Anyone have any recommendations? I enjoy rpgs and strategy games. Anything that can be played with a controller is ideal.
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Have you played Baulder's gate 3 and expedition 33 yet?
Yeah. They're both good.
Turn based rpg- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
That seems interesting.
Is the story good? Are there chances to be really evil? And is it ever funny?
Oh lord, my wallet is not ready for this.
I still find these exciting. I gifted my friend Portal 2 since she just got into gaming. Slay the Spire for like $2.50 is a steal.
Like a lot of you... I have many of these but its exciting for gamers that have to ration or haven't picked these up before and you never know what you may find.
Last sale I picked up Skyrim for $3. Never played and I had a blast!
Ace Combat 7 is less than $5, that's a real solid deal if you're new to AC and/or interested.
Going lower to drum up interest for the new one I'm guessing?
Remember kids. It's not a sale until the game is at least 50% off its regular price!
I miss the "flash sales".
They got rid of them, and the Steam Sales were effectively just the regular discounts you can get anywhere else.
That and people like Rockstar figuring out that you can put "50% off" if you bundle in a load of funbucks nobody asked for.
In some ways, I try to acknowledge the original race to the voting on prices was sometimes bad for indies. The Factorio dev even saw the writing on the wall and decided to head it off, declaring “This is the game’s price floor. Buy it or don’t.”
My initial thoughts are these sales are somehow getting even less exciting every time. It is clear that games should only be purchased on sale now as prices don't seem to drop otherwise.
I miss the old sales where they gave games away.
There were three steam games posted in !freegames@feddit.uk yesterday, and three more earlier in the week!
Apparently there's a couple free games. Never played 100% Orange Juice myself but a friend was super into it when it came out.
It's a mildly amusing board game.
Epic still does good giveaways sometimes, and usually awesome ones over Xmas. Hogwarts was free up to yesterday, and a game called Hordes of Hell is free till tomorrow morning when the next mystery free game is revealed.
I think part of it is a lot of stuff goes on deep discount repeatedly. Like Overcooked is $2. That's a steal. But I already have it. If this was my first steam sale, I'd be super excited about that.
I think it's also that there aren't crazy discounts on anything remotely new. There used to be 1-2 games that made headlines.
After 16 years of sales, my library is filled to the brim with almost everything that goes 75%+ off that I would want. It's like 3 games a year now that I don't already have finally hitting the impulse buy range for me. Outside of that, fanatical and humble bundles round out my let's buy a game id never otherwise buy and try
same. I looked at the under $12 for example and I own most of it.
there's nothing there that makes me want to pull out my wallet. MAYBE Jurassic World Evolution 2. maybe. I'm just not seeing anything that I really want.
Ok, I’m excited for the steam sale though. I can’t wait to buy video games on discount
Dude, you already said that. Don't spam.
Ok, sorry
Just a heads up that you can browse and set filters on steamdb to see new historical lows for games(obviously based on steam pricing only).
Some notable historical lows are Silksong, KCD2, Arc Raiders, Hades II, Megabonk...
I'm partial to isthereanydeal.com for a more platform agnostic view of historical lows (it's also super handy to see if a game gets frequently bundled or is perpetually on sale).
They will also send alerts if a game is available at price point you choose.
Hooray! I dont want anything :)
Baldurs Gate 3 is 25% off. I've been waiting for bigger sale but don't think it's coming soon.
It's worth every penny even at full price.
That game is not going to reach 50% for another 2 - 3 years, I'm afraid.
At worst, it may be one of those games where it could be 10 years old and still be 35% off.
Generally, companies are trying to maximise profit, which means that the price will be reduced only when it's stopped selling at the previous and they want to make sales the next, more price-conscious, segment of the market. They might want some quick bucks if the company is in financial trouble, or to 'make the news' with a sale if they need some publicity.
BG3 sold shedloads, is still selling shedloads, was on multiple games-of-the-year list and generally ranks amongst the best games of all time, often at the top; and Larian seem sufficiently flush with cash from the success of it. So like you say, don't hold your breath waiting for a big sale, it doesn't make sense for them to do that.
Damn that's it? I've been waiting ever since i got my deck.
pay for it, theyre a great studio and deserve the support
We'll see. They make more money than I do, so supporting them isn't exactly a reason to give them my money.
Oooo! Cyberpunk 2077 and Civ VII are 53% off
Is civ vii good yet? Or I should ask how much dlc is planned to know how long to wait
It's...aight. Not as good as VI yet.
It hasn't received any significant gameplay changing DLC yet, and usually Civ games don't really come into their own until then.
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Honestly, the only one I'm really looking at is Ranch Sim because it's down to like 2.50, none of the other ones really look all that attractive, to be honest.
Kicking myself for buying Icarus when it was $20 because it's now 3.50
I clicked on the link and it opened my steam app on the "enter payment details" page, because I added a load of shit to my basket earlier and aborted because I got a new bank card who's number I don't know by heart yet. Something about clicking a lemmy link about steam and it opening the credit card entry page just made me laugh a lot.
For about one hour after it started I could not buy the games I wanted LOL
I think the only game I can see myself really grabbing is Nioh. It's $5, between its file size and what type of game it is, I'm not sure.
I've spent a good few minutes checking over the 'Under $5' section, which I see some impulses but I've been too spoiled from sales of years past where I only just shake my head at seeing some games go for prices I know in my mind just isn't worth it. I'm having thoughts like "didn't I buy you at $2.49 at one point?" over a game that's now like the full 5.
There is of course games I would want but I am financially sensitive and do abide by my own set budgets for things. So I know I'm not going to be completely happy if I go for games that'll eat at said budget in like one or two purchases. I like the idea of bundles and that's how I used to have bought games in the past. I'm remembering the glorious bundles I'd build up and come out spending $40 for like 12 games. Those were great times.
Nioh1 was pretty okay. Never finished it. Nioh2 is one of my favorites in the genre, and I play it like once a year. It's an improvement in every way.
Ok, I’m excited for the steam sale though. I can’t wait to buy video games on discount
Lol there's so much traffic on steam from this sale that I'm getting an error (E502 L3)
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