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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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soulkyo said:
Thanks for the replies and sorry for the wrong link. The error I get is "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application" and that's it. Tried with compatibility mode but nothing is working.

Edit: I'm in W10 64 bit.
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Some people on reddit had issues with it on Windows 10. Try editing the Ini file and see if it works or running the app for an older version of Windows.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/3vd9ya/epic_games_shadow_complex_free_for_pc/cxmqaiz

 
[quote name="MysterD" post="13081587" timestamp="1449323459"]About open-world sandbox games w/ usually (seemingly) unimportant main-stories + char-development that ain't going to keep you playing like Skyrim; TDU2; and Far Cry 3+4 - you play it for a bit (could be 5 hours, 10 hours, 20 hours, whatever your fill is); then when you start to get bored then you go away from it; and then go back to the game when it will call you back. Bethesda games normally ain't hard/difficult to play and can get repetitive after ridiculous numbers sunk into them in a row. With all of that given, dropping a game like those for a while and then coming back to them a bit later shouldn't really be much of a problem.

Maybe do one whole faction side quest string; a bit of exploring; a little bit of the main quest; and then get the hell away from it for a bit.

Let's face it - Skyrim was NOT a major evolution over Morrowind + Oblivion (I think all of those are great, even despite not-so-major improvements b/c you can sink lots of time into them in total + there's tons of content - just it's best not to blow through in one whole long-winded play); and it looks like many feel Fallout 4 is not much of improvement/evolution (if it even is that at all) over Fallout 3/New Vegas.

While I don't think much can fix Bethesda's dialogue/prose/writing + character-development (they ain't nowhere on Obsidian + BioWare's level there) - did you use this mod to show-off the actual lines of dialogue before-hand instead of the keywords/short-hand?

Also - jank is par for the course w/ Bethesda. Whether its their animations, their UI, and (often) their combat [sounds like FO4 got better w/ combat] - while it might get better each iteration, jank is often is to be expected with them.[/quote]
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Motoki said:
Yeah he totally didn't question how this dude in Pittsburgh or Harrisburg or whatever accidentally bought a game from Russia.

He was all Thank You Come Again.
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There is a bit of a backstory to this. I bought VC via preorder and at the time it wasnt region locked on GG. Eventually they region locked VC, when they did that I didnt reveal my keys and requested a refund. Ashot was happy to oblige.

 
So I played the prologue for The Crew, which was pretty long because I had to do a lot of missions to get to the main part of the game, but man I don't think I've instantly liked a racing game this much before.  First, it just looks awesome.  The minute it dropped me in and let me start driving it just looked amazing.  It's on medium and locked to 30 FPS for me because I know MysterD is going to ask.  

Through the prologue stuff you just get used to the driving, introduced to the shops, and given back story as you do missions.  Once the main game kicks in then the MMO style stuff kicks in.  Like you link up with a "crew" and it makes it easier to do missions together and earn XP is what it says.  It starts in Detroit and I've never been so no clue how the city looks compared to real life.  Was tempted to drive to Seattle before doing the missions, but it'd take like an hour of in game driving so I think I'll just do missions and let the story progress to Seattle.  Really happy with it so far though.  Have enough Uplay points to unlock some rims too.  Also got a bad ass bear paint job.  

 
Just started Witcher 3. It looks competent so far but far too early for me to eat crow yet.

The humble pie is lessened a bit because it seems like it is not competing in the same niche as what Bethesda does so this may just be disappointing for everybody.

I keep wanting to hit Y on my 360 controller to gallop harder. What game have I played recently where Y was the gallop hard button on horseback? Does this ring a bell for anyway?

 
RollingSkull said:
I keep wanting to hit Y on my 360 controller to gallop harder. What game have I played recently where Y was the gallop hard button on horseback? Does this ring a bell for anyway?
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Darksiders 2?

It takes about 6 to 10 hours for the Witcher games to get really interesting. And yes they are very different from Bethesda games in that the games are somewhat structured, mostly bug free, and the character models don't look like paper mache.

 
georgebot84 said:
Darksiders 2?

It takes about 6 to 10 hours for the Witcher games to get really interesting. And yes they are very different from Bethesda games in that the games are somewhat structured, mostly bug free, and the character models don't look like paper mache.
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Also: Boobies.

 
How old do you have to be to have a Steam account? I want o make one for my niece (9 years old) to give her some of my extra games and stuff. Im not sure if i should just lie about her age when i make it, or if theres a parent/child account kinda thing like PSN has or what. What would be the best way to create an account for her?

 
Kenshindono said:
How old do you have to be to have a Steam account? I want o make one for my niece (9 years old) to give her some of my extra games and stuff. Im not sure if i should just lie about her age when i make it, or if theres a parent/child account kinda thing like PSN has or what. What would be the best way to create an account for her?
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13 without parent or guardian stuff. And if her parents aren't into it abort hard!

Source: Uncle with a list of 500 extra steam games.

edit: there ARE more experienced uncles and parents in this thread.

 
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georgebot84 said:
Darksiders 2?

It takes about 6 to 10 hours for the Witcher games to get really interesting. And yes they are very different from Bethesda games in that the games are somewhat structured, mostly bug free, and the character models don't look like paper mache.
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Not Darksiders. Haven't played that.

Oh, right, it was MGS5 The Grindan Pain, but I think that wasn't the default gallop button.

I played Witcher 2 for quite a bit more than that and it never got interesting even through the end credits, despite some fits and starts where it threatened to almost become interesting only to fumble.

Plus, Witcher 2 made me flash back to the most mundane parts of KotOR (Walk across a giant field to go to a quest spot, come back.) far more often than it did anything Bethesda-esque.

 
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How old do you have to be to have a Steam account? I want o make one for my niece (9 years old) to give her some of my extra games and stuff. Im not sure if i should just lie about her age when i make it, or if theres a parent/child account kinda thing like PSN has or what. What would be the best way to create an account for her?
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My sister has an account technically under her name that really is mostly just used by her 11 year old son and 7 year old daughter. She knows what the kids are playing on it and any purchases are made by her. I don't think it's unreasonable to do something like that since she monitors the account and any financial decisions are made by her.

I'm not aware of any official parent/child sort of account with Steam, no.

If having an adult be the name on the account it would probably be best if one of her actual parents made the account though, I would say. At least someone residing in the same household, but that's just me.

If there's no way for her to go nuts with the buying anyway then it should probably be fine if you make the account I suppose. Just be aware that thanks to the floodgate of anime and pseudo anime stuff coming in lately there's some, ahem, interesting pictures on some of the community sites that kids might run into.

 
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ATTENTION EVERYONE: Flow is taking his Words with Friends turns against me after midnight Pacific on Saturdays because he knows I'll be drunk. 

ATTENTION FLOW: I will still win!

 
ATTENTION EVERYONE:

I suck at Butts With Friends so this really isn't an issue. The only thing I want to happen this weekend is to beat Fox (for once) at fantasy football.

Sidenote: you're all drunk and I'm feeding Oleksandr rice crispies while we watch Hey Duggee. I think we all know who's the real winner here.
 
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Flowette said:
ATTENTION EVERYONE:

I suck at Butts With Friends so this really isn't an issue. The only thing I want to happen this weekend is to beat Fox (for once) at fantasy football.

Sidenote: you're all drunk and I'm feeding Oleksandr rice crispies while we watch Hey Duggee. I think we all know who's the real winner here.
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Also you beat me at fantasy football twice this year (I think) despite making a post halfway through Saturday one week about how you were giving up because I was ahead and then Russell Wilson, the dumbest born-again virgin of all time, decided to be a decent QB for the first time ever and throw a few TD passes (which were all just toss-ups that he got lucky on/the refs helped him on [because they still feel bad about 2006 even though Matt Hasselbeck is like the 11th best QB this year]) and you won.

And it's Friends with Butts.

 
I bet you guys use a java-based Scrabble solver to get the most points.

Cheaters.

 
Me right now trying to take my turn:

Ok, let's see what we have here!

Ok, lots of words and letters!

They are starting to go out of focus... Maybe if i close one eye and tilt my head to the side and stick out my tongue and bite it...

OH GOD I'M GOING TO BARF

Straighten my head and open my eyes oh god don't stop looking at stuff focus focus FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS

I wonder what movies Princess Leia did after Star Wars

Is my Internet working or what?

Oh yeah I was doing Words with Friends

What words can I make with this Z? Any double letters around? Triple letters?

OH GOD I'M GOING TO BARF

Look at my computer screen

Get rid of the phone

Make a post on CAG

Get distracted while making the post

OH GOD I'M GOING TO BARF

Keep going

What is this thing about?

Worry that my post is longer than a MysterD game review

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

 
FoxyPie said:
So I played the prologue for The Crew, which was pretty long because I had to do a lot of missions to get to the main part of the game, but man I don't think I've instantly liked a racing game this much before. First, it just looks awesome. The minute it dropped me in and let me start driving it just looked amazing. It's on medium and locked to 30 FPS for me because I know MysterD is going to ask.

Through the prologue stuff you just get used to the driving, introduced to the shops, and given back story as you do missions. Once the main game kicks in then the MMO style stuff kicks in. Like you link up with a "crew" and it makes it easier to do missions together and earn XP is what it says. It starts in Detroit and I've never been so no clue how the city looks compared to real life. Was tempted to drive to Seattle before doing the missions, but it'd take like an hour of in game driving so I think I'll just do missions and let the story progress to Seattle. Really happy with it so far though. Have enough Uplay points to unlock some rims too. Also got a bad ass bear paint job.
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The Crew Demo back when I played it, I turned off VSync (even IIRC, though it still locks + was hard-coded to 60FPS period). I was running around 40-50 frames at max-settings for 1080p on my PC (i7 950; 4GB 960; 16GB RAM DDR3; Win 7 64-Bit). I'd guess + hope the final version runs the same way or runs better by now - sounds like your doing fine w/ your PC, so that's a good sign. :)

I usually often turn off VSync. You can often gain lots of frames by doing so. I usually only turn VSync back on if weird stuff happens graphically - such as graphical tearing; things not being displayed correctly; and any other graphical weirdness/oddness. A lot of the newer games these days don't run into weird graphical stuff w/ VSync Off, thankfully.

Back when I tried The Crew demo, the game was very good technically. One of the better-looking + running newer games I've seen and ran around max or close to it on my rig. :) We can all complain often about how poor UbiSoft ports on PC are performance-wise - but often, games like WD, ACU, FC3+4 look amazing on PC; especially when thrown up to higher settings. The problem is - can you handle your rig handle them? And results can vary - God knows w/ Ubi PC ports.

I probably shouldn't have hesitated to buy either version (The Crew: Wild Run Ed or Complete) yesterday b/c I was unsure if I should skip the Season Pass or not - but then even Wild Run Ed got pulled. Meh. All versions of The Crew are full price now on Amazon. Oh, well - have to wait until next sale, glitch or whatever, I guess.

 
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RollingSkull said:
Just started Witcher 3. It looks competent so far but far too early for me to eat crow yet.

The humble pie is lessened a bit because it seems like it is not competing in the same niche as what Bethesda does so this may just be disappointing for everybody.

I keep wanting to hit Y on my 360 controller to gallop harder. What game have I played recently where Y was the gallop hard button on horseback? Does this ring a bell for anyway?
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There are two levels of "sprint" while riding the horse, I think on the 360 controller you have to double tap A and hold for full speed (horse stamina bar should show up and start draining at the fastest speed).

Although I have been using KB/M so it is shift to sprint, and I don't ride the horse much since it gets scared easily and it interferes with my stopping to pick flowers and loot enemies/containers every 5 seconds.

 
MysterD said:
The Crew Demo back when I played it, I turned off VSync (even IIRC, though it still locks + was hard-coded to 60FPS period). I was running around 40-50 frames at max-settings for 1080p on my PC (i7 950; 4GB 960; 16GB RAM DDR3; Win 7 64-Bit). I'd guess + hope the final version runs the same way or runs better by now - sounds like your doing fine w/ your PC, so that's a good sign. :)

I usually often turn off VSync. You can often gain lots of frames by doing so. I usually only turn VSync back on if weird stuff happens graphically - such as graphical tearing; things not being displayed correctly; and any other graphical weirdness/oddness. A lot of the newer games these days don't run into weird graphical stuff w/ VSync Off, thankfully.

Back when I tried The Crew demo, the game was very good technically. One of the better-looking + running newer games I've seen and ran around max or close to it on my rig. :) We can all complain often about how poor UbiSoft ports on PC are performance-wise - but often, games like WD, ACU, FC3+4 look amazing on PC; especially when thrown up to higher settings. The problem is - can you handle your rig handle them? And results can vary - God knows w/ Ubi PC ports.

I probably shouldn't have hesitated to buy either version (The Crew: Wild Run Ed or Complete) yesterday b/c I was unsure if I should skip the Season Pass or not - but then even Wild Run Ed got pulled. Meh. All versions of The Crew are full price now on Amazon. Oh, well - have to wait until next sale, glitch or whatever, I guess.
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Speaking of screen tearing, I was playing Wolfenstein The Old Blood last night and it had horrible screen tearing issues so I need to figure out how to turn on v-sync or something on it.
 
Flowette said:
ATTENTION EVERYONE:

I suck at Butts With Friends so this really isn't an issue. The only thing I want to happen this weekend is to beat Fox (for once) at fantasy football.

Sidenote: you're all drunk and I'm feeding Oleksandr rice crispies while we watch Hey Duggee. I think we all know who's the real winner here.
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You guys really suck at fantasy football. I've lost like 3 or 4 of my top players and rarely check the league or put in waiver wire requests and I'm in third place and one of three teams with a winning record.

Also, Words with Friends with Flow would suck with him trying to use colour and flavour and wanker and other British crap.
 
FoxyPie said:
Speaking of screen tearing, I was playing Wolfenstein The Old Blood last night and it had horrible screen tearing issues so I need to figure out how to turn on v-sync or something on it.
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Looks like Wolf: TOB is built for either 30FPS or 60FPS with VSync On:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/350080/discussions/0/620712999966008438/

Throw VSync On in the Game Options for Wolf: TOB. Hopefully, that does the trick.

If not - mess w/ your NVidia or AMD panel; set-up settings for Wolf: TNO; and just force VSync On through there (with forcing your vid-card's control center of VSync to override the game's VSync settings).

 
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Also, thanks to UPlay's in client advertising I found out Assassin's Creed Syndicate had DLC where you can hunt Jack the Ripper. Very tempting, but it would still be $50 to get it and the season pass so I will just wait until the gold edition hits $10ish.
 
MysterD said:
Looks like Wolf: TOB is built for either 30FPS or 60FPS with VSync On:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/350080/discussions/0/620712999966008438/

Throw VSync On in the Game Options for Wolf: TOB. Hopefully, that does the trick.

If not - mess w/ your NVidia or AMD panel; set-up settings for Wolf: TNO; and just force VSync On through there (with forcing your vid-card's control center of VSync to override the game's VSync settings).
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I have to figure out what the setting is called in game. None of them are called v-sync.
 
FoxyPie said:
Also, thanks to UPlay's in client advertising I found out Assassin's Creed Syndicate had DLC where you can hunt Jack the Ripper. Very tempting, but it would still be $50 to get it and the season pass so I will just wait until the gold edition hits $10ish.
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Hmm I might have to shadybro that DLC or the SP.
 
FoxyPie said:
I have to figure out what the setting is called in game. None of them are called v-sync.
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I just looked myself.

Vertical Sync (AKA V-Sync) is under the VIDEO Menu.

Can't miss it.

Right up front; 5th option from the top.

It's set to Adaptive by default. I switched that to just ON (for 60FPS cap).

 
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MysterD said:
I just looked myself.

Vertical Sync (AKA V-Sync) is under the VIDEO Menu.

Can't miss it.

Right up front; 5th option from the top.

It's set to Adaptive by default. I switched that to just ON (for 60FPS cap).

Dumbass.
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FTFY

 
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FoxyPie said:
Also, thanks to UPlay's in client advertising I found out Assassin's Creed Syndicate had DLC where you can hunt Jack the Ripper. Very tempting.
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Get this instead
http://store.steampowered.com/app/11190/

Some of the puzzles aren't all that great, aka make no sense for what's going on, but the story is really, really, well done. (I read/watch allot on Jack so I was expecting to find a lot of faults with it.)

Impressed the shit out of me.

 
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So, anyone ever connect their PC to their HDTV? Or send their signal from their PC to their HDTV?

What do you use to do so?

While it's easy enough to do w/ my crummy laptop - i.e. laptop + HDTV both have HDMI ports, so you use a HDMI cable from one to the other and laptop's easy to move close to HDTV. But yeah, it's still a crummy laptop. It's fine for older games like Fallout: New Vegas PC (yep, tried it - it works!), but not for anything relatively new for me.

My Win 7 PC (main gaming rig) don't have a HDMI port built into it. I do have USB 2.0 + 3.0 ports. So, is there say a USB-to-HDMI adapter? Might need a long chord for that, also. Or, even better - is there a box or something to wirelessly send signals from my main gaming rig to the HDTV?

 
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MysterD said:
So, anyone ever connect their PC to their HDTV? Or send their signal from their PC to their HDTV?
What do you use to do so?

While it's easy enough to do w/ my crummy laptop - i.e. laptop + HDTV both have HDMI ports, so you use a HDMI cable from one to the other and laptop's easy to move close to HDTV. But yeah, it's still a crummy laptop. It's fine for older games like Fallout: New Vegas PC (yep, tried it - it works!), but not for anything relatively new for me.

My Win 7 PC (main gaming rig) don't have a HDMI port built into it. I do have USB 2.0 + 3.0 ports. So, is there say a USB-to-HDMI adapter? Might need a long chord for that, also. Or, even better - is there a box or something to wirelessly send signals from my main gaming rig to the HDTV?
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/
 
Kenshindono said:
How old do you have to be to have a Steam account? I want o make one for my niece (9 years old) to give her some of my extra games and stuff. Im not sure if i should just lie about her age when i make it, or if theres a parent/child account kinda thing like PSN has or what. What would be the best way to create an account for her?
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I've got one set up for my kids (all under 13), but it's a little different than setting one up for someone's else's kid. You probably want to get the parent(s) involved there.

Some tips: turn everything to private or they'll potentially be contacted by unwanted persons. Set the View to Small Mode, which eliminates the probability that they'll stumble across inappropriate images or discussions. It turns Steam into basically a Library list, in case you haven't used it before.

 
MysterD said:
So, anyone ever connect their PC to their HDTV? Or send their signal from their PC to their HDTV?
What do you use to do so?

While it's easy enough to do w/ my crummy laptop - i.e. laptop + HDTV both have HDMI ports, so you use a HDMI cable from one to the other and laptop's easy to move close to HDTV. But yeah, it's still a crummy laptop. It's fine for older games like Fallout: New Vegas PC (yep, tried it - it works!), but not for anything relatively new for me.

My Win 7 PC (main gaming rig) don't have a HDMI port built into it. I do have USB 2.0 + 3.0 ports. So, is there say a USB-to-HDMI adapter? Might need a long chord for that, also. Or, even better - is there a box or something to wirelessly send signals from my main gaming rig to the HDTV?
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Lol the 960 you bought has no hdmi out?
 
MysterD said:
So, anyone ever connect their PC to their HDTV? Or send their signal from their PC to their HDTV?

What do you use to do so?

While it's easy enough to do w/ my crummy laptop - i.e. laptop + HDTV both have HDMI ports, so you use a HDMI cable from one to the other and laptop's easy to move close to HDTV. But yeah, it's still a crummy laptop. It's fine for older games like Fallout: New Vegas PC (yep, tried it - it works!), but not for anything relatively new for me.

My Win 7 PC (main gaming rig) don't have a HDMI port built into it. I do have USB 2.0 + 3.0 ports. So, is there say a USB-to-HDMI adapter? Might need a long chord for that, also. Or, even better - is there a box or something to wirelessly send signals from my main gaming rig to the HDTV?
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DVI to HDMI adapter..

 
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