Armored Core 6, Jedi Survivor, Starfield. Until some sale I think. I’ve already bought Elden Ring, Diablo 4, and Baldurs Gate 3 this year, and I might get another before the year ends. Gotta slow it down lol
Tears of the Kingdom - I thought BoTW was fun, but not as fun as older Zelda games; I’ll probably get it eventually, but I want to pay $40 or less
The Great War: Western Front - still seems pretty buggy, so I’ll wait a bit for patches
Victoria 3 - I love Paradox games, but they seem to need a few years to get good
Mount & Blade: Bannerlord - still getting patches and some new content, so I’ll keep waiting
Starfield - undoubtedly going to be buggy, so I’ll be waiting at least a few months, if not years, after launch to get it
I’m actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I’m happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.
I bought Victoria 3 shortly after release and it’s frustrating how long it’s taking. It clearly has the potential to be a great game, but there’s still so much to be done.
On the other hand, a buddy and I got into Victoria 2 a few months ago and it’s been a blast. A bit clunky at first but it’s so easy to map paint with a friend in vanilla
Mount & Blade II is frustrating for me. I’m just not good enough at the combat to play on the front lines and I’m a shit commander trying to organize my troops in battle.
Basically i just play the exploration and management side and auto-resolve the combats :/
I never tried it with a controller it seems like that would make it harder to manage your army. As for the bigger fights I usually try to get my army positioned first with my archers on a hill or across a river or something from them and then put my infantry in front of the archers to block them. Then I lead my Calvary to go provoke the enemy to come at them. Usually that works pretty well or at least lets me put a big dent in their calvary which gives you a decent advantage when they don’t have one because you can get behind them and wreck their archers.
This strategy works most of the time with minimal casualties
…and (depending on your definition of “recent”) a lot more. Any of the big games coming over from PlayStation (God of War, Spider-Man), Cyberpunk, etc. I don’t generally buy games for over $20, unless it’s someone I want badly and it hasn’t gone below that after a couple years.
Dark and Darker, it’s out on Chaff games but with their legal troubles I’m not sure I wanna give them my money and risk the game getting taken down again.
Granblue Fantasy Versus since they’re coming out with Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising in November. I’m not in a rush since I have Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive had a big update recently as well.
I’m focused on back-to-school and getting some outdoor projects done before winter. To help with that, I disassembled my PC. Once snow starts falling and (hopefully) the Adventure Mode update is released, I plan to snuggle up and finally enjoy the graphical version of Dwarf Fortress.
Nah you were right. Factorio devs have gone on record saying that they’ll never put their game on sale. Something to the effect that it lowers the value of the players who bought it earlier. That said, before it reached 1.0 it was cheaper. The closer to release the higher the price had gone. Think I got it way back when it was $20.
BG3, Elden Ring, Armored Core 6, just to name the high profile few I’m going to wait for significant price drops in maybe 2 years.
Besides, I do want to play several other RPGs before diving into Baldur’s Gate, especially Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, and the Pathfinder games. Maybe also the old Neverwinter Nights, got the GOG version of them, am yet to begin a campaign
All in all, those ~5 old-ish RPGs alone can probably run me through an entire year.
I‘m so tempted to just be part of the Starfield start hype but… let‘s be honest, it‘s a Bethesda game so it probably needs another year of patches and mods.
And Baldur‘s Gate seems to also require a few patches and I‘m not paying more than 40 bucks for any digital copy of a game, even if it‘s the second coming of Christ among videogames.
Cyberpunk I‘m merely waiting to have a PC that is powerful enough to play it in all its glory. So probably gotta wait half a decade lol
Obviously, on top of my mentioned reasons, it‘s not like I don‘t have 100+ untouched games dozens of them critically acclaimed, so it’s not like I’m just staring at my wall waiting for my moment to strike lol
BG3 is the only game in my life I’ve bought at launch. No regrets. This studio definitely deserves the full price tag. I’ve experienced like 5 bugs throughout my 130 hours of playing. I came from a poorer country and still made sense to me to vote with my wallet what games should be striving to look like on launch.
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Armored Core 6, Jedi Survivor, Starfield. Until some sale I think. I’ve already bought Elden Ring, Diablo 4, and Baldurs Gate 3 this year, and I might get another before the year ends. Gotta slow it down lol
Edit: Hogwart’s Legacy, forgot about that one.
I’m actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I’m happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.
I bought Victoria 3 shortly after release and it’s frustrating how long it’s taking. It clearly has the potential to be a great game, but there’s still so much to be done.
On the other hand, a buddy and I got into Victoria 2 a few months ago and it’s been a blast. A bit clunky at first but it’s so easy to map paint with a friend in vanilla
Mount & Blade II is frustrating for me. I’m just not good enough at the combat to play on the front lines and I’m a shit commander trying to organize my troops in battle.
Basically i just play the exploration and management side and auto-resolve the combats :/
Your comment is why Im still waiting.
Doing the tournaments is a good way to practice combat.
Actually I’m half decent at one on one and the small melees. But once it’s a ‘real’ fight I get so sweaty palmed lol
Maybe I should try a console controller instead of mouse & kb?
I never tried it with a controller it seems like that would make it harder to manage your army. As for the bigger fights I usually try to get my army positioned first with my archers on a hill or across a river or something from them and then put my infantry in front of the archers to block them. Then I lead my Calvary to go provoke the enemy to come at them. Usually that works pretty well or at least lets me put a big dent in their calvary which gives you a decent advantage when they don’t have one because you can get behind them and wreck their archers.
This strategy works most of the time with minimal casualties
Okay I’ll give a shot! Thanks
Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I played the first one on 3DS then Switch. I’m not playing 3 until I start then finish 2 and the expansion.
Baldur’s Gate 3
Armored Core 6
Remnant 2
…and (depending on your definition of “recent”) a lot more. Any of the big games coming over from PlayStation (God of War, Spider-Man), Cyberpunk, etc. I don’t generally buy games for over $20, unless it’s someone I want badly and it hasn’t gone below that after a couple years.
Remnant 2 looked so sweet. So I got Remnant 1 on sale for like $5 to see what the deal was.
Wow, that first game is pretty solid. And to read that Remnant 2 is the first game but way more polished and tighter? Hell yes.
Re4 remake. I really love Resident Evil, but I haven’t set up the time to get immersed in it and experience it.
Dark and Darker, it’s out on Chaff games but with their legal troubles I’m not sure I wanna give them my money and risk the game getting taken down again.
Granblue Fantasy Versus since they’re coming out with Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising in November. I’m not in a rush since I have Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive had a big update recently as well.
Well, I already have it, Quake 2. I haven’t played yet cause I’m trying to get a couple friends to coop our first go.
Was in the military when Quake came out, so it’s one if the few true classics I get to play now for the first time.
I’m focused on back-to-school and getting some outdoor projects done before winter. To help with that, I disassembled my PC. Once snow starts falling and (hopefully) the Adventure Mode update is released, I plan to snuggle up and finally enjoy the graphical version of Dwarf Fortress.
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Saints Row. I don’t see it being a possibility but I have this false hope that volition will bounce back and give a good game.
Cyberpunk 2077. Waiting for the complete police overhaul to play the game. Have not played it yet.
Volition needs to reboot Freespace and/or Descent.
They need to reboot their studio 😭. The entire team feels like they have no direction and trying too hard to stay afloat
Well, that aged badly.
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Factorio, waiting for the sale that will never come
Didn’t the Dev say it’s never going to go on sale ever? Or was that the joke and I missed it
it has gone on sale once but it’s not often
It has not, that I’m aware of
I might be thinking of the Rimworld dev
Nah you were right. Factorio devs have gone on record saying that they’ll never put their game on sale. Something to the effect that it lowers the value of the players who bought it earlier. That said, before it reached 1.0 it was cheaper. The closer to release the higher the price had gone. Think I got it way back when it was $20.
BG3, Elden Ring, Armored Core 6, just to name the high profile few I’m going to wait for significant price drops in maybe 2 years.
Besides, I do want to play several other RPGs before diving into Baldur’s Gate, especially Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, and the Pathfinder games. Maybe also the old Neverwinter Nights, got the GOG version of them, am yet to begin a campaign
All in all, those ~5 old-ish RPGs alone can probably run me through an entire year.
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I never buy any games now until they’re under a tenner.
The irony of that is I will willing spend £30-60 on #TTRPG books instead :D
#rpg #ttrpg #patientgaming
They literally said that?
Starfield, Baldur‘s Gate 3, and Cyberpunk.
I‘m so tempted to just be part of the Starfield start hype but… let‘s be honest, it‘s a Bethesda game so it probably needs another year of patches and mods.
And Baldur‘s Gate seems to also require a few patches and I‘m not paying more than 40 bucks for any digital copy of a game, even if it‘s the second coming of Christ among videogames.
Cyberpunk I‘m merely waiting to have a PC that is powerful enough to play it in all its glory. So probably gotta wait half a decade lol
Obviously, on top of my mentioned reasons, it‘s not like I don‘t have 100+ untouched games dozens of them critically acclaimed, so it’s not like I’m just staring at my wall waiting for my moment to strike lol
BG3 is the only game in my life I’ve bought at launch. No regrets. This studio definitely deserves the full price tag. I’ve experienced like 5 bugs throughout my 130 hours of playing. I came from a poorer country and still made sense to me to vote with my wallet what games should be striving to look like on launch.