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The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - AUTUMN SALE 2024
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I am downloading loads of Demo from the Steam Fest that I am _never_ going to have time to play before the thing ends. I hear some (most?) demos become unavailable after the end date... But what if they're on my hard drive ? Does that work ? Is there a workaround ?
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I suppose it's like one of those free weekends: the games will get forcefully removed from your account but the progress you've made is saved.
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Not making Demos permanently available is peak retardition.
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When a demo becomes no longer available on Steam, it remains installed but the Play button is disabled.
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Some still have their play button enabled when removed from steam, it's up to the developer/publishers just how scorced earth they want to go. Beyond that a lot remain launchable from their directories even when the play button is disabled and some require you to make a steam_appid.txt with the app number then launch from directory fine.
Best to play big releases' demos first as those tend to be the most likely to go fully away.
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Developed by Bethesda
Demos I tried (at least one of these isn't a Next fest demo, but I hardly ever try demos, so...):
Caribbean Legend: Janky first X-Box era trash. Sucks because I've been weirdly feeling like a sailing/pirate sort of game lately.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince: This was a cool tactics RPG, I liked it a lot. Basically felt like someone said, "Hey, FFT was inspired by the 100 years war, so let's set something in the 100 years war that is inspired by FFT."
The only reason I probably won't D1P it is because my backlog is insane and March is already packed. Definitely going to want to pick it up though. 
Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG: Well, it's definitely that. You make a party of 4 and aimlessly wander around looking for quests and fights. Skills are basically generic modifiers on combat actions. There are 4 basic combat actions (dash, defend, light attack, heavy attack) that are modified based on your equipment and skills. Combat is turn based and where your attacks hit are based on the attack's shape (i.e. one sword might hack down and hit in a line, another might do a horizontal slash and hit a 180 arc in front of the character, etc.). I wasn't overly sure what to make of it at this point. Probably not something I'm interested in following though.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds: This was interesting, also a tactics style RPG. I played it long enough to know I'm interested in it, but I liked it significantly less than Crown Wars.
Faraway Lands: Rise of the Yokai: Base building tower defense RTS thing set in mythic feudal Japan. Interesting but similar to a lot of other real time city builders. It crashed on me when I clicked on building assignment to unassign and then re-assign a new worker too quickly in succession.
Son of the Dragon King: Shitty 3D beat 'em up thing. Terrible.
Shadow of the Depth: Gauntlet reimagined as yet another roguelite arena action thing, as played on mobile. Yet not bad, probably a decent timewaster if you're running it on a potato and if it's budget priced.
Deathbound: Souls-like crossed with the character swapping of like Valkyrie Profile. Kind of janky, but interesting. Felt decent to play, there's some interesting potential here, depending on how development progresses and what the final price point is.
Dungeonborne: Oblivion style dungeoneering with PvPvE arena matches. Except your character broke both his ankles. Combat speed is tuned for drunk senior citizens.
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising: Every anime ever made into a cheap feeling action game with JRPG level cutscenes. At AAA full price. heh. lol even.
Demo I didn't have time to try but looked interesting:
Millennia: I rate this one Civ/10.
Caribbean Legend: Janky first X-Box era trash. Sucks because I've been weirdly feeling like a sailing/pirate sort of game lately.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince: This was a cool tactics RPG, I liked it a lot. Basically felt like someone said, "Hey, FFT was inspired by the 100 years war, so let's set something in the 100 years war that is inspired by FFT."
The only reason I probably won't D1P it is because my backlog is insane and March is already packed. Definitely going to want to pick it up though. Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG: Well, it's definitely that. You make a party of 4 and aimlessly wander around looking for quests and fights. Skills are basically generic modifiers on combat actions. There are 4 basic combat actions (dash, defend, light attack, heavy attack) that are modified based on your equipment and skills. Combat is turn based and where your attacks hit are based on the attack's shape (i.e. one sword might hack down and hit in a line, another might do a horizontal slash and hit a 180 arc in front of the character, etc.). I wasn't overly sure what to make of it at this point. Probably not something I'm interested in following though.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds: This was interesting, also a tactics style RPG. I played it long enough to know I'm interested in it, but I liked it significantly less than Crown Wars.
Faraway Lands: Rise of the Yokai: Base building tower defense RTS thing set in mythic feudal Japan. Interesting but similar to a lot of other real time city builders. It crashed on me when I clicked on building assignment to unassign and then re-assign a new worker too quickly in succession.
Son of the Dragon King: Shitty 3D beat 'em up thing. Terrible.
Shadow of the Depth: Gauntlet reimagined as yet another roguelite arena action thing, as played on mobile. Yet not bad, probably a decent timewaster if you're running it on a potato and if it's budget priced.
Deathbound: Souls-like crossed with the character swapping of like Valkyrie Profile. Kind of janky, but interesting. Felt decent to play, there's some interesting potential here, depending on how development progresses and what the final price point is.
Dungeonborne: Oblivion style dungeoneering with PvPvE arena matches. Except your character broke both his ankles. Combat speed is tuned for drunk senior citizens.
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising: Every anime ever made into a cheap feeling action game with JRPG level cutscenes. At AAA full price. heh. lol even.
Demo I didn't have time to try but looked interesting:
Millennia: I rate this one Civ/10.
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Which Civ ?
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Canada
He asked for something civilized.
NuCiv (VI), not best Civ (YMMV).
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Among the demos I've played, I've had only few that left a lasting impression.
It's definitely something unique, even if it loses its steam toward the end of the demo. Story is interesting and voice acting is top notch.
Probably the best presentation from the festival. Optimization is great, lots of options. Unfortunately for me, it's a farm game. There is no danger or combat and that's a missed opportunity in my opinion.
I'm not sure how well it'll perform on release. The atmosphere and the driving are great, but everything else is not so much.
A homage to the PS1 era horror games, heavy on story and dialogues.
It's definitely something unique, even if it loses its steam toward the end of the demo. Story is interesting and voice acting is top notch.
Probably the best presentation from the festival. Optimization is great, lots of options. Unfortunately for me, it's a farm game. There is no danger or combat and that's a missed opportunity in my opinion.
I'm not sure how well it'll perform on release. The atmosphere and the driving are great, but everything else is not so much.
A homage to the PS1 era horror games, heavy on story and dialogues.
Yeah, I concur. It'll probably turn into a mediocre extraction game with proc-gen maps and effects.
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Rose crossStilettoe (sic) joy stinger...
Dunno. There just might be cases where you shouldn't ignore "opinions" quite out of hand...
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Then play The Legend of Black Kat.Demos I tried (at least one of these isn't a Next fest demo, but I hardly ever try demos, so...):
Caribbean Legend: Janky first X-Box era trash. Sucks because I've been weirdly feeling like a sailing/pirate sort of game lately.
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Any good?
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