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fumanstan

06-05-14 09:12 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Quote:

Originally Posted by msdmoney (Post 12128412)

Is there much of a reason to get the XBOX One controller instead of the 360 controller for use with a PC? The 360 controller is compatible with almost everything these days, does that mean the Xbox One controller will be just as compatible?

It probably depends on the game, but theoretically there shouldn't be any issues with anything recent as they should all be using a specific API called XInput for compatibility.

fumanstan

06-11-14 12:54 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Caved and bought Arkham Origin for $6.37 on Green Man Gaming after IFDSUM-MERSAL-E15OFF code that gives an additional 15% off. They've had sales all week for anyone looking for cheap games.

RichC2

06-11-14 12:56 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 12135572)

Caved and bought Arkham Origin for $6.37 on Green Man Gaming after IFDSUM-MERSAL-E15OFF code that gives an additional 15% off. They've had sales all week for anyone looking for cheap games.

Love GMG, their site is like a perpetual sale. GameFly is getting up there too.

Trevor

06-11-14 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12135576)

Love GMG, their site is like a perpetual sale. GameFly is getting up there too.

Almost wish I didn't read this. Between all the various bundle sites, steam sales, and GOG sales my hard drive is already full of games I'll never get to.

Dan	06-11-14 03:21 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

My wife wants The Sims 4. :doh:

My wife wants The Sims 4... which means I might need to upgrade my PC so she can play it... :confused:

My wife said I have until September to "make a computer" that will work well with The Sims 4 [and any other damn game I please]. :banana::banana::banana::banana:

RichC2

06-11-14 03:25 PM

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"You need a $1000 graphics card to play The Sims 4?"

"Yes."

Simple as that.

Also Fifa 15 will use the next-gen engine.

fumanstan

06-11-14 06:11 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

:lol:

RocShemp

06-11-14 11:40 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

New CPU cooler and new PSU installed. :)

It was a bit touch-and-go thanks to some amateur mistakes when I closed everything up only to realize that I forgot to install my RAM cards and then again when I realized I never plugged the CPU to the PSU. :doh:

So much for working out tonight. I'm all grumpy and beat. :sad:

SmackDaddy

06-12-14 08:54 AM

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Well, after building my last gaming centered PC over 8 years ago and not playing on it for almost 7years, I dragged myself back in.

Strangely it was a trip to Half Price books that spurred my return. I wasn't even there for myself, so I was taking a look at their games section and saw some titles on PC that I had wanted to play my my PS3 for 1/3 the price they were going for on consoles and just went hmm....

A little over $700 and two days later I had all the parts to build a decent mid-level gaming machine (6 core AMD, GTX 750ti, SSD, 8gb ram).

Forgot how nice it was to play things at max settings. Glad this thread got bumped. I'm browsing green man gaming now!

RichC2

06-12-14 09:01 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

With Steam Streaming (Desktop -> Laptop -> HDMI-out on TV) and/or a Wireless HDMI solution, your PC turns into one hell of a console, maxed out, and 95% backwards compatible. It's nice.

Highly Recommend:

http://cdn3.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/...s_receiver.jpg

....the Steam Big Picture interface is also really nice: http://youtu.be/xwHrcMtB4go?t=4m25s

Trevor

06-13-14 08:28 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

huge summer sale starting at www.gog.com with lots of classics

They are flash hourly deals unfortunately, so lots of checking if you don't want to miss anything. They do show the upcoming next couple hours at least.

RichC2

06-13-14 10:40 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Posted this sale over in the Gaming Deals Thread, figured I'd dupe it here:

Spoiler:

They also have Dead Space 3 for $4.24, Crysis Trilogy for $21.24, Fifa 14 for $16.99, Battlefield 4 for $21.24, Command and Conquer Collection for $4.24, Need for Speed Rivals for $16.99, Mirror's Edge for $4.24, Syndicate (newer one) for $4.24, Mass Effect Trilogy for $9.34, and SimCity for $12.74 (2013 version)

wlj	06-13-14 11:07 AM

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When do the Steam Summer Sales start? God help me, I have an enormous backlog and I need to avoid this sale.

shizawn

06-13-14 11:29 AM

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Last year's started on July 11th, so probably around that time.

shizawn

06-13-14 08:42 PM

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Guess it's been leaked that the Steam Summer Sale is going to start on June 19th, so much earlier than last year, if true.

fumanstan

06-13-14 08:44 PM

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Gah, part of me wants to rebuy the Mass Effect trilogy on PC as well (also owned on 360) but I guess I can wait since it's on sale fairly regularly.

Raul3

06-13-14 10:17 PM

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ME trology for $9.34? Oh....

mhg83

06-13-14 10:27 PM

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A word of warning; Some of the ME games do not support the 360 controller. Not sure if they updated it or not with the support?

RocShemp

06-14-14 06:29 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by mhg83 (Post 12138718)

A word of warning; Some of the ME games do not support the 360 controller. Not sure if they updated it or not with the support?

Correction: NONE of the Mass Effect games support the 360 controller (outside of mods). For whatever reason, Bioware insists on not offering optional 360 support for the PC versions of Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

I believe some fans discovered part of the console control scheme code in the first Mass Effect which is what made modding it for the 360 controller possible.

RichC2

06-14-14 10:16 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

They said outright they would not support the 360 controller on ME for some reason or another,

wmansir

06-14-14 03:43 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Bioware said the GUI team was too busy to add controller support. It doesn't really make any sense, but that's the line they gave.

dugan

06-14-14 03:54 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Quote:

Originally Posted by wmansir (Post 12139239)

Bioware said the GUI team was too busy to add controller support. It doesn't really make any sense, but that's the line they gave.

Combine that with the Assassin's Creed team saying they were too busy to add female characters, and this looks like the year of project mismanagement.

RichC2

06-15-14 10:53 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by dugan (Post 12139260)

Combine that with the Assassin's Creed team saying they were too busy to add female characters, and this looks like the year of project mismanagement.

The Bioware comment is from 2007, so it's the decade of project mismanagement.

wlj	06-16-14 12:24 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12138967)

They said outright they would not support the 360 controller on ME for some reason or another,

i found that out the hard way when I purchased ME2 on PC. I use mouse and keyboard for my dungeon crawlers and MMOs, but I need a controller for any game with any fast action.

RocShemp

06-16-14 08:38 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by wlj (Post 12140887)

i found that out the hard way when I purchased ME2 on PC. I use mouse and keyboard for my dungeon crawlers and MMOs, but I need a controller for any game with any fast action.

Fortunately, all the ME games allow you to pause the action and issue commands. It's the same gameplay mechanic as the Dragon Age games.

Trevor

06-18-14 05:26 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

The Gog bundles and flash deals are very attractive today.

Music

06-18-14 05:34 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

double posting no info giving mofo.... ;)

Trevor

06-18-14 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Music (Post 12143554)

double posting no info giving mofo.... ;)

I thought about mentioning a few, but the flash deals are about 18 at a time and constantly rotating, with many major franchises bundled today. It's the usual GOG suspects like Ultima, Might and Magic, Sam and Max, Far Cry, etc; with more recent indie games like Vvvvv than I expected.

RocShemp

06-19-14 01:03 AM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

The Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 1TB SSD is currently $399.99 at Amazon. Seriously considering pulling the trigger at that price.

Nausicaa

06-22-14 02:11 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Wow, so I finally got my computer cleaned, and the difference is ridiculous. This thing performs like new again. Before, CS:GO on med/high settings was literally overheating this thing to blue screen, now back on ultra with max AA and everything, GPUs barely hit 70 degrees. Assassin's Creed max everything 2x MSAA, under 99% load cards were sitting at low/mid 70s. No more stuttering and graphical hangups/glitches. Awesome! The guy said all the fans were pretty clogged.

fumanstan

07-03-14 05:21 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Civilization Beyond Earth comes out Oct 24th.

RichC2

07-21-14 12:59 PM

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I'm probably going to play the hell out of this. For a couple hours. $19.99.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JvNxItMCK1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

edstein

07-21-14 02:47 PM

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Looks fun but might as well play Diablo III instead.

RichC2

07-21-14 02:56 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

PC version of Diablo III still doesn't have controller support or same screen multiplayer. Plus the utter simplicity of Gauntlet is part of its charm.

RichC2

07-23-14 02:46 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

Coming August 21st, a remake of the original Shadowgate:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ud72yoA2D2A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition (September 5th) will feature the Untold Stores DLC but will likely not include Super Ultra Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX + α.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/23/de...-stories-dlcs/

And Battlefield: Hardline of course has been pushed to 2015.

Supermallet

07-28-14 06:21 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

For those of you who do a lot of PC gaming, do you prefer to game with your PC connected to your TV or do you like the desk/monitor combo better?

And for those who prefer a monitor, what's a good one you'd recommend that's not horrendously expensive?

mhg83

07-28-14 06:27 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

PC To TV with wireless KB+M

Supermallet

07-28-14 06:34 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by mhg83 (Post 12182522)

PC To TV with wireless KB+M

That's what I do now, and I find it terribly inconvenient. Because I'm on my couch, I don't have anywhere to put my mouse except my coffee table, which means I now have to hunch forward or sit on the edge of my couch instead of sitting back on it like I can with a console.

mhg83

07-28-14 06:41 PM

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It took me awhile to get used to it. I'm on a recliner and keep the mouse with an arm supported pad on the arm of the chair and Keyboard on my lap.

flashburn

07-28-14 06:51 PM

Re: PC Gaming Thread

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Originally Posted by mhg83 (Post 12182522)

PC To TV with wireless KB+M

Yep. This is the way to do it. I use a Xbox 360 controller as well for some games.

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