The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Thac0]

I grabbed myself quite a lot, 15 games for 44€. Good sale for me.
Had a bit of a craving for CYOAs and playbooks after Suzerain blueballed me with 5 hours of gameplay for 8€ and a shitty last chapter.

The haul:

Spoiler

All 4 of the Sorcery playbooks
2 Fighting Fantasy playbooks (Forest of Doom and Caverns of the Snow Witch)
The Guild Collection
Warbanners as an indie tactical rpg
Demon's Rise since the dev made like 5 different tactical rpgs and I wanted to try one
Swords and Sorcery Underworld since I need more blobbers
Ascension to the Throne to play some ancient slavjank
And one JRPG to top it off in Curse of the Great Curry God

 

[Unkillable Cat]

You complete all of them and get a sticker for each. It's not actually a choice at all, although some of the text was kind of amusing

Tell me about it...

Generic-Giant-Spider

 

[PulsatingBrain]

So far I've got Wasteland 3, Walking Dead Final Season and Ass Creed Origins. Might get Ion Fury and Grimwah, although I've never completed a blobber in my life. Kind of interested in Detroit: Become Human, but it's not cheap enough yet.

A few questions, if you don't mind:
SoulCaliber VI or Tekken 7?
Would Grimwah be a good first blobber? If not, pls recommend
Is Drakensang: River of Time actually good? Or just good compared to Drakensang?
I'm loving NFS Heat, but I'm coming to the end, does Forza Horizon 4 compare well? Is the drive-feel at all similar?

 

[Hobo Elf]

I liked the fake CYOA stuff. Some of the writing was genuinely funny. Got the Gorilla Scientist badge. Some of the banner art was quite nice as well. Think this might be my favorite sales gimmick so far. As for game sales I just picked up Sanctus Reach + DLC. Dunno if there's anything else I wanna get but we'll see if I can find something.

 

[Rahdulan]

So, let's see. Sale lasts until the 8th of July, next Humble Choice comes out on the 6th.

Motherfucker.

 

[GloomFrost]

So far I've got Wasteland 3, Walking Dead Final Season and Ass Creed Origins. Might get Ion Fury and Grimwah, although I've never completed a blobber in my life. Kind of interested in Detroit: Become Human, but it's not cheap enough yet.

A few questions, if you don't mind:
SoulCaliber VI or Tekken 7?
Would Grimwah be a good first blobber? If not, pls recommend
Is Drakensang: River of Time actually good? Or just good compared to Drakensang?
I'm loving NFS Heat, but I'm coming to the end, does Forza Horizon 4 compare well? Is the drive-feel at all similar?

First of all Steam version of the River of time might not even run on a modern PC. I literally check everyday if they released it on GOG (what's the hold up Dammit??). And yes as far as 3D party based RPGs go, its good.

 

[Abu Antar]

Nothing thrills you more than being the first to set foot on a floating continent or diving into the depths of a lost city. Your archeologist friends say you should spend less time punching Nazis and more time dusting grains of sand off femurs. They’re going to be dusting grains of your foot out of their ass if they don’t get off your back about this stuff.

 

[e-mailio estevez]

So far I've got Wasteland 3, Walking Dead Final Season and Ass Creed Origins. Might get Ion Fury and Grimwah, although I've never completed a blobber in my life. Kind of interested in Detroit: Become Human, but it's not cheap enough yet.

A few questions, if you don't mind:
SoulCaliber VI or Tekken 7?
Would Grimwah be a good first blobber? If not, pls recommend
Is Drakensang: River of Time actually good? Or just good compared to Drakensang?
I'm loving NFS Heat, but I'm coming to the end, does Forza Horizon 4 compare well? Is the drive-feel at all similar?

I personally love Soulcalibur 6, and wrote about it during the last steam sale.

It depends what your priorities are, though. Tekken 7 no doubt has a larger playerbase, its online population even several years after release still has numbers that are comparable to Guilty Gear Strive, which was released recently and was the biggest fighting game released on PC to date. The fact that it can still sport those numbers after all this time means you'll likely never have trouble finding a match online, and probably plenty of people at your skill level even if you're just starting out.

SC6, on the other hand, as a newbie online you're going to be fighting plenty of tough opponents right out of the gate. Even when it was at its peak population matchmaking would still put you up against people at much higher rank. If you can still have fun despite that, or if you're more interested in single-player offerings, I say go for it. There is still a dedicated community for it and I don't think I've ever had trouble finding a match. It's far from a 'dead' game, unlike a lot of discord fighters. But it's essentially a 'done' game and it would not surprise me if there are no further DLCs or character additions around the corner.

 

[Machocruz]

Pirated Subnautica last week to see if I would like it. I loved it and hoped it would go on sale soon. And it has, so I bought it.

 

[Catacombs]

Subnautica

That good?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Not much really leaping out at me. Thinking about grabbing the Erannorth DLC but the discount's only 20%. Thinking about the Quantic Dream bundle since that'd come out to $12 each for the games which sounds alright for some big budget CYOA. Only thing I'm almost 100% going to buy is the dregs of the NWN EE DLC.

 

[jebsmoker]

thanks to Jenkem tooting his horn, i've learned that Atomic Society is officially out of early access (although you'll have to apply the beta boolean until the Steam Summer Sale is over; the main dev is holding off visibly taking it out of early access until the sale is over. those who are in the know can play the 1.0 version right now)

 

[Sukhāvatī]

Only thing I'm looking at is Steamworld Dig 2 at 70% off which is the lowest price yet. Thoroughly enjoyed the first (which is at 80% off) and this is said to be an all round improvement on it and so will probably plumb for it.

 

[karoliner]

 

[oldmanpaco]

Got the Gorilla Scientist badge

Hey me too.

Pirated Subnautica last week to see if I would like it. I loved it and hoped it would go on sale soon. And it has, so I bought it.

I've had this on the wishlist for 3 years. Think this is the cheapest it's ever been.

 

[Aemar]

Flash deals and some better discounts on fanatical.com, as usual during their summer sale.

 

[Baron Dupek]

thanks to Jenkem tooting his horn, i've learned that Atomic Society is officially out of early access (although you'll have to apply the beta boolean until the Steam Summer Sale is over; the main dev is holding off visibly taking it out of early access until the sale is over. those who are in the know can play the 1.0 version right now)

You know what's worse than nuclear apocalypse?
Nuclear apocalypse that didn't removed pre-nuclear problems.
What a waste of time and nukes...

 

[jebsmoker]

yeah having a say about various real life controversies and ruling how you want to rule is one atomic's selling points

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Only thing I'm looking at is Steamworld Dig 2 at 70% off which is the lowest price yet. Thoroughly enjoyed the first (which is at 80% off) and this is said to be an all round improvement on it and so will probably plumb for it.

I didn't enjoy it as much as the original, but the difference is marginal. Mostly about the feel of the game, the gameplay is alright. $6 is about the proper price for it.

 

[Don Peste]

Lowest recorded price!

 

[JDR13]

Some all time lowest price games:

Virtuaverse: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019310/VirtuaVerse/
Pilgrims: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049280/Pilgrims/
Gibbous: https://store.steampowered.com/app/914020/Gibbous___A_Cthulhu_Adventure/
Pyre: https://store.steampowered.com/app/462770/Pyre/
Eschalon 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/257870/Eschalon_Book_III/

How about something we've actually heard of?

 

[JDR13]

Which to pick...?

You complete all of them and get a sticker for each. It's not actually a choice at all, although some of the text was kind of amusing

What's the point, if any, of collecting stickers and badges on Steam? I've never paid any attention to them. Like can you trade them for shit if you get enough?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

good bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18982/Old_School_Fantasy_RPGs_Bundle/

 

[Konjad]

good bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18982/Old_School_Fantasy_RPGs_Bundle/

Are these RPGs (lots of quests, dialogues, C&C) or hack n slashes/tactical games focusing on combat?