Video Game Deals

[yourbeliefs]

Gamefly is having a winter sale on PC games. Different deals at different days apparently. Not much to write home about today (most were already on sale during Steam/Amazon black friday deals), but it's worth a look.

http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/promotion/549

 

[king3pj]

I just got the Saints Row IV season pass for $3.74 from the Gamefly Sale. From the wording, it doesn't sound like this includes all the DLC but for that price I still want it.

 

[yourbeliefs]

I just got the Saints Row IV season pass for $3.74 from the Gamefly Sale. From the wording, it doesn't sound like this includes all the DLC but for that price I still want it.

It doesn't. It gives you the first two DLC missions. The Dominatrix Pack was pretty decent. Looking forward to the second one.

 

[king3pj]

It doesn't. It gives you the first two DLC missions. The Dominatrix Pack was pretty decent. Looking forward to the second one.

I really don't like the way companies are starting to do this. If they are going to sell a season pass and ask people to pay up front for DLC that hasn't even been made yet it really should include all DLC.

Borderlands 2 did the same thing. I paid for the season pass and got 4 pretty good DLC expansions. This didn't include the new playable characters or any of the expansions they included after that. I understand that you still pay less than you would if you bought the DLC separately but it still rubs me the wrong way. For $3.74 I still can't complain too much about the Saints Row season pass though.

 

[yourbeliefs]

I really don't like the way companies are starting to do this. If they are going to sell a season pass and ask people to pay up front for DLC that hasn't even been made yet it really should include all DLC.

Borderlands 2 did the same thing. I paid for the season pass and got 4 pretty good DLC expansions. This didn't include the new playable characters or any of the expansions they included after that. I understand that you still pay less than you would if you bought the DLC separately but it still rubs me the wrong way. For $3.74 I still can't complain too much about the Saints Row season pass though.

Well the key is to just wait until the Season Pass gets discounted. I didn't wait because I was dumb/drunk at the time, but I don't regret my purchase. Fact is the Saints Row series has given me hours and hours of entertainment and before the DLC I spent less than $15 total for all their games (Humble Bundle and Amazon Credits.) Throwing them $10 felt like saying "Thanks for the entertainment."

 

[yourbeliefs]

More Gamefly sales. One really good one is $14.39 for Rayman: Legends. This is an AWESOME platformer, especially for those of us who don't have access to Mario games. Honestly, it may end up being one of my GOTY nominees..
http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/promotion/555 (Sales)
http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/download-rayman-legends/5006522 (Rayman)

 

[yourbeliefs]

Well the key is to just wait until the Season Pass gets discounted. I didn't wait because I was dumb/drunk at the time, but I don't regret my purchase. Fact is the Saints Row series has given me hours and hours of entertainment and before the DLC I spent less than $15 total for all their games (Humble Bundle and Amazon Credits.) Throwing them $10 felt like saying "Thanks for the entertainment."

Speaking of, looks like I'll have a reason to fire up SR4 again tonight and take a break from AC4..

http://store.steampowered.com/app/247303/

 

[yourbeliefs]

Gamefly's sale today is pretty decent. Some good deals on Prototype 1 & 2 (Which won GOTY in their respective years on my lists.)

http://digital.gamefly.com/#!/promotion/561

 

[yourbeliefs]

GoG is having another big sale. The biggest thing now though is that you can get Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics for FREE. Yes, FREE.

http://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_series_giveaway_winter_promo_2013

 

[king3pj]

GoG is having another big sale. The biggest thing now though is that you can get Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics for FREE. Yes, FREE.

http://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_series_giveaway_winter_promo_2013

Their website is currently unreachable from the amount of traffic they are getting. I don't really have much interest in these games due to their age but at that price I will take them even though I will most likely never play them.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Their website is currently unreachable from the amount of traffic they are getting. I don't really have much interest in these games due to their age but at that price I will take them even though I will most likely never play them.

It's on sale for 48 hours, so I'm sure you'll be able to get through eventually..

 

[Zookster]

I'll take three early Fallout games for free. Any chance they would run OK on a three-year-old Windows 7 laptop, i5 processor, 4 GB RAM, but with no separate graphics card?

 

[yourbeliefs]

I'll take three early Fallout games for free. Any chance they would run OK on a three-year-old Windows 7 laptop, i5 processor, 4 GB RAM, but with no separate graphics card?

They should. All the GoG games are reengineered to run on modern hardware.

Remember, Fallout didn't go FPS until 3. These are isometric RPG games. Very low hardware requirements.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Skyrim on sale for $7.49.. can't get much more bang for your buck

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GXHJGVI/?tag=satell01-20

 

[Zookster]

They should. All the GoG games are reengineered to run on modern hardware.

Remember, Fallout didn't go FPS until 3. These are isometric RPG games. Very low hardware requirements.

Good to know. Might need to also consider grabbing Deus Ex and System Shock. I didn't start gaming until 2007, so I missed about 5-6 generations between the PS3/360 and the Atari 2600.

 

[king3pj]

I'll take three early Fallout games for free. Any chance they would run OK on a three-year-old Windows 7 laptop, i5 processor, 4 GB RAM, but with no separate graphics card?

They should. All the GoG games are reengineered to run on modern hardware.

Remember, Fallout didn't go FPS until 3. These are isometric RPG games. Very low hardware requirements.

Yeah, if there are any problems it will be because the game is old enough that it doesn't know what to do with Windows 7 and new hardware. It sounds like GoG fixes that problem but I have bought old games that need a few work-arounds to run on my Windows 8 PC built for games.

I go to my parents house to help out with my dad a couple times a week. Sometimes when he is sleeping and I am bored I will play some older games on my mom's laptop. This Windows 7 laptop is about as old as yours with an i3 and 4GB of RAM. I don't get into anything to hardcore there because the machine just isn't built for it. I have played Half Life: Source, Star Wars KOTOR, Bastion, Team Fortress 2, and Civ V on this laptop. The only one I even had to mess with the graphics settings for was Civ V and even that runs ok on low settings.

Your laptop isn't a gaming beast by any means but I would still take advantage of the free Fallout games and set yourself up with a Steam account. I think you will find that your laptop can handle most games from the Xbox/PS2 era and lots of indie games just fine. If you wait for Humble Bundles and Steam sales you will find a lot of the same indie games that are popular on PSN/Xbox Live at a fraction of the cost those systems will ever see. You might take a couple lumps on games that can't produce a solid framerate on your laptop but most of the time you will be fine as long as you check out the system specs first.

Edit: by the way, I still haven't been able to to take advantage of the free Fallout games. It takes me to the store page but every time I try to check out I get an error message saying "We are overwhelmed by the popularity of our service. Please check back soon."

Edit 2: It finally went through.

 

[Zookster]

Yeah, if there are any problems it will be because the game is old enough that it doesn't know what to do with Windows 7 and new hardware. It sounds like GoG fixes that problem but I have bought old games that need a few work-arounds to run on my Windows 8 PC built for games.

I go to my parents house to help out with my dad a couple times a week. Sometimes when he is sleeping and I am bored I will play some older games on my mom's laptop. This Windows 7 laptop is about as old as yours with an i3 and 4GB of RAM. I don't get into anything to hardcore there because the machine just isn't built for it. I have played Half Life: Source, Star Wars KOTOR, Bastion, Team Fortress 2, and Civ V on this laptop. The only one I even had to mess with the graphics settings for was Civ V and even that runs ok on low settings.

Your laptop isn't a gaming beast by any means but I would still take advantage of the free Fallout games and set yourself up with a Steam account. I think you will find that your laptop can handle most games from the Xbox/PS2 era and lots of indie games just fine. If you wait for Humble Bundles and Steam sales you will find a lot of the same indie games that are popular on PSN/Xbox Live at a fraction of the cost those systems will ever see. You might take a couple lumps on games that can't produce a solid framerate on your laptop but most of the time you will be fine as long as you check out the system specs first.

Edit: by the way, I still haven't been able to to take advantage of the free Fallout games. It takes me to the store page but every time I try to check out I get an error message saying "We are overwhelmed by the popularity of our service. Please check back soon."

Edit 2: It finally went through.

Thanks for the feedback. A year and a half ago I got a free copy of Mass Effect from Origin (before it was announced for PS3). I spent a day and a half researching and troubleshooting to get it to run, as I saw other people saying they were able to play it on their Windows 7 laptop with similar specs, but to no avail. So I've been reluctant to try any other PC games on it. Even much older ones.

GOG does have a 30-day money back guarantee that their games will work, but it doesn't cover if you don't meet the minimum system requirements. The trouble for me is, without an actual dedicated graphics card, I can't be sure if my Intel Media Accelerator thingy will be comparable to the minimum specs when given in graphics card terms. I'm sure I'll be OK with the 2000-era games like Fallout, Deus Ex, and System Shock 2. But browsing GOG, I'm getting tempted by newer games I've been hearing about, including Witcher and Indigo Prophecy (I just finished Heavy Rain).

 

[king3pj]

Thanks for the feedback. A year and a half ago I got a free copy of Mass Effect from Origin (before it was announced for PS3). I spent a day and a half researching and troubleshooting to get it to run, as I saw other people saying they were able to play it on their Windows 7 laptop with similar specs, but to no avail. So I've been reluctant to try any other PC games on it. Even much older ones.

GOG does have a 30-day money back guarantee that their games will work, but it doesn't cover if you don't meet the minimum system requirements. The trouble for me is, without an actual dedicated graphics card, I can't be sure if my Intel Media Accelerator thingy will be comparable to the minimum specs when given in graphics card terms. I'm sure I'll be OK with the 2000-era games like Fallout, Deus Ex, and System Shock 2. But browsing GOG, I'm getting tempted by newer games I've been hearing about, including Witcher and Indigo Prophecy (I just finished Heavy Rain).

I own The Witcher but I haven't actually played it yet. I have a feeling that game will be similar to your Mass Effect experience though. I could be completely wrong. Some games (like the source engine games Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, TF2, etc...) are able to scale down to lower powered hardware much better than others. I think most games, outside of some indies, from the PS3/360 era will probably give you trouble. Keep in mind that most games will be "playable" if you turn down the settings and you can handle choppy framerates.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Indigo Prophecy is a different beast from Heavy Rain. Granted, it's still that "Story over gameplay" style, but it doesn't really do either particularly well. It's not a bad game, but from a plot standpoint it's not as good as Heavy Rain. In fact the second half of the game really takes a detour down "Bonkers Lane." You may enjoy it, but just keep your expectations in check.

 

[Zookster]

I own The Witcher but I haven't actually played it yet. I have a feeling that game will be similar to your Mass Effect experience though. I could be completely wrong. Some games (like the source engine games Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, TF2, etc...) are able to scale down to lower powered hardware much better than others. I think most games, outside of some indies, from the PS3/360 era will probably give you trouble. Keep in mind that most games will be "playable" if you turn down the settings and you can handle choppy framerates.

Indigo Prophecy is a different beast from Heavy Rain. Granted, it's still that "Story over gameplay" style, but it doesn't really do either particularly well. It's not a bad game, but from a plot standpoint it's not as good as Heavy Rain. In fact the second half of the game really takes a detour down "Bonkers Lane." You may enjoy it, but just keep your expectations in check.

OK, sounds like I should just start with the 2000-era games and go from there (besides, I still have Beyond Two Souls sitting unwrapped on my TV stand).

By the way, I downloaded and installed MotioninJoy software when I got ME1 so I could use my DS3 controller when playing on PC. I don't suppose it will work with older 2000-era games as well, or are those keyboard/mouse only.

Thanks again for the input.