doctorfrog on 12/6/2008 at 04:20
At my neighborhood Target, it looks like they may be permenantly clearancing the bargain games to get rid of them. Everything is going for 4.98 or somesuch, so if you've been waffling, you may want to just go for it. I've already mentioned the professional-grade Fritz 8 chess engine I mentioned earlier in the thread, and today picked up Darkstar One and Diner Dash 2 (the latter for the gf). You may also be tempted by CivIII, GTA Vice City, or Divine Divinity. Or just get a simple game for the kids.
I've just done a few training missions in Darkstar One, and I'm pretty excited, this is a current-gen space trader/fighter game along the lines of Elite, or perhaps a sort of lightweight Morrowind-in-space. It appears to have just the right amount of simplicity: mouse or joystick controls (with mouse feeling pretty natural, but I long for a flightstick), and a basic trading model no more complicated than Elite's. Bonus: it also seems to have a plot.
Location: US, CA
Shop: Target
Item: Darkstar One, CivIII, GTA: Vice City, Divine Divinity, Diner Dash, Fritz 8 (Grandmaster Chess III)
Price: $4.98, and the 3/5 star titles are likely to go fast.
Matthew on 12/6/2008 at 13:05
For those of you waiting for the megapatched version of The Witcher:
Location: UK
Shop: theHut.com
Item: (
http://www.thehut.com/hut/8635246.product) The Witcher (PC)
Price: £9.93
IIRC the patch will be made freely available to existing owners without the need to buy the new version.
inselaffe on 3/7/2008 at 21:44
Red Orchestra
$5 on steam
Offer ends 9th of June 2008 (normally $20 apparently)
This might actually force me to get steam - though is red orchestra worth the punishment of having to have steam? :P
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Ah oops, confusing June and July there haha so looks like I won't be getting it after all :p
june gloom on 3/7/2008 at 21:53
Steam isn't that bad. But if you really have a problem with it, then no. RO is full of assholes now.
Hesche on 29/7/2008 at 07:02
JoWood will open a new online download shop on 31st of July. First 111 Users downloading games like for exemple
Gothic 3 or
Spellforce 2 will get 50% off the original price. You just have to enter RABATT in the corresponding token field.
(
http://shop.jowood.com/) Link to JooWood download shop.
Don´t know if you will be able to get international versions of their games though.
EvaUnit02 on 3/8/2008 at 15:21
Thanks Hersche.
TBH though, the service's (
http://jowood.gamesplanet.com/US/commentcamarche.html) activation terms don't sound too thrilling, even if realistically most people wouldn't have a game installed on more than four systems at a time.
Tenkahubu on 20/8/2008 at 21:01
Location: Cornwall, UK (Bude)
Shop: Red Cross (Charity shop)
Item: System Shock 2
Price: £3
(Didn't have the cash dammit)