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Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/8/2015 7:20:13 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/8/2015 7:55:14 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/8/2015 11:27:15 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/9/2015 7:59:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sadly I think I already got the good stuff. My steam purchases have been getting less and less on each one of these sales.

I think it's funny that out of the 150 games I've bought from them only 28 are still installed. Goes to show not every sale is a bargain.

Why is the expansion Shogun 2 Sword of the Samurai still $9.99 or thereabouts? I've been waiting on it for seems like years. It's funny how many other Total War games have fallen to the $4.99 price or on humble bundle.

EU:IV is another I'll be looking for to drop way down in price. I like CKII and EU:ROME the most.

Of course you all know Gamersgate has already been having a big sale?

Matrixgames/Slitherine should have a Christmas in July sale.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/9/2015 10:26:23 PM   
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Sadly I think I already got the good stuff. My steam purchases have been getting less and less on each one of these sales.

I think it's funny that out of the 150 games I've bought from them only 28 are still installed. Goes to show not every sale is a bargain.

Why is the expansion Shogun 2 Sword of the Samurai still $9.99 or thereabouts? I've been waiting on it for seems like years. It's funny how many other Total War games have fallen to the $4.99 price or on humble bundle.

EU:IV is another I'll be looking for to drop way down in price. I like CKII and EU:ROME the most.

Of course you all know Gamersgate has already been having a big sale?

Matrixgames/Slitherine should have a Christmas in July sale.



It's like all the Assassin's Creed titles go on sale except the very first one.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/9/2015 11:02:44 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 3:01:35 AM   
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Is it safe to assume with the much greater involvement of Matrix with Steam, that they will run their own sale concurrent with the Steam summer sale, just like the winter one?


Matrixgames/Slitherine have never done anything exactly like the other sites do.
Hence the pricing threads all the time.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 5:59:05 PM   
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Is it safe to assume with the much greater involvement of Matrix with Steam, that they will run their own sale concurrent with the Steam summer sale, just like the winter one?


It certainly looks that way, it would be a win-win!

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 6:44:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have more games on my Steam account than I know what to do with...but I'm sure I'll find something in there that I want. It's always a good chance to pick up DLC for Paradox games and the like. Then there are always those bundles with like 30+ games for $15-20 and I can't help myself but pick one up every now and then.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 10:27:31 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 10:31:33 PM   
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They have no wargames and no puzzles.


So, no interest for me




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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 11:10:51 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/10/2015 11:32:45 PM   
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I have exactly one Steam game.*

They have no wargames and no puzzles.


So, no interest for me




* Arma3






Yeah, Steam is a bit limited on war games (though that is changing.) But it lacks puzzle games? A quick search of Steam with games from the puzzle genre showed over 650. I think I must have close to a 100 alone from one charity bundle or other. :)

I mean, in all honesty, Steam is the driving force behind so many of the great indie puzzle games that came out over the last several years.

I feel dirty for defending Steam, but sometime you gotta... :)

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 4:10:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Steam summer sale starts early it would seem. Look what I found.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/

Been waiting a long time for this deal.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 5:03:32 AM   
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Steam summer sale starts early it would seem. Look what I found.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/

Been waiting a long time for this deal.



They did that to coincide with the new expansion that was released.
I am all caught up now except for El Dorado now and the new one.

El Dorado is 25% off but I don't think I want to pull the trigger yet.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 6:01:34 AM   
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I have exactly one Steam game.*

They have no wargames and no puzzles.


So, no interest for me




* Arma3







Ironically, I am looking to get into puzzle games myself, and Steam appears to have some good ones (and that's about all Steam has that interests me currently lol). Any recommendations? I am currently looking at Infinifactory and SpaceChem.

Cheers!

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 8:57:13 AM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 10:25:45 AM   
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Steam summer sale starts early it would seem. Look what I found.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/

Been waiting a long time for this deal.



Paradox have stumbled on the perfect model for making money out of strategy games and every wargame dev should be staring at it hard. Don't spend 5-10 years making the 'perfect' game (that turns out to be anything but because your code base is now a decade old and behind best practice). Make a game in two years, and then just provide a steady stream of updates and content for it with discounts for age that let people pay what they want.

Lordz got it right with Panzer Corps and their follow up games, I find it really sad that the guys behind Flashpoint Campaigns and CMANO haven't done the same thing.

PS. If you want to do some research, go to steamcharts.com and look up the monthly player ratings for Panzer Corps and then Order of Battle: Pacific. Customer loyalty is a thing. Now look at the player ratings for CMANO. Do some napkin maths and see which dev is making money.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 11:23:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have no problem paying full price for titles like WITW or WITE, especially as DLCs only provide this much content in a grand strategy game.

I felt the initial prices for Panzer Corps and OOB were fair (OOB could have been €5 less, but oh well) and happily paid for all the DLCs and expansion packs that followed with PC, as those provided a great amount of additional gaming time. It was a fair model.

The same goes for Paradox. Think of their games what you want, I was not sure about CK2, the game everyone was raving about so much, so I waited until it was like €7 oder €9. Bought it. Enjoyed it a lot. Bought several expansion packs for €30 total.

Combat Mission is a game I love as well. But I don't agree with paying full price for every small installment when I had CM: Barbarossa to Berlin, still my favourit, covering the entire Eastern Front. It was the last one I have bought.

Which one is CMANO? Afghanistan?

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 4:22:30 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Joe 98

I have exactly one Steam game.*

They have no wargames and no puzzles.


So, no interest for me




* Arma3







Ironically, I am looking to get into puzzle games myself, and Steam appears to have some good ones (and that's about all Steam has that interests me currently lol). Any recommendations? I am currently looking at Infinifactory and SpaceChem.

Cheers!


SpaceChem is great, if extremely hard (in a good way.) The designers next game Ironclad Tactics looks very solid as well from a quick play--- it's in my back log. English Country Tunes is another one that has grabbed me, and I'll second that recommendation for Tidalis--- it's great.

In general, keep an eye on the Indie Gala and Bundle Stars pages--- they very frequently have bundles with puzzle games in so you can build up a big library quickly for pennies.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 4:23:30 PM   
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I have no problem paying full price for titles like WITW or WITE, especially as DLCs only provide this much content in a grand strategy game.

I felt the initial prices for Panzer Corps and OOB were fair (OOB could have been €5 less, but oh well) and happily paid for all the DLCs and expansion packs that followed with PC, as those provided a great amount of additional gaming time. It was a fair model.

The same goes for Paradox. Think of their games what you want, I was not sure about CK2, the game everyone was raving about so much, so I waited until it was like €7 oder €9. Bought it. Enjoyed it a lot. Bought several expansion packs for €30 total.

Combat Mission is a game I love as well. But I don't agree with paying full price for every small installment when I had CM: Barbarossa to Berlin, still my favourit, covering the entire Eastern Front. It was the last one I have bought.

Which one is CMANO? Afghanistan?


I'm like you when it comes to the new CMx2 games and modules. I just bought one and that was the Italian campaign because I wanted more than just the Germans to fight. It's ok but you play more of a "are they there or are they" than you did in the original and in the original you get to see more of the action instead of just red tracers in the sky flying everywhere.

I guess I just don't like the new spotting system. I enjoyed the borg spotting of the original and always will I guess. Plus, when you bought a theater in the original you got the "whole" theater not just pieces of it and then modules of the rest of it for $35 or more.

I figured it up one time and if they make all the theaters and modules they talk about over there it will be upwards of $600 for the whole thing. I'm not payin that for any game or series. Well, maybe Norbsoft's if he makes an Ancients series.
He makes the best tactical strategy game of them all imho. Never enjoyed any so much as his and his AI.

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 5:38:03 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 8:58:59 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/11/2015 11:17:35 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 12:55:55 AM   
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Admit I did pick up EUIV Art of War for $5. But like many of you, already have all the "better" games.

Have fun!

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 1:14:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm curious too--- will there be more Matrix flash sales after Pandora? I already grabbed the game I knew I would buy (CW2), but there are a couple I'm borderline on purchasing, but would buy if Steam did their flashing lights and count-down clock thing. I know, I'm easy. But really Steam does makes these sales surprisingly fun, said as someone who constantly clicked on a robot icon today doing damage to unlock future discounts tomorrow...

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 8:40:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I picked up Graviteam Tactics and some of the DLC for it on day 1 of the sale. Looks like an interesting game, Ukrainian I believe. Most of the DLC is East Front based (and that's good) but they have an interesting DLC "Shield of the Prophet" that I'm looking forward to playing.

From the steam page:

In the "Shield of the Prophet" DLC, you can become an active participant in the alternative history of the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan in 1979.

The premise is as follows:
Iran's leadership is beginning to develop a plan of "exporting the Islamic revolution" in Afghanistan.
Taking advantage of the weakness of the central government of Afghanistan and the favorable geopolitical situation, in June 1979, Iran began a full-scale military invasion into the border provinces of Afghanistan.

In response, the Soviet Union began mobilizing the armed forces in Afghanistan, in order to prevent the overthrow of the pro-Soviet government in Afghanistan.

The war begins between Iran and the Soviet Union for the control of Afghanistan ...

I also picked up Homeworld Remastered - for under £10 it seemed like too good of a bargain.

Cheers,

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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 1:47:56 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 2:47:45 PM   
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RE: Steam Summer Sale is coming this week! - 6/12/2015 2:50:39 PM   
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