The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Multi-headed Cow]

STS is a fantastic baseline but I can't help but feel they dropped the ball in the content department. The tower and amount of enemies feel way too limited

Ah, but the genius of STS is that actually works in the game's favor. With enough experience playing STS and metagame knowledge you start being able to make more informed decisions on card selection/path choice/relic and adventure choices based on your current deck and position in the game. With a wider pool of enemies/encounters/bosses that dilutes the decision-making when you're deckbuilding and picking relics, whereas with things more focused you can start thinking "Fuck, I'm headed into act 2 I really need some good AoE because act 2's full of group encounters" and "Oh shit I might not want this card because if my act 3 boss is This Dude that'll fuck me". More differences in the classes are fine since those are swapped in and out whole-cloth and you can adjust your strategies accordingly, but the enemies are the framework that you play everything off of.

Plus this isn't really an answer in itself but if you do want more variety in StS then I heartily recommend checking out the workshop. There are a bunch, A BUNCH, of really good expansions/addons for StS, and you can run many at once if you're so inclined. Specifically this one is probably the best general expansion of existing content, but there are new/alternate act mods, a bunch of new classes, etc. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1610173938

 

[Grunker]

STS is a fantastic baseline but I can't help but feel they dropped the ball in the content department. The tower and amount of enemies feel way too limited

Ah, but the genius of STS is that actually works in the game's favor. With enough experience playing STS and metagame knowledge you start being able to make more informed decisions on card selection/path choice/relic and adventure choices based on your current deck and position in the game. With a wider pool of enemies/encounters/bosses that dilutes the decision-making when you're deckbuilding and picking relics, whereas with things more focused you can start thinking "Fuck, I'm headed into act 2 I really need some good AoE because act 2's full of group encounters" and "Oh shit I might not want this card because if my act 3 boss is This Dude that'll fuck me". More differences in the classes are fine since those are swapped in and out whole-cloth and you can adjust your strategies accordingly, but the enemies are the framework that you play everything off of.

Plus this isn't really an answer in itself but if you do want more variety in StS then I heartily recommend checking out the workshop. There are a bunch, A BUNCH, of really good expansions/addons for StS, and you can run many at once if you're so inclined. Specifically this one is probably the best general expansion of existing content, but there are new/alternate act mods, a bunch of new classes, etc. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1610173938

It's true that you can game the system more with experience because of that, but it doesn't really change the fact that it gets stale much faster.

 

[Grunker]

I still think Microprose struck the perfect balance between content and roguelike repetition with Shandalar. With better, more modern/complex systems and such, that model is my ideal for an SP TCG game.

 

[pakoito]

I bought Dicey Dungeons and it's just okay. Not great, not bad.

 

[CuckMasher]

my haul so far:

for me:

lego star wars complete saga
star wars jedi knight pack
age of decadence
grimoire
far cry 5
metal gear solid V: phantom pain + ground zeros
state of decay: year one ultimate whatever

for CorpseBride

far cry 5
lego harry potter years 1-?
lego harry potter years ?-7


got some more tokens to redeem so its not over yet

Whats the deal with the lego games? Ive never played one. Are they basically just for kids or worth getting?

 

[Country_Gravy]

The lego games are all basically the same. My kids like them. I've played more of them than anyone should.

They are OK, but far from great.

 

[Sentinel]

Last 15€. Torn between going down memory lane in Final Fantasy IX or taking a gamble on Elite Dangerous.

 

[ScrotumBroth]

It's nowhere near as good as the first one but it's not shit...

First one is shit as well.

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

my haul so far:

for me:

lego star wars complete saga
star wars jedi knight pack
age of decadence
grimoire
far cry 5
metal gear solid V: phantom pain + ground zeros
state of decay: year one ultimate whatever

for CorpseBride

far cry 5
lego harry potter years 1-?
lego harry potter years ?-7


got some more tokens to redeem so its not over yet

Whats the deal with the lego games? Ive never played one. Are they basically just for kids or worth getting?

good coop apparently and when im in the mood for mindless fluff i prefer it to be star wars fluff

 

[someone else]

Other than unExplored which I have over 200 hrs in, I recommend this. So cheap, I have over 100 hrs on Survivalist. The sequel will be in EA soon.

 

[Country_Gravy]

Last 15€. Torn between going down memory lane in Final Fantasy IX or taking a gamble on Elite Dangerous.

ED if you have a HOTAS. It's supposed to be pretty amazing in VR, but I'm hopefully a few years off until my kids bug me enough to go that route.

 

[Ivan]

Is Elite Dangerous any good? Also thinking of grabbing Talos Principle.

Speaking of, Talos Principle is today's free to keep game on EGS: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/

 

[Sentinel]

Is Elite Dangerous any good? Also thinking of grabbing Talos Principle.

Speaking of, Talos Principle is today's free to keep game on EGS: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/

Already bought it on Steam. Gonna grab the DLC as well, really enjoying it. Fuck Chinks and Epic. Wouldn't even grab it there if they had it for free earlier.

 

[Zombra]

Is Scribblenauts Unlimited good for $5? A million of my Steam friends have played it but I don't know much about it. I like making my own custom content within a game structure; does it lend itself to that type of play?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Depends on what you mean by custom, you're given problems like "pick the apple from the tree" and you come up with a solution like giving yourself wings, use a rope, use a gun, create a platform, etc. It doesn't go much further or much more difficult than that but the results of experimenting can be fun (creating a zombie plague accidentally). Also once I hadn't played the game for a while and a patch caused my save to go bonkers and I had rainbow snakes being described as red magnets. The tvtropes pages give an idea of how creative you can get.

 

[someone else]

For this Winter Sale I've refunded Moonlighter, Undermine & Darkest Dungeon.
With only 2 weeks refund time limit, I should have refunded more games in the past, games that are "looks ok but not interested atm so I'll play in the future but ended up not."
I also get to keep the festive tokens when I refunded, I wonder if that can be exploited?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Winter Sale

refunded

How odd.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Is Elite Dangerous any good? Also thinking of grabbing Talos Principle.

If you have a flightstick and don't mind spending entire days to maximize money/h, it can be quite good. But on the whole it's shit.

I had honest fun when I was making millions with mining and it required some preparation to make 10 or 20 million per trip. but I stopped when passenger flights brought in 100s of millions just by using 1h of time compression. It made everything before feel worthless and wasnt fun either.

 

[Ivan]

Is Scribblenauts Unlimited good for $5? A million of my Steam friends have played it but I don't know much about it. I like making my own custom content within a game structure; does it lend itself to that type of play?

It's fun and charming, especially when played with a friend/kid. For $5 bucks you could do a hell of a lot worse. It's a very playful game that will often surprise you. Go for it

 

[oldmanpaco]

Anybody give this a try?

 

[Metro]

Going through my 300+ game wishlist... most of which I wait until it's bundled. Might pick up Doom 2016 since Bethesda games are almost never bundled.

 

[someone else]

Refunded Battle Brothers.
I'm on a roll.
Next to try is Knights of Chalice.
Will he get roots?

 

[Abu Antar]

Ashes of Oahu
ATOM: RPG
天命奇御
Siralim
Siralim 2
Siralim 3
The Tenth Line
Theseus: Journey to Athens

All of these for 35.52€

More:
古剑奇谭三(Gujian3)
GOD WARS The Complete Legend
Glorious Companions
Wild West and Wizards
Magic Scroll Tactics
West of Loathing

 

[Burning Bridges]

I bought nothing at all in the Steam sale this year

 

[Prime Junta]

I bought nothing at all in the Steam sale this year

Same, but I bought over 20 games on the GoG winter sale. Some of 'em I already played and technically own but my rig doesn't even have a DVD player anymore so I have no way to play them; getting a fully patched, updated, tested version of, say, the Thief series or Morrowind for practically nothing is well worth the price. It's still on for a half a day or so and there's a big bunch of real steals there. Got get 'em men