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Post by Tross on Dec 31, 2016 17:20:06 GMT -5
So I just purchased a cheap laptop on sale that came to just over C$600 so I can finally get in on the whole Steam craze. I saved up money for about a year, and was planning on holding off longer for something better, but I just got a Steam card for Christmas from a friend and I seriously underestimated how expensive a new computer can cost. I don't really have an idea, setup for a desktop so even though that's what people recommend it's kind of out of the question. It did however occur to me that since virtually all of the games I'm looking at aren't exactly very hardware taxing titles so I don't need the most powerful computer, just something new that I can afford and will run the majority of games. I don't even need 4K or 120FPS. I googled best cheap laptops for Steam and this one is the second cheapest. Well, there's one that's significantly less expensive under normal circumstances but isn't as good and with Amazon's deals only worked out to be less than $18 cheaper.
Anyways, as of the 5th or 6th I'll have an actual computer and not just an iPad, so I can play some of the exclusives that I can't get on my PS4, which will ultimately still be my primary system but I want to branch out a little. So, I was wondering if you've checked out Steam and if you have any recommendations. I bought a handful of games to start as they're only on sale till the 2nd and I found out I can download them on my new computer when it comes while enjoying the heavily discounted sale prices now, but I'm open to adding more if I can get them for a reasonable price.
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Post by OttselHero on Jan 1, 2017 10:59:55 GMT -5
I'm not a huge Steam gamer, however I highly recommend Dust: An Elysian Tail (which is also on PS4) and Undertale. Both games are phenomenal and were made almost entirely by one person. Dust sits pretty high on my list of all-time favorite games, and while Undertale may not grace my personal Top 10, I still find myself seeking out fan made works nearly a year after I finished playing it (particularly cover songs).
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Post by Tross on Jan 2, 2017 19:36:13 GMT -5
I'm not a huge Steam gamer, however I highly recommend Dust: An Elysian Tail (which is also on PS4) and Undertale. Both games are phenomenal and were made almost entirely by one person. Dust sits pretty high on my list of all-time favorite games, and while Undertale may not grace my personal Top 10, I still find myself seeking out fan made works nearly a year after I finished playing it (particularly cover songs). I haven't played Dust but I'll probably get it on my PS4...if I don't already have it. I think I might actually. Undertale is one of the titles I purchased in advance, so maybe I'll start with it. Thanks for the recommendations though.
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Post by OttselHero on Jan 3, 2017 11:44:51 GMT -5
I'm not a huge Steam gamer, however I highly recommend Dust: An Elysian Tail (which is also on PS4) and Undertale. Both games are phenomenal and were made almost entirely by one person. Dust sits pretty high on my list of all-time favorite games, and while Undertale may not grace my personal Top 10, I still find myself seeking out fan made works nearly a year after I finished playing it (particularly cover songs). I haven't played Dust but I'll probably get it on my PS4...if I don't already have it. I think I might actually. Undertale is one of the titles I purchased in advance, so maybe I'll start with it. Thanks for the recommendations though. I should also add Crypt of the Necrodancer. I haven't played it myself, but a friend of mine adores it. She says it's her favorite game of all time, which is saying something seeing as how it dethroned her years-long favorite The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
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Post by Tross on Jan 3, 2017 14:40:30 GMT -5
I haven't played Dust but I'll probably get it on my PS4...if I don't already have it. I think I might actually. Undertale is one of the titles I purchased in advance, so maybe I'll start with it. Thanks for the recommendations though. I should also add Crypt of the Necrodancer. I haven't played it myself, but a friend of mine adores it. She says it's her favorite game of all time, which is saying something seeing as how it dethroned her years-long favorite The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Really? That's interesting. I'll have to look that one up. Thanks. I think the holiday sale is over but I'll keep it in mind. I hear Steam sales are pretty commonplace so maybe there will be another one in the near future.
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Post by Tross on Jan 7, 2017 16:09:49 GMT -5
So my computer actually came a few days ago, a full day earlier than expected. I had no idea that 15.6 in was so big, and it even has a built in disc drive. It apparently has a decent graphics chip so that's a plus though it's hard to say if I'll ever need to use all of that horsepower given the kinds of games I got it It also boots up amazingly fast which is a plus. The only downside is that the battery life is only about 2 and 1/2 hours, but I googled that and found out that high end graphics chips generally do limit battery life, especially on laptops with a 15.6 in screen. While I don't really have room for a desktop, hence the purchase of a laptop, I plan on using mine more or less like a desktop anyways as I don't really plan on travelling with it.
So far I'm having fun with Undertale, though I have yet to see why it's regarded as such a classic. Maybe I just need to play on. For now I think it's alright. For me it's just not the mind-blowing game others have hyped it up to be, though maybe that's my fault for buying into hype.
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Post by OttselHero on Jan 8, 2017 14:53:58 GMT -5
So my computer actually came a few days ago, a full day earlier than expected. I had no idea that 15.6 in was so big, and it even has a built in disc drive. It apparently has a decent graphics chip so that's a plus though it's hard to say if I'll ever need to use all of that horsepower given the kinds of games I got it It also boots up amazingly fast which is a plus. The only downside is that the battery life is only about 2 and 1/2 hours, but I googled that and found out that high end graphics chips generally do limit battery life, especially on laptops with a 15.6 in screen. While I don't really have room for a desktop, hence the purchase of a laptop, I plan on using mine more or less like a desktop anyways as I don't really plan on travelling with it. So far I'm having fun with Undertale, though I have yet to see why it's regarded as such a classic. Maybe I just need to play on. For now I think it's alright. For me it's just not the mind-blowing game others have hyped it up to be, though maybe that's my fault for buying into hype. Undertale is good, but it's nothing special until you finish the pacifist run. It has a very satisfying ending. Plus the music is Uematsu-caliber and is composed by the same guy who made the majority of the game.
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Post by Tross on Jan 11, 2017 16:48:31 GMT -5
So my computer actually came a few days ago, a full day earlier than expected. I had no idea that 15.6 in was so big, and it even has a built in disc drive. It apparently has a decent graphics chip so that's a plus though it's hard to say if I'll ever need to use all of that horsepower given the kinds of games I got it It also boots up amazingly fast which is a plus. The only downside is that the battery life is only about 2 and 1/2 hours, but I googled that and found out that high end graphics chips generally do limit battery life, especially on laptops with a 15.6 in screen. While I don't really have room for a desktop, hence the purchase of a laptop, I plan on using mine more or less like a desktop anyways as I don't really plan on travelling with it. So far I'm having fun with Undertale, though I have yet to see why it's regarded as such a classic. Maybe I just need to play on. For now I think it's alright. For me it's just not the mind-blowing game others have hyped it up to be, though maybe that's my fault for buying into hype. Undertale is good, but it's nothing special until you finish the pacifist run. It has a very satisfying ending. Plus the music is Uematsu-caliber and is composed by the same guy who made the majority of the game. I just got a ending, and I did try being a pacifist for the whole game, but apparently I need to go back and make better friends with Papyrus and Undyne to get a better ending. I can probably use the same file as I'm assuming all I need to do is go visit them for a spell, so I'll have to see. I generally find replayin parts of games fairly tedious. So far my impression of the game still stands. It's good and I like it, but it's not like it's my new favourite thing. Maybe it's just more difficult to impress me given how many games I've played in the past. The Mass Effect Trilogy was, I think, the last to really live up to and actually exceed my expectations in every way, but that set such a high bar. For a small and humble indie title, Undertale is just fine, and is actually pretty impressive. Maybe I'll try for the good ending. There are definitely some neat characters and concepts, and Undertale does have an interesting world to explore.
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Post by OttselHero on Jan 12, 2017 11:43:30 GMT -5
Undertale is good, but it's nothing special until you finish the pacifist run. It has a very satisfying ending. Plus the music is Uematsu-caliber and is composed by the same guy who made the majority of the game. I just got a ending, and I did try being a pacifist for the whole game, but apparently I need to go back and make better friends with Papyrus and Undyne to get a better ending. I can probably use the same file as I'm assuming all I need to do is go visit them for a spell, so I'll have to see. I generally find replayin parts of games fairly tedious. So far my impression of the game still stands. It's good and I like it, but it's not like it's my new favourite thing. Maybe it's just more difficult to impress me given how many games I've played in the past. The Mass Effect Trilogy was, I think, the last to really live up to and actually exceed my expectations in every way, but that set such a high bar. For a small and humble indie title, Undertale is just fine, and is actually pretty impressive. Maybe I'll try for the good ending. There are definitely some neat characters and concepts, and Undertale does have an interesting world to explore. Undertale won't live up to the hype at all (though it was helpful that I had no clue what it was until a friend recommended it to me), but it is much easier to appreciate once you've gotten the true pacifist ending. There is a whole other side to the story that is hidden from the player that adds a great deal of depth to the game. I get what you mean, though; most games and movies I experience nowadays are just "okay" since I've been exposed to so many of them in my lifetime. As far as movies are concerned, Zootopia was the first movie in recent memory that charmed me on that level since 2007 ( Ratatouille), so it really takes a game-changer for a film to impress me. I didn't even care for The Avengers very much while others seemed to herald it as some grand masterpiece (and a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes? Really…?). As far as games go, Uncharted 4 was the first game in a long time that made me feel like I was introduced to something entirely new (it seems that game was to me as The Last of Us was to most others). Though that may, in part, be due to the fact that the PS4 is powerful enough to handle larger environments at once, so I suppose I could've said the same about any open-world PS4 game that ended up as my first experience on the system.
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Post by Tross on Jan 12, 2017 14:19:59 GMT -5
I just got a ending, and I did try being a pacifist for the whole game, but apparently I need to go back and make better friends with Papyrus and Undyne to get a better ending. I can probably use the same file as I'm assuming all I need to do is go visit them for a spell, so I'll have to see. I generally find replayin parts of games fairly tedious. So far my impression of the game still stands. It's good and I like it, but it's not like it's my new favourite thing. Maybe it's just more difficult to impress me given how many games I've played in the past. The Mass Effect Trilogy was, I think, the last to really live up to and actually exceed my expectations in every way, but that set such a high bar. For a small and humble indie title, Undertale is just fine, and is actually pretty impressive. Maybe I'll try for the good ending. There are definitely some neat characters and concepts, and Undertale does have an interesting world to explore. Undertale won't live up to the hype at all (though it was helpful that I had no clue what it was until a friend recommended it to me), but it is much easier to appreciate once you've gotten the true pacifist ending. There is a whole other side to the story that is hidden from the player that adds a great deal of depth to the game. I get what you mean, though; most games and movies I experience nowadays are just "okay" since I've been exposed to so many of them in my lifetime. As far as movies are concerned, Zootopia was the first movie in recent memory that charmed me on that level since 2007 ( Ratatouille), so it really takes a game-changer for a film to impress me. I didn't even care for The Avengers very much while others seemed to herald it as some grand masterpiece (and a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes? Really…?). As far as games go, Uncharted 4 was the first game in a long time that made me feel like I was introduced to something entirely new (it seems that game was to me as The Last of Us was to most others). Though that may, in part, be due to the fact that the PS4 is powerful enough to handle larger environments at once, so I suppose I could've said the same about any open-world PS4 game that ended up as my first experience on the system. I just got the true pacifist ending yesterday. It's good. I'm glad I got it, and I'm glad I played Undertale. But yeah, I've played it and am now moving on. I just started Uncharted 4 and it's off to a good start. I just wish I could replay that Crash level. I was not expecting that at all, and I think I did alright given how long it has been since I've played Crash, but I think that challenge is also a harder version as there are only three lives and no option to continue, and the fruit resets after every death. Regardless, that's hard to top, but the rest of the game looks great. The PS4's power definitely adds to the visual presentation, not that the older titles don't look great too. I'll have to play on. Zootopia is a great film. I'm also finding that it takes more to please me with films. I think Moana is alright, but it didn't blow me away. I think Finding Dory is a great sequel to the first Finding Nemo, but I enjoyed it and moved on. I think out of the recent wave of films, Sing is one of the better ones while Trolls is mediocre in every way, but again it takes a lot more to blow me away now.
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Post by Tross on Jan 20, 2017 18:05:49 GMT -5
So I recently started To the Moon and I'm hooked on it. Between you and me I've been feeling a bit of buyer's remorse with this new computer. It's just a lot of computer. That said I'm glad I really like To the Moon. I want to get in at least a couple more games to justify my large purchase, but I'm surprised by how much I like that game. It's a humble indie title like I expected but I really like the premise.
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Post by OttselHero on Jan 21, 2017 11:34:44 GMT -5
So I recently started To the Moon and I'm hooked on it. Between you and me I've been feeling a bit of buyer's remorse with this new computer. It's just a lot of computer. That said I'm glad I really like To the Moon. I want to get in at least a couple more games to justify my large purchase, but I'm surprised by how much I like that game. It's a humble indie title like I expected but I really like the premise. I've heard about that one! I've also heard it's very emotionally heavy.
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