Farewell to February Sale (PC Digital Download Games): Additional 25% off Select Games: Binary Domain $3.75, Mass Effect Trilogy $18, SimCity 4 $5, Guild Wars 2 $40

Quote from JoMo23 : They fixed the Max Payne 3, LA Noire, and GTA IV bundle. It's $24.99 but if you use the CAGROCKS code it comes out to $18.74 or something for all 3 games. http://www.amazon.com/Payne-Grand...B00BJ92T46

I'd get this pack if they were all the complete versions

Quote from iveo83 : personaly I'm going to get AC brotherhood and revelations since I just beat AC2 and it was amazing

You're in for a horrible let down. AC3 has more novelty than substance and boring as hell and the ending was terrible.

Reveleations was okay, but brotherhood is better imo.

Quote from saltinekracka20 : Civ V is most definitely not $7.49 after promo code.

The mac version (link below) is $7.49 (less with CAGROCKS). You'll still be able to activate it via Steam and download the windows version despite purchasing the mac version through Amazon. Steam only cares about having a valid product code.

http://www.amazon.com/Sid-Meiers-...+and+kings

It worked for me last night! Enjoy!

Quote from uio77 : I had been thinking on getting ME Trilogy for the longest and the only think holding me was that it does not activates on Steam. But looks like that will be the case with all the AAA title from EA. I don't like the idea of installing Origin client, but sadly that will be the only way to play BF3, BF4 (it's coming), Dead Space 3 and so on..

ME3 is only available via Origin, so there's no avoiding it. It's annoying to have another store client running, but it's not terrible or anything like that.

I think the ME games are great. ME1 has a good story and a great feeling of discovery and mystery; ME2 has great gameplay, writing, and humour, and ME3 has the best gameplay and the multiplayer is surprisingly fun - coming from someone who rarely plays multiplayer games - because it's all about teamwork and cooperation rather than individual scoring.

Quote from Chaos242 : Personally, I'm holding out until the GOTY for ME3. I've played all of them, but I'm sure something will come out with every game and all of the DLC sometime this summer. Anyone heard any news on my prediction?

They've yet to put out a GOTY for ME2, so you may be waiting a long time. That said, I feel like all the ME3 DLC can be easily skipped without missing anything. And while Activision is trying to milk us with CODBLOP2's "Season Pass" at $50, I was pleasantly surprised that Bioware/EA made ME3's multiplayer DLC free.

If anyone has any of those $10 off software coupons they aren't going to use I could really use it. It's not good on games, but there are a few software purchases I need to make.

Quote from jjmai : How does the PC version of Mass Effect trilogy compare with the xbox version of each game?

Short answer: The PC versions are better across the board.

All the versions look better and run better on PC. ME1 is much better since the Xbox version is plagued by very long loading times (and other issues) which don't exist on the PC. ME2 and 3 also load much faster, and play flawlessly on my 6 year old PC (My Specs: Core 2 Duo 2.9Ghz, 4GB RAM, Geforce 8800 for ME1+2, GTX 470 for ME3).

For ME3 multiplayer, the PC player base is very active. The PC version additionally gives you the option of being able to set the FoV higher than the console default, which looks better on a PC screen and shows more of the level, and to separate out the omnikey (Action/Dodge/Sprint) such that you can use one button for Action and another for Dodge/Sprint (or even one button for each) which makes it so that you won't accidentally go into cover when trying to revive someone. There are a couple of skill upgrades that are bugged on PC, but as long as you know to avoid them it's fine.

I prefer mouse + keyboard for all shooters, this one included, but you can still play it with a gamepad on PC if that's your thing.

Quote from uio77 : Yes. I read that this version only contains the main campaigns. I am new to this franchise, so it will take me some time to finish this 3 games. I will be all right.

The only DLC I feel is worth it is Lair of the Shadow Broker for ME2 - $10. Everything else you can skip without feeling like you're missing anything.

Quote from Saboth : I simply don't want to have to give my personal information/credit card to every company that gets greedy with their game distribution. Steam, Origin, Ubisoft, Impulse, GFWL etc..etc. Every one is another chance at being hacked and having your information stolen *just to play games you legally purchased*. Not to mention I don't want 15 processes like Punkbuster, scanners, making my browser open to malware (ahem, Ubisoft) etc installed on my machine. So yeah, my EA purchases stopped with ME2.

I was as annoyed at having to get Origin as you were, but realistically it's not a problem. You don't have to register your credit card with Origin, just buy the game on Amazon and put in the key. And the Origin client doesn't start with Windows, it launches when you run the game, and you can exit out of it afterwards if you want to. The client isn't as slick or intuitive to use as Steam, but after finally getting it I feel like I was hot and bothered for nothing.

Quote from vron247 : Damn pc digital copies going so cheap, wish most of these games were well optimized for pc , not just bad ports.

What games are you looking at that are bad ports? Dark Souls is the only one I can think of, and there's a fan patch for that to fix the resolution.

Quote from WilliamG : Too true. Mass Effect 3 will NEVER, EVER be available on Steam. Just like Battlefield 3 will never, ever be available on Steam. EA has its own thing. Period. The end. But some people, you know....

Well that's what people were saying about ME2 before it came out on Steam. There is still a possibility that it will come out on Steam. But I agree that one should not avoid playing this freaking amazing game (ME3) just because of it's DRM.

Quote from Meowzers : The mac version (link below) is $7.49 (less with CAGROCKS). You'll still be able to activate it via Steam and download the windows version despite purchasing the mac version through Amazon. Steam only cares about having a valid product code. http://www.amazon.com/Sid-Meiers-...+and+kings It worked for me last night! Enjoy!

That link is for the expansion. I'm looking for the full game, which appears it is Mac download only (not a code). Thanks for the tip though, that may come in handy for another purchase.

Quote from timobkg : They've yet to put out a GOTY for ME2, so you may be waiting a long time.

That's true, but I think that EA is just chomping at the bit to release a "Mass Effect Complete" or something along those lines once all of the DLC for ME3 has been out for a while. I think it will happen by fall or around the time that they announce the next game in the series.

Quote from WilliamG : How is Origin anymore invasive than Steam? I have both, use both, and find them both pretty similar. If anything, I'm sick of Steam's pop-up advertisements when I run Steam. Drives me bonkers. THAT'S invasive.

I'm not exactly a fan of the concept of Steam anyway - but steam has been great for the indy gaming community, and they have some pretty mind boggling deals. Also, I am a huge fan of Valve. I like their games, and how they manage their games. Team Fortress 2 for instance was supported for YEARS without them making much of a profit off of it. Then they opened their store for it and the players repaid them (albeit, people with spending problems too.)

I'm not going to say Valve was the first, because I don't feel like doing the research, but they were certainly the first to have something like this be so successful. It soon became a way to chat with friends and find out where they were playing. Then EA comes along with basically a clone of steam and tries to convince me that I need it.

It will be a terrible trend when every company makes their own "Steam," so you have to have 8 of those programs to play 8 of your games.

Lastly, all of that hubbub about Origin scanning files it had no right touching was a pretty bitter way to start off with me.


Anyway, enjoy your ME3 on Origin. I'll enjoy it on my PS3.

I am showing Mechromancer pack at $7.50 and not the $4.75 or whatever is listed in the pricing.

Quote from slomer : I am showing Mechromancer pack at $7.50 and not the $4.75 or whatever is listed in the pricing.

http://www.amazon.com/Aspyr-Borde...B00A9WNXNK