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Oblivion
So this is kinda a snowclone, but also a real topic. Only the thread title is actually a snowclone.
ES4: Oblivion is on sale on Steam until 4 PM Pacific (7 PM Eastern) today. They're selling the game with two expansions for US$5, or the game and those two and few more expansions for a dollar and a quarter more. Okay, fine, for $4.99 and $6.24, respectively.
Except I forgot that putting money from my bank into my Paypal actually takes like 3-5 business days. Granted, I only found out about this deal last night.
So I could go ask someone to buy it for me, like I did last time I had this issue. And them pay them back later. Though...
* This time it's $6.24 (or $5), not $3.
* Last time I did this, I discovered that Steam games are more expensive in the UK.
* I've got a huge backlog of games I have yet to finish anyway. Adding to that backlog is probably not a great idea.
* Last time I tried this, the game didn't even work. Granted, that was the 2011 game Hydrophobia, and the required specs for the 2007 ES4 Oblivion are somewhat lesser.
The only real reason for me to buy now is to take advantage of the low price while it's conditionally (upon the purchase time) available. And by buy now, that means asking someone to buy it for me and repaying them later. Alternatively, I could wait until the Christmas season, at which point everything is likely to be deeply discounted again. Of course, the selection is random, but...who cares. I got interested in Oblivion only because people kept on saying good things about it and I've seen a acquaintance (someone in my dorm) playing it a few years ago, and it looked kinda interesting, and I've been lately trying to find a nice WRPG to play, to get me started on the genre.
That said, if I really want a WRPG, I should probably go for Fallout first, since by my estimation I'm more likely to enjoy its setting than ES4's.
ES4: Oblivion is on sale on Steam until 4 PM Pacific (7 PM Eastern) today. They're selling the game with two expansions for US$5, or the game and those two and few more expansions for a dollar and a quarter more. Okay, fine, for $4.99 and $6.24, respectively.
Except I forgot that putting money from my bank into my Paypal actually takes like 3-5 business days. Granted, I only found out about this deal last night.
So I could go ask someone to buy it for me, like I did last time I had this issue. And them pay them back later. Though...
* This time it's $6.24 (or $5), not $3.
* Last time I did this, I discovered that Steam games are more expensive in the UK.
* I've got a huge backlog of games I have yet to finish anyway. Adding to that backlog is probably not a great idea.
* Last time I tried this, the game didn't even work. Granted, that was the 2011 game Hydrophobia, and the required specs for the 2007 ES4 Oblivion are somewhat lesser.
The only real reason for me to buy now is to take advantage of the low price while it's conditionally (upon the purchase time) available. And by buy now, that means asking someone to buy it for me and repaying them later. Alternatively, I could wait until the Christmas season, at which point everything is likely to be deeply discounted again. Of course, the selection is random, but...who cares. I got interested in Oblivion only because people kept on saying good things about it and I've seen a acquaintance (someone in my dorm) playing it a few years ago, and it looked kinda interesting, and I've been lately trying to find a nice WRPG to play, to get me started on the genre.
That said, if I really want a WRPG, I should probably go for Fallout first, since by my estimation I'm more likely to enjoy its setting than ES4's.
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Because I put some money into my Paypal account to buy stuff this weekend but it's probably not going to get into my account in time. I can pay you back if you buy stuff for me, though.
(If you don't trust me, go ask IanExMachina; the reason I'm not asking him again is because he's in the UK, and Steam charges higher prices for UK users apparently.)