Quoting: Whitewolfe80Okay help me out here not being douchy why did you like a service where you have to pay to get the hardware pay to be a member then actually buy the game with craptastic prices

Oh wow, so many misconceptions here!

1. I didn't have to pay for the hardware, I play it in Chrome browser. Keyboard+mouse or any controller. I have also configured it on SteamDeck and it works seamlessly.

2. I didn't have to pay for the subscription. I could play all the games I purchased and then some free ones like Destiny 2. I could also subscribe to get 4k and whatnot, plus lots of free games. But since I prefer a certain set of games and don't really play on a 4k tv, it didn't appeal to me

3. If you treat it as just another platform, it's obvious that you need to buy games to play on it. That said, I mostly bought games that I did not have on other platforms and/or were not released on Steam, so I wasn't doublespending.

4. What about the prices? The games went for pennies on sales, you can check the price history here: https://stadiadb.app/ [External Link] (bad interface, but hopefully doable) and there were even deeper discounts for pro members. Anecdotally, when Stadia launched I got a free month of Pro which also gave me a $10 dollar coupon and at the same time they had Borderlands 3 Ultimate for $10,49 or something like that, so I got it basically for free. To keep.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I got to play games like *and* get a refund afterwards? How not to love Stadia, really?
There's also a TAKEAWAY option to download your saves and (hopefully) use them in the versions purchased from steam etc. Won't always work (I don't have much hopes for Hitman 3 as it uses online sync and cross-platform is not supported), but Cyberpunk should work and many others as well. It's bittersweet as I liked Stadia but it is what it is.

PS. I've actually been using more stadia than ever recently, thanks to a free month of Ubisoft+, playing Far Cry 6. I don't know how well it runs on Linux otherwise and I'm glad I didn't have to find out, on Stadia it runs perfect, and I'll miss that.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

So basically HoMM3 in space? Sure, why not. :wink:

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Can't wait to dock my deck in valve's dock. :whistle:

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: BlackBloodRumQuick question about the new app, did valve change the 2FA at all? or is it the same?

What I mean is, can codes using the old key, still be generated using third party apps? or did they change the keys/code method?

In the new app you can switch SteamGuard between the QR code (which is default) and the "old" 5-char code. No idea about that KeepAss, though.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

inb4 Plasma Plasma TV

View this comment - View article - View full comments

To each their own, but my kids bought this game a couple months ago, based on the hype, and from what I see, they only played ~1h each before getting bored. Personally I did two runs and it didn't appeal to me at all.

Speaking of the steam reviews... I should probably buy it immediately, no? ;-)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

My approach to steam reviews is:
1. mostly ignore the positive reviews, maybe read one or two of the longer ones.
2. read a few negative reviews and decide if the issues they mention would be issues for me as well

The overall score may or may not influence my decision, but it's true that it serves as a preliminary filter most of the time.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: elgatilSince it comes from EA I have to ask, do we know if it has abusive micro transactions embedded?

You mean something like Pay2Cheat?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

> A big new feature is cross-progression between all platforms if you want it.

Sweet, my stadia progress won't be lost if I want to (or have to) switch to the steam version in the future. [edit] or maybe not... [External Link]

View this comment - View article - View full comments