What's funny is that we are just now at the half way point of the sale. So I've got to ask, how does your wallet feel at this point?
Main Sale
XCOM Enemy Unknown - It's the same 33% off it always is on Steam. Unfortunately this is currently the best deal out there. I say unfortunately because just a night or two ago it was 50% off on steam, and the current deal over at greenmangaming is on Borderlands 2 (more on that later). Current price is $33.49, and the discount only applies to one of two DLCs.
Counter Strike Franchise - Never got the whole CS thing. Always seemed like it was full of very angry people. Maybe that's what happens when you only get one life per round, instead of instant respawns, which was the case in Team Fortress Classic, probably the reason I never got into CS. There are four games for sale (the original, source, condition zero, and the new global offensive) for various prices, or you could get the whole pack for $9.99.
Worms Franchise - Too many games to list here, and all at different prices. There are a couple of different packs you might want to look at though, such as Worms Reloaded GOTY at $6.24, or the Worms Complete Pack at $19.99, which included everything in Reloaded. Oddly enough, the complete pack isn't actually complete, because it doesn't include Worms Revolution
Faster Than Light - I've heard a lot of good stuff about this game, and this is the lowest price I have ever seen it, at $4.99. If you want, you could also pick it up off of their website for the same price, but that appears to get you a stand alone game as well as a redeemable steam code. Plus, then a larger percentage goes to the devs. At least I hope so, rather than funding paypal, google, or Amazon, as those are your choices of payment
Lego Lord of the Rings - $20.09
L.A. Noire - Man, I thought I got a deal on this game when it was $12.49 this time last year. Of course, I haven't even installed it, and now it's $4.99. Seems like I need to heed my own advise sometimes.
Flash Sales:
acdsee 15 - $24.99
Serious Sam 3 BFE - $5.99
Alice Madness Returns - $4.99
Sleeping Dogs - $16.99, but if you get all the DLCs on a piecemeal basis, that'll set you back another $24.15
Space Marine - Reviewed this one, $7.49 gets you the game and a ton of DLCs
Thirty Flights of Loving - $2.49
Community Choice
Orcs Must Die! 2 - $3.74 for the standalone game, or $6.24 for the complete pack, or $9.99 for a 2 person complete pack, or you can get a single person franchise pack for $8.74, which includes the reviewed Orcs Must Die!
Bonus Deals
No, this isn't a Steam thing. You didn't miss any other sale catergoy somewhere. I regularly check out other sites for personal use, as well as trying to find the best deal for a given item on sale. Today, I noticed that Both greenmangaming.com and gamersgate.com have deals on Borderlands 2, at 50% off, which is nothing special until I point out that it includes some DLCs, specifically the season pass, which haven't been on sale on Steam at all. Furthermore, you can use this code: GMG30-DPLIM-DN831 (it's right on their website, in case I copied it wrong) for an additional 30% off one item per transaction (apparently you can just break your purchase up over multiple transactions, it doesn't lock you out after one use). That makes the game about $21, the season pass around $10, and puts the remaining DLCs around around $4. So yeah, that's a deal.
You should do a game of the year/awards post.
ReplyDeleteWelcome! It's always nice to see a new poster here.
DeleteI won't say I have thought about it, but I'm not sure I could really do it, because most of the games I'm reviewing are a year old or older, and I haven't even purchased many of the games that are topping lists currently.
I could do something like a Top/Bottom finds of the year list, choosing from everything I've reviewed, but it would most likely consist of a variety of titles from different years.
Since you suggested it, any thoughts?