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The Steam Winter Sale is on now!
(store.steampowered.com)
Starfield already 30% off lmfao
I had a free key and gave it away. Not worth the time.
on suicide watch
What are the best deals I need to consider? Looking to treat myself to a couple of games that can sit unplayed next to the others I picked up last year.
BG3 is worth full price, 10% off is likely the best deal you'll find for a while
Buy BG3
If you happen to like adventure and puzzle solving games, The Witness is 81% off and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition is 60% off.
I second the nomination for The Witness! A game that teaches you the puzzle systems and challenges you without using a single word. And then when you realize what's going on, the game suddenly gets twice as deep.
Against the Storm
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
One of those time warp games where it's suddenly 3am and nonetheless your brain goes "one more time?"
BG3 is very good.
There are a lot of older games on sale too. What genres do you like?
More games to never finish 😅
Just picked up the Legendary Edition Mass Effect Trilogy for £4.99 to play on the Steam Deck. Read a few guides online which made it sound pretty complicated to get set up but actually just doing the initial load of the game in desktop mode and logging into EA there has meant it now works through the standard deck mode without a hitch. Great game for the deck and (touch wood) performance seems pretty solid.
...mass effect needs login now? :(
Seemingly all EA games need one. I have no idea why, there's no multiplayer, and I'm not exactly sure about cloud saves either.
Because fuck you, that's why
- EA
Is it me or are these sales less appealing lately? I feel a few years ago there were great deals, now it just seems to be meh
I just bought Nier: Automata but it's not my cup of tea. There are several games, though, with great deals. Had Guardians of the Galaxy, Dishonored 2, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, the Mafia Collection, Sekiro, Elden Ring and Spider Man begging me to buy them, but I don't know what to buy. Maybe I'm too old for this.
I enjoyed the original The Last of Us and story-driven games, but I'm not strange to the Souls games (loved Bloodborne), or even strategy games like Xcom. GTA-like games are attractive to me too, particularly Red Dead Redemption. Any thoughts, recommendations?
Sekiro is like the best sword fighting game. Like other fromsoft games it expects you to meet it on its terms. Unlike their other games you can't really level your way past problems. Some people don't like that. I love it. Mastering the boss fights is incredibly satisfying. The first serious boss fight took me all day the first time, but now I can do it without getting hit.
Elden Ring is very big and open, but has many options to make it easier. Leveling up, summoning help, summoning NPC help.
Not really into playing online, so I guess Elden Ring will be fine. One day for the first boss may be too much for my patience and time. In the end, I'm just trying to have some fun.
How far into Nier Automata did you get, may I ask? It could be worth sticking through past the credits. It's one of those games where the side quests actually add to the experience, as well, so if you're not doing those you're missing some of the philosophy.
I know that's a lot of work to enjoy something, though, and that's not everyone's cup of tea!
Not too far, tbh. That's why I was convinced it's not for me. I'll try again to see if that philosophy shines playing forward. Thanks.
story-driven games
Disco Elysium is a great story, so long as you enjoy reading/listening to lots of dialogue because there's not much other gameplay. Baldur's Gate 3 is technically on sale, but it's only 10% so eh; maybe Divinity Original Sin 2?
Souls games
Both Sekiro and Elden Ring are fantastic, my only caveats would be that Sekiro doesn't really have character customization so if you love that part of soulsborne it might fall a bit flat, and Elden Ring can start to drag if you have a completionist mindset and go out of your way to complete every little side dungeon.
strategy games
I've heard decent things about Midnight Suns which is on a pretty deep sale. The Total War Warhammer games are good fun, though there is a fuckload of DLC, and the third game apparently has major issues.
GTA-like games
Mafia 3 is close, but 1 and 2 don't really have much to do in the open world IIRC. The Saints Row games are hella cheap (do note that 2 needs a mod to be stable and even then it'll crash occasionally) EDIT: Don't get the newest one, just called "Saint's Row", it's terrible. Cyberpunk 2077 maybe qualifies?
Doesn't fit any of those categories, but I will always recommend Outer Wilds, a fantastic exploration/puzzle game that I wish I could play again for the first time.
Lastly, piracy is always the correct thing to do, but if you insist on paying for games, at least consider using piracy as a demo.
Thank you for the thorough reply. About Outer Wilds, I will look into it, but I prefer real puzzles instead. On piracy, yeah, why not? It's just that Steam is playing fair with Linux, so I don't mind spending some money with a good discount.
The deals are pretty solid this year. I'm not really finding much that doesn't match the best prices on isthereanydeal.com
If you like momentum 2D Platforms, please consider giving my game Cloak and Dasher a look. I discounted it down to $2 for the winter sale. I hope you enjoy!
im just excited about all the new stickers tbh
Interested in Enter the Gungeon. Mostly looking for couch coop games to play with at least one other player. Maybe also games I can play online or online multiplayer with my friends. If the game is really good, then I'll consider singleplayer.
I picked it up last year for my wife and I to play together, but we found it too difficult for us to enjoy. Neither of us has much experience with twin stick shooters, so that's certainly a factor, but figured I'd chime in because I had heard a lot of praise for it but it didn't click for us.
If anyone wants to play aoe2 with me it's five bucks now. I'll show you the ropes.
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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