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Outer Wilds at 40% off again. Does it ever get lower? I know I should pay full price because it's supposed to be a masterpiece but I'm afraid I'll bounce off it. Also a bit hesitant to play it because I'm afraid it will just give me more existential dread and anxiety and I have too much of that already.
I got it cheaper during an Epic Store sale, but not by much.
Grab it anyway and the DLC, because it's amazing. And listen when it tells you to play with a controller. Really. So many people bounce off it because they can't fly the ship. Mouse and keyboard really is not the way.
Yea I personally couldn't get really into it. I mean it's fascinating, beautiful, very intense (it has all the extremes of space)..... but I'm stuck and can't find the motivation to go further. It's pretty cryptic. If you're into puzzle games you might crack it better than I do
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/outer-wilds/info/
Store low at the major retailers (incl. Steam) is $15
IMO outer wilds has a strong tone of optimism and hope in the face of existential dread, so I think you're probably good on that front. And if you're at all a fan of environmental storytelling and don't hate physics sims, I think you'll like it just fine. If you're super unsure, maybe watch like the first hour (or less if you find your answer early) of someone doing a blind playthrough and see if the manner of storytelling grabs you.
I picked it up and put it down a few times because I kept getting stuck and felt like I wasn't making any progress, but holy shit when I finally got a small amount of assistance from a friend and got things moving it was like an avalanche and it all unraveled magnificently.
The DLC was somehow even better than the base game by quite a wide margin for me, but I absolutely had to get help starting it because I couldn't figure out how without cheating.
Finally bought the Dead Space remake and WOW do I love this game. It's even better than I remember the original being.
They really fixed most of the aging game problems with the remake imo. I tend to prefer my horror with some agency to fight back.
Soulstone survivors is solid for $10. Vampire survivors x action RPG with large number of unlockables
Picking up Rogue Legacy 2 at half off. I really enjoyed the first one
Tower wizard just came out but it's amazing at $3
Looks cool but I've never played a clicker game. I like Melvor Idle but I'm not sure how much I would like simply repeatedly clicking on things to progress
Tower Wizard is really good. If you want a taster of the style, the dev has a previous game Magic Archery which is 100% free (no microtransactions), just a very good, short, incremental game.
Dying Light is pretty cheap at $5 USD/EUR
Still a little expensive for my taste but I think I'll pick up Space Marine 2 since a buddy has been hounding me to play it with him
Nabbed: Ninja Gaiden Collection, Auto Modellista, DOA6
Bonus game: Not really on sale (10% off) but Burggeist after seeing it in the new Iron Pineapple video. I'm a sucker for games inspired by Team Ico.
I wish they port OG NGII to Steam. Goddamn, that game is awesome.
Ugh, I have to decide between the various ace attorney collections, elden ring, and lies of p, because I can't justify buying all of them....
Go for Elden Ring!! If you have not played any soulslike before this game is a great introduction to the genre. It's also so BEAUTIFUL, the lore is amazing, and most importantly...it's so fucking fun! An experience you won't forget.
Personally, I’ve never played the Ace Attorney games so I can’t comment on them, but between Elden Ring and Lies of P I’d suggest Elden Ring if you’ve never played it. Lies of P was fun but it never quite hooked me the same way. Also if you’ve never played a Soulslike before, Elden Ring is a fantastic place to start. The DLC is also amazing, and is probably my favourite add-on content of any game ever. It was a bit controversial at launch for being very difficult, but I think that’s kind of the point.
Elden Ring is definitely the easiest to get into, but I think by the end becomes the hardest of all the Souls games on a normal playthrough. Due to its open world though it is easy to trivialize the game if you’re really struggling, with the exception of the final boss of the DLC who is just a brick wall no matter what (or at least was at launch, I haven’t played the DLC in a little while so that might’ve changed). Elden Ring wasn’t my first Souls game, but it was for all my friends who played it, and they all loved it just as much as I did. I’d put it in my top 3 of all time, maybe #1.
With all that being said, Lies of P is still a really good game, and I’m sure other people feel differently than I do comparing the two, those are just the thoughts of a massive Elden Ring fan so maybe take it with a grain of salt.
I've bounced off a couple souls games before but I'm now like 150 hours deep into elden ring on a friend's copy, lol, but they only have the base game. I'd like to play the dlc (which is not on sale) eventually so I think it makes sense to get my own copy at some point (I've heard transferring saves is pretty easy on pc)
ETA: I normally don't like hard games but I keep feeling like elden ring is encouraging me to be better rather than trying to defeat me, which is a difference I think a lot of hard games miss