The Groginati Sales Thread

W8taminute · June 07, 2013, 05:28:53 PM

Ah networked play. That's cool. Gives me another excuse for the warden to setup a game night out with the boys.

Kushan · June 07, 2013, 07:41:28 PM

Quote from: W8taminute on June 07, 2013, 02:34:02 PM
@ -budd- (shhhh not *budd*) :)

I've been playing civ ever since the civ 1 days on Nintendo Entertainment System. I own them all and I used to eat civ up with a voracious appetite. I'm kind of burnt out with the game and there are so many really awesome modern games out now that I doubt I'll ever go back to civ. Well that is not entirely true, MetalDog has been nice enough to setup a 5 human player game with Civ 4 that we play once a week online.

At any rate, if you loved Civ 2 and have some exposure to Civ 4 then I think you will enjoy Civ 5. Civ 5 has kind of sorta the same feeling as Civ 1 and 2 but looks and feels kind of sorta like Civ 4. However, in my opinion Civ 5 is the best in the series.

Did they ever get around to patching the AI to be somewhat decent?

W8taminute · June 07, 2013, 10:00:05 PM

Quote from: KushanDid they ever get around to patching the AI to be somewhat decent?

It depends on which version. Civ3 started out with a mediocre AI until it was patched. Then the AI made fairly good use of arty and land warfare. It still never got amphibious assaults right nor the naval war in general. Some of the mods and scenario creators did a decent job though taking advantage of certain AI quirks to make the game challenging. El Justo's Age of Imperialism scenario comes to mind.

Civ4 definitely was a little bit better and I recommend using the Warlords and/or Beyond the Sword add on for a challenging AI.

Civ 5 is pretty good right out of the box but is really good with the Gods and Kings add on.

Steelgrave · June 07, 2013, 10:09:16 PM

Civ 5 is my hands down favorite, and I've played them all. Adding hexes and ranged fire breathed new life into the franchise in a way that nothing else could have done. While still not a wargame per se, it's a helluva strategy game. And diplomacy has finally been fixed, so you're not piled on constantly no matter what you do. It's a must-have, imho.

Kushan · June 07, 2013, 10:10:01 PM

Quote from: W8taminute on June 07, 2013, 10:00:05 PM
Quote from: KushanDid they ever get around to patching the AI to be somewhat decent?
Civ 5 is pretty good right out of the box but is really good with the Gods and Kings add on.

Civ 5 is the one I'm looking at. I already own vanilla Civ 5. Got it a few months after it came out and wasn't to impressed with it. But with Civ 5 Gold on sale I'm considering jumping back in if its been improved. IIRC when Gods and Kings came out people said the AI was better, but after its first attack wave it wasn't really able to follow up.

Steelgrave · June 07, 2013, 10:26:48 PM

Civ V right out of the box was a bitter disappointment. It ran sloooowly, and no matter what you did, every other Civ hated you within a short time. There were other well-documented problems as well, but those two ruined the game for me. But every patch fixed something, and the Gods and Kings expansion elevated it to where it needed to be. The AI in attack mode IS much better than it was, but that being said, it's still not a strong point of the game if you are evenly matched. But the AI will occasionally pull a surprise and you can find yourself in hot water. If all else fails, adjusting the difficulty level can make quite a difference in the challenge level of the game.

republic · June 08, 2013, 03:51:23 PM

Right now you can get Bioshock Infinite for $27.99.

It is on sale at Gamefly for $34.99 and during checkout enter the code GFDJUN20 which takes it to $27.99.

It activates on Steam so that is a plus and a minus for some.

Tpek · June 08, 2013, 04:00:40 PM

Quote from: republic on June 08, 2013, 03:51:23 PM
Right now you can get Bioshock Infinite for $27.99.

It is on sale at Gamefly for $34.99 and during checkout enter the code GFDJUN20 which takes it to $27.99.

It activates on Steam so that is a plus and a minus for some.

It should be noted that this being Gamefly, the game is available through them for North Americans only.

Gusington · June 08, 2013, 10:50:37 PM

Company of Heroes 2 is 45.00 with voucher code at Green Man Gaming.

steve58 · June 10, 2013, 08:43:39 AM

Quote from: Gusington on June 08, 2013, 10:50:37 PM
Company of Heroes 2 is 45.00 with voucher code at Green Man Gaming.

...and the CivV: Brave New World DLC pre-order for $20 using code: GMG25-GDSAK-7FPWQ.

Code/discount good until June 14th at 11am ET...

steve58 · June 14, 2013, 02:00:09 PM

GetGamesGo is having a 75% off Total War Collections sale:

Empire: Total War Collection $7.49
Medieval II: Total War Collection $4.99
Napoleon: Total War Collection $7.49
Rome: Total War Collection $3.24
Total War: Grand Master Collection $41.24
Total War: Master Collection $22.49
Total War: Shogun 2 Collection $12.49
Total War: Shogun 2 Fall Of The Samurai Collection $9.99

...all Steam codes

Kushan · June 14, 2013, 10:25:09 PM

Anyone here able to recommend The Witcher 1 and 2?

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 14, 2013, 10:51:03 PM

Witcher 1 yes. Witcher 2, not so much.

Tpek · June 15, 2013, 04:18:29 AM

I did really like Witcher 2 TBH.
Also, the Modding SDK for it was recently released so you can expect some nice mods to come out.

Grim.Reaper · June 15, 2013, 04:51:04 AM

Quote from: Tpek on June 15, 2013, 04:18:29 AM
I did really like Witcher 2 TBH.
Also, the Modding SDK for it was recently released so you can expect some nice mods to come out.

Can't believe I forgot about this one.....I picked Witcher 2 up in a sale when it was like $6 and never installed it. Going to have to do that some day.