The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - AUTUMN SALE 2024

[PulsatingBrain]

Yeah, mine is way off too. Their system looks to be drawing from user tags which could account for a lot of inaccuracy, but it looks like it's got more issues on top of that

 

[Melcar]

Steam tags are shit. News flash.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[Curratum]

 

[mediocrepoet]

Yeah, mine is way off too. Their system looks to be drawing from user tags which could account for a lot of inaccuracy, but it looks like it's got more issues on top of that

I believe it's based on user tags and time played.

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Jenkem]

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[curds]

codex needs a cozy button

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

But with the codex troll on it.

 

[Ismaul]

I know just what you mean

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Top-rated review (emphasis mine):

Don’t run a farm (this time)! Run an inn instead!

Info
• Difficulty modes: Classic and Relaxed. Classic is “normal” difficulty, while Relaxed is “easy” difficulty.
• On the game’s store page, it claims it takes 4 hours for the first playthrough, but for me, it took 6 hours. It’s just going to vary based on how people play the game.
• It is not possible to get all achievements on one playthrough, but one might be able to utilize multiple saves to their advantage. Also, some achievements are only available through New Game+.
• This isn’t like farming sims. In addition to no farming, there is no fighting, fishing, or mining either. However, there is collecting, technically.
• Time doesn’t constantly progress. Time progresses when you’re ready, by speaking with the butler or going to sleep.
• This game mainly focuses on management (of the inn): optimizing good matches of rooms and guests to maximize profit to pay off a (mysterious) loan.

Praises
• As RPG Maker games go, this one is very detailed and customized. I didn’t find any flaws in the design. Usually, there are weak spots, like, places to get stuck or sprites overlapping or being able to pass through things the sprite is not supposed to. This game must’ve been thoroughly tested.
• I didn’t feel it was tedious at all. A lot of sim games can begin to feel like that after playing them for a while, but this game doesn’t overwhelm the player with too many tasks at once.
• There’s a mystery behind why the protagonist inherits the manor (that gets converted into an inn) from her aunt. In a lot of sim games, the protagonist just lucks out by inheriting property/land from whatever relative, so it’s nice to see this be more interesting for once.
• You can allow pets! Lots of guests have pets. (The butler was hiding a cute, little kitty in his room because he didn’t know if the new owner – the protagonist – would be okay with him. So cute!)
• The dev is clever, because coming up with your own art is expensive (assuming you can’t draw for yourself), so what do they do? Use Vincent Van Gogh’s art (with proper credit, of course). His paintings are featured throughout the game and are an important part of the story.
• The menu used for managing the inn is very useful, as it keeps track of tasks, guests, rooms, and amenities. I imagine it was complicated to implement in RPG Maker. It wasn’t confusing/difficult at all.

Complaints
• No character customization.
• New Game+ doesn’t have that much content or many features added. Just a few differences and items.
• Lack of racial diversity. Tokenism.
• Lack of queer diversity. All couples are hetero.
• The protagonist can’t romance anyone. I know that’s more of a personal preference, but the game already involves matchmaking, so why not?

Despite its issues, I really liked it! For a $5 RPG Maker game, it really kept me entertained. I recommend it to anyone who likes management sim games.

A game which attracts low-level autists from Reddit such as this reviewer, and gets dozens of people to agree with them, is a game best avoided.

 

[Acrux]

Why? It sounds like the dev didn't give in to wokism in this game. (I have no idea about any of the others.)

I've been looking for a good innkeeping game for years, post Ultima-online. My (non-Reddit) low-level autsim had me spending hours cleaning floors and serving guests food and drink in Traveller's Rest, which showed promise but the devs have stalled out and I think changed teams a couple of times.

 

[Whipping Post]

Plz post all the steamwebs, I want to see them all!

 

[Don Peste]

 

[Belegarsson]

Got three games, two for me, one for my kid.

OlliOlli World has like, Cthulhu-like skater gods and lots of metaphysic defined monsters in some stages, kinda surreal to see. Besides that the gameplay is downright excellent and tough as hell. Played for 2 hours and I felt like my left analog stick was ready to leave this planet.

Thinking about getting Rollerdrome from the same devs, seem like a talented bunch, shame there seems to be not a lot of buzz around their latest games.

Heard great things about Tunic, mainly comparisons with Outer Wilds which is... wild, thought it would be just a simple zelda clone like Death's Door. Ready to be surprised then.

 

[pakoito]

Tunic in an okay metroidvania with some gimmicks. The combat's poor and the puzzles dry.

You could play an actual japanese game that's good instead.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Heard great things about Tunic, mainly comparisons with Outer Wilds which is... wild, thought it would be just a simple zelda clone like Death's Door. Ready to be surprised then.

assumed you grabbed this one for your kid, looked really simplistic

 

[Vic]

Heard great things about Tunic, mainly comparisons with Outer Wilds which is... wild, thought it would be just a simple zelda clone like Death's Door. Ready to be surprised then.

assumed you grabbed this one for your kid, looked really simplistic

GZ to your 50000th post.

now you can go out and get some fresh air

 

[Vic]

Heard great things about Tunic, mainly comparisons with Outer Wilds which is... wild, thought it would be just a simple zelda clone like Death's Door. Ready to be surprised then.

Let me just warn you right now, the first part of TUNIC is a zelda/souls-like but the last part is pure puzzle gameplay. I felt the game really pulled a bait & switch on me as I didn't sign up for a hardcore puzzler (the very last puzzle is uber hard)

 

[Zibniyat]

Stop posting your steamwebs, noone is interested.

And also this thread is for posting about Steam releases and sales.​

 

[Sukhāvatī]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/medusa-–-my-classic-style-metroidvania.145398/

 

[deuxhero]

A longshot, but... Any recommendations for cheap singleplayer games where you can create and play as a custom cute girl that I might not already have and could grab on the last day of the sale? Games with "body type" or "style" bullshit need not apply.

 

[curds]

A longshot, but... Any recommendations for cheap singleplayer games where you can create and play as a custom cute girl that I might not already have and could grab on the last day of the sale? Games with "body type" or "style" bullshit need not apply.

You might already have it, idk

 

[deuxhero]

Had it since pre-DA PS3 release.