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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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FoxyPie said:
If there's already a game named Bedlam, why make another game with the same name?
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So I did a little digging on this. Turns out they were already making their game and kickstarting it when the 1st Bedlam game came out. Seems like just bad luck/timing.

 
spoderman said:
This guy gave the PS4 version a 6.5. Maybe my prediction of the average being 6.5 will be right.. or maybe that guy is full of shit. I hope I'm right though, so I can watch all of the fakeybros sandpanda their $20 purchase.
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there are apparently users who already got the game, complaining about frame rate issue with the ps4 version. LOL

not looking for for pc.

 
warreni said:
All valid points but there is probably a tiny minority of people who don't want a console but do want a media center PC to stick in the living room and are too brainless to understand/don't care about the prospect of building a cheaper/better box themselves. I'm assuming that Valve has done some market research to figure this out and this is its target audience.
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I think Valve has a pretty hands-off approach to this beyond supplying the OS and a store page (that just leads to other sites anyway; you don't directly buy from Steam). If hardware vendors want to embarrass themselves with ridiculous builds well... I doubt that Valve would be thrilled about it but their actual risk is pretty minimal as well.

Agreed that the more expensive boxes actually seem to get worse than the cheaper ones. But at least you can play modern games on them.

 
Syntax Error said:
I think Valve has a pretty hands-off approach to this beyond supplying the OS and a store page (that just leads to other sites anyway; you don't directly buy from Steam). If hardware vendors want to embarrass themselves with ridiculous builds well... I doubt that Valve would be thrilled about it but their actual risk is pretty minimal as well.

Agreed that the more expensive boxes actually seem to get worse than the cheaper ones. But at least you can play modern games on them.
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http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/consoles/valve-announces-13-steam-machine-partners-alienware-among-them-1212831

The only officially Valve created hardware was sent to the beta testers a long time ago. It's interesting that the beta testers are noted as mostly positive in the article, since most of the feedback I've read from non-beta testers is more mixed.

 
travathian said:
Dude I'm gettin a Dell!

Said no serious gamer ever.
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This is true, but in fairness when I decided to leave consoles behind for good, I got an Optiplex (755) on Amazon for 80 bucks and slowly upgraded it. It was a tank for me and while it was nowhere near what I have now, it still did me just fine and I was able to enjoy even newer games on it once I added the GPU and upgraded the processor. All in all, I had about $160 invested into it from top to bottom and it was better than a 360/PS3 technologically. My first year on Steam was with that machine and I never had a problem with it other than the limitations. The biggest problem I had with it was the proprietary garbage made it really hard upgrading some parts (i.e. the power supply and had some socket limitations for processor upgrade), finally I gave up when the hard drive started to go and decided to get serious and now use the Optiplex in the garage when Im doing work on my bikes, saves the walk back and forth to the beast to use the internet.

For a toe dip into the pool, a Dell is okay IMO. I would not recommend it whatsoever if you're serious or intend to be serious, but I was hesitant to go headfirst back into PC gaming after being with consoles for almost the entire 360/PS3 generation. I took a small step and I am glad I did. It gave me time to learn exactly what I wanted to be able to do and then was ready to step it up. I sold off the components that would get me some coin (the processor and GPU) and then upgraded.

Other than the hard drive death, the used Dell was a great purchase b/c of what I wanted to do at the time and the thing has been a great utility machine (back to stock parts) in its post-gaming days.

 
MysterD said:
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming Feb 23rd, 2016 with a mess of pre-order stuff.

Pre-Order Options + Tiers in spoilers:

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When I saw the second, I was expecting them to do an EA (-y) thing and have it "if you preorder by this date you get x, by this date get y, etc."

(For reference, I play too much SWTOR these days, and for the run-up to the new expansion, they've been offering stuff they'll give you on launch if you subscribe before a certain date. Changes every couple weeks iirc)

 
Red_Lizard2 said:
When I saw the second, I was expecting them to do an EA (-y) thing and have it "if you preorder by this date you get x, by this date get y, etc."

(For reference, I play too much SWTOR these days, and for the run-up to the new expansion, they've been offering stuff they'll give you on launch if you subscribe before a certain date. Changes every couple weeks iirc)
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No. They're doing the "The more pre-orders made, the more extra stuff gets unlocked" nonsense crap.

 
madjoki said:
Well if it doesn't unlock....

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The stupid thing is, a bunch of people are saying on the forum they are waiting for the other game to unlock before they pre-order. Uh hello dumbasses there's refunds now so you can get your money back if it doesn't unlock meanwhile if you all hold off waiting for that last tier to unlock before you buy then nobody will get it.

 
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warreni said:
<Foxhack rant>

Actually, I think the most annoying thing about this is that you're buying an overpriced CE and they still only give you a "soundtrack sampler." Squeenix did the same thing with the 2013 Tomb Raider just so they could sell the full soundtrack separately and it's incredibly lame.
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And you know their digital soundtrack will only be in MP3 format. Or whatever the hell iTunes sells. And it still won't be the full soundtrack.

But since it's Squeenix, I can wait for a $5 sale from Brazil.

 
Two hours until disappointment folks! (Or maybe three - my international Steam clock seems a bit wonky)

How many reviews are going to label it mediocre? I'm guessing at least seven.
 
Flowette said:
Two hours until disappointment folks! (Or maybe three - my international Steam clock seems a bit wonky)

How many reviews are going to label it mediocre? I'm guessing at least seven.
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Regardless of how good, mediocre, or poor the reviews say it is - all I really care about is, "When the hell is Mad Max game going to be 75% off?"

 
madjoki said:
GabeN tripped on wire to the steam chat server.
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Thank god I didn't want to have to MysterD this thread with my Seasonal rants. I will see you all in a couple of days (unless you Tebow chat regs don't get back on then I MysterD it up here) and no offense MysterD it just fit. I said his name three times like Candyman/Beetlejuice incoming..3...2...1

 
headpiece747 said:
Thank god I didn't want to have to MysterD this thread with my Seasonal rants. I will see you all in a couple of days (unless you Tebow chat regs don't get back on then I MysterD it up here) and no offense MysterD it just fit. I said his name three times like Candyman/Beetlejuice incoming..3...2...1
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No offense taken.

I just finished another episode of Telltale's GoT.

3 episodes done with so far.

So, just taking a little break now.

 
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archbishopthedoge said:
This is true, but in fairness when I decided to leave consoles behind for good, I got an Optiplex (755) on Amazon for 80 bucks and slowly upgraded it. It was a tank for me and while it was nowhere near what I have now, it still did me just fine and I was able to enjoy even newer games on it once I added the GPU and upgraded the processor. All in all, I had about $160 invested into it from top to bottom and it was better than a 360/PS3 technologically. My first year on Steam was with that machine and I never had a problem with it other than the limitations. The biggest problem I had with it was the proprietary garbage made it really hard upgrading some parts (i.e. the power supply and had some socket limitations for processor upgrade), finally I gave up when the hard drive started to go and decided to get serious and now use the Optiplex in the garage when Im doing work on my bikes, saves the walk back and forth to the beast to use the internet.

For a toe dip into the pool, a Dell is okay IMO. I would not recommend it whatsoever if you're serious or intend to be serious, but I was hesitant to go headfirst back into PC gaming after being with consoles for almost the entire 360/PS3 generation. I took a small step and I am glad I did. It gave me time to learn exactly what I wanted to be able to do and then was ready to step it up. I sold off the components that would get me some coin (the processor and GPU) and then upgraded.

Other than the hard drive death, the used Dell was a great purchase b/c of what I wanted to do at the time and the thing has been a great utility machine (back to stock parts) in its post-gaming days.
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I had a similar situation. Used self-built AMD machines throughout college and graduate school, swapped them out for a laptop the next couple years while I was traveling. When I was ready to get a desktop again I picked up a Dell just because in 2009 I could get a very solid midrange system for $300 and all it needed was a video card. That did me for a while and I upgraded it piece by piece until it was finally time to ditch the proprietary mobo and power supply and go full Microcenter. The original system now has an ssd in it and is still my parents' primary one at home.

Meanwhile I have learned that users of the audio sample libraries I have been recently acquiring use copious quantities (24+ gb) of ram and even have entire slave systems to feed the libraries into their DAWs. Feeling that hardware upgrading twitch again...
 
Flowette said:
Two hours until disappointment folks! (Or maybe three - my international Steam clock seems a bit wonky)

How many reviews are going to label it mediocre? I'm guessing at least seven.
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Still about seven hours left for myself and other 'Mericans. :whee:

At this point of uncertainty I'm good with any average of mediocre and above. There will be hipsters on both ends of the rating/review scale. Who knows what to really believe anymore. If it's fun it's fun, if it sucks then may GabeN have mercy on our souls.

 
Ok need some advice from you guys. Its time to sort through all the friggin digital games i've bought the past several years. I just buy random bundles when they are at a good price and some single games when they're on sale over steam. Over the years these have really piled up. Im getting a new laptop so its time to start playing some of these i get stuff from:

GOG

Shiny Loot

Humblebundle

indiegalla

indieroyale

groupees

Bundlestars

Probably a few more im forgetting off the top of my head. GOG and shiny loot are kind of separate because they're not really steam related stuff, but all the others are and im sure i have doubles and triples of multiple things. How does redeeming work with most of these? Is it one key for each bundle, or is it individual keys per game? I'm hoping individual keys. Im just wondering which bundles i should redeem first and then not sure what i'll do with the extras

Also; does anyone know a good way to kinda organize everything i have? Id like some way of listing what i have and through what bundle/site... im guessing some kind of XL spreadsheet or something? Man this is going to take quite some time >_<

 
It's generally one key for each game with rare exceptions.

Best way is pretty much a spreadsheet. It's not so bad if you add to it as you go along each time you buy a bundle but if you're trying to make one out of everything you bought ever it can be a real pain to start off with.

Some of the bundle sites are pretty well organized like Groupees but others aren't at all so you kind of just have to keep track yourself.

 
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MysterD said:
Looks like IGN liked Mad Max game quite a bit - 8.4: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/31/mad-max-review?utm_campaign=fbposts&amp;utm_source=facebook

GameSpot was harsher - 6.0 -&gt; http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mad-max-review/1900-6416232/

GamesRadar - 4 stars (of 5) -&gt; http://www.gamesradar.com/mad-max-review/

Most reviews that are up seem to be for PS4 version -&gt; http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/mad-max

None listed for PC yet.
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Yeah there's been no info from the PC side of things to date. I'm less worried about the game and a little more worried about the port.

At any rate, it's apparently unlocked for Europe now and people are unpacking the files and what not so we should get some reports trickling in soon.

 
MysterD said:
GameSpot was harsher - 6.0 -&gt; http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mad-max-review/1900-6416232/
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Bitching that Mad Max fails to realistically convey the survival aspects of living in a dystopian wasteland seems to be 100% missing the point of Mad Max, especially the latest incarnation where people drive around in spiky hedgehog cars and attack one another with flamethrowers and dudes swinging on poles with explosive spears. Or one where you respond to a lack of oil by equipping your war party with a giant truck loaded with speakers and a flame-throwing guitar gimp just because it looks awesome. Or one where the primary means of bringing water to the people is to dump 100,000 gallons of it into the dirt once a week -- seriously, did anyone in that movie manage even once to drink some water without spilling 70% of it in the process?

 
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Syntax Error said:
Bitching that Mad Max fails to realistically convey the survival aspects of living in a dystopian wasteland seems to be 100% missing the point of Mad Max, especially the latest incarnation where people drive around in spiky hedgehog cars and attack one another with flamethrowers and dudes swinging on pole with explosive spears. Or one where the primary means of bringing water to the people is to dump 100,000 gallons of it into the dirt once a week -- seriously, did anyone in that movie manage even once to drink some water without spilling 70% of it in the process?
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sounds like its dumb fun

maybe ill take a diablo 3 break and skull fuck a few warboys

i doubt it but it was still nice to stay

 
eulogywerd21 said:
What show is this gif from? Terrified Asian men rank right up there with beached marine life and aborted fetuses on my list of "shit that entertains me the most".
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I'm not sure of the show but here are a couple of YouTube links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkr4w4Rlp5E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpODZRUFB7k

 
Syntax Error said:
Bitching that Mad Max fails to realistically convey the survival aspects of living in a dystopian wasteland seems to be 100% missing the point of Mad Max, especially the latest incarnation where people drive around in spiky hedgehog cars and attack one another with flamethrowers and dudes swinging on pole with explosive spears. Or one where you respond to a lack of oil by equipping your war party with a giant truck loaded with speakers and a flame-throwing guitar gimp just because it looks awesome. Or one where the primary means of bringing water to the people is to dump 100,000 gallons of it into the dirt once a week -- seriously, did anyone in that movie manage even once to drink some water without spilling 70% of it in the process?
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I think that dude not-so-secretly wants it to be an, ugh, EA survival game with Mad Max skin. He also complains about the fast travel. A completely optional feature for users...

 
Kenshindono said:
Ok need some advice from you guys. Its time to sort through all the friggin digital games i've bought the past several years. I just buy random bundles when they are at a good price and some single games when they're on sale over steam. Over the years these have really piled up. Im getting a new laptop so its time to start playing some of these i get stuff from:

GOG

Shiny Loot

Humblebundle

indiegalla

indieroyale

groupees

Bundlestars

Probably a few more im forgetting off the top of my head. GOG and shiny loot are kind of separate because they're not really steam related stuff, but all the others are and im sure i have doubles and triples of multiple things. How does redeeming work with most of these? Is it one key for each bundle, or is it individual keys per game? I'm hoping individual keys. Im just wondering which bundles i should redeem first and then not sure what i'll do with the extras

Also; does anyone know a good way to kinda organize everything i have? Id like some way of listing what i have and through what bundle/site... im guessing some kind of XL spreadsheet or something? Man this is going to take quite some time &gt;_&lt;
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Hope you redeemed all of your Shiny Loot keys before, because they're expired now

 
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