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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] 3 points 1 day ago (5 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] 4 points 1 day ago (10 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (7 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] 5 points 1 day 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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Tower wizard just came out but it's amazing at $3

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

From those that I bought, It's probably the game I've played the most, though it is more of an idle game than anything else and at higher levels it became old really quick (for me).

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

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

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

Totally understandable, but this one is set up so you're not actually just clicking more than a few seconds at the beginning. And then it is really streamlined going forward so you're actually doing micromanagement on your tower. You can click on something to slightly boost its production speed, and pretty early on you can unlock an auto click where you just cover your cursor over or something if you wanna boost it, but it's totally optional

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Site is unreachable to me now.

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

Yep, the sale is THAT GOOD.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

That's pretty much the norm on the first day.

I'll start looking tomorrow and compare all the offers.

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