The Groginati Sales Thread

[Gusington]

Is that you before you fire the game up?

[BanzaiCat]

@Martok...VICTORY :)

I'm pretty sure he's singing this song aloud right now.

[Gusington]

I was thinking more along the lines of Apocalypse Now but ok.

[BanzaiCat]

Moar helicopters and Wagner spilling from loudspeakers...can't argue with that logic.

[Gusington]

Totally off topic but the older I get the more totally f'd up Apocalypse Now becomes.

[BanzaiCat]

Dude, it was f'd up the minute FFC dreamed it up.

[Gusington]

Yeah but when I was 13 I didn't realize that.

[BanzaiCat]

I was 11. I remember thinking, why are they doing all this talking? More helicopters and booms, please!

Then I REALLY sat down and watched it about 15 years ago, for the first time, and then realized how seriously screwed up that movie was and glad I didn't absorb it like I absorbed 'Alien' into my nightmares.

[Gusington]

What you did 15 years ago I just did 3 months back :)

[JasonPratt]

Dude, it was f'd up the minute FFC dreamed it up.

Or Lucas rather. (They switched movies off with each other.)

[steve58]

For the flight simmers, several of the usual flight sim retailers are having huge sales.  PCPilotshop is having an "up to 60%" sale, including a big sale on Aerosoft products.  I've seen the Feel There E-jets on sale for about 50% off and Airbus X is on sale for about $35.  Also, a bunch of other sites are discounting all sorts of stuff...it's a good time to shop around.

Finally, simMarket has a bundled A2A B377 with Captain of the Ship for just under $50 if you buy them together.  That's about 30-40% off retail.

fyi: JustFlight just started their Christmas sale...

Bummer of a sale.  Why the #@$@ are their digital downloads more expensive than the boxed versions?

Got an email this morning from JustFlight and it looks like they are starting (re-starting?) their Christmas Sale.  Prices look a bit better than the first go-round...

[Grim.Reaper]

Kind of surprised to see Company of Heroes 2 so cheap already...only $13 at GMG...if you use one of their coupons, can even get cheaper.  I was in the pre-release beta program and paid over $50 for it....didn't like what I saw and got a refund before its official release.  I wonder if it is worth another shot for this cheap price.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/strategy/company-heroes-2/

[tgb]

I've been on the fence on this one - particularly for $60.  What didn't you like about it?

[Grim.Reaper]

I've been on the fence on this one - particularly for $60.  What didn't you like about it?

I didn't like some of the gimmics it had like having to keep your soldiers warm by a fire or at times they would die of cold.  I understand that is real life, but for me that was going a little over board on managing my troops.  Granted it is an RTS, but seemed to really be fast paced which I couldn't always keep up with.  I would suspect if you liked COH 1 and can get pass the fire stuff, you probably would like this game, especially for that price.

[tgb]

Nah, I'm really not a fan of rts, and based on what you said and a couple of videos I watched, I know I'll never play it.