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Steam Autumn Sale 2012
Thanksgiving is nearing and so is the holiday shopping frenzy. And no frenzy is complete without a Steam sale!
Q. What is this?
Steam's annual Black Friday/Thanksgiving/Autumn/Whatever they're calling it now sale. This is usually not as big as their Winter or Summer sales, but you can still get all sorts of great deals on lots of games.
Q. When does it run?
From November 21st to November 27th.
Q. Any promotions or ARGs?
Valve is doing "Flash Deals", short sales that cycle every few hours, like they did in the Summer sale.
Q. What about other sites?
GOG.com has a "pick 5 games for $10" promotion going on. Gamefly is planning a Black Friday sale. And Green Man Gaming has assorted deals too.
Q. Any tips?
Yes, here:
FIVE COMMANDMENTS OF STEAM SALES
1. Thou shalt ONLY buy daily and flash deals except on the final day.
2. Thou shalt buy other games on sale ONLY on the final day of the sale.
3. Thou shalt join others in buying 4-packs for extra savings whenever possible.
4. Thou shalt budget spending by filling a Steam Wallet prior to the sale.
5. Thou shalt fail at following Commandment 4 anyway.
Comments
Daily Deals for November 26th, 2012:
Counter Strike: Global Offensive 50% off
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 75% off
Alan Wake Franchise 75% off
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 50% off
Castle Crashers 67% off
Legend of Grimrock 75% off
Indie Games:
Osmos 50% off
Zeno Clash 90% off
Hamlet 50% off
Shatter 50% off
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery 60% off
Ys Origin 50% off
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams 40% off
Closure 50% off
VVVVVV 50% off
Current Flash Sales:
Killing Floor 75% off
DiRT Showdown 66% off
Sniper Elite V2 75% off
Gran Theft Auto IV: Complete Collection 75% off
Crusader Kings II Collection 75% off
Tropico 4 80% off
Highly recommending Terraria.
Also, XCOM: Enemy Unknown: Worth it? Y/N
I haven't played it, but I've heard nothing but good things about it.
^^I've heard nothing but glowing praise for it, though it's still on the expensive side in my opinion.
In fairness, it just came out.
What the hell, I'll grab it.
Incidentally, "Autumn" is misspelled in the thread title and now I can't unnotice it >.>
No it's not. <.<
Anyway, other current sales...
I'm probably supposed to recommend LIMBO because it's a dark indie platformer ninja robot, but while I did find it kind of effective, I'm not really sure it's worth any actual price -- it feels more like the sort of game that should be free on some flash game website.
Turns out that this sale has a separate page for indie games with its own rotating set of daily deals.
Updating the OP accordingly.
FTL is still full price. Nuts. I'll see if I can catch Bastion or Dustforce on a flash sale.
Not really, the original is better.
Oh god, this is my first Steam sale I'm experiencing, and I have no idea how they work, and everything looks so tempting and aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I wouldn't even know where to get the original. It doesn't seem to be on GOG or anything.
Its called "XCOM:UFO Defense" since that was its international name and was called UFO:Enemy Unknown in Blighty.
Its on offer too
Oh, hey.
I honestly didn't bother checking Steam since GOG is generally a better bet with games that old >.>
Well, now I own both.
How so, to the point where it's not worth it, rather? Because I've seen even the most hardcore X-COM fanboys like this game, and the lead developer made absolutely sure that it lived up to its legacy.
what do you mean by that?
I mean, what makes it bad enough to where it's not worth buying?
As I understand, it was originally made as a straight remake of UFO Defense, then tweaked to remove annoying or outdated game design choices while still keeping the original experience intact as much as possible.
I'm going to keep an eye on Borderlands 2, that looks particularly appetizing.
I didn't like the stripped down geo and squad mechanics, and the amount number of squad people being 6.
Apparently, Dark Souls will be $15 on Friday (I think in Amazon). I'm aware most of you already have it, but in case you didn't, I thought it was worth pointing out.
Daily Deals for November 22nd, 2012:
Sleeping Dogs 50% off
Max Payne 3 75% off
Portal 2 75% off
Awesomenauts 75% off
ARMA II: Combined Operations 50% off
Prototype 2 50% off
Indie Games:
Rock of Ages 76% off
Super Meat Boy 50% off
Hard Reset 50% off
Serious Sam 3L BFE 75% off
Frozen Synapse 50% off
Vessel 66% off
Turba 75% off
Democracy 2 50% off
Recettear 50% off
Current Flash Sales:
Dead Island 66% off
Train Simulator 2013 66%
RAGE 75% off
Company of Heroes 75% off
Of Orcs and Men 50% off
Gary's Mod 75% off
Let's see, what games on there do I want/not want and/or have comments on...
Not quite on the level of the original, but extremely good if anyone doesn't have it.
Prototype needed a sequel, but from what I've seen of 2, it got the wrong sequel.
I was really unimpressed by this one, TBH.
Probably one of my favorite indie games. Anyone who doesn't have this, get it.
I'm still kind of pissed that this game met with success entirely because of a mostly-unrelated trailer.
Apparently very pretty. Unfortunately, I hear that's the only interesting thing about it.
You know, I heard a lot about this game during its development, but now that it's out, I haven't heard about it. Anyone know anything about it?
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I heard it's a fun game, but ultimately it doesn't cover any new ground on consoles. The PC version is, ironically, a complete mess that they haven't fixed yet.
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I heard it was good, but very linear.
Well...probably too high-priced to buy it right now just off of what I've heard. Good luck to it, though, and maybe I'll see it again in a future sale.
It's a shame my laptop can't run Portal 2. That game's tempted me for quite a while, especially now with that level editor.
Also, I just noticed that Rock of Ages is $2.39, so if I bought that I would have exactly $25 left. Hmm...
I missed getting Dear Esther! Darn...oh well, time to wait until December.
I think I'll buy Chantelise at -50%; this is because I admit to helping someone pirate Recettear.
If the CF games drop to -75%, I might snatch a few copies just to give away.
I want to buy Terraria for friends but I already have the game so I can't buy the 4-pack. But I know ninjaclown wants the game. And for those of you who still hang out on TVT, so does Wanderlust Warrior.
Also, cross-posting this link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13535279890A46920100&page=0
I think you can still get Dear Esther for free. It's one of those games things (more on that in a moment) that was released for free, then released with a price tag, and the developers somehow expect people to buy the version that costs money. Even more disturbingly, they seem to be correct.
And even independent of that, I've played walked through it. It's...not very impressive. It's basically a virtual museum exhibit. You walk from point A to B to C and get told stuff.
You should probably change the phrasing of that in the TVT version of the post :P
derp
Where can I get Dear Esther for free?
(And I know about people releasing stuff for pay and for free simultaneously. Happens sometimes with Game Music Bundle. But I pay anyway because I like supporting videogame music.)
Oh, god damn it, this sale came at the wrong time. There are quite a few games I want but I don't have the money for them.