PC Bargains

[vinraith]

Borderlands is £2.99 on Greenman Gaming. (http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/shooter/borderlands/) They also have a Paradox sale on (http://www.greenmangaming.com/promo/paradox/). Includes Magicka and its DLC, Hearts of Iron, Europa Universalis, Mount and Blade, Penumbra, Victoria and other stuff. Which of the Magicka DLCs are most worthwhile?

Vietnam's the most substantial by a wide margin.

[Colonel J]

Gamersgate having their summer sale, it's... not really that good. Most of the Paradox catalogue is at least 50% off though. I'm gonna get me some Pride Of Nations. I missed it last week as I didn't really want a Paradox-published game on Steam, since patches have usually been a bit slow I hear.

Daily deal there is pretty neat: Victoria complete pack for £7.20 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DDB-VICCP/victoria-collection-pack-bundle). That includes the original game + expansion, and Vicky 2 + the few bits of fluff DLC. Not shabby!

Darkest Hour (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-DHHOIG/darkest-hour-a-hearts-of-iron-game) for £1.99 (or insert your local price here) looks like the best deal of the newer Paradox stuff here. From what I read from the fans this one seems to be the best HoI experience of the series? I've dabbled a bit in HoI 2 Complete and can see the appeal but never got far enough up the learning curve before other games pulled me away, and could see the need for a better map at higher res which you get in Darkest Hour. For that price, what the hell...

If you don't have EUIII then worth grabbing Chronicles at that price or wait to see if goes on daily deal.

The rest of it, yeah nothing to get excited about, it all seems to be on sale discount somewhere or other, most weeks.

[amandachen]

Gamersgate has Montjoie! at half price. Interesting board game style thingy. Love this game http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MONTJOIE/montjoie (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MONTJOIE/montjoie)

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/img/screenshots/DD-MONTJOIE/Montjoie_scr3_medium.jpg

[Colonel J]

Gamersgate has Montjoie! at half price. Interesting board game style thingy. Love this game http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MONTJOIE/montjoie (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MONTJOIE/montjoie)


Thanks I hadn't heard of this, I like the look of it. There's a demo here (http://www.montjoiegame.com/en_downloads.php) will try it out.

[vinraith]

Are the Commander: Conquest of the Americas DLC's worth having? I have a retail copy of the base game which registered on Steam, will the DLC's from Gamersgate work with either the base retail install or the Steam version?

[AJH]

Shattered Horizon, £3.75 on Steam. Worth it? Is there anyone out there still playing?

[Oak]

Are the Commander: Conquest of the Americas DLC's worth having? I have a retail copy of the base game which registered on Steam, will the DLC's from Gamersgate work with either the base retail install or the Steam version?

The Colonial Navy pack is just odds & ends you can comfortably play without. The extra resources are welcome, bread being mildly interesting since it's for inter-colony trade, but otherwise it's a light add-on. I'd toss it in the cart if I had blue coins and was half-drunk. The Pirate one I've yet to play with, but it seems more substantial.

Best approach with Steam is to always assume outside expansions are incompatible. However, you may be able to register the retail key on GamersGate.

[ceebux]

This might be a moot point given the hella love for Paradox on these forums, but is it worth picking up Crusader Kings Complete on GamersGate for $9.98?

I'm a fan of the whole grand strategy thing, but this would be my first Paradox title. For $10 it's not going to be a huge gamble, but I'd love some input.

[Creeping Death]

This might be a moot point given the hella love for Paradox on these forums, but is it worth picking up Crusader Kings Complete on GamersGate for $9.98?

I'm a fan of the whole grand strategy thing, but this would be my first Paradox title. For $10 it's not going to be a huge gamble, but I'd love some input.

Yes, definately! First Paradox strategy I played and I've heard many say it's the best entry point for the rest. Just do yourself a favour and find a decent series of tutorial videos on youtube because the game itself lacks a tutorial :P

[Giaddon]

If you're already into Grand Strategy (??) then I guess you know you like this sort of thing, but both Paradox games I've played (Crusader Kings and Victoria 2) have bounced off me completely. Not the kind of "oh, this is complex! I better learn some stuff!" bouncing, but just more like "Fuck off. Don't play this. Go away." I was surprised at how little there was to actually do.

YMMV!

Also, Brink is $20 physical on Amazon, in the US at least. Today only!

[Janek]

I am very fond of CK. Definitely worth a punt but it might be worth waiting until the end of the week to see if it comes up in a daily deal.

Then you won't make sadfaces like I did, having bought Pride of Nations for £7.50 yesterday and it now being bundled with some DLC for £6. Gah.

[Oak]

I was surprised at how little there was to actually do.

It always seems that way in the beginning. You have to keep at it, for it takes a while to realize you're actually monitoring any number of things going on silently (or not) in the background.

Well, except with Victoria 2.

[The JG Man]

Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY - 75% - £3.75, Steam's midweek madness.

Might get it, because bloody hell enough people have told me.

Critical Mass the daily, 66% - £1.20. Has a demo, looks like an interesting puzzler.

[Cable]

Get Batman it's a good game, don't really know what else to say I enjoyed it.

Also having never played grand strategy i bought EUIII in the gamersgate sale does anybody have any hints or tutorials for that? or should i just play and figure it out myself

[sopabuena]

Yeah, get Batman, a very entertaining game.
Also the Humbre Indie Bundle (http://www.humblebundle.com/) might be considered a bargain. Too bad I own almost all the games (minus Cogs and Hammerfight). I know I should not speculate with charity, but didn't they give away the previous bundles too to people who payed above average in last year's sale?

[icupnimpn2]

With HIB2, I think they gave away all HIB1 games to those who had purchased at any price prior to a certain point, and once that was announced, to anyone who paid above the average price. So there could be advantage to buying early, though there was nothing like that in the Frozenbyte pack.

[ConcreteOtter]

Also having never played grand strategy i bought EUIII in the gamersgate sale does anybody have any hints or tutorials for that? or should i just play and figure it out myself

There is a tutorial if I remember correctly in the game, but it barely scratches the surface of the game's complexity, more like a controls tutorial and basic menus.

The 148 page manual is definitely worth browsing through while you wait for the game to download.

A much better vault of information can be found on the paradox EU3 Forum
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?323-Europa-Universalis-III

Also I have learned to be a better EU3 player by watching some let's play...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vioSrK2uRo
(over a 200 part let's play, but just watching the first hour or so is very helpful)

Enjoy spending the rest of your life on this game if you like it!

[Cable]

cheers, i suppose i'll get onto some reading then!

[Mana_Garmr]

Mount & Blade Complete (http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-MBMBW/mount-and-blade-complete-bundle) is GamersGate's deal of the day. It's actually cheaper this way than just buying Warband on it's own.

[Hensler]

Bought! Anything I need to know about the M&B games or mods I should keep an eye out for?

[Creeping Death]

This seems to have happened without any kind of announcement, but King's Crusade is £7.49 on Steam at the minute, I assume due to the release of new DLC. Same price as gamersgate currently but... yaknow, convenient for those that want to keep everything on Steam.

[Hensler]

This seems to have happened without any kind of announcement, but King's Crusade is £7.49 on Steam at the minute, I assume due to the release of new DLC. Same price as gamersgate currently but... yaknow, convenient for those that want to keep everything on Steam.

Has anybody played this enough to recommend it? It's hard to go wrong at that price point, but I played King Arthur and the tactical game play just wasn't tight enough for me to get hooked. I'll probably get it anyways, if anybody is up for some multiplayer matches.

[Hensler]

This seems to have happened without any kind of announcement, but King's Crusade is £7.49 on Steam at the minute, I assume due to the release of new DLC. Same price as gamersgate currently but... yaknow, convenient for those that want to keep everything on Steam.

Here's the Steam announcement, looks like its on sale because the new DLC was released:


New Release - Kings' Crusade: Arabian Nights (http://store.steampowered.com/news/5929/)
Product Release - Valve
Arabian Nights (http://store.steampowered.com/app/42926/), downloadable content for The Kings' Crusade is now available on Steam!

Arabian Nights adds new units, two new heroes, and more into this real-time strategy game set during the Third Crusade.

In honor of this release, The Kings' Crusade (http://store.steampowered.com/app/42920/) and the New Allies DLC (http://store.steampowered.com/app/42925/) are 50% off until August 2nd at 10am Pacific Time!

[Janek]

Bought! Anything I need to know about the M&B games or mods I should keep an eye out for?
The Floris expanded mod pack (http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,148140.0.html) for Warband is pretty good as a "vanilla plus" mod. Haven't tried Fire & Sword yet, despite picking it up in the Steam sale.

[Creeping Death]

@Hensler; Yea, the announcement just popped up after I finished playing a game. Still nowt in my Steam Headlines section. Oh well

I haven't sat down and played it yet but RPS seemed to think favourably of it
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/10/14/wot-i-think-lionheart-kings-crusade/

[amandachen]

King's Crusade gets old quickly. It's one battle after another and nothing really all that strategic going on, not like in King Arthur.

[Hensler]

I don't know if it's been linked to in this thread yet, but isthereanydeal.com is a pretty awesome site for bargain hunter.

It lists all the current sales Steam, Direct2Drive, GamersGate, Impulse, GoodOldGames, GreenMan Gaming, GetGames, and Desura, and compares the prices. There are currently 768 PC game deals listed.

[Heliocentric]

As a person who tried to get arma 2 off green man gaming but was met by a no keys yet message I happily waited, but today I get an email that they are renaging on the offer, but are handing out a free copy of sniper: ghost warrior to the people who didn't get a key, and some store credit.

problem being sniper goat warrior (not a typo) is rubbish, traded it in for store credit, bought some magicka dlc (mainly Vietnam) and still have change in credit... whew.

[Colonel J]

sniper goat warrior

Ah if only this was actually the game.

Like sniping? Like goats? You're gonna love this.

[ComradePenguin]

sniper goat warrior

Sounds like an unambitious DLC for Big Game Hunter 6

Game have got a sale on. (http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?lid=16249&cm_sp=sale-_-Games-_-pc) Some alright stuff like Brink for £8 (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Shooter/First-Person/~r354221/Brink-Special-Edition/), Ass Creed Bro Hood (fratboy fist pump) (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Action/Adventure/~r348985/Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood/) for the same and Portal 2 for £15 (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Shooter/First-Person/~r351320/Portal-2/)

[Creeping Death]

FINALLY Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is at a price I would buy it at to finally give it a go. £3.74 on Steam for the weekend.

[Heliocentric]

Don't worry about forcing yourself to finish that one without a few mods, but even vanilla its great early on.

Jusst grabbed the humble bundle, if you were meaning to get it grab it soon before its gone.

[Heliocentric]

stuff like Brink for £8 (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Shooter/First-Person/~r354221/Brink-Special-Edition/), Ass Creed Bro Hood (fratboy fist pump) (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Action/Adventure/~r348985/Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood/) for the same and Portal 2 for £15 (http://www.game.co.uk/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Shooter/First-Person/~r351320/Portal-2/)
Crap... i want assbro, at that price but i cant bring myself to need discs, even if just for install. I've got kids, discs get ruined.... No i must stay the path.

[Giaddon]

I want ass, bro...

[sabrage]

Damn this thread. Picked up Arkham Asylum (which I already beat!) and Bloodlines which I'll likely not play for a good 6 months.

[Giaddon]

Good old Games has a Topware sale, which includes a bunch of crap, but also Gorky 17 (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/gorky_17), which is awesome. Tactical RPG about commandos exploring a base overrun with nasty mutants, plus a little, like, chess or something. The pistol can only shoot along straight lines, the rifle can go diagonal, etc.

$3!

[Jockie]

I ordered Dungeon siege 3 from Game for £9 yesterday. Quinns gave it an 8/10 and I reckon it could scratch a co-op urge nicely.

(spotted at Savygamer)

[Heliocentric]

Bloodbowl: dark elves £3.74
http://www.impulsedriven.com/bloodbowl


This is out of date now right? legendary or something is the newer one?

[Ian]

Bugger. Forgot to pre-order Deus Ex through GMG using the code posted, like, a month ago and now the code's expired. D:

[Giaddon]

Bloodbowl: dark elves £3.74
http://www.impulsedriven.com/bloodbowl

This is out of date now right? legendary or something is the newer one?

RIGHT. If you want to play with the extra races and the RPS crew, you need the Legendary Edition.

[Ian]

Anybody bought from The Game Collection (http://www.thegamecollection.net/deus-ex-human-revolution-pc-p-4777.html?ad=GamesTracker) before?

They've got a decent deal on DE:HR.

[rikdaly]

Anybody bought from The Game Collection (http://www.thegamecollection.net/deus-ex-human-revolution-pc-p-4777.html?ad=GamesTracker) before?

They've got a decent deal on DE:HR.

I bought Splinter Cell: Conviction from them and it came next day

[cowthief skank]

Bugger. Forgot to pre-order Deus Ex through GMG using the code posted, like, a month ago and now the code's expired. D:

Was just gonna ask about that myself. Just as I had figured out I definitely didn't want the Augmented edition, the code has expired... I really would rather not have a box, but £6 for the privilege is a bit much, so that site looks pretty good...

[Ian]

I bought Splinter Cell: Conviction from them and it came next day

Ta. Will probably give 'em a go then. :)

[Giaddon]

Don't know if this is US only, but:

On EA's Origin:



These PC digital download games are $4.99 for 3 days only - until Sunday 7/31

Battlefield 2142™ Deluxe Edition
Battlefield 2™: Complete Collection
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2: Vietnam

Medal of Honor™ Hot Zone Map Pack
Medal of Honor Airborne™

SPORE™
SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack
SPORE™ Creature Creator

Mirror’s Edge™

Create™

The Sims™ 2 FreeTime
The Sims™ 2 Seasons
The Sims™ 2 Double Deluxe
The Sims™ 2 Bon Voyage
The Sims™ 2 Apartment Life
The Sims™ 2 Glamour Life Stuff
The Sims™ 2 Best of Business Collection
The Sims™ 2 University Life Collection
The Sims™ 2 Pet Stories
The Sims™ 2 Castaway Stories
The Sims™ 2 Life Stories

MySims™

Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™
Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3: Uprising
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™

Littlest Pet Shop™

Need for Speed™ Carbon Collector’s Edition

Burnout™ Paradise The Ultimate Box

Neef for Speed™ Undercover
Need for Speed™ ProStreet

SimCity™ Societies
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

Mirror's Edge, Command and Conquer, SimCity 4, Burnout Paradise, and Battlefield seem like the good picks.

[winterwolves]

Hope is not against the rules (and don't know how many people can interest) but my game The Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook is 50% off for the weekend (http://www.winterwolves.com/theflowershop.htm). Feel free to delete this post if is not allowed :)

[Giaddon]

Direct2Drive has nice sales today!

Five bucks each:

Alpha Protocol
Just Cause 2
Stalker
Clear Sky
The Witcher Enhanced

[Giaddon]

Steam Deal of the Day is Capsized at 66% off making it $3.39.

Uh, BOUGHT!

[squareking]

Gorky 17, Mirror's Edge, Capsized, SimCity 4...I'm getting nickle-and-dimed!

[amandachen]

Yeah, Gorky/Odium is hilarious fun.

[Hensler]

I've never heard of Gorky 17, but the Wikipedia entry intrigues me. But I've already bought 18 games this week...

[DarkNoghri]

Too lazy to see if this has been mentioned upthread, but Civ 5 is 12$ on Green Man Gaming, who I've not used. However, it should be activateable on Steam.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/strategy/sid-meiers-civilization-v/

[8-bit]

I was just organizing bookmarks and I found a site for a game called crystal towers 2 (http://www.clickteam.info/davidn/ct2/download.php), they are advertising a bundle deal with the following games.

Plants vs zombies
Aztaka
City Rain
EmberWind
Desktop Game Arcade
Lugaru
Vizati
and Crystal Towers 2

the bundle is 33$, normally 97$ with 10$ going to charity, they also say there is a money back guarantee and the deal ends in two days. there is a little link at the top of the page which says that you can earn 10$ credit for referring friends to the site, so I guess you might be able to get the bundle for 22$, but I don't really know if that would work.

[Giaddon]

Too lazy to see if this has been mentioned upthread, but Civ 5 is 12$ on Green Man Gaming, who I've not used. However, it should be activateable on Steam.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/strategy/sid-meiers-civilization-v/

! That's a good deal.



I've never heard of Gorky 17, but the Wikipedia entry intrigues me. But I've already bought 18 games this week...

Gorky's good, but the sale only saves you three bucks. No harm in throwing it in your wishlist and revisiting it when you have the time.

[cowthief skank]

Too lazy to see if this has been mentioned upthread, but Civ 5 is 12$ on Green Man Gaming, who I've not used. However, it should be activateable on Steam.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/strategy/sid-meiers-civilization-v/

Interestingly, the exchange rate seems to be £1=$2...

[Smashbox]

Just want to note that I bought Alpha Protocol on that D2D sale, and have been trying to get it to run for an hour. Activation fails, Sega patch site down "for maintenance," NA patch crashing. I'm having a pretty poor time, overall.

EDIT: Game runs, but only after uninstalling and then reinstalling and then applying the EU patch rather than the NA patch. And it broke my audio device drivers, as they were working until the game installed. So, bad job, everyone.

[cowthief skank]

Just want to note that I bought Alpha Protocol on that D2D sale, and have been trying to get it to run for an hour. Activation fails, Sega patch site down "for maintenance," NA patch crashing. I'm having a pretty poor time, overall.

EDIT: Game runs, but only after uninstalling and then reinstalling and then applying the EU patch rather than the NA patch. And it broke my audio device drivers, as they were working until the game installed. So, bad job, everyone.

That is a shame. Alpha Protocol is a brilliant game, it seems some people just have bad luck with it...

[patricij]

Don't know if this is US only, but:

On EA's Origin:



Mirror's Edge, Command and Conquer, SimCity 4, Burnout Paradise, and Battlefield seem like the good picks.

I can sadly confirm that the deal is not available in my country (and so probably not in the EU either)

[Hensler]

Hey Dino D-Day is free to play all weekend on Steam! Dinosaurs and Nazis!

[Creeping Death]

Getgamesgo.com has a strategy sale on at the minute. Titles of most interest are MoW Assault Squad for £6.24 and RUSE for £8.74. They also have all the Total War games on offer, although Shogun 2's discount isn't that impressive.

http://www.getgamesgo.com/category/strategy-sale

[Giaddon]

Notables from the day's Direct2Drive sale are

X-Com complete, $4
Supreme Commander Gold, $5
First two Brothers in Arms, $2.50 each

[Creeping Death]

Hmm, can I get an unbiased opinion on how well the X-Com games hold up these days? I don't mind dated graphics, but if the interface is something I constantly have to wrestle with or if there is some really aged, poorly designed gameplay etc it might put me off...

[Oak]

You won't have to wrestle with it. You'll just have to spend a few minutes learning what all the unlabeled, untooltip'd buttons do.

[Giaddon]

X-Com hasn't really aged, mostly because nothing else has really taken it on. If you have any experience with tactics games, the battles will be fairly intuitive. The global strategy will be harder, but I'm sure an hour of play with a couple throwaway games will set you up. Basically you want to keep the world governments happy and funding you, research the alien stuff you find, and manufacture the stuff your research discovers. Here's a decent wiki (http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page).

Also, the original 2 are
HARD.
MOTHER.
FUCKERS.

You WILL go against an alien force that will mind control your dudes, have them fire rockets into a crowd of your own soldiers, and then lie down on their own grenades. You WILL have soldiers turned into zombies. You WILL die.

All part of the fun!

[cowthief skank]

"Hidden Movement" is one of the most nerve-wracking phrases in gaming history...

[BenWah]

the original xcom isn't that mean, but the second one is really fearsome

[Kablooie]

Blood Bowl (Dark Elves Edition) is $5.00 USD on Impulse (think it was mentioned before) .
Also, Bulletstorm is $15.00 USD on Impulse (!). For those like me waiting until it was cheap here it is.

Both deals expire at the end of today (Sunday, 31JUL).

[goatmonkey]

Once again the Bulletstorm deal is not available in the UK someone really doesn't want me to buy this game

[Wooly Wugga Wugga]

Blood Bowl (Dark Elves Edition) is $5.00 USD on Impulse ...

Rather pick up the Legendary Edition so that you can play in the RPS leagues. I learned this the hard way *sadface*

[Smashbox]

Green Man Gaming has the lowest price for Deus Ex Human Revolution that I've seen (http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/rpgs/deus-ex-human-revolution/) - currently $34 with this code:

FACEB-JULY4-20PEC ... expires Monday I think.

It uses Steamworks so you'll be able to activate it on Steam.

[Giaddon]

SWAT 4: Gold is $5 on Direct2Drive today, which is their last day of summer sales.

[Heliocentric]

SWAT 4: Gold is $5 on Direct2Drive today, which is their last day of summer sales.

THIS IS AWESOME.
Seriously get all over this game, its irrational games peak so far in my mind.

[Similar]

THIS IS AWESOME.
Seriously get all over this game, its irrational games peak so far in my mind.
Agreed. SWAT 4 is excellent (and sorely needs a sequel).

[Colonel J]

Big new sale just up at Gamersgate. Only looked at the first couple of pages but...

Precursors (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-PREC/precursors) - £2.50
Jagged Alliance 2 Gold (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-JA2G/jagged-alliance-2-gold-bundle) - £0.49
Xenus II White Gold (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-XENUS2/xenus-2-white-gold)- £1.25 (I've been waiting for this come down to a good price but that's just rudely cheap...)
Mac version of Splinter Cell Conviction (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TCSCCMAC/tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction-mac) - £1.87 (weirdly the PC version is also on discount but is £9.98)

[Janek]

Running through the list now. Seems like they've not taken last week's off the list yet, which clutters things a bit, but nevermind. An awful lot of things for less than a quid. Blimey.

Edit: Both Ground Controls for fourteen pence! What the hell.
Editedit: No wait they're adjusting the prices. Whaaaat.

[ComradePenguin]

Tropico 3 is currently 98p though whether it says like that remains to be seen.

Edit: Lume is 57p, Syberia 88p

Edit: All corrected now.

[Colonel J]

I hate to disappoint anyone but Precursors has just gone back up in price to £9.97 / 50% discount. It most definitely was £2.50, 20 minutes ago! I can only think that some screw ups must have been made on discounts when it first went up.

Just got my transaction through quick for Xenus II at £1.25 in case that's another mistake... Gamersgate is very slow right now though.

[Mana_Garmr]

Aww, they fixed Evil Genius too. If was around 50p for a while there.

Also the Mac version of Splinter Cell: Conviction is marked dow to $2.50, but the PC version is staying at $20. Weird choice.

Nice! Got Syberia for $0.32, it's back up to $2.50 now. Xenus is back up to $15 too, glad I grabbed that cheap.

[Kelron]

Theatre of War 3 - 78p (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TOW3K/theatre-of-war-3-korea)
Death To Spies: Moment of Truth - 63p (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-DTSMOT/death-to-spies-moment-of-truth)

Be quick though, they're fixing the prices. JA2 was 50p but just went back up.

[Heliocentric]

epic screw up there.

[somini]

Fuck, I missed Syberia for1 minute, it changed as I refreshed the page.
Flatout 2 continues at 27 cents.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-FO2/flatout-2

Does anyone has an extra Syberia that managed to get?

[ComradePenguin]

I'm wondering if this sale is simply rotating price cock ups. I just got Railroads! for 64p which I don't think was there when I looked earlier. I too missed Syberia by taking the time out to post it here. That'll teach me to be helpful. Both it and Lume are now more sensible prices. The first Jagged Alliance was still sub 50p a few minutes ago.

Tropico 3 and Tropico reloaded as a pack is currently £3.99.

[Colonel J]

I reckon they'd make the developers and publishers more money by staying at the original low prices for a few days instead of correcting them.

The likes of Precursors or Xenus II would sell a craptonne more copies at sub $5 than they would at $15. And their JA2 Gold sale price is now not much less than it is on GOG at full price, daft.

Glad a grabbed Xenus II when I did anyway.

[Heliocentric]

lovely skipping past games at 96% off, because they are rubbish.

[Creeping Death]

Sigh, wish I'd grabbed Patrician 4 at £4, it's now up to a tenner :/

So is this whole sale a bit of a cock up? :P

[ComradePenguin]

lovely skipping past games at 96% off, because they are rubbish.

Not tempted by Ford Racing 2 for 3p then? 100% off apparently.

Tropico 3 Gold Edition which includes the very worthwhile Absolute Power expansion is £3.19. I think they really want you to buy Tropico 3.

[rikdaly]

Fuck, I missed Syberia for1 minute, it changed as I refreshed the page.
Flatout 2 continues at 27 cents.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-FO2/flatout-2

Does anyone has an extra Syberia that managed to get?

oooh thanks! been looking for a good price on Flatout 2 for a while now

[The JG Man]

Not on sale, but a bargain depending on your perspective. Amazon.uk has The Witcher 2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Witcher-Premium-PC-DVD/dp/B004CJ8YTO/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_1) for £17.46. There also seems to be a few other recent-ish releases that are around the same price, but I'm not going to comment on quality.

[Giaddon]

Christ, I thought I was safe from these summer deals, but they keep coming.

What caught my eye (all prices in US dollaz):

Pathologic = two-fiddy (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PATH/pathologic).
Evil Genius = four bucks (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-EG/evil-genius).
The A.Typical RPG = one-fiddy. (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ATRPG/the-atypical-rpg)
Disciples 2 Gold = three bucks (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DISC2G/disciples-2-gold-bundle).
Syberia = two-fiddy (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-SYB/syberia).

[Mana_Garmr]

Witcher 2 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-W2AOKUS/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-digital-premium) is $30 for today on GamersGate.

[Giaddon]

Drakensang: The River of Time, is $5 on Impulse. Don't know about other currencies.

That's the cheapest I've ever seen it, and the cheapest it'll be for a while, I'm sure.

http://impulsedriven.com/drakensang2

[Phinor]

Drakensang: The River of Time, is $5 on Impulse. Don't know about other currencies.

That's the cheapest I've ever seen it, and the cheapest it'll be for a while, I'm sure.

http://impulsedriven.com/drakensang2

Only available in US&Canada, like most games in Impulse. It's getting worse and worse as big US based companies (Gamestop, Gamefly) keep buying digital distributors.

I'm getting weekly deal e-mails from Impulse and just couple of weeks ago NONE of the games on sale were available for purchase in Europe. Very useful e-mails.

[Giaddon]

That sucks dude :(

[Kelron]

Haven't bought anything from Impulse since Gamestop took over, but it is or was very easy to get around their region restrictions by using a proxy while on their site and paying through Paypal.

[Althea]

Only available in US&Canada, like most games in Impulse. It's getting worse and worse as big US based companies (Gamestop, Gamefly) keep buying digital distributors.

I'm getting weekly deal e-mails from Impulse and just couple of weeks ago NONE of the games on sale were available for purchase in Europe. Very useful e-mails.
And, to make it even worse, Drakensang is a German-developed game owned by a German publisher. There's no distribution deal for the UK, so the only way we can get it is to import. My copy cost about £18 from Amazon UK, and it's an imported copy from the BeNeLux region. Sadly, we can't get the expansion for it, but the US can. It's a shambles, but for once it's not GameStop/Impulse's fault. ValuSoft have the rights to distribute it in the US and Canada, not in the UK.

But I do wish Impulse would hide games we can't get. It's irritating to see a game you want, but then find out it's not available in the UK.

[Mana_Garmr]

Yeah, I bought The Dark Eye off Impulse a few weeks ago and most of the items in their version of a "You might aslo be interested in..." section were things they weren't actually willing to sell me. They can tell where I am when I try to view the game page itself, they really need to use that information in the advertisement selection and deal announcements they send out.

[Althea]

The Dark Eye is the name of the ruleset ;) Drakensang is the first game's name.

But I agree. I think GamersGate needs to do something similar with their site, as some sale games aren't actually on sale for me. I was perplexed by them the other day because they said Dragon Age 2 was their deal of the day or something similar, but upon checking for myself, the game was at £30. How odd.

[Giaddon]

Hey, that Naval Warfare thing RPS talked about a while ago is Steam's daily deal, $2.50.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/98500/

Midweek madness is the tower offense Warzone: Anomaly for $3.33.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/91200

And Limbo's out for $10, cheaper than I thought it would be, though not on sale.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/

[Mac]

And Limbo's out for $10, cheaper than I thought it would be, though not on sale.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/

It's a shame they are charging full price for Limbo - you can get Limbo, Trials and Splosion Man together for £6.98 on the 360 (here (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/xbox-360/xbox-live-hits-collection-limbo%2C-trials-hd%2C-splosion-man/_/XT3198/productpage.html))

[Ansob]

God fucking damn you, Paradox: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8674/

I just bought Darkest Hour and Victoria 2 on GamersGate for 50% off, and now this.

Everyone: get Darkest Hour so you can play Kaiserreich, and also get Arsenal of Democracy for just regular HoI2. Also, get EU3: Complete and both expansions for £6ish (since Chronicles isn't up for sale).

The sprite packs can be safely ignored. Victoria 1 is better than Victoria 2, but a lot less recent an engine so expect it to run in a tiny window. Victoria 2 is still partially broken but at least it's playable, unlike launch, and the Divergences mod makes it arguably worth £6.

[vinraith]

For what it's worth Ansob, Gamersgate releases patches for Paradox games much more reliably and much faster than Steam. In general, it's the better platform on which to own them IMO.

[Colonel J]

God fucking damn you, Paradox: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8674/

I just bought Darkest Hour and Victoria 2 on GamersGate for 50% off, and now this.

Everyone: get Darkest Hour so you can play Kaiserreich

Sweet, I just missed Darkest Hour on the Gamersgate sale for £1.99, it was 75% there I think on either daily or one of their pricing screw-ups but I blinked and missed it.

Got this and Naval Warfare today. I swore I wasn't going to get anything else in these summer sales after all the money I spent on Steam and GOG sales last month. Damn it.

[Plankton]

For what it's worth Ansob, Gamersgate releases patches for Paradox games much more reliably and much faster than Steam. In general, it's the better platform on which to own them IMO.
I also wanna add that if you are playing your Paradox games with mods, then Steam can be a bit of a pain. The Gamersgate version gives you better control over what version you have installed because Steam always auto-patches to the latest version.

[Ansob]

For what it's worth Ansob, Gamersgate releases patches for Paradox games much more reliably and much faster than Steam. In general, it's the better platform on which to own them IMO.

Yes, I know. It's still cheap. :P

[vinraith]

Yes, I know. It's still cheap. :P

Can't argue with that, just noting that there's a little silver lining here at least. :)

[zipcress]

Also, get EU3: Complete and both expansions for £6ish (since Chronicles isn't up for sale).



Actually, Chronicles is available for £4.99: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7654/

A saving of 98 pence over buying them individually.

(Incidentally, a search for "Europa Universalis III Chronicles" didn't include the page for Chronicles, so to get to it I had to go through the store page for EU3 Complete)

[Jamison Dance]

Preorder the Rage: Anarchy Edition (not sure what exactly that entails) from NewEgg for $47.99 instead of $59.99 here:
http://promotions.newegg.com/neemail/aug-0-2011/24hour04/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL080411&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL080411-_-EMC-080411-Index-_-EO-_-50#50

It appears to be good for the next 16 hours.

[Giaddon]

King's Bounty series is the daily deal on Steam.

It's like, 75% off-ish.

[Giaddon]

Oh shit.

BRINK free weekend on Steam, + 50% off game price.

Also, some kind of Id + Bethesda sale because of Quakecon. Skyrim listing! - $60 :(

[Althea]

Strikes me as a bit of a crappy sale, actually.

Brink - £15. GAME has it for £8.
Hunted - £22.50. I got mine (Special Edition) from GAME for... £14.
FO3 GOTY - £15. Amazon has it for about £9.

And £15 for Quake 4?! Damn. I know it's out of print, but that's daylight robbery.

[Heliocentric]

This is hardly a world shaking sale but game download service has a "complete" dawn of war 2 for £15
http://game.gamesplanet.com/buy-download-pc-games/DoW-II-Complete-2376-43.html?utm_source=GMUK&utm_medium=wedeals&utm_campaign=dow2complete70off

[Creeping Death]

Strikes me as a bit of a crappy sale, actually.

Brink - £15. GAME has it for £8.
Hunted - £22.50. I got mine (Special Edition) from GAME for... £14.
FO3 GOTY - £15. Amazon has it for about £9.

And £15 for Quake 4?! Damn. I know it's out of print, but that's daylight robbery.

Atleast if you get Brink from Steam you will get a key. I bought it from Game a few weeks back, the box was unsealed when it arrived and there was no cd key anywhere inside. They wouldn't allow me to return it, so I've been trying to get SOME kind of response from bethesda support for the past two weeks.

A free weekend means I can finally play it! 3 weeks after purchase -.-

[Tobien]

Tempted to get the Quakecon Pack

[Miker]

This is an odd question, but since I "own" Brink for the free weekend, do I get access to the free DLC, or do I have to actually buy the game to get Agents of Change? It's not a huge deal, as I'm already getting the chance to play the game for free, but I hear the two new maps are actually some of the best the game has seen so far.

[Oak]

Try going to the DLC page in the store and installing it. If it works, the license might be bound to your account permanently in the event that you buy the game. If not, uh...well, it didn't hurt to try.

[sabrage]

Owe it to this thread to make me RE-buy Kings Bounty (plus the two expansions) to give me far, far more game than I need right now.

[Creeping Death]

Try going to the DLC page in the store and installing it. If it works, the license might be bound to your account permanently in the event that you buy the game. If not, uh...well, it didn't hurt to try.

I started installing Brink earlier for the free weekend and, when I exited another game this evening, the steam update news window opened saying "new content for your game" and advertising the Brink dlc. So it is very possible that it ties it to your account during the free weekend.

[sabrage]

It let me add the DLC to my cart (I haven't installed the game yet) but when I look at the cart it is empty and the "Purchase for myself" option is greyed out.

[ColOfNature]

Once you install the game, go back to the DLC page and you should be able to click a button to activate it.

[sabrage]

Anyone thinking about getting that Quakecon pack? I think that if I like Brink this weekend I'll probably pick it up. I mean, I've had my eye on both Fallouts, Morrowind and Brink for a while now, and that right there just about covers the price... Everything else is just icing.

How is New Vegas bug-wise? I heard some real horror stories back when it released; am I going to be spending a lot of time modding and tweaking or has it been mostly fixed?

[Creeping Death]

How is New Vegas bug-wise? I heard some real horror stories back when it released; am I going to be spending a lot of time modding and tweaking or has it been mostly fixed?

It's greatly improved. On release 7 hours in I hit a bug that corrupted my save. Went back to the game last week and after putting 42ish hours into it I've only had it crash on me maybe... 3 times, and no other bugs.

It saves pretty often, every time you hit a load screen, so the few crashes aren't that bad. Just be handy with the f5 key :P

[Althea]

How is New Vegas bug-wise? I heard some real horror stories back when it released; am I going to be spending a lot of time modding and tweaking or has it been mostly fixed?
Personally, I think it's not too bad. I'd say New Vegas' bugs tend to manifest themselves as visual ones (Such as enemies falling through the floor, getting stuck in the floor, flying away when you shoot them, etc) rather than gameplay bugs. Obviously some quests do bug, but the patches over the past half a year+ have really helped in that regard. It does still crash every so often for me, but thankfully it isn't into Fallout 3's habit of blue screening rather than crashing.

[squirrelfanatic]

Don't know if it has been mentioned here (Lewie has it on his site though) but Desperados 2 (the Western Commandos-like game) is on sale for 44p (apparently, that's 1,59EUR...) at Gamersgate. Tempted to pick it up, but the exchange rate seems weird to me.

[Althea]

Darksiders is down to £4.99 on GamersGate today.

[Giaddon]

GOG.com got the Might and Magic shit on sale this weekend, both "Heroes" and not.

[Berlin]

Does Heroes 3 work well on modern computers with PANORAMIC resolutions and stuff? I tried to install my years old CD copy and it was a horrible thing, wondering now whether this GOG.com thing's worth the price and better. Anybody?

[Althea]

I have the edition found in the HoMM complete edition, and it's not got support for higher resolutions built in. I don't know if you can tweak it (You might want to check the HoMM GOG forums for that), but I wouldn't expect it to.

[Giaddon]

If running a 12 year old game at 1024x768 is unbearable, maybe Heroes isn't the type of game for you anyway...?

[Berlin]

If running a 12 year old game at 1024x768 is unbearable, maybe Heroes isn't the type of game for you anyway...?

Actually it's rather a matter of me-remembering-the-game-as-a-beautiful-gem-from-the-distant-past and Windows-doesn't-want-me-to-play-this than the type of game.

[Giaddon]

Fair enough. I never had any technical difficulties with the GOG version, so if it was a technical issue, it may be fixed. Here's a Heroes III HD mod (https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/). I've never used it.

ALSO:
Spotted on Green Man Gaming: Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon (http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/adventure/dracula-3-path-of-the-dragon/) for ~$8. I have some huge post about it somewhere on the old forums, but here's the short version:

It's a first-person panning point-and-click adventure game.

It's 1920. You're a priest appointed by the Vatican to investigate if a recently deceased nurse in a small Transylvanian town is appropriate for canonization (the church is trying to build support in the area, and thinks a local saint could go far.)

You arrive in a small community still in the ruins of the Great War and begin your investigation.

That's all I'll say about the story, which is excellent. It's the rare first-person adventure with a clearly defined protagonist and characters you can speak with (the voice acting is excellent). It's also one of the very few adventures I've played which has a plot that doesn't cover itself with campy humor or pulp adventure. It's a slow, deliberate, very academic game (it contains the full text of both Dracula and the Latin Bible), that traces the history of vampirism in Europe and touches on the historical situation that lit off two world wars.

It is also a ball-breakingly hard game. It's hard for the right reasons, though -- logical challenges. You only very rarely wonder where to go or what you should be doing, you're always staring at a puzzle (usually armed with a pile of books to consult) and trying to figure out how to solve it. You never have to "click everything on everything."

If you like adventure games, European history, traditional vampire tales, academic research, or puzzles, you'll find something to like in the game. It's my favorite adventure game of the last five years at least.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the #3! It's totally unlike the other 2, just a lame attempt to brand it as a franchise. The story is unconnected and the gameplay is different. So don't worry about not playing the previous games -- in fact, you shouldn't.

[Althea]

Note: The UK version is £8. Amazon has the trilogy for £7 ;)

[cwoac]

shopto have just launched their new download service, with a bunch of stuff @1.99 (although well hidden for some reason) - including the 'being advertised on RPS right now' pirates of black cove...

[Kelron]

I think I'll wait for some feedback before buying from them, but some highlights for the adventurous:

Deus Ex: HR - £19.99 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26867-Deus%20Ex%20Human%20Revolution.html) (Steamworks)
From Dust - £9.98 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD27086-From%20Dust.html)
Space Rangers 2: Reboot - £2.90 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26879-Space%20Rangers%202%20Reboot%20SecuRent.html) - Presumably this includes the original game as it's not for sale separately, but I'm not sure what "SecuRent" means.
Death To Spies Gold - 98p (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26556-Death%20to%20Spies%20Gold%20Edition.html)

[Giaddon]

Direct2Drive has some kind of shoothemintheface! sale, here's the games:

Crysis 2 - $30
Bulletstorm - $12
Section 8: Prejudice - $6
Borderlands: GOTY - $12
FEAR 3 - $30

Bulletstorm and Section 8 both rule (no one's playing S8, however).

[Colonel J]

Some good DRM-free stuff this weekend from GOG's French little brother dotemu.com (http://www.dotemu.com/en/discount-sale)

Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Edition (http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/713/jagged-alliance-2-gold-edition) €3.74
Hardwar (http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/1498/hardwar) €2.79
The Last Express Collectors Edition (http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/608/the-last-express-collectors-edition) €2.79
3 Pro Pinball games (http://www.dotemu.com/en/discount-sale) at €2.79 each: Timeshock, Fantastic Journey, Big Race USA

Yeah so the last three are only a €1.20 saving on an already paltry full price, put it towards a pint of beer or something. Last Express in particular is brilliant.

I did a bit of googling of Hardwar after the last time it was on sale and got the impression that the code was available free from a modder's site with the dev's blessing, but not 100% sure on that? Also mentioned that the soundtrack is not present in the download game as it originally streamed for CD. Tempted to just buy it at that price anyway.

[CuervoJoe]

Morrowind and Oblivion are 14.99 euros together on Steam.

Morrowind is 9.99 too, instead of the extortionate 20 euros they normally charge.

[goatmonkey]

Direct2Drive has some kind of shoothemintheface! sale, here's the games:

Crysis 2 - $30
Bulletstorm - $12
Section 8: Prejudice - $6
Borderlands: GOTY - $12
FEAR 3 - $30

Bulletstorm and Section 8 both rule (no one's playing S8, however).

Once again Bulletstorm not on sale in the UK what's the the legality of using a proxy to get this I imagine it's pretty questionable?

[Kelron]

Once again Bulletstorm not on sale in the UK what's the the legality of using a proxy to get this I imagine it's pretty questionable?

Try waiting a day. Sometimes the UK site has different offers or updates slightly later.

[cwoac]

I think I'll wait for some feedback before buying from them, but some highlights for the adventurous:

Deus Ex: HR - £19.99 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26867-Deus%20Ex%20Human%20Revolution.html) (Steamworks)
From Dust - £9.98 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD27086-From%20Dust.html)
Space Rangers 2: Reboot - £2.90 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26879-Space%20Rangers%202%20Reboot%20SecuRent.html) - Presumably this includes the original game as it's not for sale separately, but I'm not sure what "SecuRent" means.
Death To Spies Gold - 98p (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26556-Death%20to%20Spies%20Gold%20Edition.html)

I've bought from them a few times before in their non-download guise, and its always been fine. Their downloads (steamworks games excepted) seem to be in the gamersgate d/l a program to d/l the installer mould.

[Anthile]

Buy all the Might & Magic stuff from GOG. It's ludicrous value for money. Especially the Might & Magic 6-pack.

[Megagun]

Space Rangers 2: Reboot - £2.90 (http://www.shopto.net/DOWNLOAD/VIDEO%20GAMES/DWNLD26879-Space%20Rangers%202%20Reboot%20SecuRent.html) - Presumably this includes the original game as it's not for sale separately, but I'm not sure what "SecuRent" means.
Absolutely fantastic game. Worth whatever money they're asking. Don't look at those screenshots they're showing, as those are from the horrible real-time-strategy bits in the game. The space bits and choose-your-own-adventure bits are a lot better, even though the English in the game is mediocre.

[squirrelfanatic]

Buy all the Might & Magic stuff from GOG. It's ludicrous value for money. Especially the Might & Magic 6-pack.Needs more Dark Messiahs.

[Giaddon]

Last few hours to get Gyromancer on Steam (daily deal, about $5).
Gamersgate remains glitchy with prices, and has Disciples 3 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-D3R/disciples-iii-renaissance) at 90% off (supposed to be 75%).

[Hensler]

What was the verdict on Disciples 3? I liked the older games, but don't remember hearing much about this one.

[Giaddon]

I'm downloading it now (I'm a huge Disciples 2 fan and couldn't pass up the price), but everyone says it's a pretty big turd. I'll post my reaction later, but the price will probably be higher by then.

[Hensler]

Yeah, $3 - might as well buy it now :).

[Giaddon]

The Oil Blue - an indie action puzzler in which you fiddle with the knobs and woozits of oil drilling machines in an effort to get the most oil to sell under a timelimit - is $8 on Beamdog (http://www.beamdog.com/products/the-oil-blue). There's a demo on the developer's site. (http://www.vertigogaming.net/game/oilblue)

I played the demo and liked it, so I bought the game and I like it. Good atmosphere (sounds, displays for the machines) and simple but fun mechanics (mostly based around managing a whole pile of oil machines efficiently, and deciding when to sell the oil (the price fluctuates, so you can make a nice profit if you sell at the right time)).

Check it out.

[Mana_Garmr]

New Vegas (http://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/) is €9.99 ont Steam for today, which happily finally puts it under my "amount of money I'm willing to pay for Steam games" threshold.

[The JG Man]

Considering I'm playing through STALKER Shadows of Chernobyl AND have Call of Pripyat to go through, is there any point to me getting FO3/NV? If so, which one is more recommended?

[Giaddon]

1) Probably, depending on your tolerance for shooting things in a desolate environment
2) I actually prefer FO3. It's more open, and I liked the story more. NV has a railroaded first bit, way too many weapons/ammo/fiddly bits, and a dull story. On the other hand It does have much more interesting companions and story elements (i.e., backstory and places), and hardcore mode is cool.

[vinraith]

Considering I'm playing through STALKER Shadows of Chernobyl AND have Call of Pripyat to go through, is there any point to me getting FO3/NV? If so, which one is more recommended?

Aside from containing guns and happening to take place in (very different) post apocalyptic environments, the two series you've mentioned have nothing in common.

[Kelron]

I much prefer NV, and I think it went a long way to correct what I didn't like about FO3.

The biggest difference for me is the coherence and presentation of the world. FO3 is your cliche nuclear wasteland - nothing growing, junk scattered everywhere and everyone still living as scavengers 200 years after the bombs fell. There's no history to it and it doesn't really make much sense if you think about it. There are interesting locations in both games and you could argue that some of FO3's are more memorable by way of being weird and incongruous, but in FO3 they are specks of light in a dull wasteland while NV gives a better impression of a living world (and fits in with established Fallout backstory, if you're interested). Different factions make their presence felt, there's always signs of people trying to build rather than simply survive, and of course Vegas itself is far bigger and busier than any of the huddled settlements in FO3.

NV is also more fun to play mechanically. FO3 has wonky shooting, and while it's still not great in NV they've tweaked it to make it more satisfying.

[The JG Man]

Aside from containing guns and happening to take place in (very different) post apocalyptic environments, the two series you've mentioned have nothing in common.

Fair enough. From what I knew, I thought they'd be more similarities. That is good to know.


I actually prefer FO3.

I much prefer NV

Thanks for your input. I'll wait and see what a few more people say, if so, then make a decision!

[vinraith]

NV has a lot of quests and a very populated and developed "wasteland," it's more true to the spirit (though of course not the form) of the original Fallout games.

FO3 is more of a genuine wasteland, with very little civilization and very few people. It's more sparse on quests, but heavier on places to explore and things to discover. In vanilla, I'd agree that it's the weaker of the two, but with the Wanderer's Edition mod I think it becomes the stronger. This makes ammo harder to find, requires you to sleep, eat, and drink, and turns it into a true survival game. This makes exploration more worthwhile, and drives you to discover all the fascinating stuff littered around the gameworld. It's still very desolate and very lonely, but then that's exactly what I want out of a post-apocalyptic game.

For me, personally, FO3 with Wanderer's Edition is the superior experience, but that's more about what I want from a game like this than inherent quality. NV is a very solid open world game with lots of interesting locations, factions, and a ton of quests. If a somewhat more guided experience appeals to you, you'll want to go with NV.

Edit: I keep seeing complaints about "mechanical issues" in FO3. I don't recall any, myself, but I suspect that's because Wanderer's reworks quite a few things and corrects any significant problems with the game.

[Flint]

Fallout 3 is a Bethesda game through and through. It's superficially Fallout-ish but other than that, it's closer to Oblivion etc than Fallout. Big game but paper thin in depth, with little to care about or be interested in. It's also mechanically fairly broken, most notably in the way that your decisions regarding how your character levels has zero impact after the very beginning because it's insanely easy to just max out most things anyway. Dull, hollow game that fails in most of the things the original games excelled in.

New Vegas on the other hand is what Fallout 3 should have been. It still has some of the clunkiness of the engine but it actually feels like a Fallout game - the characters, locations and quests are interesting and memorable, some of the decisions you make really feel important and the game ties itself with the first two pretty well. Plus what Kelron said - where FO3 was a big blotch of static emptiness where people were more than happy to sit on their asses in ruined shacks for a few hundred years, New Vegas feels like a genuine world where civilisation has actually tried to move past the nuclear bombs, making the atmosphere and world feel so much stronger and alive. It's just a great, rich experience. It also fixes quite a lot of the mechanical issues F3 had, eg your levelling choices actually have importance again.

So get New Vegas if you're only going to get one.

[Giaddon]

Week 2 of the gamersgate sale.

My highlights:
Trine for $2 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-TRINE/trine)
Drakenang: River of Time for $6 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DSROT/drakensang-the-river-of-time), DLC (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DSPS/drakensang-phileassons-secret) for $3
Test Drive Unlimited 2 for $8 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-TDU2/test-drive-unlimited-2)
Tomb Raider: Legend and Anniversary (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-TRA/tomb-raider-anniversary) for $3.75 each, plus Underworld (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-TRU/tomb-raider-underworld) for $5
Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon for $7 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DRA3/dracula-3-the-path-of-the-dragon) (see big post above somewhere)
Still Life & Syberia 2 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-STILLL/still-life) for $5 each

Tropico 3: Gold is the deal of the day for $5 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-T3APBP/tropico-3-gold-edition-bundle)

Disciples 2 Gold, Pathologic, and Evil Genius are still on sale ($3, $2.50, and $4)

[Hensler]

I really, really, really recommend that Drakensang game, even if it was at full price. $6 is a steal!

[Althea]

Just remember that if you're in the UK, you can't get it (i.e. Drakensang: TRoT) from GamersGate. Only way to get it is either proxy (Which is questionable) or to buy a retail edition from the BeNeLux region (Unless the US has a retail one).

[Heliocentric]

My mobile phone confuses gamersgate's up detection. So I value these links. But is there any sense buying trop3 gold when I own trop3 and trop4 is on the horizon.

[Althea]

Not really. You might just want to get Absolute Power. GamersGate separates the product into T3 and AP, though, so if it's cheaper to get Gold then get it. You won't have to redownload Tropico 3.

[hamster]

Opinions on the Fallout 3 DLC? Should I bother with the GOTY version or just get the base game?

[Althea]

Get the GotY version. No question about it.

[Giaddon]

Risen (the post-Gothic RPG) is the deal of the day at GamersGate. Nine bucks (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-RISEN/risen)/six pounds (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-RISEN/risen)

[Donkeyfumbler]

shopto have just launched their new download service, with a bunch of stuff @1.99 (although well hidden for some reason) - including the 'being advertised on RPS right now' pirates of black cove...

Just a warning regarding shopto. I ordered Longest Journey and Dreamfall as digital downloads on Saturday having seen them in Lewie's Bargain Bucket but got no links to download them - just a confirmation I had been charged. After chasing several times in the last 48hrs, I've now been told they are 'no longer available' and have been refunded.

How a digital download can no longer be available is beyond me. It would appear that they either had such demand that they decided not to fulfill all of the orders (because they were only 98p each) or just used these kind of deals to drive traffic to the site and for publicity.

Either way, I won't be using them again and I would advise others to steer clear too.

[Doodier]

Terraria is 50% off on Steam as Midweek madness. I'm thinking about buying it. Is there any reason I shouldn't? Is it a big time consumer? Or is it too good and I would not do anything else apart from playing it for the rest of the summer? Help :D

[ColOfNature]

It's a time sink and no mistake, but it's well worth it. In fact, I believe the latest patch is out today which means new things to make and do! That sound you just heard was the rest of my week disappearing.

[Drake Sigar]

Opinions on the Fallout 3 DLC? Should I bother with the GOTY version or just get the base game?
I’m going to assume the broken ending (“I cannot enter that gas-filled room because… err, this is your destiny!”) was fixed in a patch for the normal game and having the expansions isn’t necessary, but perhaps someone could back me up on that, and then maybe highfive me just because I crave any form of physical contact.

If not, then the GOTY edition is definitely the way to go. I’d get it regardless; it’s even cheaper on Amazon than the regular version.

[applecup]

I’m going to assume the broken ending (“I cannot enter that gas-filled room because… err, this is your destiny!”) was fixed in a patch for the normal game and having the expansions isn’t necessary, but perhaps someone could back me up on that, and then maybe highfive me just because I crave any form of physical contact.

If not, then the GOTY edition is definitely the way to go. I’d get it regardless; it’s even cheaper on Amazon than the regular version.

It wasn't patched out, fixing it was a feature of the Broken Steel DLC.

[amishmonster]

Terraria is 50% off on Steam as Midweek madness. I'm thinking about buying it. Is there any reason I shouldn't? Is it a big time consumer? Or is it too good and I would not do anything else apart from playing it for the rest of the summer? Help :D

Terraria's quite good, but yes, also a time sink. Not in a bad way, necessarily, there's just a lot to do. Plus with the latest big patch, it's certainly a good time to jump in.

[Althea]

It wasn't patched out, fixing it was a feature of the Broken Steel DLC.
I think he means it's broken because it makes absolutely no sense.

[The JG Man]

Beat Hazard is today's daily Steam sale, 75% off all things associated.

Base - £1.75, additional file support - £0.85, "Ultra" expansion - £0.87, or complete for £2.12.

Apparently a lot of people liked this as a music game. There is a demo and a Giant Bomb Quick Look (http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-beat-hazard/17-2437/).

[Tikey]

I really liked Beat Hazard.
Asteroids + your own music is a great combination.

[vinraith]

I really liked Beat Hazard.
Asteroids + your own music is a great combination.

Yup, it's a fun little trifle. Definitely best to get Ultra, the base game lacks sorely for enemy and weapon variety.

[Tikey]

Ultra's coop mode is also a nice touch.

[Berlin]

Beat Hazard's an absolute must if you have lots of music. Amazing little game, spent 25 hours with this thing, it's addictive as hell.

[Giaddon]

Good deals on impulse today:
Academagia - $6 (http://impulsedriven.com/academagia)
Section 8: Prejudice - $7.50 (http://impulsedriven.com/prejudice)
Kohan Warchest - $10 (http://impulsedriven.com/products/ESD-IMP-W949) <- Strategy gamer? Get this!

[Giaddon]

Impulse added more good stuff:
Baldur's Gate 2 collection - $5 (http://www.impulsedriven.com/bg2)

Same with Icewind Dale I and II, and the original Baldur's gate.

[Berlin]

Impulse added more good stuff:
Baldur's Gate 2 collection - $5 (http://www.impulsedriven.com/bg2)

Same with Icewind Dale I and II, and the original Baldur's gate.

Why Steam can't do this? ;(

[Althea]

Why Steam can't do this? ;(
Atari is why.

[Creeping Death]

Impulse added more good stuff:
Baldur's Gate 2 collection - $5 (http://www.impulsedriven.com/bg2)

Same with Icewind Dale I and II, and the original Baldur's gate.

How do they run on modern pcs? Is it the same updated .exe that gog provides are am I going to run into loads of compatibility issues?

[sabrage]

Frozen Synapse is half of as Steam's daily deal

[ColOfNature]

Pre-order Rock of Ages on Steam, get 10% off.

[Mac]

Frozen Synapse is half of as Steam's daily deal

Cheaper on Gamersgate - £7.48

[Giaddon]

Indeed, Frozen Synapse is $9.98 on GamersGate (http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-FZS/frozen-synapse-bundle). Nice!

Steam is having a Kalypso Sale, which means you can get Patrician 3 for $1.69 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/33570/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_1). Do it.

[Hensler]

They also have a Kalypso anniversary pack with 20 decent games for $60, $80 for the pack plus a preorder of the Jagged Alliance remake OR Tropico 4, or $100 for everything. I've already got some of the games - need to figure out if it will save me money to buck the big pack for the 2 preorders and the things I dont have.

[ComradePenguin]

If you're one of the 7 people left who've yet to buy Minecraft it's buy one get one free this weekend. So if you go halfsies it will be €7.48/£6.54.

[Heliocentric]

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee £0.99 steam daily deal.
Just do me a favour, dont try and 99%* it without a guide

*Lets be honest here, you'll** never finish it even with a guide.

**I'm not talking to the guy who finished it already in 1996 on the in one sitting.

[sabrage]

Abe's Oddysee is infuriating.

[Gnoupi]

Jamestown at half price on Gamersgate: http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-JTLLC/jamestown-legend-of-the-lost-colony
It activates on Steam.

Great "bullet hell" shmup, with a really good soundtrack, well worth the money

[Colonel J]

Jamestown at half price on Gamersgate: http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-JTLLC/jamestown-legend-of-the-lost-colony
It activates on Steam.

Great "bullet hell" shmup, with a really good soundtrack, well worth the money

Short in terms of levels, but very sweet, brilliantly executed and with a perfectly designed difficulty curve. Get this, you won't regret it.

[vinraith]

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition (the newer one) is on sale on Gamersgate for 50% off ($20 US). A retail copy seems to run you $30, but I still feel like it might be worth holding out for something cheaper.

[Althea]

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition (the newer one) is on sale on Gamersgate for 50% off ($20 US). A retail copy seems to run you $30, but I still feel like it might be worth holding out for something cheaper.
It has been cheaper a few times, so you're right about that. Amazon UK, last I checked, had copies for about £7, but it could have changed since.

[The JG Man]

£10.50 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Bowl-Legendary-PC-DVD/dp/B0047O38ZY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313450371&sr=8-1) on Amazon UK.

[Heliocentric]

171
Incredible savings.... I mean, maybe hard to know.

[Corpekata]

Most of the impulse sales are in the 25 percent range, so pretty mediocre deals to miss out on anyways.

[Wengart]

Green Man Gaming (http://www.greenmangaming.com/?gmgr=rinasawe) Is having a great deal on Far Cry 2, Hitman: Blood Money, Just Cause 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Mount and Blade Warband. They are all 50% off currently.

In addition to that these two voucher codes are still active: SUNNY-SAVER-20PEC or 20PEC-FACEB-SAVER they both discount 20% and are good for one use per IP address and can be used on any single item not discounted heavily (50%)

Also all games on pre-order are 15% off and can be combined with the above vouchers to get 25% off.

This includes Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dead Island, Red Orchestra 2 (uncut and with steam goodies if you get the DDE version), And Assassin's Creed Revelations.

Also if you use that link and register your account we will both get 5$ in credit after your first purchase of at least 5$.

[Heliocentric]

It's good manners to announce when you are using a refferal link you'll profit from Wengart.

[Giaddon]

Prototype is $10
(http://impulsedriven.com/prototype)at Impulse
(http://impulsedriven.com/prototype)

[Mana_Garmr]

171
Incredible savings.... I mean, maybe hard to know.

Wow, 82 games on sale and 7 are available in my area. I always quite liked Impulse with the few games I got there, but I'm honestly not sure why I ever even look there anymore.

[squirrelfanatic]

The Bastion OST is available on Steam at 50% off. Qué? That's even cheaper than buying it from the artist directly (http://supergiantgames.bandcamp.com/album/bastion-original-soundtrack). So I guess this is... uh... good?

[Giaddon]

Section 8: Prejudice is 5 bucks on steam, with the DLC being ~a dollar each.

Which means I will buy the map packs.

[ArtVandelay]

Section 8: Prejudice is 5 bucks on steam, with the DLC being ~a dollar each.

Which means I will buy the map packs.

Better yet the four pack option includes the DLC for everyone. Hopefully this increases the player count.

[Wengart]

It's good manners to announce when you are using a refferal link you'll profit from Wengart.

I did. I'm sorry if it wasn't clear enough for you.

In fact I went out of my way to make it clearer for you.

[Heliocentric]

Apologies if you did and i was just being dense.

Origin Bulletsorm £9.99
and Battlefield bad manners 2 for £14.99

[sopabuena]

Prototype is $10
(http://impulsedriven.com/prototype)at Impulse
(http://impulsedriven.com/prototype)

Also at Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/10150/)
Is it worth it? Can anyone tell me something about the game?
Thanks

[Kelron]

Also at Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/10150/)
Is it worth it? Can anyone tell me something about the game?
Thanks

It's alright. Open world, but a very limited one. Reminds me of one of the old Spiderman games on the PS2. You can run around the city at will and do some challenges/minigames or use your super powers to murder people repeatedly, but there's not a lot to it. There's a storyline with missions that were mostly frustrating or dull.

[sabrage]

Kelron's pretty much got Prototype covered. I had a lot of fun with it, until I started to actually do the missions.

It's made by the same people as Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, if that means anything to you.

[Creeping Death]

Prototype was a really fun game until the helicopters showed up, and by the time you reached the end they were bloody everywhere.

Giantbomb have a quicklook here (http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-prototype/17-864/) that should give you an idea. It's a pretty fun game and, if you are craving an openworld superpowers type game it's worth it.

[vinraith]

It's alright. Open world, but a very limited one. Reminds me of one of the old Spiderman games on the PS2. You can run around the city at will and do some challenges/minigames or use your super powers to murder people repeatedly, but there's not a lot to it. There's a storyline with missions that were mostly frustrating or dull.

Sounds a great deal like Just Cause 2 and the GTA's, neither of which I much cared for. Then again, that description also matches the Assassin's Creed games, which I adore, so I suppose I don't even make any sense to myself.

[Heliocentric]

The Witcher : Enhanced Edition
Director 's Cut
£2.79
www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-WITCHER/the-witcher-enhanced-edition-directors-cut

[The JG Man]

God damn that Witcher is cheap. Chances of that going cheaper?

[Heliocentric]

I doubt witcher will go lower than that, its very little money for such an essential game.

Found this on the EA daily deals on origin, expect 50% off.

Tuesday: Fill the air with so much hot lead it could stop X-rays.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
The above are gone now
Bulletstorm

Wednesday: Don't draw a yellow card for missing out on these FIFA deals.
FIFA 11
FIFA Manager 11

Thursday: Twin turbo titles feed your need for speed and then some.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed

Friday: Brutally intense action lets you spill blood by the gallons.
Dead Space 2
Shank

Saturday: Explore meticulously crafted worlds with these BioWare RPGs.
Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition
Dragon Age 2

Sunday: Help your Sims lead a full, exciting life or rule an expansive kingdom.
The Sims 3 + Generations
The Sims Medieval

[The JG Man]

Yeah, I was tired when I wrote that. Dunno why I thought something like that would get cheaper. Shame Bulletstorm isn't on sale greater. I've seen it at £15 at retail for quite some time. Regardless, on sleeping on it, backlog too big. I shall wait for it to be as cheap down the line...

[Althea]

Yeah, I was tired when I wrote that. Dunno why I thought something like that would get cheaper. Shame Bulletstorm isn't on sale greater. I've seen it at £15 at retail for quite some time. Regardless, on sleeping on it, backlog too big. I shall wait for it to be as cheap down the line...
I forgot to pre-order it, bought it on release day for a staggering £35 (Limited Edition, of course), and then a few weeks later I saw it for £20. Arrrrrrrgh.

[Jams O'Donnell]

Just been having a quick browse through GamersGate's deals, and these caught my eye. Apologies if they've already been mentioned:

Trine £1.69 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TRINE/trine)
The Undergarden £1.75 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TUG/the-undergarden)
Saint's Row 2 £1.74 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-SAINTS2/saints-row-2)

[Althea]

Trine £1.69 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TRINE/trine)
Excellent game, easily worth that and more.


Saint's Row 2 £1.74 (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-SAINTS2/saints-row-2)
Excellent game, but one hell of a shitty port. £1.74 is a steal, however.

[AJH]

Couple of questions:

Is Section 8 worth buying in the daily deal? Not so much is the game good, but are there servers full enough to be worthwhile to buy it?

If so, are the map packs worth it? (If there are few full servers, there will be more players without the DLC than with....)

Gratuitous Space Battles and DLC is 75% off. Assuming the base game and Galactic Conquest are the things to buy, are the other 4 DLC packs necessary? Which of them is the best?

[Giaddon]

Is Section 8 worth buying in the daily deal? Not so much is the game good, but are there servers full enough to be worthwhile to buy it?

Section 8: Prejudice has about 1,500 active players right now, because of the sale. Before the sale that number was probably a couple dozen. If you pick it up today you'll probably have a week or so of high-quality online man shooting before the playerbase tanks again (my guess).

[Citruspunch]

I'm on the fence for Section 8:Prejudice. As I'd want it for the SP campaign (5 hrs long) I think I'll wait till the Xmas/BF/TG sale where it will likely be cheaper. To much other fps to play right now.

must resist... just because it's cheap doesn't mean I need it...! :) :)

[Heliocentric]

www.gog.com/en/page/tw2gamescom
witcher 2 for cheaps.€22/$30, I can't see my UK price due to I think IP detection errors. But figuring $30 usd in gbp is £18. 11 according to Google that's a hood ball park.

[Kelron]

Still showing as £30 for the UK.

[LutherBlissett]

so anyone heard of / played Astral Towers? (http://www.astral-towers.com/index.cgi?p=1)

It's 50% off at GamersGate: http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ASTRAL/astral-towers

Looks like the next game from Spectromancer devs.

[Giaddon]

Impulse has the full Prince of Persia Pack (Sands of Time, Warrior Within, Two Thrones, 2008, Forgotten Sands) for $15 (http://impulsedriven.com/products/ESD-IMP-W2383).

If you don't have most of them, that's a great deal!

[Ignorant Texan]

GOG has The Witcher 2 for $29.99, along with JA 1&2, Realms of Arkania1+2&3, Battle Island Platinum and Masters of Orion all at 40% off until Monday, August 22 GMT 3:59am. This may not be the best price for The Witcher 2, but CD Projekt gets all the money, and it has a load of bonus content.

http://www.gog.com/en/news/celebrating_gamescom_with_awesome_discounts

[Althea]

*Snip*

Went back on, it says $30. Huh. It said £30/$50 earlier.

[squirrelfanatic]

Just a heads-up: I recently ordered Brink (Special Edition) via the GAME online shop (I live in Germany). Since it was really cheap (8GBP) and comes with two extra skin packs this seemed like a really good deal. Today the game came with the mail. But there were no activation codes in the box, apart from one of the two skin packs. Not even for the main game.

So I just sent them a notification. Maybe this is all a misunderstanding. Maybe the box just looks as if it has been opened before. But if I don't get a pretty good reason for this, I'll be royally pissed. Anybody else ever got problems with GAME?

[Creeping Death]

Just a heads-up: I recently ordered Brink (Special Edition) via the GAME online shop (I live in Germany). Since it was really cheap (8GBP) and comes with two extra skin packs this seemed like a really good deal. Today the game came with the mail. But there were no activation codes in the box, besides for one of the two skin packs. Not even for the main game.

So I just sent them a notification. Maybe this is all a misunderstanding. Maybe the box just looks as if it has been opened before. But if I don't get a pretty good reason for this, I'll be royally pissed. Anybody else ever got problems with GAME?

Yep, I had the exact same problem about 6 weeks ago. Good luck getting a key! After pestering Game they claimed they never encountered the problem before and said to contact the publishers. I sent emails to splash damage and Bethesda support every week for a month and didn't get a single acknowledgement they even recognized my problem.

[squirrelfanatic]

What? This is just great. The "problem" is probably a guy over at GAME that nicks the cards from the boxes. Since I can't return the game now that it has been opened it seems like I am screwed. But thanks for the info, I'll get into contact with Splash Damage / Bethesda as soon as I get a reply from GAME. Even if I don't expect to get anything out of this.

[pierec]

Spiderweb's Avadon is out on Steam with surprisingly low price: 6,29 €. Compared to the original price it's definietly a bargain.

[Creeping Death]

What? This is just great. The "problem" is probably a guy over at GAME that nicks the cards from the boxes. Since I can't return the game now that it has been opened it seems like I am screwed. But thanks for the info, I'll get into contact with Splash Damage / Bethesda as soon as I get a reply from GAME. Even if I don't expect to get anything out of this.

If you make any progress be sure to let me know! Also just out of curiosity, when you got your game was it shrink wrapped or just one of Game's crappy stickers? For me it was just the sticker :/

[squirrelfanatic]

If you make any progress be sure to let me know! Also just out of curiosity, when you got your game was it shrink wrapped or just one of Game's crappy stickers? For me it was just the sticker :/Just the "seal" / sticker. As implied above, the box looked as if it had been already opened previously.

I messaged Lewie about this and he told me that he had heard similar things in the past about GAME. His advice was to pester GAME for a replacement, since the game came in an unsealed box. For further discussion, I opened a seperate thread on the forums.

[8-bit]

this isn't a pc deal so apologies in advance. people who follow the console toy news will know that due to a consumer related ass kicking nintendo had to drop the price of the 3ds by about a third, however that price has been dropped even more by amazon so its £115 at the moment. again I will make my apologies, but thats a price drop of about a hundred pounds within less than a year of release so I figured it was worth pointing out in case anyone is interested.

[TimA]

Dawn of War II Complete Pack (and individual titles) are 50% off on Steam now.

[Heliocentric]

It's cheap because its a dumb idea. A DS with more horse power would be fine, but they wasted 50% of the graphics power rendering 2 points of view. To be honest the DS lite was such a perfect design, changing anything was going to be questionable, the smartest upgrade was the XL, with the DSi coming a close second if just for the photograph and drawing app which was great for kids.

[_Jackalope_]

Since I had been gifted DoW2: Retribution Last Stand, it stacks up the 50% discount with the upgrade discount so I got 77% in total off upgrading to the full version and so only cost £8.50!

[Giaddon]

Gamersgate has Killing Floor for $3.74 (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-KF/killing-floor)/pounds (http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-KF/killing-floor)

[Arona Daal]

I found this Site for Deals,it scans the 9 Major Online game Shops hourly and so far is very userfriendly.

http://isthereanydeal.com/?by=price:asc

btw: If you buy something at Gamersgate, try both gamersgate.com and gamersgate.co.uk,they too differ in price.

[vinraith]

I found this Site for Deals,it scans the 9 Major Online game Shops hourly and so far is very userfriendly.

http://isthereanydeal.com/?by=price:asc

btw: If you buy something at Gamersgate, try both gamersgate.com and gamersgate.co.uk,they too differ in price.

I don't have anything to say about the site, but I'd like to take a moment to applaud your username. Startopia rocked.

Edit: And actually, the site's pretty great too.

[Kelron]

That's a nice site, actually. There's a few similar ones around but that's well laid out and easy to browse through.

[SirKicksalot]

That's a great site, thank you!

[Rinox]

Ooh Puzzle Agent 2! Thanks for the tip, buying now.

[Oak]

Multiwinia is today's Steam daily deal. Please buy it and help bring it back to life again, if only for one more day.

[Heliocentric]

Noooooo not multiwinia! go play a good forgotten strategy game in multiplayer instead, sacrifice, one of the soldiers/faces/men of war play homeworld 1/2, company of heroes in a 4 vs 4 against AI, warcraft 3(try a tower defence map), starcraft(tower defence was pretty much born here), a small 1 vs 1 world in alpha centuri, reigicide in age of empires 2 (strong), Rome total war 2500 point battle (yes you can't field 20 elite units, that's the point) or red alert 2.

Just don't play multiwinia, buy it if you want to support the development of subversion, but don't play it.

[Oak]

Yes, go play a good forgotten strategy game. Like Multiwinia.

[hamster]

Saint Rows 2 $3.75 USD on gamersgate. Opinions???

[Althea]

Saint Rows 2 $3.75 USD on gamersgate. Opinions???
Absolutely horrific port but well worth the money.

If you're like me, you'll have to put up with over-sensitive controls, poor audio mixing and stuttering visuals, but it was still a good game.

[cowthief skank]

Saint Rows 2 $3.75 USD on gamersgate. Opinions???

I've played it for 28 hours and barely even touched the story

Imagine GTA without so much seriousness, but instead with character customisation and full co-op. You even see your character in all the cut-scenes, wearing whatever obscene clothing you wish

Definitely worth that money, worth quite a lot more, but if you are offended by slightly wonky controls and a mouseless menu system then stay away (though the menu is mouseless it is actually easier to use than many games which use the mouse, I find)

[hamster]

Hmm I found GTA 4 really boring. Are the missions better and is there more stuff to do?

[Althea]

Hmm I found GTA 4 really boring. Are the missions better and is there more stuff to do?
Yes and no. The game does reward you at certain points of the game for causing utter mayhem, and there are a variety of interesting side missions and minigames, but the game itself is shorter. It makes up for that in a number of ways, such as greater customisation (Of yourself and your vehicles), a deeper aspect to the gang warfare system and so forth.

In a way it's closer to GTA: SA than it is GTA IV. You've got to remember IV went for the realist direction, but SR2 goes for the Crazy As Shit direction.

[ConcreteOtter]

Football Manager 2011 is going for $7.97 over at gametap. I can't vouch for the quality of the retailer, but it looks like it might just be a steam code. This might just be the right price for a FM virgin like myself to give it a try.