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46 votes
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WHAT THE CAR? | Steam launch trailer
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Remedy is set to update its original version of Alan Wake on PC โ David Bowie's Space Oddity will be removed from the credits due to changes in licensing
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Gearbox's first Risk of Rain 2 expansion gets hammered on Steam as developer admits the PC version 'is in a really bad place'
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Humble Choice - September 2024
September 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy...
September 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 82 91/94 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Stranded: Alien Dawn 82 82/85 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Coral Island 83 83/87 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 70 90/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Lost Eidolons 70 68/71 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles 87 90/92 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum InfraSpace N/A 82 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold You Suck at Parkingยฎ - Complete Edition 70 81/88 Win โ Unknown ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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What happened to โpersonal computingโ?
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Humble Choice - August 2024
August 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Sifu 81 93/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ...
August 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Sifu 81 93/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum High on Life 70 85/89 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Gotham Knights 68 67/68 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold BLACKTAIL 79 86/84 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Astral Ascent 86 93/93 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Diluvian Ultra N/A 80 Win โ Unknown ๐ Awaiting Reports Universe for Sale N/A 95 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native This Means Warp N/A 75 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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World of Goo 2 - May 23, 2024
28 votes -
Windows 11 now shows a full-screen pop-up to use OneDrive and protect your PC
60 votes -
Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees
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Game publisher claims 100% crash rate with Intel CPUs โ Alderon Games says company sells defective 13th and 14th gen chips
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What's your recommended survival crafting game to play solo?
Basically the title. I think I've come to accept that as basic as it sounds, this is one of my favorite genres. The issue I frequently run into is that so many of them are designed around PvP and...
Basically the title. I think I've come to accept that as basic as it sounds, this is one of my favorite genres.
The issue I frequently run into is that so many of them are designed around PvP and / or Co-Op. Like ARK, I love the idea, but most of the mechanics are for PvP servers, which I have zero interest in.
Funny enough I'm not too into true survival games (Green Hell, The Forest), as I kinda enjoy the whole "Combine iron with two sticks and make an automatic weapon" progression of other games in the genre.
Obviously I've played Minecraft & Terraria, but also Subnautica, Palworld, Satisfactory (sort of counts), and NMS and enjoyed all of those.
Project Zomboid seems like it has too steep of a learning curve for me to get into.
I tried Astroneer, but the utter lack of base building and organization drove me up the wall.
EDIT: Forgot V Rising, which I also enjoyed solo, but it's definitely built with a PvP server in mind, which kind of makes progression in solo feel like you're aiming for a goal that doesn't exist.
I appreciate everyone's suggestions, I think I may give Raft or Project Zomboid a go.
34 votes -
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
29 votes -
The Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live (runs June 27 - July 11)
Quick links: Steam Store IsThereAnyDeal SteamDB Sales Tool Hidden Gems recommendations topic Share noteworthy deals! Ask for recommendations! Discuss what you bought!
51 votes -
Steam Summer Sale 2024: Hidden gems
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta: What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend? Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations...
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta:
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What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend?
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Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations for?
If you're interested in previous Hidden Gem topics, you can find them here.
For popular recommendations and general purpose sale discussion, please use the main Steam Sale topic.
An update for this topic: I've always used the number of Steam reviews for a game as a rough proxy for the game's audience size. It's not perfect, but it works well enough. Steam effectively made this canon in one of their recent sales. They had a Hidden Gems category and then broke the game list out into different tiers based the number of reviews each one had. I saved their taxonomy so I could use it here.
Feel free to tag or group your recommendations based on these if you like:
Category Maximum Review Count Shockingly Overlooked 20 Under the Radar 50 Buried Treasure 150 Underrated Great 500 Cult Classic 1000 Gem Graduate 1000+ All the categories above, except for the last one, are how Steam defined their different tiers. I have some qualms with them using "Cult Classic" there, but I'm going to follow suit for consistency's sake.
I myself added the last category, because I think there are plenty of games worth mentioning with more than 1000 reviews that still have a solid Hidden Gem vibe but have since found bigger audiences and "graduated" from the label.
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Humble Choice - July 2024
July 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB A Plague Tale: Requiem 83 86/90 Win โ ...
July 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB A Plague Tale: Requiem 83 86/90 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Ghostrunner 2 79 81/83 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Starship Troopers: Terran Command 74 88/88 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Sticky Business 78 95/97 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Zoeti 72 80 Win โ Verified ๐ Awaiting Reports Figment 2: Creed Valley 72 100/94 Win โ Unknown ๐๏ธ Platinum Heretic's Fork N/A 71/86 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum HYPERVIOLENT (Early Access) N/A 78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐ Awaiting Reports Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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My Windows computer just doesn't feel like mine anymore
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Co-op game recommendations
Edit: This community is amazing, thank you all for all of your suggestions. Feel free to keep them coming. I have a Google doc full of ideas with my comments that I'm going to drop on him. I was...
Edit: This community is amazing, thank you all for all of your suggestions. Feel free to keep them coming. I have a Google doc full of ideas with my comments that I'm going to drop on him. I was trying to respond to everyone and then discovered that Tildes will rate limit you. So if I don't respond to you, I'm sorry but I definitely read your comment and checked out your suggestions!
My friend suffers from depression and lives 6 hours away from me so the happiest I see him is when we are regularly gaming together. The problem is that I haven't been able to find a game we both wanted to play for a while.
I just cannot get into all the survival crafting games that seem to dominate co-op gaming these days. I am looking for suggestions for anything else. Also, it needs to be an online co-op instead of a couch co-op.
His computer isn't the best so that needs to be a consideration, nothing wrong with older games. Ideally we are talking about PC games on Steam.
Examples:
- we played a ton of Risk of Rain 2, probably the last game we played a lot together
- we have played through Halo co-op a bunch of times.
Who has ideas for me?
34 votes -
Microsoft admits that maybe surveiling everything you do on your computer isnโt a brilliant idea
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Humble Choice - June 2024
June 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Risk of Rain 2 86 96/94 Win โ Verified...
June 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Risk of Rain 2 86 96/94 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Knights of Honor II: Sovereign 78 76/78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition 72 62/87 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector 76 89/83 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Miasma Chronicles 73 79/72 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical 76 94/91 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold A Guidebook of Babel N/A 97/96 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Empyrion - Galactic Survival N/A 79/61 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
14 votes -
PSVR2 to add PC support in 2024
28 votes -
Nvidiaโs project G-Assist - AI game assistant
8 votes -
Build small, play big โ Introducing Small Form Factor-ready enthusiast GeForce cards and compatible cases
15 votes -
HarbourMasters' 2Ship2Harkanian, PC port of Majora's Mask, released
10 votes -
A new native port of Majora's Mask might change how we play N64 games on our PCs
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Homeworld 3 review from someone who treasures HW as perhaps the best game in 25 years (w/ minor spoilers)
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
I almost need a "thumb sideways" button but I can't give this game a thumbs up.
Why should you listen to me?
For background, I beta tested Homeworld for Relic back in '98-99. I've played every single PC Homeworld game. I've sunk hundreds of hours into playing vanilla Homeworld, Complex, and Every. Single. Star Trek mod that anyone has ever made for Homeworld and Homeworld: Remastered.
That's to say: I adore love Homeworld/Homeworld 2. Over 25 years of PC gaming, they may be my all-time favorite games period!
Of course, I bought the "Fleet Command" edition. In truth, I did it to encourage the developers to keep pumping out more Homeworld.
Alas, the only thing I want right now is a complete and amazing mod toolkit so that this game can quickly become the substitute and successor for the original.
A little history: Homeworld (and Remastered) thrived with its mod community. The original game was not designed for modding. Yet so many intrepid individuals out there struggled their way through cracking the binary format(s?) of the game. And, at least, as I understand it, some of the game behavior is scripted in Lua, a less common but publicly available programming language. Just go look at the Workshop for Homeworld: Remastered. The number of different total conversion mods out there is staggering. The love put into so many of those mods is utterly mind-blowing!
In a nutshell, HW:3 plays a lot like Homeworld (the original) but, if anything, dumbed-down
significantly from the original but with 2024 visuals--except for the cut-scenes that oddly look rendered using vintage 2000 technology. The game mechanics lack the depth of any of the HW sequels. The campaign is linear and, at times, glitchy (I'm looking at you, asteroid mission and you, the one cut-scene where some of the lines repeat causing me to wonder if I'm suffering auditory hallucinations or if their QA missed something like that).The gameplay is not particularly innovative or deep. The default pace of combat itself tends to be faster than previous Homeworlds. Though, in single player, you can change the game speed. However, the default speed can be overwhelming compared to previous Homeworld games, which can make multiplayer frustrating.
For fans, while it should not be surprising It's not Homeworld: Complex (or EVO), I expected to see more of the depth, introduced by HW:C and HW:2, For instance, there are no subsystems on ships; you can't target engines or weapons. Ships either blow up or they don't. There's no defense field frigates and no cloak generators.
My hope is that the mods (Star Trek or The Expanse, anyone?) will make this game shine. But right now? Unless you're a true super-hardcore Homeworld fan, who needs their Homeworld story fix, you should hold off.
On the plus side: it doesn't crash as often as a NASCAR driver like Helldivers 2 or the original Homeworld, for that matter.
Ultimately, I'm disappointed that Homeworld 3 plays like a dumbed-down version of Homeworld 1. I suppose this shouldn't be surprising, what with game studios increasingly desperate to get that larger market share which means appealing to a broader audience. But that means that if you long for the depth of Homeworld 2 or Complex, you're waiting for mods.
The modding tools aren't out yet.
And, so, thumbs down.
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Humble Choice - May 2024
May 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Yakuza: Like a Dragon 86 94/94 Win โ ...
May 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Yakuza: Like a Dragon 86 94/94 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Hi-Fi RUSH 89 93/97 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Steelrising 71 66/73 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable โฌ Silver Loddlenaut 75 97/97 Win โ Verified ๐ Awaiting Reports King of the Castle N/A 94/91 Win ๐จ Playable โฌ Silver Bravery and Greed 78 78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Amanda the Adventurer 73 91/95 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Mediterranea Inferno 79 97 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐ Awaiting Reports Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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Can old, poorly wired electrical outlets cause a PC to freeze?
Fellow PC builders, here's a fun one for you. I took some "old" and no-longer-used PC parts and built my sister-in-law a gaming PC for her and her stepdaughter to use. It was a Christmas gift so...
Fellow PC builders, here's a fun one for you.
I took some "old" and no-longer-used PC parts and built my sister-in-law a gaming PC for her and her stepdaughter to use. It was a Christmas gift so the stepdaughter could play the Sims.
She has called me three times to tell me it's completely frozen - like hard locked, dead freeze, screen is displaying the last frame it was on but you can't interact with the PC in any way until you reset it with the power button.
She let it sit for an hour before she gave up. Two times this happened while stepdaughter was playing the Sims 4 and once it happened while my brother-in-law was watching YouTube videos.
Obviously, I went through the usual things you'd think in this situation and I had her bring the PC over so I could do some digging. Fully expecting to find a hardware issue, I tried the following:
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I ran the Sims while also watching multiple YouTube videos in the background. Couldn't replicate the issue after about two hours.
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I obviously checked the temperatures while gaming and YouTubing, checked the usual performance metrics and everything was great.
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Ran OTTC stress tests - all of them. Under heavy loads, this thing was doing fine. Even at 100% utilization, the memory, graphics card, and cpu were fine. Did a power test too, fine. Did a "combined" stress test and all was fine.
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Ran mem86, no issues with the memory, no bad sectors or errors.
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Played Skyrim on ultra for several hours. This was a really fun way to troubleshoot.
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Checked the event log from the day she had freezes. I can see where the event happened because leading up to the unexpected "power off" event, there were a ton of events related to various processes timing out. Seems like it was unable to connect with services and run certain background processes while it was frozen? I didn't see anything that really stood out to me as being a possible cause except...
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in the event viewer, there were a few events related to Microsoft family safety. I set this up at the request of SIL so stepdaughter wouldn't get into anything she shouldn't. In the Event Viewer, it seems like maybe it wasn't verifying something correctly or didn't have permissions it needed? Upon Googling, I found some other folks with this error but I couldn't find anything about whether it caused freezing or not. Seems like one of the many events that just gives a warning but doesn't have any effect. One guy who had this issue had his computer freeze but disabling the family safety entirely did nothing. People in the comments thought it probably wasn't related. I also found another event that Google wasn't very helpful with. Might have been related to sound card but my sound card drivers are up to date and again, I have not been able to replicate the issue even when gaming and watching videos, so I don't know if it's related.
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I ran the Windows System Files Checker and found no issues related to my Windows install.
I can't figure out why this would be happening only at her house. She says it froze after one hour of use every time. This brings me to the title of this post. My SIL moved into a really old house with sketchy wiring. My FIL told her the wiring is so bad that she needs to get it fixed immediately or risk a fire, so she's working on that. This house has a butler stairway, asbestos, and plaster/lathe walls if that tells you what we're dealing with here. This is the ONLY thing I can think of that would possibly be different between the two setups and maybe explain the freezing, but it just seems so unlikely to me that this is the cause.
Help?
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Over ten years after its Kickstarter campaign and Alpha launch, 7 Days to Die is finally leaving Early Access
19 votes -
Project Zomboid - What compares for gameplay?
So I have heard of the game for a while, but I am not a fan of zombie games. I was recently shown a video apparently about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XuKU2RziLo), and the game itself...
So I have heard of the game for a while, but I am not a fan of zombie games. I was recently shown a video apparently about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XuKU2RziLo), and the game itself looks pretty awesome from my point of preferences.
The problem? None really, except... zombies. Just not a fan at all.Edit: I like the menu options, though they seem like they could be clunky. I like the survival and crafting aspects.
So my question is this: Are there any games similar to this style of gameplay that might do without the zombies?
Would prefer on Steam/Linux, but if you have a similar equivalent that's great. Thanks. :)
12 votes -
The Intel NUC replacement is here! GEEKOM MiniAir 12 review
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Take-Two publishes WARN notice about seventy layoffs and studio closure in Seattle, possibly affecting Kerbal Space Program 2 developers Intercept Games
Take-Two posted a legally-required notice that it is laying off 70 workers and closing a studio in Seattle. This is part of mass layoffs announced across Take-Two. This has also been mentioned by...
Take-Two posted a legally-required notice that it is laying off 70 workers and closing a studio in Seattle. This is part of mass layoffs announced across Take-Two. This has also been mentioned by Games Industry.biz, although without much more details than what I have here (at time of writing).
The only Take-Two studio in Seattle is Intercept Games, who have been making Kerbal Space Program 2. We also know that Intercept had about 65-70 people working there (half of which were on KSP2, half of which were on an unannounced project).
Various KSP2 devs have also posted on social media that they have been impacted by layoffs (not sure about the rules re: linking social media profiles, so I'll hold off).
We may or may not have more news in the coming days. It's hard times in the industry right now, and my heart goes out for everyone affected.
EDIT: From Game Developer:
When approached for comment by Game Developer, Take-Two wouldn't confirm whether Intercept Games has been impacted by the cutsโdespite multiple Kerbal Space Program developers indicating they recently left the studio, with one expressly stating they were "laid off." A company spokesperson did, however, explain that its Private Division publishing label will continue to support Kerbal Space Program 2.
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When pushed again on the current status of Intercept Games, Take-Two told Game Developer it has "nothing further to note."
31 votes -
The story of The Oregon Trail
18 votes -
"PS5 has no games"
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation. They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020."...
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation.
They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020." That's definitely not true. Sony's released several great, critically acclaimed games on PS5: Returnal, Horizon 2, God of War Ragnarok, and just recently they had Helldivers 2. They've had a PS5 game get nominated for Game of the Year every year.
What people have really complaining about is "Sony doesn't keep their games solely on the PS5, instead they've also been bringing them to PS4 and/or PC when able." Isn't that... good?
I remember during the PS3 and PS4 generations, it sucked that you'd have to buy a whole console for that 1 exclusive you were interested in. I had a friend who got a PS4 solely to play Bloodborne. I saw a lot of people back then interested in these exclusives coming to PC. For convenience, for better graphics and frame rates, for the novelty, for game preservation, for any number of reasons.
Now it's finally happened, Sony's big IPs are pretty much all on PC. You can go buy God of War or Ratchet and Clank on Steam. That's awesome! 15-years-ago me would've never believed that could happen in a million years.
And how did people react? "Why would I buy a PS5? It has no games!" It has games, they're just not keeping the games locked up there serving a life sentence, maybe getting a remaster 20 years later if they're lucky. I also find it odd how the Series X has even less exclusives, releasing games day-and-date on PC, but nobody jokes about that.
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Humble Choice - April 2024
April 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Victoria 3 82 67/66 Win, Mac, Linux ๐จ...
April 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Victoria 3 82 67/66 Win, Mac, Linux ๐จ Playable โ Native The Callisto Protocol 67 75/64 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum HUMANKIND: Definitive Edition 79 69/66 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Fashion Police Squad 78 92 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Terraformers 80 89/88 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga 84 95/95 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Coromon 73 77/87 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐จ Gold The Excavation of Hob's Barrow 84 90/93 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
14 votes -
25th anniversary interview with RollerCoaster Tycoonโs creator, Chris Sawyer
38 votes -
It annoys me that so many PC games feel like they're intended for consoles
I often starts playing a game, then quit because it simply doesn't feel like a PC game to me. Sometimes it is because it is a console port, but not always. I just tried playing VAMBRACE, and got...
I often starts playing a game, then quit because it simply doesn't feel like a PC game to me. Sometimes it is because it is a console port, but not always.
I just tried playing VAMBRACE, and got stuck when trying to open a door. There was an "open door" icon right at the door, but clicking it had no effect. Turns out I had to press the action button, which was the E on the keyboard. What's more, all the icons in the game works like this, having assigned a key you have to press. With me having a mouse which is designed especially to click on things on the screen, this makes little sense. It reminded me of the way early homemade DOS games let you use keyboard input, typically in this format:
<P>lay <M>anual <Q>uit
Obviously, VAMBRACE was designed to be played with an Xbox controller. But the end result is a control scheme which grew out of fashion thirty years ago.I quite hate the Xbox controller. That wobbly thumbstick are just so so uncomfortable, with the forward direction forcing you to move your thumb forward and slightly left in the most awkward of movements. Despite most humans having 10 fingers, the majority of actions are performed by the right thumb which have to move between 4 different buttons. In the Xbox controllers defence, it had to have the wobbly thumbstick as a replacement from WASD + mouse first person shooter movement. But this doesn't change that I'm never going to like this silly gadget.
I can't say exactly what the difference is between PC games and console games. There are of course the controls, keyboard and mouse VS gamepad, but I also feel like there are also some differences in the basic feeling of the game. A lot of consolish games feel a bit like a tech demo with some light interaction throughout, sort of like a rollercoaster ride.
This was something I liked about NOITA. It is designed for PC from the ground up. The aiming requires a mouse cursor, and the wand tinkering would be pretty much impossible without a mouse.
34 votes -
Marvel Rivals | Official announcement trailer
4 votes -
Qualcomm says most Windows games should โjust workโ on its unannounced Arm laptops
19 votes -
Stardew Valley 1.6 update released on PC
51 votes -
Steam Spring Sale suggestions
Steam Sale time again! Post any amazing games or hidden gems you think others would like. I'll start: Mr Shifty is an amazing 2d top-down that's crazy fun (especially for its price!). I'm about to...
Steam Sale time again! Post any amazing games or hidden gems you think others would like. I'll start: Mr Shifty is an amazing 2d top-down that's crazy fun (especially for its price!). I'm about to get a SteamDeck, so am hunting these style of games in particular.
42 votes -
Recommendations for wireless earbuds for extended PC use?
I've always been a speakers kind of guy because I'm not a fan of how bulky headsets are, but because of the fun of Zoom meetings and things, I've kind of gotten over my hatred of headphones. That...
I've always been a speakers kind of guy because I'm not a fan of how bulky headsets are, but because of the fun of Zoom meetings and things, I've kind of gotten over my hatred of headphones. That said, I'd still prefer to commit to earbuds rather than big, bulky GamerTM headphones long-term. Instead, I'd like to pivot to earbuds.
So my first problem is: I've always been under the assumption that 2.4Ghz dongle is superior to Bluetooth, but apparently modern Bluetooth is almost/practically as good. If that's the case, I wouldn't care about getting a Bluetooth-only set, but that does mean dropping more money on a dongle for my PC.
My other caveat is that I hate having to pause what I'm doing to charge something. The only wireless thing I own is a headset I use for Zoom meetings and things, and it's a Arctis Wireless that can easily do 20+ hours without a charge. I would be using these for my weekly RPG that I run online, which is almost always 8+ hours long, not counting me watching videos/listening to music in the leadup to to the game.
So yeah, with that in mind-- low latency and battery life are my big things, and I don't care about a microphone at all, but I'd like it to be fairly budget-friendly. Again, it just seems like... since I last used headphones 15+ years ago, things have changed a lot and even just googling and reading opinions on reddit-- all the opinions are varying and often opposing on what I should be shooting for.
I don't care all that much about brand loyalty, or what color it is, or anything like that, either. So, what all would anyone here recommend?
15 votes -
Humble Choice - March 2024
March 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of...
March 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin โ Ultimate Edition 70 41/60 Win โ Unknown ๐จ Gold Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition 85 87/88 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Saints Row 63 56/64 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Citizen Sleeper 84 91/94 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Black Skylands 77 80/82 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Soulstice 71 70/78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Afterimage 76 77/80 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter N/A 68/77 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
14 votes -
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition PC specifications revealed, out March 21
19 votes -
Ghost of Tsushima Directorโs Cut is coming to PC on May 16
19 votes -
Humble Choice - February 2024
February 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Life Is Strange: True Colors 81...
February 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Life Is Strange: True Colors 81 89/90 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Scorn 68 77/82 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed 68 78/73 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Beacon Pines 81 98/97 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition N/A 74/81 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Children of Silentown 70 87/81 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Oaken 77 81 Win, Mac, Linux โ Unknown โ Native Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder N/A 65 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
12 votes -
JINZO Paint โ vintage mobile drawing app
8 votes -
The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld's Origins, as Told by David Bunnell
8 votes -
Any good PC games that are inherently slow or cooldown-based?
I find myself in an unusual situation wanting to play PC games that can't suck me in. Bear with me, this is a weird and specific request. Ideally I want something I can easily pick up and put down...
I find myself in an unusual situation wanting to play PC games that can't suck me in. Bear with me, this is a weird and specific request.
Ideally I want something I can easily pick up and put down maybe 1-2 times an hour between tasks. Chess or Risk came to mind, but I don't want something that mandates input or else you forfeit. Also thought of Civ, but in the past I've played that for hours at a time. I haven't found a setting that could force me to slow down, but maybe there's a mod I could use? Seems like I need something that either has built-in cooldowns or allows custom time controls.
Maybe there's some mobile games that are on PC that would fall into this category? I played "Egg, Inc" years ago, but remember the cooldowns started to extend into days which is when I stopped.
For reference, I typically play via Steam, Epic, or GOG and I like these game genres: strategy, RTS, tower defense, puzzle/logic, city building, simulation, automation, and exploration. But since there's probably not many games like this I'm definitely willing to branch out!
28 votes -
Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS
21 votes