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!
indeed! tonight I discovered those wide load missions that must have been from one of the cargo packs I picked up. brings a whole new element to the game!
Oh yes, those are a lot of fun! It does add a lot to the game. Just a warning, I’ve found them to be a bit buggy at times, so I would recommend doing a save before taking one. They may have fixed it since I took one though.
definitly a challenge. I had one that took me down a route so narrow there was probably a centimetre clearance either side and the escort wouldn’t merge, but like you said having a regular save helped
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.
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.
I finally picked up Witcher 3 for like 4 bucks. Excited to start playing that. I also got Euro Truck Simulator because it was like 1.99 and seems like a chill space out game.
The Witcher 3 is pretty good. I normally don’t like a lot of fantasy games, but the Witcher and Elder Scrolls games are two that I like for some reason! I finished the whole game and both dlcs once. I started a second playthrough, but that is mostly running around and playing gwent! 😂
Both Euro and American Truck Simulator are really good games. I like to just put on a podcast or some music and drive for a while. If you find you like it, the dlc states are worth the price in my opinion. Especially since they go on sale pretty often!
Thanks for the recommendation! I actually already own Mudrunner and Snowrunner, and they are lots of fun. Slightly less relaxing than trucking, but they are good games to play with friends too.
I didn’t realize they had it ported to the Switch! I can definitely see it struggling to keep up with the game, but it sounds like it’s still at least playable.
Witcher 3 was great even though the pacing almost lost me.
I’m the kind of player who plays one main story mission and then has to complete all available side quests, before continuing the main quest. It’s the reason the only Bethesda Game I have ever finished is Oblivion.
That’s why I recommend people to stick with it and finish some main quests if you ever feel like the game loses yo.
This is why I can’t replay it… the first time I played it I did everything I possibly could; all the little icons, side quests, traipsed all over each region a dozen times or more… it took hundreds of hours.
I boot it up again, manage to choke down the first “tutorial” area and get to the next are and shut it off… it’s no good, I can’t do it.
Personally I find that terra invicta requires way too much micromanagement and waiting for turns to pass so I can’t recommend it but if that seems your speed or idk if there are mods to help then go for it
That’s really what is holding me back from getting it. The idea sounds really interesting, I’m just worried that I won’t enjoy the actual gameplay. I’ve had it in my cart a couple of times during sales but I never end up getting it.
What you said about micromanaging things does help. I don’t mind a little micromanagement in games like Age of Empires or Civilization, but if you get too much of it happening I tend to get a bit sloppy. I’ve found it depends a lot on my goals for the play session and also how long I’ve been doing it.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I already have a lot of unplayed games, so I’m keeping my list small. I also really like indies, so here you go:
The Hex - in the “deep discount” section; I liked the dev’s other two games (Pony Island and Inscryption), so I’ll probably enjoy this one; they’re all on sale too
Firewatch
Celeste
Gris
Filament
Chaos Reborn
These are all <$5.
And some other games I might get if I finish an in-progress game:
Psychonauts 2
Hogwarts Legacy
Bomb Rush Cyberpunk
Little Nightmares 2
These are from larger studios and are at historical lows (I think). I just need to finish some longer games before I get even more.
It sounds like you’ve got a plan! Once I get all the bills paid for this month I’m planning to get my partner a Steam Deck as well, so both of us are looking at games. They’re a Harry Potter fan, so Hogwarts Legacy is one that came up on the list.
I’m sure we will! I saw a list being created, so I’m sure there will be a few. I did give a warning about the infamous Steam backlog, but I don’t want to ruin the fun of a new device! So we’ll see what happens.
I yoinked Undertale and Fallout 76. I just finished FO4, before that was New Vegas, and 3 before that. Finally got hooked on Fallout after years of trying and just not jiving. The show motivated me to try again.
I never got into Fallout either, although I only ever tried 4. I did have someone mention that I should try the earlier games as apparently the tone of them is different. It’s sometimes hard to overcome first impressions though! It’s great that the show gave you the boost to get hooked!
From a new fan, I found that 3 had the coolest environment. New Vegas bad much better gun mechanics. And 4 is good, a lot better than reviews I read made it sound. And the Nuka Town DLC was a lot of fun.
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No because my wallet hasn’t tasted the sweetness of money in weeks.
I shall make my own sales, in time.
Also I am not a patient gamer because I wait until a price drop. I am a patient gamer because new AAA games are fucking shit.
Great contribution to the thread, thanks!
Don’t mention it. I am a natural beacon of wholesomeness, always ready to help
I bought like 20 games within the last year on sales and played maybe 4 of them, this time I try to be strong.
Good luck! I have run into the same thing before, although not quite that many!
I spent about $140AUD on euro truck sim 2 DLC, plus American truck sim and a lot of DLC
That’ll bring you quite a few hours of enjoyment I’m sure! I’ve got a lot of hours into both of those games.
indeed! tonight I discovered those wide load missions that must have been from one of the cargo packs I picked up. brings a whole new element to the game!
Oh yes, those are a lot of fun! It does add a lot to the game. Just a warning, I’ve found them to be a bit buggy at times, so I would recommend doing a save before taking one. They may have fixed it since I took one though.
definitly a challenge. I had one that took me down a route so narrow there was probably a centimetre clearance either side and the escort wouldn’t merge, but like you said having a regular save helped
Yeah, it can be frustrating in times like that.
Crow Country and Chained Echoes were ready choices for me.
I’m waiting for helldivers 2 to go on sale but I think that’s gonna take a while.
You’re in the right community for that!
Lol, true and thanks for pointing out the sale. I’m looking for games which would run on mac nowadays
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.
Yep. like Linux, Mac recently got Wine support and can play quite a few windows games.
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.
I finally picked up Witcher 3 for like 4 bucks. Excited to start playing that. I also got Euro Truck Simulator because it was like 1.99 and seems like a chill space out game.
Oh man. Once you get some of the higher level fighting moves that games can just be a ballet of rend and slice.
Huh, and here I thought it was just sitting in the cab of a big rig…
Oh, that’s Witcher 2: Ice Road Witcher.
The Witcher 3 is pretty good. I normally don’t like a lot of fantasy games, but the Witcher and Elder Scrolls games are two that I like for some reason! I finished the whole game and both dlcs once. I started a second playthrough, but that is mostly running around and playing gwent! 😂
Both Euro and American Truck Simulator are really good games. I like to just put on a podcast or some music and drive for a while. If you find you like it, the dlc states are worth the price in my opinion. Especially since they go on sale pretty often!
If you like eurotruck but want something a little more intense, snowrunner is great. Base game has well over 100hr of gameplay
Thanks for the recommendation! I actually already own Mudrunner and Snowrunner, and they are lots of fun. Slightly less relaxing than trucking, but they are good games to play with friends too.
The whole package seemed a bit expensive on the Switch. But I’ve spent way too many hours despite the blurry graphics
I didn’t realize they had it ported to the Switch! I can definitely see it struggling to keep up with the game, but it sounds like it’s still at least playable.
Witcher 3 was great even though the pacing almost lost me. I’m the kind of player who plays one main story mission and then has to complete all available side quests, before continuing the main quest. It’s the reason the only Bethesda Game I have ever finished is Oblivion.
That’s why I recommend people to stick with it and finish some main quests if you ever feel like the game loses yo.
This is why I can’t replay it… the first time I played it I did everything I possibly could; all the little icons, side quests, traipsed all over each region a dozen times or more… it took hundreds of hours.
I boot it up again, manage to choke down the first “tutorial” area and get to the next are and shut it off… it’s no good, I can’t do it.
My pickups have been Horizon Forbidden West, Subnautica, Spelunky, middle-earth: shadow of war, and Pony Island
I don’t have exact price breakdowns, but it was total about 60$ with the vast majority of that being H:FW at 45ish.
Personally I find that terra invicta requires way too much micromanagement and waiting for turns to pass so I can’t recommend it but if that seems your speed or idk if there are mods to help then go for it
That’s really what is holding me back from getting it. The idea sounds really interesting, I’m just worried that I won’t enjoy the actual gameplay. I’ve had it in my cart a couple of times during sales but I never end up getting it.
What you said about micromanaging things does help. I don’t mind a little micromanagement in games like Age of Empires or Civilization, but if you get too much of it happening I tend to get a bit sloppy. I’ve found it depends a lot on my goals for the play session and also how long I’ve been doing it.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Think of it as more a rhythm game then a souls like, probably better you don’t have to unlearn any dark souls habits
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.
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.
I already have a lot of unplayed games, so I’m keeping my list small. I also really like indies, so here you go:
These are all <$5.
And some other games I might get if I finish an in-progress game:
These are from larger studios and are at historical lows (I think). I just need to finish some longer games before I get even more.
It sounds like you’ve got a plan! Once I get all the bills paid for this month I’m planning to get my partner a Steam Deck as well, so both of us are looking at games. They’re a Harry Potter fan, so Hogwarts Legacy is one that came up on the list.
Have fun! I hope you find some good games in your and your partner’s budget to play on the new Deck!
I’m sure we will! I saw a list being created, so I’m sure there will be a few. I did give a warning about the infamous Steam backlog, but I don’t want to ruin the fun of a new device! So we’ll see what happens.
I yoinked Undertale and Fallout 76. I just finished FO4, before that was New Vegas, and 3 before that. Finally got hooked on Fallout after years of trying and just not jiving. The show motivated me to try again.
I never got into Fallout either, although I only ever tried 4. I did have someone mention that I should try the earlier games as apparently the tone of them is different. It’s sometimes hard to overcome first impressions though! It’s great that the show gave you the boost to get hooked!
From a new fan, I found that 3 had the coolest environment. New Vegas bad much better gun mechanics. And 4 is good, a lot better than reviews I read made it sound. And the Nuka Town DLC was a lot of fun.
Just picked up battlefield 1 cause my friend wanted to play. Wonder if I should get the other battlefield games
I don’t play the series, but they’re definitely very cheap right now!
I already picked up a bunch, not sure when I will manage to play them >_< I mostly play retro emulation games these days lol
edit: I checked and some of the ones I picked up include Team Sonic Racing, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, and Black Mesa.
I think op was asking for suggestions
I’m really hoping for an armored core 6 sale soon!
Not sure what platforms you have available, but it’s 30% off on the Steam summer sale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888160/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON/
Thanks! I checked my wishlist earlier this week but maybe it was before the summer sale or something. Either way, appreciate the heads up!
No problem! :-)