# Steam Winter Sale **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746 "2013-12-19T18:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/201 "2014-01-02T03:06:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > By the way, I can not review Fallout 3 for some reason. It says I did not put in more then 5 minutes time. I played it for an eternity this summer. > > What might cause this? I played it offline for about a week because I was going on vacation and didn’t know if I would have internet access. Anyway, I played it online more than enough. Steam’s times are all messed up. For a while it thought I put something like 10000 hours in a game I played maybe once. Launching the game and closing it seems to reset the time to the real number. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/202 "2014-01-02T03:20:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Steam has been down quite a bit tonight due to heavy traffic. I’m downloading a game right now from them and my normal rate is halved as well. The most annoying thing about this is that when it happens, Steam forgets your password. I can remember my other passwords, but this one I only need to enter once a year, so it changes every time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/203 "2014-01-02T03:38:10Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Yeah I’ve been wondering about this. The things that win are things I would have assumed everybody already has. It seems like they’re voting for what they _like_ the best, rather than what they _would like to buy_ the most. If two of the games are things I’m not interested in, and the third is a game I’ve already played and enjoyed, I’ll vote for that one, to give a boost to a product I like. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/204 "2014-01-02T04:28:32Z")
Games that have already been on sale 80 times, including previously in that sale, don’t need votes. People have had plenty of chances to get it. It was up against two other games that have never been discounted to that level, and so instead of getting a chance at those games, we instead got the 81st OMD 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:** [January 2, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/205 "2014-01-02T04:54:31Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Steam’s times are all messed up. For a while it thought I put something like 10000 hours in a game I played maybe once. Launching the game and closing it seems to reset the time to the real number. Ah. It’s uninstalled now. I’m not loading it up just to get the hours right. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/206 "2014-01-02T10:50:34Z")
I didn’t know they made a new Bionic Commando game! I wonder if it’s any good? And I wish the latest Saint’s Row was more deeply discounted-I’m very tempted, since I liked the last so much. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/207 "2014-01-02T11:42:42Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I didn’t know they made a new Bionic Commando game! I wonder if it’s any good? IIRC, the reviews were dreadful. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/208 "2014-01-02T13:58:12Z")
I finally went ahead and finished To The Moon yesterday; I don’t even remember when I bought it, like so many of my Steam games. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they just released a holiday patch/expansion (read the in-Steam forum to find out how to find the file and launch it) that is a short epilogue to the story. The main plot is about two scientists who are with a company that specializes in reading memories and creating new ones - but since the implanted memories would conflict with old ones, the process is done in dying people, to help make their passing happier. Playing as the scientists, you explore the dying man’s house and memories. You learn from his most recent conscious memory that his wish is to go to the moon, but he doesn’t know why he wants that. You also start learning about things like odd behavior from his wife (who died two years prior) and other very strange events. It’s more of a light puzzle game than anything else, very text-heavy, lots of emotional content woven in with a serious mystery. The graphics are old-school 16-bit RPG style. The story was very engaging and very much worthwhile to play. Get this if the explanation interests you at all. It’s on sale for a few bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/209 "2014-01-02T13:58:37Z")
Any buried treasure in this sale? I’m more likely to play sandbox or god games as opposed to FPS. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/210 "2014-01-02T14:37:01Z")
I’ve got one Globe #2 and two Globe #6s, which I’d like to trade for one Globe #1 and one Globe #10. I’ll accept a three-for-two trade, if anyone’s interested. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/211 "2014-01-02T16:22:47Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I didn’t know they made a new Bionic Commando game! I wonder if it’s any good? And I wish the latest Saint’s Row was more deeply discounted-I’m very tempted, since I liked the last so much. The new Bionic commando is one of those rare games that I love but at the same time agree that it’s really bad. The plot is horrible even by video game standards. The game is full annoying invisible walls and is kinda buggy. But the swing mechanic is oh so satisfying. When you get the hang of swinging it’s really fun to whizz through the levels. There’s a really cool level where you have to swing from tower to tower while avoiding sniper fire. I would buy an open world game with the mechanic in a heartbeat. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/212 "2014-01-02T17:45:36Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I finally went ahead and finished To The Moon yesterday; I don’t even remember when I bought it, like so many of my Steam games. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they just released a holiday patch/expansion (read the in-Steam forum to find out how to find the file and launch it) that is a short epilogue to the story. > > The main plot is about two scientists who are with a company that specializes in reading memories and creating new ones - but since the implanted memories would conflict with old ones, the process is done in dying people, to help make their passing happier. Playing as the scientists, you explore the dying man’s house and memories. You learn from his most recent conscious memory that his wish is to go to the moon, but he doesn’t know why he wants that. You also start learning about things like odd behavior from his wife (who died two years prior) and other very strange events. > > It’s more of a light puzzle game than anything else, very text-heavy, lots of emotional content woven in with a serious mystery. The graphics are old-school 16-bit RPG style. The story was very engaging and very much worthwhile to play. Get this if the explanation interests you at all. It’s on sale for a few bucks. [Here is my original thread on the game from when it was released.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632704&highlight=moon) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/213 "2014-01-02T18:37:26Z")
Well, that’s shit. Valve has decided to “protect” the Snow Globe cards in my inventory by not letting me do anything with them until they are deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/214 "2014-01-03T22:15:51Z")
I picked up a bunch of cheapo games. Pickings were a little more slim now that I’ve switched to Mac. I think I picked some good stuff, but holy crap Desktop Dungeons! I’m addicted! I’m not playing anything else! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746/215 "2014-01-03T23:16:59Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > I picked up a bunch of cheapo games. Pickings were a little more slim now that I’ve switched to Mac. I think I picked some good stuff, but holy crap Desktop Dungeons! I’m addicted! I’m not playing anything else! If you care to, you can install Windows in boot camp on your Mac. That’s how I do a lot of my PC gaming these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-winter-sale/676746.md?page=10)