PC Bargains

[internetonsetadd]

Gamersgate also has Civ V GOTY at $90 list. Am I missing something? I figured they'd be above inflating prices (to a wildly unrealistic degree) to make a discount look better.

[trjp]

Gamersgate also has Civ V GOTY at $90 list. Am I missing something? I figured they'd be above inflating prices (to a wildly unrealistic degree) to make a discount look better.

Apart from anything else, that's illegal in many countries - in the UK it's illegal to offer an item as 'discounted' without proving you've had it for sale at the higher stated price for a given period beforehand (whether this applies to DD stores is arguable but I see no reason why not).

[Sakkura]

90 dollar list price? That can't be right. Even on launch day the game was 40 euros ( 50$ ) in stores here.


Gamersgate also has Civ V GOTY at $90 list. Am I missing something? I figured they'd be above inflating prices (to a wildly unrealistic degree) to make a discount look better.

Both show €39.95 list here.

[El Cubo]

In Euroland list price for Civ 5 GOTY is €39.95. It wouldn't be the first time Gamersgate has messed up prices.

[Fanbuoy]

Swedish GG has about the equivalent of 39.95 € as well. Probably just the US site that's bonkers.

[XisLoose]

Same here, 89.95$ for both game pre-discount, and i'm not even from the US o_O

[Thermal Ions]

$89.99 is the list price for GOTY edition on Steam here in Australia, although despite retail normally being more expensive than online here I'd be surprised if it can't be picked up cheaper these days at retail.

[internetonsetadd]

The discount code was quite nice, but GMG seems to have wienered the schnitzel on Sleeping Dogs, sending EU keys to NA customers. Could be a Square mistake I suppose. As of now I still don't have a key, not that I was planning to start playing at noon on a Tuesday anyway. I'd say live and learn, but I haven't learned anything. I'll shed a few tears for a nice discount.

Edit: Burp; got the key.

[Colonel J]

If you use GamersGate, and have the 15% IGN discount, it's possible to get Dark Souls for less than $30, as they give 10% blue coins for this preorder and the usual 5% blue coins. It's SteamWorks anyway, and as a bonus, it's currently available in some countries where the Steam version is not.

Yeah if you're in the market for a pre-order then that Gamersgate pre-order bonus + IGN discount is nice if you collect blue coins. For UK Dark Souls is £25.46 paid and 6900 back in blue coins = £3.75 credit

I kind of like GMG for their prices but their customer service had problems lately (http://blog.greenmangaming.com/2012/08/an-update-on-order-not-complete/) with payment processing issues and their support forum has a lot of unhappy people (I had an issue recently myself with payment taken for game I didn't receive due to the page freezing during payment processing and I'm still awaiting refund). Unless GMG's price is really unbeatable and it's a Steamworks or Origin code rather than their downloader, I'll now buy elsewhere if I can.

[johnki]

60% off of Freedom Force vs the Third Reich on GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freedom_force_vs_the_3rd_reich). If you didn't get it in the Gamersgate sale, it's only $2.39 and there's no reason not to pick it up. It's a nice real-time tactical RPG and is oozing with comic book-style charm.

[alms]

GMG is giving away Greed: Black Border and a 20% off anything coupon to go with it.

[Creeping Death]

Just got an email from Ubisoft. Seems the next few days they are doing special £1 daily deals. Tomorrow will be Hawx 2, Friday is From Dust, Sat is Silent Hunter 5, and Sunday will be Driver: SF. Other things will be 75% off too.

Driver and Silent Hunter 5 are absolute steals at that price. Haven't a clue what ubisofts store is like, though.

[Heliocentric]

Just got an email from Ubisoft. Seems the next few days they are doing special £1 daily deals. Tomorrow will be Hawx 2, Friday is From Dust, Sat is Silent Hunter 5, and Sunday will be Driver: SF. Other things will be 75% off too.

Driver and Silent Hunter 5 are absolute steals at that price. Haven't a clue what ubisofts store is like, though.
I will skip SH5 (ZZZzzz... ZZZzzz... ) and HAWX 2(never got far into #1) and Driver:SF (own it) and Dust? Ch-ching, don't mind if I do.

[postinternetsyndrome]

That sounds awesome, especially D:SF. Will have to keep my eyes open.

Are they steamworks? Guessing not...

[Wheelz]

That sounds awesome, especially D:SF. Will have to keep my eyes open.

Are they steamworks? Guessing not...

No I don't think so, I've just bought Hawx 2, and it (suprisingly) only cost me a dollar in my local currency (NZD). Its worth noting, that the download link is only live for a month, after which you'll have to aquire the install files from somewhere else.

[postinternetsyndrome]

That's exactly my problem with buying from random download services (as opposed to steam, gamersgate or the other regulars); actually having access to the game in the future.

[Sketch]

If you've paid for it, download it from wherever the hell you feel like.

[postinternetsyndrome]

Practically speaking, of course I can do that, but I don't really feel like encouraging shitty service like that. Genereally speaking at least. 1 dollar might allow me to look through the fingers this time.

[trjp]

That sounds awesome, especially D:SF. Will have to keep my eyes open.

Are they steamworks? Guessing not...

All those games will be UPlay downloads and some may still have their always-on crap left in them (D:SF doesn't - pretty sure From Dust doesn't - can't speak for the other 2)

[trjp]

If you've paid for it, download it from wherever the hell you feel like.

I applaud this sentiment wholeheartedly - but legally speaking, it's utterly wrong of course.

No matter how right it may sound - I cannot, get away from the feeling that buying something and then faffing about with hacks and cracks and the risk of viruses - Torrents (and the risk they come with) or NZBs or dodgy filesharing services etc. - is a soiling experience I'd rather avoid.

Thus my mantra is

"Buy it - play it - forget about it" If it's still around in a few years I might play it again - but probably not :)

[Wheelz]

To follow up on my previous post, don't buy H.A.W.X. 2, it's crap.

[Revisor]

Just got an email from Ubisoft. Seems the next few days they are doing special £1 daily deals.

When buying anything Ubisoft, don't forget about the latest fiasco with their DRM silently installing backdoors to your computer. (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?5725-Ubisoft-DRM-is-a-security-risk&highlight=ubisoft)

£1 might be too expensive in that regard.

[Heliocentric]

A month rental on the download? Seems I could buy it from steam at Christmas for a fraction more.
Screw you in your spinny logo Ubisoft.

[Giaddon]

No I don't think so, I've just bought Hawx 2, and it (suprisingly) only cost me a dollar in my local currency (NZD). Its worth noting, that the download link is only live for a month, after which you'll have to aquire the install files from somewhere else.

Pretty sure this is wrong -- you should have access to UPlay games from UPlay itself forever (or until Ubisoft goes under or whatever.) I have games that I bought years ago in there.

[Oshada]

Get Games Go has 25% off Sleeping Dogs (http://getgamesgo.com/product/sleeping-dogs-digital-edition), uses Steamworks.

[LTK]

That link no longer exists. This is the correct one (http://getgamesgo.com/product/sleeping-dogs-limited-edition).

[vinraith]

Gamersgate's summer sale rolls on, including $4 for Supreme Commander Gold. If you already own Forged Alliance, is there any reason to bother with the original?

Sniper Elite V2 is cheap on Steam, and says it has co-op. Can anyone comment on what that amounts to?

[Spider Jerusalem]

here's a pretty good overview, vin:

http://www.co-optimus.com/review/1055/sniper-elite-v2-co-op-review.html

[vinraith]

here's a pretty good overview, vin:

http://www.co-optimus.com/review/1055/sniper-elite-v2-co-op-review.html

Thanks! Yeah, pretty much the instant I wrote that it occurred to me I should check co-optimus. It sounds pretty outstanding, actually, from a co-op perspective. I'd still be interested in hearing from other folks that have played it, though.

[Wheelz]

Pretty sure this is wrong -- you should have access to UPlay games from UPlay itself forever (or until Ubisoft goes under or whatever.) I have games that I bought years ago in there.

I think you're right, but to add the game to your Uplay account, from what I can tell, you have to download and install it first. Which means you've only got 30 days to aquire it in order to add it to your account. The Uplay store was very unclear about the whole process.

[arathain]

Vinraith, if you own Forged Alliance I would give the original SupCom a miss. The campaign is nothing special, so it's mostly an earlier, worse version of FA.

[AlexClockwork]

Get Games Go has 25% off Sleeping Dogs (http://getgamesgo.com/product/sleeping-dogs-digital-edition), uses Steamworks.

With the "PCGMR-GREEN-SUMMR" voucher code, it's been cheaper on GMG for a long time. ;-)

[vinraith]

Vinraith, if you own Forged Alliance I would give the original SupCom a miss. The campaign is nothing special, so it's mostly an earlier, worse version of FA.

Thanks, will do.

[AlexClockwork]

here's a pretty good overview, vin:

http://www.co-optimus.com/review/1055/sniper-elite-v2-co-op-review.html

Sounds good... I'm feeling tempted to buy it. ^^

[Raaritsgozilla]

I very much disliked H.A.W.X 1 anyway. Terrible game

[MrTambourineMan]

I got a 75% off coupon on Steam for purchase of Portal2 (valid until August 30th), which I already own, PM me if you want it - first come first served. Cheers.

[AlexClockwork]

I got a 75% off coupon on Steam for purchase of Portal2 (valid until August 30th), which I already own, PM me if you want it - first come first served. Cheers.

I think every Portal2 owner got it. ^^

[Rauten]

The Secret World 50% off on Amazon US, 25$
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-41018ecret-World1-Download/dp/B007VTVKG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345209986&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Secret+World

[Heliocentric]

The Secret World 50% off on Amazon US, 25$
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-41018ecret-World1-Download/dp/B007VTVKG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345209986&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Secret+World

Oh look, going on sale just before a free to play announcement, classy.

[Winged Nazgul]

Oh look, going on sale just before a free to play announcement, classy.

Well, a sale after announcing F2P would be kinda pointless, wouldn't it?

[elephant god]

UT 2k4 is a 5er on GOG at the moment. Is there an occasional old-school RPS gaming club for that old gem?!

[Rauten]

Oh look, going on sale just before a free to play announcement, classy.

Is this standard issue sarcasm, or did they really just make a F2P announcement?

[Giaddon]

There has been no F2P announcement.

[Heliocentric]

Is this standard issue sarcasm, or did they really just make a F2P announcement?

Neither, they announced they are haemoraging players in a financial and generally a sale leads before a free to play announcement.

[Winged Nazgul]

Neither, they announced they are haemoraging players in a financial and generally a sale leads before a free to play announcement.

I think you're confusing hemorrhaging players with not getting enough people to buy as predicted.

[Rauten]

Eh, I've been playing the trial, and to be honest, I too was expecting a F2P announcement not too long in the future...
...until the patcher informed me that due to the high demand found, the ingame real money store (for clothes and whathaveya cosmetic crap) was suffering a lot of downtime because it was getting hammered.

At that point I simply... I have no idea what to think anymore.

[Heliocentric]

Well, yes not enough adoptors from the free trial

[marklar]

lord of the rings: war in the north is 5$ today on gmg, and activates on steam.
www.greenmangaming.com/s/il/en/pc/games/action/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north/?gmgr=qecuzoge (http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/il/en/pc/games/action/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north/?gmgr=qecuzoge)

i highly recommend playing this game in coop, the singleplayer experience isn't all that great
EDIT: also found a voucher code that drops it to 4$, use DERHE-RRDER-RINGE at checkout.

[Sketch]

UT 2k4 is a 5er on GOG at the moment. Is there an occasional old-school RPS gaming club for that old gem?!

I would like to know this also.

[trjp]

lord of the rings: war in the north is 5$ today on gmg, and activates on steam.
www.greenmangaming.com/s/il/en/pc/games/action/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north/?gmgr=qecuzoge (http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/il/en/pc/games/action/the-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north/?gmgr=qecuzoge)

i highly recommend playing this game in coop, the singleplayer experience isn't all that great
EDIT: also found a voucher code that drops it to 4$, use DERHE-RRDER-RINGE at checkout.


Trading in recent freebits got that down to £1.50 here in the UK - hard to say no really :)

[internetonsetadd]

The Secret World 50% off on Amazon US, 25$
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-41018ecret-World1-Download/dp/B007VTVKG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345209986&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Secret+World

The half-off sale hasn't even helped it crack the top ten. It's being outpaced by a couple oldish Sim titles with minor discounts. It has through the end of the weekend, when the sale ends, to get in there before this just gets sad. When it does go F2P I think I'll pick up where I left off during the free weekend simply to pat Funcom on the head and tell them it's going to be okay.

[postinternetsyndrome]

I've never considered the monthly fee subscription model reasonable. I could play a game like this (I tried TSW during the free weekend and it was pretty nice), but the amount you pay for the privilige is just so much higher than for any other game, and I simply can't see how the experience is worth so much more. And then the game also has micros for buying clothes, which seems a bit rich when you already paid full new-game price for the disc AND a monthly fee. They should have launched with a pay once, play forever model plus micros, and I'd have gladly bought the game. As it is now, I'll very likely play it when it goes f2p, but not before then.

[trjp]

I've never considered the monthly fee subscription model reasonable. I could play a game like this (I tried TSW during the free weekend and it was pretty nice), but the amount you pay for the privilige is just so much higher than for any other game

If you don't play MMOs properly - perhaps - but if you do...

I played WoW for about 2 years, on and off - that's about £240 in subscriptions and £90 in game/expansions.

For that £330 I got just over 250 DAYS of entertainment - that's 6000 hours. My normal 'value for money' calculation is 1 hour per pound - wheras each hour of WoW cost me just 18p

No other game could even remotely match that (erm - maybe Fairway Solitaire in Ipad!) but nothing on the PC platform comes even remotely close. I've got a couple of games which cost under £10 and I've played 20-30 hours - but in most cases I get nowhere near that.

Subscription models are fine if you're actually playing the game properly - but I do agree that a subs AND a shop is mildly taking the piss tho...

p.s. when I'm playing an MMO I tend to lose interest in most other games anyway - £330 represents my total spending on games for that period really - that's £165 a year - I'm nowhere near that now, hell I spend £65 on the Steam Summer Sale ALONE!

[Tikey]

For that £330 I got just over 250 DAYS of entertainment - that's 6000 hours. My normal 'value for money' calculation is 1 hour per pound - wheras each hour of WoW cost me just 18p

You played 24hs a day?!

[internetonsetadd]

I've never considered the monthly fee subscription model reasonable. I could play a game like this (I tried TSW during the free weekend and it was pretty nice), but the amount you pay for the privilige is just so much higher than for any other game, and I simply can't see how the experience is worth so much more. And then the game also has micros for buying clothes, which seems a bit rich when you already paid full new-game price for the disc AND a monthly fee. They should have launched with a pay once, play forever model plus micros, and I'd have gladly bought the game. As it is now, I'll very likely play it when it goes f2p, but not before then.

Agreed, guy with similar name.

Back on topic, I see that Gamersgate has the Theatre of War collection for $11.24. Worth noting that Amazon is going to offer what I believe is the entire 1C catalog (66 games) for $15 in the next few weeks.

[trjp]

You played 24hs a day?!

WoW reports 'played days' for each character - totally 250-odd across my various toons. That's spread over somewhere between 25 and 30 months of subscription (counting free months and other stuff) and almost 4 years of real time.

But yes, I played WoW for 250 actual days over around 750=800 days in total - that is 6-8 hours a day - yes. In my defense, I used WoW as a chat client for a long time AND I developed mods which often meant leaving myself logged-in for long periods - but yes, I played it a lot...

There were always people there when I logged-in and still there when I logged-out :)

[Tikey]

oh. I seem to have interpreted your post wrong then. Nothing to see here, move along.

[johnki]

Silent Hunter 5 is a dollar through Uplay today only.

[cowthief skank]

Silent Hunter 5 is a dollar through Uplay today only.

Does it have the DRM which locks part of your game if you lose your connection? Or the DRM which requires your connection to hold or it will quit? Or the DRM which requires online access to start the game? Or the DRM which requires online access to register, but can then be played offline?

[johnki]

Does it have the DRM which locks part of your game if you lose your connection? Or the DRM which requires your connection to hold or it will quit? Or the DRM which requires online access to start the game? Or the DRM which requires online access to register, but can then be played offline?
I'm not sure. I'm using the Uplay client to play it and am online all the time, so personally it doesn't really matter to me, either. I'm not really going to be playing much unless I'm playing multiplayer, so the online only thing doesn't really get in the way.

EDIT3: Nope, opens Uplay. I don't know what the requirements are but it at least has to be run through Uplay. Must have misread which SH got the DRM removed.

[cowthief skank]

I'm not sure. I'm using the Uplay client to play it and am online all the time, so personally it doesn't really matter to me, either. I'm not really going to be playing much unless I'm playing multiplayer, so the online only thing doesn't really get in the way.

EDIT3: Nope, opens Uplay. I don't know what the requirements are but it at least has to be run through Uplay. Must have misread which SH got the DRM removed.

Although I'm online all the time too, just lately my connection has been dropping occasionally - it reconnects promptly, but if the DRM would quit the game or lock me out of features (which is what I believe Anno 2070 does) then I'm not sure I could see the point in me buying it, which is probably a shame...

[johnki]

Although I'm online all the time too, just lately my connection has been dropping occasionally - it reconnects promptly, but if the DRM would quit the game or lock me out of features (which is what I believe Anno 2070 does) then I'm not sure I could see the point in me buying it, which is probably a shame...
I recall hearing that Ubi fixed it so that it has a timer before they shut off features, in the event of the internet messing up.

EDIT: Wikipedia says it's not constant.

EDIT2: I think it's worth mentioning that Uplay has an offline mode.

[cowthief skank]

I recall hearing that Ubi fixed it so that it has a timer before they shut off features, in the event of the internet messing up.

EDIT: Wikipedia says it's not constant.

EDIT2: I think it's worth mentioning that Uplay has an offline mode.

Great thank you. I was aware of Uplay's offline mode, just wanted to make sure that Silent Hunter would not boot me out of my game if the connection dropped. Even for £1 I wouldn't buy it, as it would just piss me off.

[AlexClockwork]

So... Tomorrow The Settlers 7 will be 75% of at Uplay. Worth it? Anyone? (List price is 15€)

[Heliocentric]

So... Tomorrow The Settlers 7 will be 75% of at Uplay. Worth it? Anyone? (List price is 15€)

Its very good, does it still have a working demo still? (yay for drm) but essentially, if you have an affection for settlers 1 &2 you'll like this. If you dont know, its a game of logistics and flow. You need to expand without crashing your economy by overstretching your food supply, all the while facing expanding oppoinents over limited resources. Its clever and very pretty.

[AlexClockwork]

Its very good, does it still have a working demo still? (yay for drm) but essentially, if you have an affection for settlers 1 &2 you'll like this. If you dont know, its a game of logistics and flow. You need to expand without crashing your economy by overstretching your food supply, all the while facing expanding oppoinents over limited resources. Its clever and very pretty.

Seems good, though Metacritic's user score made me doubt (4.9)... I guess I'll give it a try. ^^

[Kiril]

Seems good, though Metacritic's user score made me doubt (4.9)... I guess I'll give it a try. ^^

The metacritic score is because at launch it had the worst of UBIDRM, and people like to rage against things to stroke their ego.

[Giaddon]

Settlers 7 is amazing. One of my favorite strategy games.

[jnx]

Settlers 7 is amazing. One of my favorite strategy games.

I agree with this. Loved it. It made me bow down and break my boycot of UBIdrm.

[trjp]

I know were all bout the digital deal here but this

http://www.shopto.net/pc/PCRI19-ridge-racer-unbounded

is a good deal I think (£5.86 UK monies)

[Heliocentric]

I know were all bout the digital deal here but this

http://www.shopto.net/pc/PCRI19-ridge-racer-unbounded

is a good deal I think (£5.86 UK monies)
nice price shame about the game?

[Tritagonist]

Supreme Commander bundled with Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is the daily Steam deal for just €3,74. I'm quite terrible at this game, but have played it a couple of dozen hours nonetheless. Probably due the nice amount of available sea and air units, a not uncommonly overlooked part of RTS games.

Nicely edited video of the game:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvaHELA_C0o

[Gorzan]

Hell, I didn't want to spend more on games this month, but I also wanted to get me SupCom.
Is there any point to getting the complete pack or should I just pick up Forged Alliance?

[Bobtree]

If you only buy FA, you can't use the original 3 sides in multi/skirmish/etc modes. What you want is to install and play FA on the same GPGnet account as your SupCom key. FA is the superior game, but it needs the original's key too in order to be complete.

[Gorzan]

Hmmm, ok, thanks!

[trjp]

nice price shame about the game?

I enjoyed-the-hell out of it personally - it's Flatout 2 with a sharper edge - I struggle to work-out what people don't like (other than "it's not Ridge Racer" which seems little childish).

[Heliocentric]

I heard it had mad as hell rubber banding.

[trjp]

I heard it had mad as hell rubber banding.

Sounds like the sort of thing people who are crap at a game will use as an excuse for losing a lot :)

I've had races which were utter nailbiters, races which were a stream of glorious overtaking manoevers and games which were frustrating disasters - but when it really gets into it's groove, it offer a fantastic experience (on par with early Burnouts) IMO

I'm not sure what some people expect from AI drivers - do they want a game where the AI simply allows them to make mistakes and keeps out of their way or do they want someone to actually race against?

RRU's AI racers are a mixture of 'mobile chicane' and 'punishment when you crash' - it's a "you start at the back" racer tho, and they've always worked like that surely???

[mrwout]

Should I get Unity of Command at 15 euro from gamersgate? Played the demo and really enjoyed it, but it's still a lot of money for a game like this.

[johnki]

Should I get Unity of Command at 15 euro from gamersgate? Played the demo and really enjoyed it, but it's still a lot of money for a game like this.
It's an indie wargame. The key word being wargame. I don't see it getting cheaper any time soon.

[arathain]

There are plenty of folks in strategy circles who speak very highly of UoC. $15 might be a bargain for what you can get out of it.

[Tritagonist]

Supreme Commander bundled with Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is the daily Steam deal for just €3,74. I'm quite terrible at this game, but have played it a couple of dozen hours nonetheless. Probably due the nice amount of available sea and air units, a not uncommonly overlooked part of RTS games.
The sequal Supreme Commander 2 is also on sale for €3,74 over at GamersGate. It's a bit of a simplification of the first game, but in itself not a bad one.

[johnki]

Driver San Francisco for a dollar/euro/pound on Uplay today.

Forewarning though, I've been waiting an hour and a half and it still hasn't processed my order, nor have I received an order confirmation or the game. I didn't have this issue with the last few games I bought straight from Ubi though, so maybe they're just having a glitch in the system or a high volume of orders.

EDIT: So I don't know why, but it took like 3 hours to get the game in my library.

[postinternetsyndrome]

Bought it and haven't gotten my game either yet. Will give it a couple of hours, but it's not a good first impression of uplay pc.

EDIT: Got it now, the delay was just a couple of minutes. Not too bad, but still disconcerting when uplay doesn't warn about it.

[johnki]

Bought it and haven't gotten my game either yet. Will give it a couple of hours, but it's not a good first impression of uplay pc.
To be fair, I've bought 5 games on the Uplay store now, and that is the only one that had that issue.

[Fanbuoy]

All Serious Sam games (I think) are bundled for $19.99 on Amazon now. Register on Steam.

[johnki]

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-POPFSDCE/prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sands-digital-collector-edition

Forgotten Sands for $2.03 unless they change it soon.

[LTK]

Steam has a daily deal for The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. It's €1 for me, so that probably makes it $1 and £0.70, are my guesses. It's a time-traveling platformer similar to The Adventures of Shuggy, only with a silent film aesthetic, from what I can tell. Be quick about it, there's only five hours left.

Edit: Holy crap this game has terrible performance. It runs at half speed almost 50% of the time. And no, that's not a game mechanic.

[Anthile]

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-POPFSDCE/prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sands-digital-collector-edition

Forgotten Sands for $2.03 unless they change it soon.

Check out if you can get it with blue coins so you can get it for "free".

[tjv]

Steam has a daily deal for The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. It's €1 for me, so that probably makes it $1 and £0.70, are my guesses. It's a time-traveling platformer similar to The Adventures of Shuggy, only with a silent film aesthetic, from what I can tell. Be quick about it, there's only five hours left.

Edit: Holy crap this game has terrible performance. It runs at half speed almost 50% of the time. And no, that's not a game mechanic.

Runs absolutely fine here. Also, it was on a Steam sale few years back for pennies.

[gundato]

Steam has a pre-order of War of the Roses that gives access to the beta and some DLC. I own M&B so that results in a 4-pack where everyone pays $17.95 USD.

Anyone want in? From everything Total Biscuit has shown, it looks to be quite fun

[LTK]

Runs absolutely fine here. Also, it was on a Steam sale few years back for pennies.
You're probably not playing it on a three-year-old gaming laptop. Mine is not the best, but this is the first time I have ever had performance issues when playing a 2D platformer on it.

I noticed it was on sale in February, but this time it's going for even fewer pennies! 75% off instead of 60% off, that is. 6 hours ago, that is.

[johnki]

50% off some old shooters on GOG.com for a few more hours.

[trjp]

You're probably not playing it on a three-year-old gaming laptop. Mine is not the best, but this is the first time I have ever had performance issues when playing a 2D platformer on it.

IIRC it's an XNA title - which basically stands for "runs shit on PCs"

[tjv]

I noticed it was on sale in February, but this time it's going for even fewer pennies! 75% off instead of 60% off, that is. 6 hours ago, that is.

Not that it matters, but it was actually more than that. Think it was 90% off.

[Kingmarzo]

Steam has a pre-order of War of the Roses that gives access to the beta and some DLC. I own M&B so that results in a 4-pack where everyone pays $17.95 USD.

Anyone want in? From everything Total Biscuit has shown, it looks to be quite fun

Does it give you immediate access to the BETA? I've tried looking around but can't find an answer..

[johnki]

Does it give you immediate access to the BETA? I've tried looking around but can't find an answer..
http://store.steampowered.com/app/42160/

The banner says "& Beta Entry" so I'd assume yes.

[kstress71]

$12 off preorders of $40 or more at Newegg:

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/78762/newegg-newegg-coupon-12-off-game-preorders-of-50-tomb-raider-ps3-48-bioshock-infinite-ps3-48-fifa-soccer-13-xbox-48-prey-2-pc-38

I only wish I knew if the PC titles can be activated through Steam.

[Kingmarzo]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42160/

The banner says "& Beta Entry" so I'd assume yes.

But on the Paradox forum it say's access will be given 'shortly' and as people are already playing it I thought it was somewhat vague.

[johnki]

But on the Paradox forum it say's access will be given 'shortly' and as people are already playing it I thought it was somewhat vague.
That might mean that they expected a lot of pre-orders and that it's not an instantaneous process.

Or maybe it means that while pre-orders are open, they're still getting the game fully ready for an open beta for pre-orderers. That's quite the step up from their current beta, I'd imagine.

[Spider Jerusalem]

Anyone want in? From everything Total Biscuit has shown, it looks to be quite fun
don't do it. i've been in the alpha and the beta, and that game is waaaay more than a month away from release.

[Jesus_Phish]

don't do it. i've been in the alpha and the beta, and that game is waaaay more than a month away from release.

Why is this a reason not to do it if he thinks the game looks great?

Even if it is more than a month away, he'll get his beta access to a game he wants to play and then he'll get the game he wants after it?

It's not like it's going to get a better price on steam between now and release

[Spider Jerusalem]

i'm saying that the game is rather shit and i'd reconsider spending money on it.

[Jesus_Phish]

Does it control the same way as M&B does?

[Spider Jerusalem]

Does it control the same way as M&B does?
it likes to think it does, but no. i reckon most m&b vets going to wotr looking for more of the same will be bitterly disappointed.

[Wheelz]

it likes to think it does, but no. i reckon most m&b vets going to wotr looking for more of the same will be bitterly disappointed.

I would urge everyone to take everything Spider says lightly, Because NDA's are for a reason. (Such as keeping people from slagging off the game while its still having issues ironed out in alpha/beta.)

[gundato]

All of Total Biscuit's gameplay videos (and gushing) sounds like "It is the M&B combat system". So that kind of gets me happy. Mostly it looks like there are still a few bugs and none of the leveling or stats system has been worked in.

But Spider, how much more can you tell us? If there isn't an NDA, what are your issues with it? Because i know a LOT of people who would argue M&B is also not fit for a release. Let alone 3 :p

[Wheelz]

Their is an NDA which he's breaking by discussing the game here. (I've also been in the alpha & beta).

Edit: Bargin spotted, Amazon have War of the Roses for $27 ($3 cheaper than steam in my area), And if you bought the pint-sized-paradox pack I think they're giving you an extra $6 off. (I got an email that was talking about me buying mount and blade, but the order number refered to the pint-sized paradox pack, so it might just be a mistake.)

[Spider Jerusalem]

I would urge everyone to take everything Spider says lightly, Because NDA's are for a reason. (Such as keeping people from slagging off the game while its still having issues ironed out in alpha/beta.)
they should take it lightly anyway because it's a person's opinion on the internet (and i'd feel a lot better about that nda defense if this game wasn't coming out in 6 weeks).

as is, it's a grindy unlockfest. the game progressed tremendously from alpha to beta, but the unlock system is the worst of the worst at the moment, with all the useful and/or overpowered abilities at the top (and waaaay at the top). maybe they'll change it, maybe they won't, but at the moment, it takes a very large time investment to be able to play the game with any sort of options open to you.

also if their nda doesn't apply to totalbiscuit giving them good press, i'm going to ignore it as well in the interest of sharing a dissenting opinion.

perhaps that makes me a dick, but given paradox's history (and fatshark's history), i'd caution people who think they're getting a highly polished, fine tuned mp game on release date.


All of Total Biscuit's gameplay videos (and gushing) sounds like "It is the M&B combat system". So that kind of gets me happy. Mostly it looks like there are still a few bugs and none of the leveling or stats system has been worked in.

well, i think totalbiscuit is a bit of a dunce and generally disagree with him on lots of things, but it's nothing like the mount and blade combat system. there are "abilities", like a speed rush, that are just a bit silly (and you end up waiting for cooldowns, which is gross in my opinion), and there's none of the weight that m&b's combat has. they added better hit markers which was helpful, but at the moment, the game is more about what you've unlocked than your skill level.

i fancy myself a decent crpg player (the m&b mod that is, not the genre) and i was able to do fairly well as a level nothing, but eventually you'll run up against two or three lvl 40s or so and they'll just simply have things that you can't counter. even in crpg, as a lvl 1 with a wooden sword, if i could block well enough, i could survive. in wotr (at the moment), even if i perfectly blocked someone for ages, they could just use an ability to stun me and then have their brutal way with me.

it might be what some people want, and what some people like, but as someone who came to wotr looking for an extension of mount and blade, it wasn't there for me. i'm not saying don't buy the game (or maybe i did), but i'm saying there are real problems with it aligning with m&b, and they seem to be fundamental design decisions that are locked in at this point.

[Wheelz]

I understand your complaints, and I have similar thoughts, but my understanding is that the developers will be rebalancing the unlocks shortly. I think it's unrealistic to expect battlefield quality from them (their's only 6 people on the development team), But I'm sure it'll run fine and be balanced on release.

And the amount of progress they made between alpha and beta is what's got me hopeful the game will release ok, if however it gets to a week before release and their still appears to be major issues then I'll feel differently. I can't comment on the difference between Mount and Blade and WoTR, as I havn't played Mount and Blade.

[ColOfNature]

Could we have another thread for the suggesting of games which are still in beta or otherwise not-officially-released, whether or no they desire our money, and keep this thread for the games which have been available for some time but are now cheap?

[LTK]

Daily deal for Spacechem, -75% off. I'd ask "Is there anyone left who hasn't bought this yet?" but I know that most of the times that question gets asked, I can answer "Yes, me." Suffice it to say, this is a good game.

[johnki]

http://www.gamersgate.com/

AirBuccaneers for $4.75 / Loot and Booty edition for $7.25
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine for $7.49
Cryostasis for $2.50
Orcs Must Die for $2.50 / GOTY edition for $3.24

[postinternetsyndrome]

http://www.gamersgate.com/

AirBuccaneers for $4.75 / Loot and Booty edition for $7.25
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine for $7.49
Cryostasis for $2.50
Orcs Must Die for $2.50 / GOTY edition for $3.24

For that price, I'm getting Space Marine. I tried the demo back when and it was moderately enjoyable. Cryostasis is one of those names that keep popping up, what's it about? Is it good?

[Jesus_Phish]

For that price, I'm getting Space Marine. I tried the demo back when and it was moderately enjoyable. Cryostasis is one of those names that keep popping up, what's it about? Is it good?

A word of warning on Space Marine. It's a good game but I and several other uses have had issues with open areas in the game causing the single player mode to slow right down. Many of them report it didn't happen in the demo but it's horribly game breaking in the real thing to the point I'll usually stop playing after it happens too much. My pc ran the demo fine and runs anything I throw at it in high specs fine, but there's something about the open areas in SM that are just horrible.

[Creeping Death]

A word of warning on Space Marine. It's a good game but I and several other uses have had issues with open areas in the game causing the single player mode to slow right down. Many of them report it didn't happen in the demo but it's horribly game breaking in the real thing to the point I'll usually stop playing after it happens too much. My pc ran the demo fine and runs anything I throw at it in high specs fine, but there's something about the open areas in SM that are just horrible.

On the other side of the coin, I played through the game on max settings and didn't encounter a single performance problem. PC games are funny old things :P

[mnemnoch]

Daily deal for Spacechem, -75% off. I'd ask "Is there anyone left who hasn't bought this yet?" but I know that most of the times that question gets asked, I can answer "Yes, me." Suffice it to say, this is a good game.


Spacechem is included in the latest Humble bundle

[trjp]

Spacechem is included in the latest Humble bundle

and I'm STILL not buying it because I still think it's a train-set game with poncy pretentions :)

It's a bit like SpellTower supposedly being 'art' and not a game - sometimes you need to EMBRACE the fun in gaming, not deliberately stamp-it-out.

[postinternetsyndrome]

and I'm STILL not buying it because I still think it's a train-set game with poncy pretentions :)

It's a bit like SpellTower supposedly being 'art' and not a game - sometimes you need to EMBRACE the fun in gaming, not deliberately stamp-it-out.What? What exactly are the poncy pretentions of spacechem? The chemical stuff is just an aesthetic and it doesn't try to hide that. It's more like a programming game, and the creator has openly admitted that a lot of people got the wrong idea because of that. That little misunderstanding aside, it's simply a puzzle game. What part of the game constitutes stamping out the fun and how would you know if you haven't played it?

[LTK]

and I'm STILL not buying it because I still think it's a train-set game with poncy pretentions :)

It's a bit like SpellTower supposedly being 'art' and not a game - sometimes you need to EMBRACE the fun in gaming, not deliberately stamp-it-out.
You are severely deluded if you believe Spacechem is either pretentious or artsy. It also has absolutely no resemblance to a train-set game. We have train simulators for those. Spacechem is unlike any game in existence. It's an unforgivingly difficult, open-ended, algorithm-based puzzle game. If you don't like it because it's difficult and not fun, fine. Just don't go spouting irrational prejudices when you don't know anything about the game.

Yes, sometimes a game should just get out of the way and let you have fun. This is not one of those times.


Spacechem is included in the latest Humble bundle
I can't believe I forgot about that. *headdesk*

[Casimir Effect]

Agreed. Spacechem really isn't a poncy game like, for example, Braid is. The chemisty thing is just to try and provide some context as to what's going on in the puzzles, but it could easily be replaced by something else. Any pretentions can be attributed to the fans who go out and do (admittedly kind of cool) things like showing the game can be used to create a computer. This is just peopel playing in the sandbox mode, whereas the game itself it a really great puzzler where there are often many solutions to each level but only some are half-way efficient and only a few are more efficient than what 95% of people did (the game shows how your solution stacks up to those of other people).

[Heliocentric]

Din's Curse is on steam, i cant wait for the steam forum to light up with what a horrible mess the interface is...

*looks*

All's quiet for now.

[Anthile]

Din's Curse is on steam, i cant wait for the steam forum to light up with what a horrible mess the interface is...

*looks*

All's quiet for now.

Looks like the expansion didn't make it for some reason. Oh well.

[arathain]

Ahh, Din's Curse. I really want to like it more than I do. It's so flippin' close to greatness. If Din's Curse and Torchlight had a child, and the child had the personality of Torchlight and the brains and creativity of DC I'd have a game I could play for years.

[Raaritsgozilla]

Anyone have any opinions on the bitComposer/Viva media bundle (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/16229/) that's 75% off on Steam?

[RobF]

Cargo and Call Of Pripyat are brilliant. The rest, not so much.

[Heliocentric]

Trine 2 £3.00 http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TRINE2/trine-2
Immediately!
LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 £3.40 http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-LEGOHP/lego-harry-potter-years-1-4
Yes!

[Drayk]

I should play Trine 2 soon. Bought it during summer sales.

A friend of mine told me it looks Amazing in 3D.

[Heliocentric]

I should play Trine 2 soon. Bought it during summer sales.

A friend of mine told me it looks Amazing in 3D.
It looks bloody good regardless in all honesty.

[Wheelz]

LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 £3.40 http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-LEGOHP/lego-harry-potter-years-1-4
Yes!

Years ago I played a demo for one of the Lego Star wars games (Episode 1 I think), I really enjoyed it at the time, but I can't remember anything about it. How are the 'Lego' games?

[LutherBlissett]

is that Trackmania United Forever any good?

[johnki]

Anyone have any opinions on the bitComposer/Viva media bundle (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/16229/) that's 75% off on Steam?
Out of those, I've only played Cargo, but it's a really interesting ride. It's really, really weird though.

[Winged Nazgul]

Out of those, I've only played Cargo, but it's a really interesting ride. It's really, really weird though.

What Ice-Pick Lodge game isn't?

[johnki]

What Ice-Pick Lodge game isn't?
Yeah.

It's pretty much about saving the buddies from killing themselves. Not kidding. One of the first things that happens is they start sending themselves through the turbine of your destroyed plane, and these weird gods that are pretty much just masks on a rail are going on about how they left certain parts of their brain out so they commit "suigenocide".

Under the weirdness is a really cool game though. You build vehicles, you complete tasks, all in an open world. It's kind of like a simpler version of Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts. It's also really colorful.

[Kodeen]

GOG has completed the Ultima series, and they're having a promo. 30% off individually, 50% off if you buy the set.

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/ultima_series_promo/

[Anthile]

I would pay good money to have everything related to Ultima 8 and 9 thrown into a volcano.

[eRa]

GOG has completed the Ultima series, and they're having a promo. 30% off individually, 50% off if you buy the set.

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/ultima_series_promo/

Now where is my old Vodoo 3 GPU..

[Tritagonist]

is that Trackmania United Forever any good?

Yes! It has tons of content, a fantastic track editor, is great fun to drive, and since the stadium scenario is free (TMF) it should still have a pretty active multiplayer community.

[Heliocentric]

Years ago I played a demo for one of the Lego Star wars games (Episode 1 I think), I really enjoyed it at the time, but I can't remember anything about it. How are the 'Lego' games?

Most of them are about bashing things and collecting coins, batman added more complicated relationships between characters and harry potter had a better lay out to seamlessly merge hub and level.

They are not hard games as you have unlimited lives, and a coop partner is required to enjoy them at their best potential, but honestly?They are popcorn games, no investment required. I recommend harry and batman, the others (indiana jones and star wars don't meet the same standards)

[kstress71]

How are the 'Lego' games?

I very much enjoy them. They are lighthearted and simple, but fun. Not very challenging, but you're probably not playing this game for challenge. I generally hate collect-a-thon games, but I enjoy going through everything in Lego games because replaying levels with unlimited character selection exposes areas not available at first.

[Heliocentric]

I very much enjoy them. They are lighthearted and simple, but fun. Not very challenging, but you're probably not playing this game for challenge. I generally hate collect-a-thon games, but I enjoy going through everything in Lego games because replaying levels with unlimited character selection exposes areas not available at first.

And things smash very satisfyingly, and its stuffed full of visual humour.

[jyden]

Saw that the Stronghold collection (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-STRCOL/stronghold-collection) is on sale at Gamersgate - The DRM is marked as "Other DRM" and a single review mentions that all the games are DRM free. Does anyone know if there's DRM involved, and if so, what type?

[johnki]

Saw that the Stronghold collection (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-STRCOL/stronghold-collection) is on sale at Gamersgate - The DRM is marked as "Other DRM" and a single review mentions that all the games are DRM free. Does anyone know if there's DRM involved, and if so, what type?
I only got one key when I bought it, and while I haven't had time to download it yet, I'd assume it's a one-time key activation for a single one of the games, or maybe the collection as a whole.

[The JG Man]

Yes! It has tons of content, a fantastic track editor, is great fun to drive, and since the stadium scenario is free (TMF) it should still have a pretty active multiplayer community.

Gonna +1 that. Also, particularly good if you're a fan of time trials and leaderboards. It helps, but isn't necessary to enjoy the arcadiness of it.

Also, Mirror's Edge as the Steam daily and Just Cause 2 as a weekend deal on Steam - you should buy both.

[Casimir Effect]

I kind of feel sorry for GOG when they add a game series to their shop.
Do they release the whole series and include games which may be *ahem* subpar (Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness and Ultima IX) or do they only release the truly Good games and so leave gaps in their library? Either way someone is going to be complaining.

[johnki]

I kind of feel sorry for GOG when they add a game series to their shop.
Do they release the whole series and include games which may be *ahem* subpar (Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness and Ultima IX) or do they only release the truly Good games and so leave gaps in their library? Either way someone is going to be complaining.
Kinda don't understand why. It's a purchase. It's your choice whether you buy it. Why should they leave out games others might want just because you don't want them? It's a bit ridiculous to assume they wouldn't release all of them.

[trjp]

Kinda don't understand why. It's a purchase. It's your choice whether you buy it. Why should they leave out games others might want just because you don't want them? It's a bit ridiculous to assume they wouldn't release all of them.

I'd assume they intend to sell any old shit now they're just "GoG" and have dropped the "Good Old Games" concept.

The moment Angel of Darkness appeared there they needed to be renamed to SoD anyway - why anyone would want to play that shite is beyond me...

[Casimir Effect]

Kinda don't understand why. It's a purchase. It's your choice whether you buy it. Why should they leave out games others might want just because you don't want them? It's a bit ridiculous to assume they wouldn't release all of them.
I have no problem with it, especially as user reviews should give all the info needed. It's just I have heard those, such as the guy above, who do take issue with it and was putting forward the counter-argument that completing a series is possibly better.

[johnki]

I have no problem with it, especially as user reviews should give all the info needed. It's just I have heard those, such as the guy above, who do take issue with it and was putting forward the counter-argument that completing a series is possibly better.
But my point is that they really shouldn't have an issue with it. No one's making them buy or play it, and there's nothing they can do to make them not exist, often alongside the "good releases" in the list. Personally, I like Ultima IX. I get that people take issue with it because it's not an RPG, and it's not totally canonical. I get that. But it's still a decent game, now that all the bugs are patched out. Nothing groundbreaking, but good, nonetheless.

And there's really no reason they should be offended by the fact that it's there.

EDIT: Personally, I don't like Fallout 3. It turned a classic RPG into something that it just shouldn't be. I don't get offended when I see people selling Fallout 3.

[Casimir Effect]

But my point is that they really shouldn't have an issue with it. No one's making them buy or play it, and there's nothing they can do to make them not exist, often alongside the "good releases" in the list. Personally, I like Ultima IX. I get that people take issue with it because it's not an RPG, and it's not totally canonical. I get that. But it's still a decent game, now that all the bugs are patched out. Nothing groundbreaking, but good, nonetheless.

And there's really no reason they should be offended by the fact that it's there.
Yes but the internet.

[Boarnoah]

Couldn't think of where else to put this (and I can't create threads as I just registered on the forums)
Well anyway, here are some Closed Beta keys for RaiderZ (I can't for the life of me remember even signing up for it or even hearing about the game before)
CBTW31_NDAjMjAjMTIzYmEjOTQ
CBTW31_OTIjZTlmMTUjMjAjMzQ

http://www.raiderz-europe.com/account/redeem-code.html

On a bit of searching I did find TB had made a video on this (although I don't remember seeing that before either):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8bA3nTllIw

[somini]

Dishonored is 40€ at GMG, with the code DERHE-RRDER-RINGE.
Does anyone knows a lower price than this for Mainland Europe? I checked many places, and smuggling is not worth it.

[Heliocentric]

Last call, do i want fear 3?
http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-FEAR3/fear-3
Or is it a steaming turd?

[Sketch]

If you have someone to play with, buy it. The co-op is very fun.

[cowthief skank]

Greenmangaming supposed to be having The Journey Down Chapter 1 at 75% off for 24 hours starting in about 40 minutes. £10 for the first chapter may have been a little steep (judging by Wot John Thinks (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/21/wot-i-think-the-journey-down-chapter-one/)) but £2.50 may be a little more reasonable

[johnki]

Greenmangaming supposed to be having The Journey Down Chapter 1 at 75% off for 24 hours starting in about 40 minutes. £10 for the first chapter may have been a little steep (judging by Wot John Thinks (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/21/wot-i-think-the-journey-down-chapter-one/)) but £2.50 may be a little more reasonable
I got it in an Indie Royale bundle. For adventure game players, it's fantastic. Plenty of good humor and an interesting art style. However, for people that don't play adventure games, 3 hours of fixing an airplane in adventure game format with good humor might not be interesting enough.

EDIT: Oh, and SpaceChem, Tiny and Big, Legend of Grimrock, Torchlight, the Geneforge Saga, and Darwinia are 50% off on GOG.com, this weekend only.

[johnki]

Free Starvoid keys at fileplay.net/keys/ (http://fileplay.net/keys/). I'd hurry if you're interested, the link's been making its rounds.

EDIT: It's the full game.

[Creeping Death]

Free Starvoid keys at fileplay.net/keys/ (http://fileplay.net/keys/). I'd hurry if you're interested, the link's been making its rounds.

EDIT: It's the full game.

For anyone considering making an account to nab a beta key, just a heads up they are all gone now.

[LutherBlissett]

Raiderz keys:

CBTW31_MiMyMCM1ZDAyMiM1Mg
CBTW31_NjkjNWU0YmEjMjAjNDg

I tried it out for an hour - not really my cup of tea but the action combat isn't bad for an MMO I guess.

[Fanbuoy]

Krater 50 % off on GG. Anyone know if it's been improved since release?

[baby snot]

Adventures Of Shuggy $2.49 Steam. Steal.

[Jams O'Donnell]

Not a gaming bargain, but one of today's deals at http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/index.aspx is a Logitech G9x mouse and a fancy keyboard, for £45. That's the mouse I have and it's fricken awesome and I've had it for years without any faults or issues.

I know nothing about the keyboard, but that would be a good price for the mouse alone.

[Anthile]

Looks like there is some sort of adventure game week over at gamersgate but also some other, seemingly random games. I have given up on making any sense out of GG sales and it appears every time somebody figures out the logic behind them, they are replaced by a new set of bargains.

[internetonsetadd]

Amazon Labor Day sale appears to be on. Another what-in-the-fuck? deal from them: Buy Spec Ops: The Line for $24.99. Buy it as a pack including Bioshock 1 and 2 and get it for $19.99.

http://www.amazon.com/Desert-to-Sea-Bundle-Download/dp/B0091T6FQO

[AlexClockwork]

Amazon Labor Day sale appears to be on. Another what-in-the-fuck? deal from them: Buy Spec Ops: The Line for $24.99. Buy it as a pack including Bioshock 1 and 2 and get it for $19.99.

http://www.amazon.com/Desert-to-Sea-Bundle-Download/dp/B0091T6FQO

It ain't Steam redeemable, though, is it? I gave the demo a try and it didn't look too special, but I've heard the story is amazing...

[Kiril]

Spec Ops is steamworks

[AlexClockwork]

Spec Ops is steamworks

Well, thanks a lot! Getting it right now. ^^

I should have known that, though. XD

[internetonsetadd]

Forgot to link to the rest of the Labor Day sale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000828191

Mostly underwhelming, but I believe there are more incoming. Not sure whether the $15 1C catalog bundle will also show up during this sale.

[gundato]

Ended up grabbing Spec Ops. Demo was a bit clunky, but all signs point to it being an interesting game, and I've been playing so much fantasy these days that this should be a good alternate.

[AlexClockwork]

And if anyone wants Bioshock 1 and/or 2 (looks like both are steamworks?), send me a PM. 2 USD each (so 4 USD for both).

I think they're not Steamworks, but yes, the ones in the pack are Steam codes. ^^

[Juan Carlo]

That pack is tempting.

I keep wishing amazon would put Game of Thrones RPG half off already.

[yade]

Brand New and PlayMore - Multi-Platform Handheld Gaming Entertainment System (SNES, NES, GBA, Sega Genesis)http://lnk.ly/QC5

[Qazwsk]

Amazon now have GTA IV + Max Payne 3 for $25, both steam and non-steam versions. Seems like it'll only last for the day.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00904XVS0/?tag=cheapassgam08-20

[johnki]

Free Men of War Vietnam at Gamefly. Activates on Steam. Requires a credit card.

http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Men-of-War-Vietnam-Standard-Edition/5000930/

[Winged Nazgul]

Free Men of War Vietnam at Gamefly. Activates on Steam. Requires a credit card.

http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Men-of-War-Vietnam-Standard-Edition/5000930/


Sorry, the item you've requested to purchase is no longer available.

/1234567890

[johnki]

/1234567890
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what happened. There's speculation that they ran out of keys.

[Winged Nazgul]

Walking Dead 40% off on Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/207610/

[Janek]

Latest Indiegala is out, and features oddities like Achtung Panzer: Operation Star (worth it just for this tbh), Dangerous Waters, and Space Empires V. (http://www.indiegala.com)

Kind of stretching the phrase "indie" again but I'll forgive it.

[ColOfNature]

Steam's midweek madness is the Best of British Indie Bundle: DEFCON, Eufloria, Frozen Synapse, Gratuitous Space Battles, Revenge of the Titans and Time Gentlemen, Please!/Ben There, Dan That!, all for £7.99/9,99€/$9.99. That's an awesome deal.

[Giaddon]

That pack is tempting.

I keep wishing amazon would put Game of Thrones RPG half off already.

Looks like 7pm EST today.

[Olero]

Steam's midweek madness is the Best of British Indie Bundle: DEFCON, Eufloria, Frozen Synapse, Gratuitous Space Battles, Revenge of the Titans and Time Gentlemen, Please!/Ben There, Dan That!, all for £7.99/9,99€/$9.99. That's an awesome deal.

Anyone know if you're able to gift the games you already have?

[AlexClockwork]

Anyone know if you're able to gift the games you already have?

Buying it directly from Steam, I don't think so... I'm just guessing, though.

[elephant god]

Except when it's specifically mentioned, you don't get duplicate games as gifts on steam.

Those surplus keys are sent to africa for a good cause. I think they're used to build solar stoves.

[Olero]

Except when it's specifically mentioned, you don't get duplicate games as gifts on steam.

Those surplus keys are sent to africa for a good cause. I think they're used to build solar stoves.

Mmmhh... I was gonna sent the spare games to my friends, but now they'll have to move to Africa... Well, at least they'll be warm. Well, too bad then, twas a nice bundle

[Arona Daal]

Space Empires 5 runs not well on Windows 7 (Frames in 1-digit Range due to Directx 7 Emulation),not sure about the Steam version .

[Forceflow]

Homefront 75% off on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/news/8735/

[Giaddon]

Amazon's Labor Day sale is up. NA only, natch. It has the Game of Thrones RPG for $25, which some guy here wanted.

[AlexClockwork]

Amazon's Labor Day sale is up. NA only, natch. It has the Game of Thrones RPG for $25, which some guy here wanted.

Hum... Just saw Darksiders. Is it worth it? And Steam redeemable?

EDIT: Seems like it is Steam redeemable. Opinions, though?

[F. Lynx Pardinus]

Amazon's Labor Day sale is up.
Mass Effect 3 for $16. That bumps it way under the dollar threshold I'd pay for it...hooray!

[Bobtree]

Amazon rep on the CAG forum has a very long listing for the sale: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317580

[Wheelz]

Amazon rep on the CAG forum has a very long listing for the sale: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317580

N.B I think theses are referal links from cheap ass gamer?

From these, what's the opinion of the Crysis Maximum Maximum pack (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091UOV8M?tag=cheapassgam08-20) for $15? [contains Crysis 2 Max edition, Crysis Wars, Crysis Warhead, and Crysis]

and of Homefront (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NBZBME?tag=cheapassgam08-20) for $5?

Ed: While I'm here, Amazon have the four pack of War of the Roses (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0090OKIT0) for $81, They've also given me an additional $18 off as a promotional credit for somthing, which by my math would bring the price of the individual keys to $15.75 (USD) each.
It's Steamworks, and I think going by the quote from the guy in the cheap-ass-gamer thread all preorders get upgraded to the House of York edition, as well as beta access. So, are there 3 other people interested in this? PM on here if so.

[internetonsetadd]

Amazon does such a weird, poor job of promoting their own promotions on the digital games page. I've been monitoring their sales for a while now (waiting for Dawn of War stuff after missing it on Steam), and I wouldn't have known there was a one-day (8/30) THQ sale without referring to external lists.

[postinternetsyndrome]

From these, what's the opinion of the Crysis Maximum Maximum pack (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091UOV8M?tag=cheapassgam08-20) for $15? [contains Crysis 2 Max edition, Crysis Wars, Crysis Warhead, and CrysisHomefront (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NBZBME?tag=cheapassgam08-20) for $5?Well Crysis itself is easily worth $15 and warhead is a nice expandalone with more levels and crysis 2 is perhaps not as good, but still an enjoyable distraction. I'd say definitely worth it.

[baby snot]

For anyone who still hasn't grabbed this pack.

PLETHORA OF PARADOX GAMES (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008G0ZVLE?tag=cheapassgam08-20) US$9.51

[kstress71]

Well Crysis itself is easily worth $15 and warhead is a nice expandalone with more levels and crysis 2 is perhaps not as good, but still an enjoyable distraction. I'd say definitely worth it.

Anyone know yet if these games the in Crysis Maximum Maximum Bundle activate on Steam?

[Giaddon]

Anyone know yet if these games the in Crysis Maximum Maximum Bundle activate on Steam?

They do not. Remember how EA made a whole other platform just so it didn't have to put its games on Steam?

[gundato]

Crysis 2 activates on Origin.
I think you have to contact EA's tech support to register Crysis 1, but don't quote me.

And I think Crysis 2 is easily worth 20 or 30, Crysis 1 10 or 15, and Crysis Warhead another 10 or 15. So this is a good deal.

[Arona Daal]

Hostile Waters for 1,24 Euro

A Classic,everyone should have that , double so for that Price.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/de/en/pc/games/action/hostile-waters-antaeus-rising/

[Bobtree]

N.B I think theses are referal links from cheap ass gamer?

Just curious, but are the referral links really an issue for anyone? I tend to ignore that stuff.

[Heliocentric]

I get annoyed when folks are dishonest and try and hide it. Why? Because lying is dickish.

[trjp]

I get annoyed when folks are dishonest and try and hide it. Why? Because lying is dickish.

I think that's dickish.

I also just created what I shall call the RPS Paradox - am I being honest in thinking that's dickish or am I lying in which case it IS dickish - in which case I'm not lying and it's not!?

Next week - how to resolve the problem of your life resting on the draw of a black or white marble from a bag when you know there are 2 black marbles in the bag and that means you die whichever one is drawn...

[Heliocentric]

I think that's dickish.

That's what she said.

[kraken]

Hum... Just saw Darksiders. Is it worth it? And Steam redeemable?

EDIT: Seems like it is Steam redeemable. Opinions, though?

Darksiders is available on thq shop for 4€ (don't know ho much in the uk).
http://www.thq.com/uk/darksiders/pc
It registers on steam and is very much worth it.

[AlexClockwork]

Darksiders is available on thq shop for 4€ (don't know ho much in the uk).
http://www.thq.com/uk/darksiders/pc
It registers on steam and is very much worth it.

It was in Amazon for $5 yesterday, think that's just a little bit cheaper. Lovely, worth way more than that. ^^

[internetonsetadd]

Incoming GMG code for 25% off anything for 9/2 to 9/4: GMG25-LABOR-DAYGO

Good time to pick up Dark Souls me thinks.

[Labbes]

Incoming GMG code for 25% off anything for 9/2 to 9/4: GMG25-LABOR-DAYGO

Good time to pick up Dark Souls me thinks.

Fingers crossed I can get GW2 during that time.

[Heliocentric]

Orcs Must Die 2 - £5.99
I might as well give the savygamer link as I have them to thank.
http://savygamer.co.uk/2012/08/31/orcs-must-die-2-pc-5-99/
And (its on the front page but i dont want anyone to miss it.)
Quantum Conundrum – £1.99
http://www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-Quantum-Conundrum-UK/5004189/ (<-not actually a referral link, i tried removing the number but you get dumped on a search page)

[ColdSpiral]

Not sure how long this will last but it appears the Borderlands 2 Season Pass is up for purchase on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/218560/) at $15.95 in Australia, 10 Euros, or £7.99 in the UK store - half the $30 price they were suggesting it was going to be.
This seems to be a glitch as the US edition has since been bumped back up to $30.
There are issues buying it if you haven't preordered BL2 on Steam - the workaround is to buy it as a gift and stow it in your inventory until you've redeemed your preorder.

[mrki]

Got an offer in my mail today, Borderlands 2 for $30 at cdkeysdiscount.

http://www.cdkeysdiscount.com/208-borderlands-2-steam-key-cheap-buy.html

No idea if it's legit or not. Maybe someone has already used their service?

[vinraith]

Not sure how long this will last but it appears the Borderlands 2 Season Pass is up for purchase on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/218560/) at $15.95 in Australia, 10 Euros, or £7.99 in the UK store - half the $30 price they were suggesting it was going to be.
This seems to be a glitch as the US edition has since been bumped back up to $30.
There are issues buying it if you haven't preordered BL2 on Steam - the workaround is to buy it as a gift and stow it in your inventory until you've redeemed your preorder.

Am I the only one who sees "preorder a season pass for all the DLC!" and reads it as "wait for the GotY?"

[goatmonkey]

Am I the only one who sees "preorder a season pass for all the DLC!" and reads it as "wait for the GotY?"

With Torchlight 2 out on the same day, fuck yes

[trjp]

Fingers crossed I can get GW2 during that time.

It seems unlikely they'll get more keys when ArenaNet aren't selling any.

Looked-around for a key for a mate last night and the only places who are offering them now are the 'dodgy' key resellers like G2Play and MMOGA - and I'm not sure I want to go there...

[Winged Nazgul]

Digital copies have been halted by ArenaNet but physical copies should still be fine if you can find some.

[trjp]

Digital copies have been halted by ArenaNet but physical copies should still be fine if you can find some.

They're not exactly piled-high - in the UK, retail copies are limited to specialist game shops, a GAME/Gamestation if it's not closed yet and the bigger supermarkets and HMVs.

Amazon have some in stock - and Green Man Gaming will sell you a boxed version too!

[icupnimpn2]

Orcs Must Die 2 - £5.99
Quantum Conundrum – £1.99
http://www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-Quantum-Conundrum-UK/5004189/ (<-not actually a referral link, i tried removing the number but you get dumped on a search page)

I'm not in the UK so couldn't use Lewie's GameFly code from the bucket... but with some Googling found the US code 1GFT82012 - Fatwallet had the code listed as 20% off at GameFly. It took the cost of Quantum Conundrum from $3.75 to $3.00 even, which is 20%. May work for other, costlier games.

[johnki]

I'm not in the UK so couldn't use Lewie's GameFly code from the bucket... but with some Googling found the US code 1GFT82012 - Fatwallet had the code listed as 20% off at GameFly. It took the cost of Quantum Conundrum from $3.75 to $3.00 even, which is 20%. May work for other, costlier games.
I can't seem to find OMD2 on Gamefly US. Is it only on Gamefly UK? Can people in the US buy from Gamefly UK?

[somini]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006C5JHGA/
Spilt Second, Pure and some Tron stuff for 8$.
Bought it only for Pure, the first time I see a digital copy.
Is the Amazon downloader equivalent to GamersGate, or is it a big hassle?
EDIT: This was on the Bargain Bucket, but I thought Pure is so good it deserves another mention.

[Jac]

Another greenman gaming code for 30% off sleeping dogs or darksiders 2:
GMG30-916H7-0TG16

Works out at £21 for sleeping dogs and £24.50 for Darksiders 2 (their base price is £35 sadly). You get a key to whack straight into steam for both.

[Heliocentric]

Omd2 was on origin (activates on steam)

[johnki]

Omd2 was on origin (activates on steam)
Ah, I just read the quote, didn't see the original post. Doesn't seem to be there now in the US, in any case.

[gundato]

Origin is kind of the opposite of the rest of the internet. Steam and the like all favor Americans and screw over everyone else. Origin is the opposite, where all the best sales are for the UK.

Yeah, nobody really wants to talk about it because it is confusing as crap and is almost assuredly a scheme by EA to destroy the world.

[johnki]

Origin is kind of the opposite of the rest of the internet. Steam and the like all favor Americans and screw over everyone else. Origin is the opposite, where all the best sales are for the UK.

Yeah, nobody really wants to talk about it because it is confusing as crap and is almost assuredly a scheme by EA to destroy the world.
I don't get why it would work either way. If you're selling it to half your userbase at that price, why not sell it to all of them?

It sucks though because it's not even like you can just buy it from the foreign store. You have to buy it from your country's store.

[gundato]

There are some arguments as to why it might be (VAT, special deals with distributors, etc) but it all basically boils down to what is always the answer: Most companies still think selling digital copies is like selling retail copies.

[icupnimpn2]

I can't seem to find OMD2 on Gamefly US. Is it only on Gamefly UK? Can people in the US buy from Gamefly UK?

Sorry, should have chosen only part of the post I was responding to. Although you don't need the answer anymore, I'll answer anyway. I tried to create a GameFly UK account with my main email address but the store detected there was already an account. So I logged in with my GameFly US account and now the UK site keeps redirecting me back to my own shores. I suppose I could create a whole new account for the UK store with a virgin email address, but since I found the US discount code I didn't see a point.

[internetonsetadd]

Am I the only one who sees "preorder a season pass for all the DLC!" and reads it as "wait for the GotY?"

No. I did the math on the alteration to Max Payne 3's season pass, and if my understanding was correct (based on the information available at the time) it was rendered a significantly shittier deal after the DLC consolidation. The discount changed from 35% off to ~17% off, but they still list it as a 35% savings at $30. The full cost is either $36 (if Local Justice was purchased during the first week after launch) or $38.

I had no interest in season passes to begin with, but if the number of DLC they contain is mutable and dependent upon the success of a game, wowsers are they a stupid purchase.

I've already pre-ordered Borderlands 2, but I'm comfortable waiting eons to buy DLC, if ever.

Edit - burp, unrelated:

It was my understanding that the Plentiful Paradox pack (http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Interactive-41051dox-Package1-Plentiful/dp/B0085CD7BE) was going to be on sale until 9/3 (mostly interested in SotS). I guess not. Oh, Amazon, why do you not know how to use the expiration of a promotion as part of the promotion?

[mrwout]

It was my understanding that the Plentiful Paradox pack (http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Interactive-41051dox-Package1-Plentiful/dp/B0085CD7BE) was going to be on sale until 9/3 (mostly interested in SotS). I guess not. Oh, Amazon, why do you not know how to use the expiration of a promotion as part of the promotion?

I think it will be on sale again from the 3rd untill the 7th of september but at a slightly less awesome discount. It was mentioned in a cheapassgamer (or whatever it's called) link posted a few pages ago.

EDIT: Checked it again, it apparently mentions the big discount will indeed run until the 3rd and the lesser one (at $13) will run from 4-9 september. Don't really know what they're up to now.

The link again for your convenience:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317580

[Colonel J]

Incoming GMG code for 25% off anything for 9/2 to 9/4: GMG25-LABOR-DAYGO



Fingers crossed I can get GW2 during that time.

GMG have physical copies in stock for £37.99 but I tried that code and doesn't work with it unfortunately, valid for downloads only I think. Digital copies still out of stock. £34.99 for a box from Play or Amazon looks to be the cheapest at the moment which is what I'll probably do now.

[Bobtree]

Is the Amazon downloader equivalent to GamersGate, or is it a big hassle?

When I got the ArmA2/CO bundle on Amazon it was really messed up and confusing. I eventually discovered they had more than one system, and the old site-centric downloader didn't work for recent stuff. If they provide a downloader exe per game, save and run those. IIRC, they have no options for where to save, but you can find and move the resulting folders afterward.

[LTK]

Waveform is the daily deal on Steam. You can get it for a fart and a half.

Also, Gamefly has for some reason blocked my e-mail address's domain - microsoft's @live.nl - from any more purchases. So that means no Quantum Conundrum for £2.00. Screw those guys.

[trjp]

Waveform is the daily deal on Steam. You can get it for a fart and a half.

I love Waveform - it's the only game I've played in YEARS which actually re-wired my brain to accept a new concept (of fitting your Waveform around the obstacles).

It's so unique and so smart it hurts - there's a TONNE of content and the author is awesome because he threw the DLC in 'free' for everyone who bought it on-or-around release!!

If you don't have it - GET IT

[Sakkura]

As long as it's not about constructing Fourier series by hand on the fly... :S

[mrki]

As long as it's not about constructing Fourier series by hand on the fly... :S

Are you saying they're boring and that Fourier knew nothing about good game design? I say, reconsider your words, sir. And check out the DLC, "Transforms from the Time Continuum". :)

[Sakkura]

Are you saying they're boring and that Fourier knew nothing about good game design? I say, reconsider your words, sir. And check out the DLC, "Transforms from the Time Continuum". :)
I don't know, is it good eigenvalue for money?

[Casimir Effect]

No. Stop it. Stop it right now. That man and his fucking transforms, integrals and domain have been abusing me on a daily basis for the better part of the last 8 years. I'm only a few tilde signs and exp[i.\omega.t]'s away from a full breakdown as it is.

[trjp]

No. Stop it. Stop it right now. That man and his fucking transforms, integrals and domain have been abusing me on a daily basis for the better part of the last 8 years. I'm only a few tilde signs and exp[i.\omega.t]'s away from a full breakdown as it is.

Aleph Null?

[mrki]

I don't know, is it good eigenvalue for money?

Sure was last time I measured.

[AlexClockwork]

Half-Life 2 is 2'5€ on Steam (Daily Sale). Well worth it, in case somebody doesn't own it yet.

EDIT: Sorry, 2'38€.

[Tritagonist]

Half-Life 2 is 2'5€ on Steam (Daily Sale). Well worth it, in case somebody doesn't own it yet.

Looks like a quick back-up as it was ORION: Dino Beatdown with a 50% off sale when I checked it just after 19:00 local time. Given the resounding 4/10 Metacritic score, it doesn't seem anybody is missing much.

[Sakkura]

Half-Life 2 is 2'5€ on Steam (Daily Sale). Well worth it, in case somebody doesn't own it yet.
It's 3.06€ here (Denmark).

[Hartford688]

Cliffs of Dover for GBP 2.95 at GameFly.

[gunman121]

Darksiders 2 via impulse $33

[Juan Carlo]

Both Game of Thrones games are in a bundle on steam for 23 dollars. I have little interest in the strategy GOT game, but I'm still happy I didn't bite during that Amazon 1/2 off sale on the RPG as this is a much better deal (plus, I'm a big enough GOT fanboy that I'll probably end up playing the strategy game anyway).

[Pertusaria]

Sword and Sworcery is one of Steam's midweek deals, half-off at 3 euro. It's an adventure game ported from iOS, with very simple controls as a result, but with an unusual plot. I really enjoyed it. It can easily be played in a day, so if you're someone who resents spending money on short games, I guess it's not for you. (I got it in a bundle, so it was an easy decision.)

Kieron's review is here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/20/wot-i-think-superbrothers-sword-sworcery-ep/.

[LTK]

Well, given that your progress in the game depends on the cycles of the moon, you probably won't finish it in one day. Unless you discover one of the ways to bypass the time requirement.

I quite enjoyed it myself. It's excellent for a mobile port, which means it's definitely worth the €3 they're asking. It even includes the soundtrack, which is also outstanding.

[Heliocentric]

GameFly has some goodies, and a coupon too “GFUKAUG2012″.
Using both Ruse is £1.99, From Dust £2.39, Might & Magic Clash of Heroes £2.39, Far Cry 2 [Fortune's Edition] £1.99, Assassin’s Creed II [Deluxe Edition] £3, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 £1.40,

Thank to savy gamer

edit: fucking gamefly

"Sorry, coupon code GFUKAUG2012 has already been redeemed on your account. This coupon code may only be used once per account."

No, it hasnt.

Oh, yeah i did on quantum conundrum, doh.

[cowthief skank]

Seems you can pre-order X-COM (the strategy one) for £29.99 from Greenmangaming (http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/strategy/xcom-enemy-unknown/). But, using the code in this post (http://blog.greenmangaming.com/2012/09/new-to-gmg-september-5th/) you can get it for £22.50 til 10/09/12. Not sure it will be anywhere cheaper either before launch or perhaps even for awhile afterwards. It registers on Steam.

[Pertusaria]

Well, given that your progress in the game depends on the cycles of the moon, you probably won't finish it in one day.

Yes, but there's an in-game workaround for that, so it depends on which way you want to play. It is structured episodically, though, so if you're trying to stretch it out, it's easy to do so.

[Colonel J]

Seems you can pre-order X-COM (the strategy one) for £29.99 from Greenmangaming (http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/strategy/xcom-enemy-unknown/). But, using the code in this post (http://blog.greenmangaming.com/2012/09/new-to-gmg-september-5th/) you can get it for £22.50 til 10/09/12. Not sure it will be anywhere cheaper either before launch or perhaps even for awhile afterwards. It registers on Steam.

thanks for spotting this. I'm very seriously tempted to stick in a pre-order, that hour long gameplay video posted last week (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/29/enemy-yours-watch-an-hour-of-the-xcom-remake/#more-121893) has me wanting to get my hands on it as soon as I can. Good price on GMG but will wait to see if appears on Gamersgate and get it there with the IGN discount.

Damn this is due to come out the same week (same day?) as Dishonored I think. I'm going to need a take a day off work. Make that a week.

[cowthief skank]

thanks for spotting this. I'm very seriously tempted to stick in a pre-order, that hour long gameplay video posted last week (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/29/enemy-yours-watch-an-hour-of-the-xcom-remake/#more-121893) has me wanting to get my hands on it as soon as I can. Good price on GMG but will wait to see if appears on Gamersgate and get it there with the IGN discount.

I haven't actually watched the video... Once I know I am going to buy something I stop watching.

I thought about waiting for Gamersgate too - but then I remembered that the IGN discount is only 15%, and the bonus blue coins were unlikely to add up to the difference in price.

[mrwout]

Gamersgate has R.U.S.E. on a 70% discount, sadly they normally have it at 19,99 euros (instead of the 9,99 it is on steam) so it still is 6 euro, unlocks on steam.