Linky (http://www.gamersgate.com/summersale)
Dear gods; please make it stop...
(Oh yeah, and Armada 2526 Gold is one of the games on sale (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-A2526GE/armada-2526-gold-edition).)
I see they have the expansion Supernova for cheap too....but I have the base game on Impulse. Would the expansion bought from Gamersgate work? Thanks, Ray
Some of their pricing seems screwed up. Shogun 2 is listed for $10.18 and it says that's 89% off regular price. I don't think they were charging $90 for it normally.
I wanted to buy the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ V so I was initially excited when I saw it listed as 46% off. Excited was replaced by confusion when the price was listed as $26.96. That didn't sound like 46% off of the usual $29.95 price to me. More like 10%. I emailed them for clarification about a week ago but they haven't responded.
Quote from: Rayfer on August 17, 2012, 01:26:45 PM
I see they have the expansion Supernova for cheap too....but I have the base game on Impulse. Would the expansion bought from Gamersgate work? Thanks, Ray
Does the Impulse version require the Impulse client to be running when you load the game?
If it doesn't, and Armada doesn't have it's own DRM on it (don't think it does on Gamersgate), then it should be just fine. Might flip out your GameStop-Imp client, though, when you
do start that up. It may even try to re-download the files to the original game over it, if it ever does an auto-update like Steam does.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 17, 2012, 01:34:20 PM
Some of their pricing seems screwed up. Shogun 2 is listed for $10.18 and it says that's 89% off regular price. I don't think they were charging $90 for it normally.
I wanted to buy the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ V so I was initially excited when I saw it listed as 46% off. Excited was replaced by confusion when the price was listed as $26.96. That didn't sound like 46% off of the usual $29.95 price to me. More like 10%. I emailed them for clarification about a week ago but they haven't responded.
Do the developers agree on a specific price for a product, or a specific percentage reduction in these Sale cases? If they're even contacted, anyway.. ???
Quote from: Rayfer on August 17, 2012, 01:26:45 PM
I see they have the expansion Supernova for cheap too....but I have the base game on Impulse. Would the expansion bought from Gamersgate work? Thanks, Ray
It ought to, yes. Ntronium has said all versions of
Supernova should work with the base game, even if you purchased them from separate sites.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 17, 2012, 01:34:20 PM
Some of their pricing seems screwed up....
I don't know who sets the sale prices at GamersGate, but I bought
The Guild Complete Collection (http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-GUILD/the-guild-complete-collection-bundle) for $1.50 a couple of days ago and it was priced at $6.00 shortly thereafter. I should have gifted everyone at the lower price when I had the chance. ;)
Quote from: Greybriar on August 17, 2012, 05:13:27 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 17, 2012, 01:34:20 PM
Some of their pricing seems screwed up....
I don't know who sets the sale prices at GamersGate, but I bought The Guild Complete Collection (http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-GUILD/the-guild-complete-collection-bundle) for $1.50 a couple of days ago and it was priced at $6.00 shortly thereafter. I should have gifted everyone at the lower price when I had the chance. ;)
So how is guild 2, was thinking of picking up.
Unity of Command on sale for $15 today, for another 16 hours or so.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-UOC/unity-of-command
I'm thinking seriously about getting it, even with my backlog. But then again, for $15 more I could get DC: Case Blue, and I have heard a lot of good things about both.
I've found UoC a fun play when you don't have time for something as long as the DC scenarios. Definitely worth the $15 and good for those evenings when I don't have the mental energy for controlling scads of units.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 17, 2012, 01:34:20 PM
I wanted to buy the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ V so I was initially excited when I saw it listed as 46% off. Excited was replaced by confusion when the price was listed as $26.96. That didn't sound like 46% off of the usual $29.95 price to me. More like 10%. I emailed them for clarification about a week ago but they haven't responded.
I noticed that this morning too and decided to pass on this "sale" of Gods and Kings. I did pick up Pride of Nations for MAC for only 5.99 though! :D
Quote from: son_of_montfort on August 18, 2012, 10:45:37 AM
Unity of Command on sale for $15 today, for another 16 hours or so.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-UOC/unity-of-command
I'm thinking seriously about getting it, even with my backlog. But then again, for $15 more I could get DC: Case Blue, and I have heard a lot of good things about both.
One of the game reviewers for Unity said that the game is good but gets repetitive after a while with larger maps and more units to push around. That was enough to dissuade me despite some positive feedback from fellow Grogheads a while back.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on August 18, 2012, 05:35:14 AM
So how is guild 2, was thinking of picking up.
I have been too busy with other games to install any of the game in
The Guild Complete compilation yet. And I won't install
The Guild 2 base game because the GamersGate version (at least) has StarForce copy protection on it. As far as I know, the rest of the games in the collection are DRM-free.
Quote from: Greybriar on August 19, 2012, 02:37:28 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on August 18, 2012, 05:35:14 AM
So how is guild 2, was thinking of picking up.
I have been too busy with other games to install any of the game in The Guild Complete compilation yet. And I won't install The Guild 2 base game because the GamersGate version (at least) has StarForce copy protection on it. As far as I know, the rest of the games in the collection are DRM-free.
You only need to install
The Guild 2: Renaissance to have everything in the Guild 2 series.. except the Tutorials (for some reason). And yes, it's DRM-free.
edit:
In that case, just do a YouTube search for TG2 Renaissance Tutorial and go through some guy's set of three that he made.
Quote from: Nefaro on August 19, 2012, 04:01:54 PM
You only need to install The Guild 2: Renaissance to have everything in the Guild 2 series....
That was my thinking as well.
Quote from: Nefaro on August 19, 2012, 04:01:54 PM....except the Tutorials (for some reason). And yes, it's DRM-free.
edit:
In that case, just do a YouTube search for TG2 Renaissance Tutorial and go through some guy's set of three that he made.
Yes, as I noted above, everything in that collection is DRM-Free
except The Guild 2 base game. Thanks for the tip about the Renaissance Tutorial on YouTube.
Quote from: Greybriar on August 19, 2012, 06:02:10 PM
Yes, as I noted above, everything in that collection is DRM-Free except The Guild 2 base game. Thanks for the tip about the Renaissance Tutorial on YouTube.
I have those tutorials linked on the W**regamer forum, in
The guild 2 renaissance thread - should be on the front page since I brought the subject back up after grabbing it on this sale for two-fitty. Same dude also has quite a few others detailing class-specific things, too.
Thanks, Nefaro.
Today's 24 hour specials include:
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades $8.74
Evochron: Mercenary $8.48
plus what looks to be a Prince of Persia that uses UbiStank DRM for $1 and Fate Of The World for less than five.
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades = Starforce DRM >:(
^ I know. Me sad.
Quote from: Greybriar on August 20, 2012, 09:07:20 AM
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades = Starforce DRM >:(
Heh, yeah. Forgot about that. I had actually chose to purchase it on Steam rather than
be Steamed about that company still being in business. ::)
Quote from: Nefaro on August 20, 2012, 02:08:19 PM
Quote from: Greybriar on August 20, 2012, 09:07:20 AM
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades = Starforce DRM >:(
Heh, yeah. Forgot about that. I had actually chose to purchase it on Steam rather than be Steamed about that company still being in business. ::)
I don't mean to derail this thread, but how do you know that the Steam version doesn't have StarForce, too?
Quote from: Greybriar on August 20, 2012, 08:14:48 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on August 20, 2012, 02:08:19 PM
Quote from: Greybriar on August 20, 2012, 09:07:20 AM
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades = Starforce DRM >:(
Heh, yeah. Forgot about that. I had actually chose to purchase it on Steam rather than be Steamed about that company still being in business. ::)
I don't mean to derail this thread, but how do you know that the Steam version doesn't have StarForce, too?
I did the research before I bought. The Steam version doesn't have StarForce on it. At least, it's not supposed to, and I also don't recall having an extra online activation when I installed.
Evidentally there was some (rightful IMO) complaining about StarForce being on their game, so they (1C?) removed the StarForce from the Steam version (only) to satiate some customers, in the knowledge that Steam is DRM in itself.
Thanks for the clarification, Nefaro.