Sid Meier's Civilization V - $19.97USD on Greenman Gaming [EXPIRED]

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DEAL IS NOW EXPIRED

Greenman Gaming have Sid Meier's Civilization V for 19.97USD (slightly cheaper after the currency conversion). For references sake the game is 79.99USD on Steam.

The game must be activated on Steam as it's DRM is Steam itself. There is no other DRM involved.

I believe the deal is for 24 hours only.

NOTE: The 20% off Greenman Gaming voucher CANNOT be used in conjunction with this deal.

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  mehfew on 07/04/2011 - 12:28

  Awesome! Thanks for the heads up, been waiting for this game to come down in price! :D

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    nix1016 on 07/04/2011 - 12:40

    me too… just got it! Thanks for the great bargain! :)

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  CuteChocobo on 07/04/2011 - 12:50

  OMG time to get a second copy for a cousin! =)

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  Scratch2k on 07/04/2011 - 13:47

  I'm always a bit dubious of these key selling sites, but paying by paypal using a credit card is a pretty good insurance policy against them being fraudsters so thanks for posting the deal.

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    Tilduke on 07/04/2011 - 13:51

    I agree.
    Has anyone here used greenman gaming before? There has to be a dubious loophole they are exploiting to make it so much cheaper than steam.

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      nix1016 on 07/04/2011 - 13:56

      Or steam could just be overcharging? Look at the amount of discounts they are able to give (80%+) and still make a profit. This game was on sale on steam for $29 just a couple of months ago.

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      matthudson on 07/04/2011 - 14:34

      Steam sells Civ V for $50 if you are (un)lucky enough to be american, so it's not as large of a discount as you first think

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    lechuck123 on 07/04/2011 - 14:09

    I had a look at this site the other day when they had another game up here and was trying to work out what the deal is.
    Are they just another key website that send a scanned key to you in your email, or do they send the boxed game to you?

    I think the almost identical copy of the steam site makes me more suspicious…

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      Kelstorm on 07/04/2011 - 19:36

      For this game GMG gives you a cd-key which you register in steam. I just bought it, and steam happily accepted the key. So, regardless of what happens now I trust steam and steam says I own Civ V. That's good enough for me.

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        lechuck123 on 08/04/2011 - 16:50

        My housemate bought L4D2 off one of those CD key sites, it worked in steam for about a month then suddenly it just disappeared from his games list.
        When he emailed steam they told him to send a copy of his CD key to confirm he owned it, so he sent the scan that the website sent him, then they wanted a photo of the manual with it (which he didn't have).

        When he emailed the CD key site, they gave him a new key pre-loaded in to a different steam account, but really, who wants two different account?

        I bought my key from the same place and it's worked ever since the game came out, so he must have been unlucky, but it's made me a lot more weary of those sites…

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    [Deactivated] on 07/04/2011 - 14:12

    +1

    Its not a CDkey site its a Digital Distribution service like Steam, Direct2Drive, Impulse, Gamersgate and Gametap.

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  sharky_k on 07/04/2011 - 14:48

  anyone know if this will work for the mac version on steam?

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    Vladdo on 07/04/2011 - 14:54

    Yes.. I bought a PC retail copy, activated it within steam and when logging into my work Mac, it shows up as playable..

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    [Deactivated] on 07/04/2011 - 14:54

    It should since its a Steamplay title (Both Mac and PC cross-platform)

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      sharky_k on 07/04/2011 - 15:09

      cool, thanks

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  sharky_k on 07/04/2011 - 15:10

  +1

  worth upgrading from Civ 4?

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    Evil-Elmo on 07/04/2011 - 15:45

    Was wondering this myself… I still have a lot of playability in C4 BTS.

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    MHLoppy on 07/04/2011 - 18:17

    I've only seen a few reviews, but one review said that "It's really like a bunch of Civ fans got together and said 'right, let's fix all the things that have been bugging us' and the result is awesome."

    Depends how much of a fan you are of the Civ series, how much you're enjoying Civ 4 and how much you value ~$20.

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      Evil-Elmo on 07/04/2011 - 19:36

      Yeah, for $20 and with comments like that I think I'll give it a go. Been playing since Civ 1 and was only disappointed with Civ3, so good odds of being happy. The non-stacking units should be a good (or at least interesting) change.

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        MHLoppy on 07/04/2011 - 19:40

        Out of Civ 2 and 3, I barely played 2 but thought 3 was alright lol. What am I missing?

        But stacking units could be interesting in Civ3.. get mutual right of passage, stack 3 or 4 offensive units outside every single city they have then take them over in 1 turn ^_^ that was awesome fun lol, the AI tried to block me by sticking all their units randomly in their territory, had to use marines on a few coastal cities (since it's the only unit with amphibious attack, plus it has the only handheld submachine gun :))

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  Wampus on 07/04/2011 - 18:21

  Thanks, just bought it, works fine on Steam, fantastic bargain

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  dkslim on 07/04/2011 - 19:46

  Anyone know how good this game is in multiplayer mode?

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  Lenneth on 07/04/2011 - 23:38

  When you buy this from this store does the game then pop up in the steam library and you can download it from in there?

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  tsunamisurfer on 08/04/2011 - 00:39

  +3

  Hang on guys….I'm still on Civ 2.

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  n1 on 08/04/2011 - 10:04

  +1

  Damn it…. just missed it.