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post #1261 of 1365
3/14/13 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by Yrd View Post

Well, below 60 on metacritic for both games, so there's a guideline.
I will take that as a no. smile.gif Works for me. Is metacritic a fairly good rating site?
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post #1262 of 1365
3/14/13 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by johnvsimpson View Post

I will take that as a no. smile.gif Works for me. Is metacritic a fairly good rating site?
I wouldn't take metacritic's word but it was generally seen as not very good.
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post #1263 of 1365
3/14/13 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by johnvsimpson View Post

I will take that as a no. smile.gif Works for me. Is metacritic a fairly good rating site?
Metacritic is a site that aggregates scores and reviews from other sites/publications/etc and creates a single numerical score from those. I'm not sure if they make the full details of their algorithm available, but I've found it to be a pretty decent starting place when looking at reviews.
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post #1264 of 1365
3/14/13 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Pugnax555 View Post

Metacritic is a site that aggregates scores and reviews from other sites/publications/etc and creates a single numerical score from those. I'm not sure if they make the full details of their algorithm available, but I've found it to be a pretty decent starting place when looking at reviews.

Sweet thanks.
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post #1265 of 1365
3/15/13 at 11:01am
http://store.steampowered.com/app/33460/

From dust worthwhile?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/214250/?snr=1_614_615_UbisoftPublisherWeekend2013_616

I liked the demo of this one... Worth buying?
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post #1266 of 1365
3/15/13 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by macks View Post

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33460/

From dust worthwhile?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/214250/?snr=1_614_615_UbisoftPublisherWeekend2013_616

I liked the demo of this one... Worth buying?
Well received to my knowledge.
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post #1267 of 1365
3/16/13 at 10:13am
Far Cry 3 is $30 this weekend, or $40 gets you the deluxe edition plus the first two Far Cry games.
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post #1268 of 1365
3/16/13 at 10:23am
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Originally Posted by DaverJ View Post

Far Cry 3 is $30 this weekend, or $40 gets you the deluxe edition plus the first two Far Cry games.

Amalur is 14 also. Great price.
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post #1269 of 1365
3/16/13 at 10:24am
I Am Alive is 5 bucks too.
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post #1270 of 1365
3/16/13 at 11:19am
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Originally Posted by darthrsg View Post

Amalur is 14 also. Great price.

It's $7.50 on GMG. I got it for $6, with the 20% off code. If the code is still active, It's in the other thread for DD games. It's an origin download through GMG.
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I Am Alive is 5 bucks too.
Bought all 3 of those games : /
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post #1271 of 1365
3/17/13 at 12:22pm
The Assassin's Creed Franchise is on sale today. #3 is $25, Revelations is $10.20, and 1, 2, and Brotherhood are $5 each.

btw, there's a Franchise Pack that's more expensive than buying all the games individually. EDIT: Also, two of the three DLCs for #3 is half off.
Edited by DaverJ - 3/17/13 at 12:27pm
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post #1272 of 1365
3/17/13 at 12:40pm
lol DaverJ, you're as bad as John Cleese offering me an after diner mint.
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post #1273 of 1365
3/17/13 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by lurkor View Post

lol DaverJ, you're as bad as John Cleese offering me an after diner mint.

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post #1274 of 1365
3/17/13 at 1:05pm
That is hilarious. It shows on the page, price of individual games and then the bundle is a higher price.

I'm tempted...

Is 3 worth the $25? I have Revelations unfinished still, one of the last xbox games I bought before I gave up consoles until next gen.
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post #1275 of 1365
3/17/13 at 3:33pm
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Originally Posted by Yrd View Post

That is hilarious. It shows on the page, price of individual games and then the bundle is a higher price.

I'm tempted...

Is 3 worth the $25? I have Revelations unfinished still, one of the last xbox games I bought before I gave up consoles until next gen.

Yeah, don't go for the Bundle.

There's mixed impressions on 3. I borrowed it for 360 and played about 4 hours. I like how they are bringing the story forward, but it didn't have that OMG feeling that 1, 2 and Brotherhood had. Probably because the franchise might be getting a bit stale..

But I picked up 3 for $25, plus the single-player DLC for $2.50, to restart the story on PC. I also might get 2 and Brotherhood for $5 each, just to have. Those were excellent experiences. But I didn't get into Revelations much at all.
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post #1276 of 1365
3/17/13 at 4:50pm
Slightly off topic but if anybody gets it you guys will. I'm looking for a PC game that doesn't require a ton of babysitting like an RTS because I do a TON of babysitting with a toddler around. Never fails as soon as I launch Dead Space 2 or Gears 3 here she comes. At least with the RTS I have a fighting chance of playing. Busted out Starcraft 2 today and got 5 missions done even with her in and out of my lap.

I hear lots of good things about EVE Online but don't want a monthly fee. What would be your thoughts?
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post #1277 of 1365
3/17/13 at 5:51pm
Turn-based games like Civilization would work well for your situation.
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post #1278 of 1365
3/17/13 at 7:50pm
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Originally Posted by darthrsg View Post

Slightly off topic but if anybody gets it you guys will. I'm looking for a PC game that doesn't require a ton of babysitting like an RTS because I do a TON of babysitting with a toddler around. Never fails as soon as I launch Dead Space 2 or Gears 3 here she comes. At least with the RTS I have a fighting chance of playing. Busted out Starcraft 2 today and got 5 missions done even with her in and out of my lap.

I hear lots of good things about EVE Online but don't want a monthly fee. What would be your thoughts?

I find that games that attract my toddlers' attention seem to work good. Bastion and Trine he watched for hours before I made him go play. I need more games like those smile.gif
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post #1279 of 1365
3/17/13 at 10:42pm
Tried the demo of Miner Wars 2081. I was hoping for a remake of the old Descent but deleted it pretty quick. Crysis 3 ran smoother on my machine. Miner Wars refused to use the right stick on my gamepad forcing fingers on keyboard. I remember keyboarding with Decent a zillion years ago. Good times.
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post #1280 of 1365
3/26/13 at 2:06pm
I've made the decision to only buy native linux games offered through steam. Once I finish a few more games on windows I will have my desktops running ubuntu including the one in my movie room. There is already a impressive amount of games available so far. I'm more of a casual gamer now anyways so we will see if I can resist buying a next gen console.
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post #1281 of 1365
3/26/13 at 2:42pm
Gaming on Linux... Good luck!
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post #1282 of 1365
3/26/13 at 4:44pm
Thread Starter 
Gaming on Linux is like listening to music entirely on vinyl. As long as all you want to hear is electronica and indie hipster music, and play indie darlings, you'll be fine.
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post #1283 of 1365
3/27/13 at 5:03am
Shots fired.
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post #1284 of 1365
3/27/13 at 7:29am
So no one here has much confidence in the steam box? It will compete with the next gen systems and run linux. Valve has planned to port all of their titles as far as I know. Even blizzard has pretty much confirmed a linux client for one of their big games. Right now it is mostly indie games but big stuff is on the way. There is also a rumored streaming service in the works so it may not matter what o/s you use.

I may still end up with ps4 but if steam linux is successful then again I might not.
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post #1285 of 1365
3/27/13 at 7:36am
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Originally Posted by JediSpork View Post

So no one here has much confidence in the steam box? It will compete with the next gen systems and run linux. Valve has planned to port all of their titles as far as I know. Even blizzard has pretty much confirmed a linux client for one of their big games. Right now it is mostly indie games but big stuff is on the way. There is also a rumored streaming service in the works so it may not matter what o/s you use.

I may still end up with ps4 but if steam linux is successful then again I might not.

Personally I plan to wait and see.
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post #1286 of 1365
3/27/13 at 12:18pm
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"Right now it is mostly indie games but big stuff is on the way"

Big stuff has been "on the way" for fifteen years now. This is nothing new. Don't build a system and switch to Linux based on what might be coming around the corner. Switch based on what is available today.

If you want to play games, Windows is by miles the better platform and will be for the next decade at a minimum. Anything that you build today will be useless garbage by the time Linux is viable for any big-name gaming. Again, Linux is great for ports of indie games that already did well on Windows and iOS, but not for anything timely or big budget. Valve ported Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux? Great! Now we've reached 2009 on that platform!
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post #1287 of 1365
3/27/13 at 12:29pm
I'm trying to figure out what Linux has that a Win7/8 64-bit machine with 16gigs of RAM doesn't?

Not trying to be snarky, I just want to understand the appeal of Linux.
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post #1288 of 1365
3/27/13 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by DaverJ View Post

I'm trying to figure out what Linux has that a Win7/8 64-bit machine with 16gigs of RAM doesn't?

Not trying to be snarky, I just want to understand the appeal of Linux.

Same.

I don't get it. I think Linux is just for the hipster nerd type that wants to be "different" or "not follow 'the man' and their OS". Or maybe just feel like a hacker. rolleyes.gif
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post #1289 of 1365
3/27/13 at 1:39pm
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Originally Posted by DaverJ View Post

I'm trying to figure out what Linux has that a Win7/8 64-bit machine with 16gigs of RAM doesn't?

Not trying to be snarky, I just want to understand the appeal of Linux.

It's open source which, by allows people to publicly own and modify the software, unlike windows or MAC, which are closed source. The Linux OS is free to own, whereas you need to pay money to own a license to use Windows or OSX, and the software they offer is free to use. However, Windows and OSX do allow people to use free open source software and modify it, which kind of makes the use of Linux more of an ethical philosophy than Linux being the better OS.

I would love to use Linux, as I think it is ethically better to have open source software, but the limited software available for Linux for it doesn't seem worth it for me, at least not now.
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post #1290 of 1365
3/27/13 at 1:40pm
This IS the year for the Linux Desktop. I can feel it.
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