Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

triggercut · 2012-10-12T07:47:19.000Z

Brian Rubin:

That SFI deal is amazing even if you only own a fraction of those games. Space Empires IV is considered one of the best in the series, Sub Command is fantastic, I really liked O.R.B. a lot, and the Disciples and Jagged Alliance packs are just gravy.

I was thinking just the opposite. That’s a bunch of games that if they hold appeal for folks, those folks have already bought them long ago. Otherwise, that’s a steaming pile of meh.

triggercut · 2012-10-12T07:49:46.000Z

arrendek:

The Sherlock Holmes games are bundled up cheap on Steam. Anyone have any thought on the series?

It’s a decent bundle, actually. There are 2 or 3 games in that bundle that are dreck, but the remastered version of “Awakening” is neat, vs Jack The Ripper is solid, the Pearl Earring is also quite good, and Nemesis is also worth a look.

That said, the game in the franchise that’s really drawing some raves is the newest one, which is also on sale but outside the bundle (it just came out a few weeks ago.) I’ll likely pick that up later in the year or next when I’ll have time to play it.

Nathan_Phoenix · 2012-10-12T07:55:14.000Z

Mark Asher:

Strategy First has a 29 game bundle for $9.99:

http://strategyfirst.com/games/2678-sfi-super-bundle.html

The link is showing up for me as the bundle costing $415. Did I miss the boat?

BrianRubin · 2012-10-12T07:58:29.000Z

It changes to $9 when you add stuff to the cart.

BrianRubin · 2012-10-12T07:58:55.000Z

triggercut:

I was thinking just the opposite. That’s a bunch of games that if they hold appeal for folks, those folks have already bought them long ago. Otherwise, that’s a steaming pile of meh.

Oh yeah? Well…you’re wrong! :P

Mark_Asher · 2012-10-12T07:59:32.000Z

Nathan Phoenix:

The link is showing up for me as the bundle costing $415. Did I miss the boat?

No. I just got the email this morning. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

Edit: You need to add the code “supersale” at checkout. I didn’t read that far in the email. Sorry.

BrianRubin · 2012-10-12T08:00:47.000Z

Mark Asher:

No. I just got the email this morning. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

It changes to $9 when you add stuff to the cart.

Nathan_Phoenix · 2012-10-12T08:18:48.000Z

It didn’t change in the cart for me, I’ll try the supersale code.

intruder · 2012-10-12T08:49:39.000Z

Fair warning concering the pack:
Last time I got one like that and the time to download those games was limited to a few days.
I didn’t manage to grab everything and so lost some stuff.

BrianRubin · 2012-10-12T08:58:22.000Z

Eewww, thanks for that warning intruder!

SlainteMhath · 2012-10-12T09:06:26.000Z

sangkancil99:

The Game of Thrones RPG and RTS version is bundled for $17 something on Steam. Worth it? Thanks.

Yes. $17.50 for BOTH the Game of Thrones RPG and the GoT Genesis RTS is a good deal. The RPG was fairly well received (there is a thread on it here), and is probably worth the $17.50 all by itself if you are a fan of the books/series. The RTS was also generally well received though with some faults. Given that the deal gives you each game for $8.75 each though I’d say it’s as cheap as you’re likely to see them anytime soon, including the Steam Christmas Sale. I’m going to bite on the package as both games are in my wishlist.

LockerK · 2012-10-12T09:26:02.000Z

Tony over at Amazon has said they’ll be running a bundle with both games for $10 in the near future. If you’ve waited this long and are just going to backlog them, I’d wait a little longer.

Scuzz · 2012-10-12T10:37:36.000Z

GoG has Assassins Creed the Director’s Cut for sale. Is this a good game for the PC? Can I go wrong at the $7.99 or $9.99 or whatever it is?

Scuzz · 2012-10-12T10:45:23.000Z

arrendek:

GOG.com: “Pay what you want” for Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity, and Divinity 2 (upcoming). It’s pay what you want except to get beyond you need to beat the average (currently $9.09) and if you want divinity 2 it’ll be $20.99.

So basically it’s a preorder with bonuses if you want anything other than DD.

http://www.gog.com/divinity/

Divinity 2 is Eco Draconis and the expansion…so not new games just maybe some added/changed content. Good game though.

Vesper · 2012-10-12T10:46:34.000Z

Scuzz:

GoG has Assassins Creed the Director’s Cut for sale. Is this a good game for the PC? Can I go wrong at the $7.99 or $9.99 or whatever it is?

Some people like the original AC, but most found it very repetitive. The series finds its footing and really gets good starting with AC2.

Scuzz · 2012-10-12T10:48:00.000Z

Question…

I deleted a game I had bought from GoG. Going into my account the games I have bought are all there, so I can always re-dl’d one of those games? Right?

BrianRubin · 2012-10-12T10:49:23.000Z

Scuzz:

Question…

I deleted a game I had bought from GoG. Going into my account the games I have bought are all there, so I can always re-dl’d one of those games? Right?

Totally.

Scuzz · 2012-10-12T10:50:42.000Z

Vesper:

Some people like the original AC, but most found it very repetitive. The series finds its footing and really gets good starting with AC2.

Would it (any AC game) be a better console game? We have an x-box and my daughter was curious about it.

malkav11 · 2012-10-12T11:07:19.000Z

Scuzz:

Would it (any AC game) be a better console game? We have an x-box and my daughter was curious about it.

They’re definitely better played with a gamepad, but there’s nothing inherent to any of them that would make it preferable to do that on console as far as I can tell. Especially AC1, which got PC exclusive content. And I think some of the DLC is bundled with the PC version of a couple of the later games while being sold separately on console.

SlainteMhath · 2012-10-12T11:13:29.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Yes. $17.50 for BOTH the Game of Thrones RPG and the GoT Genesis RTS is a good deal. Given that the deal gives you each game for $8.75 each though I’d say it’s as cheap as you’re likely to see them anytime soon, including the Steam Christmas Sale. I’m going to bite on the package as both games are in my wishlist.

Locker K:

Tony over at Amazon has said they’ll be running a bundle with both games for $10 in the near future. If you’ve waited this long and are just going to backlog them, I’d wait a little longer.

$10 for both. I hope Tony is correct, 'cause I’m going to hold out for that sale then. Thanks for the heads up!