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• Jesse

  

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  November 29, 2012 7:40 PM EST

  I'm getting a pretty nice laptop in the mail soon. I have $60 worth is Steam cash ready to use once I install steam on my new PC. I was planning to use it on Skyrim, which I love. I was super excited to get to utilize everything that isn't available in the console version. Then I just started realizing how awesome both Dishonored and Far Cry 3 look. I'm tempted to get one of those instead, and save Skyrim for later.

  What do you guys think? I'd still be really excited for Skyrim, but I'm wondering if you all think it would be worth it to try one of the others first.

  Thanks! 

• Bryn

  

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  November 29, 2012 7:49 PM EST

  Get either far cry or skyrim.
• Matt Feeney the New Guy

  

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  November 29, 2012 7:49 PM EST

  I definitely prefer Skyrim to Dishonored, and I'll probably prefer it to Far Cry 3. But if you want to try Dishonored or Far Cry 3 first, I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest Far Cry 3 over Dishonored, haven't played FC3 but it looks more fun than Dishonored (though Dishonored was still really fun). You can't really go wrong with any of them

• lanep25

  

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  November 29, 2012 9:42 PM EST

  Skyrim is a god amongst those games. Play Skyrim, then Far Cry 3, then Dishonored.

• Deleted Member

  
   

  November 29, 2012 9:44 PM EST

  Well, if you already have Skyrim get Far Cry 3, otherwise get Skyrim and then use the rest of the money to save up for Far Cry 3.

• lanep25

  

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  November 29, 2012 9:54 PM EST

  Also be aware that there is very very likely (almost guaranteed) that Steam will be having a holiday sale with amazing discounts. So if that money ain't burning a hole in your pocket, and you are able to hold off until the holidays, then you are likely to get lot more for your money because the games will be cheap cheap cheap.

• Kyrielle Atrinati

  

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  November 29, 2012 9:58 PM EST

  Exactly.  They may well do another Skyrim sale where they have all the DLCs plus the base game available cheaper than the base game by itself.

  Or they might do some kind of Beth deal where you can get both Dishonored and Skyrim cheap.

• Jesse

  

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  November 30, 2012 8:28 PM EST

  I'll probably wait and look at sales, then. If anyone looks back at this, you can answer another question. This will be my first Windows 8 device (I'm mainly a Mac guy), and although I'm familiar with other Windows OSs I'm wondering if there are any potential problems that will come with Windows 8 related to Steam, Skyrim, or gaming in general. Will I be able to figure installation and everything out?

• lanep25

  

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  November 30, 2012 11:22 PM EST

  Don't use Win8 for gaming. I've heard bad things about it, but I don't remember the details. I'm sure they could be Googled. Most gamers use Win XP or Win 7. I use Win7, and I have no will or want to switch to Win8. I recommend Win7.

• Master Dread

  

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  December 1, 2012 6:05 AM EST

  Skyrim and has anyone else noticed it's price hasn't dropped since it came out last year? I was black friday shopping and I saw one in the shelves of walmart for $60.

• lanep25

  

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  December 1, 2012 6:31 AM EST

  The was a great deal for it and all the DLC on Steam during the Black Friday sales. But as for retail stores, ya they tend to keep the prices for games in stores for as long as possible.

• Master Dread

  

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  December 1, 2012 6:34 AM EST

  I know but a lot of games who have been out for as long as skyrim have already dropped in price but Skyrim stays at $60.

• lanep25

  

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  December 1, 2012 5:25 PM EST

  If a game is doing good with sales they'll keep the max price for as long as possible. Once sales drop for a significant time period, then (and only then) will they start slowly lowering the price to the game. They likely go from 60, to 45, to 30, and then stay at 20. Mind you, this will be over a  period of time of a few years. It all has to do with how well a game is selling.

• Dieter

  

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  December 1, 2012 5:28 PM EST

  Retail Skyrim is about 20€ here, so that's about 28$.It used to be 50€ (about 70$ or something), you just live in an expensive country.

• lanep25

  

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  December 1, 2012 5:32 PM EST

  Tell me about it.