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The Steam Summer Sale Is Over, What Did You Get?

Posted on Monday, July 23 @ 11:28:59 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

After almost two weeks of game sale adrenaline the Steam Summer Sale has come to a close. Award winning games like Portal 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Dead Space 2 were offered for anywhere between 60% to 75% off, and now just about everyone is backlogged till kingdom come. First world problems, right?

I was hoping to pick up Max Payne 3 for less than $29.99 but it never broke past that point, but I did end up with the following:

Alan Wake ($7.49)
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City ($4.99)
L.A. Noire ($4.99)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit ($4.99)
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition ($15.99)

I've already managed to beat Alan Wake, which was a pleasant experience, and I've spent a few hours in the other four. The Witcher 2 is my favorite of the five so far, and I feel bad having missed out on it when it came out over a year ago. I already had the PS3 version of L.A. Noire but I never even got close to beating it, so I figured I'd give the PC version a shot... and chances are I won't beat it either. It's repetitive, but sweet baby Jesus does it look good on High settings.

The sale probably lasted longer than it should have since we saw a few games appear three or more times, but overall it was a fantastic year for cheap Summer games.

So, what did you buy?

Tags: steam, sale, valve

Comments

Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 11:51 am
Civ 3, 4, 5, and all expansions for $40

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 11:52 am
What a nice pickup. That's over 6000 hours of content.

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 7:08 pm
I am quite excited. The only downside is I just moved in with my gf so it's harder than ever to find time to play

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 7:35 pm
You must live on only 4 hours sleep a night, you will be as the darkness, her slumbering breath shall be your alarm to go play your new purchases.

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sg4real
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Trine 1 & 2 7$
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 3$
The Witcher 2 15$
Terraria 3$
Sid Meier's Civ 7$
Saints Row 3 complete package 13$
Payday: The Heist 5$
Max Payne 3 30$
The Longest Journey & Dreamfall. 7$
Just Cause 2 5$
F.E.A.R complete package 10$
Dead Space 2 5$
Crysis 2 complete package 17$

About 130$ :) Thanks to making real cash in D3, it pretty much payed for almost everything!
Make money playing games to buy more games!

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sandineyes
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
The Longest Journey is a great game, good choice. Dreamfall, unfortunately, is kinda ****.

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moretokes
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:03 pm
I beat la noire in 2 days... It is pretty repetive but it's more like an interactive movie

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I love how we both misspelled repetitive.

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Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Got way to many games probably. The highlights were the GTA collection (all the gta games for $12.50), witcher 2 and L.A. Noire.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:28 pm
I picked up the GTA pack last year. TONS AND TONS of content for that price.

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xavier_2000_ie
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
the crisis bundle & got Skyrim for a mate
was hopeing for KOA to go on sale but never happened :(

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:28 pm
It's always so nice when people gift!

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Poker Night At the Inventory (I know I'll never play this, but it was only $2.50.
Terrraria ($2.50)
Thief Pack ($10? I can't remember)
and then GL was nice enough to gift me Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
and Lethean gifted me Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition

WOOT thanks guys!

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Squiggy
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 2:54 pm
You really should play Poker Night at the Inventory. Not even for the poker, but for your opponents. The writing for the characters is hilarious. My favorite bit of dialogue is between Strong Bad and Max, that takes a light jab at Pokemon.

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Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Beyond Good and Evil
The Binding of Isaac
Capsized
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Dear Esther
GTA: Vice City
Just Cause 2
Renegade Ops
Sanctum
Secret of the Magic Crystal
Star Wars: KOTOR
Trine 2
Hard Reset
Legend of Grimrock

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Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:46 pm
I think that is everything.

Regrets:
KOTOR: Resolution is so low it can't be full screen, and that bugs me
Renegade Ops is practically unplayable with a ketboard
GTA: Vice City I already owned, Steam didn't remind me like it usually does.

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Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Any game I bought for myself I would gift to one person on my Steam friends list. I enjoyed that more than getting the games for myself.

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sandineyes
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Prince of Persia (the new one)
Prince of Persia: the sands of time
Max Payne bundle (1 and 2)
Beyond good and evil
galactic civilizations II
Sins of a solar empire: trinity
Double fine bundle
Rage
Fallout: new vegas DLC (the major ones)
The witcher 2
Toy Soldiers

I think the best deal was the Double Fine bundle at 7.50. Psychonauts is probably the best game I've played in years, and Costume Quest is also really entertaining. Haven't gotten far into Stacking yet

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Just Cause 2
Bulletstorm
Shogun 2 dlc
AC
AC2
AC Brotherhood
AC Revelations
all the Fallout NV dlcs
Torchlight

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drathbone
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Can someone gift me a good PC so I can take advantage of all these crazy sales? I bet my comp would have a hard time running half of this stuff.

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zanzibarmcfate
Joined: Oct 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Just Civilization 5 (I believe Game of the Year Edition) for $12.49. Haven't played a computer strategy game since the first Age of Empires, so I don't know what to expect.

I'm on a Mac, and there never seems to be much on Steam for it. (I also only check one or two times a week, so I could be wrong.)

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xDUMPWEEDx
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Left 4 Dead 2 and Serious Sam 3

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Squiggy
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I bought
Dead Space 2 ($4.99)
Sam & Max Complete Pack ($12.something)
Mirror's Edge (4.99)
Ys: The Oath in Felghana (I think 5.99)
GTA: San Andreas ($3.something)
I WANTED to get Strong Bad's Cool Game 4 Attractive People but it was never on big enough of a sale. It was marked down to around $12, and SBCG4AP is only one season, whereas Sam and Max was $12 for three seasons.

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NecroWolf
Joined: Oct 2005

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Arma 2: Combined Ops
Divine Divinity
Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
Just Cause 2
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
Stalker: Call of Pripyat

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Terraria - $2.49
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 - $4.99
From Dust: $3.74
The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut: $2.49
The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition $15.99
Civilazation V: GotY Edition (all DLC except Gods and Kings) $12.49
Alan Wake Franchise (some CE extras and American Nightmare) $9.99
Quantum Conundrum with Season Pass $11.99

$64.17 in total. That might seem like a lot to spend until you realized that that's the cost of one new console game.

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Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Bastion: 3.74
Torchlight: 3.74
Limbo: 2.49
ASSassin's Creed Rebelasians Gold: 16.99
Portal 2: 3.74
The Holy Mackerel: 0.74

I wanted Bioshock 1&2, Fallout New Vegas, Dragon Age: Origins and Splinter Cell: Conviction but I don't have that much spare time.

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gunseedam
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Half life 2,trine 2,endless space,ac:revelations and saints row the third

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Masterwabbit
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Jul 23rd, 2012 at 11:15 pm
What did I get?

Alice: Madness Returns
Assassin's Creed: revelations
Bioshock
Devil May Cry 4
Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Poker Night at the Inventory
Left 4 Dead 2
Turbocross Bundle for Super MNC

A decent number of games, I planned ahead of time what I wanted to grab. Budgeted enough for the games AND a 360 controller for the PC. I'm set until the Winter Sale at least. Next summer sale at most.

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Toddy
Joined: Sep 2011

Posted: Jul 24th, 2012 at 1:49 am
Saints Row: The Third & Season Pass DLC Pack
Tropico 4 Bundle
Batman Arkham City & Robin, Nightwing & Harley Quinn DLC
Trine 2
SpaceChem & DLC

So, very well behaved compared to other sales.

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