1921

Up to 75% off many Paradox titles at the Paradox Store.

1922

Humble Tom Clancy Bundle

1923

FYI, everything unlocks on uPlay.

1924

Looks like they are all Steam codes too.

1925

I’m one of the truly rare animal that has never played any of the Tom Clancy games. I just might spring $15 on that bundle, 'cos they’ll look nice 'n pretty on my virtual bookshelf.

Steam today: Endless Legend - Classic Edition - $19.34 - 50% off.
[indent]50% off Emperor edition and Guardians DLC. Shadows DLC is not on sale.[/indent]

1926

Lots of bargains today on Steam (I’ll let KaoFloppy report on them), but it seems there’s a hidden one: you can play Abyss Odyssey for free this weekend, and it has a 80% discount as well.

1927

It’s Double Fine day at the Humble store. I added Grim Fandango remastered to my cart, and Massive Chalice, for a total of $12.49. I already own all the other games… well, except Space Base DF9. If I add that, the total price goes to $8.99.

So is Space Base DF9 worth -$3.50?

1928

NO, I would not pay negative money for it. :)

1929

Don’t you do it, don’t you dare.

1930

Steam today: [b]MASSIVE CHALICE - $7.99 - 60% off.[/b]
[indent]This game is cheaper in the Humble Store today and tomorrow…from 66% off to 85% off if you can buy 5 Double Fine games at once.[/indent]

Steam weekend #1: Killing Floor 2 - $19.99 - 33% off. Early access. Free weekend!
[indent]Wow this game is popular. >4000 playing now, >20000 at peak.[/indent]

Steam weekend #2: Evolve - $19.99 - 50% off. Free weekend!
[indent]500+ playing now. Look at all these free co-op shooters, just in time for college![/indent]

Steam publisher sale: Focus Home Interactive
[ul]
[li]Act of Aggression - $38.24 - 15% off.
[/li][indent]Brand new RTS. Grey Goo wasn’t the final one! This one looks similar to C&C Generals.[/indent]
[li]Focus Selection Pack (2015) - $29.99 - 80% off.
[/li][indent]22 games: Farm Sim 2013, Wargame: Red Dragon, Cities XXL, Contrast, Styx: Master of Shadows, Another World 20th Anniversary, and others.[/indent]
[li]Wargame Franchise Pack - $12.49 - 75% off.
[/li][li]Farming Simulator 2015 - $17.99 - 40% off.
[/li][li]Mordheim: City of the Damned - $21.43 - 33% off. Early access.
[/li][li]Space Run - $5.09 - 66% off.
[/li][li]Contrast - $3.74 - 75% off.
[/li][li]Pix the Cat - $2.49 - 75% off.
[/li][li]Etherium - $5.00 - 75% off.
[/li][indent]Another 2015-vintage RTS. What are they all doing in Focus?[/indent]
[li]Game of Thrones - $4.99 - 75% off.
[/li][indent]Obviously not Telltale.[/indent]
[li]…and many more stragglers.
[/li][/ul]

Steam front page promotion of the day: Buff Knight Advanced - $4.79 - 40% off.
[indent]Reminds me to allocate some time to play both Half Minute Hero and One Way Heroics.[/indent]

That Abyss Odyssey bargain is hidden pretty deep! Poor Ace Team, getting buried in the crush of Back-To-School sales.

Humble Store sales are still going on. I’ll merely point out Fez - $1.99, Grey Goo - $19.99, Regency Solitaire - $4.99.

1931

So if I were to get one Wargame game, which one should I get? Red Dragon? I’m mostly thinking singleplayer, so good campaign is a plus.

1932

Yup. I’d get Red Dragon - it also has the ability to actually pause the game (although now that I think back on it, they may have patched that into the others). ALB is still great if you don’t feel compelled to use the ships, and some people really don’t like how the ships were implemented.

1933

Last time I tried Red Dragon, it didn’t have any tutorials. AirLand Battle, on the other hand, has a pretty good tutorial, so keep that in mind.

EDIT: Also, Tom said the single player campaign in AirLand Battle was better than the one in Red Dragon.

1934

Pause functionality was never backpatched into the earlier games. Red Dragon has basically no tutorial (written screens of information don’t count), and Airland Battle has a decent tutorial as long as you don’t try to play online using the tactics it teaches you (which won’t be a problem if you only want to play singleplayer).

European Escalation has the best campaign, but since the game went through a year of balance changes there are certain missions that became exponentially more difficult than they were intended to be as a result of those changes. That can be immensely frustrating. EE’s tutorial was integrated into the first five missions of the campaign, and if you can swap executables in the game directory you can get the original version of the game back to sidestep the balance issues, but that’s a big headache to mess with and might not be worth the time.

The campaigns in ALB is better than the campaigns in RD solely on the basis of ALB’s campaigns having more personality, but I was never a fan of the campaigns in either game. I’m an outlier on that when it comes to the population of Qt3 so I won’t belabor that point any further, but ALB was the stronger campaign game by far.

If you consider getting Red Dragon, you might just want to get the franchise pack so you can get Airland Battle along with it. EE was good for the time but its interface is so archaic I don’t think I could go back anymore. The more recent two are largely interchangeable as far as UI goes.

1935

Yeah, good point about the campaign. I normally just do the skirmish. As for tutorials, I honestly never felt the need for them once I figured out the menu/setup.

edit - what Otagan said

1936

Massive Chalice is the only Double Fine game I want. If someone wants to add it to their bundle I’d gladly pay them $4 (80% of $20) for it. Otherwise I’ll just buy it at the non bundle price.

1937

It’s absolutely worth saving $3.50 off the other two games, especially since you can gift it to someone you don’t like and double your fun. ;-)


DEAL ALERT! The Mad Max Bundle at Indiegala.com is on for another 17 hours and is the cheapest I’ve seen the game yet! $27.99 buys you Mad Max plus the pre-order bonus car Ripper DLC, plus the game Memories of a Vagabond (not sure why that is included, Australian made maybe?). $27.99 is even cheaper than GreenManGaming’s 40% off special.

1938

Well I bought DF9 for -$3.50. I promise not to play it, though. (Actually I don’t promise. I’ll probably load it up just to see how bad it is. I’m weak that way).

1939

I’m just going to go ahead and buy it before I forget about it. It’s still a great deal.

1940

Steam today: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 - $11.99 - 60% off.
[indent]Franchise sale. Re;Birth2 and all DLCs on sale 60% off. Just the game for you new college students to scare your roommates away with. Or for you middle-aged men to scare your significant others with. cough[/indent]

Humble Store has Shadowrun Returns for $1.94 for the next 8 hours only!
They also have on sale today:
[ul]
[li]Endless Legends, Endless Space
[/li][li]Company of Heroes 1 & 2
[/li][li]Defense Grid 2
[/li][li]Lords of Xulima
[/li][li]Hand of Fate
[/li][li]Sniper Elite 3
[/li][li]Shattered Planet
[/li][li]…and many others.
[/li][/ul]