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    Default Steam Summer Sale is on!

    I just built a gaming PC a few weeks back, and bought a few Steam games over the past few weeks. Just noticed the Steam summer sale is on, and there are some really great deals. Might get a game or two today (Although, I did end up getting Skyrim for free from Amazon $39.99 Steam match an then used Amazon CC points!).

    Anyone going to be picking anything up?

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    jesus christ some of these prices are insane!

    5 dollars for portal 2? I mean i got it on Xbox 360 already but I am tempted to rebuy it just so I can play with the level editor they released for the pc version!

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    And I just bought ArmaII: Combined Offensive for DayZ last night. Awesome.

    Ah hell, might pick up STALKER: Call of Pripyat too..still pissed that this series is effectively dead now.

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    Awwww YEA!!!!

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    Some strategically-placed dollars here can fill out my modern gaming needs for the rest of the year. I'm mainly waiting for Skyrim to go down some more, and hopefully ARMA II as well, because DayZ looks like a shit ton of fun.


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    - If you see something you want to get that's NOT a Daily Deal, Flash Sale, Community Choice, or 75% off already, then you have nothing to lose (except perhaps time and sanity) by watching and waiting until the last day of the sale to buy them, because often these will be slashed even further before then. The Flash Sales and Community Choices change every 8 hours, so check it a few times throughout the day if you're able to.

    - Check this list to see what type(s) of DRM a game you're planning to buy might contain, if any. This is one thing I wish I would've looked into more closely last year, because there were a few I picked up that had as many as 3(!) different types of DRM on them, which I refuse to install and hence meant that I wasted a few bucks there.
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    Some of the bundle deals are excellent, though I've discovered that I've already bought something like 70 percent of the entire Steam catalog, so slim picking for me so far. I picked up Super Street Fighter IV AE for ten bucks, like I needed another copy of that game.

    Thinking about pulling the trigger on that Bethesda bundle, though.

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    I never tend to buy much during these sales, but so far I've picked up:

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    I've only bought the expansion for The Binding of Isaac... and I just Ys Origin as a gift.

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    Picked up 4 games + a soundtrack already. Think I spent $7 for everything. Perfect timing too, I need a break from Diablo III.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucifersam1 View Post
    (Although, I did end up getting Skyrim for free from Amazon $39.99 Steam match an then used Amazon CC points!).
    Skyrim is currently $29.79 on Steam. You could've bought 5-6 games with that extra $10.20.
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    I saw that I did end up getting it for free though w/ Amazon points!

    So far I have gotten:

    Arkham City $10.19
    Dead Island $10.19
    Dark Messiah $2.49

    Hoping they deep discount Sims 3 (currently 50% off), Fallout 3 (currently 40% off), and GTA IV (currently 50% off). Unless they do a flash sale or deal of the day on those, those current discounts should be good until the end of the sale (so I would pick them up anyway).



    Quote Originally Posted by heybtbm View Post
    Skyrim is currently $29.79 on Steam. You could've bought 5-6 games with that extra $10.20.

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    Pay attention to what's going on in the bundles before you snatch them up. I'm noticing that sometimes it's cheaper to buy the same DLCs individually or in other smaller bundles, and sometimes a DLC included in them isn't discounted at all.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lucifersam1 View Post
    Hoping they deep discount Sims 3 (currently 50% off), Fallout 3 (currently 40% off), and GTA IV (currently 50% off). Unless they do a flash sale or deal of the day on those, those current discounts should be good until the end of the sale (so I would pick them up anyway).
    All three of those were Daily Deals during last year's Summer Sale, so I think it's highly likely that they'll be cut down even further before this one is over.

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    GTA IV did not win the community choice vote! Hopefully it goes down more than 50%, but if not that is still a good price point.

    Today I have gotten:

    Fallout 3 GOTY - $4.99
    Fallout New Vegas Ultimate - $9.99
    Rage - $9.99

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    My backlog is already huge, so I'm trying to really not buy much. Having only a laptop helps too which means it can't run the newer big budget games. So far I've bought

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    Yargh, I'm terrible.

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    Still hoping for a deal on Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Lone Survivor, and Ys Felghana, and maybe Deathspank 2. Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 might be nice, but I've largely given up hope on those.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
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    Still hoping for a deal on Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Lone Survivor, and Ys Felghana, and maybe Deathspank 2. Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 might be nice, but I've largely given up hope on those.
    Oath in Felghana has been 66% off since the start of the sale. Five bucks. STOP BEING SO FUCKING CHEAP. :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swamperon View Post
    My backlog is already huge, so I'm trying to really not buy much. Having only a laptop helps too which means it can't run the newer big budget games. So far I've bought

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    let me know how this is ... i saw it and curious about it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Collector_Gaming View Post
    let me know how this is ... i saw it and curious about it
    Same. I wasn't sure about it. I thought it was a point-and-click adventure type game but the description made it seem like one of those overpriced art games you see on Steam from time to time.

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    I'm told it's a paragraph's worth of story told over the course of wandering about for an hour, so, maybe worth $2.50.
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