Steam Deals and Digital Sales

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zombiewizardhawk said:
How do the humble bundle things work? I've never really looked at them or anything but this Stardock one they're doing has some games I wouldn't mind giving a shot. Is it just steam keys for everything or no ties to steam or what?
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It depends on the Bundle, but it says how the keys will be delivered. Out of the 8 or 9 bundles I have, only one has not been a Steam Activation. Majority have been individual keys, but one was GOG, and one was a Steam Bundle Activation. I think twice I was given the choice, but that was a few years ago.
 
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Yeah, it should be clear what kind of key you are getting but they are almost always Steam keys.

You pay the tier you want to buy in at (or more, because charity), set where you want your money to go (split between charity, devs, humble). As soon as you're paid, you can go into your account and get your key for each game (or occasionally the entire bundle) and there are redemption instructions there if you aren't familiar with that process. In Steam if you have to doit manually you go to Games, Activate a product, click next a few times and paste it in. Then install. The process is easier than my description of it.
 
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That does seem like a solid bundle, but even not having the majority of it I can't get behind buying it. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I feel like Borderlands failed in both its RPG/FPS genres. Made it through 2/3s of the original, before uninstalling and not looking back. I like the premise they set up for their world; but their storytelling, game play, and polish were off.

Unfortunately my friends already have all of the Borderlands crap otherwise I would consider buying it just to gift it to someone.
 
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Sulrn said:
That does seem like a solid bundle, but even not having the majority of it I can't get behind buying it. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I feel like Borderlands failed in both its RPG/FPS genres. Made it through 2/3s of the original, before uninstalling and not looking back. I like the premise they set up for their world; but their storytelling, game play, and polish were off.

Unfortunately my friends already have all of the Borderlands crap otherwise I would consider buying it just to gift it to someone.
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Yes, you are in the minority. Borderlands is amazing, even if you only play through for the humor.
 
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Lotta talk in here about Steam Link, so not sure where else to put this, but has anyone else had controller connection issues with theirs?

I've got Ps4 controllers connected to it via Bluetooth, and they work fine when they work, but often times I'll go to turn it on, and the controller does nothing. Takes a few tries. Controller will blink, but doesn't connect. Then other times it connects right away. Then once into the Steam Link, and I get into a game, and it's constantly going left, like someone stuck the joystick to the left.

I've Googled some of this stuff, but doesn't seem very conclusive, and just flat out no fixes for it that I know about. Should I go to the beta build for Steam Link?
 
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So I'm not the only one with with DS4/Steam Link issues. I haven't had much success with the google fu answers either, depends on the game but this is why my steam link sits unused.
 
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Daezuel said:
So I'm not the only one with with DS4/Steam Link issues. I haven't had much success with the google fu answers either, depends on the game but this is why my steam link sits unused.
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In my 4ish hours or so, my experience has been good once connected without problems. So for the joystick left issue, had to reset the controller via the button on the back, and re-pair to the steam link. For the powering on, it's just a matter of trying over and over.

Of course this whole thing is complicated by the fact that I have to switch a controller constantly between my ps4 and steam like.
 
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My steam link worked for like 2 days and thrn suddenly wouldnt connect no matter what i tried. $25 paper weight
 
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Daezuel said:
So I'm not the only one with with DS4/Steam Link issues. I haven't had much success with the google fu answers either, depends on the game but this is why my steam link sits unused.
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I remember it being a royal pain in the ass to actually sync. At one point I had to use my WiiU Pro via BT and my DS4 plugged in to finally pair the systems. Since then it has worked fairly well.
 
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Hand of Fate is a fun time killer. It's not super deep or anything but you can get lost in it for a while.

Armello is fantastic and worth the 12 bucks. Though I think I have seen it on sale for less on the Steam store.
 
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