Bargain Thread 2013

malkav11 · 2013-08-22T14:23:36.000Z

Telefrog:

DungeonBowl? Anyone have any experience with it?

No direct experience but all the reviews and user commentary I’ve encountered suggest that it’s pretty terrible.

corkeh · 2013-08-22T16:24:52.000Z

There was a roguelike type game similar to dungeonbowl, I’ll see if I can find it.

triggercut · 2013-08-22T16:56:15.000Z

Has anyone mentioned Populous?

Giaddon · 2013-08-22T17:06:49.000Z

triggercut:

Has anyone mentioned Populous?

Yes. See posts #3022 through 3024.

Brad_Grenz · 2013-08-22T18:02:59.000Z

Triggercut was referencing a Qt3 meme.

Amazon’s deal of the week is the Call of Duty franchise. Since it’s CoD the prices aren’t rock bottom, but if you want to modernize your warfares or blacken your ops they have some reasonably discounted Steam codes.

But the secret best deal is in their indie section where Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is $3.99. I loved this game on my Vita and would heartily recommend it to anyone at that price on Steam (the Vita version is actually only $2 right now on PSN, though, so don’t miss out on that if you have the hardware!). The same developers latest game Guacamelee is also at a slight discount of $13.49 for a Steam code. It, too, is a smashing fun time with even more beautiful art.

WarpRattler · 2013-08-22T18:04:51.000Z

malkav11:

Also, it was as far as I know the last SMT game that still wasn’t playable in English. (The NES/SNES games were fan translated, the others all have commercial releases unless I’m missing something.)

The original Devil Summoner isn’t in English at all; its only releases were on Saturn and PSP, and have received neither official western releases nor fan translations. The only info I could find for an English patch for Shin Megami Tensei if… was a stalled project from last year, and Shin Megami Tensei NINE (a Japan-only release for the original Xbox) hasn’t had anything done.

strummer · 2013-08-22T18:06:25.000Z

I’m a little surprised no one has pointed out Populous is in the bundle.

corkeh · 2013-08-22T22:44:28.000Z

corkeh:

There was a roguelike type game similar to dungeonbowl, I’ll see if I can find it.

It is Footbrawl Quest.

Greybriar · 2013-08-23T10:38:28.000Z

Game of Thrones Special Edition is being offered on Steam for $7.49 U.S. It includes:
[ul]
[li]Game of Thrones
[/li][li]Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall - (Blood Bound) DLC
[/li][li]Game of Thrones - Dog Pack DLC
[/li][li]Game of Thrones - Weapon Pack DLC
[/li][/ul]
I hadn’t purchased this due to the bad reviews and the Act Control DRM, but apparently the Steam version of the game does not have the Act Control DRM. Now that the price has been so drastically reduced, I’m wondering if the game is worth it. Is it?

Giaddon · 2013-08-23T10:40:09.000Z

I know some people here love it. It was too slow for my taste, but then again talky RPGs have fallen out of favor with me.

flyinj · 2013-08-23T10:46:44.000Z

Greybriar:

Game of Thrones Special Edition is being offered on Steam for $7.49 U.S. It includes:
[ul]
[li]Game of Thrones[/li][li]Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall - (Blood Bound) DLC[/li][li]Game of Thrones - Dog Pack DLC[/li][li]Game of Thrones - Weapon Pack DLC[/li][/ul]
I hadn’t purchased this due to the bad reviews and the Act Control DRM, but apparently the Steam version of the game does not have the Act Control DRM. Now that the price has been so drastically reduced, I’m wondering if the game is worth it. Is it?

Great writing and story, decent graphics, bad combat. I enjoyed it, and I paid $10 for it.

And what the heck is “Act Control DRM”?

Greybriar · 2013-08-23T11:34:06.000Z

Thanks for the replies, Giaddon and flyinj.

flyinj:

…what the heck is “Act Control DRM”?

From what little I’ve read about Act Control, I think it’s the U.S. version of StarForce.

CLWheeljack · 2013-08-23T12:00:16.000Z

slantz:

Are either Code Princess or Soul Hackers must-haves?

No.

Code of Princess is a fine time-waster, but it’s a little clunky and gets pretty tedious.
SMT IV is better than Soul Hackers.

Gordon_Bleu · 2013-08-23T13:03:03.000Z

How does Game of Thrones compare to Skyrim? Is it in the same ballpark? I assume it’s an open-world game, right?

Giaddon · 2013-08-23T13:05:20.000Z

It’s not an open world game, and I don’t know why you would assume that. They are nothing alike, other than a fantasy setting.

Gordon_Bleu · 2013-08-23T15:12:28.000Z

I don’t know why I assumed that… it seems like a Game of Thrones game should be open-world because half the fun would be exploring. In any event, thanks for answering my question. :)

malkav11 · 2013-08-23T16:49:08.000Z

Gordon_Bleu:

I don’t know why I assumed that… it seems like a Game of Thrones game should be open-world because half the fun would be exploring. In any event, thanks for answering my question. :)

Nah, it’s a very narrative focused game with two pregenerated protagonists - a fire priest and a Watchman. It’s a sort of B-plot to the books, from what I gather. Which seems a lot closer to the source material than an open world game would be, imho.

Giaddon · 2013-08-24T14:48:07.000Z

Getloadedgo’s new sale is on select Ubisoft games. Any 2 for $10. Some great deals here.

Paul_cze · 2013-08-24T15:24:18.000Z

Game of Thrones has one of the best stories I have ever experienced in gaming, and I did finish Torment/Bloodlines/Witcher 2. Just riveting stuff.
Gameplay is mediocre, but for me it was very much worth getting through it, for the story. Especially for anyone who likes the show/books.

stusser · 2013-08-24T15:59:23.000Z

Hmm. Maybe worth playing on super-easy “you are a 5 year old with ADHD” difficulty.