# Hold on to your wallets, Steam summer sale incoming! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541 "2014-06-11T14:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/221 "2014-06-29T05:02:03Z")
Orcs Must Die 2 is on the flash sale right now, and it’s a wonderful tower defense/ first person shooter. Well worth four bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/222 "2014-06-29T10:42:13Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > You know you went crazy with the sale when your credit card calls you to make sure there wasn’t any fraud…I think I’ll save the Baldur’s Gate remake for the winter sale… Mine appears to know me by now. :eek: And I started this time with the GOG sale… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/223 "2014-06-29T14:22:44Z")
Is anyone else unable to vote for the next community choice? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/224 "2014-06-29T14:24:04Z")
Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/225 "2014-06-29T15:18:00Z")
Likewise. I assumed it was because the sale is ending today, but was mistaken; it doesn’t end until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/226 "2014-06-29T15:23:36Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/227 "2014-06-29T15:26:54Z")
The last day is just a return of the best selling sales I think, so no flash/community voted sales any more. If you’ve been eyeballing something you might want to buy I’d get it now before the last day starts. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/228 "2014-06-29T16:14:31Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > _Banished_ is excellent. It can be tricky at first before you get the hang of things, but it’s far from impossibly difficult. Wow, thanks for the recommendation. I picked it up at $10, did the typical install and quick test. . . 9 hours later realized I hadn’t even eaten. There is a lot to like about this city builder. I feel like some fans of the genre set out to make one without all the silly crap and limitations that other city buildes have. Looks like it could be a bit limited in the long run but it’s definitely worth $10. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/229 "2014-06-29T16:42:03Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > Wow, thanks for the recommendation. I picked it up at $10, did the typical install and quick test. . . 9 hours later realized I hadn’t even eaten. > > There is a lot to like about this city builder. I feel like some fans of the genre set out to make one without all the silly crap and limitations that other city buildes have. Looks like it could be a bit limited in the long run but it’s definitely worth $10. If by “some fans of the genre” you mean “one dude”, then yes. [Banished (video game) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banished_(video_game)) What do you mean when you say “all the silly crap and limitations”? I am genuinely curious, not argumentative. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/230 "2014-06-29T17:26:24Z")
Is Saints Row 4 worth it at 10$? How about Saints Row 4 with all the DLCs for 20$? ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/231 "2014-06-29T17:45:38Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > If by “some fans of the genre” you mean “one dude”, then yes. [Banished (video game) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banished_(video_game)) > > What do you mean when you say “all the silly crap and limitations”? I am genuinely curious, not argumentative. Having levels with specific objectives, having to do things for some king/emperor/mayor that you aren’t interested in doing. Having a limited number of building types and options until leveling up or progressing in the game, formulaic city services that have no real world analogue, etc. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/232 "2014-06-29T18:55:52Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Is Saints Row 4 worth it at 10$? How about Saints Row 4 with all the DLCs for 20$? I think the base game is worth it. I haven’t played any DLC. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/233 "2014-06-29T20:00:24Z")
Really loving Transformers War for Cybertron. It is not based on the movies. It looks like it is based on the glimpses we have seen in the cartoons of what Cybertron was like when the War started. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/234 "2014-06-30T02:23:47Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Is Saints Row 4 worth it at 10$? How about Saints Row 4 with all the DLCs for 20$? If you liked Saints Row 2 and Saints Row the Third then you should like SR4. If you’ve never played them then I’d recommend you play those first since SR4 is sort of a cap on the series\* and has many callbacks to those games. You could probably get by without having played SR2 but I think you’d really want to have played SRTT. Most Saints Row DLC is cosmetic so it’s hard to recommend it unless you really want to dress up as a [silly thing] or shoot a gun that looks like [other silly thing]. I only played the Christmas DLC which was amusing but maybe an hour or so long. Never played Enter the Dominatrix but I understand it’s the weaker of the two. There’s a “Complete” edition of Saints Row 4 coming out in a week or so, so you could also always wait for the winter sales and probably get THAT one for $10 or $12 instead. \*I don’t know that they’ll never make another Saints Row game again since it’s a signature franchise for them but SR4 really did feel like an end to the story and I’d expect SR5 to be a reboot of sorts if it’s ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/235 "2014-06-30T06:35:38Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > …I’d expect SR5 to be a reboot of sorts if it’s ever made. I hope so. In many ways, Saints Row 2 was the best game in the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/236 "2014-06-30T09:10:53Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > Having levels with specific objectives, having to do things for some king/emperor/mayor that you aren’t interested in doing. Having a limited number of building types and options until leveling up or progressing in the game, formulaic city services that have no real world analogue, etc. Something I think is interesting is the Dwarf Fortress style lack of scenarios, campaigns, and victory conditions. The only road marks are the achievements, which are in themselves unusual in that there are relatively few of them, and none are super easy to get. I played about 10 hours before I got a couple (“Healthy” and “Smiles All Round”). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/237 "2014-06-30T11:24:14Z")
So, now that this magical season is about to end, any final recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/238 "2014-06-30T11:45:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > So, now that this magical season is about to end, any final recommendations? What genres do you like? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/239 "2014-06-30T12:14:42Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > What genres do you like? Pretty much anything. Here’s what I have from the stuff on Steam’s front page right now: Skyrim Bioshock Infinite The Lego Movie Game Fallout New Vegas Far Cry 3\* Civilization V Borderlands 2 Dishonored Assassin’s Creed IV The Witcher 2 Saint’s Row IV\* Tomb Raider\* Rome II Terraria - Haven’t played yet - but I loved Saint’s Row III The only one of the above games I’ve played that I didn’t like was Witcher 2, and that only because of the horribly mistranslated dialog. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/240 "2014-06-30T12:27:35Z")
We’ve got quite a bit of overlap but of the ones I’ve played and you haven’t, I’d recommend Kerbal Space Program and XCOM, and would not recommend State of Decay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541.md?page=13)