2K Bonanza on Steam! 20 games $53.99

Cat in the Hat · (07-03-2009, 02:19 AM)

The 2K HUGE GAME PACK includes:

Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Shattered Union
Prey
CivCity: Rome
Civilization IV: Warlords
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: Apocalypse
BioShock
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: UFO Defense
X-COM: Enforcer
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Individual price 229.80
Package price 59.99
Limited Time Discount. Ends July 7 -6.00

$53.99 Cost to you

$175.81 you save

Not bad, I own a lot of these already though so I might pass.

pakkit · (07-03-2009, 02:21 AM)

Freedom Force 1 & 2 alone are worth several vital organs.

Dexvex · (07-03-2009, 02:22 AM)

deal of the year?

alistairw · (07-03-2009, 02:28 AM)

I already own most of these through weekend sales, but jesus - if you don't own them already, this is a great deal.

MoxManiac · (07-03-2009, 02:30 AM)

holy shit!

Cohsae · (07-03-2009, 02:31 AM)

Wow these Steam sales really are getting ridiculously awesome.

speculawyer · (07-03-2009, 02:33 AM)

Wow . . . that is a ton of great games. You could already own several of them and you would still be getting a great deal.

Digital distribution done right.

Cat in the Hat · (07-03-2009, 02:34 AM)

If you don't have four or more of the following games you should buy this:

Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Pirates!
BioShock
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
Civilization IV: Warlords
X-COM anything really

IMO of course

chicken_ramen · (07-03-2009, 02:34 AM)

Ah 2K, why do you hate my Australian money? I even convert it into pure clean US money for you, but the taint is still there I guess.

Crazymoogle · (07-03-2009, 02:34 AM)

So many games to consider...too bad it won't gift the extras though. :/

Variable · (07-03-2009, 02:36 AM)

Where is this from?

Cat in the Hat · (07-03-2009, 02:36 AM)

Originally Posted by Variable:

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/w...kit/1qq3cn.gif

Where is this from?

Sims kart racing game trailer

pakkit · (07-03-2009, 02:38 AM)

Originally Posted by Variable:

Where is this from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuh9iEFh9EQ

TemplaerDude · (07-03-2009, 02:39 AM)

oh god.

hundreds of hours to be wasted.

pilonv1 · (07-03-2009, 02:44 AM)

Originally Posted by chicken_ramen:

Ah 2K, why do you hate my Australian money? I even convert it into pure clean US money for you, but the taint is still there I guess.

it's fucking annoying, i want Civ IV but I can't get it. But I can get Freedom Force

smh

ThaiGrocer · (07-03-2009, 02:45 AM)

Bonanza+. Now that's digital distribution going full force! Nothing can be packed faster than a package that doesn't physically exist.

Zeouterlimits · (07-03-2009, 02:45 AM)

Sweet Jesus. Civ 4 complete is worth that, never mind everything else.

HK-47 · (07-03-2009, 02:47 AM)

Originally Posted by Cat in the Hat:

If you don't have four or more of the following games you should buy this:

Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Pirates!
BioShock
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
Civilization IV: Warlords
X-COM anything really

IMO of course

Only UFO Defense is really good. TftD is good if you want an exercise in frustration.

pakkit · (07-03-2009, 02:49 AM)

Steam is the only Digital Distribution method in gaming that gets it right so far.

chicken_ramen · (07-03-2009, 02:51 AM)

Originally Posted by pilonv1:

it's fucking annoying, i want Civ IV but I can't get it. But I can get Freedom Force

smh

The last two times there's been a Civ 4 deal the game has been available to Australians for about an hour before they suddenly realise that they've let the savages, or whatever they think we are, buy their game. Both time's I've missed out because I didn't impulse buy. Seriously, you can have my money 2k, you'll find it tastes the same no matter where it's from.

TheProDaniel · (07-03-2009, 02:55 AM)

MUST GO HOME AND BUY!!!!! ARGH!

jts · (07-03-2009, 02:57 AM)

Originally Posted by pakkit:

Steam is the only Digital Distribution method in gaming that gets it right so far.

No, iPhone too.

And don't even try it mister. I bought Peggle for it for 99c so any argument you could have is invalid.

HK-47 · (07-03-2009, 02:58 AM)

Originally Posted by pakkit:

Steam is the only Digital Distribution method in gaming that gets it right so far.

Really? I like GoG's service better. Dont need my games tied to a program, even if its good.

bistromathics · (07-03-2009, 02:59 AM)

Originally Posted by pakkit:

Freedom Force 1 & 2 alone are worth several vital organs.

i'd trade my vital organs to get rid of the mouse acceleration in those games. in deus ex as well.

pakkit · (07-03-2009, 03:00 AM)

Originally Posted by jts:

No, iPhone too.

And don't even try it mister. I bought Peggle for it for 99c so any argument you could have is invalid.

I was talking about games, though.

Originally Posted by HK-47:

Really? I like GoG's service better. Dont need my games tied to a program, even if its good.

I never said there wasn't room for improvement. I think Steam's catalogue is stronger than GoGs, however.

benita316 · (07-03-2009, 03:01 AM)

Originally Posted by chicken_ramen:

The last two times there's been a Civ 4 deal the game has been available to Australians for about an hour before they suddenly realise that they've let the savages, or whatever they think we are, buy their game. Both time's I've missed out because I didn't impulse buy. Seriously, you can have my money 2k, you'll find it tastes the same no matter where it's from.

What? Why is Civ 4 off limits to Aussies?

I remember the Rockstar pack was nixed here for censorship reasons but what's going on with this pack?

HK-47 · (07-03-2009, 03:02 AM)

Originally Posted by pakkit:

I was talking about games, though.

I never said there wasn't room for improvement. I think Steam's catalogue is stronger than GoGs, however.

Steam been around longer and is run by a bigger company as well.

Darklord · (07-03-2009, 03:04 AM)

Wow, that's an insane deal!

evlcookie · (07-03-2009, 03:05 AM)

Originally Posted by chicken_ramen:

The last two times there's been a Civ 4 deal the game has been available to Australians for about an hour before they suddenly realise that they've let the savages, or whatever they think we are, buy their game. Both time's I've missed out because I didn't impulse buy. Seriously, you can have my money 2k, you'll find it tastes the same no matter where it's from.

So wait. We can only get some of the games in this pack and not all of them due to region restrictions?

Ack sometimes i fucking hate DD

Kulock · (07-03-2009, 03:05 AM)

Originally Posted by speculawyer:

Digital distribution done right.

This cannot be quoted enough. There is no stock or sales lost when the product is digital. I am ten times more likely to buy this package than I would have any of the games here normally (excluding BioShock, which I've already played through thoroughly on 360).

Originally Posted by evlcookie:

So wait. We can only get some of the games in this pack and not all of them due to region restrictions?

Ack sometimes i fucking hate DD

That's more of a hangover from hard copy distribution deals, sadly. DD probably isn't to blame for that.

Spire · (07-03-2009, 03:06 AM)

Originally Posted by HK-47:

Really? I like GoG's service better. Dont need my games tied to a program, even if its good.

GoG is fine but only has a fraction of the games Steam has. The games being tied to Steam isn't a problem since it lets you install them as many times as you want on as many computers as you want. The fact that uses DRM (a very user-friendly version of DRM, keep in mind) means it'll land publisher support that GoG never will. Very few companies are going to let their new games be released on a DRM-free service. GoG is great for nabbing a few select oldies, but not much else.

pakkit · (07-03-2009, 03:06 AM)

Originally Posted by HK-47:

Steam been around longer and is run by a bigger company as well.

Right, I know that. It's the iTunes vs. eMusic debate of the games industry.

Fredescu · (07-03-2009, 03:09 AM)

Originally Posted by pakkit:

Steam is the only Digital Distribution method in gaming that gets it right so far.

All the semi major DDs in PC world have some pretty good deals and packs and such. Steam just has a bigger catalogue. Impulse is pretty great. Gamersgate would be ok too if it weren't so shitty for Australians.

pilonv1 · (07-03-2009, 03:13 AM)

Originally Posted by evlcookie:

So wait. We can only get some of the games in this pack and not all of them due to region restrictions?

Ack sometimes i fucking hate DD

No we can't get the pack at all.

Fredescu · (07-03-2009, 03:18 AM)

One proxy here at work displays the pack and I can put it in my cart, but when I try to order it gets removed and I get an error saying there are no items in your cart. Annoying. Most other proxies cant even see the pack. Those ones can only see Civ IV Warlords but won't let you buy it because you don't own Civ IV.

CerberusE · (07-03-2009, 03:18 AM)

Ahhh, I just bought the civ IV complete pack recently :( If I hadn't done that I'd be all over this deal, and so should everyone else.

Firestorm · (07-03-2009, 03:20 AM)

Originally Posted by Cohsae:

Wow these Steam sales really are getting ridiculously awesome.

But I thought Digital Distribution sucked because there were no price drops

Traced-Velocity · (07-03-2009, 03:21 AM)

Gonna have to keep this in mind once I finish what's on my plate. Only game I own in there is Bioshock.

evlcookie · (07-03-2009, 03:25 AM)

Originally Posted by pilonv1:

No we can't get the pack at all.

awesome. I'm at work so i can't check.

Ah well there's $80 or so saved.

osu61303 · (07-03-2009, 03:59 AM)

Thanks for the heads up! great deal and I was looking to get Civ4 with all the expansions, now I get tons of classics/good stuff thrown in for free (I was expecting $50 for the core game and all add ons of Civ alone!)

Tisan · (07-03-2009, 04:06 AM)

These can still be gifted from the US region to another region though right?

HK-47 · (07-03-2009, 04:17 AM)

Originally Posted by Spire:

GoG is fine but only has a fraction of the games Steam has. The games being tied to Steam isn't a problem since it lets you install them as many times as you want on as many computers as you want. The fact that uses DRM (a very user-friendly version of DRM, keep in mind) means it'll land publisher support that GoG never will. Very few companies are going to let their new games be released on a DRM-free service. GoG is great for nabbing a few select oldies, but not much else.

GoG doesnt need DRM since if people were gonna play old games like that, they are readily downloadable all over the internet. GOG just make its easy for legal gamers to get these games easily and cheaply.

Costanza · (07-04-2009, 03:42 AM)

Steam finally fixed my account so I ended up grabbing this awesome pack instead of Fallout 3. Holy shit I can't believe I'm getting this many games for $50

Slavik81 · (07-04-2009, 03:57 AM)

Originally Posted by Firestorm:

But I thought Digital Distribution sucked because there were no price drops

Notice how on PC there's Steam, Impulse, GoG and a dozen other online retailers?
Competition lowers prices.

We can also buy 120GB hard drives for less than $180 for the same reason.

Crunched · (07-04-2009, 04:11 AM)

Originally Posted by Slavik81:

Notice how on PC there's Steam, Impulse, GoG and a dozen other online retailers?
Competition lowers prices.

We can also buy 120GB hard drives for less than $180 for the same reason.

Shit, by the end of the year there'll be a 2TB HDD for just over $300

vazel · (07-04-2009, 04:13 AM)

Fuuuuuccckkk that's an awesome deal but I'm already financially maxed this month from PC upgrades.

DSK123 · (07-04-2009, 04:18 AM)

This deal looks so hot. I've got other things I need to buy though. I'll have to think about this.

Ledsen · 04:25 AM

What the hell is this stupid shit? They removed Civ IV and the Beyond the Sword expansion from European Steam? But they kept Warlords? wtfisthisshit.gif

edit: Something must be wrong. The 20k games pack is in the news feed, but when you click it nothing happens. Also Civ III is gone.

SnakeswithLasers · (07-04-2009, 05:20 AM)

I cant believe I just bought Civ IV complete. Fuck. =[

bigmit3737 · (07-04-2009, 05:33 AM)

This is an amazing deal; but I have wayyy too many games to play at the moment and am only going to focus on that.