I still don't understand why DRM in any way makes games even remotely close to "unplayable" in our modern age. The majority of complaints I've seen about DRM have actually come from people that illegal pirate games, which is perfectly fine by me.
Chivalry is always a game that gets my interest and I never buy it, does anyone have any experience with it?
I've had numerous issues with DRM across multiple games. Everything from a game constantly crashing, to a game not launching after changing video cards. Some of these were fixed with cracks, or phone calls to the publisher (like Ubi), others were unable to be fixed. Steam is the only DRM that I've never had any issues with, though I disliked it for a number of years, mainly for performance reasons, but also since I'd had numerous issues with other forms of DRM.
I guess I'm lucky in that I've never encountered a problem with Steam, Origin, or UPlay.
There is not a single, single-player game released last year that was not pirated. DRM does not stop pirates in any way. Official servers do, but there are private servers for many multiplayer games too. DRM only affects paying customers unfortunately. I don't personally consider any games unplayable because of DRM, but I have had massive problems with both Origin and Uplay which have been a great inconvenience to me, a paying customer. I've also experienced problems with always-online single-player games due to server issues, which is frustrating.
It is sad that DRM actually means in some cases, it's easier for people to download and play a game illegally, than access their legitimate copy.
Kind of agree with this. Was gonna pick up a few games, but all went back up to full price unless it was a Daily Deal yesterday or got selected on the Encore sale. During the Summer Sale this wasn't the case. Oh well lesson learned for next sale.
No idea. Could be a mistake, on purpose. I'm hoping it's a mistake and they fix it before end of day. I got a notification at like 11am saying the items were still on sale, but they've removed them since then.
Well if that's how they want to do it in the future then it'll be fine. We all know last day will be Encore Day so if something was on sale but never made it on Flash/Community/Daily then we can just grab it then. It's just the ones that got discounted more people will chance on.
I hadn't noticed that actually. That's a new policy, isn't it?
I guess they removed the other discounts to try and change that "Don't buy it unless it's the last day or daily deal" 'rule'. Making people buy the discounted items at a lower discount than with community choice since it won't be sure if they'll remain discounted for the entire sale
Last edited by Greandal; 2014-01-02 at 09:26 PM.
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- Today is Encore Day so if you want anything list them grab them now (or those on Daily Deal from yesterday).
- Anything that was on a Holiday Sale is no longer on Holiday Sale unless it's an encore sale or daily deal from yesterday.
- Gonna add a post in a bit showing what all went on Daily/Flash/Community for those interested broken down in what made 3 appearances, 2 and only 1 (all excludes Encore Sales). Will also show what only made an appearance because of the community. Which looks like 21 Titles out of 41 so 51.22% of community votes only saw a sale that way.
Encore Deals Day 15 (01/02/13):
Name of Game………………………………………… Original Price………… Discounted/Sale Price The Stanley Parable $14.99 $8.99 (40% off) Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition $29.99 $5.99 (80% off) Bioshock Infinite $39.99 $9.99 (75% off) Tomb Raider $49.99 $9.99 (80% off) Farcry 3 $29.99 $7.49 (75% off) Chivalry Medieval Warfare $24.99 $6.24 (75% off) Age of Empires II HD Edition $19.99 $4.99 (75% off) XCOM Enemy Unknown $39.99 $9.99 (75% off) Batman Arkham Origins $49.99 $24.99 (50% off) Metro Last Light $39.99 $13.59 (66% off) Arma III $59.99 $35.99 (40% off) Borderlands 2 $29.99 $7.49 (75% off) Dishonored $29.99 $7.49 (75% off) Garry's mod $9.99 $2.49 (75% off) Football Manager 2014 $49.99 $24.99 (50% off) CS: GO $14.99 $3.74 (75% off) Company of Heroes $39.99 $13.59 (66% off) Skyrim $29.99 $7.49 (75% off) Saints Row IV $49.99 $19.99 (60% off) Anno 2070 $29.99 $7.49 (75% off) Payday 2 $29.99 $13.49 (55% off) Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag $59.99 $44.99 (25% off) Call of Duty Ghosts $59.99 $40.19 (33% off) Total War Rome II $59.95 $29.97 (50% off)
To be fair, it did clearly state that the sale would be over on Jan 2. Anyone looking at the items would have known that 1PM EST is when they update the sales. Logically that means Jan 2 1PM otherwise it would have pushed into Jan 3. It's not like they tried to trick anyone.
BAD WOLF
BAD WOLF
Here is the compiled list of all titles that went on sale for anyone interested in just seeing what did make a sale, if they missed something, or whichever. Looks like out of the 41 community votes we had 21 of them had unique titles win in that they only appeared here. So together we voted 51.22% of the titles into at least getting discounted once.
................................................................................ .................................................................................. These titles appeared three times during the sale: Bioshock Infinite Farcry 3
................................................................................ .................................................................................. These titles appeared twice through the sale: Age of Empires II: HD Edition Outlast Alice Madness Returns Papers, Please Assetto Corsa Payday 2 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Ultimate Edition Risk of Rain Chivalry Rogue Legacy Civilization V Saints Row IV Contagion Shadow Warrior CS : GO Shelter Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition Skyrim Deus Ex Director’s Cut Spelunky Dishonored State of Decay Don't Starve Strike Suit Zero Euro Truck Simulator 2 Surgeon Simulator 2013 FTL Terraria Garry's Mod The Stanley Parable Grid 2 The Witcher 2 Guacamelee! Gold Edition Torchlight II Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Total War Rome II Kerbal Space Program Track Mania Stadium Legend of Dungeons Trine 2 Complete Story Metro Last Light XCOM Enemy Unknown Nether Ys I & II Chronics+ Orcs Must Die! 2
................................................................................ .................................................................................. The titles appeared once throughout the sale: Titles with this color appeared on in Community 3D Mark Magicka 7 Days To Die Maia Ace of Spades Battle Builder Mark of the Ninja Adventure Time Mass Effect 2 Agarest Generations of War Max Payne 3 Alan Wake Memoria Amnesia Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Might & Magic Duel of Champions Founder Pack Anno 2070 Might and Magic Heroes VI Another World 20th Anniversary Edition Mirror’s Edge Antichamber Monaco Arma II Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Arma III Mount and Blade Collection Assasin's Creed IV Black Flag Music Creator 6 Awesomenauts Nascar the Game 2013 Baldur's Gate Natural Selection Bastion NBA 2K14 Batman: Arkham Origins Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Battlefield 2: Complete Collection Nihilumbra Beatbuddy Oblivion: GotY Blackguards Omerta City of Gangsters Blade Symphony P-51D Mustang Borderlands 2 Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ Borderlands 2 GotY Paranormal Pinball FX 2 Braid PixelJunk Eden Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse Planetary Annihilation Brother's Poker Night 2 Brutal Legend Portal 2 Bulletstorm Primal Carnage Call of Duty Prison Architect Call of Duty Black Ops II Project Zomboid Call of Juarez Gunslinger Prototype 2 Castle Crashers Rage Castle Storm Rayman Legends Castle Story Recettear Cities in Motion 2 Red Faction Guerilla Cities XL Platinum Remember Me Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Resident Evil 6 Company of Heroes 2 Reus Contrast Rise of Flight Channel Battles Edition Cook, Serve, Delicious Rise of the Triad Craft the World Rise of Venice Crusader Kings II Rising Storm Crysis 2: Maximum Edition Rocksmith 2014 Dark Siders II Roller Coast Tycoon 3 Darkout RPG Maker VXA Dawn of War II Retribution Sacrifice Dead Island GotY Sanctum 2 Dead Space 2 Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves Deadlight Scribblenauts Unmasked Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut Serious Sam 3 BFE Deadpool Shadowrun Returns Delver Simcity 4 Deluxe Edition Deponia Sims 3 Desktop Dungeons Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion Devil May Cry Sir, You are Being Hunted Dirt 3 Skullgirls Display fusion Sleeping Dogs Divekick Slender: The Arrival Divinity: Dragon Commander Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior Doom 3 BFG Edition Sniper Elite V2 Dragon Age Origins Snow Dream Solar 2 Ducktales Space Hulk Dungeon Defenders Spacebase DF-9 Dust: An Elysian Tail Spec Ops the Line Eador Masters of the Broken World Speed Runners Elder Scrolls: Morrowind Splinter Cell: Blacklist Eldritch Spore Electronic Super Joy Star Wars Battlefront II Endless Space Emperor Edition Star Wars II: Sith Lords Europa Universalis IV Stardrive Eve Online Starforce Evoland Starpoint Gemini 2 Fallen Enchantress Steam World Dig Fallout New Vegas Substance Designer 4 Farcry 3 Blood Dragon Super Hexagon Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition Super Meatboy Fez Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Final Fantasy VII System Shock 2 Final Fantasy VIII Test Drive Unlimited Football Manager 2014 Testament of Sherlock Holmes Forced The Binding of Isaac Formula 1 2013 The Bridge Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition The Cave Game Dev Tycoon The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav Game Maker Studio Professional The Dead Linger Gas Guzzlers Extreme The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot Gnomoria The Pit Godus The Secret World Gone Home The Swapper Grand Theft Auto IV The Typing of the Dead Overkill Guncraft The Walking Dead Season 1 Gunpoint The Walking Dead Season 2 Guns of Icarus Online The Wolf Among Us Half-Life 2 Titan Quest Hammer Watch Toki Tori 2+ Hard Reset Tomb Raider Hitman Absolution Total War Shogun 2 Hotline Miami Tower Wars How to Survive Train Simulator 2014 Insurgency Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Interstellar Marines Trials Evolution Gold Edition Just Cause 2 Tropico 4 Steam Special Edition Killing Floor Unepic King Arthur's Gold Universe Sandbox Kingdoms Rise Valdis Story Abyssal City L.A. Noire Van Helsing La Mulana Verdun 1914-1918 Legend of Grimrock VVVVVV Lego Lord of the Rings War Thunder (DLC Pack) Lego Marvel Super Heroes Wargame Airland Battle Limbo Wizardry 8 Long Live The Queen World of Good Lost Planet 3 YDKJ Classic Pack Bundle Machinarium You Need A Budget. Magic 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers
Nice job on the list, Lucetia.
As this was encore day i gave in pretty much double my expenses this sale. I bought:
ARMA II: Combined Operations (mainly for DayZ, yes there is standalone, but ill wait till it becomes real game before buying that, plus a few friends purchased it too, so it's gonna be a lot of fun, I hope)
Stanley Parable (expected to see it on sale again, ant couldn't resist after all that praise from everywhere)
Bioshock Triple Pack (never played any of these, only a couple missions of Infinite, will buy the season pass next sale, probably)
And i already had:
Witcher 1 and 2 (doesn't really need any comment, gonna put in lotta hours in these two)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Son's (really looking forward to playing)
Deadlight (already finished great game for the price, and atmosphere was really nice too, a little twist at the end was also nice, not out of nowhere, but still)
Mark of the Ninja Special Edition (started today, fun game, not too easy, not too hard)
I wonder how badly Rome II must be doing if they're already discounting it for 50% off. The game's been out for less than four months!
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