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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Sun May 16, 2021 12:41 pm

Total War: Rome Remastered is half-price until the end of May if you have a copy of the original Rome: Total War on your Steam account.

The original was one of the best games of 2004. It has a 94% positive rating on Steam, and I think it says something that even the recent downvotes are mainly complaining that they want to play the game (because it won't run on a modern PC setup, or because they removed it from sale before the remastered edition came out). Steam reviews of the remaster are mainly positive, with the main complaints being that it's basically the same game as the original, that they changed the UI, some users are experiencing crashes, and that unit pathfinding in cities is bad (this was also true in the original, but now unit paths are shown, so it's more obvious).

A bunch of other Total War games are 75% off for the next 24 hours, including Total War: Rome II, Medieval II, and Shogun II.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Mongrel » Sun May 16, 2021 3:00 pm

Heh. A good friend of mine has played Total War: Rome since the day it came out. And with good reason - it's one of, if not the best games in the franchise.
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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Thu May 27, 2021 6:52 pm

Thad wrote:Capcom Arcade Stadium is out for Switch. 1943 is free (permanently)

Now out for PS4, XB1, and Steam. 1943 is once again a free pack-in; there are other deals available that vary by what platform you get it for.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby beatbandito » Sat May 29, 2021 12:20 pm

Company of Heroes 2 with expansion and Little Nightmares are both free to keep this weekend on Steam.
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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:59 pm

Hellpoint free on gog.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:13 am

Absolute Drift free on GOG (with newsletter signup).

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:37 am

Arma: Cold War Assault free on gog.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:04 pm

And now it's the Shadowrun Trilogy.

I liked Shadowrun Returns pretty well. Never got around to the other two.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Smiler » Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:27 pm

Dragonfall is extremely good.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby pacobird » Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:51 pm

Hong Kong is also excellent. If Dragonfall is a 9, Hong Kong is an 8.

Main Shadowrun Returns is a 6.5 IMO, for comparison
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Re: Hot game deals

Postby mharr » Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:37 am

A general advisory for the Shadowrun games, do not respect your companions' privacy when there are things they'd rather not talk about right now. If you stop harassing them they'll disappear entirely as characters and only exist as undeveloped battlefield units.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:52 am

Metal Gear Solid V for PC is on sale for the next day or two. MGS5 Ground Zeroes is $2, MGSV Phantom Pain is $5, and a pack with both of these and some cosmetic DLC is $7.49.

Probably not the only time MGSV has been on sale, but $7 is excellent value for such a legendary game.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:46 pm

Syberia 1 & 2 free on GOG.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:18 pm

Wanderlust: Transsiberian free at GOG.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby JD » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:32 pm

Ultima Underworld I, Ultima Underworld II, Syndicate Plus, and Syndicate Wars free at GOG for the rest of the month.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby zaratustra » Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:58 pm

Psycholonials, Andrew Hussie's retelling of cult classic Joaquin Phoenix vehicle Joker, is off by 69%.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby nosimpleway » Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:54 pm

zaratustra wrote:Psycholonials, Andrew Hussie's retelling of cult classic Joaquin Phoenix vehicle Joker,

I have a hard time imagining how anyone could make a more unappealing sentence without including the words "warts", "air pollution", "Trump 2024", o--

zaratustra wrote:is off by 69%.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:03 pm

Beholder free to keep on Steam.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Thad » Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:41 pm

Crime Cities free at GOG if you sign up for a newsletter where they inundate you with clickbaity bullshit subject lines like "Aaahhh [scream emoji] You're about to lose your discount code [crying emoji]" and boy I gotta tell you my opinion of GOG has declined significantly in the last few years.

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Re: Hot game deals

Postby Mongrel » Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:12 am

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