We’ve got two big sales going on, and I’m currently deciding what I would like to pick up. I’m planning to get Expeditions: Rome since it’s 60% off, and I’m trying to decide if I want to finally get Terra Invicta.
What patient games are the people here planning to pick up? Maybe I’ll find a few that I “need” to try!
itch.io has a summer sale as well!
Pseudoregalia is on sale and actually super fun. Sort of PlayStation 1 graphics with cool traversal/parkour with a thicc bunny/deer lady protagonist.
Thanks, I’ll check it out! Recently also got Celeste, Blasphemous 1 & 2, and the Metroidvania Humble Bundle: Axiom Verge 1 & 2, 9 Years of Shadows, Cookie Cutter, Death’s Gambit, The Knight Witch… building a backlog. 😂
I didn’t realize that, thanks for the info!
- I keep hearing that Mass Effect is a series I would like, so I finally got the Legendary Edition for $5.99.
- I have also heard of Mages of Mystralia as a good game for magic mechanics, so got that for $4.99.
- Trombone Champ for $5.99. I like silly memey stuff and I’m a former band kid. I also never played the trombone, which explains why I am buying the game instead of just playing my own trombone instead.
- Sixty Four for $4.19, as an incremental game fan
I am not sure whether to pick up Noita because I have heard of its great magic mechanics, it also sounds like something that will frustrate me way too much. I’ll probably try on a friend’s computer first
Noita is a fantastic game.
The magic is that you have two major components. Wands and spells. After every level, you get an opportunity to tinker with the wands you’ve found by replacing spells you have on them with other wands to make something better.
It’s a roguelike, and has no real tutorial, but it’s definitely one of those niche games I’ve put serious time into.
You’ve got a nice variety of games to try there! Trombone Champ was pretty huge for a while there, but I had pretty much forgotten about it. Maybe I’ll grab it just for the laughs.
I yoinked Undertale and Fallout 76. I just finished FO4, before that was New Vegas, and 3 before that. Finally got hooked on Fallout after years of trying and just not jiving. The show motivated me to try again.
I never got into Fallout either, although I only ever tried 4. I did have someone mention that I should try the earlier games as apparently the tone of them is different. It’s sometimes hard to overcome first impressions though! It’s great that the show gave you the boost to get hooked!
From a new fan, I found that 3 had the coolest environment. New Vegas bad much better gun mechanics. And 4 is good, a lot better than reviews I read made it sound. And the Nuka Town DLC was a lot of fun.
I spent about $140AUD on euro truck sim 2 DLC, plus American truck sim and a lot of DLC
That’ll bring you quite a few hours of enjoyment I’m sure! I’ve got a lot of hours into both of those games.
indeed! tonight I discovered those wide load missions that must have been from one of the cargo packs I picked up. brings a whole new element to the game!
Oh yes, those are a lot of fun! It does add a lot to the game. Just a warning, I’ve found them to be a bit buggy at times, so I would recommend doing a save before taking one. They may have fixed it since I took one though.
definitly a challenge. I had one that took me down a route so narrow there was probably a centimetre clearance either side and the escort wouldn’t merge, but like you said having a regular save helped
Yeah, it can be frustrating in times like that.
My pickups have been Horizon Forbidden West, Subnautica, Spelunky, middle-earth: shadow of war, and Pony Island
I don’t have exact price breakdowns, but it was total about 60$ with the vast majority of that being H:FW at 45ish.
Nah, Warframe still keeps getting updates and it’s free and not p2w so I’ll see y’all there
It’s something I’ve looked at before, and while it looks like it could be a fun game, I don’t have that much time to spend grinding! It definitely appears to be one of the more fair f2p games out there though.
I don’t have that much time to spend grinding!
I expected grind, considering it’s free and very well made. But I don’t find Warframe grind-y at all.
I do about 20% backtracking, due to playing asynchronously with a few friends, and doubling back to get them quest objectives.
Other than that, I can’t think of a time I’ve repeated a level for any reason but failing the mission or just wanting to play it again.
The grind-y aspect is there, and stuff you can purchase is there, but it all feels like “New Game Plus” mechanics.
I’ve unlocked several additional mechanics and Warframe across my play without paying for them. They’re amusing but the base game is so good I wasn’t feeling anxious for them to unlock.
I eventually bought a character pack to support the developers, and sure enough, it played just like a “New Game Plus” variant. When I did that, I finally did revisit a bunch of old levels, to try out the new game mechanics in familiar contexts.
Warframe is the most p2w game I have ever played, and I don’t understand how people can say otherwise. Imagine you could buy the best pve gear in a mmo like WoW instead of grinding out raids. Warframe is this and then some. Resources? You can buy that. Skip crafting times? Yes. Buy boosters to shorten leveling and item acquisition? Definitely multiple versions. And the game still creates problems and sells the solution, the classic monetization of inventory space.
The game is very good, has an amazing story, and the movement system is the best, but it’s extreme p2w if you want it to be. At its core, It is a very grindy looter shooter which is severely monetized.
You can pay to get things done more quickly, but you don’t have to pay to win. It just takes more time. From what I hear from players of the game, there’s no actual gameplay advantages locked behind a paywall, only cosmetic items. They obviously want you to pay to proceed faster, but it doesn’t appear to be like some games that make free players use lower tier weapons and items. You can earn all gameplay items through grinding it out and never need to spend any money.
From what I hear from players of the game, there’s no actual gameplay advantages locked behind a paywall, only cosmetic items.
Pretty much. There’s lots of content that can be reached much more quickly by paying, but I’ve never felt any drawback taking the long way around. It’s great fun without paying a cent.
It’s a very good game that makes me feel good the entire time while playing it the long slow way. When I’ve occasionally tossed the developers some money as appreciation, my purchase generally results in some random later mechanic getting introduced into my game sooner. It’s amusing, but not particularly noticable, since everyone in my friend group has generally just unlocked something interesting, at any given moment, without paying.
Warframe’s free play feels so generous, in stark contrast to World of Warcraft where paid play felt stingy.
And other people buying their way to the end doesn’t affect my experience at all. They just look cool in the lobby.
Critical mistake thinking paywall is pay to win. There is a difference, one is locked, the other can open their wallets but don’t have to, but can. Any type of advantage that can be bought with money IS pay to win. The key word is advantage and can be applied to any view point, like ‘skipping’ and ‘easier’. A person that pays will always be ahead of a person that doesn’t, hence paying to win.
I mean, if you are trying to argue against this means you probably wouldn’t mind buying premium bullets in a video game, like a CEO, John Riccitiello, suggested. Premium bullets would be very convenient and make killing players easier! You wouldn’t need to grind levels as long with those boosts!
Rule of thumb is to ask: would paying allow me to finish the game faster? Yes means pay to win.
I would have a problem with a game that sells premium bullets, because as I said in my previous comment, it gives an actual gameplay advantage when playing against other players. Which means it’s what I would call pay to win, and means I wouldn’t play it. To this point I’ve played several free to play games fairly extensively, but never spent a cent on them.
You have a different definition of pay to win than the other poster and I do, and while I don’t agree with it, that’s fine. My primary purpose for responding to your comment was to try to explain what they were referring to. I’m not trying to start a big argument over a game that I don’t even play, so I won’t be going any further with this.
Firewatch for $4, Dave the diver for $13 and Total War Atilla for $11.
The Total War games look really interesting, I should give them a try. I play Civilization, Age of Empires, and Crusader Kings though, so it’s sometimes hard to fit a new series in. I do see that Atilla is the newest game without Denuvo though, so I might just grab it!
Personally I find that terra invicta requires way too much micromanagement and waiting for turns to pass so I can’t recommend it but if that seems your speed or idk if there are mods to help then go for it
That’s really what is holding me back from getting it. The idea sounds really interesting, I’m just worried that I won’t enjoy the actual gameplay. I’ve had it in my cart a couple of times during sales but I never end up getting it.
What you said about micromanaging things does help. I don’t mind a little micromanagement in games like Age of Empires or Civilization, but if you get too much of it happening I tend to get a bit sloppy. I’ve found it depends a lot on my goals for the play session and also how long I’ve been doing it.
Just picked up battlefield 1 cause my friend wanted to play. Wonder if I should get the other battlefield games
I don’t play the series, but they’re definitely very cheap right now!
No because my wallet hasn’t tasted the sweetness of money in weeks.
I shall make my own sales, in time.
Also I am not a patient gamer because I wait until a price drop. I am a patient gamer because new AAA games are fucking shit.
Great contribution to the thread, thanks!
Don’t mention it. I am a natural beacon of wholesomeness, always ready to help
Disco elysium and hades.
Disco Elysium shouldn’t be bought because the devs won’t get a cent from the sale, pirate it, that’s what they want you to do.
Can you cite a source for the devs requesting it be pirated? I can’t find one.
That would be a poor legal strategy since the whole issue is still in the courts. So there is no official statement on that.
If the issue is still in the courts it might get reversed and the devs’ll see some money from the outcome.
I’m not a fan of pirated games, maybe I’m an internet pussy, but I trust steam.
The game has probably made 90% of the money it’ll ever make. I paid $5 bucks on sale, $3.50 is headed to the shitbag company who pulled this nonsense, I feel bad for the devs, but I’ve sent more money to worse people while trying to make it through this bullshit society we live in.
I hope the devs win their case, my heart is with them.
Don’t buy Disco Elysium. Pirate it.
The original devs got screwed over by the publisher ZA/UM. The devs actively encourage people to pirate the game so the scumbag publisher won’t get to profit off what they created.
It’s a great game and the OG devs want you to play it for free by pirating :>
Can’t recommended DE enough, and for that price it’s a must buy.
Never encourage people to buy that game, the devs don’t get a cent and don’t want you to buy it, they want you to pirate it.
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I encourage everyone here who hasnt played Celeste to pick it up for $2. One of the goats
Love that game
Thanks for the recommendation! It’s not necessarily something that would jump out at me, but it seems people really like it.
My backlog has reached that point where I need to be a responsible adult and finally beat some games, so this time I’ll pass.
But the PS games like Horizon: Zero Dawn are tempting.
You’re an inspiration to us all. Well done, sir!
I on the other hand may have crossed the threshold where I have more games than time to live. I’d better get a move on.
I bought Horizon Zero Dawn when it was 50% off. For me it was really worth it. Got every achievement for it. I plan to do the same when Horizon Forbidden West is 50% off.
It’s definitely a great game, when it reaches the right price point for you
I too have a backlog, but it’s fairly small. I tend to play genres of games by spells, so I often have a few of each type in my queue for the day I’m interested in that kind. While I don’t force myself to finish a game I don’t like, I do try to keep the number of unplayed games low!
I often find myself looking at some of the PlayStation games, but I often find myself disappointed once I start playing them. The main series of the former exclusives that I like is Uncharted, but many of the others I’ve just lost interest in after a few hours. That being said, Uncharted games are very short, so maybe I just don’t like most long games anymore! Uncharted 4 and The Lost Legacy were both a lot of fun though.
no i still have a huge backlog to go through and i still have to pray i dont contract skyrimitis and play that for the 400th time
I know the feeling of getting sidetracked by old favorites! I run into that with Morrowind as well as Stardew Valley, The Sims, Farming Simulator and a few others!
Baldur’s Gate 3. Currently 20% off on steam, but I want to wait for at least 50% or something, especially for a $60 game.
I’m keeping an eye on it as well, but I’m waiting for a major price drop/bigger sale. Divinity Original Sin 2 didn’t really click with me, and BG3 reminds me of it a little too much. Fantasy isn’t really my favorite setting, so it may just not be the game for me.
If you can’t afford it you can’t afford it. My two cents though is I would have paid double the cost to play BG3.
Infant I did, I bought it for myself had such a great time I bought it for my wife too
I am waiting half for this reason and half because I’m busy! I won’t get around to playing it anytime soon, so why buy it at this price now when it’ll probably be for sale cheaper in a few years, which is when I predict I will have time to play?
