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STEAM | October 2014 - Proper PC gamers buy a Wii U and Bayonetta 2

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jim-jam bongs

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Ozium said:
mods are substance d junkies
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What does a mod see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me? Into us? Clearly or darkly? I hope it sees clearly because I can't any longer see into myself. I see only murk. I hope for everyone's sake the mods do better, because if the mod sees only darkly the way I do, then I'm cursed and cursed again.
 
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MrTeachwell

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thequickandthedead said:
What are your HDD sizes SteamGaf? Just upgraded from 500gb to 2tb here.
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This question had been in my mind lately, mainly because I'm considering buying a second ssd drive. I hate when aNew game comes out and I want it to load with all the crispness of a new toy but then it turns out to be 60gb including the Japanese audio and it won't fit unless I remove all my other games.

I have 1x 500gb for media and games and 1x 128gb ssd for the OS and special games
 
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Atraveller

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DocSeuss said:
Uh.

120TB SSD, 2TB Steam drive, 4TB storage/archival drive, 1TB video editing drive. Have two 1TB externals as well, for transporting footage between here and school. Laptop's got another two 500 GBs in it.

Not enough.
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120TB SSD holy fucking shit, must have cost more than a private jet!
 
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Ozium

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I own Out of this World on 3.5" Diskettes, can I send that in for a Steam code?

they might be 5.25" actually, not sure
 
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Vuze

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Nice giveaway Shadow, I will enter for Saints Row IV :D

Some of my spares:
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Instructions for participants:
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Spacehack -- MB-8E4CFFEEE1058404
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Mafia 2 -- MB-1D2B3EC6E6665FF8 - Taken by someguyinahat. 6 entrants total.
BioShock 2 -- MB-ACAFA7280FBF34DC - Taken by cardinalmind. 7 entrants total.


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Jadax

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In a shameless attempt to get into Shadownet's giveaway pool. The Sims 3 keys are Origin, but need to be redeemed on http://www.thesims3.com/ by logging in with your Origin email and password.

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Press the quote button to the left of this PM, select the quoted text, copy, and paste in the thread. You can remove these lines from the version you paste.

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I am giving away 5 Steam keys and 1 other items. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.

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- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.



Summoner -- MB-A6D210A2E08C4A75 - Taken by Deques. 1 entrants total.
The Sims 3 Late Night (thesims3.com) -- MB-66128DB2F2DD0E1A
The Sims3 (thesims3.com) -- MB-92A27382020F94FB - Taken by Mengy. 2 entrants total.
The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff (thesims3.com) -- MB-74DA83E6D628ECEE
AquaNox -- MB-4AF79AF16930B909 - Taken by bestpersonevar
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Dead Space (Origin) -- MB-029337332ADC752E - Taken by jut420
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ModBot

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Not a mod, just a bot.
This is a scheduled automated repost on behalf of an anonymous benefactor, who is running this raffle.

ModBot said:
I am giving away 3 Steam keys and 28 other items. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.

ModBot Basics:
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- This is a free for all! You can enter for multiple games on the list below. Send an individual PM for each game you'd like to win.
- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.



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SPLATTER (Desura) -- MB-60EF220BDB7EE77A
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OOZI EARTH ADVENTURE (Desura) -- MB-2384DC7D0C3B5E7A - Taken by crazyrabbits. 1 entrants total.
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PROJECT NIGHT (Desura) -- MB-D9F25FF058EDE3E7
Oil Rush -- MB-158EC8F232EDA10E - Taken by demolitio. 1 entrants total.
Tiny and Big in Grandpa's Leftovers -- MB-7BF2D53F05F70716 - Taken by confuziz. 1 entrants total.
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SOMETIMES (Desura) -- MB-11A401A04BF4D1E9 - Taken by Jason Frost
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FAIRY BLOOM FREESIA (Desura) -- MB-7C8683D876157143 - Taken by gngf123. 1 entrants total.
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ALTEREGO DREAMWALKER (Desura) -- MB-0CE037405C069F46 - Taken by WinterDemons
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SUPER PANDA ADVENTURES (Desura) -- MB-8952FF7E89F93281
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LAST KNIGHT (Desura) -- MB-6D7484240EEAFA5F - Taken by anastef. 1 entrants total.
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CRUNCH TIME! (Desura) -- MB-FE2E8696DE5D9EF5 - Taken by Jason Frost
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ASTRAEA (Desura) -- MB-E578FC0D8F10DB5C - Taken by Trellisaze
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THE LEGEND OF THE ARTIFACT (Desura) -- MB-7E1CA9611A242D1C - Taken by SSPssp
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BATTLEMASS (Desura) -- MB-B115F6A71478D94F - Taken by Pudge. 1 entrants total.
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LOVE Plus (Desura) -- MB-265F82C206255678 - Taken by Henry Swanson
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PARTICULARS (Desura) -- MB-1B8AC0C8933492D1
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FURRY 2 ULTIMATE EDITION (Desura) -- MB-F2A64049A479095A - Taken by WinterDemons
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UNDERRAIL (Desura) -- MB-4006E548EBB2D2EF - Taken by Jrdan. 1 entrants total.
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CHOMPY CHOMP CHOMP (Desura) -- MB-CA3F174267A86B78 - Taken by Jason Frost
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STAR TRADERS 4X EMPIRES (Desura) -- MB-D06B670AF73BDFC4 - Taken by Trellisaze
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LITTLE GARDENS (Desura) -- MB-68548E2B16A54C1D - Taken by WinterDemons
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ELEUSIS (Desura) -- MB-133838DDFE0B0A29 - Taken by redlacs
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SANCTUARYRPG (Desura) -- MB-F7023F95B5F0FF6D - Taken by Twentieth. 1 entrants total.
Thief Gold -- MB-0369ED116AFB9B1A - Taken by rrvv. 4 entrants total.
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LUNA SHATTERED HEARTS EPISODE 1 (Desura) -- MB-4014E2136267AD0E - Taken by Eila. 1 entrants total.
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DAWN OF FANTASY (Desura) -- MB-D17269BD71EE86AD - Taken by Jason Frost
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BIK (Desura) -- MB-3C151956E9F28D55 - Taken by WinterDemons
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FORCELINE (Desura) -- MB-1357040C9DC08A56 - Taken by SSPssp
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RADICAL ROACH (Desura) -- MB-669D948CDBEACD12
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8BIT COMMANDO (Desura) -- MB-C1FCE551A990C252 - Taken by Zero-Crescent
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PHOENIX FORCE (Desura) -- MB-A09DF907315D848E - Taken by Shady859


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Servizio

I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
You know what I want? (I think Durante posted about these and that's why I know about them)

The end of HDD? Samsung debuts a 3.2TB PCIe SSD card

When they have these bad boys for around $200 bucks, it'll be a nice day.

On a vaguely related note, I've had to make an unscheduled fresh install of Windows 7 and while I don't think I've 'lost' any data I am beyond annoyed. Using an operating system's Disk Cleanup tool should not result in having to re-install the whole OS. That is just far too literal an interpretation of disk cleanup.
 
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Dr Dogg

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Another day, another thread title change (that sounds like the next Bond film).

Welcome to the new peeps.

Also finally after 12 gruelling hours have made it to Chapter 4 in FFXIII. I think it's spawned a new game mechanic that must have been lost on me in 2010, the Long Time Event. Not having a Commando to slow the decay of the chain gauge certaintly can makes battles tedious if you don't gain a Premeptive Strike bonus. My poor A button won't last at this rate.
 
abracadaver

abracadaver

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Is there anything planned to make steam achievements more wortwhile?

I feel like unless you can perfect a game (to show it off on your profile) they are pretty pointless to get. I miss some kind of gamerscore like xbox or origin have.
Also its way too complicated to compare them with your friends. I like the global statistics though.
 
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Chance Hale

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abracadaver said:
Is there anything planned to make steam achievements more wortwhile?

I feel unless you can perfect a game (to show it off on your profile) they are pretty pointless to get. I miss some kind of gamerscore like xbox or origin have.
Also its way too complicated to compare them with your friends. I like the global statistics though.
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There's playfire rewards(through greenmangaming) which give credit for completing certain achievements but they've been offering less and less lately. Plus the credit can no longer be used in conjunction with coupons making it a lot less useful. Still, it's something.

Comparing achievements with friends is pretty easy through, just have to go the game page, click on "friends who play this" and compare achievements or something of that nature is under their username.
 
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Rand6

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117% in Dust: An Elysian Tail !
One of the best game of the year for me. Do we know if Dean Dodrill is working on something?
 
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Knurek

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FFXIII runs like shit for me
Can barely lock it to 30 fps on a i3-3250+750 Ti. Frequent drops while loading stuff despite: a) CPU usage hovering around 60-70% b) GPU usage hovering around 40-50% c) game data on SSD.
I've tried disabling USB devices, does not help. Don't have any way to disable HT in my BIOS, game doesn't seem to work with /affinity.
It's playable at least, but still, other people easily lock 60 fps@4k, so something is seriously wrong here.
 
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Chance Hale

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Got the Sleeping Dogs Definite Edition, will probably try to play through it later today as I never finished the game. Enjoy the melee combat but the horrendous driving and mediocre shooting put me off towards the end. Hopefully all the frilly costumes will entertain me enough :p If nothing else the wonderful blood splatter/stains will entertain my deprived mind for a while.
 
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brotkasten

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Knurek said:
FFXIII runs like shit for me
Can barely lock it to 30 fps on a i3-3250+750 Ti. Frequent drops while loading stuff despite: a) CPU usage hovering around 60-70% b) GPU usage hovering around 40-50% c) game data on SSD.
I've tried disabling USB devices, does not help. Don't have any way to disable HT in my BIOS, game doesn't seem to work with /affinity.
It's playable at least, but still, other people easily lock 60 fps@4k, so something is seriously wrong here.
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The game does not easily lock at 60 fps for anyone. I have an i7 2600k @ 4.5 GHz and a GTX 970 and I still get fps drops to 20-30. I'm usually very cautious to call developers out as lazy, but this port is not optimized at all. It's like they hit the "target PC" button in VS and called it a day.
 
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Lanrutcon

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Knurek said:
FFXIII runs like shit for me
Can barely lock it to 30 fps on a i3-3250+750 Ti. Frequent drops while loading stuff despite: a) CPU usage hovering around 60-70% b) GPU usage hovering around 40-50% c) game data on SSD.
I've tried disabling USB devices, does not help. Don't have any way to disable HT in my BIOS, game doesn't seem to work with /affinity.
It's playable at least, but still, other people easily lock 60 fps@4k, so something is seriously wrong here.
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Yeah, I'm running a better rig than you (CPU + GPU) and my performance is terrible. Doesn't matter what settings I use, it only uses about 40% of my GPU max and spends most of its time at 30 to 34 fps, with rapid erratic spikes to 60. I'm shelving this game until someone figures out why it runs like ass.

Terribly lazy port, and more than enough reason to approach the next PC FF titles with extreme caution.
 
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aku:jiki

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Rand6 said:
117% in Dust: An Elysian Tail !
One of the best game of the year for me. Do we know if Dean Dodrill is working on something?
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Unless I'm misremembering, yes, he has said that he is but I don't think he has said what it is. He might show up in the thread and tell you himself though.

Ozium said:
have you played depth of fear knossos? it's on sale and it's another fps roguelite... I feel like I need to get it to complete my collection..
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Nah, man, I'm wondering the same thing and I have too many backlog games to feel like just going for it despite the price.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

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shadownet, I missed your post on it, but how is Sleepy Dawgs DE compared to the original? How many GBs does it take up?
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
so when is DR3 supposed to turn into a hot mess? is it only if you unlock the 60fps?

Im running it with everything maxed and it runs butter smooth (well, as butter smooth as 30fps allow I guess), but really, it looks fine, especially for the amount of shit on screen.
 
xBladeM6x

xBladeM6x

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Rhaknar said:
so when is DR3 supposed to turn into a hot mess? is it only if you unlock the 60fps?

Im running it with everything maxed and it runs butter smooth (well, as butter smooth as 30fps allow I guess), but really, it looks fine, especially for the amount of shit on screen.
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Specs? I've been wanting to pull the trigger on this, but been afraid of it being broken or something.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
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Specs? I've been wanting to pull the trigger on this, but been afraid of it being broken or something.
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i can stream it a bit, you tell me how it looks I guess? Assuming the stream is smooth like with alien. gimme a sec

oh and i5 4690k, 16gb ram, gtx970 (should be sli but my second hasnt arrived yet)
 
Nabs

Nabs

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Rhaknar said:
so when is DR3 supposed to turn into a hot mess? is it only if you unlock the 60fps?

Im running it with everything maxed and it runs butter smooth (well, as butter smooth as 30fps allow I guess), but really, it looks fine, especially for the amount of shit on screen.
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People have trouble hitting and maintaining 60. I lowered a few settings and the game ran fine on my end. You should give 60 a try.

A lot of people shit on the port, but I think it's just fine. The engine is the thing that needs fixing.
 
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