FYI, the current Humble Bundle (~4 days remain) is from WB Games and is a fairly decent group of games, including Arkham City and Asylum. (Though they're Windows/Steam only.)

Black Friday deals are generally no better than regular deals through the year. Keep that in mind.

Old sales thread: >>177718

Autumn Sale going on! Perhaps because it's a more minor sale, there's no event going on in parallel with it (like the Steam Summer Sale Trading Cards or last Winter Sale had the Badge)

At this point I think I'm full up on games. My backlog is still huge (and only continues to grow, not shrink) and there are no games that I'm super interested in that I don't already own. However, I do have $6.11 from selling items on the Market, so perhaps something will pique my interest.

If not, it'll get spent on some MvM tickets.

>>183243
>Only ever buy stuff as a daily deal or as a flash sale.
Agreed. In addition, they're still doing the thing where daily deals last 48 hours, so you don't have to get them right away. Finally, remember that the last day they do a "best of", so if you miss a daily sale there's a chance it will come back.

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (diablo esque action RPG) and Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition on sale for $6;

Hm, Bioshock Infinite and Dishonored: GOTY are on sale for about the same price.

Decisions, decisions.

To be honest I'm most interested in Shadow Warrior (50% off at $19.99), but it'll be a while before the price on that drops to that level.

Meanwhile I'm intrigued by Bioshock and Dishonored just to see what they're like.

>>183298

Dishonored is the better game, Bioshock Infinite is the better story.

>>183299
I'd say it gets even closer if you include the Dowd stuff. Dude had some balls.

>>183299
A story that can be watched on youtube or red from a wiki for free.

read

>>183301

That's...nice, but not really germane.

>>183304
I'm saying you don't need to buy it silly.

>>183304
would it be more a Tito or Latoya?

also seeing Assassins Creed III around for cheap, it worth anything or just waiting for IV to drop in the spring?

Strike Suit Zero and Infinity are on sale for $6.79 and $2.37, respectively.

Basically space combat sims like Wing Commander with a little bit of Macross thrown in. The former has a single player campaign, while the latter is a high score chaser.

I got the first one on a GOG sale months ago, finally got to play it yesterday. Definitely worth the money.

>>183299
Decided to get the Dishonored GOTY, since I might as well wait for Bioshock to go GOTY as well.

>>183305

By that logic he may as well just pirate both.

>>183314
Why?
Bioshock Infinite has crazy mediocre gameplay. Watching or reading the story gives you all you really need (though honestly I don't like the story. There are quite a few tenuous plot-holes about characterization and parts of it where taken out of their original context making certain parts seem a little disjointed for my liking). Dishonored is actually fun to play.

Still, 10 bucks isn't a terrible price for it. It's got an interesting setting and pretty visuals.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Metro 2033 are on daily deal sale. Used to be 50% off for both, now Blood Dragon is a 66% ($5.09) and Metro's at 75% ($3.74).

Although oddly the timer seems to indicate that they'll be on sale at that price for the duration of the Autumn sale.

>>183337
>5.09 for blood dragon
>Doesn't require farcry 3
Yes. My money is yours.

Dark Souls, Van Helsing, Blood Dragon, and New Vegas you will be my $30 dream team this weekend.

>>183342
Those are good until Tuesday.
And the Christmas sale will most likely be even more cataclysmic.

>>183348
Yes, I expect Christmas to be far grander sales than this.

Poker Night 1 and 2 are on a flash sale for 99 cents each. 6.5 hours left.

Holy crap! Shadow Warrior's going for $9.99 now.

Now this is what I was waiting for!

Stanley Parable for $9. Probably the only game I would really get, but it's just outside my range...

Natural Selection 2 on flash sale for 2.50
What do?
Worth it?
Any single player?

>>183373
It's alright. And no SP. For that price? Yeah I suppose so.

With only a few hours left in the sale, I picked up what will almost certainly be my only purchases this time around: Shadow Warrior and the Mark of the Ninja DLC. The inevitable Christmas and/or New Year's sale(s) will probably be more viking-themed for me. Might finally get the Skyrim DLCs if they're at least as cheap as they were on one of the daily sales this time, and I'll also be keeping an eye on Volgarr the Viking and War of the Vikings.

That might be the first sale in like three years where I got nothing at all. Guess I'll buy some tickets now...

Hopefully the winter sale will be more abundant.

>>183373
It's good yeah. Check out NS2HD on youtube for some guides and such.

Pull:
Poker Night at the Inventory 2 (x2 one for gift)
Poker Night at the Inventory 1
FarCry 3: Blood Dragon
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (plus DLC)
Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
L.A. Noir (gift)

Total: Around $40
(Forgot to pick up the skullgirls color DLC; but I can grab that and Skyrim for December)

Natural Selection 2 is part of the current Humble Bundle if anyone on the fence hasn't purchased yet.

>play 5 rounds of Poker Night 2
>Ash and Brock always out within the first 10 hands

>>183436
>Decide to try some Poker Night 1
>Fire it up
>Buy-in animation
>crash
>repeat 4 more times
>reboot computer
>still happens
>check forums
>this is a known problem
>no mention of a fix (after 3 years)
>customer support amounts to "lol fuck you thanks for the cash fag"
>Steam page still says that it works with OS 10.5 and up
And then I emailed support asking for a refund for $0.99

Have you upgraded to 10.9 yet?

>>183440
That's the OS I'm using.
Apparently if you're above 10.6.8 you're SOL.

>>183444
You don't happen to have a windows partition then I suppose?

>>183450
I do actually.
However they're still selling it under the guise that it's Mac compatible when it's clearly not and they know about it and haven't bothered to update the page for the game on Steam.

https://twitter.com/Kojima_Hideo/statuses/385323137589444609
Come on Holiday 2013/ early 2014

>>183458
God I wish we could get an update on that.

>>183461
Maybe if we're good we'll get a hint before 2014

Also:
>Poker Night 2
>Brock is terrible at poker, almost always loses before the blind is raised despite being very good in the cartoon
>Ash always bluffs and almost always raises the bet or goes all in, quickly eliminated due to this
>Sam folds so much I think origami is his favorite hobby
>Claptrap is actually pretty good
>Sam and Claptrap always the two remaining characters because of this
>All my games are just those two exchanging the same dialog over and over
>Computer registers my straights as something else at least 2/5 times on average

>>183473
Honestly, I always took it as a game for the more 'beginner' type.
Yknow, for the peeps just buying it for the characters.

>>183499
Yeah, I never took Poker Night to be a "serious" poker series. It's more "We want to get a bunch of different characters to interact, how should we do this" and the answer was poker.

>>183505
They could've just made a bunch of animated shorts instead of a rather 'meh' poker game.

Maybe I've been spoiled by digital markets as of late, but poking around retail stores has turned up hardly any good deals.

>>183511
Animated shorts are more expensive to do than a videogame, I guess?
I mean, I'm pretty sure they thought of that, so there must be some market reason.

>>183545
I think that they chose the medium on purpose. Shorts would probably have to be structured over mostly a single conversation at a time, while a video game allows for dozens of scenes that come out randomly, you know like these characters are actually shooting the shit. Of course, as the comments above show it doesn't always work out that way in practice, but still.

>>183546
Or, it could be that they're a game company that already had previous experience making poker games and not an animation studio.

Seriously guys, it's a pretty straight forward conclusion.

http://store.steampowered.com/
MY WALLET IS READY.

The promotion of this sale is "Snow Globes": http://store.steampowered.com/promotion/snowglobefaq
Crafting badges gets you in-game festive items
>Craft the Snow Globe badge and you’ll receive 1 of the game items below (crafting a foil badge gets you five!) Plus, you’ll get a holiday emoticon and profile background.

http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/download-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/5007269?adtrackingid=cmju029

game fly has it up for Steam Price at the moment.

Plush code makes it a few bucks cheaper.
GFDDEC20

Had another trading-card-related epiphany (that worked this time): in the initial 24 hours or so, the sell price for Sale-related cards was extremely high, topping about 12 hours in then sinking fast until they're about 15 cents, then gradually dropped to 10 by the end of the sale. The same happened this time, as cards are going for 60-80 cents in this initial land-grab; by the end of the sale, they'll be down to the 8-10 cents.

So, I found the cheapest cards I was missing (where overall cost for crafting a badge was less than selling a globe-related card) to craft badges, then sold the globe card. Rinse, repeat. Now, I'm about where I was in wallet funds, but 4 badges richer and three levels higher (passing Lv20, which means increased pack drop rate).

Come Jan 1, I will be getting a gift card for Gamestop, where I will buy a Steam Wallet card. I will then splurge on the now-cheap Globe Cards, craft them, and hope for a rare item drop, which I will proceed to turn around and sell. (Well, assuming they become sellable.)

But...why?

>>184193
So Steam has stopped practically giving Bioshock away and has started just straight-up giving Bioshock away.

>Bought MGR
>No snowglobe cards

My wallet hurts from many smaller purchases

Bah, got the Zelda/XL bundle for 200$ and now it's 160$.

>>184241
least you were able to find it. Sold out everywhere around here.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut went on sale for $4.99.

Only 1:52 hours left on that deal, though.

So I WAS going to use this sale to get 1953 - KGB Unleashed, Puzzle Agent 2, Rogue Trooper and all three Golden Axe games, since these were all on my wishlist for a while and would have used up exactly as much as I had left in my Steam wallert.

I got the first two, but that sale on the DE:HR Director's Cut changed my plans. Now I've bought three games and a couple of the snow globe cards to finish off the collection, but I've still got $2.01 left.

Yup, those Globe prices keep falling. Down to 20c now. Plan BuyAFuckLoadAtTheEnd is still on.

Damn, Brutal Legend at only two bucks. Real tempted to get it even if I already had the game on console. Decisions, decisions...

Boarderlands 2 WAS going for $15 for the game of the year edition, but now it's going for $30

Skyrim Legendary Edition is selling for $20.39 for the next seven hours.

Picked up Boarderlands 2 GotY edition since I learned I can move my 360 save to it.
Also Skyrim Legendary Edition for $20

That said... I have an extra Snowglobe 3 and Snowglobe 8 card. Anyone out there have a 7 or 9 for trade?
Also how do you craft a foil badge?

>>184335
Picked up an extra #10 card from the vote and can't even use the market until the 29th apparently.

Also RPG Maker VX is on sale today for $17.49
Thinking about picking it up, but I'm not sure... No idea how much control you have with characters, models, scripted events, or items without programming.

Decided to get Crusader Knights II Collection on offer, and get all the DLC's that where in offer.
Sadly, there's like 4 or 5 DLC that aren't in discount.

>>184341
CKII DLC is piss-easy to pirate.

>Super Hexagon dev saying it's okay to pirate his game, if $0.30 on Steam is too much

>>184347

If that game had been made in the 80s (and it damn well could have) it'd be ranked among Tetris and Pac Man. It's crazy how times have changed.

>>184347
That is quite possibly one of the snarkiest things I have ever seen.

>>184351
I think he just really wants people to play his game.

So I received Skullgirls as a gift, which I am incredibly grateful for!

...though I completely forgot that the timeframe for downloading Squigly as free DLC ran out over a month ago. Really kicking myself for dragging my feet on buying the game on my own (especially since it was in multiple sales prior), because I don't think I'm going to feel inclined to fork over $5 to get a single extra character. More likely I'll wait for her DLC to go on sale, because paying 1/3 the price of the whole game to add one character's kind of absurd.

But pang of regret brought on by hindsight aside, I am feeling extra warm and fuzzy now this Christmas Eve.

>>184340
More than you might expect.

Hell you can change the game system relatively easy, such as add new element types and the like.

The only hard bit is with models, tiles, and sprites. The starting selection is a bit lacking, but you can get pack online from other makers easy enough.

Left 4 Dead 2 is currently FREE on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

This or something else is completely thrashing their servers, so be patient trying to get it.

I... spent over $100 on games. I got all the games.
I am so fucking broke.
Why... why couldn't I resist like last year? Why? I know I'll never play all these games... why /cog/. Why?

>>184370
You just have been Gaben'd!

The best part is that there is still over a week left of deals, and there WILL be a game or two that you really really want but can't. Better retire entirely from steam until it ends, or you will be haunted by the ghost of christmas yet to come.

Hey, at least you got GOOD games out of it, right? RIGHT?

I've got an extra #3 and 2 #6, looking for any of the other cards.

>>184375
I have an extra #5 (I think), hit me up tonight if you still need it.

I have given more than $400 to Gaben so far between the Steam Sales and the TF2 store sale, and... other steam related stuff. Gaben DID rape my wallet this time. On the other hand, I got extra cash this time, so I will survive.

If you don't mind, I will be here sitting in a corner waiting for the moment to cash out on something; worst case, I get everythig back; best case, lodsamoney.

Also, anyone looking for Elder Scrolls - Oblivion GOTY Deluxe? I forgot I had a copy in my Backpack and bought it twice. Crazy, huh?

Bought the color palette pack for Skullgirls since it was half-off in a flash sale.

Also, while it wasn't strictly through Steam, Humble Store had Volgarr for half-off, which comes with a Steam Key in addition to the DRM-free download.

Sort of half-regretting the purchase, since I found out the game employs a style of jumping mechanic I've loathed vehemently in 2D games ever since I was a kid. You can't change direction while jumping. You choose your direction at the time you jump, and that's what you're stuck with until you land. You can sort of compensate in certain situations by double-jumping in a different direction, but it's no substitute for just being able to control your fucking movements at all times. This has always felt like a clunky, faulty design choice, and the fact that I can't remember the last time I encountered it in a 2D game outside of the NES led me to think that the world had agreed this was just the wrong way to design jumping mechanics.

That particular bugbear aside, it's a solid, though brutal game.

>>184418
Though that is more realistic to actual jumping; don't know of the game, not sure if that's what they were going for, but in real life when you take a running jump you can't do shit until you land.

>>184417
I wouldn't mind that extra copy; I've never played an Elderscrolls game that wasn't vanilla Skyrim on Xbox

>>184422
I know that's how it works in real-life, but from the perspective of a 2D action game, it seriously cramps otherwise responsive controls. Even though it's supposed to be a retro game in the spirit of Ghouls n' Ghosts, it's a terrible design choice. Castlevania is a classic, but I've never heard anyone praise the controls.

I have two extra #1 and an extra #6 Snow Globe; anyone have a spare #2 or #7 up for trade?

Oh, and I STILL have two copies of Portal (not 2) to give away. If you'd like one, just leave your e-mail address and I'll send you a copy.

Anyone know of a a way to just post codes so those that want it can just grab it?

>>184480
I have an extra #2 I can trade for your #1 or #6.
My account finally unlocked for the market and I sold a foil card almost instantly for $2 so I think I can buy a few sets tonight or tomorrow and craft.

Also I have an extra copy of Skullgirls if anyone wanted to trade for it at some point in time.

>>184490
Yosh. I'll be on until about midnight. Hit me up if you're online tonight.

Anyone else getting this problem?

Are...are they mocking us?

>>184552
Steam has been selling applications for over a year now. RPG Maker and the like actually fall into that category. I bought YNAB during the last winter sale because I needed a new financial program.

>>184558
While it is a good program, I think the point was that it is...amusing that they should put a budgeting program at the tail end of a non-stop assault on the wallets of neeeeeeerds everywhere.

>>184561
Oh, heh. Of course, it's not the last day yet, so I think it would have been more taunting if it was tomorrow.

Annnnnd it seems Steam has shit itself. Store is up, but Steam itself is 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

>>184573
It seems Steam is being DDoS'ed by those Derp assholes.

>>184575
I'm going to assume they have nothing better to do.

It's just a way for them to say "look how powerful we are."

>Get a Muri foil card
>Oh nice, I wonder how much this is worth
>It's worth MORE THAN THE GAME I PLAYED TO GET IT

Decided to craft a Holiday Sale badge since I found myself with one of each card. Figured I'd do it for a laugh and maybe get an item for a game I own, or maybe even something rare for a game I don't that I could flip for a little profit. Got the Slime Priest skin for Realm of the Mad god, which I don't really have much intention of owning/playing for the foreseeable future. Ah well.

>>184591
yea I got an uncommon for Ragnarok, meh.

>>184592
I got a common for Ragnarok and an Uncommon for Spiral Knights; both of which are almost a cent now.
I think I'll hold on to them until next year when maybe I can get two cents for each.

Yeah, all of my items are for games I don't play at all. I do own DOTA2 (it was gifted to me), but I've never so much as looked at it in my library.

Since I had a minor windfall during Christmas, I bought some keys (I didn't know that summer crate keys were still being sold by Valve, so I over-payed for them on the market) and then 9ish sets of Globes so I have a Lvl10 badge and a bunch of shit commons. Oh well, got me a few levels.

Caved in and bought Stanley Parable during their "rehash" day, now that my account has the money.

Why doesn't the TF2 store let you buy gift normal Keys? I could buy Robo and Cooler gift keys (to give to a random person on a server I play on) but not the more useful normal ones...