Video Game Deals Catch-All

maverickz wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Single-player or not, Pepperidge Farm and I remember when indies weren't all Lovely Rita's Meter Maintenance; now everything's a bingo card of atmospheric procedurally generated open world rogue-lite survival experiences with crafting elements and skill-based progression with a level of difficulty best described as "very challenging but fair". It's a very crowded genre and not one I especially enjoy at the best of times.

This.

Hear hear! 100% agree.

I agree but I prefer it this way. Rogue-likes are amazing. I've had a great time this year getting into them.

PaladinTom wrote:
Archangel wrote:

According to the Ubisoft announcement and the Polygon article:

  1. any players that spend a minimum of an hour playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey in Project Stream between now and January 15 [not retroactively] will receive a free Uplay PC copy of the game via their linked Uplay account.
  2. All game saves will also transfer over to the free PC copy.
  3. Players that have met the criteria will receive an email after January 15 with instructions for how to access their free copy.

It was actually the save-game-uncertainty that cause me to stop playing a while back. I enjoyed it -- the setting is great, even though I'm not such a fan of AC -- so I didn't want to rush through or start all over again come mid-January. I wonder if others thought the same thing and player numbers fell off since the initial announcement.

Looks like I'll play for another hour or so soon to set things up. Nice!

PS: Project Stream doesn't seem to like uBlock Origin; I had to completely disable it (not just whitelist the site) before the game site would load. So if you can't make it past the network performance test page, try (temporarily) disabling it.

I played a bit over the weekend and I'm stunned how well the streaming works. The resolution would drop occasionally, but the game never stuttered, had no noticeable lag, never crashed, and loads remarkably fast. I wonder how much power is working on the back-end to serve this game.

Agreed. I've put about two hours into this and am shocked how well it works and how beautiful it is. Only my second AC game ever, but having a great time. The free copy is a really nice bonus.

Aaron D. wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Single-player or not, Pepperidge Farm and I remember when indies weren't all Lovely Rita's Meter Maintenance; now everything's a bingo card of atmospheric procedurally generated open world rogue-lite survival experiences with crafting elements and skill-based progression with a level of difficulty best described as "very challenging but fair". It's a very crowded genre and not one I especially enjoy at the best of times.

While you're not wrong in regards to the popularity of the Survival genre these days, Subnautica's map is not procedurally generated, it's handcrafted. You can also turn off hunger & thirst meters if that's not your thing.

Ah, but can you turn off your character's need for food and water?

Geneshift Free to Keep Giveaway (or at least the "base edition") for the next two days on Steam.

It's a top-down "GTA [the original]-inspired battle royale [wait, don't leave yet] where each round lasts only two minutes [nice]" It has earned the Veloxi seal of approval.

Also:

Anno 1602 giveaway on Uplay

N.B. This is the very first Anno game, so it's pretty old. If you're having trouble claiming the game, there is a Reddit thread with alternative redemption details.

Holy carp, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is free for the next two days too. It's like Christmas in December!

Archangel wrote:

Geneshift Free to Keep Giveaway (or at least the "base edition") for the next two days on Steam.

It's a top-down "GTA [the original]-inspired battle royale [wait, don't leave yet] where each round lasts only two minutes [nice]" It has earned the Veloxi seal of approval.

Also:

Anno 1602 giveaway on Uplay

N.B. This is the very first Anno game, so it's pretty old. If you're having trouble claiming the game, there is a Reddit thread with alternative redemption details.

Geneshift is amazing and you all need to get it. I SAID ALL OF YOU.

Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Single-player or not, Pepperidge Farm and I remember when indies weren't all Lovely Rita's Meter Maintenance; now everything's a bingo card of atmospheric procedurally generated open world rogue-lite survival experiences with crafting elements and skill-based progression with a level of difficulty best described as "very challenging but fair". It's a very crowded genre and not one I especially enjoy at the best of times.

While you're not wrong in regards to the popularity of the Survival genre these days, Subnautica's map is not procedurally generated, it's handcrafted. You can also turn off hunger & thirst meters if that's not your thing.

Ah, but can you turn off your character's need for food and water? :lol:

Oh they still need those things, but they'll just keel over without warning. Good lesson about option specificity!

Archangel wrote:

Holy carp, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is free for the next two days too. It's like Christmas in December!

Apparently they are celebrating the release of new DLC called Minor Factions.

Running Man wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

[You can also turn off hunger & thirst meters if that's not your thing.

Ah, but can you turn off your character's need for food and water? :lol:

Oh they still need those things, but they'll just keel over without warning. Good lesson about option specificity! :)

I object to this whole subthread on procedural grounds, but to clarify, the "freedom" game mode does indeed turn off the need for food and water.

fenomas wrote:
Running Man wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

[You can also turn off hunger & thirst meters if that's not your thing.

Ah, but can you turn off your character's need for food and water? :lol:

Oh they still need those things, but they'll just keel over without warning. Good lesson about option specificity! :)

I object to this whole subthread on procedural grounds, but to clarify, the "freedom" game mode does indeed turn off the need for food and water.

Mr. Matlock, I don't see where you're going here....

Hobear wrote:
fenomas wrote:
Running Man wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

[You can also turn off hunger & thirst meters if that's not your thing.

Ah, but can you turn off your character's need for food and water? :lol:

Oh they still need those things, but they'll just keel over without warning. Good lesson about option specificity! :)

I object to this whole subthread on procedural grounds, but to clarify, the "freedom" game mode does indeed turn off the need for food and water.

Mr. Matlock, I don't see where you're going here....

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Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

Jonman wrote:

Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

That means something....

Spoiler:

they are a blast and unfortunately Nintendo says why discount when they still sell

Jonman wrote:

Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

I don't think it's that often, but I think 2017 and 2018 were on sale during Black Friday

Hobear wrote:
Jonman wrote:

Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

That means something....

Spoiler:

they are a blast and unfortunately Nintendo says why discount when they still sell

Nintendo doesn't publish them, and Nintendo doesn't set prices on the eShop. Blame Ubisoft.

Jonman wrote:

Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

What prices are you seeing for 2018? We have a copy that's not getting hardly any play and I could see if the family wants to part with it.

GMG is having a holiday sell. Things I found of note.
Okami $11 hey why not buy it a third time
Tales of Symphonia $5 I think it is the first in the series
Civ 6 $13 end the world in nuclear war using Gandhi

GMG12 for 12% off

Don't buy any of these games. They'll just sit on your ever growing pile.

There is a (somewhat confusing) deal where you can get Grand Theft Auto V for $15 with a $15 credit from Amazon if you have Twitch Prime. It looks like this applies to Xbox One physical or digital, or PS4 physical. The "well it's sort of free" nature of the deal made me tempted to jump on this (I played it on PS3 originally and never owned the newer versions or played the online after the first month or so) but think I will pass.

mrlogical wrote:

There is a (somewhat confusing) deal where you can get Grand Theft Auto V for $15 with a $15 credit from Amazon if you have Twitch Prime. It looks like this applies to Xbox One physical or digital, or PS4 physical. The "well it's sort of free" nature of the deal made me tempted to jump on this (I played it on PS3 originally and never owned the newer versions or played the online after the first month or so) but think I will pass.

Thanks, I snagged this. Looks like you end up paying the sales tax where applicable.

Fedaykin98 wrote:
mrlogical wrote:

There is a (somewhat confusing) deal where you can get Grand Theft Auto V for $15 with a $15 credit from Amazon if you have Twitch Prime. It looks like this applies to Xbox One physical or digital, or PS4 physical. The "well it's sort of free" nature of the deal made me tempted to jump on this (I played it on PS3 originally and never owned the newer versions or played the online after the first month or so) but think I will pass.

Thanks, I snagged this. Looks like you end up paying the sales tax where applicable.

I jumped but am a little worried that the promotional credit didn't show up on the final order page. I had my accounts linked too. Did it show up for you?

It is $14 right now on GMG.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

It is $14 right now on GMG.

Yeah, but if you have PS4 or XBO & use Amazon on a regular basis then the $15 credit deal makes it free or the price of tax depending on where you live.

Oh I thought the initial price was $30 and was using the credit to bring it to $15.

EvilDead wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
mrlogical wrote:

There is a (somewhat confusing) deal where you can get Grand Theft Auto V for $15 with a $15 credit from Amazon if you have Twitch Prime. It looks like this applies to Xbox One physical or digital, or PS4 physical. The "well it's sort of free" nature of the deal made me tempted to jump on this (I played it on PS3 originally and never owned the newer versions or played the online after the first month or so) but think I will pass.

Thanks, I snagged this. Looks like you end up paying the sales tax where applicable.

I jumped but am a little worried that the promotional credit didn't show up on the final order page. I had my accounts linked too. Did it show up for you?

The terms said you'd get it in about a week.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

The terms said you'd get it in about a week.

Yeah, I understand. There was just nothing on the order page that indicated that it had been applied to my particular order before or after I pressed place order.

Yay, Lego Lord of the Rings is free on Humble! Available "until supplies last" until Dec 22, 10am.

Also Twitch Prime has a SUPER nice devolver digital bundle with:

  • Broforce
  • Hotline Miami
  • Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
  • The Messenger
  • STRAFE
  • Crossing Souls
  • The Swords of Ditto

All free for Amazon Prime subscribers that have linked their account to their twitch account:

https://www.twitch.tv/prime

So many good ones. Broforce is an utter blast.

Jonman wrote:

Do Just Dance games ever go on sale? I'm looking for one on Switch for my daughter, and 2017, 2018 and 2019 are all full price, and used copies aren't much cheaper.

Ask and ye shall receive

$25 for 2019 version at Amazon