Originally Posted by KrizB Big fan of the Xcom & UFO series, but the inner cheap ass is screaming at me to hold off for a price drop that is sure to come in the next month or two. Last year I bought a few games around this time period and right after TRU, Amazon, and Target had "B2G1" or "3 games for $4x" sales.

I think this is going to drop like a rock on its own. I love TBS (especially HOMM 3), but there is really no market for these games any longer. I would pre-order in a heartbeat if I thought that would have any bearing on getting more TBS games made, but I just can't see that happening.

Originally Posted by Kylearan Exactly - everyone loved the original X-Com. Why on earth were we getting an FPS? That's like taking the classic Shadowrun RPG and turning it into an online shooter.

EA had no problem turning Syndicate into a crap FPS game.

Originally Posted by alwayscheaper Stealing a $15 gift card? Keeping this community classy.

LOL. New forum Cheap Ass Thieves. We only steal stuff that's on sale!!

Originally Posted by KrizB Big fan of the Xcom & UFO series, but the inner cheap ass is screaming at me to hold off for a price drop that is sure to come in the next month or two.

So why not just preorder for the gift card and then price match when it drops?

So why not just preorder for the gift card and then price match when it drops?

Was thinking this exact same thing. I PM everything at BB, so a $15 GC is the same as cash for me. Plus, as a Silver Rewards member, 60day return policy = guaranteed to be covered if it crashes in price.

Something tells me the Special Edition for the PC version won't last very long in stores.

^ Yeah, that's what I've been thinking and wondering about too. Which is why I'm tempted to go ahead and go pre-order it, and get a price adjustment if it drops.

I normally don't get console games on PC if I can get them for PS3, but with it being the SE it's kind of hard to pass up.

Don't try and do this in store. I went today and the girl said that since they had already received their copies, they could not honor this. So YMMV

yea i found it odd that i got my gift card in yesterday.. but the games not out yet.. so couldnt i theoretically have not bothered with the game and just used the free gift card? i expected to get it AFTER xcom released lol

^ Right lol, that's even better though since you just pre-ordered it.

If you pre-order it online, they'll put a hold on your card, right? Unless you do in store and pay the $5?

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when i preorder and do in store pickup, i pay for it online. maybe $5 is how they do it if u preorder AT the store, but i preorder online always and just do instore pickup, then when i pick it up my card gets charged. done. just got resident evil on tues that way.

Welp Game informer just gave this a 9.5...

Guess im gonna have to preorder now....

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/xc...05/review.aspx

Sorry for the noob ass question, but if I buy the physical PC version, can I just install off disc, then redeem on Steam? Does Steam automatically detect that you've installed the game?

Originally Posted by GrimmTrixX when i preorder and do in store pickup, i pay for it online. maybe $5 is how they do it if u preorder AT the store, but i preorder online always and just do instore pickup, then when i pick it up my card gets charged. done. just got resident evil on tues that way.

Got it, thanks.

So happy I saw this thread - I'd been holding on to a BB GC for months for this game, and I was hoping for some kind of preorder deal. This is one of the very rare moments when I don't care so much about being a CAG; I'll buy this day 1 to get a new console SRPG, even though I know this will likely be way cheaper in 3-4 weeks. Thanks, OP!

Originally Posted by spatenfloot So why not just preorder for the gift card and then price match when it drops?

Eh?

Originally Posted by honzoh Was thinking this exact same thing. I PM everything at BB, so a $15 GC is the same as cash for me. Plus, as a Silver Rewards member, 60day return policy = guaranteed to be covered if it crashes in price.

Oh...
Did not know they did that.

Guess I should have mentioned that I was talking about Amazon in a Best Buy thread...

Oh... Did not know they did that.

Yeah, BB has become the place for all my gaming habits lately. Most of the hot titles have preorder GC's attached to them now, and with the 60day return policy, there's very little 'risk' in a title if/when it drops.

^BTW, I think you might be able to double dip with Visa/Mastercard pricematching. My brother pricematched a laptop with his credit card company because the Microsoft Store denied the pricematch. Then Micrcosoft decided to go ahead with the pricematch later in an email.

Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus Sorry for the noob ass question, but if I buy the physical PC version, can I just install off disc, then redeem on Steam? Does Steam automatically detect that you've installed the game?

Yes you install the game off the disc, during the install process it asks you login to steam and type in the cd-key which adds it to your account. After that it installs all files off disc and steam updates the game if there's any day 1 patches. It should work like that if the process is same since the last time I bought a retail steam was Half-Life 2.

Originally Posted by usagi Yes you install the game off the disc, during the install process it asks you login to steam and type in the cd-key which adds it to your account. After that it installs all files off disc and steam updates the game if there's any day 1 patches. It should work like that if the process is same since the last time I bought a retail steam was Half-Life 2.

Thanks, bro.

Feel like this game will sell well on PC, but console gamers won't be buying.

Will wait and see how the game plays with controller and then pick up when its 29.99 in a few weeks