The GamersGate Specials Thread

[MalicE]

I'm also a big Gamersgate fan but the threads don't seem to stick (I know of at least 2 past attempts to get one started).
Now I'm posting it in the Steam Specials thread.

yeah I saw, that's why I thought of creating this thread (and you cost me some Randelas in the process )

[ViperGTI]

I've also never had issues with Gamersgate... Only thing so far was some crazy special they had on one game and they ran out of keys so I had to wait a day to get the key, but that's it. Which wasn't a big deal since I had other games to get to first.

Not all their games are steam games, so I usually install the game and then just add it manually to Steam so that I can have the steam overlay.

[ViperGTI]

Oh, and since we're kinda on the topic of Gamersgate specials... there are a bunch of games going for R22. Games like Ghost Recon 2, Ravaged, Might and Magic IX, others going for R30 like Intrusion 2 and Shoot Many Robots.
Are these games any good?... I have no idea... But they're only R22.

[MalicE]

Oh, and since we're kinda on the topic of Gamersgate specials... there are a bunch of games going for R22. Games like Ghost Recon 2, Ravaged, Might and Magic IX, others going for R30 like Intrusion 2 and Shoot Many Robots.
Are these games any good?... I have no idea... But they're only R22.

I really enjoyed GRAW2, good co-op lan game. Shoot many robots isn't bad either, kind of a platform shooter rpg move. Ravaged looks decent

[JP'S]

Ghost recon 2 is also good

[Graal]

The thing is, all the issues I've had with them have been excusable, kind of. The problem is that their support is absolutely useless. The very first time I bought a game from them my downloads kept freezing at 90%. I try it on different computers, different ISP accounts, different locations, but it keeps freezing. I even ask one of my friends to give it a try at his house, but no dice. I mail support, but they insist the issue is on my side. I tell them it isn't, tell them everything I've done. At this point the issue is clearly on their side, but they keep denying it. I ask them to at least have a look at their servers, but they tell me they won't because the issue is on my side. After two weeks of fighting and an eventual refund request (which got denied), I make a thread in the GameTutor, and another South African admits he has the same issue. Just like that they admit there's an issue with their South African server and take it down for maintenance.

Second time I had issues the key for the game I bought was already used in Steam and thus useless to me. Support tells me I've already used the key and there's nothing they can do for me. After a few days of bickering and finally going so far as to offer that they log into my Steam account and see if I've activated it, they finally relented and exchanged my key.

Third problem I had was with their password reset service. I forgot my password, which thus locked me out of my account. Their password reset service simply didn't send out the password reset emails. Posted my issue on Facebook, didn't get resolved for a week. Apparently they've resolved it, but by the time they informed me that they did I'd simply given up. I don't have a lot of games with them (a few Steam games, Neverwinter Nights Collection, Gothic 3 & expansion, assorted indie games), it probably amounts to about R500 worth of games, but I've simply given them up for lost. It's simply not worth the hassle. There are much less troublesome services dotted all across the net.

[MalicE]

The thing is, all the issues I've had with them have been excusable, kind of. The problem is that their support is absolutely useless. The very first time I bought a game from them my downloads kept freezing at 90%. I try it on different computers, different ISP accounts, different locations, but it keeps freezing. I even ask one of my friends to give it a try at his house, but no dice. I mail support, but they insist the issue is on my side. I tell them it isn't, tell them everything I've done. At this point the issue is clearly on their side, but they keep denying it. I ask them to at least have a look at their servers, but they tell me they won't because the issue is on my side. After two weeks of fighting and an eventual refund request (which got denied), I make a thread in the GameTutor, and another South African admits he has the same issue. Just like that they admit there's an issue with their South African server and take it down for maintenance.

Second time I had issues the key for the game I bought was already used in Steam and thus useless to me. Support tells me I've already used the key and there's nothing they can do for me. After a few days of bickering and finally going so far as to offer that they log into my Steam account and see if I've activated it, they finally relented and exchanged my key.

Third problem I had was with their password reset service. I forgot my password, which thus locked me out of my account. Their password reset service simply didn't send out the password reset emails. Posted my issue on Facebook, didn't get resolved for a week. Apparently they've resolved it, but by the time they informed me that they did I'd simply given up. I don't have a lot of games with them (a few Steam games, Neverwinter Nights Collection, Gothic 3 & expansion, assorted indie games), it probably amounts to about R500 worth of games, but I've simply given them up for lost. It's simply not worth the hassle. There are much less troublesome services dotted all across the net.

geeez dude, that's some bad luck you got there

[ViperGTI]

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geeez dude, that's some bad luck you got there

Quite. I remember the one thread from a while ago.
I have about 24 games with them and except for the one key that was delayed, no issues. I actually prefer them over GOG.

[MalicE]

Torchlight 2 less 50% (Steam)

Galaxy on Fire 2 HD less 75% (Steam)

[ViperGTI]

Galaxy on Fire 2 HD less 75% (Steam)

I got this about an hour or two ago... hoping for something along the lines of Freelancer. R43 is not too costly a mistake to make if the game turns out to be bad.