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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 51 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I think it's been 3 consecutive years now that ive been waiting on a deep sale for some titles, but they have yet to reach lower than 10 bucks (max I'm willing to pay).

Some of them aren't particularly old releases so I dont mind waiting more:

  • Signalis
  • Caravan SandWitch
  • UFO50
  • Season
  • System Shock (remake)
  • No Man's Sky
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Nier Automata

I might get those:

  • Rain World
  • Weird West
  • Card Shark
  • OlliOlli World
[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 26 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I assume I still got a few years until Baldur’s Gate 3 dips below $20.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You prob played them already, but the Divinity: Original Sin games are on deep discount

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Also if you wanna go real oldschool, Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity go for like 70¢ occasionally. :D

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 3 points 4 days ago

Yup - I certainly recommend those any chance I get.

I have Rogue Trader in flight and still have Pillars Of Eternity 2 and Tyranny in my backlog to hopefully tide me over.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah! I’m wanting that game.

I have about $15 in steam credit, so I’m thinking of just pulling the trigger even though I have other games I’m actively playing.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i wanna get it as soon as I'm done with divinity 2!

but i need to get a total of 4 copies for the partner and the youngins, and gosh.

i do wanna support them though!

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

I decided to pull the trigger on bg3 maybe today or next week.

Depends on if I have time to play today.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If you wait too long, larian's new game will be out

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why would that matter? It will be unrelated to BG3.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hey, sometimes people are drawn to new games rather than tried and true games.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

If they're waiting due to price, they're probably not interesting in buying the new game because it's new.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That doesn't hurt BG3, and Larian has been adding free content to BG3 over time, so really the longer you wait the better it'll be. Still, it's definitely worth the price. It's a pretty long game, and good for the entire duration. Its also pretty replayable.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

I feel the need to clarify that I was half sarcastic teasing

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

Larian has been adding free content to BG3 over time

I think they said the content updates are done, in the last content update?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

No Man's Sky is fun and worth it

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

UFO50 is good value even when it isn't on sale imo. So much content crammed into it!

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rdr2 is free on epic on new years day.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's an interesting story there senator, you gotta a source to back that up?

Edit: I looked this up myself. It's fake

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The fact that Tropico 5 was NOT the free game from epic today along with several other different ones not on the list previously should tell you that this list was fake

[–] fishsayhelo@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] mohab@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Depends on what you're looking for. I'd confidently recommend against buying it if you're looking for an action game. There's at least 10 better, cheaper candidates on Steam.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

At first I read “Wired West” and got hopeful for a new person experiencing Dust for the first time.