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I picked up Total War: WARHAMMER III and Pennon and Battle, both strategy games. I'm thinking of getting Baldur's Gate 3 as well. This should keep me busy for a while. My holiday plan is to stay home and game!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I took Age4 Sultans Ascend DLC and Cossacks 3 in previous sale before winter because I ended up with a bit more money. Somehow I didn't spent much money as usual in October, cook food on my own instead of buying cooked food.

I don't really have any other wishlist now. Instead I really want to make my own rts game but I have not been able to be productive nor playing Cossacks 3. But I did spent a bit more time with Age4.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I ended up getting Metal Gear Rising: Revengence, Sonic Adventure 2, Prey, Daemon X Machina, and Dragon Age 2. I have no regrets in my eclectic sale impulses hahaha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Dragon Age 2 is a bit ooof. Excellent combat, but the story and especially the scenery... you revisit the same parts of town and the same dungeon over and over and over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

da 2's gameplay is not the best for sure, i think even inquistion might have been a bit more fun to play, but in terms of the story, look i may have just been really high, but i have never cried actual tears like that twice, like the end and then the dlc, idk but i really felt connected to my hawke more than any other character except well, my city elf from origins, origins is def the best of the three hands down, but da:kirkwall had an excellent story that i understand why people didn't like twist there, but it just felt so right for the story i played, i loved it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Nothing. It was a difficult choice, but it was a necessary sacrifice in favor of the games, collecting dust in my library :*-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Noita!

Also the Dead Cells DLCs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Noita is easily the best game released in few years, great buy!

I personally grabbed quite few beers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The talos principle 1 & 2. Playing through 1 now, and it's excellent. Some of the puzzles are complex, but most can be solved in 5-10 minutes and give a nice "ah-ha!" moment. It reminds me of portal 2, but with a heavier and more ambiguous story about the nature of life and consciousness. Highly recommended.

Also been playing some Dome keeper and Peglin. Both also excellent in their own ways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 34 minutes ago

Both Talos Principle games are a treat. Really love the philosophy and story mixed in between the puzzles. Enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Assassins Creed Odyssey and Fields of Mistrial.

Wasn't ajlot i wanted that i didnt already have.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

I don’t use steam too much, but I did get Minishoot Adventures, and it’s excellent.

It’s like if Zelda was a bullet hell. The base difficulty isn’t too hard, but it’s challenging enough. And you get to explore and do dungeons. It’s really fun.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago

Stardew Valley and Cyberpunk. Never played either one, but I'm starting with Stardew

[–] [email protected] 27 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Wanted to play It Takes Two with my gf when it launched. Hoping to convince her now that she's my wife

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

This is my favorite game ever!!! Enjoy the experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It Takes Two is an amazing couples game that my girlfriend refuses to play again because of one scene lol

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Aye, that’s the one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Oh It Takes Two is a good one! Played it with my partner a while back and had a great time!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Some friends and I gift each other some games each year, and I got Cyberpunk. I'll wait for the new GPU releases before I play it though, since I want to check it out with path tracing.

Also, some Rogue-likes. The latest Vampire Survivors DLC, Bloodshed, and AK-xolotl.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Cyberpunk with full path tracing is still one of the prettiest games out there. And I also think - in its post 2.0 state - that it's just a very good game too. I recommend the Ultra+ mod to squeeze out even more performance and visual fidelity from the engine.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Divinity 2: Original Sin, because I'm 30hrs into BG3 and it's really good

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The beginning of D:OS2 felt like a cheat code to get more BG3 after I'd already finished BG3, but as time went on, I found that everything from RPG systems to pacing of combat/non-combat is leagues better in BG3, to say nothing of the production value that's obviously better in BG3. Still a good game, but the improvement between each of their RPGs is immense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I have to say I very much prefer the combat system in OS as it feels much more natural and less restrictive than the DnD combat in BG3. Of course the latter has far more content, but I’m looking forward to Larian’s next game where they can finally go wild again and do things they want exactly the way they want.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I felt far more restricted by D:OS2's armor system. Freeform classes sound great on paper, but it also means you kind of naturally end up at a spot where you've got everything instead of making meaningfully difficult choices in classes or multiclassing. Learning abilities from books leads to a lot of money bottlenecks and leveling decisions that I didn't care for. The way that the combat usually doesn't have any chance to hit, but then does very occasionally, makes missing an attack feel like bullshit rather than a calculated risk. I'm also looking forward to whatever they do next, maybe even a sci-fi interstellar RPG, but I hope they don't go back to the Divinity well too often for RPG mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

money bottlenecks

Laughs in Thievery Skill

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

I envy you. I’ve got 1400 hours in Bg3. I love the game but i wish i could forget it to play it fresh again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Dread Delusion and Lunacid. Also thinking of finally picking up Factorio

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I always read someone talking about picking up Factorio like they are they are casually announcing they are starting experimenting with narcotics. Have fun! Make a plan to quit before it breaks up your family.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Did they release a fifth installment?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2257010/Creeper_World_IXE/

I've watched a couple gameplay videos by the dev and it looks good.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I picked that up too and the first 5 minutes I was not prepared for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Bustafellows (95% sale). I have a huge backlog of [email protected] to play, and Bustafellows is not on it. But it was also like $2 so… worst comes to worst, I play the game some day, hate it, and my purchase serves to signal "hey, English-speaking ladies who do not live in Japan also like otome games, localizing them is a good business choice". Which means more otome for me! I have heard of so many Japan-only games that sound so cool but also I cannot play them because I won't understand a damn thing the characters say, and they are usually super story-based.

The Magic Circle. I forget what recommendation list I saw it on to be honest, but it still seems to hold up as something I would like and think is cool.

I like [email protected] games, so I was going to grab Parkitect, saw it in a bundle with more tycoon games, grabbed the bundle to also collect Project Hospital and Game Dev Tycoon. (I already had Parkasaurus.)

I also like automation games. I think its community might be on a dead instance… maybe I'll make a new one. Finally grabbed myself Factorio (will never be on sale) along with Satisfactory (finally out of Early Access. I will never buy an EA game, I will always wait for it to exit EA).

Finally, Sun Haven. Stardew Valley fan, from what I have seen of SH it seems like something I'd like, and price dropped.

Aside from Factorio, everything I grabbed was on sale. Aside from Satisfactory, all the sales were 50% or more.

Might get more. We will see.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I've been playing Parkitect over the last months, it's pretty fun! Usually I don't stick with Tycoon games for long, but I did >10 campaign levels there.

Only bummer is that the tooling around blueprints is pretty underdeveloped (can't sort/tag them, very inflexible), and it gets tiring to recreate all the basic decorations around food courts etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

I like boomer shooters and immersive sims, so I picked up Selaco and Fallen Aces. Both are good so far. Selaco has some maze-like levels that can be a bit annoying, but the gunplay is very fun and the level of polish and detail is very high. Fallen Aces is awesome for the amount of ways it gives you to deal with the goons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Picayune Dreams! A "vampire survivors" -like as if you are schizophrenic and on acid simultaneously. A great $3

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
  • Fear Effect Sedna
  • Grim Dawn
  • Keep Taking and Nobody Explodes
  • RIDE 5
  • REKA
  • Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
  • Old World
  • Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand
  • Crime Boss: Rockay City
  • Moonstone Island
  • Inkulinati
  • Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
  • Venba

And I gifted Freedom Planet 2 to a friend.

The Winter Sale isn't over until January 2nd, so I might buy some more games before it ends. Problem is, I own most of the games on the Steam front page, so finding new and interesting games is getting difficult.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I have absolutely no idea what it's about, but it's only $2 (90% off) and I'm a sucker for steep deals, so I couldn't pass it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's not fear Effect that's for sure. You're better off spending the time emulating (since they are hella expensive physical) Fear Effect 1 and 2: Double Helix.

Resident evil camera angle and gameplay but with super spy lesbians

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Finally playing Battlefield 1 and Battlefront 1, cause $3 is a good price to wait for. Only for the single player. I don't care about multi-player. Streamed from my PC to Steam Deck is great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

Skyrim VR! Just got a headset and it's neat!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Everspace for 99 Cents. :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Thaumaturge. Very atmospheric I think. Also, I think the setting is quite fresh, and I think that should be rewarded.

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