If there’s one thing I’m quickly learning about PC gaming, it’s that the sales never stop. Ever. Something is always on sale somewhere, and often services such as Steam will throw up ridiculous sales seemingly for no apparent reason.
Take today for example. Here I am with my wallet thinking what a cheap day it’s been, having spent nothing but £1.42 on a sandwich for breakfast. I’m happy, my wallet is happy and my bank account is happy. But what’s this? Steam sale? SEGA slashing prices on just about everything they’ve ever done for an entire weekend? Uh oh, here we go again.
Alpha Protocol is £1.50. Aliens vs Predator is £3.74. The Dreamcast Collection is £3.74. The Mega Drive/Genesis Collection is £5.49 (and includes 40 games). Those are just the headline deals. Search for anything at all on Steam from now through until Sunday, and if SEGA have had any involvement in it at all then it’ll likely be on sale.
Can anyone confirm to me that Alpha Protocol is worth 8 pence more than my sandwich?
EDIT: There’s also 80% off the Company of Heroes franchise, 19% off The Witcher 2 and Brink is back at the lower price of £14.99, which given the absence of a sales percentage is seemingly a permanent reduction.
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I bought it at the last sale for $4.99 and played through twice. It’s absolutely worth 8 pence more than your sandwich.
Can anyone else confirm that 12 entries from the Total War series are worth $17? Major entries are:
-Empire
-Napoleon
-Rome
-Medieval 2
That’s enough to last me forever I think.
Yes, for just a few pence more than a sandwich, it’s definitely worth it. Unpolished, kinda buggy, but totally worth it. I still feel sad that I was unable to finish due to a game-breaking bug that wouldn’t go away. And I intend to return eventually when I get a new PC, and hopefully it will work for me then.
Helmut, Rome alone is worth $17, but add in Medieval 2 and Empire, and you’ve got… well hell, you’ve got enough to last you forever. The Total War games are really fantastic. They’ve never made a bad one. They’ve bit off more than they could chew now and then, but never an actual failure.
Personally, I loved Alpha Protocol. Flawed but ambitious. Plus you can be a jerk to everyone.