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Steam Winter Sales 2012 | Deal quality keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
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throwawayname
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Somebody has to get me the game for that price please!!
I'll trade 20€ worth of steam games if somebody can buy the key for me. PM me.
edit: Done
Haunted
Member
Borderlands 2 was first, then XCOM. Still sucks.
This one was rather innocent, it was over a minute after it started. It wasn't like Gamersgate that had their screwups running for half a day.
Or Batman:AC, you can't even buy the DLC separately anymore even though every piece of DLC has its own store page.
Fully expected this to happen since they did the same with Asylum, but still, really crappy of them.
Hey, your Steam looks very cool. How did you do it?
It's PixelVi--oh, wait.
Ah, so it was. Odd that a couple of pieces of DLC went unnoticed.
I am pretty crap at FTL, took me about 18 hours or so before I finally beat the last boss, on EASY. Tough game. Once I read some online strategies, the game was so much easier. Early on, I was worried about all of this ALL RANDOM, NO STRATEGY talk. Sure, there is a lot of randomness in the game and you can get completely screwed if you are dealt a crappy hand, but the game is made in such a way that you can easily mitigate some of the bad strategy. It is true, though, that getting a perfect hand is what let me win. Now that I have 20 hours in it and a few other unlocked ships and layouts, the gameplay has just revived itself with new replayability. For $5, the game is a STEAL.
GMG doesn't want my money today. Trying to buy XCom but keep getting:
"Your Payment Provider has not authorised your purchase. This may be because some banks (incorrectly) believe that Green Man Gaming is a gambling website. Please contact your bank to discuss your order. We are working with these banks to resolve this issue."
Had this a couple of days ago but tried ordering again and went through fine. Tried three times so far and no go.
Edit: Six times now. Tried Paypal and direct bank transfer. GMG is pretty awful with paying for stuff.
"Your Payment Provider has not authorised your purchase. This may be because some banks (incorrectly) believe that Green Man Gaming is a gambling website. Please contact your bank to discuss your order. We are working with these banks to resolve this issue."
Had this a couple of days ago but tried ordering again and went through fine. Tried three times so far and no go.
Edit: Six times now. Tried Paypal and direct bank transfer. GMG is pretty awful with paying for stuff.
YianGaruga
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witchedwiz
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3ch hooked me up!
much appreciated as always, gaffers!
much appreciated as always, gaffers!
Well, I suppose. I"ve just been using this setup for so long I find it weird when folks are still sitting at desk using monitors. I've looked all over, there's no solution to this fucking problem.
I mean christ, most of the dialogue boxes are empty.
Did you looked at this ?
http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=374873
hum it is for divine divnity
maybe something similar for divinity 2Officerrob
Banned
$17.50 for XCOM? Now THAT is a deal!! Bought!!!
Willkiller
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FTL is fucking great guys!
That's for Divine Divinity, not Divinity II.
I'm using a slightly older version of PixelVision. I'll try to find the image.
Edit: Here you are. Extract the files to skins\PixelVision\Graphics, overwriting when prompted.
chickdigger802
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glad i held off.
xcom on gmg is $17.50 ($25 with 30% off GMG30-DPLIM-DN831). Is that low enough?
xcom on gmg is $17.50 ($25 with 30% off GMG30-DPLIM-DN831). Is that low enough?
For what it's worth, I thought the game was really, really good. The driving physics are really nice; plenty of easy power-oversteer and sliding action, but it feels natural and still challenging enough to be loads of fun. The story mode and the presentation is good too and it just feels right. For example, when I finished the game I just kept on coming back to collect the extra stuff, get more cars and just to drive around.
MegaKungFuRadio
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If you like games, it's worth full price.
ShinobiFist
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Huh? The game handles fine. Never heard of that complaint. The most common one is the outer body gimmick, but that's minor.
Just tried my wife's bank card, different bank, and still the order wont complete. GMG are pretty useless. "Here's a great deal ... but we wont let you pay for it!"
Sportbilly
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Nice- got £2 store credit as well. Thanks for the heads-up.
Lord British
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I'm basing this on videos, in the game's defence. I'm still kinda interested but I don't know when I'd get around to it.
It's still $35.99 at half price in Australia. Could some please buy it for me at this better price? It's nearly midnight here so I'll be ready to PayPal in eight hours or so.
Leon Belmont
Member
I can see the "show serial key" button but when I click on it, it says
Still there's hope
So I will have 2 keys for trade but after all this mess gets fixed!
Mr. Luchador
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Tried buying through paypal?
ShinobiFist
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I feel your pain my friend. Wrote about it here. I still don't understand why they don't handle their bank issue......
Tried bank transfer and Paypal on my account. Tried my wife's bank card. Tried changing from my PC to a tablet. Nothing, their payment system is awful.
I'll be pretty annoyed if I miss this offer because their system is terrible.
Yeah I think this has been a longstanding problem with their website. Still it's a lot better than when they were first starting out. Like when they had codes in The Sun of all places to download a free copy of Arma II, or last christmas when you could get Sniper: Ghost Warrior at no charge for 1 day. Events like that totally wrecked their site and wouldn't work for days on end. I think they might have upgraded from a 56k router now but problems do still persist.
Thanks.
I get the same non-sense using Paypal balance. It's comical how broken things are for some.
it is the lowest I have seen, "grey" sites included.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Hmm, never had a problem. Perhaps I need to have a word with my bank about not being over vigilant with where I'm spending my money. The bastards.
I'm just transferring money directly to PayPal and seeing if that works. What a mess.
Edit: As expected, it didn't. Appalling service.
toastyToast
Member
Managed to get the XCOM deal
$17.50 is some crazy shit
$17.50 is some crazy shit
Pachterballs
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LA noire is sub $4??
wtf.
My ps3 version which I paid full retail for is still unplayed
wtf.
My ps3 version which I paid full retail for is still unplayed
Have you tried calling your bank/cc company and have them to unblock GMG?
YianGaruga
Banned
Just checking:
Is your primary PayPal email address the same you used to register on GMG? They require that for some reason.
Sounds like you should buy less and play more!
chickdigger802
Banned
Yeah, gmg is denying my visa welsfargo card. Weird this one used to work. My capital one card works though.
Had a problem with GMG before, it's intermittent, and my bank haven't got any issues with GMG. Last time I had this problem, the bank said the payment request wasn't even getting to the bank for them to even refuse it. GMG have got a problem on their end before even asking for money.
Yep, email addresses are the same.
I've bought DMC4 and Book Of Unwritten Tales from GMG in the last week and not had any problems. It's just their piss poor service, basically.
Got to head out for the rest of the day now so hopefully they'll fix this mess before the deal ends.
dark_inferno
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Maybe. It depends on your strategy. You have nearly 5000 years for your round so you can have your time and rethinking your strategy.
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