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I'm actually curious if anyone really looks forward to Steam Sales anymore? They seem to have gone downhill since they removed flash sales. I don't think I even bought anything from the last few sales. =/

Haha, yeah I get excited for them even though I rarely buy anything directly from Steam.

I mean, I used to love the Steam sales...looked forward to them, would refresh every few hours for the flash sales, would vote on the games they should offer for sale. I liked how dynamic and interactive the sales were, but now you have none of that and the sales aren't even that great. When they changed it up, Steam said it was about making the sale more accessible to everyone so they wouldn't have to keep checking for new sales, but it feels like it was a nod to publishers who think the time for cheap games is over and they should be doing away with deep sales and charging more.

I'm super glad the Steam sale started, because I've been waiting to buy Europa Universalis IV at a discounted rate for months now

Thanks for the news, @Gerrick

I spent like $30 on the summer sale this year, but that was mostly to round out my Sega Genesis collection. For me, that's a lot to spend on a sale, but... well, I don't spend a ton of money anyways.

I actually ended up spending $10 this year:
Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics - $5
Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 - $3
Portal 2 - $2

I was tempted to buy a few Total War games, but that's just too much money with all the DLCs right now.

I'm actually curious if anyone really looks forward to Steam Sales anymore? They seem to have gone downhill since they removed flash sales. I don't think I even bought anything from the last few sales. =/

I do, just not as much as before. Still better than every alternative.
Obviously better to use Steam during a sale than not during a sale.
Nobody is doing what they do. Or at least nobody who matters, Origin being the Bing/Windows Vista/New Coke/Tinkle of PC gaming.
Beats getting $60 New/$55 Used games at Gamestop or another game store... where depending on who you are, they'll "helpfully" ask if you're buying a game for your boyfriend/son/brother even if you remember the NES days......
You could try garage sales or other random people who might sell used games, might get a good deal there. If you're very lucky.

I think they realized that they didn't need to make their sales that good because they don't have any real competition to beat and seem to be well known now. I know my best chance of not paying full price for Civilization 6 is to wait for the next Summer Sale and determine if that's good enough, or if I should wait until the next Steam Summer Sale, there's no hope of getting the full game + all inevitable DLC for 20% the price anywhere else.

Psychonauts is currently free on Humble Bundle for the next 2 days!

Civilization III: Complete is currently free on Humble Bundle for the next 38 hours!

Timing can't be a coincidence... just got a 50% off Civilization 6 Deluxe Edition coupon yesterday, must be distributing those now.

I bought Civ 3 awhile ago as part of the Civ anthology pack, still haven't played it.

Civ III is the only official Civ game that I've ever played.

Also, most games are clones in some way, shape, or form...for years after Dune came out in 1992, RTS games were called Dune clones.

Then beginning in 1995, Command & Conquer and its sequels revolutionized the whole RTS genre.  Does that mean that all of the games that followed are C&C clones. 

Command and Conquer Generals <3 You should all get the bundle! ALL OF YOU! GO GET IT! NOW!

Good idea oh wait I already have it but it stopped working.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/4/16735252/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-world-in-conflict-free-download-uplay-ubisoft

I'm not really a gamer but I thought it courteous to pass this on after seeing it on reddit.

As Crush said on the Discord, CKII is currently free.