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Posted June 21, 2014
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innerring: Ass Creed Brotherhood deluxe is still 7.49 euro while Revelations Gold is 4.99 euro while it's the newer game ubilol.
But there is not much extras for SP in DE anyway, don't see the reason to pay that much more, also they clearly state with one is better this way :P

Also realized that I made few typos in my 1st post, damn... time to wake up

Anyway, Assassin's Creed 2 or Brotherhood then, 6h to think. :)
Post edited June 21, 2014 by Trid
Posted June 21, 2014
Nice, I can finally get the next ACs.
Thanks Steam!
Posted June 21, 2014
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Rakuru: Or you could just buy some trading cards off of the marketplace and craft badges. I'm not a Steam Marketplace expert, but it seems that many of the normal trading cards go for $0.10 - $0.15 while many of the summer cards are currently going for $0.50, so it may still be worth it.
The cheapest set is (usually) "Counterstrike: Global Offensive" (CS:GO). It's a 5-card set. At the beginning of the sale, the cards could be bought for 4-5 cents apiece, so it cost you 20-25 cents to craft the badge. Which netted you a Summer Sale card that could be sold for about 45 cents at that time (or about four times as much if we you were lucky enough to receive a foil card).

Needless to say, lots of people used that mechanism to create a whole army of level 5 clone accounts, in order to farm even more Summer Sale cards through voting. The ease of that exploit might have been the reason why the minimum level for the voting rewards got raised from 5 to 8.

At the beginning of the sale, there were 45,000 CS:GO cards on the market, currently there are about 18,000. The price of CS:GO cards has jumped to 10 cents now, and the price for Summer Sale cards has dropped, so it's not profitable any more unless you factor in the voting rewards that you can sell.
Post edited June 21, 2014 by Psyringe
Posted June 21, 2014
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innerring: Ass Creed Brotherhood deluxe is still 7.49 euro while Revelations Gold is 4.99 euro while it's the newer game ubilol.
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Trid: But there is not much extras for SP in DE anyway, don't see the reason to pay that much more, also they clearly state with one is better this way :P

Also realized that I made few typos in my 1st post, damn... time to wake up
You are right but that doesn't stop the completionist in me from waiting for the price drop. :P
Actually Brotherhood is like the last game I pirated back in the day and such "dungeons" like the Trajan aqueduct (present in every AC game) gave me that Tomb-Raider-adventuring fix that TR fans need and haven't gotten since Underworld.
Posted June 21, 2014
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MoP: Just a heads-up, Steam (as most other places) has the censored US version. Haven't played it myself, so don't know the differences firsthand, but I've read (here in particular) they include some deleted scenes which add depth and subtitles to all of the comments in the game.

As far as I know, the only place selling the Euro/Uncut (non-physical) version is still the Steam Discussions

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I'm in Europe, which means I have the uncut version. However, as far as I know that is the only version sold on Steam (regardless of region).

If you are elsewhere, and it doesn't say anything on the store page about the game being censored, then I'm fairly certain it's the same version I have here.
Are there any simple checks one can do to see which version you have?
Posted June 21, 2014
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Impaler26: Already posted this in the Gaming deals thread but it belongs here too:

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition - 4.99€ at Steam.

They lowered the base price to 9.99€ so now SimCity 4 is much cheaper on Steam than on GOG.

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I just got a heads up that the base price in the US is apparently still $19.99 while here in germany it's 9.99€ now. Regional Pricing at work as it seems...
Don't buy it for this on Steam. It regularly goes -75% (2.50€/$5)

And yes, one of the rare games us EU get it cheaper :)
Posted June 21, 2014
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Impaler26: Already posted this in the Gaming deals thread but it belongs here too:

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition - 4.99€ at Steam.

They lowered the base price to 9.99€ so now SimCity 4 is much cheaper on Steam than on GOG.

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I just got a heads up that the base price in the US is apparently still $19.99 while here in germany it's 9.99€ now. Regional Pricing at work as it seems...
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Pheace: Don't buy it for this on Steam. It regularly goes -75% (2.50€/$5)

And yes, one of the rare games us EU get it cheaper :)
Thanks for the heads up, that's good to know! :)
Posted June 21, 2014
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AttObl: Hopefully I'll get some card drops when I get back home.
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JMich: Additional info regarding cards.

Steam only cares about the filename of the executable, so if you are going to idle, you can safely replace the game's exe with notepad (remember to rename it first) so when Steam launches the game, notepad opens instead. You are still considered in game, but much less resources used.
I used to Hibernate the process of any game i was idling in Windows but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it in W8.
Post edited June 21, 2014 by Pheace
Posted June 21, 2014
The ongoing vote is for a group with Banished at 50% off!
Posted June 21, 2014
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xenocidic: The ongoing vote is for a group with Banished at 50% off!
Not terribly thrilling since Banished is 50% off on GOG for the last week and until June 30. :)
Posted June 21, 2014
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xenocidic: The ongoing vote is for a group with Banished at 50% off!
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skeletonbow: Not terribly thrilling since Banished is 50% off on GOG for the last week and until June 30. :)
Derp! Damnit:)
Posted June 21, 2014
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MoP: Just a heads-up, Steam (as most other places) has the censored US version. Haven't played it myself, so don't know the differences firsthand, but I've read (here in particular) they include some deleted scenes which add depth and subtitles to all of the comments in the game.

As far as I know, the only place selling the Euro/Uncut (non-physical) version is still the Steam Discussions

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I'm in Europe, which means I have the uncut version. However, as far as I know that is the only version sold on Steam (regardless of region).

If you are elsewhere, and it doesn't say anything on the store page about the game being censored, then I'm fairly certain it's the same version I have here.
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Nirth: Are there any simple checks one can do to see which version you have?
I believe that's incorrect, but something might've changed since then. The subtitles could probably help here - the Uncut version adds subs to all of Phoenix's thoughts and one-liners, so if you notice any comments from the main character without subtitles, it's likely the censored version.
Posted June 21, 2014
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MoP: I believe that's incorrect, but something might've changed since then. The subtitles could probably help here - the Uncut version adds subs to all of Phoenix's thoughts and one-liners, so if you notice any comments from the main character without subtitles, it's likely the censored version.
I just started the game on Steam to see and sadly there were no subtitles so I must have the censored version even if I live in Europe. That's a pity because I hate censorship and actually prefer subtitles so I don't miss anything, trust my eyes more than my ears.
Posted June 21, 2014
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ktchong: I know, but I am hoping that GOG will match the discount. :P

Kinda disappointed that the DLC is not discounted just as much.
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Niggles: GOG doesnt price match. The DLC is fairly recent.
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Punished_Snake: Why every game I want (and I vote for) do'n't win?

Really, Valdis Story, Spelunky, Teslagrad...no one win :l
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Niggles: Everyone knows Steam *kinda* rigs the voting process at times...or so the rumours abound...
This time there isn't the percentage, so if Valve wants manipulate the votes, no one can argue about it.
Posted June 21, 2014
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Nirth: Are there any simple checks one can do to see which version you have?
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MoP: I believe that's incorrect, but something might've changed since then. The subtitles could probably help here - the Uncut version adds subs to all of Phoenix's thoughts and one-liners, so if you notice any comments from the main character without subtitles, it's likely the censored version.
The Steam version is published by Strategy First. As far as I'm aware, SF only sells the cut version, the uncut version that's apparently available from the Adventure Shop has a different publisher.

With regard to what has been cut, one of the devs explains it here. They had to cut two scenes for the US release, neither of which is crucial for the game. I think the issue is a bit blown out of proportion; I played the cut version myself and it didn't detract from my enjoyment in any way. While the reasons for the censorship are definitely worth getting angry about, and while there's definitely a lot wrong with censorship in video games, I'm a bit sad that the censorship debate around those two scenes regularly takes the focus away from the things that this game is actually about.

The biggest issue is probably the lack of subtitles for Phoenix' loud thoughts in the cut version, but the voice acting is so clear that this should only be an issue for players who have trouble understanding spoke English in general.
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