Shack PSA: 50% Off Paradox Interactive Games

July 20, 2009 2:20 PM

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, developer and publisher Paradox Interactive is offering 50% off the scores of titles available on Steam and its own GamersGate.

Festivities include the tactical fantasy RPG King's Bounty: The Legend for $15, survival horror Penumbra: Black Plague for $7.50, and medieval warfest Mount & Blade for $15.

Impulse and Direct2Drive are also expected to run the offer, which runs until July 26.

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MondayJBlack

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July 20, 2009 2:24 PM

I've been looking for a new RPG. Anyone have an opinion on Mount & Blade (apart from name...yech!)
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  July 20, 2009 2:46 PM
  
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- jason bergman
  
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  July 20, 2009 2:55 PM
  
  It's fun, but very clunky. It's like Sid Meier's Pirates, only set in medieval times and extremely clumsy and needlessly complicated in parts.
  - morsxcessum
    
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    July 20, 2009 2:58 PM
    
    It seems needlessly complicated but that stems from the clumsy interface and no obvious way to complete some tasks. It is a great game if you can look past it's obvious flaws.
    - mrwolf710
      
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      July 20, 2009 7:24 PM
      
      And weren't the original developers just 2 people?
  - CyCo_PL
    
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    July 20, 2009 3:50 PM
    
    This. It's basically the same concept as Pirates, except you're on land instead of the water, and combat consists of epic battles between hundreds of guys. If you have the Mount&Blade battle limit changer thingy mod, you can change the maximum number of soldiers that can participate in combat at the same time, at the risk of choking your computer.
    
    The graphics definitely aren't anything to be impressed about, and it seems pretty amateurish. Probably because it was developed by a 2-person team (a couple) in Turkey or something like that. But it's a fun game if you enjoy games like Pirates, which I definitely do.
- TheIneffableBob
  
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  July 20, 2009 3:08 PM
  
  I'm waiting for the expansion. Warlords, I think it's called. I played the beta for Mount & Blade and thought it was pretty cool.
  - Topsiderover
    
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    July 21, 2009 8:08 AM
    
    I don't know about Warlords, but they are coming out with Warband which will add multiplayer.
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  July 20, 2009 3:25 PM
  
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  - VaultThirteen
    
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    July 20, 2009 8:20 PM
    
    I agree I cannot think of a better melee combat system than Mount & Blade, I'd really like more games with that kind of melee/mounted combat.
- ZaldronGG
  
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  July 20, 2009 5:46 PM
  
  Pondering whether to buy Mount and Blade or not is the biggest waste of time ever. Go for it, I've gotten literally thousands of hours out of that game, and I can see myself going back to it and doing it all over again once The Last Days is out.
- thebigbeefsandwich
  
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  July 20, 2009 6:25 PM
  
  there's a demo, if you like that buy it without a second thought
- senor135
  
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  July 20, 2009 10:23 PM
  
  i absolutely recommend you try it, at least the demo. like thebigbeefsandwich said, if you like the demo buy the full game immediately you wont regret it. if you dislike the demo, well... at least know that you didnt miss an opportunity to play a game you might have loved.
- Izanaki
  
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  July 21, 2009 3:47 AM
  
  It's not a real RPG, it's a very good medieval mounted combat action game. One of my favourite games ever though if that kind of thing tickles your fancy