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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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DonaldBlank said:
Be careful using EA Play on your first time sign in. It seems my xbox account was linked to an EA account i made over a decade ago and im struggling to get access to EA Play on my current EA account

Edit: I got it re-linked to my current EA account, but i dont know if there was a lag in bringing over EA Play when i changed account link, or if support did it (he was confused with the situation)
Just keep in mind if you have an EA Account already linked to Xbox, even from the 360 days, it'll assume automatically you want to use that
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How did you get a hold of them, their chat line is at 99+ people in front of me and it has not changed for 30 minutes.

 
The sooner I finish downloading EA Desktop the sooner I can play Squadrons and Madden for 5 minutes each before deleting this stupid app from my PC forever.

 
bers817 said:
How did you get a hold of them, their chat line is at 99+ people in front of me and it has not changed for 30 minutes.
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I waited. Was like an hour. And again, I'm not actually sure if they fixed it or not. The re-link i did may have fixed it and it was just a lag to carry over the EA Play subscription

The large wait makes me wonder if it's all because of Game Pass for PC, or if EA just constantly has a large wait line for customer service

 
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Hey morans, looking for tech recommendations. Looking for cheap bluetooth headphones, with the one caveat being the earcups have to be large, like comically large. I've purchased multiple pairs of true wireless/in ear earbuds to discover my ears are sensitive and can't use them for extended periods. I'm not saying I have Dumbo ears, but they are large. My current headphones are Skullcandy hesh 2's and even those get uncomfortable after a while. Anyways, any help is appreciated.

 
shrinerr said:
Hey morans, looking for tech recommendations. Looking for cheap bluetooth headphones, with the one caveat being the earcups have to be large, like comically large. I've purchased multiple pairs of true wireless/in ear earbuds to discover my ears are sensitive and can't use them for extended periods. I'm not saying I have Dumbo ears, but they are large. My current headphones are Skullcandy hesh 2's and even those get uncomfortable after a while. Anyways, any help is appreciated.
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I use Aftershockz for mine... I like the bone conductive as it lets me hear other things. Might not be your cup of tea but that's how I found MY solution for the ear issue.

 
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I ended up playing 20 minutes of Squadrons instead of just 5, but I still reached the same inevitable conclusion: uninstallation. Notably, you can not uninstall games from directly within the EA Desktop app. You have to go into Windows apps settings and manually delete them there, which is a great feature. Keep up the good work, EA. As for the game itself, Squadrons didn't seem awful. It looked nice and played well but after 20 minutes I was simply bored, and every time I finished part of a mission and my commander game me a new objective I felt incredibly annoyed and put out. I think Everspace is a more fun space shooter, and I just can't get myself to care about half-bakes Star Wars side stories anymore. I almost paid $25 for this game at one point and I'm sure glad I did not.

Also, I currently have Crysis 3, Battlefield V, Fallen Order, and Titanfall 2 installed on Origin. For whatever reason, EA Desktop only recognizes Titanfall 2. There are also lots of games in my Origin library that are not available on EA Desktop at all. All good stuff, EA.

Now, on to Madden!

 
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MysterD said:
Gotham Knights delayed until 2022.
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Lets check in on Biden about this news

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DonaldBlank said:
Be careful using EA Play on your first time sign in. It seems my xbox account was linked to an EA account i made over a decade ago and im struggling to get access to EA Play on my current EA account

Edit: I got it re-linked to my current EA account, but i dont know if there was a lag in bringing over EA Play when i changed account link, or if support did it (he was confused with the situation)
Just keep in mind if you have an EA Account already linked to Xbox, even from the 360 days, it'll assume automatically you want to use that
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Be careful with EA support on this one. I had two Xbox accounts linked and EA Play kept trying to use the old one. So I contacted EA live chat and asked them to remove the old account. I mentioned that gamertag multiple times and after probably 20-30 minutes, she accidentally removed MY main account and all she had to say was "oops my bad". So I can no longer use my EA account on my Xbox and I lost any associated progress on any EA game on my Xbox and still can't login to EA Play with Game Pass now.

 
Noticed that I missed Baba is You in the Itch.io Lunar New Year bundle for $7. I was about to ask what do I even read this topic for until I realized, sir, this is a pizza forum.

 
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I've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (not online). It's really good.

Yeah, water is wet, right? But I noticed 41 of my Steam friends still have it in their wishlist. I know it hasn't been in a huge sale yet, but it's definitely fakeybro material.

First of all, it's beautiful. There's a cinematic mode and lots of photo options, so you know they were proud of how it looks. But it's also a beautifully crafted world. Bethesda should take note.

I'm only halfway through, but the story has some great moments and the characters are memorable. I find myself doing sidequests, not because they are wildly unpredictable and engaging, but because I like the fellow outlaws I hang with. Train robberies, house break-ins, stealing moonshine and then selling it back to (very indignant) people I stole it from. It's fun.

The open world lets you get lost for a while. Hunting, fishing, exploring. You can pretty much do what you like until you're ready to advance the story. The nice part is, though, that you don't feel like you have to grind. You can craft or buy many things. You get experience from just doing the things you're already doing.

If you've been on the fence about the game, and are the least bit interested in the American west,,, or just criminal activity, in general, consider it when the next sale rolls around.

Oh yes, and the random encounters (of which there are many) are really surprising and very entertaining.

I was riding past a town late one night, near the edge of the woods, when I came upon a group of Klansmen. They were initiating a new member and had him light a cross. I crouched silently behind a tree and listened. Dude caught his robes on fire and ran to his death. In the meantime, I tossed a stick of dynamite into the crowd. BOOM. Dead men in robes.

 
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hal said:
I've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (not online). It's really good.

Yeah, water is wet, right? But I noticed 41 of my Steam friends still have it in their wishlist. I know it hasn't been in a huge sale yet, but it's definitely fakeybro material.

First of all, it's beautiful. There's a cinematic mode and lots of photo options, so you know they were proud of how it looks. But it's also a beautifully crafted world. Bethesda should take note.

I'm only halfway through, but the story has some great moments and the characters are memorable. I find myself doing sidequests, not because they are wildly unpredictable and engaging, but because I like the fellow outlaws I hang with. Train robberies, house break-ins, stealing moonshine and then selling it back to (very indignant) people I stole it from. It's fun.

The open world lets you get lost for a while. Hunting, fishing, exploring. You can pretty much do what you like until you're ready to advance the story. The nice part is, though, that you don't feel like you have to grind. You can craft or buy many things. You get experience from just doing the things you're already doing.

If you've been on the fence about the game, and are the least bit interested in the American west,,, or just criminal activity, in general, consider it when the next sale rolls around.

Oh yes, and the random encounters (of which there are many) are really surprising and very entertaining.

I was riding past a town late one night, near the edge of the woods, when I came upon a group of Klansmen. They were initiating a new member and had him light a cross. I crouched silently behind a tree and listened. Dude caught his robes on fire and ran to his death. In the meantime, I tossed a stick of dynamite into the crowd. BOOM. Dead men in robes.
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RDR2 does have some great random encounters. Here were a few of mine:

By far the best was when I was riding around the swamp and I saw a body hanging from a tree. I decided to stop and see if I could cut him down and loot his corpse and while I was occupied with that process I heard some awful sounds coming from behind me and suddenly I was surrounded by these hideous swamp people who looked like zombies. I was viciously murdered by them. Another great moment was when I was exploring a little abandoned church and then a spaceship arrived.

That said, I did not particularly enjoy the game. I hated nearly all the characters and I didn't think anything about the gameplay was engaging or fun--essentially like every other Rockstar game in that respect. It was the ultimate slog and at best I may have had fun for about 5 of the 80 hours I spent seeing it through to the bitter end. I took so many extended breaks from the game it took me over 2 years to beat. But it was those random moments that kept me coming back. The atmosphere the game creates when riding into a new town at night with the fog rolling in and the glow of the lanterns and suddenly your horse takes a shit. It's like magic.

 
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That said, I did not particularly enjoy the game. I hated nearly all the characters and I didn't think anything about the gameplay was engaging or fun--essentially like every other Rockstar game in that respect. It was the ultimate slog and at best I may have had fun for about 5 of the 80 hours I spent seeing it through to the bitter end. I took so many extended breaks from the game it took me over 2 years to beat. But it was those random moments that kept me coming back. The atmosphere the game creates when riding into a new town at night with the fog rolling in and the glow of the lanterns and suddenly your horse takes a shit. It's like magic.
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That's interesting, in that Rockstar games don't usually hold my interest very long. Maybe the atmosphere was enough to reel me in. I am a big fan of the American West though, so that may have some influence.

In particular, I found some of the setpieces to be really unique. Perhaps if I'd tried harder to like some of their other games I'd have found similar scenarios. To give some examples: going to a saloon with Lenny, getting smashed -- losing Lenny in my drunkenness -- and winding up in a big bar room brawl was something I can safely say that I've never done in a videogame. An old-fashioned train robbery. Hunting a cougar by lantern light in a dark cave in the mountains. And, like you said, the random encounters.

I get what you're saying, though, about their games. This one just worked for me.

 
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I don't have RDR2.  I have the online one and I only got it because it glitched on Humble and was like .80 I think.  At first I didn't really get into it, but lately I've been getting into it and it's a ton of fun for the .80.  I'd even say the $5 discount price was a deal and even $20 isn't bad for what you get (though at that point you're better off buying the entire game when it goes on sale for $36ish).

Getting gold is a grind, but it's a huge open world with tons to do and you can just get caught up in all that without the need to advance the story (is there a story?  I wouldn't know since I've just been doing random stuff).  There's a group of ex-CAGs who plays it pretty much every day and it definitely is a lot more fun as a group.  Especially when I'm in there, because those bozos just like to play it safe and I spice things up by aggroing everyone I come across and adding an element of general chaos to things. 

 
hal said:
That's interesting, in that Rockstar games don't usually hold my interest very long. Maybe the atmosphere was enough to reel me in. I am a big fan of the American West though, so that may have some influence.

In particular, I found some of the setpieces to be really unique. Perhaps if I'd tried harder to like some of their other games I'd have found similar scenarios. To give some examples: going to a saloon with Lenny, getting smashed -- losing Lenny in my drunkenness -- and winding up in a big bar room brawl was something I can safely say that I've never done in a videogame. An old-fashioned train robbery. Hunting a cougar by lantern light in a dark cave in the mountains. And, like you said, the random encounters.

I get what you're saying, though, about their games. This one just worked for me.
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That's the weird thing about Rockstar games--they create these incredible worlds and I agree that the missions (on paper, at least) are unique and have you doing all sorts of crazy things. But the issue I always have with them is that the actual gameplay always feels like a chore to me. It's a combination of the controls, animations, and overall feel of how the player moves in the world that make the games feel more like work than fun. And that feeling just grows over time as the characters start to grate on my nerves. I have very similar feelings about Naughty Dog games. They're these state of the art interactive experiences that are overly long, self-indulgent, a bore to play, but I feel like I need to see them through to the end because the production values and art design are unmatched.

 
Last year, I was trawling AliExpress and came across a ridiculous looking CPU cooler.  The Aigo V5 ShadowMax, a tower of cooling fins with a corkscrew fan inside to suck air up into and through it.  And, of course, RGB.  I couldn't find any information about it which made it even more a "I need to own this" item.  So I bought it for $35 and waited four months while it did some dance between warehouses in China and ultimately never made it to me.  So I got a refund and ordered it again!  This time it arrived in a mere four weeks and it's a thing of beauty.

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Guess what!  It doesn't suck!  I mean, it's not amazing but it kept my Xeon x3450 chip at 78C during Prime95 and 28C at idle.  For reference, I had a a Coolermaster Hyper TX3 on there beforehand and it had about the same temps.  So I wouldn't recommend buying one since you can get the same performance out of other $35 coolers you don't need to order from China but it's nice to know I can use this thing for the lulz and not gimp my computer by doing so.

Edit: Amusingly, the week this thing arrives at my house after a five month wait, it becomes available "in stock" on Amazon.  It did have a store page earlier but both it and Newegg said "Out of Stock" with zero reviews like it was a placeholder entry.

 
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IkedaTeramusa said:
It still amazes me we can literally commit genocides in games but tiddies are TOO FAR....
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Makes me think of working retail and having a mother come in to buy her son a GTA game. She asked about the game and I told her it had drug use and tons of violence and murder and she was like "as long as there's no sex". :/

 
DD83 said:
Makes me think of working retail and having a mother come in to buy her son a GTA game. She asked about the game and I told her it had drug use and tons of violence and murder and she was like "as long as there's no sex". :/
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DD83 said:
Makes me think of working retail and having a mother come in to buy her son a GTA game. She asked about the game and I told her it had drug use and tons of violence and murder and she was like "as long as there's no sex". :/
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Hookers for health regeneration?

This reminds me of seeing Watchmen (for the second time) in the theater and some mom brought in two very young kids (maybe 8-9 years old for the oldest and the other a few years younger.)

Anyhow, they made it through the brutal fight scene that starts the movie but were gone shortly after the lesbian kiss in the opening credits.
 
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INMATEofARKHAM said:
Hookers for health regeneration?

This reminds me of seeing Watchmen (for the second time) in the theater and some mom brought in two very young kids (maybe 8-9 years old for the oldest and the other a few years younger.)

Anyhow, they made it through the brutal fight scene that starts the movie but were gone shortly after the lesbian kiss in the opening credits.
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Your post made me realize I remember nothing about that movie other than the ending and Dr. Manhattan’s blue dong.
 
IkedaTeramusa said:
It still amazes me we can literally commit genocides in games but tiddies are TOO FAR....
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They were very specific in saying that the problem was that the sex featured actual people instead of animated ones. I guess that opens them up to a liability they aren't willing to indulge.I can imagine how that might be abused and would be incredibly difficult to monitor. Imagine a minor or someone who did not consent being depicted in a game hosted by Steam, It sure seems like something that could happen.

I don't personally care for the sex games that are on Steam because they tend to be dumb or make me feel creepy. I don't have any problem with them being there though. And given that I just wrote a big endorsement of Red Dead Redemption 2, I clearly don't mind games with sexual themes or violence.

I think it's just about that liability.

 
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I think it's worse that people wanted to be such fucking creeps that they're outraged about an FMV pick-up artist porn game being removed from Steam. Paying people on Chaturbate is a low level to stoop to, but playing a goddamn game about objectifying real people on Steam is creepiness bordering on sexual predation.

 
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Z-Saber said:
The game is basically a joke. It's truly not as serious as that.
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Apparently you're correct, at least for this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4wxNW31gT8

Sex isn't allowed on Youtube either, but it looked like ending was honestly him eating her food taco and not euphemism taco. Game was never on my radar, and watching someone's scripted, live-action dating scenes didn't help it any.

Note that if me posting the video makes anyone feel uncomfortable, then that speaks directly to the topic of it being removed from Steam.

 
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Steam just doesn't like adult games. If it's of the really cheap kind of 3D pseudo visual novel type or of the sliding puzzle or matching pieces type it usually stays. Stuff like eroge VNs sometimes gets the pass if it is all ages with an 18+ patch somewhere (I post these all the time). Some like Evenicle 2 get passed and later are rejected. Most of Mangagamer's visual novels never touch Steam for sure. It's sad, but it's just the way it is. Go support the adult store fronts, but you usually need a CC for that, which people don't like using. JAST USA is an exception, but most of these store fronts have to use other charging services because of the stuff they deal. BTW if anyone ever wants to ask me about eroge or whatever just PM me if you don't want to post on the forums. I will answer what I can.

 
The first game in that series tried to take itself seriously but a bunch of streamers played it as a joke game and laughed at how stupid it was and he intentionally made the next one a lot more absurd.  Including a clip where used a missile to blow up a couple of youtubers who had been critical of the series.  He does not exactly take criticism of his games or himself well at all.  I actually figured he would eventually go too far in some way and get booted off the platform entirely.    

At any rate, I am still a bit surprised Valve ever allowed any adult games on the platform, cartoony or otherwise.  Online payment services have a history of dropping businesses because of adult content because it is not worth the hassle, especially in the US.  I think the people who get mad over stuff like this are in for a rude awakening when Valve eventually decides the genre in general is not worth it and goes back to doing away with even the games with adult content that they allow now. 

GOG and Epic both refused to sell this particular game as well.

 
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Souffrir said:
Your post made me realize I remember nothing about that movie other than the ending and Dr. Manhattan’s blue dong.
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The Director's Cut is better than the theatrical version so I suggest that. The Ultimate Cut, while it has a few extra scenes not in the Director's cut (I think), its almost ridiculously long and the pirate comic scenes isn't likely to appeal to anyone who hasn't read the comic(s) a bunch of times.

Its not am all time low but anyone looking for The definitive content form Shadow of War humble has it on sale this week.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/middleearth-shadow-of-war-expansion-pass

 
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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (base) & Heroes of the Inner Sphere (expansion) are coming on May 25th:

https://mw5mercs.com/news/2021/03/53-mw5-xbox-steam-and-dlc-release-dates

Info:

  • MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (base) & Heroes of the Inner Sphere (expansion) are coming on May 25th.
  • It's going to GOG, Steam, Xbox One, and X Box Series S/X.
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Published by Sold Out games... I find that rather ironic as they did sell out to epic. Their press releases talks about having sold "hundreds of thousands" of copies... which I don't find remarkable at all. (https://www.enadglobal7.com/press/75F0DA9390117A57/)

Anyhow, good to see it coming to Steam... It didn't get the best reviews back when it released... So hopefully the issues have gotten fixed.

 
Resident Evil: Village PC version's system requirements revealed:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/resident-evil-village-pc-system-requirements-are-here/1100-6489117/

 

Minimum:

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-7500 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB
  • Storage: TBD
Recommended, No Ray Tracing:

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Memory: 16 GB
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700
  • Storage: TBD
Recommended, With Ray Tracing:

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 2004 or later
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Memory: 16 GB
  • Graphics Card:
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 2070 (4K/45fps)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 2070 (4K/60fps)
  • AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (4K/45fps)
  • AMD Radeon RX 6800 (4K/45fps)
  • AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (4K/60fps)

[*]Storage: TBD
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INMATEofARKHAM said:
The Director's Cut is better than the theatrical version so I suggest that. The Ultimate Cut, while it has a few extra scenes not in the Director's cut (I think), its almost ridiculously long and the pirate comic scenes isn't likely to appeal to anyone who hasn't read the comic(s) a bunch of times.

Its not am all time low but anyone looking for The definitive content form Shadow of War humble has it on sale this week.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/middleearth-shadow-of-war-expansion-pass
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It's cheaper on GMG

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-expansion-pass-pc/

 
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