Originally Posted by tham1988 yeah that side menu thing has been bs so far

Agreed, the side menu is at BEST unreliable.

Originally Posted by Motoki Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders Amazon reviews: Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Beautiful scenes and music, moderately challenging puzzles, fun to play. Requires a some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!!

here's one of those gems
This review is from: Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders [Download] (Software Download)
I paid for this, began what I thought would be a straightforward download, and got a message that I had to install a program called Steam in order to complete the download. This required a whole new registration at an unfamiliar website, which gave instructions to click on one of two (depending on which "support" menu you read) links to "activate a new program." NEITHER LINK APPEARS ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN OR ON ANY OF THE DROPDOWN MENUS!
So I link to the Steam support function, and come to find that "Support" is an entirely separate website that you have to register for all over again! Outrageous BS! You're left having paid for the game and with no way of downloading it. Thanks Amazon or Steam or whoever it is who is ripping me off. Well that was a totally bogus waste of time and money!


Should I pick up Spec Ops or Darkness 2 with my 2k coupon?

Tony -

I'm loving Amazon's sales so far. With the exception of one dirt cheap piece of DLC, every game I've bought during the Black Friday and Christmas sales has come from Amazon, and I expect that will probably continue as all the Editor's Choice coupons I've accumulated become active. Great work!

Do you (or anyone else) know if the $2.50ish deal you had on Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes a couple weeks ago is likely to be coming back any time soon? I meant to buy it but forgot, and by the time I checked again it had gone back up.

Any chance of seeing Endless Space before the end of January?

Originally Posted by zillionandnine How likely is it that LA Noire will make it onto the EC list?

not even remotely

Originally Posted by sunasun Should I pick up Spec Ops or Darkness 2 with my 2k coupon?

That's a tough one - b/c both are awesome.

If you want a short (like 7-hours or so), but great SP campaign b/c of its story, choices, and character development -- go w/ Spec Ops: The Line.
Gameplay-wise, it's a good 3rd-person cover-style shooter - but it's the other stuff (that I mentioned above) that stands out majorly; especially when you compare it to other military shooters.

If you want a game w/ awesome shooting mechanics, the cool-as-can be quad-weildling, twisted story, cool cel-shaded graphics and lots of gore/violence -- take Darkness 2. This IS how I think FEAR 3 should've turned out, if you ask me.

Originally Posted by Motoki Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders Amazon reviews: Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Requires some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!! Beautiful scenes and music, moderately challenging puzzles, fun to play. Requires a some program called Steam. This sucks!!! 1 star!!

Originally Posted by sunasun here's one of those gems This review is from: Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders [Download] (Software Download) I paid for this, began what I thought would be a straightforward download, and got a message that I had to install a program called Steam in order to complete the download. This required a whole new registration at an unfamiliar website, which gave instructions to click on one of two (depending on which "support" menu you read) links to "activate a new program." NEITHER LINK APPEARS ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN OR ON ANY OF THE DROPDOWN MENUS! So I link to the Steam support function, and come to find that "Support" is an entirely separate website that you have to register for all over again! Outrageous BS! You're left having paid for the game and with no way of downloading it. Thanks Amazon or Steam or whoever it is who is ripping me off. Well that was a totally bogus waste of time and money!

EDIT:
BTW, double face-palm is aimed at those pathetic reviews, BTW.
I can understand people not liking Steam (b/c it's DRM), but Steam's VERY functional and has A LOT of benefits - for both those who know what they're doing and even those who don't.
If people want to knock DRM, they need to knock the "always online" bullcrap some other games have (MMO's; Diablo 3; what UbiSoft once did w/ AC2 and SC: Conviction before the complaints caused them to lighten up).

Even when I hated Steam (i.e. back when it first came out, before it got much improved), I still thought back then HL2 was fantastic game.

Originally Posted by sunasun Should I pick up Spec Ops or Darkness 2 with my 2k coupon?

both are great
great stories
about the same length (spec ops may be a little longer-don't remember for sure)
I would say spec ops has a better story and darkness 2 has better gameplay
(but that doesn't take into account the tps versus fps factor - personally i like tps better so to me they were about equal on gameplay)
and spec ops has a better story

its a personal preference thing
i liked spec ops better

Tony, i repeat this: Any chance of having a sale on Alan Wake's games?

PS: If you add TSW to the EC list, and we're able to get it for 10$ or less (with a coupon) I'll buy it in a heartbeat, and some of my friends too!

Of course the wife informs me she wants the Civil V Gods & Kings DLC this morning after I already used my 2K coupon. Thanks for still having it somewhat on sale Tony. I can't tell you how far you've helped me stretch my gaming dollar this year.

@Tony, any chance of a deal on NBA 2K13 anytime soon?

how long is the deal on Assassin's Creed III for?

Originally Posted by mink-e Of course the wife informs me she wants the Civil V Gods & Kings DLC this morning after I already used my 2K coupon. Thanks for still having it somewhat on sale Tony. I can't tell you how far you've helped me stretch my gaming dollar this year.

Gods & Kings is expected to be $3.15 soon on GMG with their 30% off code.

Originally Posted by yaynick Gods & Kings is expected to be $3.15 soon on GMG with their 30% off code.

Thanks a ton! Obviously I need to watch more threads around here. My first choice for buying games has been well earned by Tony and crew, but that's just too good a deal to pass up.

Tony I have a shameless request to price match Steam's daily deal for Witcher 2 at $7.49

Originally Posted by Psybuster Tony I have a shameless request to price match Steam's daily deal for Witcher 2 at $7.49

They don't carry it.

Originally Posted by Evrad Tony, i repeat this: Any chance of having a sale on Alan Wake's games? PS: If you add TSW to the EC list, and we're able to get it for 10$ or less (with a coupon) I'll buy it in a heartbeat, and some of my friends too!

TSW should be 12.99 after coupon soon. I remember it being mentioned somewhere in the thread.

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Anyone knows if this pack is coming back on offer during January? It shows in the 2012 Editor's Choice list

Tony said that it would never come back.

Originally Posted by lulzorcito Anyone knows if this pack is coming back on offer during January? It shows in the 2012 Editor's Choice list

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals There is Absolutely 0 chance of that happening. Cheers, Tony

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edit: yeah that

Let's get the giving started again today!!!! I will start us off.

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