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This thread will attempt to provide a place to discuss past/present/future PC gaming deals. While mainly focusing on Steam games, any standout sales may also be presented. I will not be updating every Daily/Weekly/etc. sale. The tools to help individuals become a smarter shopper will be provided below.

See this POST for links to store sale pages, threads of interest and other tools to help you become a more informed PC game shopper.
 
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gilby said:
I'd love to have them on Steam. I just want them to be cheaper. Or bundled. And I know that when I buy Chrono Trigger or some of the old FF games they'll end up in a Humble a month later.
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When's the last time a Japanese Square-Enix game ended up in a bundle other than the Last Remnant? Never?

 
gilby said:
I mean, I already own it. I have a PS one and a few games, including a few Square Enix compilations stored away in a drawer because they're great games.

I'd love to have them on Steam. I just want them to be cheaper. Or bundled. And I know that when I buy Chrono Trigger or some of the old FF games they'll end up in a Humble a month later.
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Yeah I would love for a Squeenix classic JRPG bundle because paying for them at 40-50% off isn't at all appealing. Given their price history I'm kinda skeptical any of them get bundled any time relatively soon

 
Some of the older JRPG releases, such as Final Fantasy XIII, have been in Square Enix Surprise Bundles, but definitely not in a Humble Bundle of any sort. Plus those titles are notorious for being poor ports. FF15 has been discounted a decent amount on PC since release, but the price is quite high relative to the console versions and their is still DLC to be released. The MSRPs are not too bad on some of their games, but the discounts are quite poor. This is in significant contrast to the deep discounts the non JRPG Square Enix titles have on a regular basis. This is also an issue on Android, where Square Enix JRPG games are also very expensive and often poorly supported.

 
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warreni said:
Actually, he'd probably be okay with my VIC-20.
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If its good enough for Captain Kirk, it's good enough for Mooby!

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RIP Windows

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/

Valve announced today a beta of Steam Play, a new compatibility layer for Linux to provide compatibility with a wide range of Windows-only games.

We've been tracking Valve's efforts to boost Linux gaming for a number of years. As of a few months ago, things seemed to have gone very quiet, with Valve removing SteamOS systems from its store. Last week, however, it became clear that something was afoot for Linux gaming.

The announcement today spells out in full what the company has developed. At its heart is a customized, modified version of the WINE Windows-on-Linux compatibility layer named Proton. Compatibility with Direct3D graphics is provided by vkd3d, an implementation of Direct3D 12 that uses Vulkan for high performance, and DXVK, a Vulkan implementation of Direct3D 11.

To improve the broader gaming experience, Valve says that fullscreen graphics, multithreading, and gamepad support have all received attention.

Once Steam Play is out of beta, developers of Windows games will be able to mark their games as being Steam Play compatible and hence offered for sale to Linux users. Valve has already tested and validated over two dozen traditional and VR games, including Doom (the original, 2016, and 2017-in-VR flavors), NieR: Automata, and Quake. While support for other games is being worked on (which users can vote for here), Steam Play testers can toggle an override switch to test any games that Valve has not internally whitelisted thus far.
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Full announcement in the Steam for Linux game hub.

 
Hey man... having Upper and Lower case doubles the space requirement.  That's a big deal.

Plus, if they had upper and lower case, where would they store block graphics?!?

From https://www.quora.com/When-was-it-common-for-personal-computers-to-only-recognize-all-caps

It was common back in the day when memory cost a fortune. Video displays use a character generator - a kind of read only memory- to form the characters. The smallest recognizable character on a video screen was an 8 by 8 matrix of pixels, one row of which was blank to allow line spacing, so 128 characters - the full ASCII printable set - occupied 1024 bytes, 1k, of ROM. This happened to be the capacity of the most popular character generator ROM, the 2708.

However, with only an 8x8 matrix the screen couldn’t display descenders on the lower case letters g, p, q and y, so most personal computers of the time used only the upper case set (occupying 512 bytes) and used the other 512 for block graphics characters. RAM cost far too much for byte-per-pixel graphics at the time and most personal computers made do with only 1k, or at most 4k, of video RAM.

This changed as the cost of memory came down in the 1980s, and with the advent of CPUs that could address more than 64k of memory. The original IBM PC, for example, allocated a whole 32k of RAM to the video memory, which was enough to allow a 12 by 16 character matrix that could display full descenders as well as pixel graphics. The character generator was also obsoleted, with the CPU itself creating each character as a pixel graphic in RAM.

The old PC had two sets of video memory, for use by different video adaptors. The character graphics address space, at 0xB8000 to 0BFFFF, had 32k. The pixel graphics space was given a whole 64k, at 0xA0000 to 0xAFFFF, and later on, memory paging allowed that memory to increase to 256k and then to 512k in the same space. 512k was enough for one page of 640 by 480 color graphics, 256 colors, AKA “VGA mode”. The character generator came back in a new form as the color palette generator, which allowed each of the 256 pixel codes to be mapped to any of 4096 (12 bit) colors. As the cost of memory fell further, the palette generator went away and each pixel was allocated 3 bytes, 24 bits of video RAM, bringing us to the standards we have today.

 
Will DOOM end up in a Humble Monthly? Some games I thought would end up there have evaded it up to this point, such as Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition, while others have ended up there rather quickly. Prices have dropped for DOOM quite a bit as of late, which is evident with it being used as a trading currency by mass traders on Barter.

 
Since you guys have nothing interesting to say I'll hijack the thread with a question:

Does anyone have one of those Mixed Reality Headsets?  The Lenovo one is regularly going on sale for $100 and the controllers are around $60.  Wondering if it is worth the investment.  Most curious about trying something like ATS or ETS2 in VR but I only have a 580 and I've heard even 1080s struggle in VR so is it even worth it?  #RichCAGsOnly 

 
HBX said:
Will DOOM end up in a Humble Monthly? Some games I thought would end up there have evaded it up to this point, such as Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition, while others have ended up there rather quickly. Prices have dropped for DOOM quite a bit as of late, which is evident with it being used as a trading currency by mass traders on Barter.
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I'd be kind of surprised seeing as it's bethesda. I don't think any of their stuff has ever been bundled outside of TESO, which has obvious reasons to put the base game in a bundle and get it to as many people as possible.

I think I saw Doom for like 6 bucks the other day, if you want it just buy it imo. It's a good game and pretty lengthy for an fps so easily worth 6 dollars. Even if it got bundled I wouldn't kick myself for spending that for it.

 
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Apropos of nothing, I noticed the other day that Microsoft is apparently porting previously Win10-exclusive titles to Steam, including Disneyland Adventures, Rush! A Disney-Pixar Adventure, and Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, so scratch what I said a while back about them keeping some stuff back to encourage purchases on the dreaded Win10 store. It seems like these are more like "timed console exclusives," so at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing Forza and Gears of War titles turning up on Steam in the near future. 

 
Yeah best you can do right now is 21% but at this point I'd wait since Tomb Raider games have dropped reasonably fast unless someone has a sub-40 deal again.  

 
MysterD said:
I dunno, buying a 8GB RX 580 might be a cool idea if you're building a secondary gaming PC just to see how AMD's doing these days.... [shrug]
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I don't see a major reason to go with a 1060 over a 580 at the same approximate price point. Or a 580 over a 1060 for that matter. Both choices will do fine. (If I wanted to try to get a minor improvement for my 3GB 1060 I'd look at either choice.)

And the AMD cards have, over the past few generations, aged really well. My 7850 was generally considered a step below from a 750 TI when I got it, but was generally a step above by the time I replaced it. (Still not enough for modern-ish games at 1080p, of course.)

 
gilby said:
I don't see a major reason to go with a 1060 over a 580 at the same approximate price point. Or a 580 over a 1060 for that matter. Both choices will do fine. (If I wanted to try to get a minor improvement for my 3GB 1060 I'd look at either choice.)

And the AMD cards have, over the past few generations, aged really well. My 7850 was generally considered a step below from a 750 TI when I got it, but was generally a step above by the time I replaced it. (Still not enough for modern-ish games at 1080p, of course.)
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I'd guess: depends on if you must have G-Sync - which then means you'll likely spend more $, if you go NVidia.

I'm used to NVidia stuff; been using them forever. Since my ikd GF2 MX 400 days. Never had too many issues w/ their drivers & never had much issues w/ running older games on their hardware/software - so, I really don't see any reason to be changing right now, TBH.

I definitely could see some people switching who have older cards and might want to grab AC: Od.

Since I do have G-Sync and 1060 6GB on my SC15 - yes, I still am curious how FreeSync stacks up against it, though. Would love to hear, if any AMD users here have it and are pushing high framerates.

 
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Apropos of nothing, I noticed the other day that Microsoft is apparently porting previously Win10-exclusive titles to Steam, including Disneyland Adventures, Rush! A Disney-Pixar Adventure, and Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, so scratch what I said a while back about them keeping some stuff back to encourage purchases on the dreaded Win10 store. It seems like these are more like "timed console exclusives," so at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing Forza and Gears of War titles turning up on Steam in the near future.
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Would be nice to own Gears 4 and Forza Horizon 3 on Steam. Trying to deal w/ where the files are located and are locked-from-accessing on W10 flat-out sucks.

Especially the 128GB-eating Gears 4.

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Are there any programs and/or ways to be able to copy, move, or manipulate any of these W10-Store folders for Gears 4 and FH3?

I really don't wanna re-download 128GB of Gears 4 onto my new laptop. Would rather shuffle it b/t some hard-drives.

 
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gilby said:
I don't see a major reason to go with a 1060 over a 580 at the same approximate price point. Or a 580 over a 1060 for that matter. Both choices will do fine. (If I wanted to try to get a minor improvement for my 3GB 1060 I'd look at either choice.)

And the AMD cards have, over the past few generations, aged really well. My 7850 was generally considered a step below from a 750 TI when I got it, but was generally a step above by the time I replaced it. (Still not enough for modern-ish games at 1080p, of course.)
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Yep, I don't get it. 580 is on par with a 1060 and a 970. So, if you're rocking anywhere in that range of cards, there's no need to switch, but if you're looking at a new build the 580 gives a lot of value - and we're supposed to be CAGs right?

AMD 580 right now comes with over $100 of quality games. You can snag one for around $200 pretty easily and you save a ton on a Freesync monitor vs. GSync. No one is saying a 580 competes with a 1070, 1080, or even a 980. But if your interested in gaming at 1080p in the most economical manner it's a contender.

 
@All AMD users

I'm sure AMD's fine for running new stuff.

But how is AMD for running older titles?

And how are their drivers these days and age? How is upgrading drivers? Do you find yourself rolling back often? Not? Skipping new driver releases?

 
MysterD said:
Would be nice to own Gears 4 and Forza Horizon 3 on Steam. Trying to deal w/ where the files are located and are locked-from-accessing on W10 flat-out sucks.

Especially the 128GB-eating Gears 4.

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Are there any programs and/or ways to be able to copy, move, or manipulate any of these W10-Store folders for Gears 4 and FH3?

I really don't wanna re-download 128GB of Gears 4 onto my new laptop. Would rather shuffle it b/t some hard-drives.
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You can move the games/apps Add or Remove Programs Options its how I moved some of the Windows Store games to my ssd

 
Played through Episode 1: Awoke yesterday of Life is Strange: Before The Storm, since I bought the Deluxe Edition yesterday. Loved it. Took me about 3.3 hours to get through it.

Max is not here in the Main Episodes (she will be in Bonus Episode "Farewell"), as this is a Prequel and deals w/ Chloe (lead character, who you play as) and Rachel Amber's friendship, 3 years before the original Life Is Strange (from DontNod). Deck Nine, at least w/ this episode, seems like they have done a really good job w/ the dialogue, writing, and maintaining consistently w/ the game-world. Seems to really tie-in extremely well w/ details here, as things that are done and said (which they do hint at and/or allude to) can feel impactful as can be b/c of what you know from the original LiS, if you played it. Sometimes, emotionally, this game can really hit you with a ton of bricks, with the way it does these things - and does them very well.

Since Chloe doesn't have Max's Time Manipulation powers, she has her own skill. Chloe can "Backtalk" in certain instances and cases - which is when you can use their words against them, often laced with tons of insults, to change the outcome & situation that you might've got yourself stuck in. It also seems that without the storm here and looming impending supernatural doom that could occur (at least not yet anyways), this feel much more grounded than DontNod's LiS.

The character development & story here is really good and some choices (which you can see after you finish an episode, seeing what choices you made and compare w/ percentage the world of players & those on your friends list made); some choices that seem throw-away choices and I am not sure if they will matter much later - were listed after the Episode ended. Hopefully, some of these choices: they do matter. Like the original LIS - you will run into situations of bullying, theft, criminal activities, drinking, and other moral things that you can decide to do something about (or not to anything about). But hopefully, in the long-run, they will matter more than the original LIS's decisions did; we'll have to wait and see.

This game ran just fine at 1440p at High settings. No problem at all, 60fps with on my desktop equipped w/ GTX 970. Art design seems consistent with the original LiS & its unique art design, often looking and feeling like it's doing its own cool & artistic take on high school teen-dramas. Game-world and character design might have lots of details here and there, but often it feels like object in the game-world (like posters, your journal, etc) have their own distinct artistic look.

Don't expect tough puzzles or anything, especially when compared to the original LiS. That one here feels even less of a factor here this time on puzzles, as it feels more focused on the decision-making and narrative - not that the original LiS was ever super-heavy on the puzzle elements often found in (older) adventure games.

But so far, Episode 1 was great. And I'm really looking forward to starting Episode 2 already. Hopefully, Ep 2 & 3 are as great as Ep 1. Only time will tell, I suppose.

 
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