landing but I love Kerbal Space Program... though I do feel a little bad blowing all those green guys up while I learn to fly  )

[Pacifist]

woop got gta 4 complete pack!

[tp4tissue]

still debating ... $7.49 CS-go...   hrmmmmmm.........

[Puddsy]

still debating ... $7.49 CS-go...   hrmmmmmm.........

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DO IT

[JaccoW]

Just bought The Banner Saga and Kerbal Space Program. I really enjoyed the demo of that last one.

I still haven't made a successful Mun landing but I love Kerbal Space Program... though I do feel a little bad blowing all those green guys up while I learn to fly  )

I'm having way too much fun building space planes. Though my current models fly perfectly, I am having trouble building one that will actually survive leaving the atmosphere.  )
Vampire Bat MK IV v6.3 is a fast beauty but simply adding 'moar boosters!' means it will just explode just before leaving the runway. 

[MythicalWagyu]

Just bought The Banner Saga and Kerbal Space Program. I really enjoyed the demo of that last one.

I still haven't made a successful Mun landing but I love Kerbal Space Program... though I do feel a little bad blowing all those green guys up while I learn to fly  )

I'm having way too much fun building space planes. Though my current models fly perfectly, I am having trouble building one that will actually survive leaving the atmosphere.  )
Vampire Bat MK IV v6.3 is a fast beauty but simply adding 'moar boosters!' means it will just explode just before leaving the runway. 

You've probably seen them but if not, check out Scott Manley's YT videos on KSP - very educational and fun!

[noisyturtle]

Red team winning AGAIN??!? **** Red team!

[HoffmanMyster]

So, umm.  Train Simulator is actually not stupid expensive.  Is that game any good at all?  All I know about it is the funny youtube video...   )

[Puddsy]

it's a simulator

if you like simulators, yes, it's good

if you don't like simulators, it's not very good

[HoffmanMyster]

it's a simulator

if you like simulators, yes, it's good

if you don't like simulators, it's not very good

So as a simulator it's not ****ty and boring?  Cause The Sims is a simulator but it's interesting cause there's a lot of depth to it.  This is just trains.  I'm not asking if I'll like the genre, I'm asking if it's a ****ty game or if it's well done.  Your answer seems to indicate that it is well done.

[rowdy]

Liking trains is sort of a requirement too

[Av180]

Really debating banished. If nothing is good tomorrow I'll probably grab it, and then wait until the last day to see if Dark Souls 2 comes on sale, if not ill pick that up too.

[rowdy]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

[MythicalWagyu]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

[rowdy]

Ouch!

Thanks for that.  Unfortunately I already bought it

I also discovered that I already have Train Simulator 2014 in my Steam library - wonder when I got that

[ijprest]

Stupid sales... I'm now up above 1400 games in my Steam library. 

I think I may have a problem. 

[noisyturtle]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

another shining example of the early access model failing gloriously. when will consumers wise up, and stop paying full price for unfinished products with no guarantees?

[MythicalWagyu]

Ouch!

Thanks for that.  Unfortunately I already bought it

I also discovered that I already have Train Simulator 2014 in my Steam library - wonder when I got that

Oh. well maybe they'll turn that ship right around and get back on track with the additional support from this sale!

Stupid sales... I'm now up above 1400 games in my Steam library. 

I think I may have a problem. 

Gotta catch 'em all!

[ferociousfingerings]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

another shining example of the early access model failing gloriously. when will consumers wise up, and stop paying full price for unfinished products with no guarantees?

As soon as they've been burnt enough times to learn the wisdom of Distrust.

[tp4tissue]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

another shining example of the early access model failing gloriously. when will consumers wise up, and stop paying full price for unfinished products with no guarantees?

As soon as they've been burnt enough times to learn the wisdom of Distrust.

I didn't even buy the game... but reading the reddit page makes me so mad.....



something very similar happened with me and magical drop V....  I'm still pissed about that.. they NEVER fixed the multiplayer...

[noisyturtle]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

another shining example of the early access model failing gloriously. when will consumers wise up, and stop paying full price for unfinished products with no guarantees?

As soon as they've been burnt enough times to learn the wisdom of Distrust.

I didn't even buy the game... but reading the reddit page makes me so mad.....

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something very similar happened with me and magical drop V....  I'm still pissed about that.. they NEVER fixed the multiplayer...

TIL there's more than 3 MD games. I'm a huge fan of MD2, one of the best puzzle games ever made IMO, going to have to check them out.

[tp4tissue]

I'm kind of eyeing Castle Story.

Anyone had any particularly bad experiences with this (considering it is early access)?

Stay away! If you need more info, check this thread on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/295w2c/steam_summer_sale_day_8/cihq86a

but to summarize:

"Its just a simple case of devs trying to tackle a project that is way over their head. I backed the kickstarter (2 years?) ago and it hasn't really seen meaningful updates since then."

"As another kickstarter backer, I agree. Castle Story is in no way worth $13 right now and at the rate they're going it will never drop that Early Access tag."

"From their community managers comments they weren't even using Object-Orientation in the game until the 'refactor'. Before that they managed to bag almost a million dollars in funding and spent an entire year working on the game, missing all deadlines, insulting and banning community members before finally moving to fix it.

And they still, to this day, call anybody who complains a part of the "vocal minority". And claim that no matter what your game is, or how good it is, you'll always get a reaction like this from your fans. And that it's normal."

another shining example of the early access model failing gloriously. when will consumers wise up, and stop paying full price for unfinished products with no guarantees?

As soon as they've been burnt enough times to learn the wisdom of Distrust.

I didn't even buy the game... but reading the reddit page makes me so mad.....

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something very similar happened with me and magical drop V....  I'm still pissed about that.. they NEVER fixed the multiplayer...

TIL there's more than 3 MD games. I'm a huge fan of MD2, one of the best puzzle games ever made IMO, going to have to check them out.

NO... don't buy MD V...  do not support those a$$holes who stole people's money and never released the multiplayer fix.

[baldgye]

AC is on offer... but it's still early access...... waaa

[Halverson]

Can't login on my phone. Apparently I have no idea what my username is!

Luckily it seems anything I have wishlisted doesn't come up.

[MythicalWagyu]

AC is on offer... but it's still early access...... waaa

Get it!
This is a fine example of early access done right - the team seems to have a solid roadmap, provides regular updates to the game (twice this month alone), they are adding new cars / licensed brands on a regular basis, and it's a freaking fantastic game as is, only getting better! It doesn't have a career more like GT yet and the AI racers & multiplayer are still being worked on, but the physics and sound in this game are second to none (IMO of course). I paid $30 during the Winter Sale and have no regrets. It plays well with a gamepad and is just loads of fun with a proper steering wheel & pedals... about as close to driving any of these cars as I'm likely to get   )

[Pacifist]

payday 2 back on sale, time to buy DLCs

[dorkvader]

I notice that transistor is on sale!!!

that game is awesome.

[baldgye]

AC is on offer... but it's still early access...... waaa

Get it!
This is a fine example of early access done right - the team seems to have a solid roadmap, provides regular updates to the game (twice this month alone), they are adding new cars / licensed brands on a regular basis, and it's a freaking fantastic game as is, only getting better! It doesn't have a career more like GT yet and the AI racers & multiplayer are still being worked on, but the physics and sound in this game are second to none (IMO of course). I paid $30 during the Winter Sale and have no regrets. It plays well with a gamepad and is just loads of fun with a proper steering wheel & pedals... about as close to driving any of these cars as I'm likely to get   )

Do you know what is actually in the game already?? I've tried a bunch of games like AC before they have come out and all you get is some time trials stuff... like I wana go racing..

[dustinhxc]

I've had AC for a long ass time now, bought it for full price. Get it now!

[baldgye]

I've had AC for a long ass time now, bought it for full price. Get it now!

how much sp stuff is there though? is it just time trails like nearly every other  early access/beta racing sim?

[dustinhxc]

I've had AC for a long ass time now, bought it for full price. Get it now!

how much sp stuff is there though? is it just time trails like nearly every other  early access/beta racing sim?

I haven't loaded it in a while I just remember it being fun. I'll take a look for you in a bit.

[baldgye]

I've had AC for a long ass time now, bought it for full price. Get it now!

how much sp stuff is there though? is it just time trails like nearly every other  early access/beta racing sim?

I haven't loaded it in a while I just remember it being fun. I'll take a look for you in a bit.

cheers sweetie

[MythicalWagyu]

I notice that transistor is on sale!!!

that game is awesome.

Yes! Looks like $14.99 is as good as it's gonna get for Transistor and that's fine by me; I really like Bastion & I barely paid for it, so those guys deserve some coin!

Do you know what is actually in the game already?? I've tried a bunch of games like AC before they have come out and all you get is some time trials stuff... like I wana go racing..

Right now there's picture mode, free practice, time trial, drift events, and race events against the computer AI; I don't think the online multiplayer is in yet, nor the career or the drag race modes, but I haven't launched it in a while, so I'll have to check tonight to be sure what's in game currently. The game is also moddable - I've already seen some custom tracks like Joux Plane released for it - so I *think* it's possible for people to make their own race events, if not currently then eventually.