The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Multi-headed Cow]

I wouldn't call it 'fun', but it was mildly engaging purely because I wanted to see how it all turned out and how they were going to tie everything up. I'm not going to spoiler anything as the story is the main draw. The investigation phase contains no surprises as all the hotspots are pointed out to you and the questioning parts, with a few exceptions are along the lines of 'this person has said that XXX happened, but I have a clue that says not'. I've only played the first Phoenix Wright and that was a loong time ago, but I think this was simpler.

You'll get a good idea whether you'll like it or not in the first two hours so if you take the plunge you can always refund I guess. It doesn't really change after the first trial.

Well shit. Phoenix Wright is already pretty simple. If you say the first couple hours give a representative look at it though that's good to hear, very well may try it out in that case. Was afraid it might drag ass enough that the two hour window for refunding wouldn't show much. I guess that'll also give me a decent taste of the weebery to see if that bugs me or not.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

Metroidvania from the creators of Baba is You going at its lowest ever price.

 

[Moaning_Clock]

I bought five games this Summer Sale and could match exactly what I had gained from selling Steam Trading Cards.

Dungeon Rats was a very nice experience - for this price it feels like stealing from the studio. Put over 20 hours into that game.


Barro 2020, was okay, for the price it's good. I played the maps with the default settings since I like racing games with campaigns.


Jurassic Fantasy took me a while until I enjoyed it and 10-15 minutes later it was over. Very clunky but I'm satisfied.


Gone in November. It was on my wishlist forever since I like pretentious games. This was one was okayish.


Theseus: Journey to Athens was really a rough gem. First playthrough didn't feel that great, the second one was really fun! Captured the AoD feeling a bit but had enough going on its own.

 

[ferratilis]

A new game set in Zeno Clash universe is coming out in 2022




Also, Test Drive is coming back. Nacon announced a bunch of shit today.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Bought everything, even Stein's Gate which I had previously talked myself out of. Looked through my Steam order history and the last time I did a big purchase was in 2018 so I used that as an excuse to justify buying shit.

 

[Crispy]

Stop buying shit on Steam and visit the Epic Game Store. Give devs the cut they deserve instead of fat Gabe.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Stop buying shit on Steam and visit the Epic Game Store. Give devs the cut they deserve instead of fat Gabe.

This is what your profile looks like after you buy Steam's entire catalog during the summer sale one year.

 

[Szenhidrat]

As usual i'm pretty late for the steam sale. Got Age of Decadence and the Gothic series (also Harvester) and i was wondering whether the NWN premium modules/DLCs are worth a buy for the EE version. Can you guys help me out?

 

[GloomFrost]

As usual i'm pretty late for the steam sale. Got Age of Decadence and the Gothic series (also Harvester) and i was wondering whether the NWN premium modules/DLCs are worth a buy for the EE version. Can you guys help me out?

Darkness over Daggerford is an absolute "must buy"!! Hours and hours of old school fantasy RPG fun. Pirates of the sword coast and Tyrants of Moonsea are also pretty solid.

 

[LESS T_T]

Battle Cry of Freedom, new massive multiplayer combat game from the developer of Napoleonic Wars, M&B DLC, now set in the American Civil War:

 

[Don Peste]

Never heard about this, but it looks

 

[Latelistener]

Purchased a bunch of shit on this sale. More than I'd like to admit. Got myself Amid Evil, Dusk and Ion Fury; Valheim (hopefully it won't die in Early Access), Tabletop Simulator, Conan Exiles, Low Magic Age, Islanders and maybe something else I forgot.

I was interested in these, but choose Gunfire Reborn for now:





Also, released (the demo was good):

 

[Catacombs]

My haul from the final hours of the sale:

Approaching Infinity*
Colony Ship
Darkest Dungeon + DLC
Dyson Sphere Program
ELEX
Kenshi
Last Epoch*
Legends of Amberland*
Pathfinder: Kingmaker DLC
Rift Wizard*
Subnautica
Tower of Time*
Vigilantes*

*Haven't played yet but would be interested to hear other Codexer's experience with it

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

i bought nothing.
a sea of shit drowned in shit offers on mostly full prices after years.
give me back my fucking bargain bin. *THOSE* were sales.

 

[Azalin]

Nothing special for me just Game of Thrones board game adaptation,Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete and Crysis 2 Maximum

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

bought warhammer inquisitor martyr for 19 bucks to scratch my hack n slash itch

my first 40K game so wish me luck

good game really enjoying it so far

made a psyker to level 20 until the latest update. the whole community is up in arms because they nerfed the psyker somewhat

oh well, rerolled a new character, a crusader, and by the Emperor the shotgun is a superb weapon. Best sounding shotgun i think i have ever experienced, and real heft to it as well

level 16 so far and loving it he hee

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Bought everything, even Stein's Gate which I had previously talked myself out of. Looked through my Steam order history and the last time I did a big purchase was in 2018 so I used that as an excuse to justify buying shit.

Got through the first case in Danganronpa 1. Like Shackleton said it's a shame that it's linear and there's no C&C (And the first case does seem like baby-mode tutorial), but it was still reasonably fun. Been long enough since I played Phoenix Wright so I can't accurately compare them, but it seems similar enough that I'm enjoying it. I'd probably be a lot less forgiving if it was $30+ for the single game, but for the sale price of $20 for all 3 games or whatever it was it kinda slots into the Telltale category of cheap clicking. In fact the thing I disliked the most was the little rhythm minigame, soaked up some damage there until I figured out exactly what the fuck I was doing. I appreciate that they had two difficulties to set so I had "Action" stuff on normal and "Logic" stuff on hard, but the difference "Logic" difficulty makes is simply presenting you with more evidence options when you have to counter someone and thus far it seems like those would be hard to fuck up on.

Surprises me, but it's a pleasant surprise. I guess the Japanese and weebery in general is paltable to me when it's packaged with some light adventuring. Remains to be seen if that'll hold for Steins Gate or not but I'll hope.

 

[Black]

Remember to boycott steam and valve. Fuck gaben420.

 

[LESS T_T]

More boom boom shooters.

Relentless Frontier, exploration and mobility-focused, GZDoom Engine-based shooter:

ASKE, Quake-esque, fast-paced FPS:

 

[lightbane]

These look like shareware clones of Doom that one would make in the 90s, if they had access to GZDoom.

 

[curds]

ASKE, Quake-esque, fast-paced FPS:

this one's gotta be the most blatant ripoff homage yet

 

[karoliner]

 

[lightbane]

Since Codexers love to talk shit about vermin, whether these are consoletards, game journos, ((them)) and so on, a game where you are an actual pest control manager should be right on their alley. It is turn-based to boot.

 

[LESS T_T]

Plead with the Elder Gods, 3D metroidvania adventure. Certainly reminds me of early 2000s 3D action adventures.

The Book of the Game, a "turn-based open-world RPG, based loosely on the books of the same name." Looks like a strange mish-mash of game. Art style goes all over the place. Looks and sounds somewhat interesting and funny at the same time.

The land of Leman is full of strife and conflict - but also opportunity.

Cassius rules the realms of man - a dangerous lunatic who believes that each of the four races in Leman were created by one of four Gods - their purpose; to battle and destroy one another. The last race standing shall be victors in this Great Game. Cassius intends to ensure this race is mankind, and his place at God's right hand will be guaranteed.
Meanwhile, the dwarfs are content to mine and research in their impregnable fortress, and the elves host parties and live in luxury, only occasionally casting uneasy glances in the direction of Greyhaven.
To the south live the orcs, breeding like flies, fighting, squabbling. Surely they are too disorganised to ever prove a serious threat to the other races?


Features

A huge game map with bandits, dungeons, monsters and settlements - plus a number of special locations.

Choose your goals for yourself. Perform basic quests (e.g. guarding warehouses), trade, get involved in Cassius's Great Game, turn to banditry, explore far flung lands - your freedom is complete.

Fight bloodthirsty, brutal, turn-based combats with many different type of enemies (e.g. bandits and soldiers, through to dragons and demons!)

Build a team of adventurers that can deal with any situation. There are 4 basic professions (warrior, acolyte, rogue, and wanderer) that can further specialise on reaching level 5. (paladin, barbarian, ranger, assassin, necromancer, etc. 20 in all)
No two of your adventurers will be the same, with many traits (e.g. fat, lucky, handsome...) to differentiate them. As they gain in levels, they will learn new skills, giving them powerful new abilities (e.g. sword mastery, leap, heal...)

Later in the game, you can even recruit non-human adventurers to your team!

Around 40 spells with a variety of effects. Summon beasts to your side, or flood the battlefield with flame!

A huge number of melee and missile weapons, armour and shields to discover. Maybe you will even find legendary artifacts, with powerful abilities?

Just exploring Leman can be hazardous in the extreme - but there are also about 50 missions that can be accepted in settlements - they range from the mundane (escort a trading caravan) through to the fantastical (vampire hunting) through to the epic (participate in an invasion of one of the other races...)

 

[Zibniyat]

Remember to boycott steam and valve. Fuck gaben420.