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Age of Empires III for 10 cents!

Moob22Moob22
edited December 2010 in General Chat
Yes its real and for today only. I know this sounds like a ad, but its a good game and its for 10 cents!
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/dailydeal/day7/

Comments

  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2010
    Nice find! Thanks for the heads up.

    Microsoft charged me ten whole pence as opposed to the six or so it should be with the exchange rate, I need to pen an angry letter now
  • Moob22Moob22
    edited November 2010
    JedExodus wrote: »
    Nice find! Thanks for the heads up.

    Microsoft charged me ten whole pence as opposed to the six or so it should be with the exchange rate, I need to pen an angry letter now

    In Canada its more like 15 cents but still..... the sale ends at 9 PM PST if anyone's interested.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    Awesome! Now I can force my brother to play this game. No excuses anymore!
  • FriarFriar
    edited November 2010
    It's just told me to type in a product key... which can apparently be found on the back of the case... which doesn't exist ¬_¬
    Any ideas?
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited November 2010
    From a fine commenter on Kotaku:

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  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2010
    Is there a steam version of this for 10 cents?
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    It's just told me to type in a product key... which can apparently be found on the back of the case... which doesn't exist ¬_¬
    Any ideas?

    Buy a case. Be sure to toss the CD inside away afterward though; that's useless, you won't need it.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2010
    HA I still had 40 microsoft points left over from who knows what(I think during that arcade thingy microsoft released)
    Perfect for me.
  • OrigamiOrigami
    edited November 2010
    10 cents is like....6 euro cents =P
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2010
    Man I wonder why microsoft did this
    wait this isnt an online pay to play game is it?
  • RingmasterJ5RingmasterJ5
    edited November 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Man I wonder why microsoft did this
    wait this isnt an online pay to play game is it?

    Nope, just an awesome deal. I don't really play RTS games, but at 10 cents, this seems like a good starting point.
  • RibsRibs
    edited November 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Man I wonder why microsoft did this
    wait this isnt an online pay to play game is it?

    To promote Age of Empires Online, slated for next year.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2010
    RingmasterJ5 wrote: »
    Nope, just an awesome deal. I don't really play RTS games, but at 10 cents, this seems like a good starting point.

    Heck yeah.
    Of course poker night comes first.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited November 2010
    Never really looked into the Age of Empires series. Seen it around but it's never really interested me. Still, at 10p it's worth a go.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    corruptbiggins wrote: »
    Never really looked into the Age of Empires series. Seen it around but it's never really interested me. Still, at 10p it's worth a go.

    Age of Empires II is the best of the series in my opinion, but this one is pretty fun, if a bit easy.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2010
    I think even 10 cents is too much for that game but that might just be me.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2010
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    I think even 10 cents is too much for that game but that might just be me.

    That's because you're German. Germans have obscenely exacting tastes in strategy titles. =P
  • taumeltaumel
    edited November 2010
    Dunno, is there any difference between offering it for free or for 10 cent, beside of all the buying hassle? Anyway it is a very good game but the fighting somehow was too realistic, i therefore prefered Age of Mythology.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited November 2010
    taumel wrote: »
    Dunno, is there any difference between offering it for free or for 10 cent, beside of all the buying hassle?
    Well, it prevented me from getting it, since I noticed this by 2AM (was away for a day...), and by then it was too late to nudge my parents into boring their credit card.
    And now it's over...

    So; I guess that was it's purpose :(.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    To promote Age of Empires Online, slated for next year.

    Don't forget to get their crappy pretender to the Steam throne on as many comps as possible.
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    I think even 10 cents is too much for that game but that might just be me.

    Oh now come on. I'd buy Big Rigs for ten cents!
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited November 2010
    Looks like they're out of activation keys, so I'll have to wait a week to play. :|
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2010
    JedExodus wrote: »
    Oh now come on. I'd buy Big Rigs for ten cents!

    I don't know. You cannot get better than Age of Kings in the real time strategy genre. Really all that game needs is a patch that fixes errors on newer GPUs and OSes. Not a Sequel even if it is only 10 Cents.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2010
    PecanBlue wrote: »
    Looks like they're out of activation keys, so I'll have to wait a week to play. :|

    So that is why I have no code.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    I don't know. You cannot get better than Age of Kings in the real time strategy genre. Really all that game needs is a patch that fixes errors on newer GPUs and OSes. Not a Sequel even if it is only 10 Cents.

    Yes! Yes! Yes! I lost my activation code for my second copy of Age of Kings (first was "borrowed indefinitely" by a friend) a few years ago and have been missing it enormously ever since. I've been considering buying yet another copy, but I don't think it will run on either of my computers. T_T

    Very, very sad, especially considering that Age of Kings and the Conquerors expansion were to me what CoMI and DotT were to many people on these forums.

    I still like AoE III, but it really is missing something from the original two games. I don't know what, though.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited November 2010
    Hehe, bought AoE + XP and AoE + XP with Soundtrack several years ago for the price of AoE was back then alone. That was a really nice deal. Gigantic box too, very thick manuals...

    Aaaaah, the good old days...
    They work fine for me (XP though)
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    I still have XP! Now all I need is a code...
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I still have XP! Now all I need is a code...

    My Game needs no code. Are you sure you are talking about Age of Empires 2?
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    My Game needs no code. Are you sure you are talking about Age of Empires 2?

    Yeah, the version I got had a product key code on the box that you have to type in at some point during the install. I remember throwing it for my second copy away quite vividly. I guess I'll just see if I can find the code that came with my first copy of the game and then mix and match. Or I'll just head off to my local used games store and buy copy number three....
  • FriarFriar
    edited November 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    Yeah, the version I got had a product key code on the box that you have to type in at some point during the install. I remember throwing it for my second copy away quite vividly. I guess I'll just see if I can find the code that came with my first copy of the game and then mix and match. Or I'll just head off to my local used games store and buy copy number three....

    Do A search on the internet. Some games didn't have unique codes. I went years thinking I would never play Sim City 3000 again, after I lost the code, but a quick google a few months ago turned up a code which worked!
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited November 2010
    I don't recall AoE/AoE2 requiring a CD-key. You got one after installation, you didn't need to input one.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2010
    Well, I'm home now, so I guess I'll give it a go. And my brother and I can usually find pretty much anything on the internet, so if it doesn't work, a code-hunting I will go!

    Edit: Turns out it worked anyway, without the magic code that seems to have been a figment of my imagination. Now I really wonder what the hell it was I threw out all those years ago...
  • HaydenHayden
    edited November 2010
    I'm quite annoyed that I missed this, but... eh, oh well. I probably would have gotten sick of it after a while, like I do with most strategy games.

    If I was a person with a little less integrity, I would have pirated it, justifying my actions by saying that I would have bought it had I known it was on sale, and that I'm only cheating the company out of 10c. But I'm not that sort of person.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited November 2010
    Or just play AoE2, which is better anyways :p.
  • FriarFriar
    edited November 2010
    Hayden wrote: »
    I'm quite annoyed that I missed this, but... eh, oh well. I probably would have gotten sick of it after a while, like I do with most strategy games.

    If I was a person with a little less integrity, I would have pirated it, justifying my actions by saying that I would have bought it had I known it was on sale, and that I'm only cheating the company out of 10c. But I'm not that sort of person.
    Well, you could always give double the money to charity instead, and justify it by saying Bill gates is giving the majority of his cash to charity...
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2010
    Hayden wrote: »
    If I was a person with a little less integrity, I would have pirated it, justifying my actions by saying that I would have bought it had I known it was on sale, and that I'm only cheating the company out of 10c. But I'm not that sort of person.

    That, would be me gentlemen
  • fleskflesk
    edited December 2010
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I still like AoE III, but it really is missing something from the original two games. I don't know what, though.

    The home town concept ruined it a bit for me. I still like the game though, it just doesn't have the casualness I liked so much in the first two games and AoM. It also feels somewhat less epic.
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