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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.

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archibishopofBAH said:
I was browsing the Steam store and I pulled up the NBA 2K17 page to read some reviews.

Apparently, it is similar to Project Cars.

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That's funny because Rebellion is coming out with a new adventure game that looks like a reskinned Sniper Elite and Steam told me it was nothing like anything I ever played before.

 
archibishopofBAH said:
You can OC that CPU without fear as long as your mobo is halfway decent and you have an aftermarket cooler, but a 980ti's bottleneck with that CPU will not be very significant except with the newest most advanced games and those tend to be better optimized anyway.

Read this thread:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1566065/will-i5-2500k-bottleneck-gtx-980-ti
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Oh, thanks! I'll give this a read a little later. Yeah, I think I've got mine overclocked to 4.7 GHz just using the built-in easy OC of the BIOS so that sounds very promising. I am running a lower-end liquid cooling solution (Corsair H60, I think) but I just haven't had a desire to see how much further I can push the 2500K by digging into the manual settings. Just the fact that getting up to 4.7 is so damn easy makes me a believer in the "K" processors.

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
Good behind the scenes article on the train wreck known as Mass Effect Andromeda.

http://kotaku.com/the-story-behind-mass-effect-andromedas-troubled-five-1795886428
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I don't know how people find this sort of stuff very interesting. It's literally him talking to a whole bunch of lower level employees complaining about management and explaining simple general concepts. Literally, he explains how sometimes it's hard to coordinate people in different time zones for a videoconference and how sometimes vidconferences are hard to get going. Like that's literally a generic concept that could be applicable to anything.

Does sound like the game wasn't managed that well, but employees complaining that they had to do the bulk of the work in 2 years is shady considering the first three MEs came out 2-3 years apart and were all fine. The article also ignores the fact that ME:A's "low" review scores online has more to do with MRAs than the quality of the game.

 
I forgot what MRA means again.

On another note I saw that Torin's Passage is $2 for gogs summer sale. Might not hold up all that well but I loved it as a kid. Netted me a copy of Rebel Galaxy too.

Edit: Crap the kyrandia games are on sale too, might end up buying more here than in the steam sale.
 
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Master Miguel said:
I forgot what MRA means again.

On another note I saw that Torin's Passage is $2 for gogs summer sale. Might not hold up all that well but I loved it as a kid. Netted me a copy of Rebel Galaxy too.

Edit: Crap the kyrandia games are on sale too, might end up buying more here than in the steam sale.
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I loved Torin's Passage as a kid. It was one of the first computer games I ever played as a kid. It came free with my Windows 95 computer lol.

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
The article also ignores the fact that ME:A's "low" review scores online has more to do with MRAs than the quality of the game.
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I don't think that really holds true for the reviewer side of Metacritic. For the player side, sure. But IGN gave it a 77 and I'm pretty sure they give you a 75 minimum just for showing up and getting past the load screen. There's a number of fairly reputable gaming sites that gave it weak scores, not just Breitbart Gaming or whoever.

I thought the article was interesting enough in describing how long it to took to settle on software tools and engines (that frequently weren't suitable for the task), going back to the drawing board late into the process and stuff like that. I never played ME:A, I likely never will just as I haven't played the rest of the franchise and I have no skin in whether it's "good" or not or why it is/isn't. Plus it was nice to see reasons for the games stumbles less asinine than "I bet they did it because women and their cuck servants forced them to!!!!!"

DonaldBlank said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't Lego games usually $40 USD at launch on PC?
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Give it a month and it'll be $4.99 on BundleStars.

 
I wonder what all of these people interviewed would have had to say about the game, their work, and its development process if they gave their interviews prior to the game's release and all the critic scores.

 
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Plus it was nice to see reasons for the games stumbles less asinine than "I bet they did it because women and their cuck servants forced them to!!!!!"
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They just patched in the ability for the male MC to romance one of the "male" alien crew members. MRAs win again!

 
indef said:
They just patched in the ability for the male MC to romance one of the "male" alien crew members. MRAs win again!
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It's about time men had the right to enjoy another man's hot naked body without any pesky broads getting in the way. Way to score a win, MRAs!

Nothing371 said:
I wonder what all of these people interviewed would have had to say about the game, their work, and its development process if they gave their interviews prior to the game's release and all the critic scores.
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Off the record? I'd guess something close to the same. I think most people at the close of some project have a sense of whether it's going to be a turkey or not. I mean, hell, according to the article, they were all relieved to be shooting for a score of 80. That's like working on your term paper in the final hours and thinking "Screw it, at least this probably won't bomb my grade."

 
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smackattack said:
why just not play vermintide that 90% of the bros already own?
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Because you all need to buy Unloved during the Summer Sale and this was supposed to peer pressure you into buying the game, which didn't work.

IAmTheCheapestFox said:
We played on easy and for me that was a pretty good difficulty. I didn't die at all, but there were times I was close and desperately hunting for health and armor.
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As you play the game more your character begins to level up, so the harder difficulties will be easier once you do I assume. For everyone but me that is. :rofl:

 
spoderman said:
y u no use enhanced steam?

Yes it's been bundled 3 times
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I do but that feature seems to only occasionally work for me for some reason. Could have checked ITAD myself, but I got a case of the internet lazies.


INMATEofARKHAM said:
Good behind the scenes article on the train wreck known as Mass Effect Andromeda.

http://kotaku.com/the-story-behind-mass-effect-andromedas-troubled-five-1795886428
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One paragraph into this I was wondering (and I haven't played second one of Andromeda), "Who thought a focus on the thing that people hated the most about Mass Effect 2 would be a logical springboard for the next game in the franchise?" Am I missing something obvious that they're talking about when they say "exploration"? I genuinely don't remember that being a good part of any Mass Effect game.
 
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I don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere, but i was looking through the gog sale and Dragon Age Origins Ultimate edition (includes base game + all the dlc and the awakening expansion pack) is 4 dollars. I'm fairly positive that's the cheapest it's been. While it's a pretty old game and I'd imagine most people own it by now, if you don't you should pick it up. If you just own the base game it's worth getting - there's a fair amount of dlc and the expansion is worth 4 bucks on its own; it's very good and around 15-18 hours. 

Edit: Also, Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is on sale for 1 dollar, which matches the cheapest it's ever been. It's a decent metroidvania that's worth playing, a dollar is a good price for it. 

 
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pasports31 said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere, but i was looking through the gog sale and Dragon Age Origins Ultimate edition (includes base game + all the dlc and the awakening expansion pack) is 4 dollars. I'm fairly positive that's the cheapest it's been. While it's a pretty old game and I'd imagine most people own it by now, if you don't you should pick it up. If you just own the base game it's worth getting - there's a fair amount of dlc and the expansion is worth 4 bucks on its own; it's very good and around 15-18 hours.
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Thanks for pointing that out. Actually interested in a DRM free version of that, so I'll probably pick it up.

 
warreni said:
One paragraph into this I was wondering (and I haven't played second one of Andromeda), "Who thought a focus on the thing that people hated the most about Mass Effect 2 would be a logical springboard for the next game in the franchise?" Am I missing something obvious that they're talking about when they say "exploration"? I genuinely don't remember that being a good part of any Mass Effect game.
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I think that might be an EA thing, they decided with the second Mirrors Edge to focus on combat, the least desired thing from the first game.

 
warreni said:
Am I missing something obvious that they're talking about when they say "exploration"? I genuinely don't remember that being a good part of any Mass Effect game.
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Maybe "exploration" isn't quite the right word for it, but I did enjoy that aspect of Mass Effect 1. The different planets were admittedly bare, repetitive, but the handful of relatively unique encounters, wildlife here and there, some interesting missions sprinkled in, etc, were pretty fun. I really enjoyed reading about the different planets, the different types of environments and scientific explanations, all that was pretty cool and I was sorry to see it left out of later titles.

Then of course you have the Mako... I'm probably in the smaller group of people who found it oddly awesome.

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pasports31 said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere, but i was looking through the gog sale and Dragon Age Origins Ultimate edition (includes base game + all the dlc and the awakening expansion pack) is 4 dollars. I'm fairly positive that's the cheapest it's been. While it's a pretty old game and I'd imagine most people own it by now, if you don't you should pick it up. If you just own the base game it's worth getting - there's a fair amount of dlc and the expansion is worth 4 bucks on its own; it's very good and around 15-18 hours.
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DAO Ultimate is fantastic.

The DAO base-game is amazing & is one of the best & last AAA old-school style CRPG's (strategic-combat party-based cRPG's like that of BG1+2 & NWN1: Hordes & NWN2). While Awakening is basically "more of the same", it's certainly not a bad thing here - it might not be as long + as amazing as the base-game, but Awakening feels like a wonderful trip back to the grand old CRPG.

For DLC's here - for me, it's all about Leilana's Song & Witch Hunt. Those two were pretty good, IMHO.

 
MysterD said:
DAO Ultimate is fantastic.

The DAO base-game is amazing & is one of the best & last AAA old-school style CRPG's (strategic-combat party-based cRPG's like that of BG1+2 & NWN1: Hordes & NWN2). While Awakening is basically "more of the same", it's certainly not a bad thing here - it might not be as long + as amazing as the base-game, but Awakening feels like a wonderful trip back to the grand old CRPG.

For DLC's here - for me, it's all about Leilana's Song & Witch Hunt. Those two were pretty good, IMHO.
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The DAO sub-campaign DLCs were garbage.
 
Idiotekque said:
Maybe "exploration" isn't quite the right word for it, but I did enjoy that aspect of Mass Effect 1. The different planets were admittedly bare, repetitive, but the handful of relatively unique encounters, wildlife here and there, some interesting missions sprinkled in, etc, were pretty fun. I really enjoyed reading about the different planets, the different types of environments and scientific explanations, all that was pretty cool and I was sorry to see it left out of later titles.

Then of course you have the Mako... I'm probably in the smaller group of people who found it oddly awesome.
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Well, I like the concept of completing missions, but just goofing around on a planet because you need minerals to build upgrades, not so much. And I'm with the majority on the Mako. I didn't even really like the vehicle they had in 2. My point is that if you want to make a game that's No Man's Sky, make that game, but making a game that's essentially about dicking around on planets that have nothing to do with a story or character development but just exist because they're products of an algorithm is not really what most people consider an RPG.

Souffrir said:
The DAO sub-campaign DLCs were garbage.
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If you're referring to Leliana's Song and Witch Hunt, I'll agree that Witch Hunt felt like a fair bit of faffing aout to get to its point, but the Leliana one was great, and it was good to have more insight into the past/future of these companions.
 
Souffrir said:
The DAO sub-campaign DLCs were garbage.
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I'll agree with the crowd that Leliana's Song was pretty good. Witch Hunt was sort of eh, like they figured people wanted more Morrigan but didn't know what to do with her so they just made it virtually a cut scene at the end. I didn't care for Awakening at all; the few returning people felt off-character and the plot was... hell, I couldn't even tell you. There were two sorta-boss battles and I'm not sure how they even connected any more. To build up your team, you were expected to hand out Gray Warden memberships like they were samples at the supermarket and, amusingly, every single person ended the game telling me that they were quitting the Wardens thus making me the absolute worst recruiter ever. Well, Anders didn't quit, he got shot through the throat with an arrow which was awesome because Anders is a piss-sack and I was deeply disappointed to see him retconned back to life into DA2. That's only a quasi-spoiler by the way since you'll have to find your own plot path to that possibility. On the plus side, I had a great record on people surviving the binding process putting me into the Gray Warden Hall of Fame books in two separate categories.

The in-game Origins DLC was okay. Shale was good (and is free now anyway) and the two gear-driven ones at least were entertaining to do. I never played the "Be a Darkspawn" DLC and feel as though not many other people did either since it never gets mentioned.

 
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I'm assuming these guys are forced out at Valve.  Otherwise, why would you leave a job that paid you $100k+ where you do almost nothing for years and years and years.  I cannot even comprehend how a writer at Valve puts in more than ten hours of work a week -- what content are you writing exactly?

 
Mooby said:
I'm assuming these guys are forced out at Valve. Otherwise, why would you leave a job that paid you $100k+ where you do almost nothing for years and years and years. I cannot even comprehend how a writer at Valve puts in more than ten hours of work a week -- what content are you writing exactly?
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Press releases on how they're fixing Greenlight and the game recommendation system?

 
I was at my wits end with my pc last night. I got an error when a game didn't start working after the creators update. I figured I'd just restart. It got hung up on the windows boot logo, eventually went to just a black screen. So I unplugged, turned the PC on, it did it again. This went on for a solid hour. So I created an install media, booted into bios and reset and kept files as that seemed to be my only choice since I'd deleted my windows.old file.

Anyway, after resetting the PC, it worked fine for a bit, then I restarted my PC after being prompted to and got a BSOD. Now it's not wanting to boot at all. I guess I need to do a fully clean installation.

Any ideas how to circumvent having to do that? I can't figure out how to boot into safe mode either.
 
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