Steam Deals and Digital Sales

Hatorade · Jul 1, 2013

Cutlery_sl said:
Hrm, I don't see that anymore. GMG? Says $60.00 still.

Site is down, it was part of the 666 thing.

Gravel · Jul 1, 2013

All I see is BL2 Bonanza pack (BL, BL2, Season Pass) or whatever on Amazon for $21.99. I may pick that up since I've been balking at buying BL2 for a while. I've got like 3 copies of BL already though.

spronk · Jul 1, 2013

gmg is down but this was the link I saw for BL2+pass for $14 or so
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/e...d-season-pass/

that doesn't include a few things like the 2 extra chars (mechromancer and psycho), some of the costume shit, and umm i dunno what else. It does include the 4 content xpac DLCs. We'll probably see a BL2 GOTY in the next six months if you miss it.

I just started playing BL2 this week and its fun, its pretty much a continuation of BL1 so if you liked that game you will like BL2, if you hated BL1 you won't find anything new in BL2 to like. It is a game that is better co-op than solo, kinda boring playing solo. With tunngle (?) you can find hundreds of open games to join up and play at all levels, so for those of us without gamer friends you can still co-op play with random strangers.

Sinzar · Jul 1, 2013

Seems that was a short term sale, it's already over. I would have bought it for 15$ too. Maybe when the steam sale starts it will have the same deal.

Cutlery · Jul 1, 2013

spronk_sl said:
gmg is down but this was the link I saw for BL2+pass for $14 or so
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/e...d-season-pass/

that doesn't include a few things like the 2 extra chars (mechromancer and psycho), some of the costume shit, and umm i dunno what else. It does include the 4 content xpac DLCs. We'll probably see a BL2 GOTY in the next six months if you miss it.

I just started playing BL2 this week and its fun, its pretty much a continuation of BL1 so if you liked that game you will like BL2, if you hated BL1 you won't find anything new in BL2 to like. It is a game that is better co-op than solo, kinda boring playing solo. With tunngle (?) you can find hundreds of open games to join up and play at all levels, so for those of us without gamer friends you can still co-op play with random strangers.

No, you won't necessarily like BL2 if you liked BL1. I've got 600 hours in BL1 and couldn't even be bothered to finish BL2. It's got a lot of bullshit mechanics that quite simply don't add anything to the game, and they've lost some of the magic. There's no reason I need to manage my ammo to such an extent, and there's no reason the cost of ammo needs to scale to your level... that's just 2 of the really major things that make the game a shitload less fun than BL1.

Disp_sl · Jul 1, 2013

Cutlery_sl said:
No, you won't necessarily like BL2 if you liked BL1. I've got 600 hours in BL1 and couldn't even be bothered to finish BL2. It's got a lot of bullshit mechanics that quite simply don't add anything to the game, and they've lost some of the magic. There's no reason I need to manage my ammo to such an extent, and there's no reason the cost of ammo needs to scale to your level... that's just 2 of the really major things that make the game a shitload less fun than BL1.

I agree. I can't pinpoint why exactly, but I wasn't able to get into BL2 anywhere near as much as BL1. BL1 was probably my favorite game I've ever played, but BL2 I maxed one character, and did half of the first DLC and that's about all I could muster.

Cantatus · Jul 1, 2013

Sinzar_sl said:
Seems that was a short term sale, it's already over. I would have bought it for 15$ too. Maybe when the steam sale starts it will have the same deal.

GMG is doing a "666 sale" - 6 deals for 6 hours for the next 6 days. It's a dumb gimmick, but perhaps they will repeat some deals on the last day like Steam has done.

Troll_sl · Jul 2, 2013

y u no sale, steam?

Rime · Jul 2, 2013

Thursdays are when Steam Sales always start. So... sometime this month, if they have a sale this year (And they have every previous year).

meStevo · Jul 2, 2013

I have a hard time seeing them waiting until the day after the 4th to start their sale, even with previous precedents. Seems silly. It should start tomorrow (if not today) just to get buzz-level to 11 and word out that it's begun (and get the kinks out of whatever system they use to promote the trading cards that'll be tacked on on top of the sales - collect cards voting on hourly/daily deals to be crafted into badges, etc?), and then the good deals hit hard for a few days after IMO.

Edit: No idea why i keep thinking the 4th is tomorrow. Starting on the 4th and going head to head with the other sales going on makes more sense to me than waiting.

Amzin · Jul 2, 2013

There's no solid confirmation or anything, but based on past sales and current release dates, July 11th is the popular conspiracy as to when it's starting.

Vorph · Jul 2, 2013

Yeah, that's the most likely date. They've been pushing it back more into July the last couple years.

meStevo · Jul 2, 2013

Anyone like the idea of "No DRM!" sales but at the same time wish they had options for a Steam key anyways?

I've forgotten games I've bought at Amazon and Direct2drive before because they're not on my Steam list and for some reason didn't have the time to install them at purchase.

Sean_sl · Jul 2, 2013

666 stuff has started:http://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/

Sean_sl · Jul 2, 2013

Oh, and a link to a timer for the deals:http://blog.playfire.com/2013/07/the...down-post.html

1-4 have already passed and it's on set 5 or 24 with 4 hours until the next.

Arica_sl · Jul 2, 2013

Gamefly Bethesda sale.

Skyrim legendary 40$

meStevo · Jul 2, 2013

Sean_sl said:
666 stuff has started:http://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/

Sean_sl said:
Oh, and a link to a timer for the deals:http://blog.playfire.com/2013/07/the...down-post.html

1-4 have already passed and it's on set 5 or 24 with 4 hours until the next.

Having to explain the timers in a blog rather than having one on the page with the deals is really interesting from a web development/content delivery standpoint.

Dyvim · Jul 2, 2013

Arica_sl said:
Gamefly Bethesda sale.

Skyrim legendary 40$

on co.uk its only 20 pounds or about 30 dollars.

http://www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-Th...ition/5006022/

Arica_sl · Jul 2, 2013

Dyvim_sl said:
on co.uk its only 20 pounds or about 30 dollars.

http://www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-Th...ition/5006022/

When I originally went to post this it was 35-36$ after posting it and double checking the link it said 40$ so I had to edit it. Its now back to 36$.

Derpa · Jul 2, 2013

Cutlery_sl said:
No, you won't necessarily like BL2 if you liked BL1. I've got 600 hours in BL1 and couldn't even be bothered to finish BL2. It's got a lot of bullshit mechanics that quite simply don't add anything to the game, and they've lost some of the magic. There's no reason I need to manage my ammo to such an extent, and there's no reason the cost of ammo needs to scale to your level... that's just 2 of the really major things that make the game a shitload less fun than BL1.

Exact opposite for me, couldn't get into BL1 after trying to about 6 times.

But BL2 I kinda enjoy playing here and there.

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