What’re you buying?

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    9 days ago

    gmg and fanatical still cheaper for most titles.

    that said I’ve been trying to load my steam wishlist for like an hour now.

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      9 days ago

      that said I’ve been trying to load my steam wishlist for like an hour now.

      Me too. It’s the usual steam servers having issues as soon as a sale starts.

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    9 days ago

    Still unemployed so I’m not even looking. If capital doesn’t want to hire me, they can’t have any more of my money.

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          8 days ago

          I’ve seen so many games that are super cheap. But right now i play mainly deadlock, which was free. Or some demos from steam next fest, which are so good that i played like 3 hours and am happy with.

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      9 days ago

      KSP1 is the bees knees and the modding community is still going as strong as ever. Still worthwhile even at full price.

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        9 days ago

        Still mad that they fucked up KSP2. I realize it was a different studio, but I’m not happy about it.

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          8 days ago

          I can’t really blame the studio though, I mean the publisher went bust. The game was coming along slowly, but it was definitely coming along, and I really liked what I was seeing.

          I just wish Private Division wasn’t such a mess. It’s all just so disappointing.

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      8 days ago

      I get the gist of this game. Build some rockets with lifelike physics, right? Do you think it’d be fun on steam deck?

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        8 days ago

        I have no idea how vehicle construction would work with a joystick, but other than that should be basically the same. Flying/landing might even be better on controller. It also has a native Linux client that isn’t just a shitty port.

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      9 days ago

      Been mid for a few years now, in my experience. Most of the games I bought over the past two years I did outside of the Summer sale because most discounts are all the same anyway.

      I’ve been eyeing Okami and it was 50% last week and it’s 50% again now.

      I pulled the trigger on The Wonderful 101 in March at 55% and I was worried I’ll regret it in the Summer sale… it’s 55% again.

      Been also eyeing Lost Judgment… 70% in March and 70% again now.

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    9 days ago

    I shouldn‘t buy anything, cause God knows I have enough, but I‘ll probably get a couple DLCs (for Risk of Rain 2) and hopefully that‘s it (Narrator: „It wasn‘t“)

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      9 days ago

      do you need dlcs for risk of rain 2? I don’t really like encouraging stuff like DLC’s if avoidable

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        9 days ago

        Technically no (what game actually needs them?) but I like to do trophy hunting so practically yes.

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          9 days ago

          I’m exaggerating with the explicit ‘need’ word choice, but a quick glance at the specific dlc reviews of Sims 4, Monster Hunter World, and Destiny 2 should give you an idea of why I dislike the concept. Hell, you couldn’t even get a conclusion to one of the assassin’s creed narratives without the dlc and I personally find this revolting as someone that loves video games way too much. I know I’m basically just overzealous about the principle of these things, but I really believe we need more people taking more responsibility for the embarrassing precedents we’re creating

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        9 days ago

        No you didn’t need the dlcs for it. But I highly recommend the first dlc just for the new music. That soundtrack rocks with both together.

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    8 days ago

    All these have been on my wishlist for ever. Finally made the purchases today.

    • Stardew Valley
    • Disco Elysium
    • Kerbal Space Program

    Edit to add Disco Elysium has been refunded. Thanks everyone for the advice.

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    8 days ago

    One of my favorite games of all time, The Talos Principle, is on sale for $5. There’s a remastered version but honestly the original holds up really well. It’s a first person puzzle platformer game similar to Portal but the main point is the story, which is a really thought provoking philosophical exploration of humanity, machine consciousness, and self determination. It is legitimately the most interesting game I’ve played in the past 5 years and it has really caused me to think about these topics in ways I hadn’t before.

    Myself I am buying Persona 5, Pizza tower, and the Phoenix Wright trilogy. I have been wanting to play Persona 5 basically since it came out, and I got to try Pizza Tower a few weeks ago at a friend’s house and really loved it as a fan of the Wario Land games. Phoenix Wright is just nostalgic for me and there really aren’t similar games out there.

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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      WARNING : Playing excellent, well told, thought provoking puzzle games about AI will make you so much madder about the silly folk that say “I turned AI sentient” folk. 🙄

      Great game, solid sequel too.

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      7 days ago

      Yes, second Talos Principal, it is excellent and the soundtrack too.

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      7 days ago

      Talos Principle is a great puzzle solving game, but I did get tired of the back story and just started skipping it. If I wanted to be depressed I won’t be playing puzzle games.

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    9 days ago

    Finally picked up a legit version of Rain Word, yay!

    All of the Batman Arkham games are bundled for $9 too. With season passes and dlcs.

    Major let down Kingdom Come 2 is only 10% off. That’s just taking tax off and nothing else.

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    Summer Stale.

    I miss the old sales, when games had deep discounts and the deals cycled like every 2/4/6/8 hours.

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      7 days ago

      consumerism is a disease. i can’t believe I’m still seeing people asking for gamified fomo bullshit.

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        7 days ago

        The periodic sale is already driving up the consumerism enough for me, I really don’t need to buy more games, but I want to

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        7 days ago

        “WAH, WAH, HOW DARE PEOPLE LAMENT THE FACT THAT THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM THE HELL THAT IS REALITY!”

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      7 days ago

      People got wise to it lol. People were posting flowcharts about not buying games until they were on flash deals if you want them. Also some years I think they did something that led people to believe only having specific games on your wishlist was advantageous which led to people removing everything from their wishlist except for stuff that was more expensive. That disproportionately hurt indie devs.

      All in all I think I’m glad it’s gone. Plus the games (like that racing thing) never made sense to me.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        i remember one year there was a game i wanted all year

        and it came up on flash sale finally for like 95% off, and steam shit the bed for two hours and I couldnt check out, presumably from the crush of purchase attempts.

        I emailed and asked if they’d honor the price given the issues on their side, and they said no, I missed the sale. Not gonna lie, that kinda heated me up quite a bit, cause I didnt miss the damn sale, I wasnt able to check out cause their end shit itself.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        I’ve only had 3 refunds.

        2 on the old system, 1 on the new system.

        All were accepted and refunded, because all were for technical issues that made them literally, factually unplayable… and probably because in 10 years of steam I’ve only had 3 refunds.

        So Yes, because it wouldnt change anything for me.

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        Yes because by the time I actually get passed the character creator or the introduction I’ve usually already used up my time

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          8 days ago

          Well, the refund policy has only existed 10 years now. Well in it’s current form. Previously refunds were much harder to get.

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          they were easy to get if the game was a scam or if you had serious unresolvable technical issues, but not so easy if you just impulse bought a game and regretted it.

          Australia sued Valve due to their refund policy and Valve changed the refund policy to what it is today.

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      Yeah idk if its nostalgia or wut.

      In my head, the sales were much deeper like you say, but I could be wrong.

      I also miss when the sale would start and there’d be a minigame or some type of event. They’ve really been streamlining a lot of stuff though I think to reduce network traffic maybe, or maybe they haven’t had the time for events when they are redesigning their whole client and steamos and stuff.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        discounts were much deeper. because devs/publishers were more willing to give a 90% discount to their newer games if it was for 2/4 hours.

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      9 days ago

      The opening is always a bit naturally DDOS’d. It’ll smooth out.

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      I made the indie game INK INSIDE, which is based on a lost cartoon pilot I pitched to Nickelodeon in 2015.

      Instead, I turned it into a cartoon show action RPG staring Brian David Gilbert.

      It has a completely unique combat mechanic that’s a combination of beat-em-ups and bust-a-move. It’s big on narrative, loot, and world building and even has live action segments.

      We’re on sale at 50% for only $10.

      Would love for you to check it out, as it seems like you might really enjoy it based on the other games in your cart!

      PS - Game works great on Steam Deck! (We just don’t have the green check yet because it takes Valve forever to provide them)

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      9 days ago

      Cast to Chill is a pretty great fishing game for the steam deck. I’ve been enjoying it since the NextFest demo.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I have Valkie 64, and I say save your money. Last I played it, it was VERY rough, unpolished, and felt unfinished. It didn’t properly replicate N64 graphics, looking more like an emulator from 2005 with the internal resolution cracked way up and only basic bilinear texture filtering. The controls are clunky, and I don’t mean like in an N64 game way, I mean they just feel bad.

      Even for $5 USD or whatever, I say its not worth it. I was disappointed because the trailer seemed to make it look like an attempt to recapture the magic of Ocarina of Time, but it doesn’t do that at all. Like, not even close.

    • Silverchase@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      Looks like you enjoy retro-style 3D platformers. Get Corn Kidz 64!

      Like Pseudoregalia, it’s another N64-style 3D platformer released in 2023 with a goat protagonist trapped in a dream. This is an oddly narrow coincidence.

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        I have it on my wishlist! But have to cut the spending somewhere haha. I’d also like to get Cyber Knights, A Hat In Time, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, Skin Deep and Soulash 2 - but it’s just too much money with so little time for gaming now (especially with keyboard + mouse for the latter two).

    • eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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      Nice taste, similar to mine. I just picked up Sapo 3D. Played Pseudoregalia recently and loved it.

      I suggest you take a look at Cavern of Dreams and Frogun.

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          So many frog games with Kero Quest 64 too!

          Lol yes. Already on my Wishlist!

          Frogs are what peak 3D platformer performance looks like.

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      9 days ago

      A Game About Digging a Hole looks to be a fun game to play while your legs fall asleep on the toilet. Only 20% off, but it’s a sub $5 game.

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      Split Fiction is worth the MSRP. Ideally it’s great if you can get it on a discount, but this is one of the few games I’d pay full price for. My spouse and I loved it.