Jeha, me too...
Holiday Surprise Box 2015, Square Enix Easter Surprise Box 2016
I was just stating that what you said "they [all] will be in a HB 2 weeks later anyways" is just false.
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FF8, FF13, FF 13-2
Anyways, I think you do not get my point...
It is true, that most of the last boxes were not as good as we could hoped for and most games got bundled afterwards or before, but your statement that all games get bundled for sure is bullshit.
And FF8 alone was worth the box.
plus you can refund the box anytime (at least I can).
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I think you should look up what sarcasm is...
Sarcasm would be "You should totally buy the box, since the humble bundle with more games for less money sucks."
Or do you want to tell people to buy the box in an sarcastic way? Then it's just bad.
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2016:
*Please note: All orders on the Square Enix Holiday Box 2016 are FINAL and refunds or exchanges are not possible with this order.
The link i saw that on was the NA store link ,it might be different if you buy from a different country.
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I guess it's for the NA store. I got this after purchasing from EU store:
Note: as soon as you unlock the activation key, you lose your right for a refund. Therefore, we invite you to proceed with the download and installation of your products prior to getting your key.
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Jep, one of the only things germany (or the EU) is good for.
I'm so used to being able to return everything bought online that I totally forgot it's not for all people.
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Games that have only been bundled once (afaik) are italicized.
Square Enix Holiday Surprise Box 2013
(£4.99/€6.99)
Tomb Raider, Just Cause 2, Hitman: Blood Money, and Dungeon Siege III
Humble SEnix 1 (2014)
$1 or more: Thief Gold, Daikatana, Mini Ninjas, Anachronox, Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
BTA: The Last Remnant, Just Cause, Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Contracts, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Deus Ex: The Fall, Hitman: Absolution, Nosgoth Veteran Pack, Battlestations: Midway
$15 or more: Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Director's Cut, Just Cause 2, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Deus Ex: Game of the Year, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Square Enix Holiday Surprise Box 2014
(£4.99/€6.99)
Thief – The Master Thief Edition, The Last Remnant, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Lara Croft: Guardian of Light, Deus Ex – The Fall, Nosgoth Founders – Warlord Pack
Humble SEnix 2 (2015)
$1 or more: Hitman Absolution, Supreme Commander 2
BTA: Thief, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut
$15 or more: Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs.
Square Enix Easter Surprise Box 2015
(£4/5.49€)
Life Is Strange - Episode 1, Just Cause Collection, Hitman Absolution Elite Edition, Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition
Square Enix Holiday Surprise Box 2015
(£4.99/€6.49/$9.99)
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Thief, Final Fantasy XIII, Life is Strange Episode 1, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (+30 days of play)
Humble SEnix 3 (2015)
$1 or more: Last Remnant, Life Is Strange Episode 1, Tomb Raider I, II + III, and Murdered: Soul Suspect.
BTA: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (+30 days of play), Just Cause Collection, Front Mission Evolved, Gyromancer, Yosumin
$13 $8.99 or more: Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris, Tomb Raider: GOTY Edition, and Hitman Absolution: Elite Edition.
Square Enix Easter Surprise Box 2016
(£4.99/€6.49/$9.99)
Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Quantum Conundrum, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut
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In short, Final Fantasy games (other than the online one) have never been bundled outside of SQEnix boxes, and nothing in the last box has been rebundled since (and only one of the games in it had been bundled before).
Other than that, you're correct, the Humble Bundles have been arguably better deals, and had more exclusives (with all but the last box having only at most one exclusive game). However, perhaps some individuals want to gamble on this box being of the same quality as the previous box earlier this year.
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I could have sworn Quantum Conundrum was bundled before too, but perhaps I am mistaken
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I'm thinking about it simply because how expensive FF games can be and the only time they went on a good sale it was a pricing error.
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Because sarcasm is notoriously hard to detect via the internet. But, on that note I should probably apologise for not detecting it earlier and being a bit of a tit.
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so if i got it right now you wanted to say in real that the surprise box is close to always a good deal. if thats the case i think no one understood that, at least not me and some friends.
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no, maybe i have a different understanding of sarcasm. the sentence means without sarcasm that we shall not buy the box cause its a waste. and with sarcasm it means the same?
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Out of curiosity, is there a difference if a game has been bundled once, twice or thrice, etc. on SG?
Or are they all still 15% of cost once bundled, however many times?
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Ok cool, was just wondering why there's always emphasis on how many times a game has been bundled.
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several times bundles can mean that you already have it ;) in case you buy a lot of bundles ^^
super bad with mystery bundles...
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Two main reasons, I think:
First, it indicates likely trade value, informing people how likely it is they can trade for it cheaply or trade it off easily.
Second, it indicates likelihood of rebundling in future bundles- if a game has never been bundled before or only been bundled once, a year ago or more, it may be worth getting the bundle just for it. Meanwhile, if the game has been in 8 previous bundles, you can safely write it off in calculating if the bundle is worth buying, since you know it's likely to pop in a [potentially more appealing] bundle later on.
As gabe touched on, even just by listing the rebundle count as a bit of interest, it highlights the games that haven't been bundled. So in a way, it's a manner of sorting which games you should give the most consideration at first glance.
In the end, though, it's really just extra information, and thread creators typically just include it for completion, for the sake of those that do find it relevant in some way. It's not like there's inherent (lack of) value based off a game's bundle count. On the other hand, if a bundle is full of nothing but rebundles, it may be better to wait for a configuration of those games which is more preferable to your tastes. Nevermind that previously bundled (non-AAA) games are likely to get less interest in giveaways, so you can usually pick up the one or two games you're missing here on SG, if not by trading.
And, of course, as gabe noted, if it's a mystery bundle, the rebundle count matters quite a bit (for those with libraries of a size larger than just a handful of games)..
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My curiosity also seems to assume that there are reasons beyond just mere facts or nice-to-have information. :)
Thanks for the explanation and viewpoint...even after 2 years of active use on SG now, I'm still learning stuff every week or so.
I'm not big on trading due to so many instances of fraud...it just seems too much effort to spend time on getting everything right to make sure the trader isn't shady.
And on your last point, despite the copious amounts of bundles and my growing library (only 11 behind you it seems), there are still so many games still missing from my collection. ;)
Also, (belated) congrats on reaching level 8, which I assume was in the last month or so. :)
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As a game hoarder, the rebundle information is the only thing I care for when blindly preordering some nonsense. YMMV.
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I've bough the Humble Square Enix Bundle 3 at 8,99$US and wasn't BTA.
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Nor do I. $8.99 got you Tier 3 for that bundle (it was lowered from $13 after the start, see comment here).
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Thanks for gathering the info! (I'll wait for Humble SEnix 4, though)
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Whatever gets me a shot at FFXIII is fine by me.. :X
Looks like they've pretty much run through their non-FF Steam Catalogue in previous bundles, though, other than Dragon Quest Heroes: Slime Edition, Just Cause 3, Life is Strange: Complete, and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
So unless SqEnix wants to give us a very delicious holiday bundle, I'm not seeing them releasing one this year (or at least not one without a ton of repeats). :'(
On a related note, LiS:Complete seems a very likely inclusion in this holiday box, given their trend toward rereleasing different versions of the same games through the bundles/boxes, along with it being the least notable of the thus-far-unbundled possible inclusions.
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What games included last year? I can't remember, but some received Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition and FF XIII-2 among them.
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I think that the games on the box were also FF VIII, XIII and XIV, Quantum Conundrum, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Thief and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.
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that guy that wanted to sue square-enix is probably dying to buy it. ❤️
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Maybe they could tell us the surprise news about releasing Final Fantasy XV on PC :)
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if we have this box again my guess are :
Lightning Returns
FF 14 heavensward
Life is strange complete
Just cause 3
An Eidos Go game (deus ex go or hitman go ? or both )
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Too many expensive games for a single box, unless they rise the price
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Yes for JC. but :
LR is 99.99% sure . After the Xiii and Xiii-2 it's logic
FF 14 why not . Already has the Base game and the second expansion is for summer .
Life is strange and Go game are not expensive .
Ok for JC 3 but so we will have some repeats i'm afraid .
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You shall from now on be known as 'The Prince of Wishful Thinking'.
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Deus Ex Go isn't even out on Steam.
All previous bundles were all PC-games and 99% Steam (that MMO being single exception iirc).
So Hitman Go Definitive, maybe :P
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(that MMO being single exception iirc).
Huh. I checked, and yeah, both bundles with it didn't come with a steam key. How peculiar.
Maybe just didn't want to let Steam have a chance of taking a cut of that Heavensward DLC purchase cost? :P
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It's actually rare to give steam keys for MMOs. Elder Scrolls Online is non-steam too.
I guess it could be that or other reasons.
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Other'n DLC concerns or Steam taking a cut of any wallet funds used for in-game purchases through Steam, I can't imagine there'd be any reason not to generate and provide the keys. If that latter one is a thing, though, that'd definitely explain it.
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Allegedly -- with Elite Dangerous -- Frontier took so long to give Steam keys to crowd funding backers because Valve wanted a cut of all further purchases made by buyers who play the game through Steam. It's not unheard of.
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That is a good point but you also have to realize that Heavensward rarely goes on sale on Steam whereas you can usually find it for much cheaper off of Steam. You also can't activate non-steam DLC with Steam version of the base game (I don't know why). So I'd say they win in one sense but lose in another having it not be a Steam key.
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That is a good point but you also have to realize that Heavensward rarely goes on sale on Steam whereas you can usually find it for much cheaper off of Steam.
Valve takes a 30% sales cut. It can afford to be cheaper off of Steam. :X
But yeah, reading up on the compatibility issues, it really sounds like they made a mess of things there. :X
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Yeah, I do get what you mean, the compatibility is just the really odd part in it all. Ah well, not like we know what they'll do :P
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For what it's worth Lara Croft GO just came out, but it's probably too soon for it to be bundled
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Excuse me sir, first time i hear about surprise box of square enix, whats about them?
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I'm looking forward for it. I got at least one game that I'm interested in from every bundle, traded or created giveaways for the rest. I'm EU and the price is very good, more value than other blind bundles (ex. Humble Monthly).
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Considering that the last few years we got one around this time, I imagine we will also be getting one this year, even if so far there was no official announcement.
Hopefully Life is strange, and either FF IX or X will be in it, but that's probably wishful thinking from me lol
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Around when is it usually announced for Christmas?
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Last time you could cancel the oder after it got revealed - European citizens only.
Maybe I will have a look. But last time was soooo fail I decided to no more buy anything from them.
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It ends up being cheaper for me to get the games that I want than buying the surprise box remix with games they already bundled a thousand times plus a game that you might want... or not.
good luck though!
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I'm eagerly awaiting it! And I'm still salty for missing the "Easter Surprise".
As for which games will be included, Lightning Returns is pretty much confirmed... then, if I had to guess something, I'm sure they will include the first episode of the new Hitman, both to "inflate" the bundle price, and to try getting more players to buy the complete season.
Friendly reminder that it uses Denuvo, like all recently published Square Enix games.
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Is it true that if you get banned / blocked from one of your Denuvo games (for whatever arbitrary reasons), this ban is valid for all Denuvo games you might own?
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I may give it a try, but most of games of SquareEnix publisher I have already)
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I was pleased with it last year. Even with some games getting bundled sometimes, it's still a great deal in it's own right.
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I hope not, if they do, everyone will be talking about how dissapointing it is :P
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But a few weeks later, those who did'nt bought this Surprise Box, wil be buying the Humble Bundle Square Enix 4 with more games and a better deal.
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when it comes - where to find ? direct at square enix ?
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You live in the EU so for internet buys you should be able to get a refund even with surprise boxes. Last year they did to apply to European custom laws. Sofar I have not seen a clear exception (like HH has now for the monthly's). So I think this will be a no risk for Europeans.
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That is handy to know!
I never did a holiday box, only the easter one. I was pretty happy with it since it had alot I did not own, but this one..
Doubt doubt doubt ^^
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wow they did change their mind apparently now they're doing it
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which year? 2015 easter or 2016? (i'm speaking of 2015 easter)
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www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/49yyzs/squareenix_easter_surprise_box_999/
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?? a euro price list is supposed to confirm NA was also included?
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the link is to the NA store. The price was $9,99
EU doesn't use dollars but euros
edit: BTW £ this is pound (UK)
euro looks like this €
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ohhh.. the title.. okay.. all the prices contained inside the topic are £
that still doesn't state anything about it being available in NA really. i know i typed up an email complaining cause i couldn't buy it at all.
edit: its only a 9month old topic when i'm talking about ~18month ago holiday. ;)
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yes, because i think it was the first time they did it for the NA store. So this will be the second time i guess.
edit: this topic was for 2016 easter
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it's worth noting that he NA bundle looks to be distributed the day after the EU one.
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Meanwhile I'm worried it says PC download.
So steam goodies? xD
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good point, no idea if it even will include steamkeys.
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I'm on my mobile and get this: "Steam key issued upon purchase. Activate via your Steam account." looks like it'll be Steam Keys right?
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says that for the EU page, but nowhere on the NA page.. i'm sure they do too ofc though, just missed adding that info to the page.
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6,50€ for 7 games. I wonder what games there will be this year. Last year I shed a tear after realizing HumbleBundle had exact same games, even more, for cheaper price. Well, except the Final Fantasy code, which I never played nor used. Sooo hmmm...
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Treat yourself to a seasonal selection box of digital delights worth over £55! for 7 games? :( so might be some shit games :(
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happy cakeday! =)
so might be some shit games
well.. i wouldn't say shit games so much as already owned by most people though. they already kinda bundle the crap outta their games, so getting a variety of unowned games can be troublesome.. but the titles included in these things are usually still good.
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Someone expecting it?
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