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[bookman]

Whaleman, on 20 May 2010 - 11:42 AM, said:

Just started the Civ IV: Colonization from Steam and the first thing I saw was an Aspyr Media License agreement... so I guess that answers that

Which begs the question - who in their right mind would buy the version off gameagent?

[clocknova]

bookman, on 20 May 2010 - 02:28 PM, said:

Which begs the question - who in their right mind would buy the version off gameagent?

I suspect that Steam will put downward pressure on all Mac game prices.  While this may cause companies like Aspyr some pain, in the long run it will be a good thing for us.

[XxtraLarGe]

Hurry up & grab it if you get the chance, it's available on Steam right now for $29.99!

clocknova, on 20 May 2010 - 04:47 PM, said:

I suspect that Steam will put downward pressure on all Mac game prices.  While this may cause companies like Aspyr some pain, in the long run it will be a good thing for us.

[clocknova]

XxtraLarGe, on 24 June 2010 - 08:11 PM, said:

Hurry up & grab it if you get the chance, it's available on Steam right now for $29.99!

Actually, the whole bundle is on sale right now for a startling $9.99.  If you were ever going to buy the complete Civ IV bundle, Colonization included, now is the time.

[Naman]

XxtraLarGe, on 24 June 2010 - 08:11 PM, said:

Hurry up & grab it if you get the chance, it's available on Steam right now for $29.99!

It's $10 right now, actually. Not sure how long it'll last, so get it while you can!

[XxtraLarGe]

Insanely awesome! I'm glad I only added it to my cart but never actually bought it. Now I can sell my DVD copies of Civ IV & Warlords since I won't need them anymore!  

Naman, on 27 June 2010 - 06:12 PM, said:

It's $10 right now, actually. Not sure how long it'll last, so get it while you can!

[XxtraLarGe]

Naman, on 27 June 2010 - 06:12 PM, said:

It's $10 right now, actually. Not sure how long it'll last, so get it while you can!

It didn't last long. I just added it to my cart & bought it. Then I went back about a half-hour later to buy it for a friend of mine, and it's back up to $29.99.  

[Janichsan]

XxtraLarGe, on 28 June 2010 - 11:15 AM, said:

It didn't last long. I just added it to my cart & bought it. Then I went back about a half-hour later to buy it for a friend of mine, and it's back up to $29.99.  

Most sales only last for 24 hours. Hence the countdown on the Steam page.

[XxtraLarGe]

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but BTS & Colonization don't seem to offer the same resolutions that Civ IV & Warlords do for my 24" iMac. The graphics in BTS & Colonization seem to be a bit dull by comparison. Also, BTS is suffering from rendering issue of the 3D leader heads. They are transparent/floating eyes. It seems to me they had this issue with Civ IV or Warlords. Anyone else experiencing these problems?

[Janichsan]

XxtraLarGe, on 29 June 2010 - 09:44 AM, said:

Also, BTS is suffering from rendering issue of the 3D leader heads. They are transparent/floating eyes. It seems to me they had this issue with Civ IV or Warlords. Anyone else experiencing these problems?

Turn off the anti-aliasing, then the leader heads are fine. For everything else: I don't see much difference between the main game and BtS. Are you sure you have set both to the same level of graphics detail?

[XxtraLarGe]

Sale is back on until the end of the day! Get it all for $9.99 until the end of the day.

[Tacohead]

This time I didn't miss it. Probably the best value I'll ever get on any Mac game purchase, past or present.  

-PN

[bookman]

Tacohead, on 04 July 2010 - 01:21 PM, said:

This time I didn't miss it. Probably the best value I'll ever get on any Mac game purchase, past or present.  

-PN

Ditto.

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Same here.

[bookman]

And how lovely to not have to deal with DVDs or CD-ROMs.