Community MetaSteam | May 2022 - May Comes Kicking Like a Kangaroo

[ezodagrom]

should I run my gpu undervolt 24/7 or just when gaming?

I'm running mine both undervolted and underclocked 24/7, my goal is to not go above a peak of 15x W (RTX 3060 Ti).

Though, worth noting that the afterburner curve editor can be very finicky at least on NVidia cards (dunno about AMDs), the displayed clock values in the chart depend on the current GPU temperature iirc.

 

[prudis]

Seems like this case of Early Access timing on went perfectly , v1.0 + other stores releasing exactly 1 year and a week after early egsess launch

 

[Ascheroth]

I'm surprised people still listen to insiders saying "so and so company is looking for acquisitions" despite not a single one of these acquisitions leaked ahead of time. Even the past week alone everyone was focused on WB and yet today we got Embracer making out like a bandit with the western part of SE
It's almost as if leaking confidential informations about a future acquisition would cause serious legal ripercussions since it can be seen as market manipulation. I'm not sure if the jail time is going to be worth it for a few extra twitter followers

Yeah, SE selling their western arm so that they can be bought by Sony feels like fan-fiction for people with an acquisition fetish (and platform warriors I guess).

 

[didamangi]

Hey, looks like Microsoft decided SEA region was worth the hassle.

That's $3.45 per month. Really nice surprise, especially with publishers ignoring regional pricing on Steam.

Just in time to try Loot River. Trek to Yomi and Eiyuden.

 

[Cacher]

Embracer: MS and Epic will be the suckers and help us pay for the 300 million instead.

 

[thekeats1999]

I might try and grab Guardians of the Galaxy soon. It’s looking like the IPs for GotG and Avengers have gone with the studios. However Disney still need to approve them going over. So potentially getting delisted in the nearish future.

 

[Arc]

Escape Simulator - One million players reached! 🎉 - Steam News

To thank all of you that made this possible, here's another free update!

store.steampowered.com

I don't think it's on consoles, mobile or any other PC stores right now. 1 million sales with 5,155 reviews gives a ratio of 193 which is unusually high.

 

[Alextended]

Since they say players and not sales is it maybe playable by friends even if they don't all own it or something? i think some games do this, allow join in for free.

Looks nicely done though, too bad it doesn't support VR.

 

[Aaron D.]

Seems like this case of Early Access timing on went perfectly , v1.0 + other stores releasing exactly 1 year and a week after early egsess launch

Ironically OG Unexplored was my 2017 GOTY.

I won't be touching Unexplored 2 until it's at least -50% msrp.

 

[Le Pertti]

If a game goes EGS for easy access, that I actually don't mind. I never touch a game before 1.0 release anyway.

 

[fantomena]

Since they say players and not sales is it maybe playable by friends even if they don't all own it or something? i think some games do this, allow join in for free.

Looks nicely done though, too bad it doesn't support VR.

We are both delighted and overwhelmed to share the amazing news that we have officially sold more than
1 million copies of Escape Simulator.

 

[bobnowhere]

Been playing Alien Isolation using wemod to make myself invincible. Oh my god is the save system the most insufferable thing in the history of gaming.

 

[Cacher]

Oops didn't even realize season 2 of Halo Infinite is launching today.

 

[Mor]

 

[fantomena]

Due to what's going on in US with the abortion law, Im dropping this video here, recommend to watch, othewise, carry on

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

ebi-himes VNs are all on sale right now!

She also added abother bundle to Steam of just her yuri VNs.

Ebi-Hime Yuri Bundle on Steam

store.steampowered.com

 

[NarohDethan]

Awful cover art lmao

 

[lashman]

 

[Panda Pedinte]

It seems that Citizen Sleeper is being well received going by the reviews

 

[madjoki]

Awful cover art lmao

Neither

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Is out!

 

[lashman]

Is out!

my only question is:

 

[manchego obfuscator]

Feel kinda bad for Ubi Pune, they shouldn’t have been given such a high-profile game as their first project

 

[Alextended]

 

[Kyougar]

Good (20 year old) Morrowind

 

[MomoVideo]

New Humble Choice is out. C&C is Origin key, unfortunately.

 

[Le Pertti]

Origin key.

 

[Morten88]

Its a good bundle tbh, sadly origin key, but the other games is really good

 

[fantomena]

I quite want Aftermath game, Spongebob, Embr and Planet Zoo and I can get the bundle with 4$ off. Hmm...

 

[Mona]

Giveaway

Restrictions & Conditions:

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

This giveaway is a raffle and will be closed after May 4, 2022 at 2:52 AM. A winner is chosen randomly with the key delivered via a PM.

The raffle has ended.

The following games are being given away:

• • Dead Space 2
  • (0 entries)

 

[Deku]

I seem to never get 4 dollar off
I press skip a month, then continue. Isn't it on the second prompt that I should get discount coupon? All I get is to tell humble why I want to skip a month

Is it on cancel subscription that I get the discount?

 

[fantomena]

I seem to never get 4 dollar off
I press skip a month, then continue. Isn't it on the second prompt that I should get discount coupon? All I get is to tell humble why I want to skip a month

Is it on cancel subscription that I get the discount?

No, I get it by pressing "skip month".

 

[Ascheroth]

New Humble Choice is out. C&C is Origin key, unfortunately.

I legit forgot today was Choice day
This month is a skip though.

 

[Deku]

No, I get it by pressing "skip month".

Did you get the discount offer instantly, or did you go through some steps before you get it? I seem to ask you every time there is a new Choice bundle

 

[toxicitizen]

Wow, that Choice is an easy skip. I should probably just cancel altogether at this point. It's becoming increasingly obvious that we're not getting any truly killer line-ups anymore.

 

[fantomena]

Did you get the discount offer instantly, or did you go through some steps before you get it? I seem to ask you every time there is a new Choice bundle

Pressed "Skip a month" -> Pressed continue (not "don't skip") > pop up about 4$ off.

 

[Line]

Well, I really want Spongebob, but the rest, not really.

Heard decent things about Spellcaster University, but, eh...

 

[Dragon1893]

Definitely grabbing Troubleshooters at that price.

Hm, I didn't get the option to use the money in my steam wallet. I don't think I mised it.

 

[Mona]

Giveaway

Restrictions & Conditions:

Hello, I'm the Giveaway Bot! jads653 is giving away 2 gift(s).

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

I was in a nostalgic mood today so I played one of my favorite games. I got this game for my 11th birthday on the good old Playstation 1.. The voice acting and story are still top notch and I want to share that with you. Since it was discounted I bought two. Actually works really well on the SteamDeck through Lutris and after installing a fan patch Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

The following games are being given away:

• • Blood Omen 1
  • won by Knurek
  • (4 entries)
• • Blood Omen 1
  • won by KainXVIII
  • (3 entries)

 

[MomoVideo]

Huh, I did not know Blood Omen 1 was released on PC. I played it with my older brother on PS1 when I was like 6, so this game brings back some nostalgic memories.

 

[Ge0force]

Decided to skip Humble Choice. I'm only interested in spellcaster university and Surviving the Aftermath and I have too much games in my backlog anyway. Only got a 2€ discount offered by the way. How do some of you get a €4 discount?

 

[jads653]

Huh, I did not know Blood Omen 1 was released on PC. I played it with my older brother on PS1 when I was like 6, so this game brings back some nostalgic memories.

The PC port was released a year later and came in an awesome big box with a large printed map of Nosgoth. It was not a good port though, running at 40 FPS and mono video. Game was also hard to run if you had a CPU above 1 GHz since it would lock up after the opening dialog.

The fan patch by Verok on the wiki fixes all the issues and is compatibel with the GOG version.

 

[CommodoreKong]

Feel kinda bad for Ubi Pune, they shouldn’t have been given such a high-profile game as their first project

Honestly I don't know if I would call a Sands of Time remake all that high profile in the grand scheme of Ubi-soft games.

 

[hersheyfan]

Wow, that Choice is an easy skip. I should probably just cancel altogether at this point. It's becoming increasingly obvious that we're not getting any truly killer line-ups anymore.

I came to this realization last year lol. March 2022 marked my first full year without a Humble sub since basically the OG service's inception. 1 year and change, and I regret nothing lol.

The writing is on the wall, sadly - Humble has been priced out of the market by the various sub services. If I'm the publisher, why the hell would I want to pay Humble peanuts for a permanent copy of my game, when I can get equivalent or better cash from Sony or Microsoft for a temp copy? Logic dictates that they would take the sub service deals first, then Humble gets in afterwards, if they do at all... so many months in the past year looked like "hey, its the reheated XGP variety platter!".

Previous owners saw the writing on the wall, lucky for them they managed to offload Humble to IGN/Ziff right before the wheels fell off.

 

[Spookyfriend]

New Humble Choice is out. C&C is Origin key, unfortunately.

No Steam for C&C , thus I skipped another month. Humble did not even offer me any discount

 

[manchego obfuscator]

Honestly I don't know if I would call a Sands of Time remake all that high profile in the grand scheme of Ubi-soft games.

In the grand scheme of Ubisoft games, no. but given that it's one of Ubisoft's smaller and less prestigious studios, they should probably have been given a chance to make a more experimental game like Grow Home or Ode that didn't have the expectations of a classic game and IP attached.

 

[gabbo]

And in the 'Ubisoft management doesn't know how to read the room' category. Hopefully they don't close the Indian studios that were originally tasked with making the game for peanuts. They almost seemed to have been setup to fail. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, does Steam not sell Star Wars Squadrons? Been looking over a few during the current sale and... several don't seem to actually be available to purchase in the storefront?

 

[CommodoreKong]

And in the 'Ubisoft management doesn't know how to read the room' category. Hopefully they don't close the Indian studios that were originally tasked with making the game for peanuts. They almost seemed to have been setup to fail. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, does Steam not sell Star Wars Squadrons? Been looking over a few during the current sale and... several don't seem to actually be available to purchase in the storefront?

 

[dex3108]

 

[spindoctor]

I seem to never get 4 dollar off
I press skip a month, then continue. Isn't it on the second prompt that I should get discount coupon? All I get is to tell humble why I want to skip a month

Is it on cancel subscription that I get the discount?

If you don't get the discount while they're making you click 5 buttons to pause, then just go ahead and pause it. In a couple of weeks they'll send you an email saying that you can now buy the bundle for $4 less.

They've been sending me that email even though I cancelled my subscription two months ago. And I've just been picking up whichever games I've wanted from key sites for peanuts. Why pay $8-12 for a bundle where you own or aren't interested in half or more of the games when you can just selectively buy the 4 games you are interested in for $3.75?

But coming back to your situation, if they still don't offer you the discount and you definitely want the bundle then you can just buy it at the end of the month at full price. There really is no upside to buying it immediately when it's revealed, even though $12 is not a big deal for most folks.