I know it's simple and sort of classically edgy and I might be swayed by the lore, but Knight Artorias will always be one of my favourites. First time playing that fight was just so awesome.
DS3 has some bangers too, hard pick for me between Dancer and Abyss Watchers.
Okay fine I might succumb to this. The Darkwood 2 announcement led me to some video essays absolutely raving about how good Darkwood is, so maybe I need to try it.
Is Seance of Blake Manor the first Blue Prince-like? I'm very hyped about it too but I'm still waiting for more than -25% off. Let me know how you like it, Blue Prince was my GOTY so another game to scratch that itch is enticing.
No idea, but probably? Might have to do some wine fuckery but on the surface it doesn't look like the sort of thing that should be impossible on Linux.
My plan to work on my backlog this fall has utterly failed. Instead I've not been playing any games at all for the past month and a half, instead just working on a mod for STALKER Anomaly. Consequently I know in my heart of hearts that the right thing to do is not spend any money this sale. However, I am still looking at:
I played Mandragora this summer. Liked it quite a bit. It's not going to change your whole world but it's a solid Soulslike Metroidvania. Compared to other entries in the genre it's extremely light on platforming (which for me was a plus), so keep that in mind if you play these kind of games for the precision platforming. The platforming is there as part of the level design and traversal, but don't expect to be challenged with long sequences of difficult platforming if that's what you're after.
Otherwise it's a lot of fun, the PoE-inspired skill tree is great and lets you do some fun multiclassing by moving over to adjacent skill trees to find combos and synergies. Some of the spellcasting classes can be pretty broken though, so keep that in mind if you don't want to make the game a cakewalk. Chaos magic in particular was pretty busted, at least when I played.
Exploration is good, it's exactly what you'd expect from a Metroidvania: new stuff opens up in old areas when you unlock new traversal abilities. Also the game is very pretty to look at.
Yes, absolutely be aware that as far as I know the only person who was involved in making Disco Elysium and still works on ZA/UM is Anton Vill (who drew the art for the Thought Cabinet).
That being said, if you're the type of person who likes achievements and recording your playtime on Steam then this is the type of deep sale you still can buy and not feel too bad about.
No, I really don't. That's why after forcing myself through doing one task I'm immediately tempted to switch to some activity that does give gratification.
Those are some wild numbers! As someone who hyperfixates on one thing at a time and can't keep track of multiple things at once I can't even imagine what your gaming style is like. With 150+ games and averaging 3 sessions a day I'm guessing you play three different games every day?
I know it's simple and sort of classically edgy and I might be swayed by the lore, but Knight Artorias will always be one of my favourites. First time playing that fight was just so awesome.
DS3 has some bangers too, hard pick for me between Dancer and Abyss Watchers.