Steam Sales 2012

**Amit** · July 18th, 2012 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Kornman00

SimCity 4 won T_T

I'm pretty surprised by that, but hey, as long as Anno didn't win.

**cheezdue** · July 18th, 2012 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by TeeKup

I tried buying call of pripyat cause it was cheaper, but it wouldn't let me because I didnt have clear skies.

I never played Clear Skies and I was able to play CoP perfectly fine. :o

**Cortexian** · July 18th, 2012 11:53 PM

Skyrim: $30.91

Total: $56.88 CAD

**Warsaw** · July 19th, 2012 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by TeeKup

I tried buying call of pripyat cause it was cheaper, but it wouldn't let me because I didnt have clear skies.

wat. CoP is stand-alone. They don't even use the same version of the X-Ray engine. This makes no sense.

**Kornman00** · July 19th, 2012 09:31 AM

I was hoping Puzzle Agent 2 would win :\

**TeeKup** · July 19th, 2012 03:14 PM

Fallout New Vegas is 75% off at 4.99. If you haven't played it I recommend getting it. I loved everything about New Vegas and the DLC was amazing.

**DarkHalo003** · July 19th, 2012 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by TeeKup

Fallout New Vegas is 75% off at 4.99. If you haven't played it I recommend getting it. I loved everything about New Vegas and the DLC was amazing.

Adding on to that, the Ultimate Edition (which is contains all DLC and Add-Ons) is only $5 more for $9.99. You save about ten dollars worth of add-ons (in the Steam Summer Sale, more if you miss buying the Ultimate Edition now) and DLC. New Vegas is a real good game, but be prepared for looking through forums for ways to optimize it.

**Donut** · July 19th, 2012 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by RedBaron

If I were to buy just one of the STALKER games, which one should I get? Would I miss out on plot stuff if I just skipped the first 2?

no. the games seem kind of mutually exclusive, story wise. actually, clear sky is set as a prequel to shadow of chernobyl. i havent played call of pripiyat yet, but so far clear sky has been an improvement over shadow of chernobyl. lots of cool little new things added. id play them in order, so you can experience the upgrades between SoC and clear sky, otherwise SoC might be a real bitch to play for you.

do not attempt to max it out though, lol. the game is horribly optimized, and ends up being more resource intensive than battlefield 3 when you max it out, despite making zero visual difference. case in point: god rays.

**Warsaw** · July 20th, 2012 03:47 AM

Call of Pripyat is the most refined experience in the series, so if you want just one, get that one. It's also the prettiest.

As for being horribly optimized, it's not that bad. I could max it out at 1280x1024 (no AA though) with a Radeon HD5770 and still get 30-50 fps just fine. The light shafts, aka "god rays" appear only under the right conditions, same as real life. Check it out at sunset or sunrise by peering through the branches of a tree and strafing left and right. Lightning also casts them. It really does add something to the game's fantastic atmosphere.