FFXI ultimate edition for $5 on steamFollow

http://store.steampowered.com/app/23390/

I figure I can post this here. I saw this deal while checking my wish list. I think it's a good deal for people wanting to come back or friends wanting to check the game out.

They're done this like 2 or 3 times before.. lol But at least it gets you a nice starter set goin'. They'll probably update it again after the last Abys drops.

Actually even though I had all the main expansions, I used this as a way to get all of the addons last time it was on sale. (Before Abyssea was out.)

Also, it's also nice if you don't have/don't want to use your CD's to install the game anymore, or fear losing them and not being able to. You can use the Steam client to install the game anytime, anywhere, off of your account, for the rest of time. That alone was worth the 5 bucks for me.

Edited, Nov 26th 2010 11:43am by Raiendel

I do not believe this is true since I do actually own Civilization 5 on Steam. The intro movie problem is due to the loading time of Civ5. Instead of a 'loading' screen you normally get, you'll have to watch the movie on Civ5. I know this for a fact because I play Civ5 on both my Laptop and my Desktop, the laptop makes me watch the movie longer due to its long loading time. There are other games too but that's because of the game, not steam. If you need proof, you can check PCgamer. One of the recent issue tells you how to force your friends watch your horrible homemade movies whenever they open their game.

Steam requires you to have a steam account (thus checking you every time you log on to it) to download and play any game you buy on steam. You can just log on to steam as an offline account and play it just fine. It will not check for your ID and stuff if you play offline (on steam account). The only time you actually need to log on to Steam should be to download or update your game (MMO are exceptions).

Also, the advantage of steam is that you don't really need to reinstall your games if you format your HDD or move to a new PC/laptop. I copied my steam game folder from my desktop after I bought a new laptop and all the games just installed and updated on their own. I didn't even have to go around checking for CDs/DVDs or spending hours reinstalling them. I'm not too sure if this works on FFXI or not but it does work on my Guild Wars.



Steam will give you a single code (CD key) to install and unlock all the expansions (along with the mini ones). You could either use it for a new account or an existing one. The existing account will have all of the expansions unlocked if it didn't have them yet. I'm going to just copy/paste the instructions from FFXIclopedia:




Edited, Nov 26th 2010 2:10pm by Oddwaffle

Probably because it's not good information. It's $5 for a game and expansions that originally cost about $150 for PC. How is that a bad deal? Sure, they'll have to buy Abyssea add-ons, but not until they're more than far enough into the game to decide if they will keep playing it or not. Sounds like one hell of a bargain to me.

They're not.

Why would they? It's the same thing you can get at gamestop.

Uploading some files to a server once, and never worrying about it again, vs repackaging the new updates after every single update. Yeah...

It's still more work. And SE would still need to release that file. You expect SE to release a new updated version every 3 months? You're lucky they do it once a year.

Edited, Nov 26th 2010 10:02pm by ThePsychoticOne

You fail at reading comprehension as much as you fail at quoting.

I was planning a Christmas comeback, now I'm thinking maybe a November comeback is in order XD

Remember if you re-activate in Nov you pay for all of Nov even though it almost end of month.