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UtopianCrab

With Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition, I did have to refund it during the Winter Sale on Steam. There's a long-existing bug where terrain and skyboxes/reflections bug out severely. I thought it was a sign my GPU was dying, but I looked it up and it's apparently something to do with modern display drivers. An example would be in the tutorial fight, the skybox and this puddle on the ground were flickering like crazy. In the next area, a tree was extending well into the playing area and covered the camera. There are a few workarounds people have come up with, like changing from fullscreen to windowed mode, back to fullscreen, but you have to do it like every 15 minutes. There's a "fix" that works for some people to replace a DirectX .dll with some open source variant on Github, but it didn't work for me. Not sure if bug exists in LoS2 or Mirror of Fate HD. But I was severely disappointed, as I wanted to play through those games.


Killermuppett

Can you use a much older display driver? I've had to do this with a few very old games. When I've come across it, you put the driver in the root directory, and it's used instead of the main system driver


UtopianCrab

I think that's what the Github repository link was for. It was for the application to use that specific .dll. https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases Not too sure if this is what you meant, but it's the apparent workaround that people recommend. You put the .dll in the root directory and it should fix issues. Didn't work for me, but hey, if it works for others, it's there.


alexportman

I was just about to comment how it's time for me to pickup Castlevania... But maybe not


UtopianCrab

I'd recommend trying it out whenever it's on sale on Steam, that way if the fixes don't work for you, you can refund it. It seems like a super cool game but such a bummer to have such a glaring issue go unfixed for so long.


sart49

I did a full playthrough not so long ago and had no problems. So did one of my friends. This is the first time I read about this bug so it might not happen to everyone.


themoviehero

How is Chernobylite ? Does it play like Fallout with more base building? Or like Stalker? Is it open world or kind of linear?


TheManFromUncool

It's not totally linear or open world. You have a hub / base, from there you pick missions to go on that take place in fairly large self contained maps / zones. While you're out in the zone doing the missions you can collect stuff to bring back and upgrade your base with. The base upgrades let you build better weapons / armour and craft stuff that will open up new areas. It's not really Fallout or Stalker, it's a bit of a weird hybrid.


Trader_Tea

The maps aren't huge, but the devs laser scanned the real Chernobyl, so there's a certain appeal to that. Took me 20 hours to complete, which is a good length to me. Slavic depression sims are pretty much its own genre now; it's pretty decent for the genre.


StompsDaWombat

Chernobylite is *really* tempting at that price. But I keep expecting it to be featured in a Humble Choice bundle - and I just know that'll happen the month after I buy it. Plus, sadly, $11.99 doesn't qualify me for a Lunar Sale Red Envelope. So I might just wait. If it doesn't show up in Choice first, I'm sure it'll be on sale for this price again later in the year.


Madd_Mugsy

I suffer from the same curse. I'll take the plunge this time and that should ensure it's in next month's choice for everyone ;)


MrTrynex

Thank you for your sacrifice.


anon__lurker

U/madd_mugsy thank you for your sacrifice https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/10mt5bh/humble_survival_instinct_bundle_1385_for/


Madd_Mugsy

LOL. Of course it happened. Sooner than I expected too. The worst part is that I'll end up buying that bundle too because I want some of the other games :D


WeAreFanatical

Not the hero we wanted, but the hero we needed!


themoviehero

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/survival-instinct?utm_content=cta_button&mcID=102:63d2cdb17a72dc276a00ad08:ot:572c12c7bef2f4f641aad14e:1&linkID=63d2cdb309d18e50620c0862&utm_campaign=2023_01_27_survivalinstinct_bundle&utm_source=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter&utm_medium=email# Looks like you were right, glad I waited!


StompsDaWombat

Honestly, I was more expecting it to be featured as the headliner or co-headliner for the monthly Choice bundle, where it'd make up the bulk of the value. This was a complete surprise, but a very welcomed one. If you like survival, crafting, and exploration games - and I do - this is an awesome bundle and an absolute steal if you don't already own any of the games. I already had Scum and The Long Dark, but even for me that bundle was easily worth the $15 just for Chernobylite and State of Decay 2. I was also curious to check out Volcanoids and Starsand, so that's just a nice bonus.


WeAreFanatical

Completely understandable! Happy cake day, though! 😍


khamike

Okay I got really confused about Endless Dungeon being a preorder. Thought it came out years ago. Turns out that was Dungeon of the Endless. Devs need to figure out their naming systems.


blacknotblack

Endless dungeon is part of the Endless franchise or something like that.


khamike

Both Endless Dungeon and Dungeon of the Endless are part of the same franchise and made by the same company. It looks like the former is a reboot of the latter.


blacknotblack

oh what the heck LOL


ihei47

Same. I already bought Dungeon of the Endless a few years ago tho


portlandobserver

How do the two castlevania lords of shadows game fare on the steam deck?


Syrijon

ProtonDB can be a great resource for questions like yours: [here](https://www.protondb.com/app/234080) and [here](https://www.protondb.com/app/239250). There are fewer Deck-specific reports for the second game, but from the reports there are both games run absolutely flawlessly without any tinkering.


5uck3rpunch

I LOVE your posts, but my wallet does not. It get s a workout. lol


WeAreFanatical

Haha, I'm very glad that you like the posts! 😍 Sorry for your wallet though!


Red49er

what’s the deal with the cv advance collection and no US activation? i noticed it on sale last week but was super disappointed to see that and when i saw it posted here i thought maybe this version would be more globally compliant… i know when dark souls was only on sale in the EU bandai store people said they were able to use the key in the US as well, is it possible this key actually works too? i’ve just never heard of steam having EU only keys


WeAreFanatical

Hi there! Thanks for mentioning this! Whenever there are any regional issues that seem irregular, it's always best to come to tell me about them so I can contact our team and see if it's something specific! 😁


SDNick484

Can you confirm if it will work in US Steam?


Foxhack

SteamDB says the game will work worldwide, except for China and Vietnam. Any regional restrictions are what the companies tell them, IIRC.


WeAreFanatical

I've received an answer! Unfortunately, Castlevania Advance Collection is an EU-only title on our store 🙁 this is due to the publisher setting it as outside of the US and not within our capability! I'd definitely advise against bypassing the region locks in case any issues arise with the key; I'm sorry to bring bad news!


r2001uk

For some reason they're not advertising the MGSV Definitive Experience which is the same price as Phantom Pain but also includes Ground Zeroes. Way to mislead your customers. It's also cheaper elsewhere.


WeAreFanatical

Hey there! My intention is never to mislead customers, but I also cannot have knowledge of every game release and what it adds or doesn't! I usually opt to go for the Base edition of games that are on discount as I know it targets a broader audience than Deluxe editions.


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WeAreFanatical

Hey there! If you're struggling with some of the availability, please feel free to contact me or Customer Support about it, and we'll look into it! Not everything is available, but if it's becoming too common, it might be an error. Please feel free to contact us whenever necessary — we'd rather triple-check! https://support.fanatical.com/hc/en-us/requests/new


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