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Steam Summer Sale 2014

Falthyron

It would appear the time is nigh! The mighty GabeN teases us once more with cheap games, great bundles, and general merriment amongst the Master Race populace!

I discovered this on the 'Badges' section of my Steam profile and it is usually a sign that an event is near. The usual Thursday prediction has proven true so far and therefore we can assume it will be this coming Thursday or the following one.

Obligatory media:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FbCjJ30ggM

Golden rules:

Only buy a game that is on the 'Daily Deals' section. Wait, wait, and wait some more. If it never appears on the 'Daily Deal's then it is safe to buy the game on the final day.

Only buy games you want to play right now.

Always be there for the 18:00 changeover as there is a chance you could get a game incredibly cheap due to mistakes in the discounting.

Sometimes buying 4 packs can give you the chance to trade spare copies for other games.

If in doubt, but you know its a great deal, buy the game as a 'Gift' and leave it in your inventory until you know you will play it. If you don't play it, then you still have the option to trade it for something you will play.

Finally, we all know there are other websites which do similar, if not better deals, but the Steam Sale is like a commemorative event now and it started the deals on other sites so don't be too harsh on it or your wallet.

In GabeN we trust.

Personally, I am looking to pick up some small titles and classic adventures! Also hoping for the Splinter Cell collection! What are you looking to pick up?

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DaDerv

It has begun!!

CastorTroy

Well I'm safe for 8 hours at least

Sephiroth_dude

Is riptide worth it? Is it standalone?

Overheal

Essential metadata website:

http://www.steamgamesales.com/

Farm For you Life: Buy and get paid a penny?!

ScumLord

Watch dogs seems to have gone up €10. Last time I looked on the site it was €49, now it's €59.

Washington Irving

ScumLord wrote: »

Watch dogs seems to have gone up €10. Last time I looked on the site it was €49, now it's €59.

Yup, we've seen the same in previous sales. Activision games in particular

Nody

Well first game purchased; Farcry 3 Deluxe edition for 7.49 EUR. It's been on my "to get list" as I liked Farcry 1 and 2 and with some DLCs it has to be the Deluxe over standard :P

Cravez

Nothing of interest at the mo. Another 8 hour wait

Yeti Beast

Re: the trading card game;

Craft badges

Collect all 10 Summer Adventure trading cards to craft the badge.

You can get trading cards in a few ways: as a reward for purchasing from the Steam Store (1 card per $10 USD or equivalent), crafting game badges, voting in the Community’s Choice sale (1 card per 3 votes), by trading, or by purchasing them in the Community Market. Read more specifics in the FAQ.

Earn rewards and points

Crafting the Summer Adventure Badge gets you:

1 in-game item (or 5 for the foil badge)
1 emoticon
1 profile background
a chance at a Team Token
10 points (or 100 for the foil badge)

To earn more points you can keep crafting the badge during the sale.

Summer Adventure Badge - 10 points
Summer Adventure Foil Badge - 100 points
any other game badge - 1 point
any foil game badge - 10 points

Each day 1 team wins

Everyone is randomly assigned to a team when they click the "Join a Team" button above or when they craft a badge. Your points count toward your team’s daily total.

Each day the team with the most points wins. 30 members of that team who contributed points that day will win 3 games off their Wishlist. Make sure to update your Wishlist.

Anyone who contributed points to that win will get 2 bonus Summer Sale trading cards. Everyone else who contributed points that day will get 1 bonus card.

The points are totaled and a new day begins at 10am PDT.

Gunmonkey

Hrm, may update the ol' wishlist then.

Steviemoyne

Xcom is better value if bought with The Bureau for €6.79 instead of on its own for €6.59.

thegame983

If anyone is interested in Xcom, do't be put off by the measly 67% off.

Xcom standalone - 6.59e

Xcom Complete (with all DLC including Enemy Within) - 9.89 ***This is the one to get!

also
XCOM: Enemy Unknown + The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - 6.79.

ZeitgeistGlee

"Bargains gather, and now my hunt begins. It shall not end until my bankruptcy. I shall do no work, hold no responsibilities, date no women. I shall play no games and collect no achievements. I shall eat and sleep at my PC. I am the wallet that funds Half Life 3. I pledge my money and my dignity to Gaben, for this Sale and all Sales to come."

:pac:

Steviemoyne

Price just updated for Xcom base game, to 75% off at €4.99.

shruikan2553

If anyone else is interested in sins of a solar empire Im up for going in on a 4 pack.

Krusader

Democracy 3 any good?

titan18

Krusader wrote: »

Democracy 3 any good?

I'm also sadly interested in this

TPD

My steam account has been forever locked to the american store since buying Oblivion over there three years ago.
Just picked up the Far Cry franchise bundle for $15 (been meaning to play 3 & Blood Dragon). Going to keep an eye out for the assassins creed franchise.

CastorTroy

Any preferences for the vote, as neither appeal to me?

iamanengine

New to this 'Steam' craic. Have a crappy laptop but would like to get a few games on it. Any recommendations for the sale that won't be too heavy on the ol laptop? Looking at Don't Starve seems like it could be a good shout!

Kimbot

iamanengine wrote: »

New to this 'Steam' craic. Have a crappy laptop but would like to get a few games on it. Any recommendations for the sale that won't be too heavy on the ol laptop? Looking at Don't Starve seems like it could be a good shout!

Dont starve is a great little game, dont get the DLC for it until it drops further in price

All really depends on the spec of the laptop and type of games your into really

ZeitgeistGlee

iamanengine wrote: »

New to this 'Steam' craic. Have a crappy laptop but would like to get a few games on it. Any recommendations for the sale that won't be too heavy on the ol laptop? Looking at Don't Starve seems like it could be a good shout!

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Without knowing your specs I can't make any recommendations but this will help if you decide on some games yourself.

degrassinoel

iamanengine wrote: »

New to this 'Steam' craic. Have a crappy laptop but would like to get a few games on it. Any recommendations for the sale that won't be too heavy on the ol laptop? Looking at Don't Starve seems like it could be a good shout!

Terraria

Mad_Dave

Sins of solar empire is tempting - anyone played it ?

degrassinoel

Fell at the first fence, Witcher 2 for 4 euro was too good to resist

iamanengine

Good point chums. Hope this suffices.

Processor AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Manufacturer AMD
Speed 1.6 GHz
Number of Cores 2

Video Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Manufacturer ATI
Chipset AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Dedicated Memory 384 MB
Total Memory 2.9 GB

Memory 5.8 GB

degrassinoel wrote: »

Terraria

Happens to be the only game I have! Which is awesome, but I would like to expand and get a few more :P

GarIT

iamanengine wrote: »

Processor AMD E-450 APU

Happens to be the only game I have! Which is awesome, but I would like to expand and get a few more :P

Unfortunately it looks like the only game you can play.

You should try GOG.com there are plenty of all time classic games that would run on that processor and are on sale now.

iamanengine

GarIT wrote: »

Unfortunately it looks like the only game you can play.

I did say it's a crappy laptop unfortunately

I'll be investing in a new one hopefully at the end of the summer though.

thegame983

Mad_Dave wrote: »

Sins of solar empire is tempting - anyone played it ?

I have it. Looks great, but I never really played it much. The tutorial is a bit meh . I've been meaning to watch a few let's plays to get my head around it.

GarIT

iamanengine wrote: »

I did say it's a crappy laptop unfortunately

Use the site posted a few posts up to check if you can run games, you may be able to run a couple of light indie games, but your processor is only as powerful as gaming desktops from 2000-2005. I think my brother has run Minecraft on something similar to your laptop.