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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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Amazon Prime gaming added a few new titles recently.

Gravity Circuit - Amazon Games Platform
Kraken Academy - Amazon Games Platform
South of the Circle - GOG redeem

Loop HeroEpic Games2024-08-08 ~ 2024-11-06Steam　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　🔗 Epic Games Account Link
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Souffrir said:
So I learned today a Micro Center opened not too far from where I live, but there’s never been one anywhere close to me before so I don’t really know what I should be looking for.
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If they just opened they're too new to have clearance. I love dropping in there and looking for random open box/returned PC cases and marked down gaming stuff. I've found some really weird controllers there over the years.

If you need new PC components, their CPU+Motherboard and Motherboard+RAM deals stack so you can often get a much better deal than anywhere else. They have the bambu printers for great prices, and they are a great place to drop in if you need a pi pico or raspberry pi as they often have stock. Oh, and power strips, extension cords, and unusual cables galore. Microcenter is the place to find things you didn't even know you needed.

Okay totally unrelated, but I wish protondb or other sites would talk about fan speeds when they say a game is steamdeck compatible or even rave about how well it runs. I've yet to find settings that make Spider-Man Miles Morales run without audible fan noise and I've turned almost everything down and framerates at 30fps. The same thing happened with Horizon Zero Dawn, and it's why I'm afraid of sifu.

I understand it doesn't bother some people but if you're playing in bed when an SO is trying to read or sleep, it's a lot.
 
I know I got from Microcenter I got a processor + ram + motherboard when I was upgrading for a very old setup and got a lot of discounts at the time. Easily the best way to upgrade for sure. Microcenter rocks and I do agree the clearance or refurbished stuff is very good stuff to get. Also there is some pretty cheap usb sticks of different sizes. My brother in law loves to get those and a lot of times they are discounted to just a few bucks even. I miss having a Microcenter close by (was living in Houston at the time).
 
Not a video game deal, but for Hobbit/LOTR movie fans, The Hobbit extended 4k set is finally $40 on gruv (less if you've never shopped there and use a coupon). Waited ages for a deal on it. I got LOTR for closer to $30, but haven't seen the deal come back since.
 
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Microcenter is great if you don't mind waiting for their deals or paying the impatience tax. For me, its knowing I can swap out a dead unit ASAP that's valuable.

The build went well, only cut up seven of my ten fingers on way to sharp CPU cooler fins trying to plug in the damn 8-pin 12V CPU connection. I put in the RAM wrong and freaked out... but finally got it trouble shot. Couldn't figure out how to remove my GPU to troubleshoot; turned out there's a big button I pressed to release the latch since the configuration is pretty tight. Neat.

PC runs pretty quiet. Definitely recommend spending the extra bucks on Noctua brand fans and coolers if you're not going to putz around with water block stuffs. Things are snippy-snappy as I like them, more so when multi-tasking. Haven't gamed much outside of demos. I'm waiting for Space Marine 2, BG3 Patch 7, and a sale on the CP2077 DLC.
 
Frys went from being amazing for computers (so much software/hardware/parts period) and stuff like movies and music (so much at one point) to barely having a small entertainment section and the computer stuff was mainly printers/monitors and a few laptops. Sadge so much, haven't been there in quite a few years now.
 
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Frys went from being amazing for computers (so much software/hardware/parts period) and stuff like movies and music (so much at one point) to barely having a small entertainment section and the computer stuff was mainly printers/monitors and a few laptops. Sadge so much, haven't been there in quite a few years now.
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I've only ever been to a Frys (in a different city) once back when I was a kid, and remember seeing the 3DO for the first time. I remember online they had some decent deals on hard drives now and then.
 
shadowysea07 said:
Sucks for the rest of us that don't have one in the state let alone area. I always used to see posts about great deals at those. Occasionally frys? As well iirc.
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Slickdeals tends to post Microcenter deals a lot, and there definitely is some jealousy sometimes on those cpu mobo prices not having one locally or in my state.
 
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nitrosmob said:
Frys went from being amazing for computers (so much software/hardware/parts period) and stuff like movies and music (so much at one point) to barely having a small entertainment section and the computer stuff was mainly printers/monitors and a few laptops. Sadge so much, haven't been there in quite a few years now.
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Only times I shopped at Fry's was for my GTX 970 and I made Best Buy and Fry's compete for who would go the lowest for the price on my LG OLED TV. It's about nine years old now, has some burn in because LG was stupid with what they allowed in the built-in apps (high contrast logos), but I imagine most of that is solved in later models. Burn in only shows up in the corners and during reddish scenes, essentially easily ignored.

Will use it until it dies. The WiFi card went bad in it, so I had to swap that out. Otherwise, no issues.
 
The Alienware St Jude Tiltify fundraiser restocked some keys for new-ish games at decent deals. They have Payday 3 for $15, Flintlock for $20, Chivalry 2 for $10, and a few other random ones for smaller donations.

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Steam Rhythm Fest has some free items (sticker, avatar, frame). Wont likely be trying out demos here as I just haven't been much into rhythm games in a while other than playing some of the Miku games. I still will likely try the Crypt of the Necrodancer dev game and some of those rhythm mini game ones. Adding impressions to my document until I get enough that it will be interesting to post. For one to try Freaked Fleapit is a decent Crypt of the Necrodancer like game.

Edit: Now I'm looking there is a wide variety of demos including RPG/Vampire Survivors/Action RPG/cozy game rhythm games that I will be playing more demos than I thought!
 
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FINAL FANTASY 16 DEMO (STEAM) - REVIEW:

Quick thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI Demo that's now on Steam.

Just finished FF16 Demo on PC. Took almost 3 hours here to finish. Had to lock it at 40fps in-game cap to get it stable 1080p at High settings with Upscaler (DLAA) on; otherwise, it was not smooth. With capped at 60fps, 35-60fps with ups & downs like a roller-coaster. 40fps cap was smooth, for the most part.

The graphics look downright gorgeous as always, per typical FF standards. Though, the direction's often different here, with it gritty & grimy, for the most part. Though, they do look sometimes super-pretty & colorful when they feel like doing magic & fantasy type of elements, which feel right up the old-school FF type of avenue.

FF16 Demo here feels like Game of Thrones type of gritty dark- fantasy stuff mixed with some Final Fantasy stuff (chocobos & magic) & some real-time style 3rd-person action-RPG type of combat. Combat's pretty good, for this kind of ARPG; it felt solid.

It does feel weird again, having a Final Fantasy main-titled & main-numbered game here with real-time action-y type of combat here, lacking turn-based combat & also the strategy of older titles that came out before FF15. Heck, even FF15 had teammates that are AI & you can command to help you do their Special Attacks & Skills. This here with FF16 has none of that type of strategy - see, you might have NPC's with you, but you've got no control over them. It makes me wish this was named say Never-Ending Fantasy or something else not named Final Fantasy to show it's a major departure from previous FF games, but this does look like their direction since FF15: more action-y & less strategy.

Regardless, if you like Game of Thrones type of violence, cursing, grit, grime, and that type of dark-fantasy stuff and you're fine with solid modern-style 3rd person action-y type of combat - you might want to give FF16 Demo a look here on the PC.
 
That's pretty spot on. The first 1/3 is very good. The middle 1/3 is still pretty good. The last 1/3 is almost GoT-esque where it sours the rest of the game.
 
Solid-Snake-Eyes said:
You don't need a subscription to play online Microsoft games on PC like you do on console, right? *specifically Forza Horizon 4 & 5 bought on Microsoft store.
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Neuro5i5 said:

I guess I need to get around to playing 3...
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I'm even further behind:
1. Still have to tackle ALL of the Borderlands 2 DLC's.
2. Still have to tackle ALL of the Borderlands Pre-Sequel and its DLC's.
3. Still have to tackle ALL of the Borderlands 3 and all of its DLC's.
4. Still have to tackle ALL of the Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and all of its DLC's.
 
Everyone hates 3 so just skip it, guys. It’s widely agreed that it all went downhill after the second game. And tbh I liked the first one the most because the tone and writing hadn’t yet devolved into that grating, deliberately annoying cringefest the series is now infamous for.

And Tiny Tina’s DnD take on looter shooters had so much potential but they decided to have the titular character -one the most irritating and obnoxious characters in the history of gaming- narrate your whole playthrough as dungeon master. I had to stop playing, it was just too much.
 
I did enjoy the first game the most for story, characters (I actually liked Claptrap in 1) and gunplay. Which is weird because 1 had kind of a paper thin plot that was just enough to push the action. If they added the skill tree variety from 2 and the mobility from tPS to the first game and the ability to farm more than the Knoxx glitch and Craw, I'd consider it perfect. I also agree that tPS is a solid entry with good gameplay, albeit with some annoying characters (I'm looking at you Janey and Pickle).
 
Neuro5i5 said:
I did enjoy the first game the most for story, characters (I actually liked Claptrap in 1) and gunplay. Which is weird because 1 had kind of a paper thin plot that was just enough to push the action. If they added the skill tree variety from 2 and the mobility from tPS to the first game and the ability to farm more than the Knoxx glitch and Craw, I'd consider it perfect. I also agree that tPS is a solid entry with good gameplay, albeit with some annoying characters (I'm looking at you Janey and Pickle).
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Wait...there's a plot in BL1? I just loved it for the stress relief it provided after a shit day at work :D
 
Yeah I remember the plot of BL1 being there is a vault and yeah that's about it lol. Pretty sure #2 was just there are even more vaults. I don't play these games for story. BTW I have about 3-4 more demos to go, but I am pretty much done with the Rhythm Fest demos and a few others and will likely post my impressions on those tonight, so look forward to it.
 
While BL3 doesn't have the best story, it does have the best gameplay, imo. To be honest, I've never played any of them for the story and that turns out to be a good thing. All of them have some good and bad jokes and a great semi-recurring villain: Handsome Jack. The rest is hit or miss.

I think they've got the gameplay down pretty well, so I'm fully ready to like it despite what is sure to be a goofy story that everyone will hate. Just give me four new vault hunters that are interesting to play and a bunch of cool guns.
 
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While BL3 doesn't have the best story, it does have the best gameplay, imo. To be honest, I've never played any of them for the story and that turns out to be a good thing. All of them have some good and bad jokes and a great semi-recurring villain: Handsome Jack. The rest is hit or miss.

I think they've got the gameplay down pretty well, so I'm fully ready to like it despite what is sure to be a goofy story that everyone will hate. Just give me four new vault hunters that are interesting to play and a bunch of cool guns.
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I really liked 3 too never actually finished it but out of 1,2,3 I liked the environments and gameplay the best. Really the only thing I had an issue with was the story, did not like the two "Youtubers".
 
Docks for the steam deck so i can play on my TV? Probably won't get one until Black Friday. Is the best the official steam one for 80 bucks or a cheaper one off Amazon.
 
ChefMason said:
Docks for the steam deck so i can play on my TV? Probably won't get one until Black Friday. Is the best the official steam one for 80 bucks or a cheaper one off Amazon.
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Just get one with the features you want off Amazon. I have a basic one off Amazon and its never gave me an issue. 2 Extra USB A's a Type C pass through, Network and HDMI. I use it more for a charging dock than anything. The one with the extra spot for a extra NVME might be worth while.

I think im going to pick up an External NVME/SSD and toss a Windows install and dual boot so I can play Gamepass stuff just need to find a comfortable/good way to mount it on the deck when its in use (Handheld)
 
I picked up this one a while back and it's served me well. I mostly use it just as a charging base, so I can't speak to how it is as far as it works connected to a TV:

Baseus 6-in-1 Docking Station for Steam Deck/ROG Ally X/Legion Go with HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz, Gigabit Ethernet, Adjustable Stand Design, 100W PD and 3 USB-A 3.0 Ports


It doesn't have a card reader, but, that wasn't something I was looking for.
 
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ChefMason said:
Docks for the steam deck so i can play on my TV? Probably won't get one until Black Friday. Is the best the official steam one for 80 bucks or a cheaper one off Amazon.
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Don’t bother with the official Steam one, quality is fine for it but it’s way overpriced. I’ve been using this skull and co one without any problems for a while now.

 
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