ClosingADoor
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There were some SEGA deals that expired today. From now on those are -50% instead of -75% and some packs are gone I think.
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But it is, for the 50% discount. The 75% discount was only for a few days, just like MP3 going from 50% to 33% off.
BlindCommunication
Member
My luck, I thought it would last until the 14th of July. So the -75% just was 4/7 to 7/7? I must have misread that somehow.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
YA this was my bad, I noted it in the thread yesterday. I got my wires crossed with Sega and thought FOTS was supposed to be 75% off the whole time with binary domain and virtua tennis. Instead it was supposed to revert to the 50% off today.
Sorry about the confusion.
Cheers,
Tony
Responding from mobile. Sorry for typos.
It doesn't like ATI cards, which is why I didn't pick it up that bundle. Looks to be an awesome game but shit support since the dev went under and it was broken on ATI cards out the game.
It worked fine with my Radeon 6950 when I had it. The problems were only with 5000 series cards and earlier, I'm pretty sure. It's just unoptimized and runs like ass regardless of your setup. There's also a glitch that prevents the map from scaling properly in any resolution higher than 1280xanything.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
You didnt misread this was an error on my part that I didn't catch until yesterday. You might have missed my update in the thread.
Cheers,
Tony
Responding from mobile sorry for typos.
Ooooh, I may need to get on that. I have the 360 version of Hot Pursuit but haven't touched it much.
Thanks
rahulkadukar
Member
Then I guess it wont get cheaper than this so might as well buy it
Marty Chinn
Member
So wait, Tomb Raider Underworld may or may not be Steam now? I was about to buy the bundle, but it really depends if that game is Steam or not.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
All signs point to the answer being yes. I tested this yesterday and everyone in thread seems to agree.
Cheers,
Tony responding from mobile sorry for typos
Elginer
Member
Yeah, disabling 2 cores seems to fix the problem, I installed the patch and fucked it up again, didn't know where the hell the wizard installed it and uninstalled the game, I'll download it again some day and play it that way...
Sucks that there wasn't a disclaimer, I bought the pack mostly for this game
Koroviev
Member
Anyone get Red Alert 3 from Amazon? I'm a sucker for anything with a Soviet theme, but that it was review-bombed on Amazon has me a little concerned.
Also, how does the game run? My PC exceeds the recommended requirements by a wide margin.
Impressions are welcome, as I've never played a C&C game before.
Also, how does the game run? My PC exceeds the recommended requirements by a wide margin.
Impressions are welcome, as I've never played a C&C game before.
Elginer
Member
Own it on 360 and it's a fun ass C&C game jam packed of shitty live action cutscenes which for me makes it even better. Not a bad game at all for 5 bucks. Not sure about the PC ports performance though.
Koroviev
Member
Yeah, the game looks pretty fun. I'm just concerned about the PC performance and SecuROM
I speel my dreenk
Member
Grabbed Bulletstorm for $5 - totally worth it, but man I always forget how big of a pile of shit the Games for Windows Live software is. I have been amply reminded.
I only bought bought the expansion from Amazon, but on Steam it tells me I own the vanilla game
As well as the expansion
Same here, havent installed it yet tho...
Of All Trades
Member
I played it a few years ago and enjoyed it. Cutscenes are great, especially if you like Tim Curry. Performance should be fine, I played it at 1440 with full settings on a 4850.
Well the engine it uses gives a max of 30 fps which feels kinda slugish imo, but if you've never played a C&C game i suppose its fairly good, even though i prefer the old ones, and especially RA2 alot more and it doesnt look that bad if u run it 1920x1080 with .ini-file changes.
Koroviev
Member
Is it a locked 30 fps? It's not ideal, but also not the end of the world. Any way to unlock it to 60?
Anyone know about the SecuROM side of it? If it's a real nightmare, then I'd rather just get it through Steam.
Yes.
Nope, the FPS is locked in the engine so cant do nothing. I think it controls the gamespeed aswell so even if you wanted to increase it it would mess upp the game.
Well RA3 activates on Origin so you can just have it there, havent had any problem with it.
Infinite Justice
Member
Koroviev
Member
Definitely tempted. Is it a good game for someone largely unfamiliar with the RTS genre? I have a few RTS games (Shogun 2, Civ V, Crusader Kings II, etc.) that I'm trying to learn from, but the tutorials take hours
Can't stand Origin, but I was already roped into it with DA:O (i.e. install repeatedly failed without it, despite supposedly not requiring it) :\
Definitely tempted. Is it a good game for someone largely unfamiliar with the RTS genre? I have a few RTS games (Shogun 2, Civ V, Crusader Kings II, etc.) that I'm trying to learn from, but the tutorials take hours
Can't stand Origin, but I was already roped into it with DA:O (i.e. install repeatedly failed without it, despite supposedly not requiring it) :\
None of those are RTS lol.
And Civ V is so easy to jump into its ridiculous.
Got the Shakes
Member
I would love to know this too since I just recently bought a retina MBP.
You're right about Civ V, but I could have sworn the other two were. See how confused I am?
I think Shogun 2 has RTS elements, own it but haven't even installed it yet. Don't own CKII yet.
What ? Just look on google for some random real US address. Preferably a state without tax.
This is often mentioned, but:
Edit: Nevermind, I was completely wrong, haha.
Definitely tempted. Is it a good game for someone largely unfamiliar with the RTS genre? I have a few RTS games (Shogun 2, Civ V, Crusader Kings II, etc.) that I'm trying to learn from, but the tutorials take hours
Can't stand Origin, but I was already roped into it with DA:O (i.e. install repeatedly failed without it, despite supposedly not requiring it) :\
For 5 bucks try i out imo. The standalone expansion RA:Uprising contains expanded singleplayer but no mp, so try out RA3 first
Probably then. I am not in the US so i just picked one without tax to be on the safe side anyway
I hadn't even considered tax until I saw the suggestion of using a non-sales tax state mentioned yonks ago (here in Australia it's exceedingly rare to see a product price tag without the GST pre-applied), but afterwards I began noticing that none of my purchases were being slapped with tax despite using a CA-based address. In any case, as long as you don't click hastily, the application of tax is easily checked before confirming a purchase.
Koroviev
Member
Oh, that's another thing: how is the single-player content? I don't think I'm going to have anyone to play co-op with.
Well the multiplayer is like any other RTS , no need for co-op really eventho it can be more fun. But the singleplayer is like RTS games are. Its solid with lots of mission and entertaining cutscenes (like most C&C games). Good game, wish it could be 60FPS but doesnt really bother that much. I'm just picky
Koroviev
Member
Well the multiplayer is like any other RTS , no need for co-op really eventho it can be more fun. But the singleplayer is like RTS games are. Its solid with lots of mission and entertaining cutscenes (like most C&C games). Good game, wish it could be 60FPS but doesnt really bother that much. I'm just picky
Okay, thanks for the info!
Ah, that would explain it. Bloody US and its oddball tax system.
The fun is almost over. In September, Amazon will start charging tax for us California residents with more states soon to come.
Which is why I said currently doesn't charge tax. And like I said, CA doesn't charge tax on digital goods so it doesn't matter to you foreigners anyway.
BlindCommunication
Member
Thanks for your reply Tony, I missed the update indeed. Unlucky, was about to buy two keys today for my friend and I. Is there any chance the price will go back to $7.49 at some point this summer?
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Possibly, if not through us then likely with Steam (and we'll probably match) so you'll have the option of going with either store.
I'll let you know early if we plan anything else though.
Cheers,
Tony
IcyRhythms
Member
Tony, unfortunately I'm going to have to ask you to sell your sell to get Steam keys for Sniper Elite V2. I didn't want it to come to this. Sorry
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Tony, unfortunately I'm going to have to ask you to sell your sell to get Steam keys for Sniper Elite V2. I didn't want it to come to this. Sorry
Lol my soul has already been offered to multiple sources.
I will add Sniper to the list.
Cheers,
Tony
That and the name of 3 or 4 of your "first" child lol.