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Anything look good on the Steam Summer Sale? (hexbear.net)
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Looks like Pizza Tower is on a discount, definitely scooping that up.

How are Lunacid and Dread Delusion? The vibes look amazing but I haven't seen much buzz.

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[–] nasezero@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oxygen Not Included is 66% off. This game ruined all other colony sim/management games for me, and is by far my top-played game on Steam. This is probably the best review to give potential players an idea if this game is right for them. It's still being actively developed, and there's even a new DLC being tested on the beta branch right now.

Cassette Beasts is 40% off. If you've ever been into Pokemon, but felt like their games were getting stale, this is worth checking out. Also, the creators seem like comrades; the "Team Rocket" stand-ins are literally real estate agents, and at one point a bearded NPC named "Karl" makes a cameo.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Celeste is 90% off, in case anyone hasn't played that yet.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not one for platformers, more of a tac shooter/city builder guy, but Celeste is honestly one of my favourite games. Even if platforming isn't for you, the story was great. It isn't overly long either.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

I'm a bit torn on the story actually. I'm easily cringed, and some of the dialogue made me cringe. I also think the story takes a very individualistic approach to mental health. You need to overcome stuff yourself and so on (yeah there's Theo but he's just a barely relevant acquaintance). It fits well with the gameplay, but it's a terrible message.

The gameplay is fucking great though.

[–] BasementParty@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Everything looks just fine on 1337 and gogunlocked.

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Endless 100% off sale on cs.rin.ru and thepiratebay.org too

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was already on sale, but if you like city builders, logistics, and communism then Workers and Resources is fresh out of early access and supposed to be really good. Same publisher as manor lords and some other good games. I was gonna give it a try tonight

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you end up playing it? I played Skylines for a bit, and watched City Planner Plays (iirc that's the channel) some. I'm interested in learning more about soviet city design though.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

I bought and installed it but still haven't gotten around to it. The reviews are good though and CPP played it so maybe check out his lets play.

Also the new patch for C:S2 really improved things a lot with the second is simulation. It needs a lot more other things but its improving and might be better than the original in a few years if they keep it up

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Games I have played and recommend:

Inscryption (-60%, $8) is fun if you are looking for an easier Slay the Spire (roguelite deck builder) with escape-room-style meta-puzzles

Doom Eternal (-75%, $10) blazes a new trail for the stale FPS genre and is a great game to use to learn flickstick

Into the Breach (-50%, $7.50) I LOVE this game but also find it really really stressful because you have to play perfectly in order to have a chance against the final boss. Every turn is basically like solving one of those chess puzzles.

Games I'll be picking up:

CrossCode (-70%, $6) is some kind of hexbear favorite but I've never played it

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (-85%, $6) - I really loved the first one as a modernized Half-Life 2, although have heard this one is not quite as good

Sonic Mania (-75%, $5) - this is apparently a retro-styled sonic game made in the modern era; I've never played a sonic game before but loved Pizza Tower, so looking forward to this

[–] regul@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

CrossCode was, I think, in one of the big itch.io bundles. Double-check. You may already own it.

[–] Afterthought_C@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Note that the CrossCode DLC A New Home on itch io did not come with the bundle and is not on sale and if you want it it would probably be cheaper to just re-buy the game and DLC on steam.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Less than 10 dollars for the game and A New Home combined.

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wolf 2 isn't as good as 1/TNO and TOB but is still fun and worth a playthrough.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

If I had more time I'd finish Dread Delusion. The only other thing I've played anywhere near it was Marrowwind. The world is weird and fascinating my only grips with it are the combat is basic af or injust haven't gotten far enough.

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

CIV6 and Frostpunk is literally 3 euros. Disco Elysium and Red Faction: Guerilla is 4. PC Building Simulator is 5.

Valve Complete Pack is €11.5 - Throw in Gmod too for another 5 and Black Mesa for 4. Halo MCC is a tenner. Metro series is under 10. FTL is 2.5 and there's a bunch of older games from the 90s that are also like just "a few euros".

Though I personally already have most of these games, Steam really has gone all-in on the discounts this time.

Jagged Alliance 2 Gold is a cool strategy game with loads of basically "Tarkov but in a time where Nelson Mandela was still president and we all had those ViewSonic CRTs" gunplay. There's mods that add even more guns, ammo types, scopes, folding stocks, campaigns, enemy AI, added complexity/difficulty, etc. Well worth enduring actual CBT getting it (and the mods) to work. It's also €5.

[–] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

Do not buy Disco Elysium, your money will be going to estonian finance mobsters and not the original developers, pirate the game if you can.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Don’t forget Hunt Down the Freeman kekekeke

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Can someone buy me a steam deck :(

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

just be a sensible person and pirate everything that you can pirate

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't think there was anything good in Steam sale for me for something like decade by now. Or rather, that sale never look like real sale. They really fucked it all up when they removed regional pricing in Poland.

Hell i didn't even know the sale was up until i read this post. And looking at my wishlist around half of it is in the sale, but never more than 30%.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

I've got it on decent word that, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, Pixel Cafe, and A Space for the Unbound, are nice games

I haven't played through all of, A Night in the Woods, For the People, but i enjoy playing them

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Shadow Man Remastered has been living rent free in my head thanks to Thumb Cramps so I might have to get those dark souls or the world is gonna end

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This little guy is pretty interesting but I don't know if he's for sale

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

He looks like a fun friend to have

[–] Afterthought_C@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To hop on this I'm looking at trying a chinese/ wuxia turn-based rpg for this summer sale. Have the following on my wishlist:
-Wandering Sword
-Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
-Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
-Souls of Chronos
-Terra Memoria
What would you recommend?

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Let's see. Of the ones which haven't been mentioned yet...

Since Resident Evil hype is up again because the original trilogy just dropped on GOG, I'd recommend the line-up on sale right now on Steam except the one that came after RE5 and before RE7. For games one should start with (in order from "traditional" survival horror to the more action-y titles), RE1 is 5, RE2 is 10, RE7 is 7, and OG RE4 is 5. RE4R is right now discounted to 30.

Doom 2016 is 5 while Eternal is 10. You've probably heard about them.

The Wolfenstein reboot games are around 5 a piece and, aside from Youngblood, are all great.

Command and Conquer Remastered Collection is 6 and is amazing if you don't mind some early 90s RTS jank. You can also get the entire series aside from the RC for just 10.

Persona 4 Golden is 11 while SMT3 Nocturne is 15. Both are good games to start with for Megaten games.

Stardew Valley is 8 and I've been revisiting it lately (owned it since it first dropped).

System Shock 1 EE is 2.50 while 2 is 5. The remake for 1 is 17.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend the line-up on sale right now on Steam except the one that came after RE5 and before RE7

As the resident RE6 apologist, I firmly believe that it is easily worth $5 for a somewhat janky and extremely campy action co-op experience if you have a buddy to play it with. And yeah, there's no "survival" aspect--this is definitely the game where they turned the dial too far to the "action" side, after which they swung towards "survival" back past RE4 for RE7 (excellent if that's to your taste--incredible atmosphere), and finally landed back in the crowd-pleasing sweet spot for RE8 (which I absolutely adore and beat like half a dozen times).

RE2R and OG RE4 I could easily recommend to anyone; perhaps not the latter if you're completely allergic to tank controls, but the game is tuned for that playstyle and it makes the encounters very intense. I also enjoyed RE3R, although it's not quite as good as RE2R and a bit on the short side. And I hear RE4R is great, but I haven't yet played it myself--would definitely recommend giving the OG a shot first, since the new REngine games have a different tempo and feel to them and the original holds up completely. I'd also recommend installing the RE4 HD texture mod if anyone goes for OG RE4--truly an incredible labor of love by a pair of dedicated fans.

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All I'll say is that RE6 is definitely a game for one who's already neck deep in the series as opposed to a relative newcomer who would get a better first impression with RE5 if they're looking for raw action. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Part of RE's charm is that it actually feels like a universe where straight survival horror a la RE1/RE7 and the pure campy John Woo-aping goodness of the CGI movies can coexist. Only that RE6 is weighed down by other things which might get tiring.

and finally landed back in the crowd-pleasing sweet spot for RE8 (which I absolutely adore and beat like half a dozen times).

Funny thing is that I actually prefer RE8 to 4 (though I played it first). I would consider close to perfect if it were a good bit longer and didn't kill off the entire villager cast in the first 30 minutes.

I also enjoyed RE3R, although it's not quite as good as RE2R and a bit on the short side.

It's a fantastic game on its own merits. Maybe it can get a rerelease pumped full of content someday and people can appreciate it...

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

All I'll say is that RE6 is definitely a game for one who's already neck deep in the series as opposed to a relative newcomer who would get a better first impression with RE5 if they're looking for raw action.

I'm 100% with you--I would never want RE6 to be anyone's introduction to the series. My personal progression was RE4→RE5→RE6→RE8→RE7→RE2R→RE3R→(you are now here), so just release order starting with RE4 except RE7 and RE8 were transposed. Oh, and I also played the Oculus Quest 2 exclusive RE4VR, which is definitely not tuned difficulty-wise for the huge increase in mobility and precision afforded by VR but is an absolute blast (nothing quite like knifing a downed Ganado with one hand while fending off a horde with the pistol in your other hand). It's also really cool to be able to just walk around the areas you know from RE4--I mean, it's no Half-Life: Alyx, but even with the relatively primitive graphics of the RE4HD you still get a pretty great sense of presence. Really wish I had a PS5 and PSVR2 so I could experience RE8 and RE4R in VR, but I can't really justify the eye-watering cost for just those two games. Maybe we'll get it on PCVR when the PS6 rolls around...

Funny thing is that I actually prefer RE8 to 4 (though I played it first). I would consider close to perfect if it were a good bit longer and didn't kill off the entire villager cast in the first 30 minutes.

RE8 is some of the most fun I've ever had with a game, and I could hardly put it down until I'd gotten all the achievements. I don't think it's the kind of game you can really obsess over in the same way you can with RE4, but it executes on it's premise incredibly well. The only word of caution I'd have to anyone playing it for the first time is that there's a long scripted encounter near the beginning of the game that (unless they've since fixed it) is absolutely brutal if you start out on Hardcore because it's not clear what the game wants you to do and there are some invisible triggers you need to hit in order to progress. I think it took me an hour on my first attempt, and I know I wasn't alone there. With that notable exception, the game plays like a dream.

As for RE3R, I know a lot of people who played the original were disappointed due to cut content and Nemesis not being a true pursuer (apparently he was more like what Mr. X is in RE2R?). I didn't have that frame of reference, but I definitely preferred Mr. X as a constant presence in RE2R and I like the extensive backtracking present in RE2R compared to the linearity of RE3R. More of a case of really loving RE2R than not enjoying RE3R.

My petty complaint about RE2R and RE3R that could be easily addressed is not having infinite ammo unlocks for ALL weapons like RE5/6/8. Personally, I don't find the Infinite Rocket Launcher that fun, the weak unlimited handgun/automatic rifles are pretty lame (I just used the unlockable but limited Samurai Edge in RE2R and ignored the rifle), and while the RAI-DEN in RE3R at least offers a different playstyle, what I really want is to rampage through the game with unlimited ammo for my fully upgraded normal weapons. I'd even accept what you get in RE4, where the unlocks are different (but not completely absurd) weapons with unlimited options: the Handcannon and the Chicago Typewriter. I just want to blow away every single zombie with a magnum--is that so much to ask?

Also I have really got to check those CGI movies out--from what I've heard, they seem like they'd be right up my alley.

[–] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm probably picking up Disco, the Subnautica games and Horizon Zero Dawn

Might pick up BG3 too but idk, it's only like 20% off

[–] roux@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Just a head's up but if you can pirate Disco, the OG devs basically say to do that. It got bought by someone that immediately shafted the devs. I don't really know the full drama but the devs don't make any money on sales.

E: also see @CredibleBattery@hexbear.net's comment below in this post.

[–] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

requested refund and bought from respected retailer Fitgirl Repacks instead ✅

[–] roux@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

First time hearing about Fitgirl Repacks so I am gonna book mark that too lol.

[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Songs of syx is 20% off and that's a fantastic city builder. Still in EA though if you're averse to that.

[–] GoebbelsDeezNuts@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

$2 for American Truck Sim? Sign me up!

Oh.

I hate this shit. Pirates do stay winning.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Damn, I don't remember Euro Truck Sim being this bad. Charging for new cargo types and $10+ per extra state is fucking nuts.

[–] roux@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm looking at Axiom Verge 2. I just did a cheatyface playthrough of the first one(first playthrough was years ago and no cheatyface).

I also just got introduced to Balatro from a friend and now I really want it lol. I'm a fan of Roguelites but don't play them a great deal(do have like 200 hours in on Isaac) but I used to play poker and also enjoy card games, not so much deck builders. I played Slay the Spire a bit and own it on 2 systems but I'm just not great at those types of games. I figured maybe Balatro is the best of both worlds. What I'd really like to see is a a trick taking mechanic combined with meta-progression but idk how that would look.

Jedi Fallen Order is $4 but just saw yesterday that it's an EA title so that was an easy decision.

Not sure what else to get. I wanna play through New Vegas and also the Mass Effect trilogy a second time but both games are dicey on if they run well on Linux. I don't even know where to begin with modding Bethesda games on Linux in 2024 lol.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh shit, you just mentioned my hyperfixation. Or at least, one of them.

I have had success (after a bit of finagling for the 4GB patch and whatnot) with running Viva New Vegas on the Steam Deck, and imagine that if you try to keep a tight control on what you add beyond that and check regularly you'll be fine. Essentially, any mod circa ~2016-2020 or below should be heavily suspicious, and anything from 2010-2016 should be ignored pretty much entirely.

You may have to use a Linux compatible Mod Organizer 2, but just ask questions in the Viva New Vegas discord server if you're unsure, the folks there are very helpful.

Modding has come a long way for New Vegas.

Let me know if you have any questions! I have been modding and remodding New Vegas for a decade at this point

[–] roux@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My last Bethesda modding experience was Skyrim and I was dropping mod files directly into the WINE prefix and it(almost) just worked as I recall.

I found this: https://gist.github.com/richardgaywood/e64eeb162062adb501fd3d35add9a0e8 but donno if I wanna get that involved. I sort of wish they had an AppImage like r2ModManager lol. That thing works perfectly fine for games installed via proton. Like I'm impressed with how simple it is.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Can confirm that those are broadly the steps I went through, so yes, it should work if you want to go through with it.

[–] ComradeVark@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve tried a few different scripts and manual installation, and imo the best solution for modding is to use mo2 through steamtinkerlaunch

[–] roux@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Gonna bookmark this too. Never knew this existed but it seems like it fixes a lot of headaches lol.