This is getting silly: Age of Empires III is ten cents on Games for Windows today

@Prboi Good Games for cheap? It seems to be working on me so far. I still like Steam, so it's nice to have competition.

@Prboi
Valve is monopolizing the PC download gaming side with steam. More competition is better for everyone. so I say "go Microsoft!" on this particular situation although it doesn't make me a happy camper.

@Prboi
Competition? lol. There's about 20 games on Games for Windows. Steam has 1100+. I don't see any competition.

@Prboi No

I was one of the everyone that sent it in.

High fives to myself!!!

@Prboi It'll sway them until they realise how terrible the GFWL client is.

@Prboi Hell, it made me download GFW and I hadn't previously

@Prboi
FOR ANYONE WHO CAN'T INSTALL THE GAME BECAUSE YOU NEED A GAME KEY>

apparently they've been selling so many they've run out of game keys, but they'll get more within the week
Message from Wedge the Jedi (part of LIVE team) >


Due to the overwhelming success of the Age of Empires III sale, we have temporarily run out of keys to unlock the game. You can still buy the game at this amazing price and you will get/see a key in the next week. When new keys are added to the system you will be auto-assigned a key, there is no need to call support or take any other action from your end. We will post here on the forums when the keys are available and the next time you click 'View Game Keys' for the game you should be assigned one.

Thank you for your patience and we hope you enjoy the game.

@Measlesopolis
oh ya, and I'm mad about this cause I was super excited to play some age of empires anoche

@Entegy I bought it through the website and got the $0.10 price.

@Entegy I also got it for a dime without downloading the client.

Mind you, you apparently need the client to actually PLAY the game.

@NinjaTaco Nope, just to install it. The game was released in 2005, well before GFWL was introduced.

@Rollins - I did as well. When you hit "Download" it downloads the installer for Games for Windows Live. Unless there is some other way to get the game, you definitely need the client.

@BananaBoat

You need the client to install it, that's it.

@Entegy
I used msp. It was actually 12.5cents for me so I feel ripped off.

@Hoaxs 10cent is 190msp?

@Hoaxs I think he means 170mp, because bioshock being 2 dollars = 160 mp so that plus the 10mp for AE3 is 170mp. Unless he spent 20 more mp on something else?

@ybfelix

No, yesterday Bioshock for 180msp and this today is the best 190msp anyones ever spent!

@ybfelix Yeah, shouldn't it be 8 MSP?

Though I think he's referring to Bioshock.

@WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco It should be 8 MS Points for AoE3 but if you select paying by MS Points they charge you 10 points, which is 12 cents. It sounds like the Bioshock deal came to 180 points, or $2.25 instead of the 160 points they should have charged to be equal to the $2 price. I guess Hoaxs doesn't mind spending an extra 27 cents across the two deals.

@OwningXylophone
We have a winner/

@km3k Dang, what a baller. Dropping those MS points like it's hot!

@ybfelix I actually only spent 10 Microsoft Points for 10 cents.

@Hoaxs

Best 150 msp I've spent on a weekend.

10 msp AoE III
140 msp Bioshock
Yup 140 msp for me!!!!!

I don't know why but I was sure to pick it up for that killer price.

@Drake Lake What, giving Portal away for free earlier in the year wasn't enough?

@Papytendo im sorry but portal isnt 1 full retail priced game and 3 expansion packs, altough portals a great game i cant denie that but this is a much better deal tbh

@Papytendo
Why you gotta respond like that...

@Debley


Except Portal is actually a good game and AoE3 is really pretty bland. Give me a good "expansion" over a shitty game any day.

@Haizeus

Are you serious? You must be doing it wrong. Age of Empires is a fun series! And this includes all of the expansions! Many hours of gameplay online and offline.

@pluupy


Call me when it's as fun as the worst of the Total War series and we'll talk.

@Papytendo

Actually portal was never given away for free. They gave away the game for a limited time, once the tmie was up you had to buy it or you could no longer access it.

Lots of people have misinterpreted the offer

@Drunken Irish Sniper

Starcraft is a different style of RTS that relies on heavy microing. SC games are interesting, and they have their fun moments, but it's almost like unless you can do cheap stuff where you just repeatedly go back and forth with a few units then you shouldn't even try to play. In the original SC every single "expert" would just micro so much that yes, it was impressive that they could do so much at once, but it was almost like, wow, that crap is too unfair that you can have 50 mutalisks all on top of each other so that it's basically impossible for their turrets to do anything.

AOE3 is my all time favorite RTS, with AOE2 as the second. The original AOE3 by itself left some to be desired, but then it was like, hey, TWC expansion is awesome! And then we got TAD and it was like everything coming together in perfect harmony. It's so cheap because it's been out for five years and doesn't have a bunch of Koreans obsessed with videogames fawning over it.

In AOE3 complete you have 14 civs (who are all far more unique than they initially seem, tons of maps, a variety of gameplay types, and it's made in the way that you have a huge number of choices as to how you will play. I've played thousands of games in AOE3 since it came out, and I'm still developing new strategies for my civs because they're just that unique. Not to mention the graphics are pretty sweet, I like how they have a more realistic look going for them than games like AOM.

@JonahFalcon

truth. I may never actually play the game, but for a dime? how can I say no to that? now It's on my HD next time i get the RTS itch.

@NinjaTaco And what about us poor europeans? For me the game cost 14,5 cents, how am I supposed to feed my famliy next week?

@NinjaTaco

Not if you used msp

@NinjaTaco That's why I opted for the credit card instead of the MS points. I may pay an extra cent, but they're paying my whole 10 cents plus a little extra on credit card fees. :)

@KirbyCommando Exactly. I've never played an Age of Empires game and I doubt that I'll play this one much at all, but come on, ten cents? I didn't even realize they'd let you use Microsoft points to pay for it until I got to the checkout page, then I was like, I don't even have to get my credit card out? Cool.

@Faenix It's the full compilation and contains both expansions and the original game.

@Faenix
It's the complete edition.

@Faenix complete collection.

@JonahFalcon

Woot, thanks :P

@Faenix

AoE 3 and War chiefs on disk,
AoE 3 complete on digital.

I officially own every single ensemble game made. Woot. XD