Bargain Thread 2013

rei · 2013-12-09T10:38:39.000Z

Weekly sales are up.

Aquanox I & II are $1.99. I loved this back in the day: Worst. Voice. Acting. Ever.

Hotfreak · 2013-12-09T11:07:21.000Z

rei:

Weekly sales are up.

Aquanox I & II are $1.99. I loved this back in the day: Worst. Voice. Acting. Ever.

Aquanox I was great, but I bet would make my eyes bleed now. I remember being disappointed with 2.

KaoFloppy · 2013-12-09T11:12:50.000Z

Ok, let me jot down the weekly’s. There’s Gothic, Two Worlds II, Flatout, Duke Nukem 3D … feels like a GOG weekend special.

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage $4.99 -75%.
Flatout 3: Chaos & Destruction $7.49 -75%.
Arena Wars 2 $0.99 -90%.
Naval Warfare $0.99 -80%.
Retrovirus $4.99 -75%.
Two Worlds Collection $9.99 -80%. Individual games & DLCs also -80%.
The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief $12.49 -50%.
The Guild II Collection $4.99 -75%. This is neither Guild Wars 2 nor Crusader King 2.
Arcania + Gothic Pack $12.49 -75%. Individual games & DLCs also -75%.
AquaNox 1 + 2 $1.99 -75%.
Chaser $1.24 -75%.
Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior Bundle $3.74 -75%. These are the 20 years old 3DFX games, not the recent remakes. (Do I really have to say this?)
Hacker Evolution: Untold $2.00 -80%.

Papageno · 2013-12-09T12:25:10.000Z

Is Flatout UC essentially a prettier Flatout 2? I liked Flatout 2 a lot so it’s not a strike against it. I’ve also been a fan of Bugbear since their awesome game Rally Trophy back in the day (2001?).

krushnine · 2013-12-09T12:34:19.000Z

Profanicus:

So probably worth $5 (though it’s a barebones port apparently).

Thanks, Profanicus! I decided to wait since I have enough games to hold me over for awhile. Will definitely pick it up sometime.

Preorder for the next (final?) Professor Layton game is $10 off on Amazon right now:

amazon.com

Amazon.com: Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy : Video Games

Journey across the globe aboard the airship Bostonius while solving mind-bending brainteasers themed to their environments. Can you help Professor Layton and his assistants solve the greatest puzzle m ...

This is for the 3DS. Releases 2/28/2014 in the US.

robc04 · 2013-12-09T12:43:16.000Z

krushnine:

Typing of the Dead: Overkill is 66% off on 24 hour sale at GMG now. Using the following 20% off code brings down the price to around $5.44: GMG20-CV2W4-DSYBT

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/typing-of-the-dead-overkill/

Debating whether to get this now or wait. Is this just a joke game that people will play for 15 minutes of laughs?

Grrr, I missed it. I was going to pick this up if I could get it for cheap.

krushnine · 2013-12-09T15:10:59.000Z

krushnine:

Preorder for the next (final?) Professor Layton game is $10 off on Amazon right now:
http://www.amazon.com/Professor-Layton-Azran-Legacy-Nintendo-3DS/dp/B00GV4V8UK/ref=sr_1_1?tag=qt3-20
This is for the 3DS. Releases 2/28/2014 in the US.

Another 3DS game deal: Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward is down to $19.99 on Amazon, which appears to be their lowest price for this game.

amazon.com

Amazon.com: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - Nintendo 3DS: Aksys Games: Video Games

This game is extremely virulent and can be transmitted through physical contact (via the dual “Nintendo 3DS” and “PlayStation Vita” retail vectors) as well as through the air (via the “PSN” vector), w ...

krushnine · 2013-12-09T15:38:27.000Z

…and ignore me, I’m just posting deals for myself today:

The Razer Orbweaver has dropped down to $89.99 on Newegg. It was less than $70 briefly last July (I missed it), and no significant price drop since then.

I’ve been wanting to try this out for awhile now, but I’m not sure whether I should get it since I’m no longer playing WoW or any MMOs (at least for now…).

newegg.com

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Daagar · 2013-12-09T15:40:51.000Z

KaoFloppy:

Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior Bundle $3.74 -75%. These are the 20 years old 3DFX games, not the recent remakes. (Do I really have to say this?)

No, you probably don’t, because that would be clearly overpriced for the recent remakes.

corkeh · 2013-12-09T16:19:29.000Z

Papageno:

Is Flatout UC essentially a prettier Flatout 2? I liked Flatout 2 a lot so it’s not a strike against it. I’ve also been a fan of Bugbear since their awesome game Rally Trophy back in the day (2001?).

Yeah it’s basically the same except they added a few more AI opponents to each race (which makes things a bit too crowded IMO). It uses GFWL so its multiplayer component will likely die in July. Flatout 2’s multiplayer is also dead thanks to Gamespy, but that will likely be easier to use via Hamachi than anything using GFWL.

Murbella · 2013-12-09T19:00:30.000Z

Daagar:

No, you probably don’t, because that would be clearly overpriced for the recent remakes.

The shadow warrior remake was actually one of the best recent shooters actually.

LockerK · 2013-12-10T02:02:11.000Z

Best Buy has a handful of games on sale; of note to me were Red Dead GOTY (360) for $15, Journey CE for $12, and inFamous/Killzone collections for $15.

360 games on sale
PS3 games on sale

Rock8man · 2013-12-10T10:42:46.000Z

I need your advice Bargain thread.

Remember Me for 360 is selling for $10 right now. Worth it? Or will it be a situation like Xbox and PS2 games I bought for a bargain after I already had a 360 that just went to the backlog that I never ended up playing?

I guess I’m asking if the game is special enough to go back to older hardware for?

KaoFloppy · 2013-12-10T10:49:25.000Z

Steam today: Völgarr the Viking $5.99 -50%. “New antique” arcade action game. Published by Adult Swim?!?
Steam Midweek #1: L.A. Noire $4.99 -75%. DLCs and Complete Editions -75%.
Steam Midweek #2: not announced yet.

divedivedive · 2013-12-10T10:59:23.000Z

Rock8man:

Remember Me for 360 is selling for $10 right now. Worth it?

I think it’s worth $10. I enjoyed the game, it had some interesting ideas and manipulating people’s memories was kind of fun. It’s not open world or anything like that, though, quite linear. And the combat isn’t really great. But still, I’d call my own experience with the game positive overall.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2013-12-10T11:00:14.000Z

KaoFloppy:

Steam today: Völgarr the Viking $5.99 -50%. “New antique” arcade action game. Published by Adult Swim?!?

That looks a lot like Altered Beast, a 1988 coin-op side-scrolling beat 'em up. The art style, the crudeness of the animations, and the general feel of combat, even if it’s clearly a different design in the specifics.

What I find interesting is that the 2nd Steam video shows a more typical player experience, namely dying a lot. After two failed runs, it shows a perfect run where the player defeats all the stuff that killed him the first two times around. The message being “you’ll get it eventually,” I guess.

ARogan · 2013-12-10T11:08:47.000Z

Looked more like Rastan with a touch of ghosts n goblins to me.

intruder · 2013-12-10T11:47:03.000Z

KaoFloppy:

Steam today: Völgarr the Viking $5.99 -50%. “New antique” arcade action game. Published by Adult Swim?!?
Steam Midweek #1: L.A. Noire $4.99 -75%. DLCs and Complete Editions -75%.
Steam Midweek #2: not announced yet.

Midweek #2: Dragon Age “Franchise” (Dragon Age 2 is not on Steam so…)

Scotten · 2013-12-10T12:22:44.000Z

Does Steam do a Xmas/Winter sale? If so, any guesses as to when it will start?

divedivedive · 2013-12-10T12:28:20.000Z

Pretty sure Steam doesn’t do holiday sales.