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Steam Summer Sale 2018 is Live! June 21st - July 5th
- Thread starter jshackles
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technozombie
Member
Does the steam link require a special controller? $2.50 seems to good to be true
demigod
Member
No, DS4 works with it. $2.50 but you have like $8 in shipping.
technozombie
Member
I went ahead and bought one for $10.5 it will be fun to mess around with.
Trogdor1123
Member
I can't even log in lol
technozombie
Member
The site was loading really slow for me, at first I chalked it up to me being on mobile. I was able to complete my transaction though.
TheShadowLord
Member
i bought a steam link and dead space 2. Thats all i need
Bl@de
Member
With a controller I don‘t notice any lag with my settings (Wired Internet, highest stream quality). Tested it with TV (21ms Input lag) and monitor next to each other. But it depends on the game. You may notice it with fast Paced shooters and M/KB. Image quality is good too. But not perfect.
Helios
Member
The new mini-game for the event seems kind of braindead and I've already heard most people are just cheating with scripts that spawn no enemies and auto-clickers. Still, the rewards are nice
I was going to buy one too but my shipping is like 20$ and I don't think that's worth it.
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LOLCats
Banned
Its 9.99$ at gamestop
BANGS
Banned
Thanks, I might consider it for casual shit then. Would be nice to game in my bedroom once in awhile...
-MD-
Member
They've been bad for like half of a decade now, just subscribe to r/gamedeals or something and you'll find much better deals throughout the year.
Kadayi
Banned
Nice. I see they've implemented a more streamlined approach to buying badge cards now as well. Anyway bought XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion which has been on my list for a while and also The Council which is a sort of Telltale style game but have very good reviews. I dare say I'll be picking up a few more games over the next few days as well.
newtypepilot
Member
anyone having loading errors playing the mini game??
Kadayi
Banned
It does seem erratic.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Well, that’s nice. I saw “Steam Link $2.50” and I thought “awesome, that’s worth a go”. I’ve been meaning to move my PC from the lounge room back to a dedicated room and this’ll let me still play some games from the couch.
Went to purchase. Instead of a “buy now” it has a link to EB Games, who apparently have the Australian exclusive on this product.................at $89.95.
On top of that, only about 10 games from my wishlist are on sale.
Thank you very much Valve.
Went to purchase. Instead of a “buy now” it has a link to EB Games, who apparently have the Australian exclusive on this product.................at $89.95.
On top of that, only about 10 games from my wishlist are on sale.
Thank you very much Valve.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I can't recall a time when there has been less excitement for a Steam Summer sale. There were always leaks, excitement, build up. This year, nothing.
-MD-
Member
Been this way since the sales went to shit 3-4+ years ago.
EB Games occasionally slash the price to something like $20-30, they've done the same with the Steam Controller previously. If they do it again I'll probably pick up both. But yeah it's weird the way they've set it up for us Aussies. They really don't like shipping to here unless it's in BULK.
Publishers set the prices/sales for games, not Valve, so it's not their fault if the games you want aren't on sale.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
You can blame that on refunds. That was the trade off. Since Steam has allowed refunds there have been no more of these "so cheap you have to buy" prices.
-MD-
Member
Yeah, it's unfortunate but plenty of sellers outside of Steam still run great deals so there's that.
nephilimdj
Member
25USD for FFXV prob be my only buy this time, will have to go down to uni on other side of city to download it at 10MB/s, else impossible to download for myself at 80GB or whatever it is.
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Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
I agree. It just added to my woe.
Kadayi
Banned
I wouldn't be surprised if you got one at the end for either capping your level in the minigame or some such
The Bloody-Nine
Member
Divinity Original Sin 2 down to £23.99. Tempting.
DarkestHour
Banned
Fantastic game and there's an "overhaul" coming later this year if you want to buy it and wait to play it until then.
Slimboy Fat
Member
Got FFXV and DOOM. Together they require 155GB of space... madness.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
I really enjoyed the first until I got stuck and had to move on. The only reason I haven't picked the second up already is that I read it was more difficult. The first was my maiden voyage with this type of game and I found the combat tough going.
DarkestHour
Banned
You can set the difficulty to the easiest setting. It makes the game really easy. Heck, that is what I did until my second play through since I was figuring out the mechanics.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
Okay, cool, thanks. I'm in. Is it worth holding off until the overhaul?
LucidFeuer
Banned
shit prices as usual. these are not sales
DarkestHour
Banned
Yeah, I would. There's going to be a lot of changes to the end-game.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
My Steam sale routine:
1. Check wishlist
2. Look for games I have added to my wishlist from 2 years ago. If that game still isn't on sale/good price, I delete it.
3. Look at games 50% or greater discount. Add to shopping cart.
4. Add games that are now under $10, regardless of discount.
5. Add ONE $30 game that recently came out (candidates like Frost Punk, Battletech, Nioh apply here).
6. Tally. Needs to come under $100. Trim the fat otherwise.
7. Don't actually play any of these games until next year's sale, and you forgot you already owned Thumper.
1. Check wishlist
2. Look for games I have added to my wishlist from 2 years ago. If that game still isn't on sale/good price, I delete it.
3. Look at games 50% or greater discount. Add to shopping cart.
4. Add games that are now under $10, regardless of discount.
5. Add ONE $30 game that recently came out (candidates like Frost Punk, Battletech, Nioh apply here).
6. Tally. Needs to come under $100. Trim the fat otherwise.
7. Don't actually play any of these games until next year's sale, and you forgot you already owned Thumper.
Mochilador
Member
Shop till you drop.
I'll be buying some RPG Maker dlc and old games.
I'll be buying some RPG Maker dlc and old games.
TheSadRanger
Banned
It still might be better to buy it now though then wait off for the overhaul, because remember when the first game had it's "enhanced edition" released and it didn't go on sale for as low as it had before for quite some time.
TheSadRanger
Banned
I have DOOM for PS4 but was thinking of getting the PC version because I got a new video card. Is MP and SP still on the same client or can they be downloaded differently now?
GeekyDad
Member
Double dipped on Deathsmiles so I could experience it on a bigger screen, but honestly, I enjoy the way my Cave shooters play better on my iPhone. But at $8, I couldn't pass it up. Wanted DoDonPachi Res too, but it's still too expensive.
As an aside, my iPhone is basically just a Cave-shooter mini arcade now.
As an aside, my iPhone is basically just a Cave-shooter mini arcade now.
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
groups are using cheater scripts on the salien game
CaliggyJack
Member
I just bought Killer is Dead, Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy XV, and Agarest Zero for 40 bucks.
You can't beat that.
You can't beat that.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
Oh, I mean I've already bought it. I'm just wondering whether or not to play through it now, or hold off until the overhaul has been implemented.
Kadayi
Banned
Just a heads up Killer is dead has a weird bug with one of the boss battles IIRC on PC. You might want to employ a frame limiter because otherwise, you won't be able to beat him as the timing relates to the frames per second.