The PC gaming Thread. Steam/GOG/Origin/Etc. Game/Software/Hardware talk

I give up. I feel like if you’re forcing yourself to beat a game, then it’s not a game worth playing. I feel like Dragon Age lacks a lot of strategy in terms of how to progress through the game. I’ve re-rolled so many times, trying different classes, all of which I found extremely boring.

It’s a very linear game where most of the cities you run into are extremely empty, but to make up for that I suppose the developers made your characters run really fuckin fast (they do go at a rather fast pace). The combat speed is slow, as I feel as though the gameplay could have been about 20% faster (I dunno, I feel like this with a lot of RPGs so whatever). I actually did enjoy the lore quiet a bit, so much so, I had more fun listening on conversations rather than playing the game. It’s too bad the characters all seem bland as fuck.

I dunno, I can’t… maybe in the future? I doubt it, who knows, who cares, buy a bear, smell your hair, I hate underwear, time to stare, at the layers, of failure… sfj;lkfjda;lfjs;afjs;afjad;f;saf…

That’s the point of that game.

well at least the game runs well with absolutely no horrid juddering and the graphics look nice and the VR mode really exists

wait none of this is true. why the fuck do they get away with this? fucking shit bags, even gedosat cant save that shit. game runs like a fucking amiga game

This is the only positive thing that Origin has over Steam. PC games can be fickle as fuck, and you should be offered time to return it.

Today is a painful day. Borderlands is out and I got it for free but I won’t be able to touch it for at least a week due to work engagements.

http://www.overkillsoftware.com/crimefest/

Overkill software has reached their goal of 1.5 million Steam community member…which means on Thursday the first Payday game will be free to download.

Glad they brought back old Hoxton.

Abyss Odyssey is $7.49 on Steam until the 17th. Gonna cop that shit soon as I get home.

EDIT: New Humble Bundle. Since these are all also browser games, you can preview them for free on the website.

Of these I can only vouch for Dustforce & Super Hexagon. For a platformer, Dustforce’s controls aren’t quite as tight as I’d like them to be (or if could just be the piece-of-shit dpad on my 360 controller), but it is quite the high to get on that perfect S-grade run of a stage, sweeping up every bit of garbage & perfectly timing your jumps in one seamless motion.

Super Hexagon is way more addicting than it should be for me. I think I got it during another bundle long ago, but I still boot it up at least a few times a month if not more. The concept & controls are so simple & intuitive that I can always just jump in & play no matter how long it’s been. The constant random(?) changes in pattern & direction also make each attempt feel new & unpredictable. Great soundtrack, too. Best I can do is Hexagon level on normal, tho’.

So I’m reading that all new releases on Steam will have ARCTAG (AllowCrossTradingAndGifting) disabled by default. So unless the pub/dev decides to allow it, the game will be region-locked. This affects folks who would buy games from resellers/traders of Russian Steam keys. Apparently it was a great way to get new games dirt-cheap day one.

Alien Isolation is gorgeous on PC. The texture work is amazing.

FTL is pretty sweet as well, if you’re into semi-turn based combat and crew management. Hell, I’m normally not even into that type of shit and the game grew on me.
I’m gonna wait until the last day, though. Just don’t wanna miss out on that final game.

Aww yiss Amazon is price matching on Abyss Odyssey. Time to put dat Bing monies to work.

That price is worth it just for FTL. Great game.

I’m planning to get a new graphics card to replace my GeForce GTX560. I come across a GeForce GTX 750 Ti for $180. Is this good enough?

Fuck everything else and go balls deep into GTX 970

AvP is free on GOG right now if you sign up for a beta test. It takes literally 2 seconds, they just want your e-mail.

It’s the old AvP game, not the one that came out a few years ago by Sega(which was great, btw.)

Aim a bit higher. Drop an extra 2-300 bucks and buy something that’ll last you the generation.

Pretty much this.

780’s are the same price as 970’s.

The fuck?

Thanks. I’ll check it out.

If you can find a 970! They’re selling out fast

Well I’m sure there’ll be some around my area.

Also Tomb Raider is 80% on Steam. Worth getting?