Steam/PC Mega Thread

[OctoberRaven]

So.... apparently some people are getting hijacked when playing CS:GO and TF2. So don't do that for a while.

[Meacon Keaton]

What is CS:GO? TF2 is Team Fortress 2 right? Never played it but I do know the name. 

[Bobfoc]

53 minutes ago, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

What is CS:GO? TF2 is Team Fortress 2 right? Never played it but I do know the name. 

CS:GO is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Finally got my hands on a copy of Stardew that I didn't "acquire". Yay!

Also, Prison Architect is on sale for $7.49

[Baddar]

If nothing else, my fiancee is enjoying the new laptop. Can't pull her away from Two Point Hospital.

[Bobfoc]

Do you have Planet Coaster? I can imagine a fan of Two Point Hospital having fun with that.

[Schlitzbrille]

1 minute ago, Bobfoc said:

Do you have Planet Coaster? I can imagine a fan of Two Point Hospital having fun with that.

I agree that Planet Coaster is a good pickup. Still adjusting to it after OpenRCT2.

[Baddar]

Ooh, thanks for the suggestion. I was looking through steam and found RCTW and saw that the reviews were terrible, but a theme park game is definitely more up my street than the hospital one.

It's 13 quid on CDKeys too, so I'll probably pick that up.

[Bobfoc]

4 minutes ago, Baddar said:

Ooh, thanks for the suggestion. I was looking through steam and found RCTW and saw that the reviews were terrible, but a theme park game is definitely more up my street than the hospital one.

It's 13 quid on CDKeys too, so I'll probably pick that up.

I have a spare key. I'll send it over.

[Baddar]

Thank you very much. 😍

[Baddar]

Is Stranded Deep any good? Seeing that it's just got a console release has me intrigued. 

And what about Green Hell? 

[The Lusophone]

For those thinking about getting Chimera Squad, the game is apparently full of spyware that sends your data to Google Analytics, Amazon, Steam, 2K, Xsolla Spyware, Fireaxis and Microsoft - before you even accept the EULA.

[Baddar]

Well, I paid a tenner for Green Hell through CDKeys. 

I linked up my Xbox controller because I don't have a proper mouse with me so don't fancy trying m+k just yet. Some of the controls are a bit fiddly but after playing through the intro I'm getting to grips with them. 

[Bobfoc]

1 hour ago, MadJack said:

For those thinking about getting Chimera Squad, the game is apparently full of spyware that sends your data to Google Analytics, Amazon, Steam, 2K, Xsolla Spyware, Fireaxis and Microsoft - before you even accept the EULA.

If that's true, I'm glad I didn't buy it. I'll be playing Gears Tactics through Game Pass when it comes out next week for my TBS fix. Let's hope that's not as bad.

[Baddar]

Wreckfest online is the kind of game that would be perfect if it came to PS Plus/Game Pass. The Deathmatch/Last Man Standing modes are so much fun.

 

[RPS]

On 24/04/2020 at 13:51, MadJack said:

For those thinking about getting Chimera Squad, the game is apparently full of spyware that sends your data to Google Analytics, Amazon, Steam, 2K, Xsolla Spyware, Fireaxis and Microsoft - before you even accept the EULA.

Damn I already bought it.

[apsham]

It's not 100% as alarming as it sounds - this is only coming from a guy in the Steam reviews sections, and other people analyzing what he's saying are pointing out that he doesn't seem to know what he's talking about - and any connections that are being made are more than likely the same kind of analytics and demographics stuff that pretty much every games in the last 12 years has been doing anyways. Creating a shortcut of the .exe will let you get around some of the stuff if need be;

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\steamapps\common\XCOM-Chimera-Squad\Binaries\Win64\xcom.exe -review -noRedscreens -nostartupmovies

 

[Ruki]

Really enjoying Chimera Squad so far!

[Bobfoc]

How does it compare with XCOM 2 as far as combat and difficulty go?

[RPS]

22 minutes ago, Bobfoc said:

How does it compare with XCOM 2 as far as combat and difficulty go?

significantly easier in my opinion. I'm two hours in.

you basically breach one room, kill every bad guy and breach another room or finish the mission. no exploration of the map. very little surprises at the moment. so far I have gotten to three rooms to clear.

but as a father with limited time, I love the bite sized nature of the experience. XCOM 2 is great but some mission take 40 mins +. I'd estimate each mission is 5-15 minutes.