Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition (£6.25 - Today only deal)

Jsbeer · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:13

Mayfair said:
OMG.. Went to order after registering an account... Now £24.95 The deal finished?

These deals tend to finish at 6PM UK time.

:eek:

Ofcourse the same deal may come up by Steam this Christmas.......

lcg · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:15

Mayfair said:
OMG.. Went to order after registering an account... Now £24.95 The deal finished?

Yeah

Don't worry though, as you'll most likely be able to get them in the Steam Christmas sale.

Mayfair · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:17

Oh damn.. Thanks for the response guys, Do you know when steam starts their Christmas sales?

lcg · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:26

Mayfair said:
Oh damn.. Thanks for the response guys, Do you know when steam starts their Christmas sales?

Last year it ran from about 23rd December and ran just into the new year.

Robert1986 · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:33

Thanks giving sales start next week I think.

Mayfair · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:34

lcg said:
Last year it ran from about 23rd December and ran just into the new year.

Oh ok, Thanks lcg

FoxEye · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:46

Btw does anyone know if installing Episodes enhances vanilla GTA4? I'm running really low on hdd space atm, was hoping to play one, uninstall then play the other...

Metatron · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:48

omg I hesitated and now it's too late.

Semiskimmed · 20 Nov 2010 at 18:59

FoxEye said:
Btw does anyone know if installing Episodes enhances vanilla GTA4? I'm running really low on hdd space atm, was hoping to play one, uninstall then play the other...

they are standalone games so you can play the episodes once youre done with gta4

lcg · 20 Nov 2010 at 19:04

FoxEye said:
Btw does anyone know if installing Episodes enhances vanilla GTA4? I'm running really low on hdd space atm, was hoping to play one, uninstall then play the other...

No, it won't enhance vanilla GTA IV. As Semiskimmed has said, they are standalone games so you uninstall GTA IV and install Episodes.

FoxEye · 20 Nov 2010 at 19:09

Cheers guys.

Semiskimmed · 20 Nov 2010 at 19:37

lol, im getting 'mirror unavailable' now

Mayfair · 20 Nov 2010 at 20:06

As I missed this offer as I was registering an account, by the time I finished making my account the offer expired. I sent an email to Direct2Drive stating I missed the special offer as I was creating an account, and if there was any way they could help me. I was thinking I would just get a response saying "Sorry we cannot help as this was a limited time only" but I just checked my emails and they have responded the following:

Hi there,

I'm pleased to be able to offer you a coupon code for the title you requested. Please note that this coupon is only valid for 75% off the title you requested, and is valid for single use. The coupon will expire after 7 days if you do not use it!

Your coupon code is: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Please use the coupon during the checkout process, you should see a box marked "Use promotion code", check the box and then enter your coupon, making sure to not have any spaces at the beginning or end of the coupon when entered. Click the "apply" button and allow the page to update, then confirm your order.

Regards,

What excellent service Direct2Drive have!

Ordered at £6.24 and downloading now 6.1MB/Sec

Thank you Robert1986 for providing this info!

FoxEye · 20 Nov 2010 at 20:55

nm, got the damn thing working.

one thing is sure, D2D isn't as simples as Steam.

Robert1986 · 20 Nov 2010 at 21:41

Mayfair said:
Thank you Robert1986 for providing this info!

FoxEye · 21 Nov 2010 at 04:16

++++ WinRAR failure notice ++++

If anyone downloads the .zip file and gets "archive is corrupt" errors in WinRAR, do not make the mistake I did and re-download. If you use WinRAR to extract it will throw this error at about 99% complete and installation will fail.

Extracting with 7-zip throws no errors and installation works fine!

I've never had a problem with WinRAR and believed it to be infallable. Thanks to this (mistaken) belief I've downloaded my monthly allowance in 2 downloads and will have to wait till next month to download the Episodes

Argh!

chrismscotland · 21 Nov 2010 at 09:50

Got mine for £6.25 but as its going to take forever to download I think I will be waiting until next weekend to get it!

Semiskimmed · 21 Nov 2010 at 18:33

FoxEye said:
++++ WinRAR failure notice ++++

If anyone downloads the .zip file and gets "archive is corrupt" errors in WinRAR, do not make the mistake I did and re-download. If you use WinRAR to extract it will throw this error at about 99% complete and installation will fail.

Extracting with 7-zip throws no errors and installation works fine!

I've never had a problem with WinRAR and believed it to be infallable. Thanks to this (mistaken) belief I've downloaded my monthly allowance in 2 downloads and will have to wait till next month to download the Episodes Argh!

thanks for this, ive just had a error in winrar, i too thoguht it was near bulletproof, wrong! installing 7zip now thanks to you sir :cool:

Mr Krugga · 21 Nov 2010 at 18:36

FoxEye said:
++++ WinRAR failure notice ++++

If anyone downloads the .zip file and gets "archive is corrupt" errors in WinRAR, do not make the mistake I did and re-download. If you use WinRAR to extract it will throw this error at about 99% complete and installation will fail.

Extracting with 7-zip throws no errors and installation works fine!

I've never had a problem with WinRAR and believed it to be infallable. Thanks to this (mistaken) belief I've downloaded my monthly allowance in 2 downloads and will have to wait till next month to download the Episodes Argh!

Saw "WinRAR failure", though "You're a failure".

Good lad for using 7-zip though.

I missed out on a deal, hesitated for too long. Oh well, let's hope it shows up on Steam Sales.

Semiskimmed · 21 Nov 2010 at 18:54

if you have problems installing it with an error about not having a suitable version of windows check here:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com...g/thread/26daa186-a765-43d8-84db-3cd54a852e5c