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Crusaders of the Lost Idols: Epic Starter Pack Giveaway
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Game Giveaway of the day — Crusaders of the Lost Idols: Epic Starter Pack

Play the award winning clicker game of heroic awesomeness with an EPIC boost!
$9.99 EXPIRED
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Crusaders of the Lost Idols: Epic Starter Pack was available as a giveaway on January 15, 2017!

Today Giveaway of the Day
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A real-time global game in 3D for online strategy battle fans.

Please note: This content requires the base game Crusaders of the Lost Idols on Steam in order to play. You can download and install the basic edition of Crusaders of the Lost Idols free of charge.

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is the Award Winning clicker idle game of heroic awesomeness. Create a band of unusual heroes to battle monsters, earn gold by killing them and use it to level-up and unlock new character abilities. Organize your Crusaders by designing the perfect formation for maximum damage. Master Formation Strategy over multiple campaigns and events that are updated every month.

Today you get an EPIC boost to your power with a full set of rare items and an exclusive Golden Epic for Jim the Lumberjack. We'll also throw in five Jeweled Chests to further increase your power!

This pack includes:

  • The Super Scary Bear Hat of Roaring (Golden Epic)
  • Two other Rare items for Jim the Lumberjack
  • Five Jeweled Chests

System Requirements:

Steam; Windows Server 2008/ Windows 7/ 8 Classic or later; 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices; 512 MB RAM; 120 MB available space

Publisher:

Codename Entertainment

Homepage:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/492890/

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Price:

$9.99

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If you missed out on yesterday Alien Shooter 2: Conscription, Graylox posted details of how you can get one of several thousand keys for Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded from the bundle site Indie Gala for free (after doing similar tasks to get other Steam games via the giveawayoftheday) HERE. You will need to confirm your age, and you may not get a key straight away. You can retry every five minutes until you suceed (apparently). You can also get another of Sigma Teams games totally for free, called Theseus - Return of the Hero. It's basically the same type of game as Alien Shooter 2 except it was released several years before Alien Shooter and was converted to freeware shortly after Alien Shooter was released. It's basically the same game play mechanics, just a little dated compared to Alien Shooter 2, but still as good. It's drm free and not a Steam key.


To those securing a key, please only post comments about the game being given away today; other comments either not appropriate, or not about the game will be deleted at the moderator or administrators discretion; however a little light banter among community members and with the moderator to keep this a friendly place to visit will be allowed, and will be judged by the moderator as to whether it is suitable or not to be left.
I am posting this in light of the massive increase in negative comments not related to the game being given away, inappropriate comments and spam (Almost 700 spam comments were posted yesterday) that have occurred over the past several months since the site was updated and in particular since the site started to give away games from the Steam world and since they started using Facebook. I truly believe that if we get lots of decent feedback about the games we get here, more developers will be happy to give away their games. Seeing lots of complaints (and spam) instead of feedback about the game will not persuade developers to give their games away for free. So please bear this in mind when posting your comments. Any comment not about the game i.e. complaints, or is deemed unfriendly will be deleted with no response. I'm not going to waste my time answering inane comments from community members who should have read the moderation policy. Negative feedback about the games given away are always welcomed as that can also be very constructive for developers, however, complaining about the way the site is operating or problems about downloading or installing the games should be directed to the giveawayoftheday contact form which I've linked to HERE, alternatively, if the problem is game related and it is late in the day (I can't moderate 24 hours a day), please also post your issue in the forums where you may get a response from the community. Often, such problems are related to your computers set up. i.e. your security may block the installation (for example quite a few game giveaways I've installed have been blocked by my copy of Zemana Anti-malware suite) Also please read the moderation policy which can be found HERE and if you do have a problem please check the FAQ's thread HERE. Thank you.



Crusaders of the Lost Idols: Epic Starter Pack



In Brief

A Free to Play Clicker game with paid for dlc


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Suggestions:

Once you've had chance to activate the Steam key and play Crusaders of the Lost Idols using the Epic Starter Pack dlc, please give some feedback about your opinion of the game, for example, what you liked or disliked about it, or how it could be improved from your point of view . If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What, improvements, if any, would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality?

If you don't win a key, don't mind playing games via Steam or miss the offer totally you can get the dlc pack 24/7 via Steam HERE. The main game is a Free to Play game but the pack being given away today costs £6.99/9.99$




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Introduction:


Get an EPIC boost to your power with a full set of rare items and an exclusive Golden Epic for Jim the Lumberjack. We'll also throw in five Jeweled Chests to further increase your power!


Reference accessed HERE



Installation:

Once you've found the Steam key for Crusaders of the Lost Idols - Epic Starter Pack (should be sent to the email you used to enter the giveaway) you have to activate the game via your Steam client. Once activated it will be permanently tied to your Steam profile and you'll be able to install the game at any time, anywhere on any computer, so long as you can validate who you are (usually via emails etc). If you don't have a Steam account you will first have to download and install the Steam client HERE



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Then create a Steam profile/account. Once that has been completed you can input the Steam code that you've received (after completing the form filling) via the game button along the top of the Steam client, (located between friends and Help - see image below). From the drop down menu select 'Activate a product on Steam'. This opens a product activation window. Just follow the prompts to complete activation. Once the Steam code has been accepted, the game will be permanently associated with your Steam account and can be installed any time you wish.


If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Crusaders of the Lost Idols to work, please visit the problems section over in the Game Discussion forums, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE or visit the Steam forums HERE



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The Game:


Key Features:

The Super Scary Bear Hat of Roaring (Golden Epic)

Two other Rare items for Jim the Lumberjack

Five Jeweled Chests

Unlock crusaders, Collect gear, and Earn achievements!

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is the Award Winning clicker idle game of heroic awesomeness.

Create a band of unusual heroes to battle monsters, earn gold by killing them and use it to level-up and unlock new character abilities. Organize your Crusaders by designing the perfect formation for maximum damage.

Master Formation Strategy over multiple campaigns and events that are updated every month.






Formation Strategy

The only clicker/idle game to feature a formation system. Crusader specific abilities, buffs, and gear challenge the player to find the best formation every campaign and event.



Unlock Crusaders

Collect an unusual host of over 54 characters such as The Bat Billionaire, Emo Werewolf and RoboTurkey, inspired by the world of video games and popular culture with more added Every Month.


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Collect Gear, Buffs, and Trinkets

A cornucopia of content with hundreds of unique upgrades for each character, including unique gear, and buffs are available to collect.


Over 10,000 Levels

Master over six campaigns with dozens of objectives with deep playability and challenge; more campaigns released regularly.


Daily Quests

Each day players are challenged to complete mini-objectives that reward success with precious red rubies.


Monthly Events

Limited time events featuring special objectives and exclusive new content updated Every Month.


Missions

Send your idle Crusaders on side missions to unlock past Event Crusaders, new gear, earn Enchantment Points and jeweled chests plus more!



Reference accessed HERE



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Other Reviews, Videos and a Slideshow of images showing the How to Play pages:


You can see Steam community reviews of Crusaders of the Lost Idols - and the Epic Starter Pack HERE and HERE, and if you want to see some game-play you can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.








Conclusion:

Feels like a typical clicker game, with lots of upgrades, gold, chests and adverts to buy various items from the shop with real cash. As with all clicker games I've played over the last year, they can be very addictive, and you can stlill earn what some choose to buy. Personally, the only advantage I see in paying for things ion all of the clicker games i've played is to progress faster. You can still do the same without spending any cash, it just means more farming/grinding.




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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the developer Codename Entertainment for giving away Steam keys for giving the community Steam keys for the Epic Starter pack for the clicker game Crusaders of the Lost Idols and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.






Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.



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If today's game was not to your liking, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee (from your favorite coffee house) via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or HERE.
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The latest free game over on Origin has now changed to the excellent Mass Effect 2 a Sci Fi shooter well worth downloading. You can get it HERE. Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game.





There are 670 games on sale over on Steam via the specials tab, with discounts of between 5% to 91% for example The Silent Age, Airscape - The Fall of Gravity, Over 9000 Zombies, Mold on Pizza, Ubermosh, Retro Game Crunch, Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, Square Heroes, Frederic: Resurrection of Music and Evil Strikes Back, Pixel Puzzles 2: Anime, Souless: Ray of Hope, Faerie Solitaire, Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising, Lucius, the Steam version of Red Faction Guerilla (one of my favorite shooters with destructible environments), the Tropico franchise and many more brilliant bargains, with around 200 games costing less than a dollar and some as cheap as 20 cents. You can also find some excellent games on sale over on GOG (all games are free from DRM) again with up to 90% off some games for example Worms, Guilty Gear, Tex Murphy etc



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Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit-uk  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-5)

Whiterabbit-uk, No Free games today, huh Stephen?! Got any idea what the maximum character length is for a Steam password?

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Hello Jon, the usual length is three sets of five alphanumeric charaters ie: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx, but there are also other code lengths and combinations accepted. I've used five sets of five alphanumeric codes (usually from hard copy games that are accepted on Steam( You can find a list of hard copy games whose's codes will be accepted online HERE. The following site has listed loads of CD/DVD based games whose codes work on Steam:



Also four sets of four alphanumeric characters can be accepted. I don't recall ever getting codes of other lenghts, and they have always been split into sets of four of five. There could be exceptions though. Hope that helps. Please excuse the late reply, decided to take a long break from moderating after yesterdays fiasco.

Reply   |   Comment by JonE  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

Whiterabbit-uk,

I decided to take a break from moderating today (Sunday) after spending well over almost fourteen hours virtually without a break sorting out the spam and negative unrelated comments (plus the time spent on the review). I come back to find the review I posted this moring that I spent hours putting together has been given a -4 negative usefulness. It basically just goes to show that I'm just wasting my time here.
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I can't belive how ungrateful some of the community are after all the games the giveaway team have given over the years. It saddens me to see such negativity, especially when the giveaway team are still securing free stuff. No wonder the world is in such a state with the mentality of some people I've seen comment here (I refuse to call them community members). I will see if I have time to moderate later or sometime at least before the giveaway is over. My son has exams in the morning, I'd rather devote my valuable time to him at the moment as I'm disgusted with what has been going on here recently. Some people should be ashamed of themselves.

Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit-uk  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Whiterabbit-uk,

I don't know what exactly went on with the comments earlier on but I wished to let you know that a lot of us keep appreciating your dedication to the page throughout the years. :)

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Thank you. There have been some really diusgusting comments posted as well as a lot of comments insulting me. I am just deleting those comments now rather than giving the satisfaction of an answer. Things have been very busy here with my children going through important exams plus other stuff that I need to sort, so having to cope with hundreds of idiotic posts every weekend, probably posted by a few disgruntled people (I will no longer call them community members) has been very frustrating as I would rather spend my time with my family and hobbies. . I had to say something as it was starting to annoy me a little, even though I know I should just ignore them. I also know that there are a lot of good people out there, and I always appreciate comments like yours. In fact, it's what has kept me here all these years. Regards W.R.

Reply   |   Comment by Threshold  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Hey Wrascally Wabbit,

Take a step back and then take a deep breath and let it out slowly. I have had to do the same thing a few times. Like right now...Things have been in an uproar since August of last year and it is still going on. Life is a mess right now.......Just taking one day at a time.

Just remember, you have friends and people who love ya.If you have family things to do...Then, DO THEM! Most of us here, are not children..we will manage. Just ignore the ones who act like children/trolls. As far as the post votes, most the time my comments get voted down. It's a sloppy system, so don't pay it much mind. I consider the source.

Thanks for the info about Indigala, Lady Grey,. I don't know how I missed that.

I didn't realize I already had Alien Shooter 2: Conscription ...so when I got a chance to get a key, I took it. Then I gave it to someone from the GGOTD community who missed a chance because I realized that I had it already.

So big huggles to you and your family and don't let people get you down. There are a lot of people here who love, respect and admire you. You are the best!

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Hi Delenn

Thanks. and yes, that's all I needed. i spent virtually the whole of Sunday avoiding the site and feel much better for it. Saturday was pretty bad, especially after spending over 12 hours moderating and writing reviews. Then when I did come on early this morning found my review had garnered negative votes. At the time it really did get to me, that and the stupid comments mainly those with insults, but then, after initially posting a response, I thought about it and said to myself, these people aren't even worth responding too as that's what they hope for (it does take time for such things to sink in, lol), so I deleted the reply I'd made and will no longer respond to any comment unless it's to thank someone for posting a comment about the game, or some friendly banter between the community. I've always valued many people here and comments like yours and others has kept me coming back time and time again. Life is too short to get stirred up by trolls, because that is all they are.

I've been in touch with the giveaway team and passed on my thoughts. They will be discussing the situation with the spam issue sometime this week. Apart from that I've had a brilliant several weeks leading up to Christmas and post New Year. everything is bright and rosy, though I still haven't sorted the legal stuff with the builder that I'm suing. A thorn in the side as the legal costs have already passed £10 000, but we are determined to get justice on that front. I do hope 2017 is better than 2016 for you. Sorry to hear you are in the wars. Finally, I may have some good news coming up soon. :)

Reply   |   Comment by delenn13  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
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thanks for the dlc game

Reply   |   Comment by rizki juliansyah  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
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Still havent receive the email yet, the gotd ending in 1 hour plus...sigh...

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Hi Tom

There is an issue with emails, if you've previously used a different one. Codes are sent to the first email used to sign into the comments section. If you have used a different email previously, check that one to see if the code has been sent there. If you've previously used a throw away email, then there may be a problem. If you still can't find the code contact the giveaway team via the contact form that I've linked to in the first few paragraphs of my review, near to where I've posted a link to the moderation policy. Hopefully the giveaway team can help.
Just noticed your email. Is the No reply email a throwaway one? If that is the case, you may have a problem. Be sure to mention when contacting the giveaway team that you used a throwaway email.
I have just managed to get a spare key by getting my daughter to apply for one and it was successful. Trouble is I don't know whether your email that I see is a genuine one, so am loath to send it on to you. Posting it here it will just be grabbed by the first person who sees it. I will be offering this to C. Wild as well, so the first one to post their actual email (which I will then delete) will get the code.
I tried to email you using the email you've provided and it was returned, so it was a throwaway. That will probably be where your Steam code went as well.

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

I signup both using yahoo mails, not the throwaway email I use to chat here, unfortunately, the both giveawayoftheday emails arrived after the event are over hours later I notice since its in spam folder(unusual), I know I check back both yahoo mails after the event over 2-3 hours later yesterday, but both mails never arrived, I only notice both gotd mails arrived today.

So I'm not sure why both mails arrived one day later.

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C Wilds email was genuine, so I sent the spare code to him once he'd responded; sorry about that Tom. Send me a friends request on Steam, or better still let me know your Steam name and I'll see if I've got any spare Steam keys that match up with any games you have in your wish list. Once I've seen your Steam name I'll delete it from the comments so as not to cause you any undue requests. I have over 10 000 spare Steam keys, collected over the last 5 years through buying most indie bundles released since the first Humble bundle. If I find a match, I'll send you one or two games for free. I probable have some shooter codes spare anyway. My Steam name is Whiterabbit-uk, but I don't tend to check my requests often these days because I get a lot of beggars asking for various items from my inventory. Regards Stephen :)

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#9

Still no email even though the screen claims it has been sent.

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Hi C Wild

Take a screen capture of the screen that shows it has been sent then send that together with an explanation to the giveaway team via the contact link I've provided in my review at the top of these comments. You'll also find a link to the contact form at the bottom of the game giveaway home page. hopefully the team will have spare codes.

Reply   |   Comment by C. Wild  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

C. Wild, same, both gotd and game gotd, I still havent receive both emails yet, I try sign using two different emails but still get nothing, its been hours already.

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Hi Tom

see my reply to your last comment

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Well, too late now only saw your post today... and btw emails for download and registrationslinks only arrived today(which means one day later after the event is over)...so basically both links no longer exist/work in emails.

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Hi Tom

See my reply to your previous comment.

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#8

I'm not getting any steam key for this product with multiple tries.

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See my reply to your last comment. If you've used a throwaway email like the one I see in the admin panel, that may be the problem as the first email used to sign into the site is the one the code is sent to. Mention that you use a throwaway email when you contact the team.i.e. spam ---- ---- at ----- dot com.
I have just managed to get a spare key by getting my daughter to apply for one and it was successful. Trouble is I don't know whether your email that I see is a genuine one, so am loath to send it on to you. Posting it here it will just be grabbed by the first person who sees it. I will be offering this to Tom as well, so the first one to post their actual email here (which I will then delete) will get the code.

Reply   |   Comment by C. Wild  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Still nothing from the product, but whiterabbit-uk was super helpful in email and I have some hopes now. :)

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Check your email Spam Dodger, I've sent you the code my daughter applied for. Hopefully it won't be duplicated. Good Luck :)

Reply   |   Comment by C. Wild  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#7

It's been 2 hours already but I still havent receive the gotd license email yet?

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

I mean the registration link email yet.

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#6

I already key in twice my email in the request download link but still havent receive any email yet.

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#5

Clicker-games are increasing in popularity, but still not my cup of tea. Besides the gameplay, their look is more for tablets. I really like the theme, tho.

Reply   |   Comment by wyrwolf  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#4

Please can you delete the nonsense comments that have appeared.

Regarding the game, I'm not a fan of Time Managment or similar types of games, but this one is rather addictive! Perhaps I'm starting to appreciate different types of games in my old age.

Reply   |   Comment by Margaret  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)
#3

it's a nice game

Reply   |   Comment by chen  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)
#2

Thanks

Reply   |   Comment by Magic  –  7 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-11)
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