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casewindow

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#561520 26-Dec-2011 11:46

If Skyrim is as good as everyone says then bye bye spare time! :)

I was not into RPG games at all but the Bethesda ones are time-sinks. I spent 200h on Oblivion, 175h on Fallout 3 and about 90h on Fallout NV (and still have a couple of DLCs to go & then finish the main quest)

I got Skyrim yesterday as well but I want to tweak it a bit before I get into it (my first observations are that it does need some decent graphical tweaking as it isn't maxing my CPU + GPU yet is dropping to 25fps it some areas in the intro)

MadAndy

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Wannabe Geek

#561533 26-Dec-2011 13:52

Deus Ex Human Revolution is on sale for $14.99 at GetGames:

http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/deus-ex-human-revolution

... this gives you a Steam key and saves paying the $46-odd regional price there.

This regional pricing snots me off - if anyone else sees other ways around it for other games please post here :)

b0untypure1

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#561685 26-Dec-2011 23:08

casewindow: I got Defense Grid the Awakening

me too! awesome game for $2.50 !

b0untypure1

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#561686 26-Dec-2011 23:08

www.g2play.net is also a good place to buy steam keys FYI

Kyanar

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#564234 4-Jan-2012 10:31

b0untypure1:
casewindow: I got Defense Grid the Awakening

me too! awesome game for $2.50 !

I chipped in a bit more to get the DLC as well - came up to less than buying the DLC on its own at normal price (which is good, because I wasn't willing to pay more since I was buying it to replace the mothballed Impulse version of the same game, which hasn't seen updates since 2010). Also impressed with the company behind that as well - asked them a question and got a personal response within a day.

Also got The Witcher, Fate of the World, Universe Sandbox, Act of War (which doesn't work if you have more than 3GB RAM by the way), Overlord II, and Tropico 4. Some of these are even more fun than you'd think reading the description!

Behodar

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#564240 4-Jan-2012 10:49

b0untypure1: www.g2play.net is also a good place to buy steam keys FYI

Can you confirm that the prices are in NZ$? They say "NZD" but have a picture of Australia underneath them...

b0untypure1

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#564261 4-Jan-2012 11:13

Behodar:
b0untypure1: www.g2play.net is also a good place to buy steam keys FYI

Can you confirm that the prices are in NZ$? They say "NZD" but have a picture of Australia underneath them...

on the right hand side panel, there is a currency tab and select NZD then its all in new zealand dollars. confirmed with that, purchase 50% my games there

Sharesies

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Sharesies (affiliate link).

b0untypure1

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#564262 4-Jan-2012 11:15

yeah that Australian picture is weird

MadAndy

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Wannabe Geek

#564264 4-Jan-2012 11:16

I can vouch for having an overseas friend buy stuff thru Steam to dodge the region restrictions. I tried it with Dead Space 2 - it was $17.49 on 'special' here, but only $4.99 in the US. My mate in the States bought it for $4.99 and gifted it to me, and I sent him a $5 amazon voucher. Sweet!

ChocolateWorm

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#564265 4-Jan-2012 11:16

cause nz is what like a state of ausi or something yeah yeah thats it everyone from most other countries thinks that

casewindow

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#564290 4-Jan-2012 11:59

I ended up spending around $120 NZ on Defense Grid, Train Simulator 2012, Batman Arkham Asylum, Skyrim and all the DLC for Deus Ex HR + the remaining DLC I wanted for Fallout NV. Great stuff! I also had five coal for entries into the draw (which I am guessing I haven't won anything from). I ended up getting around 10 Achievements but the coupons I got were pretty crap.

b0untypure1

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#564293 4-Jan-2012 12:09

yeah i didnt even bother playing games cause i knew all i would end up with was a sack of coal and sleepy days at work

Kyanar

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#564655 5-Jan-2012 10:18

I have a few coupons for 25%-50% off Valve games (of which there are maybe 3 I don't own anyway) and a couple of other games that don't really do it for me anyway.

Also 4 coal.

davexl

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#564701 5-Jan-2012 11:12

Hi Mauricio,

Can you share what your motherboard is (AMD ?) and the ATI video card please?

Looking for ideas on a gaming / school/ video PC spec for my son (15 Year 11)

Cheers David

merve0o0

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Ultimate Geek

#565457 6-Jan-2012 18:03

I got fall out new Vegas, la noire complete edition, portal 2 and dungeon defenders

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