Steam Summer Sale

[Marsman]

So Torchlight 2 is basically a Diablo style game? Is it any good? Im wary of such games after I got bored silly playing Diablo 3.

It's very good. Not played Diablo 3 though. If D3 bored you silly, TL2 may also. I suppose it comes down to whether or not it's the style of game, or just just D3 specifically you didn't like. Have you played Titan Quest? That's also similar. i.e. ARPG.

If you are unsure there is a demo you can try.

 

[iamdjdz]

So far got Ridge Racer Unbounded £3.74, GTR expansion for race 07 £2.49 and Defiance for £6.79 sweet.

 

[DodgeeRascal]

On topic - is Defiance good , i quite like the look of it ?

I bought it on release but didn't find it very impressive, felt so detached from everyone else in the world and the UI was shocking.

Probably say it's worth it at sale price and imagine they've improved things a little.

 

[Rezident]

What's DMC like? Might get one more game...

 

[Shamikebab]

Don't try to steal - very inefficient play! Contest the shots, jump when they shoot and go for block/rebound instead!

Not sure what you mean by the last bit though :s

For the Myplayer career mode you get rated on what you do in matches, but the negatives for doing something wrong massively outweigh the positives (sometimes I score and the bar doesn't even go up!)

It discourages trying anything. I managed to get a B- once, but I could only do it by never trying to steal, block, shoot. I just passed it and hoped the a.i. did something.

 

[V4NT0M]

The only thing these sales make me do is hesitant to buy games outside of the 'sales'.

Knowing that they'd willingly sell these games for -75% and -50% just makes me feel like I'm being robbed when I pay full price for something.

Minority or?

Same here... It also creates that dynamic where you've bought so much in the sales you've got plenty to play while you wait for the next sale.

 

[Tazzfalcon]

Same here... It also creates that dynamic where you've bought so much in the sales you've got plenty to play while you wait for the next sale.

I wouldn't say it stops me buying outside of the Steam sales but it does make me very reticent indeed to buy anything without a steep discount anywhere else. (Hence why I've not bought the Last of Us on PS3 even though I pretty much know it would be likely to be one of my favorite games ever based on personal taste and love of Naughty Dog).

The whole value of it from Valve's perspective is to get people like me who'd never usually buy full price digital games. I wouldn't buy anything from Steam were it not for the sales. And, I won't buy anything at all without a big discount.

I do clearly overbuy discounted games at an alarming rate though...

 

[Jasseh]

Just bought HL2 + chapters, last purchase for this sale now... I hope.

 

[qotsa]

Decided just to go with the first Crysis for 2 quid odd. Never played the series but like the look of them, and at that price hardly anything to lose. If I like the first then I'm sure I can find the others cheap another time.

 

[Craig1981]

Just bought HL2 + chapters, last purchase for this sale now... I hope.

I've been a lot more spend happy during this sale than I meant to be. Trying to tone it down now though. Not going to buy anything more unless its a game I really want.

 

[qotsa]

I've been a lot more spend happy during this sale than I meant to be. Trying to tone it down now though. Not going to buy anything more unless its a game I really want.

Which games do you really want? Or were you going to decide that when the sale came up? The latter not really being an effective way to curb your spending

 

[Jasseh]

I've been a lot more spend happy during this sale than I meant to be. Trying to tone it down now though. Not going to buy anything more unless its a game I really want.

Same, I had intended to just look and not spend anything. Instead I've spent £75 that could have gone towards my Haswell upgrade .

 

[elrasho]

Was XCOM in a flash sale? It's £14.99 now I was hoping to pick it up cheaper

 

[Jasseh]

Was XCOM in a flash sale? It's £14.99 now I was hoping to pick it up cheaper

Just checked the price history on it, the last time it was cheaper on Steam was May.

 

[mark43]

Was XCOM in a flash sale? It's £14.99 now I was hoping to pick it up cheaper

Yep its been cheaper, hold fire.

 

[qotsa]

Was XCOM in a flash sale? It's £14.99 now I was hoping to pick it up cheaper

Yeah it was in a flash sale.. Was 6 quid or so? I think.

 

[Craig1981]

Which games do you really want? Or were you going to decide that when the sale came up? The latter not really being an effective way to curb your spending

A lot of them have been impulse buys. Games I thought I might eventually get around to playing or had a mild interest in after looking at their trailers.

At least this time I've actually played some of the games I've bought. Already tried Dont Starve and Borderlands 2

 

[AStaley]

Added, AC1-2-3, Alan Wake and Final Fantasy 7 to my collection. Purchased the Xbox 360 controller as well to play AC with.

 

[Jasseh]

Yep its been cheaper, hold fire.

Yeah it was in a flash sale.. Was 6 quid or so? I think.

Guess the price history didn't update with that, odd.

 

[Defiant306]

Decided just to go with the first Crysis for 2 quid odd. Never played the series but like the look of them, and at that price hardly anything to lose. If I like the first then I'm sure I can find the others cheap another time.

If Warhead is also cheap get that as well as that expansion for Crysis 1 was good, I enjoyed it as much or even more than the main game.