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Edmond Dantes posted:Let's take advantage of the thread being slow to poo poo it up a bit. Dragon's Dogma is really good if you want an action title that lets you stay under budget. XCOM 2 is ok on it's own, but I'd recommend getting it with WotC if you can at all manage it.
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Xander77 posted:It's (near-enough-to) my birthday, and as usual
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Edmond Dantes posted:I you're bored enough to take a look at my wishlist and suggest something else, by all means go ahead, I'd appreciate any input.
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OhFunny posted:I bought Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire from GOG for $2 for the stake of nostalgia. I did most of my purchases this year on GOG since for most games past the $10 mark they were usually cheaper than on steam.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Caves of Qud and Cogmind are insanely good if you like that genre! Caves of Qud alone will take hours and hours of your life as you learn how to be a good mutant gunslinger who shoots lasers from her eyes. Having said that, I really want to play those two. :< Keeshhound posted:Dragon's Dogma is really good if you want an action title that lets you stay under budget. XCOM 2 is ok on it's own, but I'd recommend getting it with WotC if you can at all manage it. il_cornuto posted:I haven't played WotC so I can't speak to how much it improves things, but XCOM 2 on its own is still a hell of a lot of fun and can last you a long time. Off your wishlist, Rayman Legends is a fantastic platformer with a really nice flow, if you end up getting a couple of smaller games. Oh, if Divinity Original Sin 2 is within your budget... it's not very discounted, so I can understand wanting to wait, but it really is fantastic. Especially if you like turn based RPGs. There's been a bit of discussion about XCOM/WOTC in one of the other threads (can't remember if it was the Steam or the Monthly chat), and opinions are kind of conflicting regarding WOTC. Not about the expansion per se, as everyone thinks it's amazing, but I've seen every combination of "play base xcom2 first, then wotc", "just play wotc from the start", and "don't bother with xcom2 unless you have wotc". I may end up doing Dark Souls 3 + XCOM2 and get their respective expansions next sale when they go down a bit in price...
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Edmond Dantes posted:I avoid EA games to be honest; I hate feeling that I'm paying to QA something that may be in EA for 2-3 years or may not even come out, not to mention being completely burnt out on a game by the time it actually releases. I understand that caution and 90% of the time it's the right way to go, but in the case of Qud, when I played it first a few months ago I sincerely didn't even realize it was EA until I was checking out the thread here about it. Even if all development stopped this second I'd feel confident saying you'll get your money's worth, despite the considerable stuff still on the roadmap. In short, game incredibly good, this is a rare case where EA can be safely banked on. quote:There's been a bit of discussion about XCOM/WOTC in one of the other threads (can't remember if it was the Steam or the Monthly chat), and opinions are kind of conflicting regarding WOTC. Not about the expansion per se, as everyone thinks it's amazing, but I've seen every combination of "play base xcom2 first, then wotc", "just play wotc from the start", and "don't bother with xcom2 unless you have wotc". XCOM2 was an excellent game at release, and remains so. WOTC makes it even better, and it's an old-school expansion pack in the sense that it adds an absolute ton of content, it's not just some piddly DLC with two missions and a weapon skin or some poo poo. Any configuration of XCOM2 is well worth playing, don't feel that WOTC is obligatory, but know that if/when you add that to the base game, you're going to be in for a good time. So in short I'm saying, any configuration of your plan to get base games and wait for cheaper expansions is certainly a viable one with XCOM2!
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I'll amend my recommendation to say that if you enjoyed XCOM 1, then you'll also probably enjoy base XCOM 2. My recommendation was meant more for anyone who hasn't played the newer game since 2 does some things that people find irritating. Also, if it's at a lower price for you (I'm still seeing it at $50), Nier: Automata is a VERY good choice.
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I think I failed at the sale. I had a ton of little stuff in my cart, but then I jettisoned 90% of it and just bought Total War: Warhammer 2 at a mere 10% discount along with a couple of pieces of DLC for the original game. It's awesome so far, and I love lizardmen, but I can't believe that I paid >$50 for something during the sale. Also, you should buy XCOM 2 War of the Chosen. It's amazing and adds a lot to the base game. If you are going to spend 40 hours going through a campaign run, you might as well get the best version of the thing.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Let's take advantage of the thread being slow to poo poo it up a bit. Where are you seeing WotC for $18?
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Mister Adequate posted:I understand that caution and 90% of the time it's the right way to go, but in the case of Qud, when I played it first a few months ago I sincerely didn't even realize it was EA until I was checking out the thread here about it. Even if all development stopped this second I'd feel confident saying you'll get your money's worth, despite the considerable stuff still on the roadmap. In short, game incredibly good, this is a rare case where EA can be safely banked on. Qud is a full feature game that you could consider "early access" for a long time. Only because the developers are insanely receptive to feedback so they constantly pump new features in to it.
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haha, jesus, I just refunded a game for the first time, bought another with the wallet funds and it has the exact same issue! (both use what I believe is the unity launcher and neither would even launch after pressing play). Anyone know what problem my (crappy) laptop might be having with Unity? I'm pretty sure I have other unity games which work but none use that launcher.
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Since someone brought up Caves of Qud: I have never (to my knowledge) played a rogue-like game. Qud looks interesting, but I'd kinda like to know more about it before I buy it. Is it one of those 'die once, the game is over' deals? Also, are there visuals, or is it more of a text-based, Dwarf Fortress-style deal?
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Is it one of those 'die once, the game is over' deals?
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Since someone brought up Caves of Qud: I have never (to my knowledge) played a rogue-like game. Qud looks interesting, but I'd kinda like to know more about it before I buy it. Is it one of those 'die once, the game is over' deals? Also, are there visuals, or is it more of a text-based, Dwarf Fortress-style deal? Yes, there's permadeath, and yes, there are visuals, and they're gorgeous in a very low-fi way; http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/333640/ss_e4dd59b15d1c0d3af50b6cb35b056f9318f4da5d.1920x1080.jpg?t=1508541811 I'm very far from an expert on Qud so I'll let others (i.e. ya boy StrixNebulosa) sell you on it, but I will say that if you want to try a roguelike but are intimidated by the difficulty, take a look at Dungeonmans. It's got a neat feature that sees the actions of one hero give more strength and opportunities to their successors, plus it's one of the genre's most approachable examples in terms of controls, understanding what does what, etc., so it's not as intimidating as a full-on headfirst dive into Qud or ToME or something.
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Yeah, sorry about my price listing, I'm in third world land so prices down here are weird (rear end Origins is actually super expensive for example). Nier Automata is below 50 (comes to ~36), but it's not discounted and it was like 40% off a couple weeks ago, so I can wait for that one. Regarding CoQ, I know the devs are doing a good job on keeping the game updated, which is why I started keeping track of it, but I'm afraid I'll get it, and go 'might as well wait for 1.0!' every time I'm about to launch. I'm still hovering over the buy button on XCOM... I think I want to play it, and I did play a bunch of XCOM, but then I got EW and played like 4 missions and never touched it again.  I may be an idiot when it comes to games. :<
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Since someone brought up Caves of Qud: I have never (to my knowledge) played a rogue-like game. Qud looks interesting, but I'd kinda like to know more about it before I buy it. Is it one of those 'die once, the game is over' deals? Also, are there visuals, or is it more of a text-based, Dwarf Fortress-style deal? Mister Adequate posted:Yes, there's permadeath, and yes, there are visuals, and they're gorgeous in a very low-fi way; http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/333640/ss_e4dd59b15d1c0d3af50b6cb35b056f9318f4da5d.1920x1080.jpg?t=1508541811 It's ya girl, StrixNebulosa! Caves of Qud is an open world rpg with a vast character creation screen, hand-crafted towns and dungeons and quest-lines and books, procedurally generated dungeons and books and other content, and lots of interlocking systems. It's also a roguelike and balanced that way, so lethality is high, bullshit is around every corner, and for the love of god (l)ook at enemies before you try to kill them, it'll tell you how dangerous they are and if you should be running. THAT SAID, in the options menu is a toggle to turn off death/make it into a y/n question. Did you feel that a certain death was too bs? Hit no, I don't want to die! Do you just not want to die, period? The choice is there! ...Now this does throw off the balance of the game a teeny bit as it's built around you learning what kills you and adapting your tactics and character - don't engage madpoles in melee, put extra stats into VIT, etc - but heck with it, you get to experience all the content. In short: make death a toggle. Other notable selling points: the world is full of life and weird stuff. It's a post-post-apocalyptic jungle where you can find artifacts from past civilizations - a box of brightly colored wax sticks, shield that is literally a stop sign, but now with legends attached to it - and mutants and robots and crazy Templars who are basically space marines, but extra religious and they want you dead - unless you've gone out of your way to befriend them. There's a bunch of sentient bear scientists, there's religion, there are goat-people. Character creation involves "do you want to be a mutant who shoots fire from your hands and has pincers and two heads?" or "do you want to be a psychic with mind lasers who can clone themselves" or "do you want to be a True Human....which means you can have cyborg implants and more?" In short it's massive and creative and the best open-world roguelike. Give it a go, read the help files, live and drink. Bonus: it's made by goons! ....And if for some reason this all sounds intimidating or too much, get Dungeonmans instead! It's all about the dungeon-crawling and an actually balanced skill system and the pure roguelike experience of you in a dungeon learning to actually use your consumables because if you hoard them you will die. e: Early Access: Caves of Qud is in Early Access but most-to-all of its major systems are in, the devs are working on it full-time, and due to its nature I find it hard to burn out on? Like, there's just so much to do in it, new builds to try, and so on. Dungeonmans is not in Early Access though, so if you want to wait on CoQ, get Dmans instead!
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StrixNebulosa posted:
I have said this a dozen times since its release, but Dungeonmans also has baller music that the composer said was inspired from Final Fantasy Tactics. It really meshed well with the spelunking and rear end kicking.
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StrixNebulosa posted:It's ya girl, StrixNebulosa! poo poo, sorry! I wondered if I should be more ambiguous and then I thought "... nah, they're a goon who is obsessed with roguelikes  " My bad!(Also just to point out that Dmans was also made by a goon, madjackmcmad, who is cool & good!)
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Mister Adequate posted:(Also just to point out that Dmans was also made by a goon, madjackmcmad, who is cool & good!)
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StrixNebulosa posted:It's ya girl, StrixNebulosa! Nice, thank you all! I might get either one of these games; they seem pretty interesting. Happy holidays!
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How do you guys talk about Caves of Qud and not post this?quote:Angry Diplomat posted:
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Caves of Qud is extremely cool. Also, anyone else mind dumping a list of hidden gems under five bucks? Thanks to the post from the dude a few pages back I am snagging Twilight Struggle, Siralim 2 and Bot Vice, but there's got to be more that I'm missing.
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Meridian posted:Caves of Qud is extremely cool. Someone recommended Dungeon Warfare to me in a previous sale and it was a great purchase. It's a tower defense game where you lay down traps for hordes of adventurers coming to your dungeon and costs like $2.50 during sales.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:Someone recommended Dungeon Warfare to me in a previous sale and it was a great purchase. It's a tower defense game where you lay down traps for hordes of adventurers coming to your dungeon and costs like $2.50 during sales. Looks neat, adding it to the list.
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I have the opportunity to nab Prey for $14 (Fanatical star deal plus a voucher they sent me). Someone sell me on it? I don't really know much about it other than people like it and it's apparently kind of metroid-ish?
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man nurse posted:I have the opportunity to nab Prey for $14 (Fanatical star deal plus a voucher they sent me). Someone sell me on it? I don't really know much about it other than people like it and it's apparently kind of metroid-ish? it's the spiritual successor to system shock. if that rings a bell you already know which way that'll sell you on it.
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Keeshhound posted:I don't think this is so much of a problem since the gameplay styles that push chaos higher are more aggressive anyway, so it felt more to me like "okay, you enjoy combat, have more guards to fight." I think the thing people didn't appreciate was having the game pass moral judgement on them by having so called "high chaos" versions of levels feel like the might as well just have been called "evil mode." If instead they'd taken a more revolutionary tone where killing guards got the citizens riled up and more openly rebellious against the usurpers it probably would've upset people less. If you're not already dedicated to one specific playstyle hearing "more guards if you kill dudes" comes off like a punishment instead of rewarding combat with more combat. The broader morality stuff and the lopsided nature of the game certainly didn't help either though.
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So here's my current cart, any one else have suggestions for cool games under $5?
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Cool games under $5 during the sale that I can recommend without reservation, in no particular order: Jump Jet Rex: Great retro-styled platformer. Flywrench: It's like super meat boy, but you're two lines that can flap to fly around. Great minimalist aesthetic. Lovely Planet: It's a fun, cheerful FPS with short, arcadey levels. LISA: A complete gem of an RPG, definitely worth your time. Kind of depressing though. Anodyne: Feels like a version of Link's Adventure that fully embraces all of the surreal dream imagery from that game. Shatter: The best version of breakout. RunGunJumpGun: A runner with short, difficult levels. Great music and trippy visuals. Princess Remedy 2: If you enjoy the first (free) game, it's more of that but better. Hexcells (and sequels): Great, chill puzzle games. Feels sort of like minesweeper meets sudoku. Hacknet, and while we're at it, Uplink: Movie-style hacking games. Crack passwords and delete logs. Spacechem: Every Zachtronics game is a treasure if you can get into that sort of game, and this one is only two and a half dollars while the sale is on. Roundabout: Your standard spinning limo taxi sim, but done well. Antichamber: Fun, minimalistic first-person puzzler that plays around with hosed up geometries and things that change depending on whether you're looking at them or not. Resident Evil 4: It's the best Resident Evil game. You can suplex a cultist so hard their head explodes. Painkiller: Black Edition: Fun, fast-paced first person shooter with great level and weapon design.
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Trick Question posted:Cool games under $5 during the sale that I can recommend without reservation, in no particular order: Awesome, thanks.
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Any suggestions for RPGs in this sale? Less like Skyrim type and more older type but I'll take what I can get.
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Disgaea and the other NIS games. Half-Minute Hero games. Do you mean like left side fights right side sort of older? Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Dec 25, 2017 |
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Scalding Coffee posted:Disgaea and the other NIS games. Do you mean like left side fights right side sort of older? Sure or even something Paper Mario esque.
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Xeras posted:Any suggestions for RPGs in this sale? Less like Skyrim type and more older type but I'll take what I can get. The trails in the sky games. I've actually only played the first one, but if you want old school jrpg it's pretty much perfect.
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West of loathing fits that bill really well. Creepy Castle also has a very Paper Mario feel.
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Papercut posted:The trails in the sky games. I've actually only played the first one, but if you want old school jrpg it's pretty much perfect. It's painfully slow paced though so if you don't like that trails in the sky definitely isn't for you
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drat Dirty Ape posted:Someone recommended Dungeon Warfare to me in a previous sale and it was a great purchase. It's a tower defense game where you lay down traps for hordes of adventurers coming to your dungeon and costs like $2.50 during sales. Yep, imo it may hands down be the best TD on Steam (at least in terms of really raw TD elements at its finest). FYI they're making a second one which was supposed to come out in Oct, delayed to Nov, then delayed to Dec but it looks like we may not see it till early next year. I'm still stoked as poo poo though because DW2 will be great
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