PSA: Game Discounts

[Caliga]

I got an earlier iteration of Cities XL and I agree... it just seemed very boring and kind of pointless.  For modern city-building games I much prefer Tropico.

[Lucidor]

Oh, it says on amazon it's non DRM, so prhaps you don't have to have the DVD in the drive.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Is Cities XL 2011 worth $10?  It's in Steam's midweek madness sale from today through Thursday.

I bought it because of this deal and I had a craving for some city building.  It's not bad, the city building aspect is pretty much the same as SimCity and the graphics are pretty.  There are some minor annoyances with the way the roads snap when building them and though i think the game is good, it feels like it is missing something, not enough soul or something.

Yeah that's what I'm getting out of it too.  I picked it up because eh $10, but it just seems so.........lifeless. 

[Razgovory]

I got an earlier iteration of Cities XL and I agree... it just seemed very boring and kind of pointless.  For modern city-building games I much prefer Tropico.

I haven't played one since the Pharaoh.  I really liked that game.

[Ed Anger]

For those that love steam sales, apparently a big one is coming June 24th. So, hold off buying that My Little Pony game until then.

[Scipio]

On Steam, half off of Dead Rising 2 and Resident Evil 5.  Why?

On Gog.com, all Strat First games 50% off.  Also, Crusader: No Remorse and SMAC are released.

[Pedrito]

I've found a bundle with Empire: and Napoleon: Total war for about 40 euros: I've never played a game of theseries, should I get them and give them a try?

L.

[Tamas]

I've found a bundle with Empire: and Napoleon: Total war for about 40 euros: I've never played a game of theseries, should I get them and give them a try?

L.

Empire is very meh but by now has some major mods out so you should look around for those.

Napoleon is actually quite decent. The scale of the battles can be annoying, but they look awesome.

[Scipio]

I've found a bundle with Empire: and Napoleon: Total war for about 40 euros: I've never played a game of theseries, should I get them and give them a try?

L.

Empire is very meh but by now has some major mods out so you should look around for those.

Napoleon is actually quite decent. The scale of the battles can be annoying, but they look awesome.

Except you have to play as the Tyrant.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I've found a bundle with Empire: and Napoleon: Total war for about 40 euros: I've never played a game of theseries, should I get them and give them a try?

L.

Empire is very meh but by now has some major mods out so you should look around for those.

Napoleon is actually quite decent. The scale of the battles can be annoying, but they look awesome.

Except you have to play as the Tyrant.

George III?

[Scipio]

I've found a bundle with Empire: and Napoleon: Total war for about 40 euros: I've never played a game of theseries, should I get them and give them a try?

L.

Empire is very meh but by now has some major mods out so you should look around for those.

Napoleon is actually quite decent. The scale of the battles can be annoying, but they look awesome.

Except you have to play as the Tyrant.

George III?

Buonaparte.  But you knew that already. You fucking mo.

[grumbler]

Buonaparte.  But you knew that already. You fucking mo.

"The Tyrant" isn't very specific in an age when you have Alexander I and Napoleon I on thrones at the same time. 

[Scipio]

Buonaparte.  But you knew that already. You fucking mo.

"The Tyrant" isn't very specific in an age when you have Alexander I and Napoleon I on thrones at the same time. 

The Tyrant was common British parlance for Nappy.

[grumbler]

The Tyrant was common British parlance for Nappy.

Ah.  Well, not being British...  It seems that google.com is unaware that "The Tyrant" is common British parlance for Napoleon.  In the fist six pages of results for the term, I already have Abraham Lincoln and Stalin, but no Napoleon.

As an American, I (and google) have seen the phrase "The Corsican Tyrant" used by Brits many, many times, but never just "The Tyrant"  to the best of my memory.  Still, I am no expert on common British parlance, and could just have missed it, like google.

[sbr]

For those that love steam sales, apparently a big one is coming June 24th. So, hold off buying that My Little Pony game until then.