Wallet threat level apocalypse 2012

Posted by on July 12, 2012 in Games

Valve’s Steam sale has begun. Read it and weep, then duck and cover, because all those games you didn’t get when they came out are laying siege to your wallet.

This is just the opening salvo in what will be a sustained assault. Looking at today’s deals, I can understand Modern Warfare 3 for thirty bucks. A reasonable deal. But it’s very nearly a crime against humanity to get Shogun 2 and Crusader Kings II for less than $10. The one that confuses me is Ridge Racer Unbounded for $25, situated in the middle of the grid as if to give it credibility by proxy to so many other good deals.

  • http://twitter.com/PrinceJvstin Paul Weimer

    Yeah. Crusader Kings II is on my to-buy list today…

  • Xemu

    BTW I believe the grid is randomized each time rather than in a single specific layout.

  • Wade42

    Incommiiiiinnng!

  • Kin Kong

    Did you know your score for crusader kings 2 is the lowest on metacritic?

  • Pogue Mahone

    Oh god I am so boned – I haven’t played all the games I bought in last year’s sale.

  • Vinraith

    One more reason not to take metacritic seriously. The 7-10 scale really needs to die.

  • Mercanis

    Everyone knows it’s actually a 7-9 scale. No perfect scores because there are no perfect games. That’s the logic, right?

  • Nexume

    Don’t forget about Terraria for $2.49! It’s definitely one of the best games I have played this year. My steam stats say I have played for 90 hours, and I just beat the final boss this week. Now I’m planning on getting a few friends to play through the game in co-op once I get back to school this fall.

  • http://www.facebook.com/andrew.dagley Andrew Dagley

    It should also be said that the great CKII expansion – Sword of Islam – is also on sale for a mere $2.50 if anyone hasn’t got it yet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=682837104 Jason Cross

    You have no excuse not to finally play some Terraria. TOM.

  • D.Z.

    $2.50 Terraria, awesome ! Except that’s the price I paid for it last year and I haven’t touched it yet. Hell, I’m buying PC games left and right while my gaming time is actually spent playing dragon’s dogma. Someday, when the industry has collapsed, I’ll run through that Steam backlog and make a book about it.

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  • Shahab

    So Valve works with publishers to bring you games for about as cheap as you’ll ever get them, in some cases less than $2 (Binding of Isaac), yet STILL you will pirate them?
    I understand wanting to get something for nothing, I really do. I can’t say I have never downloaded a game in my life. But if you really love games, if you really care about the experiences they’ve brought you like I have growing up, then can’t you at least pony up a little money for some great titles a prices as cheap as they come?
    If you don’t have the money, fine. If you’re grandma needs surgery for her debilitating eyeball cancer and the insurance won’t pay for it, fine. But otherwise sack up and buy a damn game.

  • KaoFloppy

    My current Steam meta-game is to match up a wishlist sale item with an unplayed backlog game in the Library, to avoid buying more redundant stuff.
    Buy Saints Row 3? Here’s Just Cause 2.
    Buy Fallout New Vegas? Here’s Fallout 3.
    Buy Batman Arkham City? Here’s…uh…hey I finished Arkham Asylum! oh snap…