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Smooth Groove

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Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« on: April 13, 2010, 01:08:10 AM »
Some great deals.  There's also an extra $15 if you spend $75 through the spring sale. 

http://www.direct2drive.com/promos/spring-sale/





Bebpo

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 02:43:02 AM »
Dirt 2 for $10 is tempting.

But I still haven't played anything I got from the D2D sale last year.  For some reason I barely ever play anything I buy non-steam because I forget I own it.  Will wait these deals out until they pass on to steam.

Smooth Groove

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 03:08:24 AM »
What about Dark Void?  I thought you were interested in that. 

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 03:12:25 AM »
Democracy 2 and NWN2 gold GET.
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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 03:12:53 AM »
Also, that's a nice price on Tropico for city building nerds.
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Smooth Groove

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 03:15:31 AM »
The King's Bounty and Elven Legacy games are major bargains too.  There's nothing on consoles that can offer so many hours of quality gaming at those prices. 

Bebpo

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 03:27:42 AM »
What about Dark Void?  I thought you were interested in that. 

$15 is still too much.  Waiting for $5.

Still $10 too much for Dark Void.

What you said.

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 03:29:23 AM »
Dirt 2 is fucking awesome, especially if you can use the DX11 settings :drool

Still wallowing in my Steam Xmas sale games to get in on this. I do want to try Tropico 3 though
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Smooth Groove

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2010, 03:29:39 AM »
Is Dark Void really that crap?  The benchmark demo looked alright.  I'm mostly interested in its high end Physx effects which are only available in the retail version.  

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2010, 08:11:36 AM »
Sweet, there are four weeks of sales. I'm hoping to see Risen on sale one of those weeks
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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2010, 10:05:37 PM »
I've never used D2D, how does it work?  Do you have to have a client in the background?  Are the games DRMed to hell?  How do they handle redownloads?

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2010, 10:14:19 PM »
I've never used D2D, how does it work?  Do you have to have a client in the background?  Are the games DRMed to hell?  How do they handle redownloads?

You can use direct download or a download manager.  As far as I know, D2D doesn't have any sort of client DRM, but the DRM is based on the game itself.  So if a game is known for stupid DRM, it will be in the D2D version.  You are also supposed to have unlimited re downloads, but I haven't tested that claim.
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Smooth Groove

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2010, 10:26:52 PM »
With regards to re-downloads, D2D is actually better than Steam.  All you have to do is contact them if you've installed a game one too many time and need a new key.  Otoh, Steam just ignores you if Crysis' DRM is screwing you over. 

archie4208

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2010, 04:35:56 PM »
Week 2 sales:

GTA4 - $7.50
Supreme Commander Gold - $7.50
KOTOR - $4.95
ArmA2 - $24.95
Fallen Earth - $14.95
Manhunt 2 - $4.95
Guild Wars Trilogy - $19.95
Star Wars Force Unleashed - $14.95
Total War Collection - $44.95
East India Company - $4.95
Medieval 2 - $7.50
Men of War - $2.50
Men of War Red Tide - $4.95
A Farewell to Dragons - $4.95
Infernal Uncensored - $7.95
Imperium Romanum Gold - $7.95
Tropico Reloaded - $4.95
The Path - $4.95
Capitalism 2 - $4.95
Aaaa! - $1.95
Euphoria - $4.95

Bebpo

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2010, 04:49:09 PM »
Damn, I think I may need to jump on Aaaa~ for $1.95.  Demo was neat, but not $15 neat.  $2 is more my kind of price for it.

GTA4 is a little tempting after the recent patch.  Just to see how it looks/runs on PC vs. consoles.

Smooth Groove

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2010, 04:53:43 PM »
GTA4 is a little tempting after the recent patch.  Just to see how it looks/runs on PC vs. consoles.

I wouldn't be surprised to see you get much better framerates with console settings but @1080p instead.  GTA4 is much more dependent on the CPU than GPU and you've got a very fast CPU.

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2010, 06:05:32 PM »
Nice sales this week, picked up Supreme Commander Gold. Regarding GTA IV, performance improvements aside, I think the PC port is just a much better game than its console counterpart. The aiming is spot on, unlike the clunky aiming on console.
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Bebpo

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2010, 09:29:31 PM »
GTA4 is a little tempting after the recent patch.  Just to see how it looks/runs on PC vs. consoles.

I wouldn't be surprised to see you get much better framerates with console settings but @1080p instead.  GTA4 is much more dependent on the CPU than GPU and you've got a very fast CPU.

Yeah, it's tempting.  I gave up on GTA4 console about 30-40% in.
Then again I didn't actually care for the gameplay that much sooooo not sure if graphics would fix my issues with the game.  But I think they would help!

archie4208

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2010, 09:32:13 PM »
Aaaa went up to $5. :(

Bebpo

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2010, 09:39:23 PM »

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Re: Direct2Drive Spring Sale
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2010, 12:16:18 AM »
Picked up Guild Wars Trilogy.  $20 is a good price.  I'd get Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold, but I don't think my PC can handle it...
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