Steam Summer Sale: What did you buy?

[Nuvo]

Borderlands 2: Having trouble finding better weapons now that I've got a scoped pistol with homing rounds that explode and burn enemies and a machine gun which has pretty much 100% accuracy and does electricity damage.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution: I had this on one of my consoles a while back, but it's the only PC game in the series I didn't have, and I got The Missing Link to boot.
Looks better on PC even on medium setting (real 1080p!!1).

Mirrors Edge: I figured I'd give it another go after playing the PS3 version.

Bastion: Because it was on sale and I bought it.

I also bought Rogue Legacy about a week before it was on sale, even though the UK price on Steam is higher than on GOG or the dev site, but I don't really regret it as it is a fun game which reminds me of the good old days when games could be fun and psychotically difficult without worrying about spazz handed casuals and graphics whores.

I would have bought Fallout 3 (for the third time) but it has issues with Windows 7 and quad core CPU's apparently, and New Vegas doesn't really interest me much (I had both for the 360).
I nearly bought Final Fantasy VII, but I'd rather leave what fond memories of FF7 I have alone.

All in all, the summer sale is getting a bit stale for me as I already have most of the games I wanted from the daily deals and flash sales.

I also need to save some money for upgrades to my PC.

 

[Zetatrain]

Damn and I thought I bought a lot of games

Games that I bought

Hotline Miami
Anti-chamber
Saints Row The Third (Complete Pack)
Strike Suit Zero (Mega Bundle)
The Legend of Grimrock
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
COD: Black OPs II
Crysis + Warhead DLC
Crysis 2 Maximum edition
Fear 2 + DLC
Borderlands 2 Season pass
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Bioshock Collection
Arma II: Combined Operations
Batman: Arkham Asylum
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Counter Strike: Global Operations

Games that were gifted to me

Borderlands 2
Skyrim (Legendary Edition)
The Walking Dead
Natural Selection 2
Mirror Edge

Spent around $130

 

[Pinkscare]

I'll post my final haul tonight.

I don't think I'll be buying anything else.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

And here I was expecting to only nab three or so games. Curse you Steam! Curse you for sucking away my money like you always do...

Anywho, I Bought:

-Rise of the Triad [small](wasn't on sale, I just really am anticipating this since I loved the original and the remake looks flippin' amazing)[/small]
-Bioshock: Infinite
-Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition
-Mini Motor Racing EVO
-System Shock 2
-Rising Storm
-The Walking Dead
-Euro Truck Simulator 2
-Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
-Civilization IV
-NIGHTS Into Dreams
-Kerbal Space Program
-Borderlands 2: Gunzerker Dapper Gent Pack
-Borderlands 2: Ultimate Vault Hunters Upgrade Pack
-Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

And I Was Gifted:

-Stealth Bastard Deluxe
-Fez

 

[bluepotatosack]

Really not a whole lot this time around.

Rogue Legacy (crazy addicting)
Endless Space
The Cave

That's it for me this year! Either I'm getting better at resisting sales, or I already own too many games.

 

[Shuu]

Hitman Absolution (big dissapointment)
Far Cry 3 (I dig it)
Skyrim: Legendary Edition (Haven't started, but I expect to like it)
Hotline Miami (good fun)
Some Human Revolution DLC (I love Human Revolution;D)
Gunpoint (Short, but oh so sweet. Love a good stealth game)
Chiverly: Medieval Warfare (good fun)
Walking Dead (haven't played it yet)
Bastion (haven't played it yet)

All up, I spent about $90 instead of $190, and yes, I bought some things that I probably wouldn't have got around to buying otherwise, so I win and the publishers win.
Living in Australia, I live by a strict code of refusing to pay a cent over $60 for a physical retail AAA game, and not a cent more than $40 for a digital copy.
From now on, I think I'll just save up all year round, and when the summer sales hit, I'll just buy EVERYTHING!

 

[VonKlaw]

Final Haul (Unless SS4AE is in the last Flash Sale):

Fallout NV: UE Upgrade
Fallout Collection
FTL
Just Cause + 2
Legend of Grimrock
Little Inferno
Risen
Civ 4 Complete
Terraria (SO ADDICTING DAMNIT)
Torchlight 2
The Witcher: EE

Waiting for the inevitable larger discounts during the Winter Sale for the other stuff I wanted.

 

[babinro]

Having skipped out on the last several Steam sale events I was able to save some extra money and splurge on this one.
- Tomb Raider Franchise (Mainly just for Tomb Raider but maybe I'll get hooked on the series and enjoy some of the older ones as well)

- Max Payne Franchise (Bought on a whim, I've never played this series or had hype for it. Simply saw the sale, watched the video reviews for number 2 and 3 and felt the single player campaigns might be fun. Max Payne 3 is a 30gb download...seems unbelievable for a 10-12 hour game!)

- Bastion (I may never play this game. Got it primarily for the soundtrack. In the meantime Diablo 3 will likely fill this genre's gap for a few more years)

- Dust: An Elysian Tail (I'm psyched to try this game out! Looks fun and awesome. Reminds me of Tales of Symphonia!)

- Mark of the Ninja (I've yet to enjoy any AAA stealth game...figured I'd try this one out based on price and praise)

- Worms Revolution (I loved Scorched Earth growing up and so I've always wanted to try out a worms game. Getting one for under $3.00 seemed acceptable even if I don't end up playing it for a couple years)

- Black Ops 2 (I'm one of those few people that play COD for the single player campaign ONLY. I've read that BLOPS2 has the best single player campaign experience to date so it was just a matter of waiting for a price drop. I'm psyched to play this but Dust: An Elysian Tail gets priority.)

Note: I really want to buy one or several of the Ys games but none have come up under the major flash sales. I don't know if this game series would even be my thing but it harkens back to SNES Secret of Mana or Recettear when I watch the gameplay so I'm interested. I might just buy one of them off the generic 40% off but we'll see.

 

[JohnnyLLV]

Yeah, so this was my first Steam sale.. i only had a couple of games in my collection before this, and i told myself i would only get at the MOST, 2 to 3 games.. I mean, how much could possibly go on sale?!...

Alan Wake
Alan Wake: American Nightmare
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition
Audiosurf
Bastion
Ben There, Dan That!
The Binding Of Isaac
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition
Dishonored + DLC
Fallout 3 - Game Of The Year Edition
Fallout: New Vegas
Football Manager 2013
Hotline Miami
Left 4 Dead 2 (Twice, one for a friend)
Little Inferno
Portal
Portal 2
Rocksmith (+15 additional songs)
Serious Sam 2 (Twice)
Serious Sam 3 (Twice)
Super Meat Boy
System Shock 2
Time Gentlemen, Please!
The Walking Dead + 400 Days

...Sometimes, having no willpower can be a real *****... =(

*Edit*
Argh, i need help.. just added Borderlands 2 + Season Pass and Rage + DLC.. =(

 

[Thoughtful_Salt]

Hmmmm, let's see here:

Anodyne

GTA Trilogy

Kairo

Kinetic Void

Serious Sam: BFE Edition

Civilization 5: Gold Edition

Skyward Collapse

Starseed Pilgrim

Under The Ocean

All told, the total cost was around 50$ give or take a few dollars...not a bad haul overall if I do say so myself

 

[crono738]

Bioshock Infinite (from greenmangaming, but whatever).
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Starter bundle for Warframe
Simcity 4
Fallout: NV Ultimate
Dust
To the Moon

 

[piinyouri]

Titan Quest, Dungeons of Dredmor, and SPAZ.
Just a tiny bit dissapointed TQ isn't the massive gem everyone made it out to be, but it's still a lot of fun and I enjoy it's under-the-hood mechanics.

 

[Stryc9]

I bought Penny Arcade: Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 because I have the other three and it was incredibly cheap.

That was all I got because I'm pretty well broke until next month, when I get my first paycheck from my new job, which after I pay some expenses and pay off my new monitor and maybe take some spending money, the rest is going right straight towards building a new PC.

Maybe, just maybe, if I'm good I'll have enough cash saved up by tax time to actually buy all the parts in one shot and do gaming good for a change.

 

[Pinkscare]

I have updated my haul. Some of these games I've bought before on other platforms.

I believe this is I'll buy until the Winter Sale. Hotline Miami 2 is the only game I'm really looking forward to.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

Bought Borderlands 2, to play with friends. Receiver and They Bleed Pixels.

Hotline Miami 2 is the only game I'm really looking forward to.

I hear you man.

 

[Pinkscare]

Okay, a lot of you guys need to add me on Steam.

 

[Colt47]

I didn't buy anything. I gave the steam sale mentality a try for the last few seasons and found that most of the games they end up having on sale either feel really similar when played, or are just not worth the time investment. I did buy Dynasty Warriors 8, though that isn't a steam game.

It's starting to feel like the Western AAA game industry only knows how to make three, maybe four, different games, which they endlessly rehash again and again with a different skin every time and charge full price on release for. The ones that I've noted include linear third person over the shoulder action games with minor puzzles and RPG systems (the "adventure" part), Linear first person shooters with science fiction or fantasy elements and minor progression mechanics, multi-player military shooters with optional single player campaign and RPG progression mechanics, and Sports games.

I mean, it's no mystery why people feel like kick starter and indies are the saviors of the western game market: they kind of are! The only companies I can think of that made something different than the above four is Acti-Blizzard with Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 and Bethesda with their various Western RPGs; Skyrim being the most recent. Oh, and Gearbox with Borderlands 2, though I haven't given the Borderland series a shot yet and don't know how it compares to the endless four.

 

[IrenIvy]

Ben There, Dan That!
Time Gentlemen, Please!

If I may inquire, did you watch Total Biscuit's salebox?