Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

Fenris99 · 2011-12-22T07:27:20.000Z

Giaddon:

Gamersgate, it seems, has put a ton of their catalog on sale. Their offers list is 46 pages long. Not as well put-together as the Steam sale, obviously, but I bet you could find some good stuff.

48 pages now. Holy crap.

mouselock · 2011-12-22T07:27:31.000Z

The GamersGate sale has Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10.20. This is a steamworks game, right?

kerzain · 2011-12-22T07:30:11.000Z

Yes, it is.

Inactiviste · 2011-12-22T07:33:27.000Z

The DLC is also on sale, -80 %. Anyone knows how it works ? Do GG just give you a code to apply on Steam ?

Telefrog · 2011-12-22T07:39:05.000Z

mouselock:

The GamersGate sale has Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10.20. This is a steamworks game, right?

That is very tempting.

kerzain · 2011-12-22T07:40:10.000Z

It’s a good price to pay for a game on several GOTY lists.

Giaddon · 2011-12-22T07:45:25.000Z

Almost positive that’s an error, I’d buy it ASAP if you’re interested. (I say this based on past experience with GamersGate).

It is Steamworks.

Bahimiron · 2011-12-22T07:45:42.000Z

mouselock:

The GamersGate sale has Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10.20. This is a steamworks game, right?

Wow. Sold and sold. I can’t imagine this one being a daily deal on Steam for less.

Nikolaj · 2011-12-22T07:46:03.000Z

Inactiviste:

The DLC is also on sale, -80 %. Anyone knows how it works ? Do GG just give you a code to apply on Steam ?

I bought it, as well as all the DLC. It gave me some weird message about me having gifted a game to someone and added 500 blue coins to my account. It now says that I won’t be able to see my serial for another 10 minutes, but it also says that I’m supposed to add the game in steam using that serial.

I guess I’ll just wait for 10 minutes and see what happens.

edit: It activated just fine. Don’t know why I had to wait 10 minutes.

Telefrog · 2011-12-22T07:49:23.000Z

Apparently, GamersGate has Achievements for buying stuff? WTF?

Bahimiron · 2011-12-22T07:51:51.000Z

Telefrog:

Apparently, GamersGate has Achievements for buying stuff? WTF?

…and xp and levels.

It’s kind of weird.

Then again, Steam is rewarding you for getting achievements in games you have to buy, so I guess it’s not that weird.

Nikolaj · 2011-12-22T07:52:08.000Z

Telefrog:

Apparently, GamersGate has Achievements for buying stuff? WTF?

They have achievements for all sorts of things related to their website. They reward you with blue coins, which you can use as payment on the site (if you get enough). It’s actually quite a nice system, and I’ve been able to get a couple of “free” games that way.

Mark_Asher · 2011-12-22T07:53:33.000Z

Giaddon:

Gamersgate, it seems, has put a ton of their catalog on sale. Their offers list is 46 pages long. Not as well put-together as the Steam sale, obviously, but I bet you could find some good stuff.

Yeah, they have some nice deals on older stuff. They undercut GOG on a lot of older games.

I’m finding DLC annoying because when I sort by price I have to wade through tons of DLC. I wish I could filter that stuff and not see it.

Telefrog · 2011-12-22T07:53:59.000Z

At any rate, $11.00 for Deus Ex HR plus the mission pack and the sniper DLC is good enough for me.

Bahimiron · 2011-12-22T07:55:10.000Z

$14 with the missing link DLC. I don’t even know what that is and I figure, hell, why not?

Man, could GG be any slower?

Cubit · 2011-12-22T07:55:55.000Z

Is anyone having trouble with paypal and GG? When I go to the paypal site to confirm, it redirects me back to GG without having purchased the game. My order is stuck in pending. Hrm.

Rock8man · 2011-12-22T07:55:57.000Z

Telefrog:

At any rate, $11.00 for Deus Ex HR plus the mission pack and the sniper DLC is good enough for me.

D’oh! I bought the game, but forgot about DLC. So the DLC is only $0.90? And makes the game better?

Tracy_Baker · 2011-12-22T07:57:25.000Z

Mark Asher:

Yeah, they have some nice deals on older stuff. They undercut GOG on a lot of older games.

I’m finding DLC annoying because when I sort by price I have to wade through tons of DLC. I wish I could filter that stuff and not see it.

This link someone posted earlier is good for weeding out a lot of chaff: http://www.steamgamesales.com/

Remove everything except Gamersgate and then up the minimum price to $3 or $4 and a lot of DLC magically disappears.

Giaddon · 2011-12-22T07:59:17.000Z

I’d be careful about the non-missing link DLC. I got the augmented edition (simply by preordering the game) and the DLC is handled really poorly: they just dump a bunch of stuff into your inventory at the beginning of the game, which I had to drop or start with a bunch of advantages. So make sure the DLC you want is more elegant than that!

Telefrog · 2011-12-22T08:00:12.000Z

Rock8man:

D’oh! I bought the game, but forgot about DLC. So the DLC is only $0.90? And makes the game better?

I have no idea, but it’s less than a buck. How bad can it be?

Of course, I apparently missed some other DLC. “Missing Link.” That’s $3.06, so it must be the premium stuff.