Week 3 of the Direct2Drive 5 Years / $5 Sale!
Posted on 22 September 2009, at 3:12 am, by Michael Anderson
Welcome back to the Direct2Drive 5th Birthday Sale! Over the past several years more and more of the PC gaming industry has moved to Digital Downloads, and while Steam definitely has the dominant position, Direct2Drive has seen tremendous success and growth. Now they have hit their 5-year anniversary and WE get the presents! Week 1 featured Ubisoft & strategy games, Week 2 had Action games, and now we are ready for the 3rd week – RPG / MMORPG games! Read on to find out more – and to find out what I learned during week 2!
First off, last week I made an unexpected discovery when I found myself unable to complete my purchase of Serious Sam Gold, Sid Meier’s Pirates and Max Payne 2 – Direct2Drive only allows 3 game purchases during 24 hours! Normally that wouldn’t be an issue, but I wanted to grab 6 of the games from last week’s list (I have no qualms about paying $5 for a no-CD copy of a game I already own and love!). I went alphabetically and tried to grab all six, but only three would add to my cart, so I bought those and came back – because I really wanted the mindless fun of some Serious Sam last week! But alas, I had to wait another day to buy it.
So this week I am prepared – my first purchases will be Drakensang, Elven Legacy and Titan Quest (no need for those disks!), then I’ll come back tomorrow for the Neverwinter Nights games so my kids can play alongside me (since the latest patch NWN2 no longer needs a disc to play)!
According to two entries on Twitter:
D2D Turns 5 week 3 is here! Awesome MMOs/RPGs for $5 EACH! NWN2, Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut, Elven Legacy & more! http://bit.ly/LQHVo
But wait, there’s more! Buy one $5 game and get automatically entered in our contest to win ALL 50 GAMES! http://bit.ly/LQHVo
As stated, over the next five weeks 50 games will be chopped to $5 – this week with 10 games from the RPG / MMO game genres. There are some really good choices – Drakensang is one of the better RPG releases in the past few years, and Elven Legacy is a very nice strategy-RPG. Titan Quest takes the Diablo franchise into Greek mythology, and the sequel Neverwinter Nights is better than the original. The expansion Storm of Zehir adds loads of stuff, but I wish they had the superlative Mask of the Betrayer expansion instead. There are a few MMO’s here – Eve Online, Planetside and Age of Conan … but the major cost of those is the monthly subscription! The last couple – Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto, are solid games but not really RPG.
There are also some teasers on the site of what to expect in coming weeks:
* Week One : Ubisoft and strategy games (Expired)
* Week Two: Action Games (Expired)
* Week Three: RPGs & MMOs
* Week Four: Indie Games
* Week Five: War Games
Here is the list:
Neverwinter Nights 2
($29.95)$5.00Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut
($19.95)$5.00Elven Legacy
($29.95)$5.00Eve Online
($19.95)$5.00Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
($19.95)$5.00Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
($19.95)$5.00Titan Quest Bundle
($19.95)$5.00PlanetSide®: Aftershock
($19.95)$5.00Drakensang: The Dark Eye
($29.95)$5.00Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
($9.95)$5.00
This is another amazing list – if you are considering playing any of these games NOW is the time to grab them … and remember that each purchase enters you into a drawing to get all 50 games for free!
If you need more info, here are some links to reviews I’ve done:
- Neverwinter Nights 2 (also here)
- Titan Quest (original and expansion)
- Elven Legacy
- Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Source: Direct2Drive
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