Should I buy The Long Dark in the Steam sale or hope that it is included in the December Humble Monthly bundle?
buy it on steam; support the dev; mess around in sandbox; wait for story... :D
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The devs definitely seem worthy of the support. Game looks awesome as it is and I'm sure the story mode can only make it better :)
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i hope so...:D
bought the game on EA release and had fun crawling through a small imaginary adventure by myself... just waiting for the full release now... :3
i want story... :P
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I usually need a good story as well. Fingers crossed :)
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If you are interested in playing TLD now-in the very near future, BUY IT! It is great (and I don't like survival as a genre) and the dev team seems cool. Even if it ends up being in the next Monthly, I'm pretty sure you could get a good trade out of it.
That being said, if you're unsure of when you'd be playing, wait for Christmas sales. There is a strong possibility it will be at least 40 % off and combining that with the extra 10 % off for Monthly subscribers won't leave you that far behind.
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Good advice! It's been on my wishlist for a while now. Was just waiting for a good sale :)
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That Sir/Madam is a good idea! Kind of makes this whole thread irrelevant ;) Though, should I feel guilty about abusing the Steam refund system?
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abuse, not really, no. From what I remember (I might be mistaken) you can select as reason that you found it cheaper when refunding (that is one of the purposes from what I Read somewhere), but as long as it meets the time requirements, there is no reason required, since the process will be pretty much automated anyways.
You could also hope for a bigger discount during the Christmas sale as others suggested, they usually either keep the same discounts in some cases or make it bigger, highly improbable that it will be more expensive during the winter sale.
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OK great, thank you for the advice. Buying it now and refunding it later (if necessary) seems like the best option. I think I'm too impatient to wait for the Christmas sale, but I'll think about it :)
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You never know with Steam sales :) Thanks for the advice.
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Make sure you buy as gift and leave it in your inventory. That way you can be sure you won't accidentally idle it or anything like that.
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So the 2 week limit is only if a game is in your Library and not your Inventory? That is good to know for the future.:)
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It would be great if it's included in the bundle. But, if it's not included, buy it next month on the sale, maybe with a better discount.
If you extremely want to play it at this moment, just buy it then. I would wait this 4 remaining days.
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I remember almost buying Spec Ops The Line at 4 dollars on Nuuvem, 2 months later was 1 dollar on HB Tier 1.
The same with The Banner Saga 1, which could get cheap because HB Monthly (was not subscribed), and many more.
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Yeah, I now. You are right. Games always get cheaper. It's just hard to wait sometimes ;)
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wether is nobler for the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outreagous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of trabouls and by opposing and them? to die, to sleep. no more; and by a sleep we say we end the heartache and thousends of natural shock the flesh is heir to, tis a consumation devotly to be wish'd. to die to sleep, perchance to dream!!
My teacher give me to study by heart...
I couldn't not write it down...
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You can buy on steam and then, if it appears magically in december's humble you can give it back and take back your MONEY!
Good luck then ;)
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Thank you. It does seem like the best option, so I will probably do that :)
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Or you could wait until December reveals and if it is not in the December bundle, then buy it on Steam during the winter sale (Which starts on December 22).
I am guessing that it will probably be the same price it is now during the Autumn sale or maybe even less. (Or maybe it won't be on sale at all... although, I am pretty sure it will be since that is my general experience with both the sales... usually Winter Sale has been better.)
I guess it is kind of a risk, but hey.... it's another option.
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Yeah, definitely worth considering. The only reason I'm eager to buy it now is that it was 40% in the last 2 sales and in this one it's 50%. I know that it could be the same or better at Christmas :)
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The more you wait the more discounts you may have !
To be honest, I would be reluctant to buy a game that has been more than 2 years in Early Access and still not released, despite good reviews.
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That's true, but sometimes you just can't wait ;) I know what you mean about the EA part. I'm usually a bit more reluctant. I just have a good feeling about this one. I could be wrong.
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If you're eager to play it, go for it. If not, just wait a bit till the new bundles is released, there are the winter sales comin up and TLD will probably see the same discount again. I gt it last winter sale for 50% off too, so chances are high.
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It'll be the unlock of January.
Trust me, I have a cat inside HB.
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I suggest... WAIT.
If you hold your subscription... WAIT, if december Humble don't include the "the long dark" you can buy later in CHRISTMAS SALES (less than 1 month)
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The bundle is getting revealed in 4 days or so. Even if the chances of TLD being are low, i'd say wait it out. If it's included in the bundle, all the better. If not, you can just buy it during the christmas sale which can't be that far off either way.
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Hey, you could buy it as a steam gift and store it in your inventory, wait for the december bundle and refund your gift if it gets bundled ;)
The Long Dark is on my wishlist as well, but I'll wait for a bigger discount. I bought way to much lately :S
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I probably bought too much recently as well. My only excuse now is that it's Steam credit that I got for selling cards :)
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Haha. I imagine that the wolves can be pretty scary if you've taken shelter somewhere in the darkness and you hear one approaching! It does look like an awesome game. I'm gonna get it one way or another :)
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They're planning on raising the price a bit when Story Mode is released.
Of course that could be a while off yet.
http://hinterlandgames.com/the-long-dark-story-mode-teaser/
Oh, and the bears are much, much worse. :X
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Good to know, thanks. I don't mind how long it takes, as long as it's awesome :)
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EDIT: Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm gonna buy the game on Steam and add it to my inventory. Then, if by some miracle, it's one of the Humble Monthly unlocks I'll get a refund on Steam.
The GA is still active :)Three bits of background information:
My basic question is: should I buy The Long Dark in the current Steam sale (50% off) or wait to see if it’s included in the Humble Monthly bundle for December? Obviously, by the time the bundle is announced, it won’t be on sale on Steam anymore and I don’t want to buy it at full price.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid because for the last couple of sales it was only reduced by 40%. Have they reduced it by more this time to sell more copies before it gets bundled? ಠ~ಠ
TLDR; just take the game you vultures ;)Comment has been collapsed.