Author Topic: Direct2Drive's Five Year Five Dollar Fiesta (Read 8199 times)

KnowsNothing · « **on:** September 16, 2009, 11:20:21 AM »

Steam's mentally challenged cousin Direct2Drive is celebrating its five year anniversary with a bunch of games for only $5. Every Monday for the next few weeks they will be updating the list, and already there are some big games on there.

FOR INSTANCE:

Some Splinter Cell game
Chronicles of Riddick....the second one, which includes the first one
Prince of Persia, the third one with slightly less angst
Civilization IV

And a few more that are good.

...SUCH AS:

Sid Meier's Pirates!
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Farcry
Serious Sam Gold
Saints Row 2
BIOSHOCK

Five bucks makes even using D2D seem worth it!!

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2009, 12:01:52 PM »

By the way, Saints Row 2 on the PC is a notoriously shoddy port, I got it for a fiver at retail because people just don't want that shitty version.

Hell, almost all the games you listed are on the Pyramid for 10€ or less here, Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia even come in complete packs that net you 4 and 3 games respectively for that price.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2009, 12:57:16 PM »

I already bought BIOSHOCK when I posted this in the Amazing Deals thread

I wishI had bought it during the deal steam had a lil while back though when they had a bunch of games for $53 or something like that (also posted in the Amazing deals thread I think)

vudu · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:57:31 PM »

I bought Bioshock when Steam had it on sale last X-mas for $5. I still haven't played it because the game hates my video card.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2009, 02:42:44 PM »

I got Bioshock last Christmas because it was 10€ and easy to add to the pile but I haven't played it very much even though it runs fine.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:09:17 PM »

Oh foops I forgot we now have Amazing Deals threads in all the forum adventure zones.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2009, 10:34:00 PM »

This deserves its own thread, IMO. These are some crazy deals. It's going to be tough convincing myself NOT to buy everything. It's five damn dollars!

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2009, 11:30:32 PM »

No one said it didn't deserve it's own thread, I just pointed out that I posted it in the deal thread.
And isn't this actually the 5year Anniversary 5week $5 deal?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2009, 12:37:05 PM »

Ahhh I clicked on the link for D2D again, and somehow bought Civ4 this time.
I need to stay outta there. $5 is too impulsive of a purchase.

Now I got Bioshock & Civ4 & have no idea when I plan on playing either game.

vudu · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:49:34 PM »

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on September 20, 2009, 12:37:05 PM

no idea when I plan on playing either game.

I'm the same way. I see a lot of "oh, I've heard good things about this game" titles but no "OMG I need to play this game" titles. Anything here I absolutely must play?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2009, 03:30:40 PM »

Civ4 I know is good & Bioshock I keep hearing good things about.(thats why I bought them both)
Xcom used to get a lot of praise
people are always recommending Pirates
Thief I heard has a few issues but is pretty good.
I also heard Riddick was pretty good, but they were always talking about the Xbox version.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2009, 03:36:55 PM »

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on September 20, 2009, 03:30:40 PM

I also heard Riddick was pretty good, but they were always talking about the Xbox version.

The PC version is the same game, only with better graphics and aiming.

I bought Riddick and I'm having nothing but trouble. The activation key they gave me didn't work, and after I emailed support, they sent an automated email back, which I assumed was just a "Hey we got your ticket" kind of email, but it turns out that automatic support in case you're a complete moron is all you get unless you update the ticket again AFTER the first email, which is a pain.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2009, 10:57:37 PM »

I've been trying to install and play Civ4 for a few hours now.

I keep getting the error "msvcr71.dll is missing" and can't fix the problem.
I followed the "support" page which led me to d/l the missing file, and following all teh instruction on how to fix it, but I have no luck.

What should I do?

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:06:10 AM »

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:30:54 AM »

Quote from: DAaaMan64 on September 21, 2009, 12:06:10 AM

Try these instructions. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kb00827073.aspx

Have you actually installed the DLL yet?

Is that gonna work on regular XP?

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2009, 04:33:11 AM »

Scratch that.

Do this:

1. Grab the dll. I hosted it on my server here: http://daaaman64.com/msvcr71.dll
2. Put it in C:\Windows\system32\
3. Open a "run" box. Which can be found by clicking start->run
4. Enter this: regsvr32 "c:\windows\System32\msvcp71.dll"

Number 4 may not run. Let me know. Anyway, that should fix it. You can trust me right?

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2009, 11:05:07 AM »

To afraid to do it? 'Tis k, I understand.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2009, 11:56:35 AM »

I actually already tried that (DLL-files.com instructions) but I didn't put in a full address for the file, and I haven't been back to that computer since posting that, so I will give both of your suggestion a shot later today.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2009, 01:41:00 PM »

RPG Week

Titan Quest Bundle
Assassin's Creed Director's Cut
Elven Legacy
Eve Online
Neverwinter Nights 2 (the game)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (expansion)
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
PlanetSide®: Aftershock
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2009, 04:03:26 PM »

Again at least half of those are on the Pyramid so there's no need to deal with digital distribution...

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2009, 04:07:02 PM »

What's the Pyramid?

& are any of those games worth buying?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #21 on:** September 23, 2009, 03:10:38 AM »

The Pyramid is a pyramid shaped bargain "bin" you can find in almost any store around here. There are some really major titles on that thing and it's present even in stores that aren't so good with their game departments. There are pyramids for the PC (5-10€), PS2 (20€), DS (20€) and Wii (22€).

As for worth playing, no idea.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #22 on:** September 23, 2009, 04:35:28 PM »

Okay, I got Chronicles of Riddick working. Turns out the problem was that the "activation key" was NOT the key I was given when I downloaded the game, and instead was something completely different that I needed to connect to the Starbreeze servers in order to obtain. GOOD THING THEY CLARIFIED THAT.

tl;dr: Riddick not working was the fault of both myself for being an idiot and Starbreeze for not being clear in their instructions.

I think I'm probably about 3/4 way through Butcher Bay, and hot damn this is easily the best $5 I've ever spent. This game is SWEET.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 24, 2009, 12:29:44 AM »

Quote from: DAaaMan64 on September 21, 2009, 04:33:11 AM

Scratch that.

Do this:

1. Grab the dll. I hosted it on my server here: http://daaaman64.com/msvcr71.dll
2. Put it in C:\Windows\system32\
3. Open a "run" box. Which can be found by clicking start->run
4. Enter this: regsvr32 "c:\windows\System32\msvcp71.dll"

Number 4 may not run. Let me know. Anyway, that should fix it. You can trust me right?

Exact quote popped up in a window

LoadLibrary("c:\windows\System32\msvcp71.dll") failed - The specified module could not be found.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 26, 2009, 07:40:21 PM »

I got Civ 4 to work, i had to put the .dll file in the \system dir, not the \system32 dir
then regsrv32 from the cmd prompt. It loaded it, but wouldn't register it, but Civ4 is working so i dont care right now.

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