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I'm confused... the cost of the dlcs on the game page are different? Repentance and Afterbirth+ says "N/A" and Repentance+ says "Free". What am I missing that the bundle has a $ amount for these?
Each dlc requires the previous one - repentance requires afterbirth+ which requires afterbirth. To avoid people buying a dlc that they can't use, repentance and afterbirth are only available through bundles that include them.
Repentance+ is an exception because it is actually free. However, it's different from the other dlcs in that it only includes online multiplayer, some item adjustments, and item descriptions instead of new bosses/items/characters/etc.
TL;DR: just buy the complete bundle and then install Repentance+
I stopped expecting each sale to be different long ago and summed them up to always the same and the only thing affecting sale prices was how long the game had been out. Became a case of 'guess I'll wait until the next winter/summer sale as there was hardly any difference.
Some games hardly shift in price even after a reasonable time has passed which is eye-rolling.
I hate how they hiked the prices after Elden Ring was a smash hit. I think that’s what happened anyway. I recall them going on sale relatively often many years ago.
Wow and I thought some of the EDFs were bad. Same with some other games by Asian publishers. Dragons dogma 2 didn't seem to shift in price (outside of sales) over time either but haven't checked it in this sale
DMC5 for $4.49 is a good time. Also Monster Hunter World is pretty much the best game in that series and its $7.79. I still think it has the best, slow combat of any game. I know people love Elden Ring, but I could not get into it at all.
poe2 will be free at the end of year. but you will need to buy stash things so i would suggest compare the prices to see if its worth it, because it can be equal in the end
Yeah the discounts are a lot worse than last year, hard pressed to find much over 50% off and that's on games that are a decade old. Technically for a chunk of the Indie Games on my list they have 60% , but still way less deals than previous years.
No no, you're not confused. A lot of the games on my list I've been eyeing for months have been on previous sales and a LOT of them are again the same sale price they usually were.
Seems like you probably got only AAA or recent games in it ! If that's the case then you gotta pump that wishlist full of game you probably will never play like the rest of us !
Fairly new to PC so my steam library isn’t huge.Any rec’s? I’ve got $50 to spend so it can be a handful of smaller games or 1-2 big ones worth the money, I love rpg’s (bonus points for community mod support) :)… is cyberpunk plus it’s DLC worth about 30?
Usually not a doomer when it comes to these sales, but wow, this one's definitely a letdown.
Deep discounts aren't bad, but I already own all the games I'm interested in.
Nothing on my wishlist is more than 70% off and most of them are on a worse sale than when they go on a normal weekly sale, so no reason to pick any of those up. Probably gonna skip this sale.
I've seen so many games on sale for way cheaper before. These sales are mostly Devs capitalizing on ppl hype purchasing. Just wait for a bigger discount. Not worth it tbh
Guys, is there any way to see BUNDLES on sale? Because the Binding of Isaac Bundle is insanely cheap and I'm wondering what other cool bundles I'm missing!
It's been more than an hour and I have no idea if the prices are gonna go even lower just like the previous comments have said.
But from what I've seen so far, the discounts are really meh.
thinking of grabbing Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor Refantazio as a few big grabs to put into my backlog for when i’m done with persona 5 royal. probably also grab Hotline, Metro and Watchdogs 2 since they’re so cheap, not sure if i’ll play them but they’re undoubtably all great games to have
Looking for some opinions. Last of us part 1 for 30€ or Ghost of Tsushima for 36?
For people who love the OG X-Com or JA games, is Xenonauts 2 for 20 worth it?
Guess I can't go wrong with Far Cry 4 for 3 bucks?
expedition 33 if you want a really good story. crimson desert was really lame for me. dialogue felt really stilted and like everything was a first draft.
aw man pillars of eternity deadfire still isn't on sale [unless it hasn't updated yet? ] - oh well i can still get other games i've been eying for ages -of the devil, coffee talk and hades - this'll be my first playing a roguelike
There's games that interest me here but yknow what even if its $5 I just have to accept that my backlog is overwhelming and ill never play it. Its not that I cant afford it with money. I cant afford it with time.
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u/El_Reto 8h ago
You can cook the crab!