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TeknoBug

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Is just BF premium on sale? Can't see the link here. Already have base game, and would consider getting premium if it was $10-15.

$30. Still a bit much for my liking, I got BF3 premium a year later after launch for $12 then realized 98% of servers were still rotating Metro or Caspian 24/7's. lol
 

It's Not Lupus

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I want to buy BF3 to try the multiplayer. Do most players just play the base game, or do they have the DLC stuff as well?
 

nitromullet

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just realized the lego star wars games are on sale for 50% off. you don't usually see them on sale at steam anymore. i've seen them on sale for the mac at stacksocial for 50% off though.

Also last night titanfall was $15 but now it's down to $5. I wonder if they're running some type of unadvertised daily deal. Sims 4 was $40 last night and now it's down to $35.
Steam sales aren't what they used to be. Origin has really been pretty impressive with their sales (and free games). I've generally found better deals on steam drm games at greenmangaming.com that via steam directly.
 

Bateluer

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Crysis Trilogy pack worth buying on Origin? Its 24 dollars, but I think its only Cyrsis 1, Warhead and Crysis 3?
 

nitromullet

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Crysis Trilogy pack worth buying on Origin? Its 24 dollars, but I think its only Cyrsis 1, Warhead and Crysis 3?

It's Crysis 1, Warhead, 2, and 3.

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/crysis-3/pc-download/base-game/crysis-trilogy

IMO, totally worth buying for $25. The second half of Crysis 1 was kinda weak, but Warhead made up for it, and 2 and 3 were solid follow ups. 1 and Warhead really feel like true PC games, while 2 and 3 definitely have the taint of the console on them.
 

Bateluer

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Demo24

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Crysis Trilogy pack worth buying on Origin? Its 24 dollars, but I think its only Cyrsis 1, Warhead and Crysis 3?

Going to say no here. I played 1 and warhead, and see no reason to play them given so many better games out there.
 

Rhezuss

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SimCity 5 complete something edition is $20...tempting since I want a city game so bad. I own SC4 but i've played too much of it and don't have the will to play it again.
 

lamedude

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Is Titanfall with the season pass worth $20?
The DLC only playlists are dead. If everyone has the DLC the maps will be in the rotation for the other playlists, but not worth 4x the price of the game.
 

KeithTalent

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The DLC only playlists are dead. If everyone has the DLC the maps will be in the rotation for the other playlists, but not worth 4x the price of the game.

Ah this is what I got hung up on yesterday. Was about to buy the 5 buck plain game, but then the deluxe version distracted me and I could not decide whether I would be crippled with only the vanilla game (was not really wanting to pay 20 bucks for the deluxe).

Sounds like I am fine going with the plain $5 version.

KT
 

Elixer

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Why the heck hasn't EA released ME3 with all DLC ? I know they did it for the mac, so, why not the other platforms ?
 

skipsneeky2

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BF3 is a ghost town in multiplayer. I found a whopping 6 servers with people on the other day.

Yeah my favorite dlc being Close Quarters is amazingly dead,one really active 64 player server running domination. Find myself frustrated with it cause i guess its more or less a clan server and pretty much 9/10 rounds you and your random joe teammates lose by a landslide.Zero team balancing.:mad:
 

DaveSimmons

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Why the heck hasn't EA released ME3 with all DLC ? I know they did it for the mac, so, why not the other platforms ?

Because they hate single-player RPGs. And fun. And my money. And puppies and kittens too.

The trilogy is still missing a bunch of DLC, and there are no complete / GOTY versions of 2 or 3.
 

skipsneeky2

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BF4 certainly is worth it, anyone who has wanted that game is crazy to pass up on the whole thing for $30. The game isn't really broken anymore and the recent Final Stand DLC is tons of fun.
 

tygeezy

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Is the premium add on on sale? I have the vanilla game and just want the upgrade.
 

shortylickens

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GoodRevrnd

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At least half of the BF4 premium maps are really good so it's probably worth it. There's probably only 3 or 4 total I actually didn't like.