Steam Deals Thread V13 ~ Star Wars Empire at War $6.80 | The Legend of Korra $10.04 | Red Faction Guerrilla $2.99 |

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Summer sale has come and gone; welcome to the Steam Deals Thread V13!
 
Stop: Before you go any further be sure you are using Enhanced Steam. It will save you a lot of time and embarrassment in the future.
 
Daily Deal
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold Edition - $19.99 $6.80

 
Yesterday's Deal

N/A

Midweek Madness
The Legend of Korra - $14.99 $10.04

Red Faction - $9.99 $1.49
Red Faction II - $9.99 $1.49
Red Faction Armageddon - $19.99 $2.99
Red Faction Guerrilla - $19.99 $2.99 
 
Thanks to EastX, Detruire, Psydero, and everyone else that has contributed to the thread!

 
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archibishopthedoge said:
What makes them the universal currency is that they ALWAYS sell on the market. Thats really it. They're extremely marketable. If you have a slew of keys you want to turn into wallet or Paypal, its very easy to find a buyer.

You really need to learn the key concept and its very simple. While there are traders that will sell games from other regions for things like Paypal and such, many more only accept keys. It just opens another door for you for getting games cheaper. I personally rarely buy games direct from Steam at all anymore, I'd say 90% of the time I'm trading for them.
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I don't get excited for Steam sales anymore because of their discounts. I'm waiting to see if the meta-event is any fun, the price glitches, and the traders' regional exploitation prices. Shit, even the emotional boom and bust of bundle revelations is more satisfying than a week of bitching about the lame dailies and asinine community votes.

Syntax Error said:
TF2 chests are the only way to get rare hats (aside from trading with other people who got theirs from a chest). Since a lot of people want said hats, the value of the keys via the Steam market stays relatively close to the MannCo store price (i.e., is fairly stable) and there's a constant demand for them.

Stability + Demand = useful universal currency
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I still find it hard to believe that people will use a key for merely the chance to get a hat, when they can be used to buy actual games, often at the best prices.

 
The order of the weekend deals list, ending with Gary's Incident, sort of goes like this

MehhhhhhhhohhhhgodwhyyyAHHHGGHGGHGHYT*explosion, death violence*

 
Syntax Error said:
TF2 chests are the only way to get rare hats (aside from trading with other people who got theirs from a chest). Since a lot of people want said hats, the value of the keys via the Steam market stays relatively close to the MannCo store price (i.e., is fairly stable) and there's a constant demand for them.

Stability + Demand = useful universal currency
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So in the end everything always comes back to the hats.

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dfg said:
I still find it hard to believe that people will use a key for merely the chance to get a hat, when they can be used to buy actual games, often at the best prices.
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I assumed a lot of the chest-unlockers were Russians who sell a RU-priced $5 game for $10 in keys to a NA guy who figures it's a better deal than paying $24.95

The Russian has no desire to buy Steam games with keys; he either resells the "profit" keys for $2.44 each on the Community Marketplace or unlocks chests and hopes to find a rare "unusual" hat that sells for $40 which is like a bajillion dollars in Russia*.

*Per XE.com

 
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wtsutton said:
Metro 2033 link for anybody who didn't get one but wanted it...

https://www.humblebundle.com/?gift=5hD2A2X3V6**XcUN

1st missing letter = First letter in the name of a certain beagle that re-enacts WWI dogfights.

2nd missing letter = First letter in the name of a computer known for asking "Dave? What are you doing, Dave?"
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I missed out on this HB offer. Thanks wtsutton. I think I might be the last person alive not to have this game. What the fuck is wrong with me? Wait, no one answer that. Carry on and someone please have this:

Risk of Rain - https://www.humblebundle.com/s?gift=q7cAFBksP6VEzt**

** = the kind of battery you can stick your tongue on and get a slight zap.

 
Ok so I need a rpg to sink about 60-75 hours into and complete before I upgrade my laptop to a ssd over black Friday. I have most major releases up to about oblivion/dragon's age 2/new Vegas Era and haven't really played anything since kotor 1, except completing the Shadowrun series. I am rocking an i5 and a radeon 7730m 2gb graphic card on the laptop so I should be able to handle any of the rpgs I own.

I also want to do all the major content mods, graphic enhancement mods I can handle, and ease of use but no hardcore mods. So any recommendations and links to them and the instructions pages would be appreciated as well. I assume most of the ones like morrowind and the like have 360 controller input if only through the 3rd party program I forget the name of at this moment.
 
Just finished-up Watch Dogs (PC).

Had a blast with it. While the gameplay + sandbox itself was great; and certainly, it's all a lot of fun to play...
...it's the (lack of) story + character development that weighs the game down. It's just kinda "meh", predictable, and pulls the game down from reaching the level of A-grade greatness that it should've reached.

Still, though - if you like GTA games; want some extra hacking of things + stealth thrown on top for good measure; and a variety of things to do - the game's a blast + must be played for those reasons alone.

Just don't expect character development, story, and plot to add up to anything worth much of a damn.

 
sweeetja713 said:
Ok so I need a rpg to sink about 60-75 hours into and complete before I upgrade my laptop to a ssd over black Friday. I have most major releases up to about oblivion/dragon's age 2/new Vegas Era and haven't really played anything since kotor 1, except completing the Shadowrun series. I am rocking an i5 and a radeon 7730m 2gb graphic card on the laptop so I should be able to handle any of the rpgs I own.

I also want to do all the major content mods, graphic enhancement mods I can handle, and ease of use but no hardcore mods. So any recommendations and links to them and the instructions pages would be appreciated as well. I assume most of the ones like morrowind and the like have 360 controller input if only through the 3rd party program I forget the name of at this moment.
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A lot of those won't have innate controller support, will have to set it up. Really for Morrowind you're going to want to just play w/a kb/m (this is coming from somebody who prefers controllers). Morrowind is a good place to start with what you listed, btw. All you really need for that is the overhaul package. Just google "morrowind overhaul," it should be the first thing to pop up.

 
sweeetja713 said:
Ok so I need a rpg to sink about 60-75 hours into and complete before I upgrade my laptop to a ssd over black Friday. I have most major releases up to about oblivion/dragon's age 2/new Vegas Era and haven't really played anything since kotor 1, except completing the Shadowrun series. I am rocking an i5 and a radeon 7730m 2gb graphic card on the laptop so I should be able to handle any of the rpgs I own.

I also want to do all the major content mods, graphic enhancement mods I can handle, and ease of use but no hardcore mods. So any recommendations and links to them and the instructions pages would be appreciated as well. I assume most of the ones like morrowind and the like have 360 controller input if only through the 3rd party program I forget the name of at this moment.
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An RPG with controller support? LOL, good one. Ya, you meant to say JRPG.

 
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An RPG with controller support? LOL, good one. Ya, you meant to say JRPG.
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I've never gotten used to kb/m. Is it really that superior for something like morrowind/oblivion? I found for the bit of New Vegas I played the 360 controller worked great and other than buggy emulation kotor controlled fine on the 360.

Obviously for something like Dragon Age kb/m is the only way to go. I think that game with mods may be beyond the play time I hate before doing a fresh install for a ssd though.
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Edit: Only jrpgs I care for are SRPGs I have positively MysterD tastes
 
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sweeetja713 said:
I've never gotten used to kb/m. Is it really that superior for something like morrowind/oblivion? I found for the bit of New Vegas I played the 360 controller worked great and other than buggy emulation kotor controlled fine on the 360.
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New Vegas is a console game that was ported to the PC, hence the easy controller use. Morrowind and Oblivion, not so much.

 
travathian said:
New Vegas is a console game that was ported to the PC, hence the easy controller use. Morrowind and Oblivion, not so much.
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So the controller use is no good, even with the 3rd party profile program? I've always sucked at shooters regardless of controller versus kb/m so I guess adapting to the easiest controls would be best. I could just move easier in something like star wars battlefront than a pc shooter.
 
Well, if your keyboard can't anti-ghost, you're gonna have a bad time playing anything on your PC. I actually prefer kb/m to controller because you can dedicate at least 20 keys to random binds. I tend to strafe, jump, reload, and melee at the same time; just having more buttons available to press makes glitching/speed glitching/exploiting a lot easier to me. Joystick is also less precise than a mouse for shooting, as the joystick is a snap-to-zero type of axis and the mouse positioning can be static.

 
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sweeetja713 said:
So the controller use is no good, even with the 3rd party profile program? I've always sucked at shooters regardless of controller versus kb/m so I guess adapting to the easiest controls would be best. I could just move easier in something like star wars battlefront than a pc shooter.
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Not sure how the shooter thing is relevant here, oblivion/morrowind aren't exactly difficult games that require twitch reactions. Either way, you're probably going to want to play them with a kb/m. I'm sure you could make it work, but you have to remember significant adjustments were made to make both games more palatable for console (different UI, etc). Simply using joytokey or whatever won't address this. There's also a lot of different functions going on in these games (hotkeys, magic/melee simultaneous, sneaking binded to the same stick as basic movement, etc), so it's a little harder to set up than something simpler than Binding of Isaac. This means that you'll probably have a bit of a choppy gameplay experience if you use a 3rd party gamepad program.

I prefer using gamepads, because I play games on my TV, so it's a matter of comfort. Some games its really not worth it though.

 
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pasports31 said:
Not sure how the shooter thing is relevant here, oblivion/morrowind aren't exactly difficult games that require twitch reactions. Either way, you're probably going to want to play them with a kb/m. I'm sure you could make it work, but you have to remember significant adjustments were made to make both games more palatable for console (different UI, etc). Simply using joytokey or whatever won't address this. There's also a lot of different functions going on in these games (hotkeys, magic/melee simultaneous, sneaking binded to the same stick as basic movement, etc), so it's a little harder to set up than something simpler than Binding of Isaac. This means that you'll probably have a bit of a choppy gameplay experience if you use a 3rd party gamepad program.

I prefer using gamepads, because I play games on my TV, so it's a matter of comfort. Some games its really not worth it though.
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Good to know. Just going in with the wrong assumptions I think due to the real time elements. I used vats for the hour or so of new Vegas I played before having no time and ceasing to play games for five years or so. Pretty much used to old school plausible isometric. Kotor was pausible too.
 
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pasports31 said:
A lot of those won't have innate controller support, will have to set it up. Really for Morrowind you're going to want to just play w/a kb/m (this is coming from somebody who prefers controllers). Morrowind is a good place to start with what you listed, btw. All you really need for that is the overhaul package. Just google "morrowind overhaul," it should be the first thing to pop up.
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If I have the disc goty morrowind edition will overhaul get it working about as well as can be asked under win 8.1? Nothing extra need on top of it since it's not steam?
 
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Pitiri 1977 steam keys are up on Humble if you bought the Multimedia Fusion 2 bundle. If you bought it from anywhere else, you might not get a key



Hi everyone. For all the HUMBLE BUNDLE buyers - there will be keys soon. I am in contact with the guys from Humble. To be honest - I have no idea how it will be done in the end :) But I´m sure the humble people will know what to do and how they can provide you with keys.

About the other stores that sell Pitiri: Unfortunately it´s no possible to connect those keys for pitiri - it´s been bought in another store. But let me assure you that Pitiri will be in most of the sales for sure and it will have a 10% discount during the first week!
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Got a quick question. Is there really a difference when you buy bundles if it comes download or with a desura key. Is there any reason that i should use the Key and download Desura or just download the game into my pc without using the keys

 
slidecage said:
Got a quick question. Is there really a difference when you buy bundles if it comes download or with a desura key. Is there any reason that i should use the Key and download Desura or just download the game into my pc without using the keys
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Download the games and give the keys to me
 
Ok you made me tear myself away from the craptastic football game to install and find out. Runs fine. Didn't even need to put it in compatibility mode. Now I just have to wait 3 1/2 hours for the overhaul to dl thanks to my shitty country bumpkin dsl connection. Makes me thankful I had the games on disc.

Edit: Though with the advertised 100+ hours of gameplay from the expansions plus the time from the main game and mods I have a feeling I may have to hold off a bit on the ssd install. Then again this game should load quick.
 
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sweeetja713 said:
Ok you made me tear myself away from the craptastic football game to install and find out. Runs fine. Didn't even need to put it in compatibility mode. Now I just have to wait 3 1/2 hours for the overhaul to dl thanks to my shitty country bumpkin dsl connection. Makes me thankful I had the games on disc.

Edit: Though with the advertised 100+ hours of gameplay from the expansions plus the time from the main game and mods I have a feeling I may have to hold off a bit on the ssd install. Then again this game should load quick.
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Being an eagles fan, I beg to differ that the game is anything other than glorious.

Also...100 hours is an understatement.

 
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pasports31 said:
Being an eagles fan, I beg to differ that the game is anything other than glorious.

Also...100 hours is an understatement.
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Well it claims 100+ for the base game on the box 100+ for the expansions. Plus however many hours worth of play time are in the mods. Hmm may be a few months before that ssd gets installed. Really hope overhaul makes the resolution prettier though. Just that menu screen was painful.

Oh and MysterD needs warned morrowind has disc based drm! It requires the cd in the drive. The horror! Hope overhaul has a no cd patch too.
 
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sweeetja713 said:
Well it claims 100+ for the base game on the box 100+ for the expansions. Plus however many hours worth of play time are in the mods. Hmm may be a few months before that ssd gets installed. Really hope overhaul makes the resolution prettier though. Just that menu screen was painful.

Oh and MysterD needs warned morrowind has disc based drm! It requires the cd in the drive. The horror! Hope overhaul has a no cd patch too.
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I would wait on the content mods if I were you. There's so much to do in the base game that you're better off just playing through that before taking your chances on some other fan made things. I stopped playing wayyy before I had finished everything (I didn't even touch the two expansions) because after about 130 hours my character was so overpowered that it ruined enjoyment.

MGSO provides a pretty good graphical upgrade, but I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for.

 
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