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@H2Oyea: If it's any game you can buy on Steam, I'd say Skyrim at the moment. Much, much better on PC due to mods, file tweaking for better graphics and performance, and PC gets patches first.
Of course Steam has a lot of big games like Portal, Skyrim and Civilization V available for purchase, but some of the smaller gems that no-one has yet mentioned:
Basically, what constitutes a good Steam game to buy depends on what your "Too Low Not to Buy" price threshold is. I have around 200 games, and have paid less than $4 on average for all of them (Package deals will save you a ton). I bought all 3 of the Stalker games for around $7.00. I basically only buy games at the Holiday and Summer sales, and then I just play that backlog until the next sale. I only buy games outside of those sales if there are specific sales on. Never buy games on Steam when they aren't on sale because they will be at some point.
For full price, Skyrim. It's the only game on Steam I've paid full price for. But that's because I know I'll get hundreds of hours out of it.
Edit: Here's a tip, watch for the Humble Bundles that pop up from time to time (they aren't on Steam but people will post about them on here. It's a charity organization). Almost all of the games include Steam keys and you pay what you want for it (always pay over the average because they give you extra stuff). I've got around 30 games for 30 dollars from it, and the games they threw in for paying over the average include Trine, Machinarium, Braid,The Binding of Isaac, and more awesome indie games.
For full price, Skyrim. It's the only game on Steam I've paid full price for. But that's because I know I'll get hundreds of hours out of it.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a full price game on Steam - particularly Skyrim. It's like at least £5 more expensive than buying it on a disc, and the disc attaches to your Steam account anyway... I've only ever bought sale items on Steam, thankfully.
For full price, Skyrim. It's the only game on Steam I've paid full price for. But that's because I know I'll get hundreds of hours out of it.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a full price game on Steam - particularly Skyrim. It's like at least £5 more expensive than buying it on a disc, and the disc attaches to your Steam account anyway... I've only ever bought sale items on Steam, thankfully.
It's actually cheaper here to buy on Steam (due to not having to pay taxes for Steam games since it is technically American and I'm in Canada. Otherwise it's $59.99, same as in store), and I have limited space in my room as is, so I don't really need more packaging I'm never going to look at anyway (I paid $61 with currency exchange versus $67 if I were to buy it in store). I wanted it on launch day so that's why I paid full price (You know, what everybody does if they want a game when it first comes out). Normally I don't buy games when they aren't on sale but this was the exception because I knew I would like it and get my money out of it. It's a perfectly valid reason. No need to be so condescending.
For full price, Skyrim. It's the only game on Steam I've paid full price for. But that's because I know I'll get hundreds of hours out of it.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a full price game on Steam - particularly Skyrim. It's like at least £5 more expensive than buying it on a disc, and the disc attaches to your Steam account anyway... I've only ever bought sale items on Steam, thankfully.
It's actually cheaper here to buy on Steam (due to not having to pay taxes for Steam games since it is technically American and I'm in Canada. Otherwise it's $59.99, same as in store), and I have limited space in my room as is, so I don't really need more packaging I'm never going to look at anyway (I paid $61 with currency exchange versus $67 if I were to buy it in store). I wanted it on launch day so that's why I paid full price (You know, what everybody does if they want a game when it first comes out). Normally I don't buy games when they aren't on sale but this was the exception because I knew I would like it and get my money out of it. It's a perfectly valid reason. No need to be so condescending.
I didn't mean to come across condescending dude, sorry! Also I didn't realise you guys got tax off on Steam - in the UK the games sell at RRP which is set by the publisher, and for a lot of PC games that means £35. In stores you can almost always find one place selling PC games at £30 or even less, like £28 (on launch day, and online which has free delivery - which almost always arrives day 1 - from any good retailer). Also I'm not even a massive fan of Steam anyway, and love my boxes (my net sux), so will choose a box version often even if it won't link with Steam, when the Steam version has achievements etc.
EDIT: Also, Skyrim on disc came with a parchment map. Parchment freaking map! :P
I game pretty much exclusively on Steam nowadays (when I'm not fiddling around with retro and ps1 games and such). I've really enjoyed Titan Quest, Spiral Knights, Dungeon Defenders, Left 4 Dead 2, and Dawn of War II (though DoW2 takes itself a little too seriously for my tastes. too stressful).
Not on Steam. Basically, what constitutes a good Steam game to buy depends on what your "Too Low Not to Buy" price threshold is.
Following this logic, Skyrim, and of course a ton of multitude of other games. The Binding of Issac I bought at full price because for a game I would have difficulty at, they were not asking much. I'm getting better slowly. The Witcher 2 will succumb to this logic also in the next sale. I should suggest to whoever at steam The Suffering was a good game...
I also occasionally buy digital versions (on sale) of games I already have. Thus rounding out my Stalker collection and such. Borderlands goty was going for a song one day soooo..Also the same with the Mass effect franchise.
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