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I would have guessed the opposite, you wanting "cash" and them wanting to give blue coins. After all, blue coins means they still get your ten bucks.

Free keys for Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

While supplies last, I assume.

Works when I hit it. Temporary outage?

Anyone else getting the ending string of captcha requests?

I did (and even after reading gaxes post), it took about 5 entries for me to see a code.

Looks like a game I will try the next time the internet is out. I do love rpg's.

Yeah, took me like 5 times to get a code, it worked in steam fine. First time I opened the site had the unavailable page was there, had to refresh it to get the page to load.

Some funky coding going on there.

Now I need to keep an eye out for Episode one and 2 to go on sale :s So i can play the trilogy

Edited, May 20th 2013 1:40pm by BeanX

Haha, someone else who reflexively checks the GG UK site these days.

And I have no issue using my 20% if anyone wants in on a 4-pack or whatever.

Edited, May 20th 2013 2:51pm by Jophiel

Can't you give them to those DOTA2 Key Bots?

Far as I know, it's the full version. I got a key from one of those "pm me" bots. Played through the first tutorial I think. Haven't gone any further.

Edited, May 20th 2013 6:47pm by TirithRR

Make sure you're not using a firewall. You can't give it to them if you are using protection.

Ty I traded most of them away, kept a few just in case.

By the way I want to try Anno 2070 so if anyone sees it on sale anywhere poke me with a stick.

Also I have waaaay to many DOTA 2 keys now as well.

Also now that I can sort of aim a gun in a video game (been playing borderlands all day yesterday and today) I am thinking I might want to use that copy of Mass Effect 2 I have kicking around. But that would mean origin. I am so torn. I did so good not signing up for it. Do I need to play 1 to enjoy 2?

Edited, May 20th 2013 9:15pm by Olorinus

The games are decently designed to allow you to start the series at any point.

I'm trying to figure out how to say this and be as spoiler-free as possible, but:

The first game has you hunting down a rogue agent. This mission exposes you to the big bad of the series, but has a strong focus on your mission.

The second game has you investigating why human colonies keep disappearing. In that process, you learn more about the big bad, and their threat is tangibly increased. But you still have the more pressing mission of disappearing colonies.

The third game is when the big bad is finally an imminent threat, and Shepard has to deal with that.

Mass Effect 2 and 3 have combat systems that are very similar, but a fair bit different from ME1 (at least in experience of them). Mass Effect 2's main cast is largely independent from ME1, and the only returning crew members are ones that were actually optional in ME1, so it's not an issue that you don't really know them. If you don't transfer an earlier save, THEY won't be close to your Shepard (more like: "Oh hey, yeah, we met when you were tracking down that guy" than "BEST FRIEND!")

So it's not really a jarring transition.

As for 2 to 3, you can absolutely start with 3. But it's kind of like starting with Return of the King. I mean, yeah, you'll get what's going on. And they'll give you enough info you'll get it well enough. But you won't really understand. They actually added one companion in ME3 specifically to help new players get into the game, because he's new to the squad. So the party banter is primarily about giving him a history lesson in the form of them telling him war stories. And he'll ask for information in conversations that he wouldn't have known.

So yeah. Like any series, the latter entries are better if you played the earlier ones. But they do a very good job of making them accessible, in my opinion. The worst part is that you don't get the effect of the cameos and returning characters.

I should also note that the game defaults to primarily Renegade ("bad") for discussing any past events. So if you want to play Paragon ("good"), you'll still have to deal with the ramifications of some significant past Renegade choices.