The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[Mastermind]

It's decent.

Boring banal shit game, unininstalled after two hours. Combat felt nice, tho, kind of a dmc/dragon dogma style. Better play Dragon Dogma

I played dragon's dogma, it feels nicer in some respects (esp the verticality, amalur doesn't even let you jump) and worse in others. They do have one thing in common though, which is that i couldn't be bothered to finish either of them. they are huge games with shallow character systems and poor pacing.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

It's a Fablelike

 

[Crane]

Alright men, I bought Disco Elysium and Pathfinder: Kingmaker w/ all the DLC. Fingers crossed these are actually good games and the hype isn't just hype.

 

[oldmanpaco]

Did they ever make this playable?



Can get all three games + all the DLC (wait they had DLC??) for $5.50. But if its unplayable shit then whatever.

edit: lol just saw they never did the 3rd one.

 

[Don Peste]

I miss 2011 sales...

 

[Sentinel]

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

 

[Ivan]

Talos Principle is very good. It has tough optional content to boot, at least too tough for me to solve, but was still fun to attempt.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

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

Elite's an odd duck. On one hand the sandbox is really soulless and massively grindy. On the other hand, it's a really relaxing game if you want space exploration or trucking and the dogfighting's pretty enjoyable too. It's difficult to recommend because hardcore space grognards usually are put off by how little you can actually influence or impact anything (Even the biggest guilds and players are essentially meaningless) and how much grind there is, and casual space pals usually get put off by the grind and the fact that it looks a lot more hardcore than it really is. I'm happy with it but it's something I play off and on over the course of a few years, I'll get in the mood for some Elite and play it fairly heavily for a month or a few weeks and then put it down for the rest of the year, then pick it up again. But I know some people who poopsock it and get hundreds of hours in a stretch before they feel burnt out and call it banal boring shit, and it's $12 with the expansion (Which you probably want. It's not mandatory but the planetary stuff's fun if you end up liking the game at all) so even if you get a hundred hours before you hate it it was probably worth it.

So I guess I would recommend it pretty easily at the sale price.

 

[toro]

I bought Oddworld, Grimrock, Sunless Sky, Nioh and Nowhere Prophet.

I would refund Nioh but it's too late but at least I got refunded for Nowhere Prophet.

It was a shitty year.

 

[Sentinel]

I bought Oddworld, Grimrock, Sunless Sky, Nioh and Nowhere Prophet.

I would refund Nioh but it's too late but at least I got refunded for Nowhere Prophet.

It was shitty year.

Why would you refund Nioh? Also request the refund anyway. Sometimes they grant it.

 

[toro]

I bought Oddworld, Grimrock, Sunless Sky, Nioh and Nowhere Prophet.

I would refund Nioh but it's too late but at least I got refunded for Nowhere Prophet.

It was shitty year.

Why would you refund Nioh? Also request the refund anyway. Sometimes they grant it.

Because it sucks for me. Thanks anyway.

 

[Sentinel]

Thronebreaker any good?

 

[Grunker]

Thronebreaker any good?

I didn't even know the sales were on and I wanted to buy it today for other reasons, what a pleasant surprise... except I found out I had already bought it earlier at full price

Anyway the game seems really promising. Not exactly MicroProse's Shandalar in terms of openness and depth of the overworld, but it is similar. And they really went deep with the game space of Gwent, I'm just through the starting area and have already played some cool puzzles and stuff. The mechanics are thouroughly fleshed out compared to the mini game in Witcher 3. I'm convinced you'll get at least the 12 euroes of fun out of it.

 

[Grunker]

Infinitron posted a review here that talks about both positives and negatives https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...nto-standalone-rpg.123627/page-5#post-5898925

 

[Ivan]

Thronebreaker any good?

You wouldn't be missing much if you pass on it IMO

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Thronebreaker any good?

You wouldn't be missing much if you pass on it IMO

Gwent is shit and CDPR is shit and Poland is shit and everything is shit.

More specifically I'm bitter because of how hard CDPR fucked up Gwent, but that doesn't have much to do with Thronebreaker, but I do have some complaints about Thronebreaker which I'll briefly list because I'll never not be angry. ANGRY ABOUT GWENT.
1. Too easy. Maybe it's because I was a professional Gwent poopsocker but even on hard (After the patch raising the difficulty) Thronebreaker's ridiculously easy. To the point where you almost never have to adjust your deck for any fights or challenges. I only shifted the general plan of my deck in the final hour or two of the game because I lost one or two relatively key cards and because I could tell the game was winding down and I figured I may as well deckbuild, so I went from winning fights to winning fights by hundreds of points.
2. Questionable C&C. It does have a relatively respectable amount of C&C, but almost all "Plain text" choices (Just text boxes and not talking heads) are non-choices that essentially boil down to "Do you want content or do you not?". You might think "Well for roleplaying and story reasons I shouldn't do thing" but if it's in a text box you should probably do thing because you'll get cards or fabulous prizes, otherwise you'll just flat out get jack shit.
3. Bit dragassy. The story itself is fine (I've heard from a Witcher book nerd that it's some of the most book-similar writing from CDPR since Witcher 1 since this is more directly in common with the books than any of the other games) but there is a LOT of optional puzzles/challenges/fights/etc and a lot of them aren't really worth it. Combined with the lack of difficulty you'll tear through a bunch of stuff with minimal reward or reason.
4. QUEEN MEVE CHARGES IN FRONT OF ALL HER MEN AND SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER. This wouldn't be an issue except it happens every 15 minutes. Would've had more impact if it only happened a few times over the course of the game to try to drive home a key battle. Instead it feels like every other fight the narrator brings it up.

All that bitching aside, I'd say that if you're really in the mood for a Witcher game/story/whatever it's probably worth the $15. If you're wanting a card game I'd say it's not worth the $15 since it's not very good for deckbuilding, puzzling, or much at all. Slay the Spire and Card Quest are better options if you just want some card-based singleplayer gameplay, STS being at the top of the heap and Card Quest being not as infinitely replayable but still quite solid.

 

[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

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Gwent is shit and CDPR is shit and Poland is shit and everything is shit.

sig worthy quote here, up for the taking, folks!

 

[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

 

[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.