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John Wick of Dogs posted:What's the best way to shop steam deals? Steam has (roughly) quarterly sales in which much of the store is on sale at the lowest prices:
Steam will occasionally have smaller/thematic sales around certain holidays: Halloween, Lunar New Year, etc., and week long sales on a good number of items, refreshed every Monday. The prices aren't usually as good as the quarterly sales, but they're good enough. Otherwise you'll see publisher or event related sales show up from time-to-time. For example, Bethesda puts most of their catalog on sale during Quakecon. As for third-party stuff I usually follow Wario64 for new sales/bundles. GG.deals is a good site to figure out if a specific title is on sale. It's a good way to figure out if a new release is 10-20% off somewhere. You can also use SteamDB and GG.deals to look at historical prices for a game or bundle to see if a current sale price is the lowest, or how often a game actually goes on sale.
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Also Augmented Steam is a good extension to install. It'll show you the lowest price from a bunch of legitimate websites on the store page. It looks like this: Edit: just noticed that I happened to randomly choose one that has an error 
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speaking of augmented steam, i bet there's a poster here who knows this. viewing your wishlist, it only shows the deals when you mouseover. is there a way to snip a line of code to make them persistent/static? i'm assuming the markup on extensions is visible to answer the poster's question, if you're patient you never have to pay full price for a game, except what was it... factorio, rimworld, and games that are completely abandoned? somebody cracked; rimworld is actually at a small discount on fanatical rn Mescal fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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There are reports of people getting Saints Row 2 working but I can't seem to get it to load on any proton version. Anyone have any luck with it? Got it, need a particular proton compatibility E: or not, hmm. Suggestions were Proton 6.3 or GE Proton 7-30 through ProtonUP but the game just takes slightly longer to crash with those lol RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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This portable charging brick with hdmi out is pretty dope: https://www.jsaux.com/products/3-in-1-45w-charger-dock-for-steam-deck-hc4503
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tater_salad posted:also just add poo poo to your wishlist and then wait for the e-mail that says it's on sale. This is the method. Everything that's even slightly interesting goes on the wishlist. I think I have 700 games on there. Then I sort wishlist by discount. That's the only way I ever shop on Steam. During big sales the discounted list is huge, but even on regular weeks there are a few things on there to consider.
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HopperUK posted:This is the method. Everything that's even slightly interesting goes on the wishlist. I think I have 700 games on there. Then I sort wishlist by discount. That's the only way I ever shop on Steam. During big sales the discounted list is huge, but even on regular weeks there are a few things on there to consider. Yeah this is exactly how I do it.
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Just got my official dock today and I'm having trouble getting the audio to output either to the HDMI port or the headphone jack, the Deck is only outputting to its own speakers. I've gotten the headphone jack to work before, so I wonder if it's something to do with the dock. Also the dock is a lot smaller than I expected.
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Gay Retard posted:This portable charging brick with hdmi out is pretty dope:
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John Wick of Dogs posted:What's the best way to shop steam deals? I've heard how much everything is on sale, but actual steam prices look fairly normal retail, it looks like the sales are usually on other sites that give you the code like humble bundle, is there a good site for seeing what is on sale on steam and where? The best way to shop for Steam Deals is to gamble on Fanatical mystery key bundles! https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/birthday-mystery-bundle
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Detective No. 27 posted:The best way to shop for Steam Deals is to gamble on Fanatical mystery key bundles! lol I saw that earlier Also this seems like a great deck game. It's another take on VS / Brotato. Its $9.99 and pretty feature complete for an EA game https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066020/Soulstone_Survivors/ quote:Soulstone Survivors is an action roguelite where you slay hordes of foes and face titanic bosses while learning powerful skills to enhance your character. Play as a Void Hunter, and with the spoils of every match craft weapons, unlock new characters, upgrade your skill tree and equip new runes, all in your quest for godlike powers. Edit: I did get a few steam deck games from that bundle so it wasn't a complete loss, Incredible Dracula: Chasing Love Collector's Edition My Time At Portia Shift Happens RIOT - Civil Unrest Rebel Galaxy Cook Serve Delicious! 3?! Fractured Minds Rose Riddle: Fairy Tale Detective Valfaris A New Beginning - Final Cut MarcusSA fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Nov 10, 2022 |
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Is Vampire Survivors really going to be the next big gaming "genre" that everyone is going to copy the poo poo out of just to get a slice of that pie? VS itself has enough of it that you'll be plenty bored with the concept but now there's a sea of them. It's like how everything wanted (and still wants) to be Dark Souls if it's a 3D action title, and even some 2D ones.
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sigher posted:Is Vampire Survivors really going to be the next big gaming "genre" that everyone is going to copy the poo poo out of just to get a slice of that pie? VS itself has enough of it that you'll be plenty bored with the concept but now there's a sea of them. It's like how everything wanted (and still wants) to be Dark Souls if it's a 3D action title, and even some 2D ones. There's already several clones, one of which is VTuber themed which is fairly popular as far as I can tell.
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Welp I give up, I'm totally baffled why SR2 just crashes instantly on startup, I don't seem to be doing anything different than anyone else who got it working, it seems like for anyone it's basically just put it to a compatibility mode but it just doesn't launch (unless I use Steam's linux runtime, where it launches into an error report lol). I wonder if it's because of a directx thing?
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getting Long War mod for Xcom 2 to work on the deck seems to be a pain in the rear end. The game's default mod launcher won't recognize Long War of the Chosen so you have to use the alt launcher but it's a windows executable so there's some long rear end directions on reddit to get it work but I haven't managed to get through them yet. Does Xcom2 work well enough to be even worth this bother on the deck?
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8-bit Miniboss posted:There's already several clones, one of which is VTuber themed which is fairly popular as far as I can tell. Holocure is popular both because of vtubers and also because it’s the only one of the Vampire Survivors clones that understands why it works. To the point where even people who don’t give a poo poo about Hololive can enjoy it. Also it’s free which always helps, even when the peak of the genre is $5. Every other VS clone tries to add complexity or mechanics to the game and flops hard because that’s not why people are playing VS.
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What's the deal w/ Vampire Survivors anyway? I've put a few hours into it and so far it's just a twin stick shooter that replaces one stick w/ level ups and unlocks, and I usually get bored w/ a run and want to quit well before I actually get gonked. Does it Frog Fractions at some point? IDGI.
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The powerups have have evolutions when combined with other ones. But also there’s the general number goes up aspect and trying to make your character so powerful that the CPU melts your computer/Steam Deck. It’s fun.
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FuriousGeorge posted:What's the deal w/ Vampire Survivors anyway? I've put a few hours into it and so far it's just a twin stick shooter that replaces one stick w/ level ups and unlocks, and I usually get bored w/ a run and want to quit well before I actually get gonked. Does it Frog Fractions at some point? IDGI. It's fun to play. If you don't enjoy it then it is quite possible you're a bit too good at it so it's unengaging. I like VS, Nomad Survivors, Brotato and Spellbook Demonslayer. But I am very bad at games and have yet to beat any of them on any kind of higher level or increased difficulty. They're good podcast/youtube games. And they all play great on the Deck. Oh! Boneraiser Minions! That's a really good one.
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FuriousGeorge posted:What's the deal w/ Vampire Survivors anyway? I've put a few hours into it and so far it's just a twin stick shooter that replaces one stick w/ level ups and unlocks, and I usually get bored w/ a run and want to quit well before I actually get gonked. Does it Frog Fractions at some point? IDGI. You unlock system level stuff and things can get a little bonkers. Not to the level of Frog Fractions but still an enjoyable time in my opinion.
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FuriousGeorge posted:What's the deal w/ Vampire Survivors anyway? I've put a few hours into it and so far it's just a twin stick shooter that replaces one stick w/ level ups and unlocks, and I usually get bored w/ a run and want to quit well before I actually get gonked. Does it Frog Fractions at some point? IDGI. I also thought the first couple hours were boring but it does start to ramp up eventually and has a surprising amount of esoteric depth that I didn't expect. You kind of have to be down for unlock hunting, thats like your overall goal, and if you get into it its a fun collectathon. I honestly would not have put nearly as much time into as I have without the deck though
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I added a Forum to the Discord with an Emulation "megathread," with links and whatnot. Kinda neat.
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if you dont like vampire survivors there is something profoundly broken in you as human being and i feel terrible for you. or, youve evolved beyond humanity, either way
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Risutora posted:if you dont like vampire survivors there is something profoundly broken in you as human being and i feel terrible for you.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1589633781853552643 Yeah all of these are coming to Steam as well if they aren't already there. I remember playing the demo of Goodbye World on the deck a couple of nextfests ago, it runs well and seems pretty fun, even if the conceit of playing an 8bit gameboy game inside of a world that already has a 16bit indie game aesthetic seems kind of... cheap?
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FuriousGeorge posted:What's the deal w/ Vampire Survivors anyway? I've put a few hours into it and so far it's just a twin stick shooter that replaces one stick w/ level ups and unlocks, and I usually get bored w/ a run and want to quit well before I actually get gonked. Does it Frog Fractions at some point? IDGI. It's just compulsive. Very "one more run". Also it's possible to essentially become a God, melting literally thousands of enemies just by walking through them whilst spitting down fire and thunder, and you're constantly collecting things and watching numbers go up while that's happening. Perfect Deck game, too. Runs great (and cool and quiet), easy pick up and play value and you can fit complete runs into short sessions. I'm good with VS though. It's a one and done genre for me. A friend has gifted me that Soulstone one which I'll take a look at, but VS is simple and effective enough that I'm not angling for another one.
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Isn't vampire survivors a rip-off of the mobile game Magic Survival? Man, that dev must be pissed. Edit: 'rip-off', 'heavily inspired by', whatever.
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It was the inspiration, but Magic Survivors is microtransaction hell.
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maybe the bad dev should have made a good game like the vampuire survivor guy did
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F.D. Signifier posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQrcFyO_jY I don’t think Sports Story is coming to Steam. No page yet and Golf Story never did.
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njsykora posted:It was the inspiration, but Magic Survivors is microtransaction hell. Is it? I didn't notice that when I was playing it a while ago. That game definitely gave me more than my fill of 'power up so you don't actually have to do anything', and I genuinely don't understand the appeal after maybe 2 hours.
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sigher posted:Is Vampire Survivors really going to be the next big gaming "genre" that everyone is going to copy the poo poo out of just to get a slice of that pie? VS itself has enough of it that you'll be plenty bored with the concept but now there's a sea of them. It's like how everything wanted (and still wants) to be Dark Souls if it's a 3D action title, and even some 2D ones. I think it's gonna be like tower defense games, where there's gonna be a peak of a couple years then they'll fade into the background. I'm just holding out for a VS-like that is both fun and has good art direction. VS' colour palette gives me a headache, which is almost a good thing as it makes anything more than a single run unbearable.
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Once more I'll throw in a recommendation for Chronicon (35% off on Fanatical atm) for folks looking for something a bit more active than Vampire Survivors. Only 6 hours in but last night I got an item that removes the cooldown & mana cost from the Dragon Leap skill so for like an hour I just held down the right trigger to leap around, causing AoE fire to kill everything in range when I landed. Bumped it up to the middle difficulty and still haven't had to use a single potion, still only have died once. Dumb, mindless fun. So basically A.S.S game Automated Shooter Survivor, thanks Jeff Gerstmann if you want it to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9kJj2fhHrM This video has been useful for tips so far.
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AfricanBootyShine posted:I think it's gonna be like tower defense games, where there's gonna be a peak of a couple years then they'll fade into the background. Both Boneraiser Minions and 20 Minutes Till Dawn are VS-likes that are a lot easier on the eyes, and imo better games.
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I love the Steam Deck and I love playing Valheim with my wife and our friends. That is all.
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https://twitter.com/TheMakoReactor/...ingawful.com%2F Yet another perfect steam deck game.
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MarcusSA posted:https://twitter.com/TheMakoReactor/...ingawful.com%2F I played it briefly via an emulator and already knew this to be true.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Anybody tried the new sonic on this thing? Frontiers has some issues with Proton right now. There's a lot of flickering when the framerate changes so you have to set the graphics down low enough that it can hold a steady 30/40/ whatever. Outside of that it plays pretty well.
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sigher posted:Is Vampire Survivors really going to be the next big gaming "genre" that everyone is going to copy the poo poo out of just to get a slice of that pie? VS itself has enough of it that you'll be plenty bored with the concept but now there's a sea of them. It's like how everything wanted (and still wants) to be Dark Souls if it's a 3D action title, and even some 2D ones. I know I'm currently working on a clone though I'm trying to be a little more thoughtful about it (for what little that'll get me). njsykora posted:Holocure is popular both because of vtubers and also because it’s the only one of the Vampire Survivors clones that understands why it works. To the point where even people who don’t give a poo poo about Hololive can enjoy it. Also it’s free which always helps, even when the peak of the genre is $5. Every other VS clone tries to add complexity or mechanics to the game and flops hard because that’s not why people are playing VS. I'd be curious on your thoughts as to why Vampire Survivors works. Thirsty Dog posted:Both Boneraiser Minions and 20 Minutes Till Dawn are VS-likes that are a lot easier on the eyes, and imo better games. I didn't think either were as good as Vampire Survivors, though 20 Minutes Til Dawn definitely looked better. Though both of them were actually a bit harder to visually parse in-action than VS. I found Brotato at least as good as VS if not maybe better, and had a cohesive (if simple) visual design.
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