Steam Summer Sale 2012

[Fishin]

The Steam Summer sale has started!

http://store.steampowered.com/

In addition to the Daily Deals it seems like they're doing Flash Deals that only last for a short amount of time (Deus Ex HR is up there for $7.50, though it only lasts for about an hour longer!). These are on the right hand side and you'll probably have to scroll down to see them so make sure you don't miss them. There's also a Community Choice sale where whichever game gets the most votes is the one that goes on sale. Today's is between Witcher 2, Batman AC, and Saints Row 3 (hoping for Batman myself as it's the only one that I don't have, though Witcher 2 is also a fantastic game).

Also, a tip to those who haven't seen a Steam sale before: wait until something is a Daily Deal or Flash Deal before buying, because while nearly everything is discounted at least a little the daily/flash deals are going to be much better and the regular discounts will last until July 22.



As far as today's deals go, Portal 2 for $5 (and the original for $2.50) is pretty much a must-buy if you haven't already played it for some reason. Legend of Grimrock was also fun.

 

[Bluecaptain]

Beat me to the thread, I'm super psyched.

I are disappoint though, I bought Legend of Grimrock off of GOG.com YESTERDAY for 7.49. Could be worse but...

 

[vonFiedler]

And to think I was just wanting to buy Deus Ex; Human Revolution. 10 dollars!

 

[SgtWoodsy]

I bought Human Revolution, Portal 2, and Saints Row 3 is 75% off in 20 minutes so I'm probably buying that too.

 

[Dan Dan]

If you've heard about DayZ, you might want to keep an eye on Arma II: Combined Operations for a daily deal. It's currently at 20% off.

It's actually cheaper on their site: https://store.bistudio.com/arma2-combined-operations-steam-version (25% off)

Was going to do a thread about it to see if anyone else was playing, but never got around to it.

 

[Snkz]

It may be time to get Arma 2 and Portal 2 now!

 

[moot]

Lower, Arkham City / Skyrim. Lower.

 

[Plasmette]

Oh cool, Terria is on sale.

Shame, I already own it. But for some reason the title screen says Minecraft.

 

[Eraddd]

I might pick up the Bethseda pack later on; comes with Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas and its DLCs. Too bad it doesn't have Fallout 3 =/.

 

[Flashstorm1]

I am thinking of purchasing the Portal bundle, which includes both the original Portal as well as Portal 2. However, I am not sure if my laptop will be able to run them. I have received some opinions on IRC, but I wanted to get a few more just to make sure that I make a reasonable purchase that I can take advantage of.

Anyway, my laptop runs on a 1.00 GHz AMD dual-core processor and an AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics card. I have 3 GB worth of RAM.

Thanks for any input in advance.

 

[Bluecaptain]

I am thinking of purchasing the Portal bundle, which includes both the original Portal as well as Portal 2. However, I am not sure if my laptop will be able to run them. I have received some opinions on IRC, but I wanted to get a few more just to make sure that I make a reasonable purchase that I can take advantage of.

Anyway, my laptop runs on a 1.00 GHz AMD dual-core processor and an AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics card. I have 3 GB worth of RAM.

Thanks for any input in advance.

There should be a demo for Portal, so download that and see if it runs well.

I don't know specs on AMD but if you have a dedicated graphics card you should be fine. Intel has integrated graphics, I don't know how AMD does it though.

 

[Flashstorm1]

There should be a demo for Portal, so download that and see if it runs well.

I don't know specs on AMD but if you have a dedicated graphics card you should be fine. Intel has integrated graphics, I don't know how AMD does it though.

I was able to play the Portal demo before with few problems if any.

 

[cookie]

I am thinking of purchasing the Portal bundle, which includes both the original Portal as well as Portal 2. However, I am not sure if my laptop will be able to run them. I have received some opinions on IRC, but I wanted to get a few more just to make sure that I make a reasonable purchase that I can take advantage of.

Anyway, my laptop runs on a 1.00 GHz AMD dual-core processor and an AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics card. I have 3 GB worth of RAM.

Thanks for any input in advance.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

 

[Flashstorm1]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

Thanks for the link! Though I would assume you would say yes because you linked me to it in the first place, would you say that this website is reliable for most if not all games and other software?

 

[Bluecaptain]

Well then Portal will work for sure, but Portal 2 might be a different story. Sorry I couldn't be of more help haha.

 

[RBG]

Binding of Issac. for less than $2.

Why haven't you bought it yet?

 

[JabbaTheGriffin]

Binding of Issac. for less than $2.

Why haven't you bought it yet?

Picked that up in the Winter Sale, it's a steal for under $2. That and Bastion were my two best pickups in that sale imo (keep an eye out for a Bastion sale if you guys don't have it yet!).

This sale I definitely don't have the kind of money to throw around like I did in December, but I couldn't resist picking up Trine 2 today. I'm gonna try and limit myself to the best deals this time around instead of "anything that looks okay and is less than 5 bucks." Probably won't happen though

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

i loooooooooooved bastion, i am looking out for more games that have a focus on easy-on-the-eyes and absorbing artwork, i also love simplicity (the kind of easy to learn hard to master)

anyone have any recommendations??

 

[cookie]

Thanks for the link! Though I would assume you would say yes because you linked me to it in the first place, would you say that this website is reliable for most if not all games and other software?

It's a ballpark estimate: if it says you're just above or below the system requirements then you might get the game to run on low settings, maybe not.

 

[Feathers]

first i joined firestorm in a "don't buy anything, be good" pact but then binding of isaac for $2

i went in and came out with binding of isaac, tomb raider anniversary, the penumbra pack, half-life anthology, and from dust

i have a new gaming computer so i have no self control anymore

 

[RODAN]

help i bought mafia 2 and sonic generations for 17 bucks total

im a bad person

 

[Shiv]

portal 1 and 2 for $6.24

that's just wrong

and so very right at the same time

 

[Boltaway]

Dangit I bought Portal 2 a couple weeks ago
I haven't even played it yet

 

[JellyOs]

Picked up Alan Wake, both Portals, Issac and Half-Life 2 for $20. Greats deals.

 

[Flashstorm1]

All of you guys are making me jealous. Man do I wish I had a better computer or laptop.