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Best place to buy/acquire adventure games?

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Hi all

Obviously the store or steam is a great resource but how would I go about buy a game such as Black Mirror? Ive heard its a gem Smile

I dont live stateside so dont have as much access to games as the americans do

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I just got Black Mirror 2 and 3 at half-price books, they look fabulous.

I would recommend Amazon.com or simply download them from the adventure shop.

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Mikekelly - 06 August 2013 10:52 PM

I would recommend Amazon.com ...

You can only buy games at Amazon.com if you live in the USA.

Best places to buy adventure games for download is IMO: GOG, The Adventure Shop, Steam and sometimes Gamesgate. Note that the Adventure Shop has both a US and EU version and the US version is actually cheaper, but has a few less games.

     

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Iznogood - 06 August 2013 11:18 PM
Mikekelly - 06 August 2013 10:52 PM

I would recommend Amazon.com ...

You can only buy games at Amazon.com if you live in the USA.

If we’re talking physical products, Amazon.com ships outside the US if it’s mentioned on the specific product.

     
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Iznogood - 06 August 2013 11:18 PM
Mikekelly - 06 August 2013 10:52 PM

I would recommend Amazon.com ...

You can only buy games at Amazon.com if you live in the USA.

Best places to buy adventure games for download is IMO: GOG, The Adventure Shop, Steam and sometimes Gamesgate. Note that the Adventure Shop has both a US and EU version and the US version is actually cheaper, but has a few less games.

These are the places where I buy games.

Also, sometimes
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One should also keep their eyes peeled for the different bundle sales. Indie Gala, Indie Royale, Humble Bundle etc. They often include a few adventures.

     

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Well, Amazon does have a UK shop and a German shop:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

http://www.amazon.de/

So maybe Amazon has a shop for his country or can use one of the UK, US or German shoops

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Kasper F. Nielsen - 07 August 2013 12:08 AM
Iznogood - 06 August 2013 11:18 PM
Mikekelly - 06 August 2013 10:52 PM

I would recommend Amazon.com ...

You can only buy games at Amazon.com if you live in the USA.

If we’re talking physical products, Amazon.com ships outside the US if it’s mentioned on the specific product.

You can buy digital products in amazon.com but you have to put a fake US address, but it works.

Amazon.co.uk also has a digital games store now but the selection is short so far

     
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There’s some sort of regional restriction with the first Black Mirror, you can’t buy it outside certain countries. Gamersgate has it, for example, but you can only buy it from North America.

     
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Gonchi - 07 August 2013 02:04 PM

There’s some sort of regional restriction with the first Black Mirror, you can’t buy it outside certain countries. Gamersgate has it, for example, but you can only buy it from North America.

Yeah, it was offered in that void slot thing to other countries too but the whole thing is scrapped now, at least in most places. Would have played it if I had known it was going to be available just for half a year or something like that.

     

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millenia - 07 August 2013 02:18 PM
Gonchi - 07 August 2013 02:04 PM

There’s some sort of regional restriction with the first Black Mirror, you can’t buy it outside certain countries. Gamersgate has it, for example, but you can only buy it from North America.

Yeah, it was offered in that void slot thing to other countries too but the whole thing is scrapped now, at least in most places. Would have played it if I had known it was going to be available just for half a year or something like that.

Trying to think if it’s available somewhere else, but I don’t recall actually seeing the game sold anywhere.

Pretty easy to find on eBay, at least.

     
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You can only buy games from Amazon.com if you live in the USA


Well, for example - Amazon does have a UK shop and a German shop:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

http://www.amazon.de/

I checked with Amazon.com and they said they have stores in the following countries:

Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Spain United Kingdom

So odds are good that Amazon has a shop for his country.

Finally, I’ve bought LOTS of adventure games from EBAY - I’ve always gotten the game and got it promply. I buy games from other countries this way often.

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The best place to buy an adventure game is directly from its developer (if they offer such a service) as this means (a little) more of the money will go to the people actually responsible for the making of the game. Otherwise, as mentioned earlier, Adventure Shop and GOG are great webshops which deserves to be supported aswell.

     

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Dag - 07 August 2013 06:53 PM

The best place to buy an adventure game is directly from its developer (if they offer such a service) as this means (a little) more of the money will go to the people actually responsible for the making of the game…

Yeah, whenever it is possible I also try to buy directly from the developers.

Mikekelly - 07 August 2013 06:33 PM

I checked with Amazon.com and they said they have stores in the following countries:

Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Spain United Kingdom

So odds are good that Amazon has a shop for his country.

wilco - 07 August 2013 06:56 AM

Amazon.co.uk also has a digital games store now but the selection is short so far

As wilco said, so far it is really only the US Amazon that has a catalogue of AG that makes it worth it, but that can of course change in the future.

     

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