Yeah because buying games blindly just because they are discounted is always a great tactic. :D
Last thing i bought solely on recommendation without proper research was Space Rangers 2 Reboot, and while the 3D RTS part is okay(bit basic and dull though - i also thought most of the game will be like this from the pictures..), but i totally disliked the 2D Elite clone part; 5 euros wasted.

btw

Hitman Midweek sale on GamersGate 4.5 pounds for the three games. Sadly Contracts still cant be purchased online. :( It has an amazing soundtrack by Jesper Kyd. (And i found my bundled copy on disc that came with my late Audigy 2 ZS sound card. yay)

GET THIS GAME.

GameFly has it but they're shit.

Gamefly.. why only there, WHY? :O
After the D2D closure, no way im buying anything there that i can access only from their service.

Use code OCTOFUN1 to get extra 25% off on Amazon gamedownload...
I was able to get EA 5 game pack for $7.5 (sadly I have to pay tax lol)
Also applies to sleeping dogs, BF2, etc

Edit: first come first serve, this is a amazon experiment on using promo codes...

So they have it at $6.99 base price. Interesting. I wonder if this means the GOG version gets a price cut also. Looking at Steam they still have it at 19.99 but Gamersgate has it at €5.95. Usually the base price difference between different stores is significantly smaller so I expect all to align to this new price. Good news for those who still don't have it I guess.

glad to help out :)

Here's my brief impression:

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/i_do_hope_that_starpoint_gemini_gets_better

I played about eight minutes of the campaign and spent quite a bit of time in the tutorial.

Getting ready to go back into it again. So far I'm kind of annoyed but cant give final verdict as of yet.

Should note again in this post: Voice acting is terrible (worse than Parkan 2) and hard to make out so you're going to have to be pretty good at reading fast.

Anyone noticed the Elder Scrolls Week at GamersGate ?
Morrorwind GOTY is 63% off for $8

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ES3MGOTYE/the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-game-of-the-year-edition?caff=1869351

and Skyrim is 40%off for $36
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ES5S/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim?caff=1869351


Oblivion GOTY DLX is 'only' 54% for $12.50
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ES4OGOTYED/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-game-of-the-year-edition-deluxe?caff=1869351

Downgard is a just 30% for $14
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ES5SDG/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-dawnguard?caff=1869351

all of those require Steam of course.

Of course? Morrowind and Oblivion are not Steamworks titles so this is an exception.

Seems like they have implemented Steamworks to older TES games.

Workshop implementation would (have) certainly be(en) a boon for those games. Not that the nexus would disappear overnight. Where would pirates get their mods?

But you don't get a product key with boxed copies so it must work only for digital sales.

Pride of Nation goes on sale at GG again (75% off)

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PON/pride-of-nations?caff=4652611

(remove ?caff=4652611 for non-affiliation)

How is this game actually? I love historic strategy games, but how does this one compare to say......Victoria?

The game is ambitious, that's for sure. If you have played any of AGEOD's other (semi)recent strategy games, then you will understand how the engine works and how you move things around the globe. Now add in an advanced economic model, the ability to chose production focuses for every region and a research system.

Unlike Paradox's in-house strategy games, Pride of Nations is turnbased, and each turn represents 15 days. The grand campaign takes place between 1850-1920, which means that it will take you 1680 turns to play a complete game!

So far so good, but the game has a huge issue, one that prevented me from getting into the game: Turns takes an eternity and a half (or up to roughly 3min on my computer) to generate! If you have a great CPU, this will probably not be as big of an issue (but it will still be an issue)
PoN is an impressive game, but it is a bit too ambitious for today's technology, and even more so for the engine that it uses (it was never meant to be able to handle grand strategy games)
*edit* Also, unlike the in-house made Paradox titles, you can't play any nation in the world, only a few pre-set ones, which means that you can't ease yourself into the game by playing a nation that can stay out of trouble and which has less things to worry about.