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[AHA-Lambda]

Trailer for Finding Paradise - sequel to To The Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF5kvAdlgJU

Release window now Fall 2016/Early 2017

 

[Jawmuncher]

So much for being able to play Hardline for Free.
Still it's not necessarily a bad idea, especially since they can add games from others to the vault.

 

[lashman]

Microsoft ends support for Windows 8 today

 

[Haunted]

Daily Tembo the Badass Elephant 75% off
Midweek

• The Park/The Secret World up to 66% off
• JOTUN 40% off

Tembo and Jotun are both flawed games, but there's definitely something to recommend and something to like there for both of them.

For Tembo, if you like the slightly "rigid" style of fast-paced platforming that's very close to the 2D Wario platformers with an art style and colour choices reminiscent of Viewtiful Joe and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, this might pique your interest. A platformer straight out of the Dreamcast/Gamecube era.

For Jotun, if Banner Saga didn't give you enough of that nordic mythology vibe, the game constantly namedrops all manner of fun deities and creatures. It's faithful to the source material. too. Most importantly though, it's got a lot of heart, ambition and isn't afraid to go for it with a surprisingly - pardon the overused word, but it's definitely appropriate here in its original meaning - epic scale that befits the nature of these tales and concepts.

3D Dot Game Heroes 3DRPG

That's pretty shameless.

 

[Grief.exe]

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I've been a frame of mind in building PCs as you should go well over your calculation due to how PSUs lose performance efficiency as they approach their maximum allotted output.

You can see performance/noise/thermals are all correlated. So as you approach the maximum power your system actually heats up, the noise levels increase, and your efficiency decreases dramatically.

It's probably a value proposition that won't resonate with people at the top of their budget. If you can't sneak in a better PSU and stay under your budget, then that money would be better spent elsewhere. If you have some wiggle room it would be a good investment and something to keep in mind.

Pretty sure that's average usage (read: not while gaming with everything turned on)
CPU TDP is also calculated on "average" usage and not under full load, which can be 1.5-2 times the TDP value, especially when overclocked.

I've never looked into that exact data, but that is an interesting piece of advice to be aware of.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

How long does it take for games to turn up in EA Vault?

I may as well just pay £4 any month something I want to play comes up =/

So much for being able to play Hardline for Free.
Still it's not necessarily a bad idea, especially since they can add games from others to the vault.

Why would you be able to play it for free?

 

[JaseC]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - The Safari Bundle

I'm surprised that only one person on my friends list has the Season Pass.

 

[garath]

Pillars of eternity was 2015 no? Wonder why that isn't higher on people's goty lists.

 

[Jawmuncher]

How long does it take for games to turn up in EA Vault?

I may as well just pay £4 any month something I want to play comes up =/



Why would you be able to play it for free?

Origin Game Time.
That's how I played the Battlefield 4 campaign for free.

 

[Spirited]

So I want to name my characters from XCOM after not doing it for almost the whole 30 hours I've put into this game.
So do you want to make some suggestion?

Here's a template with sex, class, rank and nationality use it to suggest your name for the trooper.
Rank | Sex | Class | nationality | [Your suggested name]

Soldiers who need names:

Colonel | Female | Assault | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Heavy | Chinese | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Sniper | French | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Assault | American | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Heavy | Russian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Support | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Major | Male | Mech | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Male | Support | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Female | Sniper | Australian | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Mech | Spanish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Assault | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Heavy | Argentinian | [Your suggested name]

 

[crazyrabbits]

Honestly, I'd throw down for EA Access. $5 a month is a decent price.

 

[Haunted]

Pillars of eternity was 2015 no? Wonder why that isn't higher on people's goty lists.

It's such a good game.

Broke my heart when I removed it from my list. A classic #11 that might be on there if I had finished my list on another day.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Origin Game Time.
That's how I played the Battlefield 4 campaign for free.

Oh I see. They got rid of that? Welp.

 

[Lunaniem]

I'm surprised that only one person on my friends list has the Season Pass.

For what you get with it, it's probably the weakest season pass that Ubisoft has included with a game.

 

[Uzzy]

EA announces Origin Access, $4.99/month

EA once again devaluing their intellectual property. Neat I guess. I'd be tempted except for the whole 'giving money to EA' thing.

 

[dex3108]

Origin Access isn't available in your area yet.
Please watch this space for news and updates.

Tnx EA.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

For what you get with it, it's probably the weakest season pass ever.

Fixed that for ya

 

[lashman]

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[rtcn63]

According to guru3D, the Windforce 970 eats up 160-170w on full stress. Even with a serious CPU OC, total system wattage was 280w.

The GTX 670 pulls 150w. I think I should be fine, since I've been running a stock Windforce 670 for three years.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Trailer for Finding Paradise - sequel to To The Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF5kvAdlgJU

Release window now Fall 2016/Early 2017

Maybe this one will contain the feels that were supposed to be in To the Moon.

 

[pantsattack]

I only voted for one of Gaf's most anticipated in the top ten games, and 4 out of the top 200. I'll just stay here SteamGAF.

 

[Dr Dogg]

That's a pretty shite offering for Origin Access compared to what they do on Xbone. Where's TitanFall or Garden Warfare in the Vault? Surely by now they've exhausted every avenue for someone to buy them by now so why not chuck them in your subscription service to try and get the player counts up (plus GW has microtransactions as an addition revenue source). Also £3.99 a month but no £19.99 for the year equivalent has me not even interested as that's way too steep for me considering what they're offering and the ginormous back catalogue of EA titles they could just throw in there.

Anyways on a less grumpy note my 990's turned up today and fuck me if they're not the most comfortable headphones that have ever grace my bonce. So comfy I could just go to sleep in them. As the locals here would say they're gert lush!

 

[MMBosstones86]

So I want to name my characters from XCOM after not doing it for almost the whole 30 hours I've put into this game.
So do you want to make some suggestion?

Here's a template with sex, class, rank and nationality use it to suggest your name for the trooper.
Rank | Sex | Class | nationality | [Your suggested name]

Soldiers who need names:

Colonel | Female | Assault | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Heavy | Chinese | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Sniper | French | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Assault | American | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Heavy | Russian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Support | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Major | Male | Mech | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Male | Support | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Female | Sniper | Australian | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Mech | Spanish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Assault | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Heavy | Argentinian | [Your suggested name]

Ctrl + F "Sniper"

Captain | Female | Sniper | Australian | Boss

You're welcome.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'll probably pay for a month in February. If they offer 10 hours for Mirrors Edge, I should be able to beat it in that time. Then I'll play Hardline I guess. Cheaper then going to redbox.

That's a pretty shite offering for Origin Access compared to what they do on Xbone. Where's TitanFall or Garden Warfare in the Vault? Surely by now they've exhausted every avenue for someone to buy them by now so why not chuck them in your subscription service to try and get the player counts up (plus GW has microtransactions as an addition revenue source). Also £3.99 a month but no £19.99 for the year equivalent has me not even interested as that's way too steep for me considering what they're offering and the ginormous back catalogue of EA titles they could just throw in there.

Anyways on a less grumpy note my 990's turned up today and fuck me if they're not the most comfortable headphones that have ever grace my bonce. So comfy I could just go to sleep in them. As the locals here would say they're gert lush!

They make a big deal of Cancel anytime, so I guess they figure they'll have more onesies than anything.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Maybe this one will contain the feels that were supposed to be in To the Moon.

 

[Hero Prinny]

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pass

 

[JustLynx]

a leaked the division trailer it's in Italian though

 

[NingenJanai]

Maybe this one will contain the feels that were supposed to be in To the Moon.

You soulless monster...

 

[Creamium]

9 days left for SteamGAF voting? Cool. Means I can still finish Ori and Undertale in that time.

Probably around halfway with Ori and as it stands now it's my goty pretty much, I love everything about it. Except the fact that some items are apparently missable. Big sin in a metroidvania

 

[Zeknurn]

That's a pretty shite offering for Origin Access compared to what they do on Xbone. Where's TitanFall or Garden Warfare in the Vault? Surely by now they've exhausted every avenue for someone to buy them by now so why not chuck them in your subscription service to try and get the player counts up (plus GW has microtransactions as an addition revenue source). Also £3.99 a month but no £19.99 for the year equivalent has me not even interested as that's way too steep for me considering what they're offering and the ginormous back catalogue of EA titles they could just throw in there.

Anyways on a less grumpy note my 990's turned up today and fuck me if they're not the most comfortable headphones that have ever grace my bonce. So comfy I could just go to sleep in them. As the locals here would say they're gert lush!

Garden Warfare is on the list?

I count 15 games in the vault which is hell of a deal for just 3.59€ a month.

 

[Baron_Calamity]

There are a few Vault titles I'm interested in. I might jump on it in a few months.

 

[crazyrabbits]

So I just purchased Origin Access - apparently, I've got access to a ton of games now. Like the DA:I Deluxe Edition. This seems... really odd. Like someone said, it feels like they're devaluing their products. $6.50 Canadian a month seems like a crazy good deal.

This is the incentive I need to play DA:I.

 

[zkylon]

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doesn't sound so bad, really

games netflix is actually kind of a really cool idea

 

[Knurek]

Pretty sure that's average usage (read: not while gaming with everything turned on)
CPU TDP is also calculated on "average" usage and not under full load, which can be 1.5-2 times the TDP value, especially when overclocked.

That's the first time I ever hear something like that.
Total Drawn Power doesn't seem to imply 'maybe not total, depending on what you're doing'

All of the benchmarks I've read seem to put 970 drawn power on load at 150-170 Watts, depending on make/model.

 

[Sch1sm]

Maybe this one will contain the feels that were supposed to be in To the Moon.

Are you even human? </3

Spoiler

Just kidding. I wasn't affected strongly at all by the game, either.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Though I guess it will depend on Mirror's Edge, since they don't want people beating the games in the Trials.

Unravel
Who knew being a piece of yarn could be so dangerous? Try the first two levels for up to 10 full hours with the Play First Trial. See game details.

Master those two levels. Understandable though, the game is at most 6 hours.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Pillars of eternity was 2015 no? Wonder why that isn't higher on people's goty lists.

#2 on mine, Witcher 3 came out though.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I'll try Hardline's campaign for £4

And I can wait around for Unravel and ME2 to be put in the Vault

 

[Kriken]

Though I guess it will depend on Mirror's Edge, since they don't want people beating the games in the Trials.



Master those two levels. Understandable though, the game is at most 6 hours.

Wait, seriously, they're going to put a cap on how much of the game is available? I hope it's just the case for Unravel since it'll probably be a short game or just misinformation

 

[crazyrabbits]

I assume access to these games is cut off if you cancel your membership, right?

If they're doing exclusive demos for Mirror's Edge and ME Andromeda, I'm totally down for the year.

 

[zkylon]

#2 on mine, Witcher 3 came out though.

yea pillars is #2 on mine too

tho witcha got kicked around to #4 i think

 

[laserlaser]

to the moon is the "game" i recommend to nongamers. writing is too good.

 

[pahamrick]

Pillars of eternity was 2015 no? Wonder why that isn't higher on people's goty lists.

Its #1 on mine.

I tried.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Wait, seriously, they're going to put a cap on how much of the game is available? I hope it's just the case for Unravel since it'll probably be a short game or just misinformation

It's probably just for Unravel due to it's length. Since Trial Time is cumulative not you start the app and better play for 10 hours straight.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Pillars of eternity was 2015 no? Wonder why that isn't higher on people's goty lists.

It was good but not great? I beat it when it came out but was disappointed with the encounter designs. It felt more Icewind Dale than Baldur's Gate 2 which was quite a negative to me.

 

[MMBosstones86]

You soulless monster...

Are you even human? </3

Spoiler

Just kidding. I wasn't affected strongly at all by the game, either.

I'm ok with this.

Just didn't do anything for me. It wasn't....bad. Just didn't need to go cut some onions afterwards.

 

[QFNS]

Pillars is #1 on mine as well. I would put Xenoblad Chronicles X at #1, but that isn't on Steam so here we are.

 

[Anteater]

can't launch origin

 

[Shadownet]

Fresco and Pamela had a long history, growing up in the same neighborhood. Life in XCOM will be tougher for Fresco now that Pamela is gone.

They were in love.

You fucking think?

You mean you haven't learned by now?

Whoa whoa, let's calm down.

 

[Kurt Russell]

So I want to name my characters from XCOM after not doing it for almost the whole 30 hours I've put into this game.
So do you want to make some suggestion?

Here's a template with sex, class, rank and nationality use it to suggest your name for the trooper.
Rank | Sex | Class | nationality | [Your suggested name]

Soldiers who need names:

Colonel | Female | Assault | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Heavy | Chinese | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Sniper | French | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Assault | American | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Female | Heavy | Russian | [Your suggested name]
Colonel | Male | Support | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Major | Male | Mech | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Male | Support | Canadian | [Your suggested name]
Captain | Female | Sniper | Australian | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Mech | Spanish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Assault | Scottish | [Your suggested name]
Sergeant | Female | Heavy | Argentinian | [Your suggested name]

Sergeant | Female | Heavy | Argentinian | [Russell]