Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

Alistair · 2011-11-17T20:01:43.000Z

I see Shogun 2’s $15 at Direct2Drive. Is that a good deal?

Greybriar · 2011-11-17T20:08:36.000Z

Bahimiron:

So is Gamersgate like Steam? I buy it once and can DL as many times as I want until they go out of business? Or is it a once and gone sort of thing?

According to the GamersGate FAQ:

How many times can I download and/or install my games?
Any game bought on GamersGate is yours to download and install as many times you like. Some games are protected with an activation limit, but that limit is easily reset with an email to support@gamersgate.com

Spoit · 2011-11-17T20:45:12.000Z

bobman37:

Weird, looks like the Amazon half off sale is still active. I thought it was defunct as of yesterday. I really want Assassin’s Creed and Arkham City though, not any of those other games… what do you think, should I get Skyrim and return it for store credit to like Best Buy or something?

Both of those are supposedly 30 something during black friday

Tony_M · 2011-11-17T22:52:05.000Z

I know entertainment is subjective, but if you won’t pay $5 for Just Cause 2 you are a bad gamer and a bad human being.

amandachen · 2011-11-17T23:46:08.000Z

Alistair:

I see Shogun 2’s $15 at Direct2Drive. Is that a good deal?

That’s not bad. It registers on steam. But maybe steam will have a better sale on the game soon. Who knows? At least you might be able to pick up the DLC cheaply then if you’ve already got the base game.

Robert_Sharp · 2011-11-18T05:22:44.000Z

Tony M:

I know entertainment is subjective, but if you won’t pay $5 for Just Cause 2 you are a bad gamer and a bad human being.

I’m sure that wasn’t directed at me, but since I raised the question, I’d like to point out that I already own JC2 for the 360. I was just trying to decide whether to get the PC version as well.

Tony_M · 2011-11-18T06:02:10.000Z

Not directed at you at all sir. I’ve heard the engine looks great on all 3 platforms. I use the mouse for on foot sections and switch to the 360 controller for driving. As great as Just Cause 2 is, it doesn’t handle keyboard driving very well.

Jamie_Madigan · 2011-11-18T06:04:07.000Z

We’re a week out from the Steam winter sale, right? Doesn’t it usually start on Black Friday?

Cubit · 2011-11-18T06:15:15.000Z

Jamie Madigan:

We’re a week out from the Steam winter sale, right? Doesn’t it usually start on Black Friday?

No, last year it started December 20th.

intruder · 2011-11-18T06:24:44.000Z

Cubit:

No, last year it started December 20th.

I think he means the Thanksgiving Sale and that one started on Wednesday before the holiday last year and went on until the end of that week.
Guess it’s a good bet to keep a close eye at Steam next week Wednesday. :)

lordkosc · 2011-11-18T06:27:37.000Z

I held off buying a lot of indie games this year , waiting for the Turkey and Christmas Steam sales.

Sorry Indie Dev’s! :(

Jamie_Madigan · 2011-11-18T06:36:10.000Z

Ah, that’s right. I had completely forgotten that the Thanksgiving sale and the Winter sale were separate. I guess having 30 straight days of Steam sales would be a bit crazy. And dangerous.

Fenris99 · 2011-11-18T07:21:52.000Z

Hmm I think Steam did run sales for 30 straight days last year…

James_Johnson · 2011-11-18T08:37:41.000Z

Alistair:

I see Shogun 2’s $15 at Direct2Drive. Is that a good deal?

Sounds good to me. I got it at 25 or so and don’t regret it.

JustinFletcher · 2011-11-18T08:51:33.000Z

gambrinous:

Cliffski’s Show Me The Games direct-to-dev indie portal is running a 2-week sale called Show Me The Sales. All of the following games are at a fairly big discount (most 50% off), and importantly are all direct sales so no cut goes to steam/apple/cliffski or any other evil corp. Support the devs this way :D

-50% Solium Infernum

I wonder why Vic didn’t put Armageddon Empires on the list?

Creole_Ned · 2011-11-18T10:51:44.000Z

Steam Daily Deal for November 18th is RUSH for $2.49 (50% off). “From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori.”

Steam weekend deal is Magicka for $2.49 (75% off) and it’s also free to play this weekend only. It recently was patched to add save checkpoints and other fixes.

But wait, there’s more! Bejeweled 3 is also a weekend deal and is going for $9.99 (50% off).

Not to be left out, GoG is offering the 1C catalogue on sale this weekend, 60% off each game. Titles include:

Fantasy Wars
King’s Bounty: The Legend
Space Rangers
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Star Wolves
UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftershock

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-11-18T11:00:25.000Z

Space Rangers 2 is a great game, but do yourself a favor: get the Reboot version if you’re interested. It’s $10 on Steam, but the $6 difference is worth it. Of course, Steam will probably have it on sale again soon, it was $5 last time.

Marcin · 2011-11-18T12:34:33.000Z

UFO: Afterlight is a decent RTS UFO knockoff, complete with (somewhat linear) geosphere, base-building and research. No terrain deformation though. :/

Aftermath and Aftershock are the earlier iterations and fine as well, but Afterlight is where the UI became actually usable.

Airscrew · 2011-11-18T13:22:10.000Z

Bahimiron:

So is Gamersgate like Steam? I buy it once and can DL as many times as I want until they go out of business? Or is it a once and gone sort of thing?

I’ll put in a good word for GamersGate.

Similar to Good Old Games, when you’ve bought something it gets added to your game library and you can redownload or reinstall as many times as you like. There is no third-party software or client except for a small program which downloads the installation files and kicks off setup.exe (or whatever) when it is done.

You can even copy and back up the installation files if you don’t want to download again in the future (or are worried about them going out of business). I’ve stopped bothering as I find download speeds are generally better than Steam.

It’s not quite as nice as GOG in that some of the games come with DRM. On the other hand they have new games don’t add any extra DRM of their own, just what the publisher supplies.

The other positive for me is that they give 5% credit with their reward system so I’ll usually use GamersGate to gets serial keys for steamworks games and enjoy the extra discount.

The main downside is that the website is not as slick as Steam and you don’t get Team Fortress hats.

Mr_Popov · 2011-11-18T13:32:44.000Z

Yeah I enjoy GamersGate for the extra 5% as well. I was able to pick up the Din’s Curse expansion when it was on sale for $1 since I had about $4 in credits already.