Community MetaSteam | June 2020 - Month Of The Seal, With Many A Deal, Throw Money With Zeal, The Wallet Will Kneel

[ISee]

contemporary equivalent that's CP77 ready?

Ask that again in 2022, there will be something by then.
On a serious note, as CP77 will use DX12 Ultimate features and Ray Tracing; something that offers all that, I guess. The cheapest would be an EVGA 2060 K.O. That is about as much as GTX 970 cost at the time (more or less).

Nvidia should release RTX 3000 series of GPUs in a couple of months, but as with RTX 2000 I'm not sure we will get something in the 300-400€ bracket this year. So, if you don't want to cross the three hundred € line by a lot, the 2060 is your best bet.

Will it be enough for CP77 at fullHD with Ray Tracing?

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it is, yes

Dying Light is still banned over here, lol
We Germanz would ozherwise run zhe amok if we would slay zhe zombies.

Makes you wonder why TLOU2 is not banned...

 

[lashman]

So is this just an extra mode or a new campaign?

we don't really know ... but i wouldn't count on a whole new campaign

Dying Light is still banned over here, lol

damn, that sucks

 

[beep boop]

Any bundles/game collection packages worth grabbing?

The Hinamizawa Virus bundle is great value if you're into VNs. First game's free now. Each chapter is pretty meaty.
The final four chapters can be gotten in an auto-discounted bundle. Guessing it'd be cheaper to pick up the chapter 2, 3 and 4 bundle first.

 

[ISee]

damn, that sucks

Not that bad, you can still buy it from a site like cdkeys.com and activate it on Steam.
But I would never circumvent the german review board like that.

 

[inky]

Bought RDR2 but there was a problem with my card. No worries, tho, Friday afternoon... banks work 24/7 right?

See you next week lads.

 

[Arulan]

Wine (so Proton eventually) takes another step towards Easy Anti-Cheat working

Recently we highlighted the ongoing unofficial work to get Easy Anti-Cheat working in Wine (so Steam Play Proton then too) and it appears another major step has been achieved.

www.gamingonlinux.com

Good news regarding EAC on Linux.

 

[xxr]

Bought RDR2 but there was a problem with my card. No worries, tho, Friday afternoon... banks work 24/7 right?

See you next week lads.

Hello it's me, your bank

 

[inky]

Hello it's me, your bank

Yeah, hi. Ummm, give me money.

Thanks! bye

 

[Tizoc]

Aside from card trading bots for summer sale cards
What is a good bot to just trade off random cards for other cards?

 

[Avern]

I have just discovered the horror of coveneant 10
And now know why umbra is a good option

Congrats on reaching Covenant 10! It looks worse than it actually is. Just remember, if you get a chance at the start of the round to put a unit up there, even just a steward, do it. Otherwise you'll miss out on moneybag angels (which I did constantly for like, 20 runs after unlocking Cov 10 ).

It can also actually help in certain edge cases. For example, if you're trying to use a lot of morsel units, you can set up on the top floor vs a spike trial and your morsels will be dazed, so they don't die on spikes and you can feed on them safely. I think the worst part of the daze is that it makes the late-game "enemies spawn on every floor at the start" trial extremely painful if your deck isn't stacked with AoE spells. Having 3 or 4 of the suicide bombers stroll into your pyre room at the start...

 

[C-Dub]

My summer sale haul:


Been meaning to replay Sonic Mania, and this DLC is the perfect excuse.


I wanted The Invisible Hours only, but it was actually cheaper to buy this with RiME than on its own since I already owned The Sexy Brutale.


This looks ace. Been meaning to pick it up for a while.


A Zoom chat with some friends from the good old university days convinced me this was worth grabbing. Gonna try doing co-op with my better half.


I'm down for a 10 minute trippy VR experience.


I've been meaning to get this for a while. Got some cash right now, so that's the only excuse I needed.


Played the remake, but I've never actually played the original. So I'm gonna rectify that soon.


Heard some good things about this, barring performance issues. Hopefully it it doesn't push my 2070 Super too hard at 1080p.


Played this on Apple Arcade back when I was in the Apple ecosystem. Been exciting to go through it again on another platform since!


Finally picked this up. This one has the girlfriend stamp of approval.


I've heard this is a decent VR game, so I thought I'd give it a look at the sale price.

 

[BO7AMMOOD]

R.I.P. Hector's GPU. Why must the good die so young?

Looking through my wishlist and randomly through the store it's incredible how many games retracted on their sales compared to the winter sale last year or some random sales this year. Why do they do this? If your game was 50% off before why are you just reducing it by 30% now? Surelly you'd get more sales at 50%, people enjoy a good sale and aren't stupid to the point they won't notice your proposition now is less interesting than it was 6 months or even a couple weeks ago.

I was literally thinking this yesterday but was too lazy to post about it. I'm thinking that they probably crunched the numbers and found that the increase in sales, if even there was an increase, didn't justify making less money per copy. Still doesn't the change the fact that it's a worse deal now than it was months ago so good bye see you on the next seal I guess

 

[toxicitizen]

I'm now in that awkward phase where 99% of my cards have sold but what little is left just won't move. In my case, that's 3 booster packs and one (slightly) pricy foil. Even the backgrounds I listed yesterday have somehow sold more than those last few cards. And I never expected those to actually sell. Urge to match the highest buy orders rising...

 

[Futaleufu]

Any bundles/game collection packages worth grabbing?

I got the Buka Adventure Pack, but I also like the Deponia games and thought Broken Age was mediocre so your mileage may vary.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Can anyone give me an award so I can get the other badge? Steam Community :: crimsonfate :: Review for DreadOut 2

 

[BO7AMMOOD]

Can anyone give me an award so I can get the other badge? Steam Community :: crimsonfate :: Review for DreadOut 2

Done
I'm yet to get this badge myself. Just saying

 

[Futaleufu]

Great, just as I was going to start selling items the inventory is down

 

[PossiblyPudding]

whew, folks ...

the thirst is real

also - i'm pretty sure those recent hours for Hunt are 100% on BlindRhythm

My secret has gotten out!

Though my other secret, that I've been slowly converting others to play Hunt, will remain a mystery.

Oh.. oh wait. You heard nothing!

But yeah, Echoes and MonthOLDpickle have been adding to that as well. It's been so much fun having a crew to stalk through the bayou with.

 

[lashman]

My secret has gotten out!

Though my other secret, that I've been slowly converting others to play Hunt, will remain a mystery.

Oh.. oh wait. You heard nothing!

But yeah, Echoes and MonthOLDpickle have been adding to that as well. It's been so much fun having a crew to stalk through the bayou with.

haha, nice!

and yeah, it really is such a cool game

 

[PossiblyPudding]

haha, nice!

and yeah, it really is such a cool game

Yep! The atmosphere and sound design is top notch. There was one round early in our Hunt career where a creaky barn psyched Echoes and I out and we remained mostly frozen inside not knowing what to do.

It's such a perfect mixture of stealth and strategy. Both of which we've all gotten much better at. Came away with a couple wins today even! Have also wiped a server a few times which is always so satisfying.

Done
I'm yet to get this badge myself. Just saying

I think you had gotten one before I got there but now you have another!

 

[lashman]

Community - Steam Summer Seal 2020 | Recommendations, Hidden Gems, etc

Also known as the wallet murder thread. Post away! Some of my recs to start (feel free to be less lazy than I am :grimacing-face: ): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2058/Miwashibundle/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/8659/Skautfold/

metacouncil.com

 

[Durante]

I bought a lot of stuff off my wishlist that got really cheap:

Also removed 10 or so games after I realized I'd probably never buy them and certainly never play them.

 

[QFNS]

I started playing Baba is You with my wife last night. That game gets pretty tough quickly!
We were doing fine for the first maybe 10-15 levels and then hit a couple levels that were so mind-bending that we decided to turn it off for the night lol.

Really cool mechanics and fun game, but holy cow it gets tough.

 

[gabbo]

guess i'll be doing a run on the badge stuff this evening/tomorrow if meta is able to help.

 

[Cacher]

 

[low-G]

I started playing Baba is You with my wife last night. That game gets pretty tough quickly!
We were doing fine for the first maybe 10-15 levels and then hit a couple levels that were so mind-bending that we decided to turn it off for the night lol.

Really cool mechanics and fun game, but holy cow it gets tough.

I'm pretty deep in the game and I feel like it only gets harder and harder!

 

[Le Pertti]

Ah finally back to Persona. I've started to take of week days from gaming, it's amazing how much work on photos I've gotten not being distracted by games haha!

 

[Acidote]

Durante if you ever feel like playing coop Full Metal Furies just let me know, I was about to pick it up since the plan was to play it with my brother but he told me he doesn't have the time anymore.

 

[Ascheroth]

I gave

a try (in the current Playifm Bundle 1$ tier) and.... it's pretty awesome!
Imagine a bullet hell/shmup with projectiles and enemies filling the screen. Then add the ability to rotate this 2D screen in a 3D way and you got Revolver360.
It's intense, it's crazy, it's chaotic but the same time you always feel in control. It also looks great.

 

[Tomasety]

You don't actually need to read the full review, there's more than that in that article, Hopefully it will help some people understand the new points system

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Wow, Outer Worlds is very short if you just focus on the mainline quest

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

The games that I bought so far in the sale:


I'm thinking about getting a few more next friday.

 

[Li Kao]

Just for reference as I'm looking in my backlog, should I play Bioshock 2 or Bioshock 2 Remastered ?
Think I heard very bad things about the remaster.

 

[Line]

The Bioshock remasters are broken pieces of junk. On top of changing a lot of things, and not for the better.
Play the originals if you can.

 

[Li Kao]

Thanks Line the PCGamingWiki for the original doesn't look so bad, I was sure it was a 4/3 game but no, and there are patches for several issues. Going vanilla.

OTOH that's Vampyr and Monster Train bought.
Only tempted by Griftlands, Original Sin 2 and Satisfactory now.

I guess one could include Outer Wilds, but I can't fuck with timer, that's beyond me.

 

[didamangi]

Back again I think?

 

[fantomena]

Forgot to cancel my Humble sub so goddammit regarding that.

 

[Nabs]

I'm happy I paused last week. But hey, you get a secret game this month!

 

[Snakethesniper]

How's dragon quest builders 2? I see they talk about similarities with Harvest Moon too, do you grow / eat stuff?

 

[beep boop]

How's dragon quest builders 2? I see they talk about similarities with Harvest Moon too, do you grow / eat stuff?

It's very chill, mindless and wholesome. Been a while since I played it, but most of the stuff you grow is mainly to get villager satisfaction up and get materials IIRC. Building stuff like housing and facilities is a much bigger focus. I think the better comparison would be Minecraft with a much more directed story, not Harvest Moon. It also has some very basic combat. I'm not really into Minecraft myself, but I found DQB2 immensely satisfying. Partly because I could kind of tune out and follow the building templates the game gives you, take in the great music and pretty visuals. It's a great game to wind down with.

 

[bobnowhere]

I ended up with two copies of this months monthly. Bought the BLM bundle on my very old account that has one bundle from 2012 and got a free month.

 

[didamangi]

How's dragon quest builders 2? I see they talk about similarities with Harvest Moon too, do you grow / eat stuff?

Minecraft with a story is an apt comparison. The demo is quite long if you want to try it. One complaint I've heard is that the game handholds you till the very end. I think it's because the game is intended for kids.

 

[beep boop]

Minecraft with a story is an apt comparison. The demo is quite long if you want to try it. One complaint I've heard is that the game handholds you till the very end. I think it's because the game is intended for kids.

Wasn't aware there was a demo for PC. Great! Downloading it right now. My only gripe with it was that the performance on Switch got downright appalling after a while. Like averaging in the 20s. Yuck. The Steam version also includes the DLC content packs, it seems. Neato! I think I will double dip on it once it gets to 20 euros or so.

Edit: apparently my hot take on Outer Wilds has netted me 5 appreciation thingies. Being able to buy more profile decorations will partly offset my pain

 

[BlueOdin]

So is editing ones profile borked? For the last few days whenever I click on it it doesn't want to load for me on neither the client nor the website

 

[beep boop]

So is editing ones profile borked? For the last few days whenever I click on it it doesn't want to load for me on neither the client nor the website

Works just fine for me. Is it that way both on desktop and in the client?

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

Monooboe How is Generation Zero now? I've been tempted by it sinch before launch and it looks like the devs are putting a lot of work into it.

 

[BlueOdin]

Works just fine for me. Is it that way both on desktop and in the client?

Yes. Just an empty page

 

[Hektor]

At least my onboard gpu is enough to play Hades at an almost stable 30FPS

 

[Le Pertti]

Monooboe How is Generation Zero now? I've been tempted by it sinch before launch and it looks like the devs are putting a lot of work into it.

I loved it! But it is what I love in games, very little story and just about being lost in a big world. Also take into consideration that I'm Swedish and grew up in the eighties so this game like made for me.

 

[beep boop]

At least my onboard gpu is enough to play Hades at an almost stable 30FPS

Time to stock up on visual novels!