Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

Giaddon · 2011-12-22T08:02:34.000Z

Missing Link is an extra mission area (it takes place during a part of the game you skip over). It’s said to be decent, and ~5 hours long. I just picked it up, so I can’t comment personally.

Mark_Asher · 2011-12-22T08:04:30.000Z

Tracy Baker:

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.

Yeah, it’s good for that, but there are some good $1 bargains at Gamer’s Gate that get lost that way too. I’m grabbing Master of Orion for $0.74, for example.

Nikolaj · 2011-12-22T08:11:57.000Z

Pathologic is $/€ 5 on GG. That’s 50% off. It’s probably the best game I’ve played all year (even though it’s 6 years old).

Bahimiron · 2011-12-22T08:16:59.000Z

I only just noticed that Trine 1 is another ‘slip through the cracks’ deal over on Steam. 66% off brings it down to $3.39. Hard to pass up if it’s one you haven’t already picked up.

Mark Asher:

Yeah, it’s good for that, but there are some good $1 bargains at Gamer’s Gate that get lost that way too. I’m grabbing Master of Orion for $0.74, for example.

Hm. Maybe I’ll pick up MOO or MOO2 with blue coins. I never really got into either game.

Mark_Asher · 2011-12-22T08:31:11.000Z

Bahimiron:

I only just noticed that Trine 1 is another ‘slip through the cracks’ deal over on Steam. 66% off brings it down to $3.39. Hard to pass up if it’s one you haven’t already picked up.

Hm. Maybe I’ll pick up MOO or MOO2 with blue coins. I never really got into either game.

They have MOO + MOO2 for $1.49 or something like that.

Rock8man · 2011-12-22T08:41:47.000Z

Bahimiron:

Hm. Maybe I’ll pick up MOO or MOO2 with blue coins. I never really got into either game.

MOO2 is one of those games that actually holds up really well. The interface is great, you can right-click on anything in the game to find out more about it and it helps you learn the game and the interface that way. Plus it’s still the best game in its sub-genre ever done. So if you get it, I implore you to not just add it to a backlog. Give it a shot, because it’s different. I got into the game many years after its release, and was amazed at just how awesome it is. And I played it again extensively as recently as this summer when I only had access to a primitive laptop for gaming.

Bahimiron · 2011-12-22T08:44:03.000Z

Jesus, GG is one slow, clunky-ass site.

I’m trying to rate stuff and it keeps kicking me over to my ‘minion’. And the little thing that pops up to tell me I’ve earned 50 blue coins every review doesn’t make things any faster.

Mark_Asher · 2011-12-22T08:45:00.000Z

Rock8man:

MOO2 is one of those games that actually holds up really well. The interface is great, you can right-click on anything in the game to find out more about it and it helps you learn the game and the interface that way. Plus it’s still the best game in its sub-genre ever done. So if you get it, I implore you to not just add it to a backlog. Give it a shot, because it’s different. I got into the game many years after its release, and was amazed at just how awesome it is. And I played it again extensively as recently as this summer when I only had access to a primitive laptop for gaming.

I haven’t played it since it first came out. It had problems with things like auto-combat that could literally take 15 minutes to resolve if huge fleets were involved. I also disliked the increase in micro-management with the additions of planets to star systems. Did you ever play the original? It always seemed more elegant to me in design.

Eric_P · 2011-12-22T08:56:37.000Z

mouselock:

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

excellent. thank you very much for the heads up!

Marcus · 2011-12-22T08:59:02.000Z

Eric P:

excellent. thank you very much for the heads up!

Oh shit I know I should wait to see if steam sells it cheaper but this is too good to pass up

Becoming · 2011-12-22T09:03:45.000Z

Awesome. I snagged the Augmented Edition for $12, because more words=moar bettar!

I should maybe read the description now and see if that was dumb…but it was only two more dollars, who cares?!

JDSIDD · 2011-12-22T09:13:01.000Z

Amazon stuff for today:
Renegade Ops: $2.99
Witcher 2: $19.98
AvP (2010): $2.99

OrfBC · 2011-12-22T10:19:37.000Z

Does Renegade Ops register on Steam? From what I can tell, it is a Steamworks game, but isn’t in Steam’s official list of keys that will register (https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601).

Analog · 2011-12-22T10:23:04.000Z

OrfBC:

Does Renegade Ops register on Steam? From what I can tell, it is a Steamworks game, but isn’t in Steam’s official list of keys that will register.

Indeed it does. The code from Amazon includes the DLC too.

kerzain · 2011-12-22T10:23:06.000Z

That list is incomplete. As for Renegade Ops specifically, no idea. If it is indeed a Steamworks game, then yea it should leave you with no choice but to register there.

OrfBC · 2011-12-22T10:29:48.000Z

Amazon has Shogun 2 for $7.50 too.

JDSIDD · 2011-12-22T10:30:50.000Z

OrfBC:

Does Renegade Ops register on Steam? From what I can tell, it is a Steamworks game, but isn’t in Steam’s official list of keys that will register (https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601).

I just bought it and registered with Steam, no problems.

G-Man · 2011-12-22T10:39:56.000Z

Same. Thanks for posting that deal. When you factor in the $5 credit they give you for future game downloads it is like Amazon basically paid me to get the game.

DeepT · 2011-12-22T11:10:01.000Z

Divinity 2 is on the steam sale today. Is it any good? How does it compare to Two Worlds 2, unless it is a completely different kind of game.

James_Johnson · 2011-12-22T11:33:51.000Z

mouselock:

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

Showing as $16.98 for me.

Ha, according to Steamsales it went back to $17 five minutes ago.

Under $15 was my sweet point for the game I already own on the 360 + all DLC I’ve missed. Over $20? Thanks but no thanks.

EDIT: As someone mentioned, it was probably an error. That would surprise me approximately not at all, considering what a sack of shit GamersGate’s site is.