One Mystery Bundle per month keeps your wallet at bay?
First time I've ever bought a mystery bundle. I'm not sure how well I did, or if I even broke even. I already owned Tropic 5, but the other 2 are new for me.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - $6.56 on cdkeys
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - $3.72 on eneba
Tropico 5 - $4.62 on Kinguin (overpriced?)
Cost on grey market: $14.90
Paid: $11.38
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How are these even worth it? At least for Groupees "mystery" bundles, everyone was guaranteed the same games and one game was not five dollars by itself. Sure some of these games would be bargains at that price in a sense, but there are some that people would consider overpriced even at a discounted price (Tropico, Tomb Raider, Human Fall Flat)
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I want Wolfenstein, but it would be cheaper to just buy it than bet on this and get games I don't want instead for a higher price.
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (uncut) Steam Key GLOBAL on eneba for 3 EUR
Wolfenstein: The New Order RoW Steam CD Key on kinguin for €4.25
sooo, not worth a bit to buy by you ;)
source: gg.deals
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Yeah it's a bit dumb. There's not really any thrill in gambling for something that would be cheaper to buy on its own. :s
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Dont trust eneba and kinguin. Only buy from official resellers. So its a good price for both old blood and new order.
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I personally never had problems with them. I don't force anyone to buy from these key shops :)
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Of course my friend i didnt say you force anything. They are just grey market and the keys arent from the official developers.
Here is some of the kinguin complains and eneba is a bit worse with many gray keys that steam remove if find out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kinguin/new/
I buy always from fanatical/gamebillet/humble/chrono etc official retailers. Its ok if they have something 1-2 euro more than keyshop. Better safe than sorry with these unofficial markets.
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Better safe than sorry
I've had keys revoked that were bought from Fanatical.
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Really? What they said about that? I buy a lot from fanatical the past months and everything was flawless.
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Hi
Sorry you've had this issue.
Unfortunately we don't have any more keys for "Larva Mortus" now to replace the one originally delivered through [your order] in July 2017 and the other order.
We'd generally recommend that you activate keys sooner, because the longer that elapses after an order is delivered the less likely we are to be abler to help on the rare occasions that issues do arise.
Sorry
Tim
No replacement. No refund. Just an apology and an admonition.
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Shame on them then. Didnt knew many stories about keys revoked from official retailers. But maybe all the keys have something like expired date? Even humble suggest to use the keys as soon as possible because after some time they maybe wont work anymore.
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Keys do not expire. What happens is the developers get bored one day and go to the Steam dev portal and check which of the old keys they've distributed haven't been activated yet. Then they click the revoke button thereby defrauding hundreds or thousands of customers.
Then the developers don't respond to your email, your web support request, or your chat ticket. Meridian4 are 💩.
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Wow didnt knew that thank you for telling me. So its a fault of Devs? And why the do that? The keys are official sold to customers through third retailers. Why they revoked them? Isnt it a fraud?
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Why they revoked them?
Ignorance. Boredom. Maybe they visited G2A on a whim, saw people selling keys for their game and figured they'd deactivate the old keys hoping to stop the sales.
Isnt it a fraud?
Yes.
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I understand thank you. Its the grey market that developers dont like and make keys revoked.
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They don't expire, but it's not unheard of for a dev to revoke unused keys after a while. I've had a few trades and giveaways for old keys go wrong because of this, but I stick by my personal rule that that's the risk I take and I buy them the game instead.
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How much was that? 1 euro? :D
I never buy new games from keyshop for these problems, but old games, why not? I bought 200 games from these shops at least. Never had a problem. And if I had, I only lost 5euro max.
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You might be able to trade it on Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/Gamebundles/comments/gvvrya/fanaticalpremium_mystery_bundle_up_to_3_keys_for/?sort=new
A lot of people are happy to trade the games they already have or don't want.
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GOG gave an email coupon for both Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and The New Order for $7:50.
I got both from Fanatical for $8.99.
Anyhow you look at it, not gambling is def cheaper
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Ahh, the beauty of copyright and the resulting price discrimination...given some time, you can have all the titles listed above for cheap! Is this bundle really worth it then? Old Blood, New Order, Sniper 3, Tropico 5, Mankind Divided, Tomb Raider GOTY, Road Redemption, Rise of Industry, American Fugitive, and Metro Redux have all been on sale or part of a bundle during the last 6 weeks for $2.50 - $6.00 each OR LESS depending on the bundle and website you use. Borderlands Handsome is COMPLETELY FREE right now over at Epic Games.com. Even Fantatical's Star Deals haven't been the lowest current price for the same titles. Unless Fanatical brings in some new titles that are being discounted for the first time, why pay $3-$5 each for a random assortment from games that you either A) already purchased for the lowest prices around because you were patient and paid attention while recently looking for the games you actually wanted, or B) will be able to find on sale for cheaper again sometime during the next few months as they cycle back through the sale rotations. Unless you don't own any of these games and really want some of them right now this very minute and are willing to pay this price, I don't think this "bundle" is really the best value around. A decent value, maybe. Hard maybe. But definitely not the best.
Consider:
Epic Releases a new FREE game tomorrow, there are more bundles coming out on Fanatical this week (though I'm starting to feel pessimistic about the possibilities), Humble Choice releases on Friday the 5th with up to 9 games for $12-$15 depending on when you signed up for the service, GOG's sale lasts till the 15th though most of their prices are 2-5% higher than others, Epic's Mega sale lasts till the 11th (and includes a $10 off coupon for use on every order over $14.99, for example, Control's price is brought down to $19.99 with the coupon), CDKeys has some great deals on titles that are starting to age a little, etc...There are so many other possibilities to find the lowest of the low for so many of these games that I just can't find it in me, at least, to fork over $ on this bundle.
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1 MYSTERY KEY FOR €5.49 ?? Way too expensive for something random. When u pay 5€ for something u dont even need... its better buy bundle coz u know there is at least something u want xD
99% u get for 5€ something u can get directly for 0.5-3€ :D
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So I can either spend €5.49 and hope I didn't waste it on a game I don't want and will never play, or already own...
Or go to ITAD, sort my Waitlist by current price, and spend it directly on a game I do want somewhere else.
Easy choice.
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- Fear Effect Sedna - Currently bundled, approx value $0.50
- Goetia - Bundled (again) in the last month, approx value $0.50
- Wolfenstein The Old Blood - approx value $4
Games I didn't own - approx value $0
The opportunity to regret spending $12 forever... priceless.
Dang, they got me.
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PASS! these are all just bundle leftovers... nothing "fresh"
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I got
- The Evil Within
- Sigma Theory (redeemed that one)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ehh. Could be worse. Could be Tropico 5. What else am I gonna spend my vacation bonus on this year anyway (except that 55inch tv we got because our old tv broke cries in empty wallet)
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Already got burned like fucking three times in this - hate to say it you better off going to the casino then doing this mystery rip off.
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I got:
1st
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Tomb Raider
Rise of Industry
2nd
American Fugitive
The Evil Within
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
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Did 2 pulls:
1st
Metro Exodus
Human Fall Flat
Saints Row 4 Game of the Century Edition
2nd
Woflenstein The New Order
Modern Warfare 3
Borderlands The Handsome Collection
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Registered: 34 minutes ago
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Nice pulls.
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sry, i dont get your comment...
Metro Exodus - would be a nice game. its historical low was at 12,39€
Human Fall Flat - was in the Tier 1 bundle on Humble Bundle (0,89€) with others and also in many other bundles, so its not that big of a deal to sell it for 4 bucks
Saints Row 4 Game of the Century Edition - compared to steam the historical low was at 1,38€ for it...
so if you add the historical lows, he got games that would had cost
12,39€+0,89€+1,38€ = 14,66€
bundle price in €: €13,19
So he saved 1,47€ but missed also the games from the bundle (The Flame in the Flood, Infested Planet, Infested Planet - Trickster's Arsenal)
Woflenstein The New Order was on steam for 2,88€ in the past. so selling it for 4 or 5 bucks might be not a bad deal for fanatical^^
Modern Warfare 3 - this game was on fanatical bundle for 6,25€ (with some dlc). On GamesPlanet DE and FR it was sold for 4,63€ but as i dont know how legit the website is, i will calculate with fanaticals higher price. btw: its a 9 years old game O.o
Borderlands The Handsome Collection was sold by Fanatical for 4,64€.
So you could have got the games in the past for 2,88€+6,25€+4,64€ = 13,77€
bundle price in €: €13,19
So he saved here 0,58€ but missed the dlcs for moden warfare: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1, 2, 3: Chaos Pack, 4: Final Assault
so in total: he could have got the games in the past for almost the same price (just 2€ more but with more games and DLCs as well) but would be able to choose the games he want instead of getting what ever fanatical throws at him^^
So to me it dont looks like too fishy and even not so "nice" (but probably compared to some other picks^^)
PS: i only used priced from steam and humble bundle and as fanatical is at least as trustworthy as fanatical, i checked their prices as well. other sites had probably cheaper prices but as i dont know them, i dont know if all listed keyseller on isthereanydeal are trustworthy...
TLDR: the "nice" picks are looking much worse if you calculate the lowest prices or bundle prices.
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Borderlands The Handsome Collection
Road Redemption
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
meh
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Borderlands The Handsome Collection was sold by Fanatical for $5.39
Road Redemption had its historical low at $6.59 (the price on grey markets is below $2)
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard was on Kalypso Pick & Mix Bundle where you could choose 3 games for $2.49
so you could have gotten these games for $5.39 + $6.59 + $2.49€ = $14,47
you paid $11.99
So you saved $2.48 compared to the historical lows in total but also didnt could choose two other games of the kalypso bundle (and you couldnt choose the games you get and might had already some of them. if you are trading, it might be ok.
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I got the Handsome Collection for €3 last year, and that's the only reason I own it on Steam. I think it might have been GMG. I had some gifted wallet credit there and was using up the last of it. lol.
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Thank you guys for this list. You spare me 13 euro :D
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Goetia - Already have....
Tomb Raider - Again already have.............
Wolfenstein: The New Order - WINNER
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I hate myself for doing that... I haven't expected getting 3x Cyberpunks, but that is way much overpriced crap.
Human: Fall Flat
Tomb Raider GOTY Edition (0 cv, owned)
Tropico 5
I guess worst pull so far
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(I got out of mine
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
The Evil Within
Fear Effect Sedna
Considering i own almost 10K Games on Steam and only owned Fear Effect Sedna, I would call this a Win for me and one of my best Pulls out of their Mystery Bundles. I would say I got damn lucky this time. I don't hardly ever buy their Mystery Bundles and due to the Comments on here, i was Highly on the Fence, but I felt Lucky and took the Chance. Glad I Listened to my Heart and Gut this time. :P)
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congrats. wolfenstein and the evil within are both games i thoroughly had fun with.
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Opening 5x Fanatical Premium Mystery Bundles...15 Games in Total https://youtu.be/UksrVjvqoBY
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Did anyone actually get Forgotton Anne? Because it seems to be hinted at but is not in the list and nobody here mentioned getting it. Also what is with this currency translation?
Actual currency translation: 11.99 $ = 10.60 €
Fanatical currency translation: 11.99 $ = 13.19 €
What is with this 25 % price increase? This can't be some kind of taxes alone, right?
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Eeee... Ooh-... Ahhh-...
Well, I got one of the games I was kind of interested in at least, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Also got Tropico 5, and Rise of Industry.
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Four Bundles, what I received from each below:
Order One.
Guns, Gore, And Cannoli 2 (Snagged)
Shadows: Awakening (Snagged)
Sigma Theory: Global War (Potential GA)
Order Two
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 (Potential GA)
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (Snagged)
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (Gifted to friend)
Order Three
Dead Island Definitive Edition (GA Fodder)
The Evil Within (Snagged)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Snagged)
Order Four:
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (GA Fodder)
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (Potential GA)
The Evil Within (GA Fodder)
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Mine ^^ :
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
The Evil Within
Tomb Raider GOTY Edition
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Premium Mystery Bundle
03 Jun 2020 - 02 Jul 2020 (as part of the BundleFest 2020)
View this bundle on: ITAD - Barter.vg
1 random key for $4.99 | €5.49 | £4.95 | CA$6.99 | AU$8.45 | RUB419
2 random keys for $8.99 | €9.89 | £8.85 | CA$12.59 | AU$15.15 | RUB755
3 random keys for $11.99 | €13.19 | £11.79 | CA$16.79 | AU$20.19 | RUB1005
Guess the games
Guesses
Clue 1: Forgotton Anne
Clue 2: Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Clue 3: Human: Fall Flat
Note: Apparently some games might have region locks ("This product will ONLY activate in the following regions: Austria, Israel, Russian Federation, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia")
Loot box
☠ - Game was free at some time and does not grant any CV if given away.
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