• @rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    351 minutes ago

    my reccomendation? whatever’s on gog

    in all seriousness, you can’t go very wrong with games made by valve, portal especially.

  • I got myself and can recommend:
    Returnal (29.99€) (Rogue-like shooter),
    Wisper (6.99€) (Open world exploration) and Crossroads OS (3.74€) (Puzzle game).
    I can further recommend:

    Studio System (8.84€) (Horror),
    With My Past (6.59€) (Puzzle),
    Signalis (13.99€) (Horror).

  • @spicystraw@lemmy.world
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    811 hours ago

    Here’s what I picked up during the Steam Spring Sale:

    DOOM - $1.99 (90% off)
    Stray - $18.99 (40% off)
    Undertale - $0.99 (90% off)
    Celeste - $4.99 (75% off)
    Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - $4.99 (90% off)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 - $14.99 (75% off)
    NieR: Automata - $15.99 (60% off)
    Hades - $9.99 (60% off)
    Devil May Cry 5 - $19.79 (67% off)
    
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    Celeste is 75% off and is a near-masterpiece of a game.

    Portal 1 and Portal 2 are on sale again of course on the chance you haven’t yet hit these absolutely classic legendary games.

    Persona 4 Golden is 40% off and is awesome, and Persona 5 Royal is 60% and is even more awesome.

    Metal: Hellsinger is 70% off and while it isn’t a GOTY type game, it’s a hell of a lot of fun if you’re a contemporary metal music fan.

    but my biggest recommendation is probably gonna be

    Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale at 80% for only $3.99 (US) which is an completely underrated hidden gem of a game and a huge recommendation for anyone who likes quirky cozy-hybrid games or who, like me, spent way too long on the shopkeeper segments in RPGs like Torneko Taloon’s chapter in DQIV.

    edit: why in the world would anyone ever downvote a personal recommendation comment? Weird behavior, fam

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      618 hours ago

      On the third game myself, I can’t believe I didn’t play these sooner. I understand the hype this series generated now.

      • @Bosht@lemmy.world
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        59 hours ago

        They may not have lived up to the hype when initially released, which was understandable as there were a lot of promises that weren’t keeps, but they are undoubtedly still absolutely amazing games.

  • @RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    We picked up Journey and Star Traders Frontier. I’ve wanted to play Journey since it came out but I didn’t have the proper console. Well, I forgot I put it on the wishlist, and that’s a real good price so.

    I’ve (sung? musically yelled at?) another person already.

  • @fleet@lemmy.ca
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    1318 hours ago

    Just a reminder that while we all love Steam, they run an underage gambling ring in the form of CS skins, which they refuse to address.

  • @DeadUncle@lemmy.world
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    Noita is currently 60% off and is hands down the best game I have ever played (kind of). It is ridiculously brutal and you will die very often but you have the potential to get ludicrously powerful as well. The game will cheese you so don’t be afraid to cheese it back. In has so much content that beating the final boss for the first time is considered beating the tutorial.

    Also if the some aspects are too bullshit for you there is a variety of mods to fix these, and there is absolutely no shame in using them.

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    If you are the simmy type or like space, Elite Dangerous is insanely good, but has a learning curve up front. It’s the only game I’ve put over 1,100 hours in and still haven’t explored everything.

    Subnautica is another game I can highly recommend.

    If you wanna play games with friends (Elite is also MP), The Forest is a great game to bond over.

    Black mesa is another banger.

      • @misophonium@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        618 hours ago

        I have 1000 hours in Elite and it’s nowhere near as on rails or limited. It’s set in a full scale Milky Way where you can pick up missions from a station’s bulletin board, hunt pirates, or just pick a direction and jump to make discoveries, spending months alone scanning systems. The game has well developed lore that regularly updates through an in game feed, but it’s mostly background fluff unless you want to strengthen your faction or if there’s a major community event. It’s also a good time to jump in since new ships have been added and the galaxy is rebuilding after the last war event.

        o7 #KRAITKREW

          • @Wahots@pawb.social
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            It’s not very arcady, and has a bit of a learning curve, though a HOTAS helps a lot. It’s a lot more simulation-esque. Not as much as MSFS, but closer to that end. Combat, exploration, mining, tourism, rescue. It’s a 1:1* replica of the Milky Way in about 1,300 years. Trailer for context: https://youtu.be/YESNObZJTgQ

            It will blow your nuts off in VR, especially the Ship Launched Fighters (SLFs). One of the coolest VR experiences I’ve ever had, particularly near the center of the galaxy where the stars are much more dense than in our portion of the Milky Way.

            *Some stars had to be removed near the center of the galaxy because they are so close, it makes it nearly impossible to navigate between them. On older computers, the galaxy map in the core of our galaxy will make your computer lag. Yes, we have that many stars IRL.

      • @tal@lemmy.today
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        Different genres. Starfield is mostly you running around on foot, having shootouts, and interacting with people and human-sized environments. The space combat is basically an elaborate mini-game.

        Elite Dangerous is mostly about flying space ships around.

        Personally, I liked Starfield, though I think that it’s weaker than most prior Bethesda offerings. I stopped playing Elite Dangerous, though I have enjoyed some past space-combat-and-trading games, like Escape Velocity. Just never really hooked me. I didn’t like the Elite Dangerous “faux online multiplayer” thing at all — multiplayer breaking immersion in crafted environments is one thing that I’m not a fan of, and unnecessarily adding that just seemed obnoxious to me. The cockpit UI felt like it was more-oriented towards VR use to me, which may be good if you have a VR headset.

        • @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          520 hours ago

          It may make you happy to know that ED has solo mode. Player fleet carriers are still around (as they act as psuedo stations out past the edge of developed space) and the markets are still effected by player actions, but you don’t have to worry about Cmdr Immersion Breaker screaming by in his hot pink jankmobile, or ganking you with it.

          It’s also worth noting that compared to the size of the universe in ED, the amount of “crafted” environments is relatively small (but definitely there). The universe is so big that depending on where you are in it, you can also go long periods without encountering other players. It’s a simulation before any sort of RPG.

  • @anakin78z@lemmy.world
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    1323 hours ago

    Solasta Crown of the Magister for $8.99.

    For me it’s the best game ever to capture the D&D feeling. The custom Warlock subclass, Timekeeper, is ridiculously fun.

    • @etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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      I don’t see it mentioned elsewhere - but if we’re going down the CRPG route and enjoying it I’d recommend to others Divinity Original Sin 1&2.

      I’d also recommend Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. But it’s age might scare some people away – so I typically don’t lead with that.