Comments on: The RPS Bargain Bucket

By: LewieP

LewieP — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:43:17 +0000

I got this advice from someone on a forum about getting shitty steam download speeds, not sure if it will work for you, but it is worth a try:

Download TCPview

Then, use TCPview (run as admin if you’re on Vista) to close all Steam TCP servers (this is important, NOT the UDP ones, just the TCP ones). Steam will then reconnect to a different server, which will hopefully get you a better speed. If you don’t go faster in a couple of seconds, retry until you get a speed you like.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:50:06 +0000

pepper: well, I think it’s just the torrent mess Steam uses. It dropped as low as 10.8k/sec and is now back up to… 27.

It’s been downloading for approximately 22 hours now and is 80% complete. And to think I was expecting to play it last night… :P

By: Maniac11919

Maniac11919 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:45:53 +0000

Also, this gravatar thing seems to be failing…

By: Maniac11919

Maniac11919 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:45:16 +0000

Shuckers. I was hoping to pick it up for cheap after all the delightful madness I’ve heard about it…

By: bansama

bansama — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:04:33 +0000

Yes, you missed the sale. It was last week’s game of the week.

GG do both a game of the week deal and a weekend deal.

By: Maniac11919

Maniac11919 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:52:37 +0000

Kings Bounty is showing up for me as USD $29.99 as of today. Did I miss the sale?

By: -Spooky-

-Spooky- — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:55:59 +0000

Heroes of Might and Magic Compl. Edt. *nuff said*

By: pepper

pepper — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:54:17 +0000

Dave, maby a problem on your end? Ive been downloading a few gigs yesterday with a good 600kb/s.

By: H

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:27:07 +0000

Bugger. King’s Legend is now €29.99.

By: Lighthouse

Lighthouse — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:36:02 +0000

Well I can thank RPS for introducing me to King’s Bounty – what an awesome PC game – reminds me of the days of old :)

Secondly one conclusion I have drawn from all the features on weekend sales here and at Blues, is that RETAIL IS DEAD … for me anyway.

Many games are cheaper online than at actual retail stores and if not, I can wait a while for specials to show up.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:54:00 +0000

71KB/s… really Steam, you can do better than that. :/

By: Clovis

Clovis — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:14:43 +0000

I got King’s Bounty about a month ago at EB Games (US) for $15. They had cut the prices on all PC games because in my area (KY), they are no longer going to carry most PC games.

I was really excited because of everything I had read here. The guy working there though did a, “Umm… I just want you to know… before you buy this, that it is HORRIBLE.” He said something about terrible graphics glitches or something. He then repeated that it was HORRIBLE.

So, I bought it and never noticed and graphical glitches or anything else to make it HORRIBLE. I don’t think it is the greatest game ever, but I’ve easily spent 20+ hours on it. The combat is fun, but I did find the story kind of boring. I was expecting that part to be more fun.