The Steam Thread

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by oykib

I've had a lot of fun with it. Check out a let's play to see if it's for you. It's th sort of game where you'll gt your $10-15 worth. But th scenarios can seem somewhat similar after a while. You might only come back to play the game every few months.

Planet of the Apes

I bought it and killed everyone with my MACK-6 virus! On easy of course!

Pretty cool game!

[oykib]

I think my 'e' key had a virus.

Oddly, I think I've had the most fun playing Plague Inc. when I've been sick.

[MizzouRah]

haha oykib...

What about Card Dungeon? Another fun looking game I think I'm going to try out today.

[MizzouRah]

For $9 I purchased Card Dungeon.. fun little game! Very addicting!

I love how it saves after each turn, so if you quit, when you come back you can just continue where you left off without the fuss.

[Fidatelo]

I pre-ordered the Steam Controller and Link over the weekend, which I'm really stoked about. However, in Canada they are ordered through EB Games and the stupid default shipping option is 10 days. I wasn't prepared to pay an extra $17 for 1-2 day delivery so I stuck with it. 10 days?! Pretty lame.

[Schmidty]

I finally nabbed FM15 yesterday for 16.99. I couldn't say no.

[finkenst]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

I finally nabbed FM15 yesterday for 16.99. I couldn't say no.

the same

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by finkenst

the same

Me, too.

[Izulde]

I forgot to buy. Oof.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I forgot to buy. Oof.

Summer sale starts Thursday so the deal may be back up again soon.

[cubboyroy1826]

Me three

[EagleFan]

Have been thinking about saving up for a new laptop this year but am seriously tempted on going for an Alienware Steam Machine. My current laptop still works fine for online, finances and research so it may make sense to get a Steam Machine instead. Something to use just for gaming, and doing so on the TV could also eliminate any temptation to going to either an X-Box One or PS4.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Have been thinking about saving up for a new laptop this year but am seriously tempted on going for an Alienware Steam Machine. My current laptop still works fine for online, finances and research so it may make sense to get a Steam Machine instead. Something to use just for gaming, and doing so on the TV could also eliminate any temptation to going to either an X-Box One or PS4.

I'm renovating my basement and putting in a home theater area. Still going to have a PS4, but thinking about picking up the Alienware box just so I can play all Steam games down there too.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

I'm renovating my basement and putting in a home theater area. Still going to have a PS4, but thinking about picking up the Alienware box just so I can play all Steam games down there too.

I'd come visit the winery and endure all measure of Royals talk to check that out.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

I'd come visit the winery and endure all measure of Royals talk to check that out.

Going to do reflective paint on the wall. Just under a 10' screen with a 1080p projector. I'm pretty giddy.

In return, my wife gets to do whatever she wants in the rest of the basement.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

In return, my wife gets to do whomever she wants in the rest of the basement.

That's a serious trade off....

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Going to do reflective paint on the wall. Just under a 10' screen with a 1080p projector. I'm pretty giddy.

In return, my wife gets to do whatever she wants in the rest of the basement.

I love my projector. Big screen and so much easier to move than a TV. Hope you got a good surround sound system to go with it.

[Julio Riddols]

I'm a big projector fan as well. The one I got was a Viewsonic. It produces a screen over 100 inches with outstanding clarity, and is said to be capable of up to 300 inches. The bulb has lasted well over 10,000 hours and the whole setup only cost about 500 dollars to put together. I would get a projector over a TV in almost any case given my experience with this one. Makes the prospect of a steam box a very enticing one, especially given my new found interest in computer gaming.

[Fidatelo]

For everyone thinking about getting a Steam Machine, I think it's worth noting that all of the upcoming Steam Machines run SteamOS, as far as I have heard. That basically means a huge amount of top games would not be playable without manually swapping out the OS on the box.

[jeff061]

Yeah, I haven't researched them enough to see what has changed, but I built my own gaming living room PC after it seemed like they were going to be SteamOS. Which meant to me I either stream from another gaming system(defeating the purpose) or I'm only playing games with a Linux flavor.

Very happy with the PC I put together though. Not much larger than a toaster, has a fraction of the noise level of my PS4/Xbox One and is significantly more powerful than both.

[stevew]

The Alpha steam machine I have is nice but it does get kind of hot. When I bought it they had a decent price point going on the entry level one so I just bought that and upgraded the Ram and got an SSD. Pretty sure the steamOS one coming out is largely the same as the one I already have. I kinda figure that if something like this takes off, the graphical capacity should be fine for awhile as companies would want to make games playable on it at a decent level. Upgrading is easy, just took a second.

[stevew]

Dola, graphics not upgradeable but you can upgrade the processor, ram, hdd

[jeff061]

Don't buy a Steam Machine | The Verge

[Shoveler]

If you already have a good PC, any reason not to consider going with the steam link?

Granted you are streaming off of your computer over the network..

Curious how well that will work, will definitely need to see some reviews in the future before even considering this option.

[jeff061]

Well you can test that now if you have a laptop or some crummy computer lying around. Before I built my PC I had a laptop streaming from gaming PC. Anything with a Steam client can act as a link.

Works better than you'd think, but you still can tell it's being streamed. Slight latency with the controls and the occasional compression artifacts. My biggest complaint was surround sound wasn't supported, I'd have to imagine they fix that at some point in time.

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by Shoveler

Curious how well that will work, will definitely need to see some reviews in the future before even considering this option.

I ordered the Link along with the controller to use with my Surface Pro 2, and I will definitely post my results here when it arrives in October. If anything my results will probably be on the bad side because my SP2 isn't exactly a gaming rig and it will be talking wirelessly to the Link (not over Ethernet).

[Ragone]

Rutro, Steam summer sale starts tomorrow.. Personally I'm watching for a deal on Fof.. Among other things..

[jeff061]

Pillars of Eternity tops my list for the summer sale. But I have 30 things on my Wishlist I'll jump on if the price is right.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by jeff061

Pillars of Eternity tops my list for the summer sale. But I have 30 things on my Wishlist I'll jump on if the price is right.

It's the best game I've played in a long time. I paid full price (which I never do) and I haven't regretted it once.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by jeff061

Pillars of Eternity tops my list for the summer sale. But I have 30 things on my Wishlist I'll jump on if the price is right.

Ditto.

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by Ragone

Rutro, Steam summer sale starts tomorrow.. Personally I'm watching for a deal on Fof.. Among other things..

I'm hopeful that I will be selected for a one-day featured product sale, which will get me millions of eyeballs that otherwise would never have seen the game. A bit scary, because I've never participated in any significant type of sale before.

But, yes, FOF will be 15% off during the entire sale period.

[mckerney]

Pillars of Eternity is a must buy, I'd also recommend looking for a sale on Ori and the Blind Forest. It's a gorgeous and challenging metroidvania and ranks second for my early GOTY behind Life is Strange.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

I'm hopeful that I will be selected for a one-day featured product sale, which will get me millions of eyeballs that otherwise would never have seen the game. A bit scary, because I've never participated in any significant type of sale before.

But, yes, FOF will be 15% off during the entire sale period.

Best of luck.

[Vince, Pt. II]

I bought my roommate Ori and she loved the hell out of it.

[thesloppy]

I find Pillars of Eternity bland and boring, and thought Divinity Original Sin was much more entertaining, but I appear to be in a small minority.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I find Pillars of Eternity bland and boring, and thought Divinity Original Sin was much more entertaining, but I appear to be in a small minority.

I am confuzzled.

Finding D: OS better is nothing. I get that. I've put more time into Tales of Maj'Eyal in the last two weeks (82 hours)that I did into Pillars's entire time (40). But that don't mean that I'm calling Pillars "bland and boring". It's far from it.

[Ramzavail]

I can't get into ToME. Maybe I need to try again.

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

I am confuzzled.

Finding D: OS better is nothing. I get that. I've put more time into Tales of Maj'Eyal in the last two weeks (82 hours)that I did into Pillars's entire time (40). But that don't mean that I'm calling Pillars "bland and boring". It's far from it.

Well, I don't mean to suggest that you or anybody else shouldn't be enjoying it, or that it doesn't deserve the praise it's getting, it's just not my flavor of RPG. I find the combat wonky and boring, as you can seemingly choose between over-involved hyper-pausing or apathetic auto-battling, with neither extreme giving me that much of a feeling of control or involvement. Likewise I find exploration way too static and slow: creep around all borders of square map, fill in blank spaces, repeat. Basically, it just moves too slow for me, but my attention span for RPGs appears to be shrinking (which is why I love the aforementioned ToME)

[MizzouRah]

Sorcerer King is almost finished and one hell of a 4x game!

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Well, I don't mean to suggest that you or anybody else shouldn't be enjoying it, or that it doesn't deserve the praise it's getting, it's just not my flavor of RPG. I find the combat wonky and boring, as you can seemingly choose between over-involved hyper-pausing or apathetic auto-battling, with neither extreme giving me that much of a feeling of control or involvement. Likewise I find exploration way too static and slow: creep around all borders of square map, fill in blank spaces, repeat. Basically, it just moves too slow for me, but my attention span for RPGs appears to be shrinking (which is why I love the aforementioned ToME)

I guess I almost feel like it's a fantasy novel that I'm involved in the outcome. I read all of the stuff, even the magical item. There is a lot of love put into this game and I appreciate it. It's not just explosions and cut-scenes.

Best RPG since Divinity: OS.

[Barkeep49]

I had thought that this steam sale would likely pass by without me getting anything, but then, just minutes ago, I just found a 20 wallet code from 2012. Have NO memory of how I got it, but into the wallet it went an an opportune time.

[Apathetic Lurker]

I finally uploaded all the unused steam cards I had laying around...Entering the Steam summer sale with 120 bucks in my wallet.....

Good thing I saved them...Being on medical i'd just be a poor bystander crying on the sidelines.....

[IlliniCub]

When does the sale start?

[Scoobz0202]

Today supposedly. 1EST usually

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

I finally uploaded all the unused steam cards I had laying around...Entering the Steam summer sale with 120 bucks in my wallet.....

Good thing I saved them...Being on medical i'd just be a poor bystander crying on the sidelines.....

Wait. You can use those Steam cards to get some sort of Steam monies or credit?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Wait. You can use those Steam cards to get some sort of Steam monies or credit?

He's talking about the Steam Wallet Cards. Like the ones you buy at Gamestop, etc.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I played Pillars of Eternity for about 8 hours one day. I enjoyed it, but haven't gone back to it. That was a few months ago now.

I have played about 90 hours worth of Divinity: Original Sin. I really like it. I am playing co-op with a buddy of mine. I'm not sure if I would like as much playing alone, but we have a blast. We don't get to play it that often. It's almost been a year now since we started.

Currently, I'm also playing Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. Me and three friends play it co-op a couple of nights each week. It's a lot of fun. We have some crashing issues from time to time, but nothing too bad.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

He's talking about the Steam Wallet Cards. Like the ones you buy at Gamestop, etc.

Ah. Phew! I have a friend of mine who I give all of those Steam card things away to all of the time. There was about to be some 'splainin' to do!!!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Ah. Phew! I have a friend of mine who I give all of those Steam card things away to all of the time. There was about to be some 'splainin' to do!!!

But it should be noted that the next few days are the best time to sell the cards you collect on Steam if you're looking for a few extra dollars to spend. Prices are always best during the sales.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

But it should be noted that the next few days are the best time to sell the cards you collect on Steam if you're looking for a few extra dollars to spend. Prices are always best during the sales.

It's too late! I've already "traded" all of them to my buddy.