Deals, Sales and Game Giveaways Thread

Draco · Posted Mon 30 Nov, 2020 2:59 PM

Originally Posted by Petrarch

Space Quest Collection

You FIEND! I adored Space Quest way way back in the old days when I was... not an adult yet. My English improved a LOT while trying to figure out what arcane sentence would work. Now it MUST BE MINE (again).

EDIT: Just caved and bought
Space Quest Collection (nostalgia city...)
Xcom 2
Halo 3 (never tried Halo, figured I'd start with a slightly 'modern' game)
Mass Effect Andromeda (loved the original ME trilogy apart from the ending of course, this one struck me as meh... but at this price...)
Warhammer 40K, Gladius (STILL play the original Dawn of War and expansions now and then... no 40K game since has managed to capture that fun, but again... at this price...)

Heyallo · Posted Mon 30 Nov, 2020 2:59 PM

I picked up HMCC, the Spartan Pack, XCOM 2 War of the Choosen, Hades and some silver for Destiny 2 heh =D

Petrarch · Posted Tue 01 Dec, 2020 2:04 AM

Originally Posted by Draco

You FIEND! I adored Space Quest way way back in the old days when I was... not an adult yet. My English improved a LOT while trying to figure out what arcane sentence would work. Now it MUST BE MINE (again).

EDIT: Just caved and bought
Space Quest Collection (nostalgia city...)

Though Sierra Online are long gone, they were pretty much the only other name in the business for adventure games after Lucasarts back in the day. Space Quest 6 turned out to be the final entry in the series (there was a 7th entry planned, but it got cancelled) and the narrator voiceover they did for it was brilliant. I think my favourite quote from the game is the simple, yet funny, "That's an interesting idea. Not a good one, but interesting nonetheless."

Draco · Posted Tue 01 Dec, 2020 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by Petrarch

Though Sierra Online are long gone, they were pretty much the only other name in the business for adventure games after Lucasarts back in the day. Space Quest 6 turned out to be the final entry in the series (there was a 7th entry planned, but it got cancelled) and the narrator voiceover they did for it was brilliant. I think my favourite quote from the game is the simple, yet funny, "That's an interesting idea. Not a good one, but interesting nonetheless."

Played them all... I think 6 was my least favorite though. The last major quest just felt too ... juvenile.

Of course I also played all the police quests, hero's quests and king's quests. Even the leisure suit larry games (apart from the much more recent entry... that was just... just no...).

Ah.. nostalgia! Thanks for that

Mack · Posted Wed 23 Dec, 2020 7:16 AM

EPIC Games ; METRO 2033 - FREE

STEAM : Winter Sales Going on right now, worth checking out. Some titles have an amazing discount!

Bedders · Posted Wed 23 Dec, 2020 10:39 AM

Why did somebody mention the Steam Sales? My wallet will never forgive me!

Halo Master Chief Collection - £18 (6 games in one!)
Killing Floor 2 - £6.59
Sea of Thieves - £17.50
Satisfactory - £22.39
Grim Dawn - £3.99

All of these are great multiplayer titles at good discounts

Petrarch · Posted Wed 23 Dec, 2020 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Bedders

Halo Master Chief Collection - £18 (6 games in one!)

I got MCC in the autumn sale - but I changed my mind and refunded it, it was £23.79 if I remember rightly, so even more savings to be had though I'm probably going to avoid this sale.

Three of Seven · Posted Fri 25 Dec, 2020 11:54 PM

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1...ed_Collection/

£9 for that is a bargin! Would recommend.

Th3TrueLuke · Posted Sat 26 Dec, 2020 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Three of Seven

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1...ed_Collection/

£9 for that is a bargin! Would recommend.

Got it m8.

deuZige · Posted Sat 26 Dec, 2020 7:05 AM

Originally Posted by Draco

Played them all... I think 6 was my least favorite though. The last major quest just felt too ... juvenile.

Of course I also played all the police quests, hero's quests and king's quests. Even the leisure suit larry games (apart from the much more recent entry... that was just... just no...).

Ah.. nostalgia! Thanks for that

I got started with the founding fathers of the adventure genre (and made first contact with PC because of it) with:

"Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Launge lizzards" on an 8086 with the green glowing text monitor and that (stainless steel?)
keyboard from IBM. Never forget those days. I didn't even speak my own language sufficiently to have a conversation but
I was able to get Larry inside the moving rectangle with that strange woman somehow!!! (ah nostalgia, pumping through my artories right now)

I played almost exclusively Sierra Online until i made the connection in my brain between George Lucas and LucasArts. Then the dissapointment
that most of the LucasArts games were not about Star Wars (i was 6, 7, 8 maybe) kept me from even trying any.

So Monkey secrets and all came much later when they turned into the "retro" category.

It is so very nice to see that there are folks here in the UFP that have the same nostalgic shivers down their spine when they think about "look around" and "open door"
as a means of controlling the character in a game.

Kids these days have it soooo easy with their pads, sticks, triggers and abxy gadgets!!

Enjoy playing throught those space quests again!!

I got started with the founding fathers of the adventure genre (and made first contact with PC because of it) with:

"Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Launge lizzards" on an 8086 with the green glowing text monitor and that (stainless steel?)
keyboard from IBM. Never forget those days. I didn't even speak my own language sufficiently to have a conversation but
I was able to get Larry inside the moving rectangle with that strange woman somehow!!! (ah nostalgia, pumping through my artories right now)

I played almost exclusively Sierra Online until i made the connection in my brain between George Lucas and LucasArts. Then the dissapointment
that most of the LucasArts games were not about Star Wars (i was 6, 7, 8 maybe) kept me from even trying any.

So Monkey secrets and all came much later when they turned into the "retro" category.

It is so very nice to see that there are folks here in the UFP that have the same nostalgic shivers down their spine when they think about "look around" and "open door"
as a means of controlling the character in a game.

Kids these days have it soooo easy with their pads, sticks, triggers and abxy gadgets!!

Enjoy playing throught those space quests again!!

Miles · Posted Sat 26 Dec, 2020 11:35 AM

There is a giveaway in Alienware for War Thunder, valid for new accounts only.
https://eu.alienwarearena.com/ucf/sh...k-key-giveaway

deuZige · Posted Thu 07 Jan, 2021 7:02 PM

Just a heads up for all the Star Wars fans here:

From January 14th, FREE!!!!1!!! on Epic Store!!!!
(and Crying Suns is free at this moment in the Epic Store!)

Sul-Matuul · Posted Thu 14 Jan, 2021 7:17 PM

Just grabbed Battlefront II and despite all the negatives around EA’s crap with the monetising it, the game is wonderful fun.
It looks outstanding (I wish we got a Star Trek game that looked and ram this good) and even just fighting the AI is atmospheric and feels true to what it’s portraying.

Currently having fun incinerating those filthy resistance scum as a flame trooper!

Chris Wilkinson · Posted Thu 14 Jan, 2021 8:29 PM

Bomber Crew is free on Humble Bundle right now

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/b..._medium=banner

Heyallo · Posted Thu 14 Jan, 2021 9:38 PM

Great game, recommend it!

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