Steam/PC Mega Thread

[Benji]

Can anyone suggest some cheap (£10 or less, £15 at a real stretch) turn based games on Steam? More specifically, things that play well without a mouse whilst my USB mouse is fucked.

[Ruki]

Can anyone suggest some cheap (£10 or less, £15 at a real stretch) turn based games on Steam? More specifically, things that play well without a mouse whilst my USB mouse is fucked.

Greed Corp is pretty fun.

[apsham]

Dungeons Of Dredmor!

Cheap.

Cheap DLC.

Steam Workshop enabled.

Simplified Rougelike.

Really funny.

It's amazingly kickass. It's easier to do some stuff with the mouse, but I think everything is mappable to the keyboard and it's not a pain in the ass to switch to the track pad to deal with inventory, etc.

[Quom]

Torchlight II soundtrack is up for free on the Runic website

[Herr Matzat]

Can anyone suggest some cheap (£10 or less, £15 at a real stretch) turn based games on Steam? More specifically, things that play well without a mouse whilst my USB mouse is fucked.

Dwarf Fortress?

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

There are a bunch of letsplays. Seems to be very fun, i want to check it out and it´s free.

[thatshortguy]

Thanks to my work schedule changing up tomorrow, I may be on for a small bit of Torchlight 2 craziness. If all goes well, I'll be up for playing (with mic, no less!) from around 8.30a EST to 11a EST.

[TKz]

I'd be up for some Torchlight 2 if I didn't have Borderlands 2 and Guild Wars 2 already about to occupy all my time. Maybe at some point though!

[Quom]

The fucking Runic servers are down. I can't create an online character or set up an EWB room/server thing people can drop in and out of. GRRRRRRRRR

[Herr Matzat]

Can anyone suggest some cheap (£10 or less, £15 at a real stretch) turn based games on Steam? More specifically, things that play well without a mouse whilst my USB mouse is fucked.

Dwarf Fortress?

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

There are a bunch of letsplays. Seems to be very fun, i want to check it out and it´s free.

Or this Star Control remake.

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

There is a big atari sale going on at gog. 60% of Rollercoaster tycoon 2 you say? Yes please.

Edited September 21, 2012 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[TKz]

So I think I've finally made the switch from console to PC. Instead of getting both Dishonored and XCOM for PS3, I decided to get them for cheaper on PC, where they'll look better. Hopefully they run well and aren't shitty ports (more Dishonored than XCOM). If they do, I can see myself sticking closer to PC gaming. Much cheaper, only downside is I can't trade the games in when I'm done.

[Quom]

I'm the same since buying my PC I don't think I've fired up the PS3 once. Am considering selling it and all my games on ebay.

[apsham]

I really can't stop playing Faster Than Light. It's getting to be a problem.

[Ruki]

Send me a copy. That's your cure.

[TKz]

It's £6 Ruki! £6!

I'll buy it for you if you buy me Natural Selection 2.

[Herr Matzat]

So I think I've finally made the switch from console to PC. Instead of getting both Dishonored and XCOM for PS3, I decided to get them for cheaper on PC, where they'll look better. Hopefully they run well and aren't shitty ports (more Dishonored than XCOM). If they do, I can see myself sticking closer to PC gaming. Much cheaper, only downside is I can't trade the games in when I'm done.

I think as soon as Sony and MS bring on their new hardware that will shift back as it always did. I think it´s pretty nice to have the console and see how much the developers can get out of it years and years into the cycle (like Uncharted for example) while with PC you might have games in a year or two that require new hardware - at least if you want to play at the level you see in the trailers.

I think this might involve some "we don´t need to do better" sloppy codeing on PC. (look at how good Blizzards games run on old hardware to see how much is possible if an effort is put in)

That said i am looking forward to my new iMac, if it ever gets announced... there's a bunch of PC games from the past years i would like to get a look at (or just enjoy them running with speed like FM, Civ5 n so on)

Edited September 25, 2012 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[Herr Matzat]

[GhostMachine]

Potential "OH, FUCK!", definite "OH HELL NAW!":

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/will-asian-online-game-publishers-nexon-and-ncsoft-buy-blockbuster-publisher-valve/

[Plubby]

So I think I've finally made the switch from console to PC. Instead of getting both Dishonored and XCOM for PS3, I decided to get them for cheaper on PC, where they'll look better. Hopefully they run well and aren't shitty ports (more Dishonored than XCOM). If they do, I can see myself sticking closer to PC gaming. Much cheaper, only downside is I can't trade the games in when I'm done.

I think as soon as Sony and MS bring on their new hardware that will shift back as it always did. I think it´s pretty nice to have the console and see how much the developers can get out of it years and years into the cycle (like Uncharted for example) while with PC you might have games in a year or two that require new hardware - at least if you want to play at the level you see in the trailers.

I think this might involve some "we don´t need to do better" sloppy codeing on PC. (look at how good Blizzards games run on old hardware to see how much is possible if an effort is put in)

It also depends on how much effort end users put into their computers. I saved for over a year and build my computer to last. I've had it coming up on two full years and it still plays every new release with maximum settings and barely breaks a sweat.

[Quom]

Don't you mean expense not effort? I mean if you spent $2500 on a gaming rig then yeah it will still run in 2-3 years. But that's a vastly different outlay to a console which is what $800 at launch. In my experience there isn't much effort involved with a PC even if you build it yourself. It all comes down to a matter of budget, oh I guess there is the effort of making sure everything is compatible and you are spending cash in the right places, but I'd still say cost is the main factor.

Having said that PC parts are much cheaper now. I built a computer that was near top spec (only has one 670 in it and no SSD) but is ivy bridge i5 overclockable, good MB etc etc for AUD$1500. Plus I use it as a computer rather than a dedicated gaming machine. So for me personally I feel it represents decent value.

[thatshortguy]

I'm currently attempting to build a good 64-bit gaming desktop for <$500, so I'll let you know what parts fit that bill.

Separately: FTL FTW. Torchlight 2: $20 + FTL: $10 = $30 and many hours of excellent gaming.