PC Games Sales Thread - Page 205

On July 22 2012 01:25 r.Evo wrote:
Are there any big, cool, old, small, precious titles missing which did NOT have a cool sale yet? =S

On July 22 2012 01:47 ShloobeR wrote:
The trailer for pro cycling manager made me smile.

i wonder if anyone has bought that

On July 22 2012 01:58 TieN.nS) wrote:
Arma 2 40% off daily sale, heh.

On July 22 2012 02:08 Zhou wrote:
arma 2 is out now on sale. Makes all those people whining before look like a bunch of asses... xD

Have fun everyone!

On July 22 2012 01:15 r.Evo wrote:


Wat.

If you like games which serve you everything on a silver platter, sure, get Oblivion or Skyrim over Morrowind. In Skyrim it takes you about 5 hours to become boss of some guild - in Morrowind it will take effort, dedication and 20+ hours. In Oblivion if you walk into a scary cave at lvl 1 the monsters there will be scaled for your convenience - In Morrowind you walk to a scary mountain as a freshly born adventurer at lvl 1, whack a skeleton on the head, do no damage and then get smacked back - dieing instantly.

Morrowind is one of the very few games that truely offer you a free world which makes sense in itself (5h till you're boss of the mages guild? 10-12h till you slay dragons without any trouble? REALLY?) and that doesn't hold your hand all the way along. In fact, the story and gameplay are so deep that trying to play it just to finish the main story is incredibly tiring.

Personally I tried - then I gave up, enjoyed the world and various cool characters and sidequests and started enjoying the game and the world itself. And maybe 100 hours later I finally was buff enough to finish the actual story. And then discovered some more.


No one makes games like this anymore today. The later Bethesda games (while still exemplatory for the genre) aimed to make things easier, more "casual" and more "fun" by offering quick bursts of gratification and an environment that adjusts to you. If you honestly think those are the better approaches, by all means, go for it.


As for the graphics, people earlier linked the 1.0 version of the graphics overhaul.

Here's version 2.0 (I prefer this video over the official trailer):

On July 22 2012 02:06 lilwisper wrote:
ARMA2 might go down more, so I'm going to wait.

On July 22 2012 01:15 r.Evo wrote:


Wat.

If you like games which serve you everything on a silver platter, sure, get Oblivion or Skyrim over Morrowind. In Skyrim it takes you about 5 hours to become boss of some guild - in Morrowind it will take effort, dedication and 20+ hours. In Oblivion if you walk into a scary cave at lvl 1 the monsters there will be scaled for your convenience - In Morrowind you walk to a scary mountain as a freshly born adventurer at lvl 1, whack a skeleton on the head, do no damage and then get smacked back - dieing instantly.

Morrowind is one of the very few games that truely offer you a free world which makes sense in itself (5h till you're boss of the mages guild? 10-12h till you slay dragons without any trouble? REALLY?) and that doesn't hold your hand all the way along. In fact, the story and gameplay are so deep that trying to play it just to finish the main story is incredibly tiring.

Personally I tried - then I gave up, enjoyed the world and various cool characters and sidequests and started enjoying the game and the world itself. And maybe 100 hours later I finally was buff enough to finish the actual story. And then discovered some more.


No one makes games like this anymore today. The later Bethesda games (while still exemplatory for the genre) aimed to make things easier, more "casual" and more "fun" by offering quick bursts of gratification and an environment that adjusts to you. If you honestly think those are the better approaches, by all means, go for it.


As for the graphics, people earlier linked the 1.0 version of the graphics overhaul.

Here's version 2.0 (I prefer this video over the official trailer):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOpiz0zrdEM

On July 22 2012 02:12 gruff wrote:

Damn you, I wasn't going to buy it until I read your post with 2 minutes left of the deal. Barely made it.

On July 22 2012 02:09 Makenshi wrote:


You say that Zhou but give it about 15 minutes and you'll see someone posting here that it's "only" 40% and not 99.9999% discount, i'm calling it now!

On July 22 2012 02:09 Dalguno wrote:


I totally agree. This was one of the first open world RPGs I ever played, and it was flat out hard. No fast travel- you have to find one of those transport things and pay to use it. The combat was difficult, but rewarding. The items felt like they had individuality, at least to me. Slostheim or whatever the expansion was called was way fun. I remember spending hours trying to become a werewolf just for fun. And the game was huge. So much fun. Definitely recommend Morrowind.

On July 22 2012 02:10 gruff wrote:

You might wait but I don't think it will come any easier than the daily deal. Maybe they'll repeat it on a flash sale or as a last day sale but I'd be surprised if it was cheaper than now.