PSA: Game Discounts

[Berkut]

Estimated date of delivery at this point is what?

It says it will unlock on June 13.

Why would anyone assume that the game will be anything special at all?

How could anything that took that long possibly not be shit in the world of gaming? Even if it is not shit, why would anyone think it has any chance of being anything better than any of the other 400 FPS games that have been churned out in the last decade plus?

[Grey Fox]

Estimated date of delivery at this point is what?

It says it will unlock on June 13.

Why would anyone assume that the game will be anything special at all?

How could anything that took that long possibly not be shit in the world of gaming? Even if it is not shit, why would anyone think it has any chance of being anything better than any of the other 400 FPS games that have been churned out in the last decade plus?

Do you remember Duke Nukem? It's going to be that but with High Def Graphic.

[Barrister]

Estimated date of delivery at this point is what?

It says it will unlock on June 13.

Why would anyone assume that the game will be anything special at all?

How could anything that took that long possibly not be shit in the world of gaming? Even if it is not shit, why would anyone think it has any chance of being anything better than any of the other 400 FPS games that have been churned out in the last decade plus?

I think you can safely assume there will be nothing innovative in terms of gameplay - but then when was the last time there was an innovative FPS?

Here's why I think it could be worth a purchase: the Duke Nuke'em formula is extremely simple - mix a FPS withsome sophomoric humour.  BUt nobody is doing a FPS like that these days.  All they have to do is follow the formula and it should be amusing.

[PRC]

On Steam now are deals on Kalypsos games.  Tropico 3, Imperium Romanum, Patrician IV and Grand Ages: Rome are going for a couple bucks each.  Are those games any good?

[Caliga]

I tried the demo for either Imperium Romanum or Grand Ages: Rome and it was pretty boring... wish I could remember which one it was, though.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Tropic 3 and Patrician IV don't appear to be that much better than Tropico and Patrician III, respectively, so I'll pass on them.

I'm intrigued by Imperium Romanum, though, so I hope you can recall which one was boring Cal

EDIT: Reviews of both Imperium Romanum and Grand Ages: Rome are less than inspiring. I shall pass.

[crazy canuck]

I tried the demo for either Imperium Romanum or Grand Ages: Rome and it was pretty boring... wish I could remember which one it was, though.

they are both boring.  I bought them both during that blow out sale around last Xmas for cheap and still didnt get my monies worth.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Tropico Reloaded is definitely worth $2, if you haven't played it before. The Paradise Island expansion adds some nice things to the original, and it's a lot of fun. Well, unless your island gets hit by a hurricane and sees over half of it's buildings destroyed and the population reduced from 250 to 200. That kind of sucks.

But as long as my military is strong, I shall survive. 

[Caliga]

I dunno, I think the era of those kinds of games is pretty much over.  EA/Maxis doesn't even bother to make new SimCity games anymore.

[Josephus]

I liked Tropico and experimenting with all forms of socialism.

[sbr]

Tropic 3 and Patrician IV don't appear to be that much better than Tropico and Patrician III, respectively, so I'll pass on them.

I'm intrigued by Imperium Romanum, though, so I hope you can recall which one was boring Cal

EDIT: Reviews of both Imperium Romanum and Grand Ages: Rome are less than inspiring. I shall pass.

Is Patrician III worth $1.24 for someone who has never played any games in the series?

[HisMajestyBOB]

I found it to be fun and well-made, but it's only worth bothering with if you like business, finance, and trading games. Yeah, there's pirate combat, but it's a very small part of the game, and can be avoided entirely (I suck at it, so I avoid it as much as possible).

[sbr]

GoG is having a sale on old Activision RPGs including Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Vampire The Masquerade - Redemption, and a couple of Krondor games

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/activision_rpgs

[derspiess]

Dunno how widespread these are, but I got an email from Gamestop last week with a coupon for $100 off a PS3.  So I gathered up some 360 games I either never got around to playing or won't play again & traded those in.  After the trade-in credit I got a 160GB PS3 for just over $100.  My intent was just to use it as a Blu-ray player to replace my slow 2nd generation Samsung, but I'll probably try out a few of the PS3-only titles. 

[sbr]

All Tom Clancy games are 66% off today on Steam. Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6, etc.