GoronmonThe Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing
Alright what games should I be getting this time?
DestideOrange box again
But the real question is which ones will sit and gather dust in our libraries!
snooggumsAt least 9/10 have in the past, because my thought is that surely I will get to them in a few months well after the refund window.
I leave a few large installed games I don’t play in my library to remind me to pace my purchases. Now I’m down to 3/4 gathering dust!
That said, don’t regret any that I picked up but didn’t end up working out.
That’s the neat part, all of them!
This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
Steamで35% OFF：Wildermyth
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
It’s soooooo good. I second this.
It’s not on sale, lol.
Well, it is, but on Fanatical.com.
That’s surprising. I guess the publisher didn’t get the memo?
I just bought Brotato for like $3.74, because I just finished 100%ing Vampire Survivors on my Steam Deck.
Mandatory you should own Stardew Valley by now, and his big v1.6 update finally comes out next week.
Hades is on sale for like $12.50. It’s on sale for $12.50 more than it’s not on sale, really.
Red Dead redemption 2 and two spider man games are also on sale.
Really, it’s a steam sale. Just buy everything that’s at least 40% off till you’re broke. My backlog is probably already bigger than I have years left.
SimplyTadpoleI’m VERY tempted to buy Fallout 4: Game of the Year edition due to my hype for Fallout: London (which releases in April of this year), but I’m worried of getting burned if it turns out to be a bad/disappointing mod. :/
CoelacanthSame boat man. Tough call.
Buy it, don’t play it so you keep play time under 2 hours, refund it if it turns out to be a disappointment, keep it if not!
Classy HatterOr just wait for the reviews, and then the next sale. These Steam sales aren’t one-off special offers, they happen a few times every year.
the16bitgamerIf you’re still considering it, you can get it for like $10-$15 on GOG. Same price of steam but DRM Free, and it’s almost always onsale.
WahotsFO4 was…okay imo. It pales in comparison to NV and 3 imo though.
DeceptichumAs someone who couldn’t tolerate F3/NV because they paled in comparison to 1/2, I actually really enjoyed 4. It lost a lot of the engine jank and felt like a decent FPS with light RPG mechanics, wearing the aesthetics of Fallout.
Imo, FO4 did everything better than FO3, except the plot. But FO3’s plot was already kinda bland to begin with. I mean, back then… It was incredible. But not by today’s standards.
4, for it faults, is a wonderful framework for mods and survival playstyles.
Enjoy!
If you liked FO3 you’ll like 4.
It’s a lot stronger mechanically than 3 or NV - shooting is a lot less janky and the gun customization adds some great emergent quests.
The Boston of FO4 has its moments - a certain duck pond stands out to me in particular - but aside from Nick Valentine the questlines are largely forgettable.
Still, the core game loop is a lot of fun - go here, blow stuff up, scavenge bits to upgrade your stuff.
As a longtime Fallout fan (came for the isometric apocalypse, stayed for the 3D googie architecture) I still put 80 hours into FO4.
It’s a good fuckin’ game. It’s just competing with the legacy of a lot of other great games in the series.
The words of a saint! Man I fall into this trap every fucking time
Jo MiranThanks! I have just bought a bunch of new games I will most likely never play.
I am a game collector. I don’t play them, I just collect them.
Make sure the virtual packaging is never opened!! The moment that “hours played” marker isn’t 0 anymore, it looses all collectability value
thank you for easing my personal self-loathing a bit!
Steam Deck has been a game changer. Easier to play a crappy game for 10 minutes on a handheld while watching tv.
My Deck is for playing single player games when I can’t use my desktop, such as when I’m on the train heading to work. I’ve finished more games since I’ve had the Deck than the few years before that. Love that thing.
Bought BG3 at a discount! 💪
ThunderWhiskersEnjoy. One of the best games ever made.
Agreed. Also a good time to buy it. Act 3 was so buggy on release but they’ve been shooting out patches non stop for the last year almost
It’s “Escape From Robotropolis”?
I’m 100 hours in and just about to wrap up the story (I think). And I’m gonna go back and replay because I skipped a TON in acts 1 and 2. It’s such a good game
Infinite_IndecisionI didn’t skip the stuff in previous acts, and getting close to the end of my first play through on tactician. I’m currently thinking I’m going to land around 250hrs
Not to be a contrarian, the game is good, but I seriously don’t understand how it’s one of the best games ever made. Just my opinion no one asked for, but I know I can’t be alone. Only other game I can think that’s more overhyped is breath of the wild.
FenrirIIIBG3 is annoying as fuck. There’s far too much sequential quest nesting that blocks you out of content for no reason. Not to mention the bugs. Save scumming shouldn’t be part of normal gameplay.
blocks you out of content for no reason
Example? Most of the sequential questing is mecessary for the complex narrative of a tabletop campaign.
Rescuing hostages from the Moonrise Towers. It warns you against entering before you find the bad guy’s immortality, which sends you to save the Nightsong. If you do that, all the hostages die/disappear and you fail the rescue missions for no reason. The Iron Hand dwarves then won’t show up in Act 3, locking you out of that content.
That doesn’t sound right to me. My first playthrough was blind. Me and a buddy ran straight to Nightsong in chapter 2 and got a flag that warned us to check the rest. We managed to save the prisoners and then go do the nightsong.
same here, did entire playthrough with no guides and never ran into something like this. Was just very thorough on each map, like any rpg I play.
Only complaint I have is the underwater prison in act 3, that one I save scummed. The game makes it seem like Gortash is gonna blow it up in a instant, but you have enough time to dock and do your thing. That is not clear at all, and if you try to go back a second time, then it is instant.
skulblakaThere’s far too much sequential quest nesting that blocks you out of content for no reason.
The reason is for replayability and having a fresh experience each time. You get blocked out of content because there are about 60 unique paths you can take through the game with different content for each.
Not to mention the bugs
The few I experienced personally were fixed within a couple months of release. I haven’t seen a bug of any sort, actually, since January.
Save scumming shouldn’t be a part of normal gameplay
Then… Don’t do that. Save scumming also isn’t a part of tabletop gameplay. You fail a roll or fuck up your plan, you deal with the outcome. Saves are only for emergencies if some bug does come up.
You’re allowed to not enjoy the game, and that’s fine, it’s not for everyone. But your reasons why are poor reasons.
I do think BG3 is a very impressive game and deserves a lot of the praise it gets.
That said, it sucks how finicky it is to run away from a fight. There’s way too many fights that just sort of happen with very little explanation as to why they’re attacking you. It’s also waaay too easy to accidentally steal things and trigger fights, especially on controller.
You basically do have to save scum a little, because one accident can lead to an entire town being pissed at you. If the game had better ways to de escalate combat and some better signposting of consequences, it’d be a 10/10 game
Good Girl [she/they]Hold A on a controller and it gives you a much easier way to search for interactables.
This pretty much solved the stealing issue for me.
It helps, but you can’t do that to talk to people. Some of the shop keepers are surrounded by so much stuff you can pick up, and even being very careful I accidentally triggered at least 4 fights. My wife missed out at talking to Rafael at last light because she accidentally picked up the chess board that he’s playing (he literally just disappears).
That’s unfortunate
BlackmistPlus you have to save scum because of all the fucking crashing it did.
I absolutely love the game. Single player runs great, but multiplayer is bug city. Dialogue lines cut abruptly in the middle, characters listening in to dialogue turn invisible when it stops, actions in combat are sometimes inexplicably unavailable unless you can switch to someone else and switch back, etc. Nothing game breaking so far, but my husband and I experience a few bugs every time we game together.
sigmaklimgrindsetFacts sister/brother, spit your shit indeed!
Everyone knows the best games ever made belong to the King’s Quest series by Sierra.
/j…mostly…
Lmao 🤣
GasparAh, Sierra. The game company almost singlehandedly responsible for creating a generation of masochists.
You’re still right.
I completely agree, I really enjoyed D:OS II but I just haven’t been able to get into BG3 so far. I can’t say anything was bad or poorly accomplished but it’s just not clicking for me yet why everyone claims it’s the greatest game of all time.
Sounds like those just weren’t your type of game. Chances are I could toss a rock at work and hit someone who thinks COD is the best franchise on the planet. Not saying you’re wrong, your opinion is valid, just that to people who lean even a little more towards that kind of experience, to them these games are gold.
You’re not wrong, and man too many people lobe cod even tho it’s what I’d consider objectively not good.
It’s really hard to get a gauge on what you consider an excellent game without knowing some of your favorites. Might inform us on why you don’t consider two highly praised games as overhyped.
It’s honestly the only modern game worth $70 imo. One campaign run is like 126+ hours. Additional playthroughs are possible from other characters, which tells the story from different perspectives. Can go to areas you missed in the first playthrough, too :)
126 hours it’s probably the total time the writing team gets budget for per title in most ‘AAA’ studios now.
After that its down to chat gpt to fill in the gaps…
Is it $70 somewhere? I got it for $60 on gog and steam says $60 too. Unless you’re Canadian or something
No, it is $60, I just feel like other studios don’t work half as hard as Larian does per title and still charge more money.
The sheer amount of script and voice acting in the game is insane. All the balanced fights, scripted scenes, level designs, characters, mo-cap, and rigging…I don’t even want to think how many hours that all mist have taken. Not to mention developing and writing a script, each with multiple choices and logic branches.
…meanwhile COD and 2K Sport game are reskinning their games every year and charging $70 and putting Nicki Minaj as an operator, haha. More power to them. It just feels like one studio is putting in the effort to justify a higher price and still charging the normal price.
Dear Ubisoft.
This is what a AAAA game looks like.
BG3 is the only game I choose to bought at full price. It’s well deserved.
snagged some chill games, Sim City 4, Unpacking, and Lego Builders