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Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games! (store.steampowered.com)

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Edit: it looks like the banner is incorrect. On the front page of steam it’s the right dates and says summer, but when I click on it to see all the sales it says spring with the dates for the spring sale. It’ll probably get fixed soon.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Just got Disco Elysium since I keep hearing how it's great.

I'm debating Fallout 3 or New Vegas. Both are super cheap without DLC and pretty cheap with the DLC. I've owned both historically back in the day but neither survived and apparently I didn't get them on steam back then. The DLCs would really be interesting at this point but I am so cheap I can't convince myself

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

Dying Light is pretty cheap at $5 USD/EUR

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

Well, I bought RoboCop.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

Bloons TD 6 is $1.39 so I bought a copy for my wife so we can play together.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Here are some "patient" games I've played that are on dollar-bin deals right now. Some are actually cheaper off-Steam, so in those cases, I link there instead.

Black Mesa — 90% off, tied all-time low
- The fan-made remake of Half-Life
Crypt of the NecroDancer — 90% off, new all-time low
- Rhythm roguelike
Downwell — 75% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Shmup platformer about jumping deeper into a well
Gato Roboto — 85% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Little metroidvania featuring a cat in a mech
Her Story — 90% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Freeform detective game with FMVs
Bastion — 80% off (same price on GOG)
- Action RPG with painted art, and Supergiant Games's debut title
Psychonauts — 80% off (same price on Itch)
- 3D platformer where the levels are in the minds of interesting characters
- Note: It's an old game that works a bit weird on modern hardware, so check PCGamingWiki for tweaks
Grapple Dog — 75% off, tied all-time low
- Grappling hook platformer with Nitrome-style pixel art

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

You only listed Bastion, but the other Supergiant games always go on sale as well. Anyone interested, do yourself a favor and get Transistor and/or Pyre instead or as well.

I’ve been a long time Supergiant fan and it was a thing of gaming beauty to see Hades have such success as it masterfully blended all 3 of their games into the perfect package. Bastion was their first and my least favorite (probably because of it). But it is still worth playing for sure.

Transistor was the first I played and what made me fall in love with their studio. God tier soundtrack, incredible setting, and innovative real time/turn based combat gameplay.

Pyre is the black sheep but my favorite. It is undeniably unique gameplay. But, true talk, you really play it for the story, and that is very much not my gaming MO. It’s indescribable and any fan of Hades wouldn’t receive that game without Pyre coming first. If you liked even 1 character in Hades, you owe it to yourself to play this. I’m not a fantasy fan but I adore the world they crafted. And it is, somehow, probably Korb’s best soundtrack.

Patience may reward you with even lower prices. But they routinely hit this low in every big sale these days. And the risk of not playing them before you die far outweighs the extra dollar you might save.

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

I am the milkman

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

Psychonauts required following a guide very, very closely to get it working correctly with a PS5 controller on the Steam Deck. Worth it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Soulstone survivors is solid for $10. Vampire survivors x action RPG with large number of unlockables

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Dude. Fair warning for anybody getting into Vampire Survivors.
It's designed with bunch of video lottery type effects.
This thing will grab you and not let go. Particularly after you get good at it.
Each round is 30 minutes. I think that's so people will step away regularly instead of being stuck there. Seriously, its addictive.

(And cheap, and fun, and constantly getting free updates, and dev has his own damn wiki not on fandom.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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.

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

I wish they port OG NGII to Steam. Goddamn, that game is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Picking up Rogue Legacy 2 at half off. I really enjoyed the first one

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Cyberpunk is on sale for 65% off so I finally picked it up (and its DLC). Currently downloading, I’m looking forward to checking it out. I tried it out shortly after launch, I think a demo or a friend’s house, but it never clicked for me so I didn’t get it. It was also incredibly buggy. I heard it’s far better now though, especially with the DLC, so I’ll give it a real shot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Don't expect RDR2-but-cyberpunk (in terms of the open world) and don't expect a blank slate character RPG: you have some choices for characterization but V will always be V.

If you can get on board with that it's a great, immersive action game with a good story and some well written characters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Good to know, I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It's more stable, interesting, and alive than any Fallout, Elder Scrolls, or GTA game in my opinion. If you like any of those, there's a good shot you'll enjoy it.

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

I think Skyrim feels more alive because you can talk to every NPC and most of them have unique conversations.

Most NPCs in CP2077 are animated decorations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I love all of those. I’m excited to play it tonight

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

And once again, Steam runs into various errors for me because of the high number of people getting in on the sale.

A beautiful reason to be inconvenienced. Enjoy gaming harmony my friends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

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....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

The only one I don't have is the Miles Edgeworth one, I still need to start Apollo Justice.......

I may be a patient gamer, but I could stand to be even moreso

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

Edgeworth's games are very different in structure but SO GOOD. I played the first one when it came out and it instantly became my favorite in the series. I still need to get around to playing the sequel though, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

I like that Modern Capcom aren't jerks.. and that the entire Ace Attorney series is on Steam.

I never really played Apollo or anything beyond.

I was in the camp of "Trials and Tribulations was too definitive an ending to continue."

And I think so were many others. I hear Apollo Justice didn't sell that well which is what lead to the other Apollo games being named after Phoenix

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a good point, I hadn’t thought of it that way before but you’re right. As much as I love Sekiro and Dark Souls they don’t really encourage you to do better, more just punish you for messing up.

In Demon’s Souls, when you died the first time you were stuck at 50% max health until you regained human form, and dying in human form darkened the world tendency.

In Dark Souls, if you got cursed your health was capped at 50% until you removed the curse which wasn’t free. In the original build of the game the curses stacked all the way to 1/16th of your max health but thankfully they changed that.

In Dark Souls II you lost a fraction of your max health after each death until you were down to 50%.

In Bloodborne, your heals didn’t replenish after death so each time you healed and died you lost that heal and would have to go around finding more heals.

Dark Souls III wasn’t too punishing, I can’t think of anything at the moment that was super punishing about that game. It was my go-to recommendation for beginners until Elden Ring for that reason.

In Sekiro, every time you died you lost half your money and couldn’t get it back. You also had a chance to make a random NPC sick which would prevent you from continuing their quest until you healed them, which wasn’t easy or cheap. The chance to get someone sick also increased the more you died. I think the baseline was 13% chance to get someone sick, and increased every subsequent death until it capped at 50% each death, though there was a way to reset that number.

Elden Ring is kind of like Dark Souls III in that it doesn’t really punish you for dying, which I think is the right approach. If you go with Elden Ring and love it, and do the DLC and love that too, I’d strongly recommend going to Dark Souls III next. It’s the closest to Elden Ring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I like to try to recommend people who are interested in Souls games to start with Dark Souls 1. If that's your first soulslike the bosses will still feel epic and it will be a magical experience. If you start with Elden Ring or DS3 and go back to Dark Souls you will get completely underwhelmed.

Between Pyromancy, Zweihander and Poise DS1 is also by far the easiest of the games, even for newcomers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I've heard that recommendation a lot - "play DS1 first because otherwise you won't have the patience to play it later", and TBH all that tells me is to skip 1, play the more recent entries, and then move on to the many, many other games that I keep meaning to play, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

It's not really that you won't have the patience later. It's more like this: Dark Souls 1 is extremely basic in its boss design. If that's your first soulslike, it doesn't matter because you have no frame of reference and you'll have a great time. Come back to it later and you'll react with "...that's it?" to a lot of bosses, which is a shame. This is something I've seen a lot from people whose first soulslike was Elden Ring.

The world and level design in Dark Souls 1 is still on an absolute top tier level so skipping it altogether would be sad. Many consider the first half of DS1 to be the best level designs FromSoft has ever done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That’s true, but I find the sluggish pace (by modern standards) and the second half of the game feeling a little unfinished or rushed makes it a toss up with newbies. I’m a massive fan of Dark Souls 1, but I can see why some people would find it dated. Dark Souls III on the other hand feels like a modern game still, so for someone used to mainly playing modern games I can see why they’d be turned off. Personally I mostly play games from the 360 generation so DS1 doesn’t feel dated to me, but I totally get it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

It is dated, and the last third of it does suck. In truth it would probably be a good candidate for a remake.

Even then, it is a wonderful game that you can only really enjoy fully if you haven't played any later soulslike first. To me, that first time experience is worth trying to push for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I played DS1 after DS3 and thoroughly enjoyed it, but my experience probably wouldn’t be everyone’s. If someone is planning on playing the whole series anyway, yeah start with the first. But if they’re not really sure, I think DS3 is a safer bet. Though now I’d say Elden Ring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I've just seen both reactions a lot, and it mirrors my own experience. I played DS1 as my first soulslike and it was completely mind blowing. I've seen other streamers have similar experiences. Then I've seen lots of people who got introduced to FromSoft through Elden Ring try DS1 and react with "...that's it?" to all the bosses. It's an unfortunate reality due to the boss design evolving over time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

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.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/outer-wilds/info/

Store low at the major retailers (incl. Steam) is $15

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

According to SteamDB, 40% is tied for the all-time low.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Ah thanks. That's what I thought.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Finally bought the Dead Space remake and WOW do I love this game. It's even better than I remember the original being.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Good to hear, I think I won’t have time to get around to it this year so I’ll hold off for now

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