Anyone used Amazon to download AGs?

Lupin The Third · 12-27-2010, 02:51 PM

As I mentioned in the discount thread amazon is having a big sale on downloadable games with a bunch of AGs up to 75% off. Has anyone used their download service before? The couple of games I want have spectacularly discounted prices but I'm wary of Amazon's game dl software. When I used their music download software a while back it caused my system to screech to a halt and I had all kinds of problems until I uninstalled it. Does their game download manager do the same?

MoP · 12-27-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Amazon

Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.

That's what's stopping me at the moment. Not crazy about "download managers" as well.

Lupin The Third · 12-27-2010, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MoP

That's what's stopping me at the moment. Not crazy about "download managers" as well.

Bummer.

*Fantasysci5* · 12-28-2010, 06:45 AM

I haven't used the Amazon downloader for adventure games, but I used it for a game, and it worked fine and wasn't as obtrusive as Steam can be. If the prices are not a problem, I'd say go for it.

zane · 12-30-2010, 12:58 AM

do they make you verify over the internet everytime you play their games?

Couple of deals there have caught my eye... $2.50 for al emmo, and $5 for lost horizon. Games iv been curious about....

inm8#2 · 12-30-2010, 02:59 AM

FAQ

It sounds like the DRM will come from the game, not amazon. So, if a game doesn't have DRM, then amazon's download won't add it. I might be mistaken, though.

*Fantasysci5* · 12-30-2010, 09:32 AM

When I used it, all I needed the internet for was to download the game. Then I could delete the amazon downloader, and the game played fine, even with the absence of internet. So don't let the downloader stop you.

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Lupin The Third Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 174	Anyone used Amazon to download AGs? As I mentioned in the discount thread amazon is having a big sale on downloadable games with a bunch of AGs up to 75% off. Has anyone used their download service before? The couple of games I want have spectacularly discounted prices but I'm wary of Amazon's game dl software. When I used their music download software a while back it caused my system to screech to a halt and I had all kinds of problems until I uninstalled it. Does their game download manager do the same? Share Share this post on Twitter

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Fantasysci5 Stalker of Britain Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri, US Posts: 4,535	I haven't used the Amazon downloader for adventure games, but I used it for a game, and it worked fine and wasn't as obtrusive as Steam can be. If the prices are not a problem, I'd say go for it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "And everyone's favourite anglophile, Fantasy!"-Intense Favorite Adventure Games-Lost Crown/Dark Fall 1&2, Longest Journey games, Myst games, Barrow Hill Favorite Other Games-King's Bounty, Sims 2, Fable, Disciples 2 Gold Currently Playing-Trine 2 Games I Want-Kings Bounty: Warriors of the North!!!, Asylum, Last Crown, Braken Tor, Testament of Sherlock Holmes

12-30-2010, 12:58 AM	#5
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inm8#2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 569	FAQ It sounds like the DRM will come from the game, not amazon. So, if a game doesn't have DRM, then amazon's download won't add it. I might be mistaken, though. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ *Read the bolded part* "You ever wish you could just follow your instincts, live for the moment?" - Gabriel Knight Now playing - Legend of Grimrock Need to finish - The Whispered World Finished - Botanicula, The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Up Next - A New Beginning, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition Anticipating - Asylum, Bracken Tor, The Last Crown

12-30-2010, 09:32 AM	#7
Fantasysci5 Stalker of Britain Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri, US Posts: 4,535	When I used it, all I needed the internet for was to download the game. Then I could delete the amazon downloader, and the game played fine, even with the absence of internet. So don't let the downloader stop you. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "And everyone's favourite anglophile, Fantasy!"-Intense Favorite Adventure Games-Lost Crown/Dark Fall 1&2, Longest Journey games, Myst games, Barrow Hill Favorite Other Games-King's Bounty, Sims 2, Fable, Disciples 2 Gold Currently Playing-Trine 2 Games I Want-Kings Bounty: Warriors of the North!!!, Asylum, Last Crown, Braken Tor, Testament of Sherlock Holmes

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