Looks like Pizza Tower is on a discount, definitely scooping that up.

How are Lunacid and Dread Delusion? The vibes look amazing but I haven’t seen much buzz.

  • nasezero [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    6 months ago

    Oxygen Not Included is 66% off. This game ruined all other colony sim/management games for me, and is by far my top-played game on Steam. This is probably the best review to give potential players an idea if this game is right for them. It’s still being actively developed, and there’s even a new DLC being tested on the beta branch right now.

    Cassette Beasts is 40% off. If you’ve ever been into Pokemon, but felt like their games were getting stale, this is worth checking out. Also, the creators seem like comrades; the “Team Rocket” stand-ins are literally real estate agents, and at one point a bearded NPC named “Karl” makes a cameo.

    • Moonguide@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I’m not one for platformers, more of a tac shooter/city builder guy, but Celeste is honestly one of my favourite games. Even if platforming isn’t for you, the story was great. It isn’t overly long either.

      • trompete [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’m a bit torn on the story actually. I’m easily cringed, and some of the dialogue made me cringe. I also think the story takes a very individualistic approach to mental health. You need to overcome stuff yourself and so on (yeah there’s Theo but he’s just a barely relevant acquaintance). It fits well with the gameplay, but it’s a terrible message.

        The gameplay is fucking great though.

  • itappearsthat@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    Games I have played and recommend:

    Inscryption (-60%, $8) is fun if you are looking for an easier Slay the Spire (roguelite deck builder) with escape-room-style meta-puzzles

    Doom Eternal (-75%, $10) blazes a new trail for the stale FPS genre and is a great game to use to learn flickstick

    Into the Breach (-50%, $7.50) I LOVE this game but also find it really really stressful because you have to play perfectly in order to have a chance against the final boss. Every turn is basically like solving one of those chess puzzles.

    Games I’ll be picking up:

    CrossCode (-70%, $6) is some kind of hexbear favorite but I’ve never played it

    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (-85%, $6) - I really loved the first one as a modernized Half-Life 2, although have heard this one is not quite as good

    Sonic Mania (-75%, $5) - this is apparently a retro-styled sonic game made in the modern era; I’ve never played a sonic game before but loved Pizza Tower, so looking forward to this

    • Moonguide@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Did you end up playing it? I played Skylines for a bit, and watched City Planner Plays (iirc that’s the channel) some. I’m interested in learning more about soviet city design though.

      • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I bought and installed it but still haven’t gotten around to it. The reviews are good though and CPP played it so maybe check out his lets play.

        Also the new patch for C:S2 really improved things a lot with the second is simulation. It needs a lot more other things but its improving and might be better than the original in a few years if they keep it up

  • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    If I had more time I’d finish Dread Delusion. The only other thing I’ve played anywhere near it was Marrowwind. The world is weird and fascinating my only grips with it are the combat is basic af or injust haven’t gotten far enough.

  • SexMachineStalin [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    CIV6 and Frostpunk is literally 3 euros. Disco Elysium and Red Faction: Guerilla is 4. PC Building Simulator is 5.

    Valve Complete Pack is €11.5 - Throw in Gmod too for another 5 and Black Mesa for 4. Halo MCC is a tenner. Metro series is under 10. FTL is 2.5 and there’s a bunch of older games from the 90s that are also like just “a few euros”.

    Though I personally already have most of these games, Steam really has gone all-in on the discounts this time.

    Jagged Alliance 2 Gold is a cool strategy game with loads of basically “Tarkov but in a time where Nelson Mandela was still president and we all had those ViewSonic CRTs” gunplay. There’s mods that add even more guns, ammo types, scopes, folding stocks, campaigns, enemy AI, added complexity/difficulty, etc. Well worth enduring actual CBT getting it (and the mods) to work. It’s also €5.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    I don’t think there was anything good in Steam sale for me for something like decade by now. Or rather, that sale never look like real sale. They really fucked it all up when they removed regional pricing in Poland.

    Hell i didn’t even know the sale was up until i read this post. And looking at my wishlist around half of it is in the sale, but never more than 30%.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I’ve got it on decent word that, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, Pixel Cafe, and A Space for the Unbound, are nice games

    I haven’t played through all of, A Night in the Woods, For the People, but i enjoy playing them

  • AfterthoughtC - he/ him@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    To hop on this I’m looking at trying a chinese/ wuxia turn-based rpg for this summer sale. Have the following on my wishlist:
    -Wandering Sword
    -Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
    -Hero’s Adventure: Road to Passion
    -Souls of Chronos
    -Terra Memoria
    What would you recommend?