Steam Winter Sale 2016 thread of hoping for better deals elsewhere

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So as part of round 3 of games for me, I am thinking JRPGs. It has been a really long time since I played any, so can I get some must have suggestions? More than likely anything suggest will be new to me.
 
So as part of round 3 of games for me, I am thinking JRPGs. It has been a really long time since I played any, so can I get some must have suggestions? More than likely anything suggest will be new to me.

Final Fantasy is a good start in my opinion. If you can cope with a slow battle system, Trails in the Sky is well worth your money and time!
 
Thinking about completing my Tomb Raider collection.

Me reading this last night: "Oh man, CrossCode sounds awesome! I'll have to get it in the morning!"

Me this morning: "Wait, I already own CrossCode?"

It's the true Steam experience.

Just earlier today I was browsing the thread on mobile and saw someone write about Tengami. Thought that I should buy that once I get home.
Cut to 5 minutes ago when I checked the store page to find out that I've owned it for over a year now.
 
c'mon !

Deep Dungeons of Doom is NOT garbage =(

It was a key I just got in an email for a game that's selling for 99¢ right now so I used garbage dump due not counting as a win for whoever got it.

Trails in the sky FC and SC.
Valkyria Chronicles.

Yes, Trails is the best JRPG on Steam.

Valkyria Chronicles is great too.

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Enhanced Steam allows you to mass sell cards?

Where is that feature in enhanced steam? I don't see it on the inventory page.

Should have phrased it better but no not mass selling, just lets you sell each individual card with one click, at least I think that's an enhanced steam feature and not a standard steam feature? It beats clicking sell, looking at the chart, entering the price then agreeing to the terms and confirming for every card.



A quick sell all cards feature would be cool though.
 
So I just beat this game.
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Really enjoyed it and was surprised and impressed with Tim Curry's cajun accent as Gabriel.

Strongly recommend it for any fans of PnC Adventure games though I would recommend using a guide if you find navigating through the original game to be difficult.

I just went to look at it in the store based on your recommendation and discovered I already own it. Gotta love it when that happens.
 
Urrrghghbalabarrraagghhnnnnn

Soo bored. Played a bit of hearthstone, skyrim, big pharma, diablo 3 today. Just can't play games for long anymore. Think I'm growing up.
 
Hey guys, maybe you can help me. I'm wondering whether I should buy a Steam Link. Here's my situation:

- My PC is connected to a monitor and my TV via HDMI
- I have a very cheap 4K TV, it doesn't even have a Gaming mode or something, quite laggy but I don't mind in general
- GTX 770, gets the job done, couldn't be happier on the monitor but
- Not suited for the TV, SFV is in slow-mo (because it forces full frames, I know) and stuff like Ori is unplayable
- Also it's a weird mish mash of resolutions, the icons get all weird and expanding the desktop between the two screens is a inconvenient

So, would a Steam Link solve anything for me? I could plug it into my TV, connect it via ethernet cable so it shouldn't be too laggy and I wouldn't have to switch the Win10 display mode all the time, right?
 
I kind of miss the craziness of the flash sales - but this revamped format has led to me spending less. So far, I'm only out $6 for ABZU - which should be incredible on my new PC.
 
Overwatch free 5 lootboxes > Steam sale.
My first free lootbox had the Widowmaker's punch to the face under the mirth (+ a Bastion model -gear-bot- and Zenyatta model -armonia-). 10+++ would unbox again.
 
Here's how my cart's shaping so far:

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
Final Fantasy X/X-2
Tales of Symphonia
Oxenfree
Lucasarts Adventure Pack
1979 Revolution: Black Friday
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Still have $5 of wiggle room to go. Anything I should take out or check out?
 
Just how many cards from the 2013 are still in people's inventory? I saved my dupes for after the sale because I was smart. After 3 years they increased like 10 cents in price.
 
Hey guys, maybe you can help me. I'm wondering whether I should buy a Steam Link. Here's my situation:

- My PC is connected to a monitor and my TV via HDMI

If you think your experience is too unresponsive when you PC is connected directly to your TV via HDMI, it will not be faster over a network. Get a TV with less latency :\
 
The... upgrade? was supposed to come on Steam I think, so it might be because of that?

I suppose that's it, but it's weird how certain I was. Like, I thought I had seen it on Steam sometime during the sale.
Disappointed now that they didn't do a PC port for whatever reason.
 
Just curious, I got a decent amount in steam gift cards this christmas. I notice CIV 6 is 10% off, should I wait for it go lower (if it even will) or should I just get it now?
 
If you think your experience is too unresponsive when you PC is connected directly to your TV via HDMI, it will not be faster over a network. Get a TV with less latency :\

My thinking is that maybe it will be more convenient because of the different resolutions but in the end I could just mirror the PC screen onto my TV, right? Kind of wasting money at that point. :(
 
- Not suited for the TV, SFV is in slow-mo (because it forces full frames, I know) and stuff like Ori is unplayable

I have the same slo-mo problem with SF5 on my TV. My TV has a game mode so I don't have any latency problems with other games.

Any way to fix this? I have an AMD R9 280 card.
 
I have the same slo-mo problem with SF5 on my TV. My TV has a game mode so I don't have any problems with other games.

Any way to fix this? I have an AMD R9 280 card.

I think the game just forces it to have an even playing field online. The only thing I can do is to limit the resolution. That way it's smooth as butter but with black borders. On my old HD Ready TV with the same PC setup it was perfectly smooth.

770 isn't suited for 4K it seems.
 
Oh yeah anyone care to recommend this game?
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Never played this kind of genre before but this one intrigues me.

looks awesome. Visually that is Not low enough for an unknown tho
 
I think the game just forces it to have an even playing field online. The only thing I can do is to limit the resolution. That way it's smooth as butter but with black borders. On my old HD Ready TV with the same PC setup it was perfectly smooth.

770 isn't suited for 4K it seems.

I don't have the problem on my monitor, only on my TV. When I play on my monitor it's smooth. When I duplicate the screen it's also smooth on my TV but I get a lot of tearing, so that isn't an option.
Tried different resolutions and also low-spec mode but that did not help.
 
looks awesome. Visually that is Not low enough for an unknown tho

It is not unknown...

Oh yeah anyone care to recommend this game?
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Never played this kind of genre before but this one intrigues me.

It is a very good take at the gamebook genre. Personally, I prefer the Sorcery! games, which are visually less enticing but have a longer and richer story.

For the Firetop Mountain, we are talking about a dungeon which takes maybe 2 hours max to complete if you know what to do, but most of the runs, you will be exploring and taking notes. Think roguelike without procedural generation.
 
I don't have the problem on my monitor, only on my TV. When I play on my monitor it's smooth. When I duplicate the screen it's also smooth on my TV but I get a lot of tearing, so that isn't an option.
Tried different resolutions and also low-spec mode but that did not help.

Have you tried booting your PC with only your TV connected so that it's the sole proprietary monitor? Obvs the TV is going to be less responsive, but your vid card shouldn't throw a wobbly trying to get the resolutions sorted if you're only outputting to one screen.
 
So I'm looking for some 2d action adventures or action rpgs to get in this sale. I've just recently got back into pc gaming (about 2 years ago) so I don't have a lot of games. Stuff that I like:

Hyper light drifter, Owlboy, All Ys games, Xanadu Next (all Falcom games really), Salt and Sanctuary. Gucamelee etc.. So far I've only gotten Darksiders and Shadow Tactics in this sale. Oh and anything on consoles, I've probably already bought.
 
So I'm looking for some 2d action adventures or action rpgs to get in this sale. I've just recently got back into pc gaming (about 2 years ago) so I don't have a lot of games. Stuff that I like:

Hyper light drifter, Owlboy, All Ys games, Xanadu Next (all Falcom games really), Salt and Sanctuary. Gucamelee etc.. So far I've only gotten Darksiders and Shadow Tactics in this sale. Oh and anything on consoles, I've probably already bought.

Do you have Momodora?


edit: Momodora 3 is also on Steam, 1 and 2 are free/pay what you want model on itchio.
 
It is not unknown...



It is a very good take at the gamebook genre. Personally, I prefer the Sorcery! games, which are visually less enticing but have a longer and richer story.

For the Firetop Mountain, we are talking about a dungeon which takes maybe 2 hours max to complete if you know what to do, but most of the runs, you will be exploring and taking notes. Think roguelike without procedural generation.

Thanks for the info so how long would you say a first timer would take before they could do a perfect run of sorts? 10ish hours?
 
Here's how my cart's shaping so far:

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
Final Fantasy X/X-2
Tales of Symphonia
Oxenfree
Lucasarts Adventure Pack
1979 Revolution: Black Friday
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Still have $5 of wiggle room to go. Anything I should take out or check out?
Final fantasy games are still too expensive, they want $17 too much for FFX need to hold out a little longer
 
Have you tried booting your PC with only your TV connected so that it's the sole proprietary monitor? Obvs the TV is going to be less responsive, but your vid card shouldn't throw a wobbly trying to get the resolutions sorted if you're only outputting to one screen.

Just tried it and still the same problem. Everything on the character select screen an during gameplay is slow motion on my TV.
 
Got $20 in Steam fundage this AM and bought Grim Dawn.

So, Grim Dawn + Rebel Galaxy so far.

Likely done though with $6+ still sitting there I may bite on something else.
 
My favorite roguelike platformer post-Spelunky, Catacomb Kids, is $12.79/20% off and just got a major update that added a new region, new weapon types, and new NPCs that you ally with (or fight as relentless enemies)

Made a thread about the game last year
Platforming is a means to an end, a skill to be used, rather than the focus. Your character is very agile, able to roll, hang from ledges, crawl along the ground, swim, lunge at enemies from afar. Finding spellbooks allow you to choose a spell to learn, from flight to teleporting, fire wave to plague, chain lightning to enhanced speed.
You can drink a potion or boil it on a fiery surface to turn the contents into a area-effecting cloud. And then fill the empty flask with the water you poisoned before with a mushroom, and then boil that water to make a cloud of poison.

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Have you tried booting your PC with only your TV connected so that it's the sole proprietary monitor? Obvs the TV is going to be less responsive, but your vid card shouldn't throw a wobbly trying to get the resolutions sorted if you're only outputting to one screen.

It's not exactly struggling to change the resolution. What I mean is changing the primary display, the icons and the OS gets all weird and ginormous or tiny.
 
I'm currently looking at:
- Subnautica
- Kerbal Space Program
- The Age Of Decadence
- Mad Games Tycoon
- Thea: The Awakening

Is there anything I can live without?? I'm not sure on what to buy...
Of course suggestions on stuff I might have missed are welcome
 
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