The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - AUTUMN SALE 2024

[Don Peste]

Anybody played this? No mentions at all in the Codex:

 

[Gostak]

Anyone played this?

 

[axx]

Anyone played this?

No, but the setting of the game is intriguing. There aren't that many games dealing with the mess called warlord era China (for anyone with an abundance of time I recommend Jabzy's video on the subject).

 

[Anthedon]

Looks decently autistic, but besides a few major characters (Sternberg is in it!) I'm not familiar enough with the the era to appreciate it.

 

[Shuruga]

Sierra's Quest for Glory games are some of my earliest and fondest gaming memories, and this is obviously in the same vein. For $3 I am mighty tempted to throw it on the backlog. Steam reviews are strong... anyone here played it?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Sierra's Quest for Glory games are some of my earliest and fondest gaming memories, and this is obviously in the same vein. For $3 I am mighty tempted to throw it on the backlog. Steam reviews are strong... anyone here played it?

It's alright. Worth $3 for sure. Get that and Heroine's Quest if you haven't played it.

 

[Azalin]

Sierra's Quest for Glory games are some of my earliest and fondest gaming memories, and this is obviously in the same vein. For $3 I am mighty tempted to throw it on the backlog. Steam reviews are strong... anyone here played it?

Definitely worth it at such a price,also like mediocrepoet said you should also try Heroine's Quest

 

[Sceptic]

Sierra's Quest for Glory games are some of my earliest and fondest gaming memories, and this is obviously in the same vein. For $3 I am mighty tempted to throw it on the backlog. Steam reviews are strong... anyone here played it?

At this price it's definitely worth it (TBH I thought it was worth it at full price), and besides the dev is a bro and deserves all the support he gets.

 

[Lagi]

I really enjoy FAR, its not even a game, but a nice cinematic experience. I install it at 10 pm and finish at 2am.

There is a sequel, in the same vein - of advanture/travel game with easy physics puzzle to solve and no combat (i die once in first game because i insert myself into the furnace). Visualls are superb in sens of making you insignificant, isolated in some desolated world. I really like the experience of those journeys.

There is not a single word in those games, but there is some kind of story (even some background lore), so it leaves you with some sense of completness, because this feels a bit like a movie.

The graphic is a bit better. The physics/mechanics are bit more developed. But the game is a tiny bit more of a slog (or maybe its my impression after playing 1, and the charm wears down a bit).

 

[OndrejSc]

 

[Ivan]

Should keep me occupied until Summer Sale:
Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Boomerang X
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos
Colony Ship
Dave the Diver
Deadlink
Everhood
Gravity Circuit
HAAK
Haiku, the Robbot
Impostor Facotry
The Iron Oath
Lunacid
Milk inside a bag
Mundaun
Neon White
No one lives under the lighthouse
The Room 4
SANABi
Sifu
Turbo Overkill
Ultrakill
Voidigo
Webbed

Plus some mods I want to check out: Eclipse for Mario Sunshine, Black Parade for Thief, and that one Gothic Total Conversion that should get its 2.0 update in 2024.

 

[Jenkem]

 

[ferratilis]

I got the ultimate versions of these, in case I ever get a racing wheel. Even if I don't, it's hard to beat the value.

 

[Gostak]

Kinda off-topic but I need to vent this once at least:
Why is Steam choosing to be evil and make the MOST shit "MORE LIKE THIS" suggestions?

My guess: They know you'd get a quite limited line of suggestion (and would notice once filler shit starts continuing it), so they decide:
Nah let's use that "ad place" for more random garbage they might also bite on.

Rude!
I do not think it's incompetence. It's unwillingness for more evil reasons than saving money for the development of a more fitting (for the proclaimed "header") suggestion
system.
Again, just rude. Mostly the misleading part of it.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kinda off-topic but I need to vent this once at least:
Why is Steam choosing to be evil and make the MOST shit "MORE LIKE THIS" suggestions?

My guess: They know you'd get a quite limited line of suggestion (and would notice once filler shit starts continuing it), so they decide:
Nah let's use that "ad place" for more random garbage they might also bite on.

Rude!
I do not think it's incompetence. It's unwillingness for more evil reasons than saving money for the development of a more fitting (for the proclaimed "header") suggestion
system.
Again, just rude. Mostly the misleading part of it.

Pretty sure it's just an algorithm that picks crap based on what others who played the game also played/bought, and user tags in common.

 

[Latelistener]

I got the ultimate versions of these, in case I ever get a racing wheel. Even if I don't, it's hard to beat the value.

I'm sure it's doable on a gamepad. Just start on easiest difficulties and disable all kinds of assists gradually.

I've been fooling around with Project CARS 1 on an Xbox Series X gamepad and it's nice.

 

[MoistCloister]

How's the Valentino Rossi game?

Bike bros, any good bike racing games, how do Isle of Man ones compare? There's a deluge of MotoGP titles.
@sukhāvatī you seem knowledgeable about the subject, what are your favorites?

 

[ferratilis]

I also wanted to have some bike racing games in the library, and got these a few days ago. They are good for the price, if you just want something to mess around with for a while. Any other recommendations?

 

[gabel]

I wish Isle of Man TT would be a bit more consistent/forgiving.

 

[Modron]

Finally a game made just to codexers' exacting tastes:

 

[Elttharion]

 

[Sukhāvatī]

@sukhāvatī you seem knowledgeable about the subject, what are your favorites?

Isle of Man games are regarded as the best non-race circuit games, and in addition to the ones ferratilis recommended, Ride 2+3 for more track racing.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Anyone remembers Forsaken? You know... this game that have cover not related to the game itself?

Spoiler

Someone is making a successor

 

[TripJack]

how did red dead redemption win a steam award didnt it come out years ago

 

[Modron]

how did red dead redemption win a steam award didnt it come out years ago

The Labor of Love award is open to all games, it's primarily aimed at things where developers have continued to support a game with further content or indie labors of love that persevered for years and came out. For example Terraria was a regular winner.

That makes RDR2 a real head scratcher since they've dropped adding new content to the multiplayer and never added anything to the singleplayer. I can only assume it was a troll effort from some board to get it nominated then sheep glommed onto it during the actual voting.