# Steam summer sale 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135 "2016-06-23T13:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/81 "2016-07-04T01:24:15Z")
About 14 hours left in the sale, so do your last minute shopping. Ended up getting a 4 pack of Verdun and distributing it. If anyone wants to play, contact me. There are bonuses for playing as a squad over time, it’s a very squad/teamwork oriented game in general. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/82 "2016-07-04T04:08:21Z")
[Eldritch](http://store.steampowered.com/app/252630/) is $1.49 for anyone looking for a last minute way to spend money. Fun shooter/stealth game with procedurally generated levels and perma-death. Surprisingly atmospheric for its blocky indie graphics. Stuff I bought: Enemy Front Ghostbusters (I actually owned this but not on Steam so I never remembered it) Melody’s Escape BloodGate Blood & Bacon ICY Vanishing of Ethan Carter Verdun Kholat Between Me & The Night Intake OddPlanet Arkshot Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain LEGO: Jurassic World + DLC How to Survive 2 Not all those were from Steam and a few were gifts but I doubt anyone cares about the gritty details of my game acquisitions. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/83 "2016-07-04T08:21:45Z")
So it’s down to the wire, and according to my self-imposed budget I can make one more large purchase. My choices are either _Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain_, the new \*Doom \* or _Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition_. Any last-moment recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/84 "2016-07-04T09:28:28Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > So it’s down to the wire, and according to my self-imposed budget I can make one more large purchase. My choices are either _Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain_, the new \*Doom \* or _Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition_. Any last-moment recommendations? I don’t know anything about Dying Light. MGSV: The Phantom Pain is probably my favorite “open world” game, or at least a close second to The Witcher 3, but there’s an extremely obviously cut final act that will never be completed and patched in or released as DLC due to Konami sucking. I don’t think you really have to know a lot about MGS to “get it”, but at least playing Ground Zeroes would probably help. I really liked it, even though I never finished it I immensely enjoyed the time I spent with it. It’s very different from most “Open World” games, because it doesn’t use the “travel to arbitrary points on the map and do stuff” model. There are primary missions and side mission (the side missions can get a little samey, though), but I had a ton of fun just running to random outposts and abducting dudes to serve in my army for absolutely no reason. The new Doom is excellent, though my only complaint is that since it’s so easy to generate ammo for your guns, they don’t really have “theme levels”. Every level tends to be a random smattering of every enemy you’ve seen so far, and you pick your favorite gun and blow them up. It gets a bit samey, but is excellent and is probably the best single player FPS in years. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/85 "2016-07-04T10:16:35Z")
Thanks! Seeing as _Witcher 3_ is possibly my favorite game of all time (I’m actually just about to start a third run-through just to play _Blood and Wine_; I don’t \*have \*to start again from the beginning, but I’m going to anyway because I love it so much), any positive comparison is all I need. The lack of an ending bothers me a bit, but at least I know in advance. MGS:FP its is. I’ll pick up \*Doom \*next fall or winter; it’s not as if I’ll finish up my backlog by them. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/86 "2016-07-04T11:05:27Z")
Didn’t get anything that compares with Jophiel’s list. Didn’t get Thea, on Miller’s advice. That’s OK, it’ll drop anyway. Did get several inexpensive games with low hardware requirements. There’s an intermittent fault with my video card and I don’t feel like buying a new one right now, so I looked for stuff that will run on anything. Quite a satisfying sale. Plus I bought a friend Dungeons of the Endless and he likes it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/87 "2016-07-04T13:53:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Thanks! Seeing as _Witcher 3_ is possibly my favorite game of all time (I’m actually just about to start a third run-through just to play _Blood and Wine_; I don’t \*have \*to start again from the beginning, but I’m going to anyway because I love it so much), any positive comparison is all I need. The lack of an ending bothers me a bit, but at least I know in advance. MGS:FP its is. > > I’ll pick up \*Doom \*next fall or winter; it’s not as if I’ll finish up my backlog by them. To be clear, I like TPP and Witcher 3 for very different reasons. The Phantom Pain is much more fun to **play** , and its primary missions are amazing. You can replay them multiply times and take **completely** different approaches and still do well. Its story is nowhere near the level of The Witcher 3, though. Which is a shame because MGS2 and MGS3 have tons of interesting themes and ideas to explore. Quiet is also far, far more juvenile than the surprisingly decently handled glut of cleavage and prostitutes in The Witcher 3. She’s possibly below “The Witcher 1 turned sex into literal collectible cards” on the “juvenile treatment of female characters” scale. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/88 "2016-07-04T13:59:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The lack of an ending bothers me a bit, but at least I know in advance. MGS:FP its is. As I posted earlier, you can get MGS:TPP for about $6 cheaper from [Gameplanet](https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-steam-key--2857-1) and it comes with a free copy of MGS: Ground Zeroes. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/89 "2016-07-04T15:29:01Z")
Oh, just noticed Speedrunners is under 4 bucks. It’s really, really good. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/90 "2016-07-05T10:19:47Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > To be clear, I like TPP and Witcher 3 for very different reasons. The Phantom Pain is much more fun to **play** , and its primary missions are amazing. You can replay them multiply times and take **completely** different approaches and still do well. Its story is nowhere near the level of The Witcher 3, though. Which is a shame because MGS2 and MGS3 have tons of interesting themes and ideas to explore. Quiet is also far, far more juvenile than the surprisingly decently handled glut of cleavage and prostitutes in The Witcher 3. She’s possibly below “The Witcher 1 turned sex into literal collectible cards” on the “juvenile treatment of female characters” scale. Sounds a bit like _Far Cry_ 3 and 4 - inane, deeply problematic story balanced by sublime gameplay. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/91 "2016-07-05T11:55:39Z")
Meant to mention, Steam support actually got back to me on the 3rd in an email. Asked me some tech suggestions with my router and also said to uncheck, then recheck the In-House streaming box in the options on Steam. As soon as I did, the Link found my computer. Told them it was working, then told them they should put that information in the easy steps to try area, before sending people to support. Would have saved me a day, plus frustration. I did finally update my router firmware, so it wasn’t a complete waste. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/92 "2016-07-05T12:36:49Z")
Humble Store is having a “[DRM Freedom](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/drmfreedom/)” sale although most titles also come with Steam keys. Nothing stands out as a must-have for cheaper than it was a few days ago but, if you’re suffering from sale withdrawal, take a look. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135/93 "2016-08-20T04:16:53Z")
[Tales of Zestiria](https://www.bandainamcoentstore.com/product/314242/tales-of-zestiria-steam-key) is $6.79 from Bandi Namco’s store page with coupon code BNE15OFF Regular price is $49.99 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-2016/758135.md?page=4)