Steam sale

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 16:10

strumpusplunket said:
So, Assassin's Creed games...

I have Brotherhood, but never played it. Played II for quite a few hours but lost my progress when I upgraded my system and have never bothered going back to it. Was quite enjoying it though.

I hear positive things about Black Flag, but are III and/or Revelations worth it to to add to the ones I have?

It's hard to say really as they all link together. If you want to redo AC2 then I'd do that first and then move on. If you don't want to do it then I would look up a "recap" somewhere for just the AC2 game so you familiarise yourself with the story again and see how it ended. After that I would definitely do Brotherhood and then Revelations to wrap up Ezio's story.

AC3 was pretty good and is worth doing but it had some major bugs on the PC version and I don't know if they were ever fixed. If they were fixed then I would say it's worth a buy and it'll also round off Desmond's story. Black Flag was excellent, but again, it had performance issues. If you're just not bothered at all with Ezio's and/or Desmonds story then you can just move straight into Black Flag as it has very little to do with them.

strumpusplunket · 20 Jun 2015 at 16:21

flibby said:
It's hard to say really as they all link together. If you want to redo AC2 then I'd do that first and then move on. If you don't want to do it then I would look up a "recap" somewhere for just the AC2 game so you familiarise yourself with the story again and see how it ended. After that I would definitely do Brotherhood and then Revelations to wrap up Ezio's story.

AC3 was pretty good and is worth doing but it had some major bugs on the PC version and I don't know if they were ever fixed. If they were fixed then I would say it's worth a buy and it'll also round off Desmond's story. Black Flag was excellent, but again, it had performance issues. If you're just not bothered at all with Ezio's and/or Desmonds story then you can just move straight into Black Flag as it has very little to do with them.

Thanks.

I hadn't really thought in terms of keeping the tread of the stories as I didn't know which stories continued over which game(s), so it's good to know where and when they wrap up.

So it seems that as I've got Brotherhood, it would make sense to get Revelations to wrap up one story, and I'm quite tempted to get III and/or Black Flag as well.

Looks like this sale could start getting quite expensive after all...

Deo_volente · 20 Jun 2015 at 16:30

kinger8938 said:
Damn! didnt see it bundled with the addon too! ^ just purchased the base game

Get it refunded and then purchase the dlc version (you won't get the credit back straight away though so only refund it if you already have the spare funds to buy the dlc version)

SkeeterUK · 20 Jun 2015 at 16:42

Anyone wana be a good Samaritan and grab a copy of fo3 goty while its on daily deal and I'll pay u back Tue?

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 16:58

SkeeterUK said:
Anyone wana be a good Samaritan and grab a copy of fo3 goty while its on daily deal and I'll pay u back Tue?

Sure, why not. Trust me your Steam name or add me below.

SkeeterUK · 20 Jun 2015 at 17:03

Cheers ur a star, will add u now.

Marsman · 20 Jun 2015 at 17:49

joeyjojo said:
Lots of Age of Empires on -85% today. Which is the one to get?

AoE II £2.24
AoE II + expansion £2.84
AoE II + expansion, and AoE III Complete £4.49

Is 3 good?

Fallout New Vegas at £2.49 (75% off) seems like the right time too? F3 GOTY is only 66% off at £5.09..

AoE II is a better strategic game, although I must admit I do prefer AoE III. If you ask the majority of RTS fans they will say that III is not a patch on II.

£4.49 for the whole lot is really good buy in my opinion if you like medieval RTS games.

Barry_H · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:01

Two days of encore sales?

What a swizz. Rotters.

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:01

That's a big encore

Craig1981 · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:06

flibby said:
That's a big encore

Not big enough! Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is still 50% off! Didn't it get a 75% flash sale? Why not repeat that!??

The one thing I missed.... and they didn't repeat it :mad:

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:09

Craig1981 said:
Not big enough! Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is still 50% off! Didn't it get a 75% flash sale? Why not repeat that!??

The one thing I missed.... and they didn't repeat it

Nah, it was only 50% the last time around.

FARGO · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:11

So, is that it then? Tomorrow will just be another bunch of already listed sale games?

DampCat · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:12

There should be some kind of law that governs against including screenshots that have literally nothing to do with the gameplay. Its so tedious lokoing through screenshots of clearly CG Quicktime events then having to go to youtube to see what the game actually looks and plays like.

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:19

FARGO said:
So, is that it then? Tomorrow will just be another bunch of already listed sale games?

No I think that's it, whatever you see there is the last of what we'll get.

I'm a little disappoint some games from my wishlist never showed up at all. Darkwood hasn't had anything off, it's still £11.99 and it's been on my wishlist for a year. Frozen State, Black Mesa, Besiege and Highlands from my list never got dailies/flash deals either :/

dante6491 · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:22

flibby said:
Nah, it was only 50% the last time around.

Yeah. Only game I was remotely interested in. Disappointed it did not go up to 66/75% off.

Still Metal Gear Solid is discounted again. Will be my only purchase I think.

Craig1981 · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:23

Really? It was only 50%? Somebody told me it got a flash sale...

Dunno whether to buy it or not now...

Radec · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:32

Was waiting for Dark Souls to drop to £5 as I remember seeing it on sale before for that price. It's £6.70 at the moment. Not sure why I'm being fussy over an extra £1.70 from what I was prepared to pay?

FoxEye · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:37

I know I've said it before, but this sale has been awful.

They bumped up the "pre-sale" prices something rotten this time, so they could pretend to have "75% off" or more, and yet still charge a small fortune. They even did this for older games. The discounts were just feeble this time around.

To prove how awful this sale has been, I have the level 1 badge for all the previous sales. This time I didn't bother. Only bought 1 game (Valkryia Chronicles), and could not be arsed to play the stupid Monster Hunter crap.

Bad show, Steam.

wordy · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:51

rubberduck said:
How low has shadow of mordor been?

I got the GOTY edition for £14:99, think that's as low as it went.

Teaf · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:52

Radec said:
Was waiting for Dark Souls to drop to £5 as I remember seeing it on sale before for that price. It's £6.70 at the moment. Not sure why I'm being fussy over an extra £1.70 from what I was prepared to pay?

It's been £3.99 before on Steam, so I'd be a little picky. You could wait to see if it shows up on offer anywhere else but you could be waiting a while. Alternative is you could buy it on Kinguin for £5.40 (I think there's another 30p surcharge after that, so more like £5.70, not much but it says you a little).

FoxEye said:
I know I've said it before, but this sale has been awful.

Yeah there's been some really bad tactics, like increasing base game costs, or Rockstar doing that currency rubbish with GTA V, or Steam putting games on daily and not changing the price. But as for deals I think there's still been a nice range of things to buy for a good price.