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[–] MortUS@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Talos Principle is $5

Talos Principle 2 is $15

Highly recommend both games!

[–] spicystraw@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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)
[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's...weird. When I checked the price yesterday Fallen Order was 18.99? Did they do a deeper discount?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Maybe? I see it at $3.99, $4.99 is for the deluxe version. I don't see it at $18.99 on Is There Any Deal, but who knows!

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 24 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

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

Recettear

This game rocks. 'Nuff said.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

I like this indie game critic, he has a recommendation video for sale

https://youtu.be/uN51VdTNzTg

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Mass Effect legendary edition (all 3 games + all DLCs) is on for 6 Euro.

That's a great deal IMO

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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 3 points 4 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 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 8 hours ago

I've heard great things about steam world heist 2 and just picked it up.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Elite Is a space flight economics simulator.

Fly around buy here sell there look at stuff for fun and get into battles

Great game but you will want a hotas set up if you really get into it

[–] Harrk@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I keep trying to get into Elite but it never clicks for me. I was flying around earlier trying to dock into a station but everyone was refusing me so I closed the game. I’ll probably look up a new players guide before giving it another attempt later.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Was it Elite Dangerous? Stations grant docking clearance if you're within range when you request it; I think it's about 7500 meters. Check out the in-game the tutorials. One of them teaches this.

[–] Harrk@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it was due to being “friends only.” Player fleet I guess? I just couldn’t figure out how to filter them out before I got there and kept coming across them.

That range one caught me out once but I figured that one out since it tells you to come closer. I’m going to take that tutorial suggestion though. Cheers!

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 hours ago

Ah... Yes, it was most likely a fleet carrier, then. Those are owned by players, and not always open to the public.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Like el_psd said flight sim gear.

Ideally one with rotation in the stick too.

I have the A10 Warthog set up but have to screw around for side thrusters because they're replicas of the A10 warthog controls which obviously doesn't have side thrusters.

You can play without it all but it does make flying more fun and imersive and afterall thats what it's all about

[–] el_psd@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago

"Hands On Throttle And Stick;" i.e. flight sim gear

[–] DeadUncle@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

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.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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 6 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 25 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (6 children)

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.

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

X4 is on sale as well, if you want something similar to Elite

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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I dont know if I can recommend them yet, but I picked up Enter the Gungeon, Heavy Rain, Undertale, Doom, and Pillars of Eternity.

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