Steam/PC Mega Thread

[Bobfoc]

The first KOTOR is great, one of my favourite games ever. It's pretty much exactly what I had always wanted from a Star Wars game, and it's what got me into modern, narrative decision-based RPGs.

I would strongly disagree, however, with the notion that KOTOR II is a rehash of the first game. I found the brooding, darker tone to be fantastic, and the characters were well-defined and more malleable when it came to influencing their outlook on the ongoing events. What I liked best about the game was that it brought a new dimension to the old Jedi vs Sith philosophies and introduced a subtler approach than its predecessor, which, despite everything I love about it, did little more than portraying the Jedi as paragons of virtue and the Sith as moustache-twirling bastards. KOTOR II's narrative cut a less polarising form by highlighting the hypocrisy on both sides of the fence and making matters much less black-and-white, which made for an experience that set itself apart from that of the original.

And if you're planning to play KOTOR II, I can't recommend the Restored Content Mod enough. As its title suggests, it adds in much of the content that Obsidian had to remove in order to squeeze the game's development into a meagre 13-month development cycle, and it also takes care of a few bugs that existed in the vanilla version of the game. While it doesn't make everything 100% perfect, it's certainly no less stable than the game in its original form, and it's a great solution to the valid complaints about the problems caused by the rushed development process.

[KevinStorm]

Picked up the Star Wars bundle and started a KOTOR game, but every few minutes my W and S keys stop controlling movement. Any idea how I can fix that without having to save and load every couple minutes?

[Bobfoc]

Have you tried turning on V-sync in the Advanced Graphics menu? That's something that usually works in these situations.

[Whisper]

I picked up the Star Wars humble bundle, primarily for Jedi Academy and Force Unleashed.

I already have KOTOR 1 and 2, so the keys are going spare if anyone would like them.

Edited February 6, 2015 by Whisper in the Wind

[Herr Matzat]

I just cracked 500 games on Steam.

Key for "The Detail" since i already own it.

YLNVE-WV0Y9-MFJML

[KiddKorupt]

I'll take KOTOR 2 if you still have it

[TKz]

Man, I thought I had a good read on what my PC can deal with in terms of graphics. Then I played the Battlefield Hardline Beta, which runs at 60fps at high.

Like... Dying Light runs at about 30 with a ton of stuttering. I remember trying AC: Black Flag recently and it ran like shit as well. Is Battlefield just not as crazy as I thought it is, or are those others games just nowhere near as optimized? I'm guessing the latter, in which case, that's a fucking shame that so many titles could be running so much better.

Say what you will about EA, but my god, they work their asses of for the PC ports. Hardline running all at high at 60fps is gorgeous.

[Avenged Probably]

I can't speak for Dying Light but the AC series are quite notorious for not being well optimised on PC.

In a similar example from a while back, I'd play Skyrim on high settings and AC 2 would be a stuttering mess.

[Whisper]

Humble Bundle gift links for KOTOR 1 and KOTOR 2, since I already have them. Help yourselves!

KOTOR 1

https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=w8f3NuGFNUpxtpy2

KOTOR2

https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=tmNVutbuSUV7eDN6

[Lint]

There is a Square-Enix sale with up to 85% of select titles

[Sousa]

Daikatana is on sale.

This means it can be had at a discount... and that someone is selling Daikatana to new purchasers in the year 2015.

Both of these things amaze me.

[Meacon Keaton]

Is it amazing because the game is so bad, or is it amazing because the game is so good?

[King Ellis]

Careful, Sousa, you don't want John Romero to make you his bitch.

[Sousa]

Is it amazing because the game is so bad, or is it amazing because the game is so good?

It's not only bad, it's "almost destroyed John Romero forever" bad.

[Gazz]

Daikatana is older than Jimmy.

I don't even think that is a joke...

[Schlitzbrille]

Daikatana is on sale.

This means it can be had at a discount... and that someone is selling Daikatana to new purchasers in the year 2015.

Both of these things amaze me.

Tempting to pick it up to spite you....

[Sousa]

ROC and I think Ellis also have it and also using your own money to buy a shitty game is like the opposite of spite.

[Schlitzbrille]

WELL THAT'S IT BRO, YOU'RE DISOWNED AGAIN.....(unless I already did it earlier, in which case, you're still disowned)

...also, I'm probably gonna be foolish and pick it up once it goes back to full price.

[GhostMachine]

Steam always seems to put games (or DLC) I really want on sale when i just happen to not have the money. Or I'd buy Final Fantasy XIII, which is at the top of my wishlist.

Fuck.

[King Ellis]

My owning Daikatana is purely down to some form of bundle.

Oh yeah, it was the Square Enix bundle. Getting Daikatana is worth it to get Thief and the first 2 Hitman games too.