Good marketing ploy for DayZ Standalone imo. Not that it really needs another push right now, but I think that's clever of them. Give people a taste of the mod and hope they buy the SA.
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Hmm, maybe. Not sure it would be good business sense though.
If people were naive enough to think that then I'd imagine a good few of them would get pissed off and vow not buy the standalone or other BI titles in the future. They might feel ripped off.
It would be a risky move as it would take a good few bundles sold to offset the loss of one lost sale of the standalone game.
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Not sure I'm understanding how that relates to my post but "ok".
I agree.
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I move the charity slider to 0 when I buy bundles. I'm not a fan of "general causes" that randomly allocate your money. Talk about little Timmy needing surgery though and done.
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Just marketing to sell overpriced unfinished DayZ to allow Dean Hall to make his next vacation...
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Nope. I'd get Arma X separately over this bundle myself. Because of that, the real gem is Carrier Command in my opinion. :>
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Wait, what are they selling in the BTA? DayZ Mod (which is free) or DayZ standalone?
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The mod. There's a note that says you can get it elsewhere, but it looks like they're hosting it on their site too.
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The mod. There's a note that says you can get it elsewhere, but it looks like they're hosting it on their site too.
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The mod - kind of. You need Arma II + Operation Arrowhead to run it so the the fact that Arrowhead is in the BTA means you need to have that to run the mod. You'd be right in saying that the mod is free though.
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Because the mention of DayZ doubles the sales potential, of course!
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Actually, it does add it your account in all the ways. I got it from the store page. It shows on my game list to install, on my profile's owned games and when going to the store page it says "You already own Arma II: DayZ Mod"
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Oh wait, you might be right. I thought Spiral Knights appeared in my account because I tried it ages aqo. Apparently, I own a DLC for it though; it looks like it's a hat for owning another game. But I recall someone saying Spiral Knights wouldn't show up even with that DLC unless I actually played it.
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I never even got to install it at all. When you click on the "install" button it goes to a page telling you that it got linked/registered to your account.
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So is it worth it to beat the 6 dollars here? Meaning, I want Operation Arrowhead, but will I be able to find it cheaper than 5 dollars elsewhere during a sale? Assuming I have no interest in the other BTA game, of course.
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The games have hit 80% off before, so it could be possible depending on the base price.
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It might be hard to find OA cheaper than 5-6$, Bohemia doesn't do massive discounts.
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Indeed. Now I hope it will be on sale someday soon.
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Too broke to pay the $6 for Arrowhead (already have the other game there), but at least I can get the $1 tier.
Though I already have UFO: Afterlight, but that is the 'updated' version. Should I bother with two entries? :P
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crap.
did not realize until I'd already activated the new-publisher-version. so now, yeah, I have two entries... :-/.
from this well-written post and some of Dwarden's follow-ups in that thread, it sounds like the two different AppIDs may eventually get resolved. So if it were me again, I'd probably not activate the other one if I had realized sooner that I'd already had the game, despite the Steam Store page not giving me any such indication.
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Would I need ARMA II base game to play Dayz? I won't be purchasing Dayz standalone since the mod is more complete and has more features let alone so much cheaper. Kind of a rip off to sell such an unfinished game at $30 since most people who are buying it also bought ARMA combined ops. Such greed from a previous humble mod developer. Seems like money really does get to people these days.
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Yea but do I also need the base game or can I just get this bundle and play it with only OA?
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Nvm thought the bundle only came with ARMA OA and not the base game. Derped out a bit.
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You need to have both ARMA2 and Operation Arrowhead. If you buy the $6 tier, you get both so you're good to go.
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You need the base game.There used to exist a free version of the base game that actually made it possible to play dayz without having the base game, but that free version got removed from the store.
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You can still install the free version here on the Steam database
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Yes you do. It's clearly stated on the Steam page and on the DayZ website (Combined Operations = Arma 2 + OA).
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DayZ standalone is worth every penny, my opinion. Some new features already have been introduced (melee system, better looting system, better inventory system, clothing, better/more responsive hit detection, etc.). DayZ mod has been really crowded with hackers lately and increasing with all these cheap deals and sales, so I wouldn't recommend it anymore.
But if you have never played DayZ, the mod may be a good start anyway ^^
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1$:
ARMA II
Take On Helicopters
UFO: Afterlight
Alpha Prime
ARMA: Gold Edition
ARMA Tactics
6$
ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
And:
ARMA II: DayZ Mod - A free mod, with redeem link go figure that one out...
HB Weekly
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