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Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales?

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!

cabhan ,

I bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution for 2.99€ and I’ve been enjoying it. I’ve always heard good things about the series, but never tried it before. Definitely feeling that Cyberpunk had some inspiration from Deus Ex.

I also bought Firewatch for 4.99€ and beat it in a day. I wasn’t spoiled about the story, but I had read a bit about it. At the end of the day, I’m glad I played it, but I’m not sure that I would necessarily recommend it.

MonkeMischief ,

All the Deus Ex games go for ridiculously cheap and are such a great fun-per-dollar ratio IMHO.

Yes, even Invisible War, if one embraces its weird consoley quirks. XD (bias: I enjoyed it on my OG Xbox back in the day. Universal ammo is so stupid though.)

Still gotta play Mankind Divided. I hope they finish the series one day. They absolutely nailed it with the iconic aesthetic, and Adam Jensen is just so freaking cool. :)

MonkeMischief ,

After a while I finally picked up Parkitect. I’ve been having a blast with OpenRTC2 lately, and everyone says if you like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Parkitect really follows that idea.

Still burning through the old school games, but I’m excited to play this one! Especially with workshop support.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I’ve had that game on my wishlist for years now! 😂 I enjoy that style of game, but all I end up doing is building roller coasters, so I end up sticking with things like Planet Coaster instead. I have definitely spent some time on OpenRCT2 though, so maybe I should give it a try.

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 ,

itch.io has a summer sale as well!

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I didn’t realize that, thanks for the info!

Father_Redbeard ,

Pseudoregalia is on sale and actually super fun. Sort of PlayStation 1 graphics with cool traversal/parkour with a thicc bunny/deer lady protagonist.

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 ,

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. 😂

minimalfootprint ,

I have never played a From Software game. Sekiro is really tempting to get, because I never could see myself dodging/rolling around the big enemies and bosses. Mostly human-sized enemies and parrying sounds much more appealing to me. But the difficulty has scared me off thus far and it never went below 50% off

delitomatoes ,

Think of it as more a rhythm game then a souls like, probably better you don’t have to unlearn any dark souls habits

Vahr ,

This was my barrier of entry. As someone who put around a combined 1k hours in the Souls games, it wasn’t until I treated the game differently than Souls did I finally start to make progress. Same thing happened with the aggressive, faster pace of Bloodborne.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I’m somewhat the same. Really no interest in Dark Souls/Elden Ring or any of that, but Sekiro did catch my attention before. The difficulty is a turn off though. I often play games on hard difficulty, but I prefer it to be a choice, and to be able to turn it down if it’s too difficult.

learningduck ,

It’s the only game from FromSoft that I’ve ever beaten. I find QoL much more bearable compared to DS1. Parrying allowed me to stand toe-to-toe against bosses also. No more rolling around.

VelvetStorm ,

I’m waiting for helldivers 2 to go on sale but I think that’s gonna take a while.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

You’re in the right community for that!

And009 ,

Lol, true and thanks for pointing out the sale. I’m looking for games which would run on mac nowadays

stargazingpenguin OP ,

Sure, you’re welcome! Mac gaming sounds like it can be rough. I game exclusively on Linux, so I’m somewhat limited, but compatibility is really good anymore. Is there a compatibility layer like Proton that you can use for Mac? It’s not something I pay a lot of attention to, but I don’t remember seeing a huge number of games on Steam for the platform.

And009 ,

Yep. like Linux, Mac recently got Wine support and can play quite a few windows games.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I’m sure that’s nice! I’m guessing you probably can’t push the graphics as far without a discrete GPU in most of the machines, but there’s probably still decent performance.

altima_neo , (edited )
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I’m kinda offended with these deals. They were great when games were $50. Now that they’re trying to charge $70, the deals are just getting prices down to the old regular price, not seeming like a deal at all to me. Now I have to be even more patient. Oh well…

callouscomic ,

Plus most sales are the same deal as past sales, and they happen often.

To be honest though, if the price of games kept up with inflation over the decades, then they’d cost like $120-200 today.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Prices are largely in line with historical prices, after inflation. $70 today is worth about the same as $50 in 2011. IIRC, new releases were often $60 back then, so new games may actually be cheaper today than ever.

That doesn’t make it any better though. I’m patient because games don’t release in a solid state these days, and by the time they’re properly patched, they’re on a solid discount. I’m not paying $70 to be a beta tester, I’d rather pay <$50 for a solid, patched game, even better if it’s less.

altima_neo ,
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I mean my paycheck certainly hasn’t been in line with inflation 😭

Wolfwood1 ,

I just got the pack with Tunic and Death’s Door. I had Tunic in my wishlist for a while and finally bit the bullet. Yay! 2 more games into the backlog!

stargazingpenguin OP ,

No one here could ever have a backlog, right? ;-)

squeakycat ,

Tunic is fantastic. Enjoy!

uriel238 ,
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There’s a Pacific Drive + Techtonica bundle I’m looking at and might grab.

Part of the problem is I’m obsessed with Satisfactory which scratches a lot of the itches Terraria did but in 3D.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I used to play Terraria years ago, but it’s been a while! Satisfactory looks pretty interesting, but I’ve never played it.

uriel238 ,
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My plug on Satisfactory is you come for playing around with and making sculptures with conveyor belts, and then stay to play with jump-pads, pneumatic hypertubes and later, trains (that actually carry freight and have a purpose). Also the planet is pretty (and you’re going to ruin it all by turning it into factories).

As with other automation games, it’s coding in disguise, and if you get a buzz from configuring logistics to distribute parts and fluids from sources to processing machines, then this game can take over your life. The two principle schools of players are make it efficient and make it pretty. In the end, you have a giant playground to zoom around in and watch all the parts zip this way and that down conveyors, each with actual purpose behind them.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

I do enjoy that type of game by spells, so I might have to get it the next time I’m in the mood for that! It does look interesting.

Mycatiskai ,

I finally got spiderman remastered. I don’t have much time to play it so I’ve already downloaded a cheat table so I can have unlimited everything.

AceFuzzLord ,

Last night for $4.99 and $2.99 I got Worms W.M.D. and Worms Armageddon on Steam since I haven’t played any worms games outside of Worms 2: Armageddon on xbox360.

Tried Armageddon last night and it was pretty fun. Only gripe I have with it is that I had to plug in a mouse and keyboard to my deck dock.

Have yet to try W.M.D. yet and don’t know if it has an offline singleplayer player vs computer mode, but I’ve seen enough videos of people playing it for me to think I’d have a good time playing it.

MindTraveller ,

Planescape Torment

kalpol ,

This was a game many people have forgotten but really, really must play. It was amazing when it came out. There is a patch set for it that is pretty necessary, I forget the details but there are walkthroughs for it.

Duke_Nukem_1990 ,

I bought the entire spiderweb software catalogue and now I will just play spiderweb software games for the rest of my life I guess.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

They certainly have a sizeable catalog to choose from!

classic ,

Dead Space (remastered, I guess?). Only played a demo version that had 5 minutes of play, way back in the aughts, and have been meaning to try it since.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

It’s sometimes fun to go back and buy those games you found years ago! When I was pretty young I couldn’t afford games and computers, so I would fix old broken computers and play mostly game demos. I got many more hours out of that than those designers probably ever imagined! Since then I’ve gone back and bought a lot of those games, and it definitely reminds me of some good times.

BananaPeal ,
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Bought Icarus and State of Decay 2 today. One was 50% off and the other 66%. I almost bought them last night. Glad I waited. Always on the lookout for more co-op games to play with the wife. Can’t wait for Ark 2!

SolOrion ,

SoD2 is a solid game! I wouldn’t describe it as amazing, but it’s pretty unique and scratches a particular itch.

TwoBeeSan ,

Great description. I like to get into SoD2 if zomboid is feeling too simmy. Still has survival elements but not as hard-core unless you make it that way.

CancerMancer ,

Icarus looks interesting but I’ve been eyeing Enshrouded. My wife liked playing Volcanoids, Astroneer, Drake Hollow, Smalland, Conan Exiles, Dinkum, Palworld, and of course Stardew Valley, among others. Not sure which of those are on sale but check them out.

noodlejetski ,

Enshrouded is great!

CancerMancer ,

Appreciate the opinion, I’m thinking I’m just going to go ahead and pick it up

stargazingpenguin OP ,

Icarus is one that’s caught my attention a couple of times, but I’ve never bought it. I don’t do a lot of co-op or multiplayer in general, but it does look interesting.

minimalfootprint ,

A little PSA: buying a game just before a sale, is a legitimate reason for a refund according to their Refund FAQ

Elevator7009 ,
  • 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

JakJak98 ,

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.

stargazingpenguin OP ,

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.

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