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I haven’t really found anything, hence why I’m curious to what everyone else is picking up.
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I just chip away at my list every time there’s a sale. This time I got God of War, Spiderman, Jedi Survivor, and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen.
DD was an impulse buy since I don’t know anything about it, but the reviews were good. It was $4.79 and I see there’s a sequel coming later this month, so that’s probably a good deal and a good time to catch up.
But I’ll probably still be “ahh, suffering…” through Elden Ring when the summer sale rolls around…
Dragon’s Dogma is a great game that was ahead of its time when it came out. I can’t help but wonder how much of a hit it could have been if Capcom marketed it better (or at all).
Is it worth playing on PC today? Or should one start with two.
It’s incomplete in certain areas, inventory management is a nightmare, and the mini bosses in dlc areas (gorecyclops, undead dragons, wargs I think they were called) take ten minutes of healthbar whittling and they respawn when you rest.
But the true test is whether the game is fun to play, and it is! Regardless of which class you’re playing, the game lets you feel like a badass. I’d just recommend playing with some QOL mods.
Sounds good. Going to buy.
Definitely, assuming you like the fantasy action RPG style games. Some enemies are too tough to even damage until you level up and get better equipment, so keep that in mind if you find some sections too difficult. Magic actually feels POWERFUL, more so than other games like Skyrim and Elden Ring. Even with the sequel coming out soon, I couldn’t recommend the first one more; its in my most favorite games of all time.
Can confirm, started playing Dark Arisen for the first time yesterday myself and I am also shocked at so r of the things that were implemented in this game. Took me by surprise. I struggled a lot to get my ps5 controller working with it, as you need mods to make it visually be correct. The start is a little rough as mentioned, but just gotten past that now and it keeps getting better!
If you’re going to play DD1 you can 100% fail side quests for going too far into the story before completing them, but don’t worry! Quest anxiety can ruin the game, there’s a new game plus if you really want to 100% it, but with DD2 coming this week I’d say just have fun with it.
From what I understand the only thing that connects DD1 & DD2 is that there’s a dragon. Lol
Heck yeah, it feels very meh for the first couple hours, if you’re doing all the side quests and stuff.
I recommend either sticking with it, or skimming through till you get to the main city (Grand Soren) and then see if you like it from there.
I know that’s like telling someone the show gets good after the first 4 hour long episodes, but it’s actually really good and nothing has really matched it since.
Man I’m hyped for the new game.
Same! I’m even excited for the lack of fast travel. Which is crazy I figured I’d be annoyed. The ox carts seem fun though and I think will give the world size and depth
Dragons dogma is a fantastic game that I thoroughly enjoyed. The sequel is looking amazing so getting into the world now through the first game is a good idea
Sims 3 baby!!
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and X-Plane 12. Maybe also Forza Horizon 5.
FH5 definitely worth it, especially half off. Premium edition adds a lot too
I’m also considering getting Forza Horizon 4 and Forza Motorsport. Can you recommend these?
I’ve only played Horizon 2, Horizon 5, and Forza 6 so i don’t know anything about those. I liked the ones I played though.
I’ll probably get FH4, but Motorsport is out for me, since it’s broken on Linux.
I’m considering Bomb Rush Cyberfunk but I reckon it has a decent chance of ending up in Humble Choice so I may wait for that. Definitely a game I will enjoy, but I have a big backlog so eh.
Midnight Suns maybe, haven’t pulled the trigger yet
Just a heads up to those interested, it’s part of this months PS+ Extra too.
I’m the same. It’s sitting in my cart.
The combat and deck building is fun as hell. The story and everything else can fuck off imo lol
Aye, funny seeing it as a jrpg. The downtime gameplay doesn’t really suit the rest of the game. Would have rather seen an XCOM setup with more cutscenes, but also I do love the Abbey itself that place is a dream home.
!Also my favorite team is probably blade,wolvie,morb. Itsa lotta bleed!<
I’m thinking about picking up a Persona, but haven’t decided where to start. Haven’t played one before but I’ve heard great things!
All the games are unique to themselves so you can start with any of them. I’d suggest 4 Golden personally.
I was eyeing it - the price is very tempting, hahah. Any tips for a beginner?
You can best the dungeons in a single run if you set up right. It’s tough in the beginning but I’d you want to do everything you have to minimize the number of days you right in the dungeon.
I have so many Steam Sale games in my library that I haven’t played yet that I don’t know if I could justify buying more. My backlog is just too long. By the time I get around to playing any purchases for this dale, 2 more Steam Sales could have already passed.
I started playing each game in my library for about 10 min and then moving on. Some games catch me playing longer but otherwise I check them off as played. With recent Steam sales I’d buy 5-6 games, immediately install them all, and play each right away. Feels good man.
How the hell do you find fulfillment in that (unless they’re super small games)? I don’t think I could speedrun something like Cave Story in 10 minutes, much less roguelikes - Dead Cells, Darkest Dungeon, Balatro etc, where the gameplay loop takes hours and hours.
Finishing doesn’t matter. I’ll play something for maybe a few hours and drive on. It fills fulfilling to me. Better than never playing it. 👍
Hadean tactics. It’s a combination of slay the spire and tft. It’s sucked me in.
I’m tempted to get Risk of rain 2 at last but have some other games I already own in the back burner so will see.
Ror2 is great and has solid mod support.
Playing Goku and Vegeta is a blast on that game.
I like the chef robot mod myself.
It’s not on sale, but I had already decided to pick up Pacific Drive before I knew the sale was happening.
Also picked up Party Animals as a couch party game, and Outer Wilds as it’s been on my list for ages now.
Pacific Drive is cool, I like the style and gameplay, but it feels very drawn out and repetitive.
I’ve only played it a bit so far, but it’s been enjoyable fwiw. I’m pretty into looters and survival games, though, so if that’s not your bag, I can see it seeming boring. I find arena pvp shooters repetitive, personally. Everyone’s got their own interests.
From watching other people play it, it seems like all you really do is drive from point a to point b while weird things happen. And occasionally random things break on your car.
Seems like an odd concept really.
Everything sounds boring if you describe it that simply.
While I generally just like survival and looting games, the setting and story are also quite interesting to me in Pacific Drive, and while I’ve only just started, the hazards are already becoming serious concerns in each level. I can’t say if it’s gonna be amazing or anything yet, but it’s been enjoyable so far.
If someone was into survival games much and liked the settings of games like Control, I’d figure it’d be worth a try.
Can you turn off motion blur? I watched a bit of it on YouTube and got motion sick.
You can! There’s actually quite a lot of adjustment options, which I always appreciate in a game.
Thanks bud!
The only things I currently want are Helldivers 2 and Shadow of the Erdtree. Neither of which are likely to go on sale soon. 😞
Heaven’s Vault, Hardspace Shipbreaker, and both Subnautica games.
Heaven’s Vault is a puzzle game where you have to learn to translate an unknown language. Haven’t gotten too deep into the game yet, but I picked it up because I liked Chants of Sennaar, which has a similar premise. Chants is 25% off right now, so I think that’s a decent recommendation
Hardspace Shipbreaker is a casual game where you break down spaceships for parts. It seemed fun, and I wanted to have something casual to balance out my library, which currently has more intense games than I would like.
Subnautica is a survival game where you’re stuck on an ocean world. I’m honestly not too sure if I would like this one too much, since I’m not too much of a fan of survival games. It just seemed unique enough from the other survival games, and it had a decent deal, and it was in my wishlist for a while. So I acted a bit on impulse and bought both games (Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero)
Subnautica is a treasure. (Despite the bugs.) I recommend playing with a good sound setup and dim lights.
Are you sure whatever it is you are doing is worth it?
For me subnautica is in my top 5. The survival elements aren’t very important, it’s more of an exploration game.
Hardspace is really nice once you get into a good flow.
Or even just taking your time to break down the ships in ways you find satisfying is awesome.
I’ve played Hardspace and Subnautica and love them both. Solid pics.
Subnautica
I’ve had this game for years but I thought it was a VR-only game. Got it in a Humble bundle for cheap.
Dunno why it’s so popular all of a sudden or why it’s still $30 normally. Maybe I should try playing it.
Got the two DLCs for Melvor and that’s probably that. Although I’ve been eyeing both Oxygen Not Included and Blood West ngl.
I finally got tired of Melvor after like a year and the first DLC. I guess I could see myself going back and doing the 2nd one at some point but my interest hasn’t been there since I put it down some time last year.
Even before that though I think that township thing was a huge misstep. I’m all for trying some new stuff as a dev and not everyone’s going to be happy but cramming some weird town management sim into the incremental rpg genre never really made much sense to me.
Township does seem rather tacked on I agree, outside of the tasks there isn’t much to do and it doesn’t reward you enough to justify the money sink. Quite frankly, there’s a lot in the game that seems rather pointless outside of getting to lvl 99 (120 with DLC), but I guess that’s the point.
Xcom 2 has been on my list for years… hit 97% in this sale, figured it’s finally time.
There is an XCom joke in there: 97% to hit… and you missed.
If you don’t get War of the Chosen then you will be missing out on one of my most played games of all time.
I envy you greatly right now, you’re about to embark on a beautiful journey. Xcom2 is one of my favorites, especially once mods factor in, of which there are thousands covering so many franchises and ideas you can’t possibly play them all.
I wish you nothing but an excellent time and lots of dead aliens.
Xenonauts 2 is 30% off also. It’s a modern version of classic X-COM, which is quite different from modern XCOM. It’s still in early access, but it’s very good. I’ve done one playthrough (to the end of what was available) and I’m waiting for release to do another. It’s much better than what XCOM has become in my opinion though.
I recommend getting the bundle with all the DLC, slightly more expensive but very worth it esp. for the big content expansion War of the chosen.
$3.88, only about $0.50 more than just the standalone game. If the reviews are any indication, this is a damn steal!
I would say that’s a steal. I love that game, it has tons of replay ability, and a huge modding community.
Holy smokes what an incredible deal. I loved the first XCOM (which I believe is actually a remake). Gonna have to pull the trigger
It’s a reboot, yeah. It’s quite different from the originals. Xenonauts is the spiritual successor to classic XCOM, and 2 is 30% off, but incomplete in early access right now.
Bought halo MCC for my brother, very excited to coop those campaigns. Very sad no split screen
