Nearly forgot. Today's QuakeCon sale for Steam is Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition, 50% off for 24.99 EUR/USD. You could probably find it in retail for that price at any time but still...
Fallout 3: GotY 50% off on Steam
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Khan FurSainty
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
I find it very troubling how fast games cheapen up. It's like before with movies. "Don't have money to go see it on the big screen? Wait for several years to watch it on TV.". Except this is faster. And everyone gets ripped off. Oh... wait... Getting people ripped off is a business plan. That takes care of that.
QFTKhan FurSainty said:
I often find myself wondering how it is even possible to sell certain dvd's at €1.99 a piece or certain games at €3.98 a piece. We have bargain bins over here with cd's at €1 a piece and yes: it's crappy music and it's older than you'd like it to be, but it's a new edition and logic dictates that one can't possibly make a thing like that for just €1, somewhere along the production and distribution line people (read: workers) are getting seriously fucked up (read: paid way too little) so that we could rummage through those bargain bins in search of little hidden treasures.
Cheap things come at a great, great cost. Just telling ya.
Paul_cz
Mildly Dipped
Khan FurSainty said:
So you would prefer if games stayed at their full price for a few years ?
It depends how popular a game is though. Some games even after 1 or 2 years still cost almost as much like the did the first day.
Other games which probably dont sell anymore can be get very cheap cause well what would you do with them oterwhise ?
Other games which probably dont sell anymore can be get very cheap cause well what would you do with them oterwhise ?
Arthur Frayn
First time out of the vault
It cost's next to nothing to press a CD/DVD.
Maybe they should release their games in a 10 LP box where you have to put them on datasette's first.
Or maybe just read them in digitally on 16 RPM
Maybe they should release their games in a 10 LP box where you have to put them on datasette's first.
Or maybe just read them in digitally on 16 RPM
TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
meh... ill wait for fo3 to be cheaper
are they still making patches for it or have they given up fixing their buggy code and there are a shitload of bugs in it and the modders have to fix it?
are they still making patches for it or have they given up fixing their buggy code and there are a shitload of bugs in it and the modders have to fix it?
Xenophile
It Wandered In From the Wastes
TheWesDude said:
Don't know.. but really wasn't bad when I played it. I played it all the way through when it first came out and only encountered one serious bug and that's been fixed.
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
Patches 1.1. through 1.7 are pretty much just DLC support, which means they add achievements.
Some minor fixes but they also broke a lot of stuff.
They stopped patching it after the last DLC came out. I remember reading somewhere where Todd Howard said they don't like patching because it holds them back or something.
Some minor fixes but they also broke a lot of stuff.
They stopped patching it after the last DLC came out. I remember reading somewhere where Todd Howard said they don't like patching because it holds them back or something.
Does any of the DLC add anything decent?
I played F3 twice, so not really in the mood to play it again. The only worthwhile location was Megaton as it had quests that send you out to explore. If there's something of that kind added with the DLC, I might consider getting GOTY. Probably not though...
I played F3 twice, so not really in the mood to play it again. The only worthwhile location was Megaton as it had quests that send you out to explore. If there's something of that kind added with the DLC, I might consider getting GOTY. Probably not though...
Xenophile
It Wandered In From the Wastes
I'm kind of in the same boat. I didn't buy the GOTY version when it was on sale. I just can't bring myself to re-install Fallout 3. I really had fun playing it through the first time. It was a fun game, but I have 0 desire to replay it. Partly because they made it so easy to be "good at everything" and there were really seemed like 2 possible outcomes for each main situation. The outcomes were mostly "Save/Destroy". I don't think this really detracted from the fun that I had in the game, but couple the black and white choices and lack luster writing and it combines to the make me not want to play it again. Sure the DLC adds new stories and area, but at $25 it still hasn't piqued my interest. (I did pay $70 or so for the collectors edition when it was released.)
It's actually a lot like Bioshock to me. I LOVED Bioshock, but once I know all the story plot points, why play it again?
The original Fallouts I played a few times because the solution paths through the quests seemed much more varied and left the possibilities of trying to play the game with vastly different characters.
Which is why I am really looking forward to Fallout:New Vegas, I had already preordered it, but after playing it Saturday at Quakecon I am really excited (even if the pre-release code was pretty crash-happy).
It's actually a lot like Bioshock to me. I LOVED Bioshock, but once I know all the story plot points, why play it again?
The original Fallouts I played a few times because the solution paths through the quests seemed much more varied and left the possibilities of trying to play the game with vastly different characters.
Which is why I am really looking forward to Fallout:New Vegas, I had already preordered it, but after playing it Saturday at Quakecon I am really excited (even if the pre-release code was pretty crash-happy).
My thoughts exactly. You'd have to be an idiot to do something wrong or miss something in F3. In F1 and F2 that was quite possible, simply because the writing was better and the quests more interesting - so as I was playing them, I was already thinking about my next playthrough and how my next character would kick so much more ass... Not in F3 though - it was very linear and even when I felt like playing it again, the thought of having to redo the Vault in the beginning and most of the underground sections turned me off it...Xenophile said:
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
SkuLL said:
Gear and perks mostly.
Anchorage adds a set of Power Armour, stealth suit and a broken gauss rifle which means you can be OP at level 5.
The Pitt adds some pretty neat Raider remix clothes, a silenced assault rifle and an incredibaly powerfull laser shotgun.
Mothership Zeta added a lot of fan rage, some pretty overpowered energy weapons and samurai armour that is on par with combat armour.
Point Lookout is the only one I think is any good if you are after a half decent story and quests. The story is pretty crummy but in a fun way and the location is interesting.
Shows what they can do if they had smaller areas to work with rather than spreading it all thin over a large area.
Broken Steel is fun to get as it pretty much breaks the story, in an attempt to give a proper ending they made F3 make no sense.