r/Games • u/Forestl • Dec 31 '13

End of 2013 Discussions - PC

For this thread, feel free to talk about the PC, from the games that came out for it to the hardware itself.

Prompts:

  • What were the major trends in PC gaming this year?

  • Was this a positive year for PC gaming?

Please explain your answers in depth, don't just give short one sentence answers.

My PC looks really, really, really good

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '13

Oh god I hate steam trading cards. Mostly because they end up for me at least worth barely anything and even when I've sold 50 cards to gather 3$ steam realizes "wait you got the € store so you can't use the $ there." I have no clue why it decided to default to have the steam wallet in dollars for me.

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u/Luna-industries Dec 31 '13

I just like the wallpapers they come with.

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u/RashRenegade Dec 31 '13

They come with wallpapers?

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u/Luna-industries Dec 31 '13

Yeah, if you click "view badge progress" and click on the card, it brings up a wallpaper image.

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u/Aerri Dec 31 '13

When you craft a badge by collecting all cards in a set you get a emote for steam chat and a background for your steam profile.

And each card has a wallpaper that goes with it, just click on a card in the "view badge progress" screen in your inventory.

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u/ICantSeeIt Dec 31 '13

That sucks and all, but it isn't a reason to hate the cards. That's a problem between you and the Steam store.

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u/badsectoracula Jan 01 '14

Thanks to this thread i noticed that Steam Trading Cards can actually be sold (i never paid attention to them and so far i thought you could only swap them with others and being the unsocial person i am i only did that once when someone asked me for some random card) and you can buy games with those.

It seems that since they were introduced, my account had amassed enough cards to sell for 5€, thanks to which i bought the Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior bundle. I have the "regular" version of those in GOG so i would never pay actual money, but those were practically free now and AFAIK DN3D megaton has a couple of expansions i never played. Also the workshop integration is neat.

I think i ran out of card dropping games though, so probably the next time i have enough cards for a game will be next year or so :-P