Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam

"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
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> Sin Episodes 1 is available for preload on Steam with a 10% discount
> prior to the May 9th release date.

You'd get $1.99 off? Wow. How do they stay in business at those prices?

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 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

>and with the potential for 8 more 'episodes' it will only be $180 for
>the whole game... What a deal!

I suppose it all hangs on exactly how long an episode is, exactly.
$18 works out at €14, which is something I definitely would pay for
a game even half the length of a "normal" one. However, Steam always
whacks on extra tax for us Euroweenies.

P.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

On 6 Apr 2006 14:15:19 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> mumbled
something like:

><turk> once tried to test me with:
>
>> "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
>> news:trh832di71kj7gna3fsehfl01qk90cs5rq@4ax.com...
>>> Sin Episodes 1 is available for preload on Steam with a 10% discount
>>> prior to the May 9th release date.
>>
>> You'd get $1.99 off? Wow. How do they stay in business at those prices?
>
>So Sin Episode 1 is $20, $18 if you buy now? I might do that deal.

and with the potential for 8 more 'episodes' it will only be $180 for
the whole game... What a deal!
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

On 6 Apr 2006 14:15:19 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>So Sin Episode 1 is $20, $18 if you buy now? I might do that deal.

You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:10:19 +0100, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:

>On 6 Apr 2006 14:15:19 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>So Sin Episode 1 is $20, $18 if you buy now? I might do that deal.
>
>You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
>first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.

I'll take a look in that case. I did enjoy the original.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Andrew wrote:
> On 6 Apr 2006 14:15:19 GMT, Knight37 <knight37m DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >So Sin Episode 1 is $20, $18 if you buy now? I might do that deal.
>
> You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
> first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.

Is the expansion Wages of Sin also included?

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 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Shawk wrote:

> While double whipped cream comes out count me in..... first sign of
> sour milk though and I'm off.
>
> Seriously tho' you appear to be intelligent? You cannot understand
> that great games come out of Steam from which those that can use it
> do benefit? A symbiotic relationship? Yes, there are those that
> cannot benefit ... yet. They have an understandable frustration. There are
> also those that are purely prejudiced against those that do
> like Steam. You're in the latter group. Why?

John is a fanboy, pure and simple. Want some proof? He is berating Nostromo
for bashing Oblivion, a game Nostromo has has openly admitted to not
playing. Of course that doesn't stop John from bashing Half-Life 2, a game
he has openly admitted to not playing.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Andrew wrote:

> You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
> first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.

I take it has been patched to run on XP without any problems.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Hank the Rapper wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>
>> You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
>> first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.
>
> I take it has been patched to run on XP without any problems.

I dusted off my Sin cd recently and I got it to play on XP. Installed the
latest patch and ran it in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Plays just fine.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

JT wrote:

> I dusted off my Sin cd recently and I got it to play on XP. Installed
> the latest patch and ran it in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Plays
> just fine.

I tired playing it last year and I had major sound issus and minor graphical
glitches. I gave up on the game and threw the disc away. There were some
fun levels in the game.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Big McLargehuge <noone DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in
news:duca32l42v51sveao5tt39envpt29n53t5@4ax.com:

> and with the potential for 8 more 'episodes' it will only be $180 for
> the whole game... What a deal!

And they're saying each episode will take about 4-6 hours to complete.
That's 36-54 hours of gaming. That's about $3-$5 per hour.

The average first person shooter costs $50 at release and takes about 10-12
hours to complete. That's about $4-$5 per hour.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

Hank the Rapper wrote:
> JT wrote:
>
>> I dusted off my Sin cd recently and I got it to play on XP. Installed
>> the latest patch and ran it in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Plays
>> just fine.
>
> I tired playing it last year and I had major sound issus and minor
> graphical glitches. I gave up on the game and threw the disc away.
> There were some fun levels in the game.

I was getting into it again somewhat when my last quicksave refused to run.
I didn't feel like playing the whole level over again so I stopped playing
it. Also Oblivion is taking most of my gaming time at the moment. The new
Sin episodes looked good in the video I watched. Might be worth the price.
I'll do a wait and see on that.
 >> Stay informed about: Sin Episodes 1 available for preload on Steam 

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:02:14 -0600, "Hank the Rapper"
<xflopgoon DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

>> You get to play Sin 1 in the mean time as well, which I missed out on
>> first time around. I am quite enjoying it now.
>
>I take it has been patched to run on XP without any problems.

I am not sure, I am running it on my desktop Windows 2000 machine. I
couldn't run the old Sin demo, so I guess it has been patched up.
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