/vr/ - Retro Games

>diablofags needed pack-in strategy guides for their point and clicks
oh no no no

Heh

>>7791826
do they make them at all? its all digital these days, no?

>>7791835
it was a scam to get ppl who only needed a new cd key to spend $60-$100

>>7791826
This didn't come with Hellfire.
>>7791861
You can get the console versions physically, but they certainly don't come with anything other than a disc or cartridge. Though the Switch did get a custom Diablo III console, oddly enough.

no one remembers when games cost like $40 and included everything, wow

>>7791921
yeah i remember buying the d2 battlechest for 40 canadian in 2004

>>7791835
The biggest scams are strategy guides for something that will get a balance patch within a week like this or fighting games

>>7791921
I only ever saw that thing in Wal-Mart for $20.

>>7792113
that one lacked diablo 1, i got one too

>>7791826
I got this for $20 like a decade ago when gamestop was having some sort of promo. Spent so many hours playing those games.

>>7791826
I had the starcraft, and warcraft 3 battle chests. I bought d2 right when it came out.

>>7792338
i made sure to grab one of those too, i dont think they're stocked on shelves anymore

>>7792350
Yeah wish I would have gotten the d2 battle chest. I only have d1 on Playstation.

>>7791826
It was amazing value for $20USD. I guess maybe there is less waste and more eco friendly with modern digital distribution, but my old sensibilities still enjoy reading from books. Now updates and patches are more easily obtained, and more cost effective to just browse for the information online, so it is better now.

>>7792354
It was always fun reading through the books though, and looking at all the artwork. Metzen was awesome.

>>7791863
Thats a lie. This, the warcraft, and StarCraft battlechests were only 40$ new at Walmart or Target

>>7791863
Quit talking out of your ass

>>7791826
I had this exact boxset when i was a young lad. I miss Diablo.

>>7792839
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX

>get Starsiege back in the day
>comes with a thicc manual and a tl;dr tier lore book
Games had maximum soul back then.

>>7791826
>>7792354
I have Starcraft 2 chest, i think i paid $25 for it brand new sealed. Got it through local police auction, they auction off seized goods and lost and found bus and subway system items. This was found on a subway train.

Does anyone make box protectors for these yet?

>>7794031
It's called a bookshelf

>>7791863
>$60-$100
battlechests were like 20-40$ CND in 2003 newer models came with the OST on CD pretty fucking sweet deal

I think I've bought like 5-6 of them over the years just for the CD keys

>>7791861
Diablo 3 still came with a little manual, which looks kinda neat, but that was the special collector edition or whatever. Shame I never found scans.

>>7794443
Diablo 3 is trash

bought this at a Fred Meyers the same year TF2 came out

>>7794501
I was talking about that little manual, anyway.

>>7794589
word

>>7791826
>not shaped like a chest
cringe

>>7791826
I would get lost reading the starcraft 1 manual for hours. Got really into the lore.

>>7794053
Found the helpful person with blizzard battlechests in his only bookshelf

Can you even get physical copies of PC games these days? The last one I remember grabbing was Rome 2.

>>7791863
This is the truth, get banned on battlenet for hacking or talking shit, go to funcoland, buy one of these, and youre back at it

>>7796178
I only have Famicom games and kaiju movies on my bookshelf

>>7791863
I got mine for $20 at Wal-Mart.

>>7797089
Most big AAA games still come out as physical just to claim some shelf space as advertisement in walmarts and shit, but it's always just steam codes in slip cases. The overwhelming majority of PC game sales are just completely digital by this point.