The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[koyota]

found a new tag to put on ignore
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=1091588

Don`t have time to play these infinity playable rougelikes.. give me well crafted custom content.



Man stuff like this, which are you? Nethack or some Deep-Story based game?

 

[Jenkem]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21478/FINAL_FANTASY_IVI_Bundle/

can't embed bundle links :/

 

[Jenkem]

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Play before you buy:

succubus is meh. Clearly dev had some fetish, I do not understand why he went with 1st person instead of 3rd. That led to addition of weird activities that would show your character from 3rd person perspective and are quite annoying from gameplay side

It's a small Polish studio and there are reasons for the first person view. The primary reason being that they came up with the game using Agony, their previous game, as a base. They first introduced a succubus mode in a patch and now it is its own thing. Due to the gameplay of Agony receiving so much criticism they changed things up and one of the titles they borrowed from was Dark Messiah. You will notice the similarities if you play both back to back, you can kick enemies into spikes and down pits, how weapons work, the spells and all that. There is less physics pranks but they're very close otherwise. You're right that they maybe should have went third-person since they want to show off animations now but it's too late to redesign the game for that, it's almost done and the levels were all made with first person in mind. If it does well they might go third-person in the next entry since it is less clunky than first person in action games like this.

The big pull here is admittedly the edge but it's not a bad game at all and I'm a fan of the style. Speaking of which, I recommend Dark Messiah too and it's on sale.

 

[pakoito]

found a new tag to put on ignore
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=1091588

Don`t have time to play these infinity playable rougelikes.. give me well crafted custom content.



Man stuff like this, which are you? Nethack or some Deep-Story based game?

They were working on a boardgame adaptation and realised it worked as a roguelike. They ended up splitting it into two games, with this one finally released and the campaign still TBD.



Same thing has happened to Gloomhaven, where an Arcade/Roguelike/Team Manager mode is already finished, and the boardgame campaign will be delivered next.

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[Clockwork Knight]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21478/FINAL_FANTASY_IVI_Bundle/

I hope there's a way to increase font size.

 

[Jenkem]

The font itself is fucking trash, dunno why they just don't use the original font.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

lukaszek, you asshole, why did you have to go and call Succubus meh? The devs were listening in and they pushed forward the release date to the end of the year.

Hell(o),

We would like to inform you about the change of the release date of Succubus. Initially, the title was supposed to be released in July. However, we have decided to spend more time optimizing and refining the production.

Succubus will be released on PC on September 8, 2021.

Thanks to the extensive feedback from players who had the opportunity to check the game during the Steam Next demo festival, we have decided to refine some elements of the game so that our title can meet the high expectations of you - our fans. We want to release a game with the quality of which we and the players will be satisfied, because you, the players are most important.

Succubus is getting more interest before its launch (based on Steam Wishlist) than our previous game Agony, which sold over 500,000 copies. We believe that the extra time we have decided to spend on fine-tuning the title will allow us to provide fans with a production that meets their expectations.

The Succubus demo from the beginning to the end of the festival was the most popular and most downloaded demo in the genre of horror games. We want to make it even better!

Please be patient, we are putting our hearts and souls into this project (plus Vydija is watching)!

Your humble servants,
Madmind Studio

 

[lukaszek]

lukaszek, you asshole, why did you have to go and call Succubus meh? The devs were listening in and they pushed forward the release date to the end of the year.

when it comes to lusting demons, quality over quantity

 

[SmoothPimp]

 

[Infinitron]

It is fairly common to see action-RPG or JRPG-centric venues refer to classical isometric western RPGs as some variety of "strategy" or tactical game.

 

[M. AQVILA]

It is fairly common to see action-RPG or JRPG-centric venues refer to classical isometric western RPGs as some variety of "strategy" or tactical game.

They're not wrong.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21478/FINAL_FANTASY_IVI_Bundle/

can't embed bundle links :/

how do they fuck it up every single time


all they have to do is take origins+anthology from the ps1 and port it directly to modern platforms, and they're done. They don't need to actually make a new game.

 

[jebsmoker]

this is free for a limited time. grab this or you're lame

 

[Nutria]

It's not like modern Arma at all. It was a single player game. They made these incredibly intricate scenarios where the AI is fighting out a battle at reinforced-company level and you're stuck in the middle of it, usually just trying to not get killed. It's an experience you won't find anywhere else.

 

[Alienman]

It's not like modern Arma at all. It was a single player game. They made these incredibly intricate scenarios where the AI is fighting out a battle at reinforced-company level and you're stuck in the middle of it, usually just trying to not get killed. It's an experience you won't find anywhere else.

Psst, you should try my campaign

 

[Bigg Boss]

I'm still debating Battletech at 10 dollars. I thought about getting the Baldur's Gate EE but I think those are better on GOG.

 

[Kev Inkline]

It's not like modern Arma at all. It was a single player game. They made these incredibly intricate scenarios where the AI is fighting out a battle at reinforced-company level and you're stuck in the middle of it, usually just trying to not get killed. It's an experience you won't find anywhere else.

Oh, so this is the original Operation Flashpoint, but renamed. It's a very nice game. I remember getting stuck in the last part of the last mission back in the day, 20 years(!) ago...Blimey how the time flies.

 

[TripJack]

the last mission is fucking bullshit

 

[Syl]

I'm still debating Battletech at 10 dollars. I thought about getting the Baldur's Gate EE but I think those are better on GOG.

On GOG, with the EE you get a code to add the original versions in your library.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I'm still debating Battletech at 10 dollars. I thought about getting the Baldur's Gate EE but I think those are better on GOG.

On GOG, with the EE you get a code to add the original versions in your library.

Thank you so much!

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Still haven't bought anything, but this is what I'm currently eyeballing. Fairly likely I trim it back before pulling the trigger but they're all sticking in my mind at least and the discounts are reasonably high.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5253/Neverwinter_Nights_Enhanced_Edition_Digital_Deluxe/ Only $3 for the two modules I'm missing. Likely not all that worth it but it's 82% off so what the hell.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2638/Zero_Escape_Trilogy/ HIGHLY suspect because of weebery and Japan being The Great Satan, but I've enjoyed Phoenix Wright so it's possible that I can tolerate Japan when it comes to adventure games. Heard they're supposed to be quite good and the price seems reasonable, so I might roll the dice.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13789/Danganronpa_12V3/ Similar to Zero Escape although I gather it's even weebier. But I think it's supposedly even closer to Phoenix Wright gameplay-wise (I gather you get "Adventure" parts where you shuffle around picking up garbage and getting a raging clue, then there are "Dialog" parts where you question nerds based on what you found) so maybe I'd like it despite anime teenagers which is always a red flag.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14936/Quantic_Dream_Collection/ I'm a sucker for CYOA and I've heard Detroit is the best thing since sliced bread, and that's the main reason I'd get the bundle. But given that Detroit's $20 by itself and it's $32 for the bundle then the other two are probably worth a look at $6 each. Little leery just because of Indigo Prophecy, started out cool and then turned into anime super powered zombie fighting aliens and fucking his waifu on a dirty subway mattress, but I'm assuming these can't fuck up as hard as that. Heard Detroit's actually extremely reactive and has a fuckton of C&C, Heavy Rain has a few major C&C moments, and Beyond is kind of a linear mess.

Also was thinking about Stein's Gate because of CYOA love, but my tentative research on it while trying to avoid spoilers made it sound like it might not do much for C&C which is ideally what I want from CYOA. Plus the discount's not that hot, and if weebery bothers me for the other games in my list there's still some puzzling and adventure gaming there but Stein's relies entirely on the story.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

nly $3 for the two modules I'm missing.

And what ones are these? Because if one of them is that Dark Dreams of Furiae thing you might as well burn your money, your dog and then your home.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

nly $3 for the two modules I'm missing.

And what ones are these? Because if one of them is that Dark Dreams of Furiae thing you might as well burn your money, your dog and then your home.

One is. But the other is fancylad Tyrants of the Moonsea and Ossian's cool, so the dollar difference is likely worth it just for completeness' sake.