Community MetaSteam | January 2022 - With a new year comes great responsibility, BOY!

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yuraya

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I keep forgetting they never did a 3050 desktop variant.

249$ isn't that bad for the 1080p benchmarks they showed but it will probably be at least 349$ when dust all settled and could be a half decent 1440p card without the ray tracing.
 
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Knurek

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I'm really curious about the Intel GPUs. The traditional rule of thumb was to never buy an Intel product of a new type earlier than 3 generations in, but hopefully they'll do better with this.

Personally I'm in the fortunate position of having a 3090 (that I bought at its 1499 MSRP!) so I can watch this play out from a relaxed perspective, but I really wish the GPU market would normalize soon.
No matter how good or bad the hardware will be, what makes or breaks a GPU are the drivers.
And Intel still has decades to catch up with AMD, never mind NVIDIA here.
 
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fokkusu

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Anyone wanna trade cards?

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low-G

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I don't watch many press conferences as a rule but I see a screenshot from the AMD one where they are arbitrarily promising 100+ FPS. Like in all games, forever. Huh...
 
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Phoenix RISING

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In case you have 30 minutes and want someone to explain what NFTs actually are (They're way dumber than you actually think)


It's some random guy interviewing the person who "downloaded" all of the NFTs who than subsequently explains what NFTs are, what they could be used for and what the blockchain is/could be use and what web 2? or3? I don't remember that part is can is being used for and it's all a lot of "We have the answer! Now we just have to find the problem!"
Very educational. Ty
 

Blu

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Cool looking game I saw through my discovery queue


Nice style and music and pretty cheap. No one on my friends list seems to know it exists so hope you guys find it cool.
 

Nabs

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New Monthly might have nothing for me.

Mafia DE, Iron Harvest, Project Winter, Rebel Cops, Rustler, The Henry Stickmin Collection, Farmers Dynasty, Between the Stars, Retrowave, Midnight Protocol.

Yeah, I paused.
 
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beep boop

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This month there are actually a few I’m interested in, but I already have enough to play from the winter sale :upside-down-face:
 
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Ascheroth

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Yeah, there's nothing that really appeals to me in this bundle. That really doesn't happen often.
Gonna keep the subscriber discount since their winter sale should start in the next days/weeks but after that it's gonna be a pause.
 
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Aaron D.

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Hi all! Hope everyone had a pleasant holiday season.

I was on vacation visiting the in-laws (who are surprisingly cool) and generally away from my computer. It was a nice break.

With the Steam sale coming to a close it time to tally up the damage.

The Wasteland Trucker- New release that wasn't even on sale. But at $12 impulse territory it proved worth the risk as it's one fine, jank-ass The Long Drive clone in the most charming way.
ΔV: Rings of Saturn- Near-future asteroid mining sim based on hard science. Thoughtful design with tons of "realistic" Kerbal-esque upgrades and a Zen gameplay loop.
Mon Bazou- Gifted from r3n4ud (thank you, r3n4ud!) and oh boy is it something. It's a budget My Summer Car clone, but you know how MSC was pretty budget to start with? Yeah, Mon Bazou is like 10X more budget. Curious to see where it goes.
Panzer Corps 2 - A sexy & polished operational-level hex wargame. This is step 2 into classic wargaming after you've wrapped your head around genre primer Unity of Command. I'll get to you one day Gary Grigsby (shakes fist)!
Gothic II/ The Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos- G2 was cheap and I came across the free standalone mod Myrtana that dropped only a month ago. Won ModDB Mod of the Year and everything. Gonna have to tinker as the controls felt clunky out of the gate.
Offroad Mania- Heard Offroad mentioned here and elsewhere as a hidden gem for this sale and boy they weren't kidding, this thing is a blast. It's like a combination of Mudrunner & Trials by way of Art of Rally presentation. Killer physics and hundreds of bite-sized levels (start in Classic mode). Only $4.
Dorfromantik- Enjoyed Dorf ever since trying it during one of the Steam Next Fest events last year. Put it on hold waiting for a sandbox endless mode. Now it's here and being mentioned in GOTY conversations inspired me to dive in.

Starsector - The only title still on my radar. Not on sale and not on Steam (or any other launcher, lol). But I find myself continually drawn back to it in my mind. $15 really isn't a heavy lift at this point. Def. on my shortlist atm.

All and all a pretty active sales season for me as I've slowed down over the years. Pretty funny that 2 of the 3 breakout hits so far, Rings of Saturn and Offroad Mania were both $5 range.
 

Mona

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Giveaway

Restrictions & Conditions:

Hello, I'm the Giveaway Bot! TioChuck is giving away 2 gift(s).

This giveaway is a raffle and will be closed after Jan 5, 2022 at 6:17 AM. A winner is chosen randomly with the key delivered via a PM.

Humble Choice keys, maybe region locked to LATAM, idk.🤷‍♂️

The raffle has ended.

The following games are being given away:

 

Blu

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Anyone wanna trade cards?

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Sit Back and Relax
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Outstanding Story-Rich Game

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Better with Friends
I have a "Better with Friends" trade for "Outstanding Story-Rich Game"?
 

Mona

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Giveaway

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Hello, I'm the Giveaway Bot! Falexandre is giving away 3 gift(s).

This is a first-come, first-served giveaway. Once you enter, your key will be delivered to you instantly via a PM.

A couple extras from this months choice. My Mafia key seemed to be restricted to Europe, I'm not sure if any of these have any restrictions.

The following games are being given away:

 

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ezodagrom

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I really wish I could play 2 MMOs at a time.
NGS doesn't have much content (even with the recent winter update), so it's not too hard to keep up with it while playing another MMO, depending on how much free time you have.

Their current roadmap has notable updates every 2 months (such as the first major boss urgent quest in February), minor updates such as seasonal events in the remaining months, and the next major update in June.

 
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Hektor

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While i really liked DS; i don't feel like it's the kind of game i would play again.
All the fun was in the exploration and conquering the world for the first time.
 

Mona

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Giveaway

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Hello, I'm the Giveaway Bot! Le Pertti is giving away 1 gift(s).

This giveaway is a raffle and will be closed after Jan 5, 2022 at 11:09 AM. A winner is chosen randomly with the key delivered via a PM.

Everyone loves giveaways, so I'm using this as a last reminder and a visual countdown to show when the voting ends!


The raffle has ended.

The following games are being given away:

    • MetaCouncils Game Awards Voting Deadline
    • won by Prodigy
    • (11 entries)
 
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