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Nanomerce, do games w What's up with Epic Games?

Aside from the other scumbaggery that Epic does, if you do wanna play their free games then atleast use heroic so you don’t use the wasteheap that is the epic games launcher.

Midnight1938,

I personally find the app experience better than that of steam when it comes to browsing for new things. Do elaborate

Nanomerce,

for me the entire launcher is slow and a massive resource hog. The entire GUI has the same issue I had with windows 8 with everything feeling way too big and a whole lot of form over function.

Midnight1938,

I dont see how steams any better

doggish,

I mostly game on my Steam Deck and assumed Heroic was only a Linux thing, but recently learned it’s available on Windows too. How’s it do? I’ve been collecting the free games from Epic and Prime Gaming, but barely touch them. Being able to open a single launcher for everything non Steam in Windows sounds amazing!

martoufs,

I just learned about heroic since getting my steam deck. I’ll be switching over on my pc too since the Epic launcher has such a horrible ui.

Nanomerce,

haven’t tried the other platforms in heroic other than epic, it works 100% except for adding friends. You can add them via the overlay but it’s incredibly janky. Then again, it’s about as janky as it is on the actual launcher. But other than adding friends works great.

CerineArkweaver, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I picked up Forager. It’s kind of addictive…

MeatsOfRage,

I loved this game too but I was never able to finish it. The game kept getting incrementally slower as I progressed like it was having trouble processing everything. Happened on both my Switch and Xbox Series X. Hopefully the PC version is better.

wolfshadowheart,

That still happened on PC, or on my OG steam deck at least, but it was somewhat remedied by some commands to adjust settings. Things like turning off visible bots, background settings, UI elements. That leaves most of the processing just being you walking around/gathering and whatever background machinery you have going, vs all of everything.

I imagine those were not present on Switch/Xbox since these were basically commands applied to the game .ini.

Also FWIW, may not really be worth picking up again unless you really want to endgame it. The developer was kind of a chud to the team from some of the stories I read which seemed to result in the endgame kind of teetering off into nothing. Like, once you find all the NPC’s you’re not playing for anything but to build and optimize, even though it feels like it’s leading you on with more to unlock somehow.

I’d double check of course, as with anything it could be a bunch of nonsense. But yeah I pretty much agree, it’s an ok game with some issues, they can be remedied on PC but even then it’s just kind of like you work to it, you did it, it’s done and what was the point. There’s nothing to take away from the game, I guess.

mondo_brondo, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun

Looking forward to playing it this week

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@kbin.social avatar

Boltgun accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do. Great game. It gives me the same sort of power fantasy vibe that Space Hulk: Deathwing did but lets you actually move at the terrifying speed that a space marine should.

UprisingVoltage, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I finally bought horizon zero dawn! I just hope to have some time to play it…

dopeshark,
@dopeshark@lemmy.world avatar

Same :'), but i bought Titanfall 2

jws_shadotak,

github.com/0neGal/viper

Highly recommend this launcher for Titanfall. The Northstar client allows mods and private servers.

dopeshark,
@dopeshark@lemmy.world avatar

Thank you good sir :)

metaStatic,

it's hard to describe how good it is. you'll make time.

dasgoat,

Horizon Forbidden West is set to come to PC at some point as well!

Kraivo, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

Shadow of the doubt

Return of the obra dinn

Hypnospace outlaw (haven’t played yet)

Lucifer among us (criminally short)

Into the breach

Curse of the dead gods

Sea of survivors

God of weapons

Tanuki sunset

En garde

Human fall flat

Later alligator

Dredge

Hades

Party hard 2

Abandon ship

Passpartout

Cloadpunk

Lil gator game

Mosa lina

NewNewAccount,

Obra Dinn is one of my favorites of all time.

jballs,
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Never heard of it. Is it a story heavy game? My Steam account says it’s similar to Hollow Knight and Ace Attorney, which seems like two completely different games.

cottonmon,
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

I suppose you could say it’s story heavy since what you’re doing is piecing together what happened on the ship. The story is that you’re a insurance investigator and have to find out what happened to every person that was on the Obra Dinn. It’s a great game. If it matters, it’s a Lucas Pope game, the guy who made Papers Please.

jballs,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

Ooooo I do love some Papers Please. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

cottonmon,
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

Hope you enjoy it!

jballs,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

Got it last night and played it for about an hour. Definitely a unique and interesting game! I’m enjoying it so far.

TwilightVulpine,

I don’t think there are any games that are similar to Obra Dinn, it’s very unique.

Kraivo,

Dude, that last guy. It was such tricky thing

Urist,

I see Obra Dinn, I upvote. What an amazing game.

Kraivo,

I’d call it the best detective game if it wasn’t for the shadow of the doubt

Rai,

Hypnospace is SOOOOO GOOOOD if you grew up in the 90s on the internet.

Kraivo,

Just bought, want to try

Khrux,

I picked up En Garde recently because I absolutely adore the tone, setting and swashbuckling duelist vibe.

It’s a little flat for me, I don’t feel like it has achieved the character fantasy of being a swashbuckler in the mechanics, instead I’m basically kicking boxes into people and stabbing them again and again.

Kraivo,

It’s really hard at the beginning

TwilightVulpine,

I’m not a fan of the bleakness of souls games but maybe I’d like En Garde better, it looks like a lot of fun

Khrux,

I wouldn’t call it a soulslike really. Beyond being an over the shoulder melee game, it’s more of a classic PS2 era adventure game.

registeredusername, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
@registeredusername@lemmy.world avatar

Songs of conquest and street of rogue

B0NK3RS, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

I didn’t buy them this year but

  • Software Inc, management game
  • Ostriv, 18th century city building game
  • Off-road Mania, 4x4 trials game
rgalex, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
@rgalex@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve bought a bunch of Wadjet Eye games; Unavowed, Gemini Rue, Primordia, Strangeland, Shardlight, Technobabylon and The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow.

And aside from that, Return of the Obra Dinn.

I’ve already played Gemini Rue, and I’m finishing Unavowed.

RaineV1,

I played Primordia ages ago. It's such an interesting world, and the voice acting is top notch.

Chobbes,

I just want Logan Cunningham to whisper me to sleep every night.

Pips, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I got This is the Police a while back but finally installed it. Surprisingly engaging given how it forces you to be a corrupt and shitty cop to survive. Feels like copaganda, but thankfully I can separate fiction from reality.

any1th3r3, (edited ) do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th

I’m rounding off the year with The Last of Us Part I and so far it lives up to my expectations (and even more).

I’ve also been playing some PSVR2 recently, I recently completed Moss and just started RE: Village (and it seems I’ve almost got my “VR legs”, I wasn’t really feeling nauseated after the first session).

Titan,

Did you watch the show before playing? I did, and I’m wondering if it is worth it to play once you know the whole story

any1th3r3,

No, I didn’t want to spoil myself at all, so I’m not sure how the two compare tbh. I would imagine there are still some slight differences and/or you might want to play on a more challenging difficulty if that’s your thing?

conciselyverbose,

Do you like stealth?

The story is fine, and they do a good job mixing it into the gameplay, but it's not one of my favorite games for the story. (On higher difficulties) It's an excellent stealth game that has really well designed encounters with very believable AI and uses resource scarcity to make every action have weight.

Titan,

Kinda, might try it tonight

Fenrisulfir, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

An Airport For Aliens Currently Run By Dogs

Viewfinder

Manifold Garden

BiggestBulb, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
@BiggestBulb@kbin.social avatar

Squad is definitely one of them! Also the Battlefield Collection is on 89% sale (only includes the ones since 2011 tho)

Alto,
@Alto@kbin.social avatar

I've been a bit burnt out lately, but fully agree with Squad. My most played steam game by a fair bit. Love the ICO so much.

skulblaka, (edited ) do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th
@skulblaka@kbin.social avatar

Been putting a lot of hours recently into Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader. It's been a while since we've seen a really high quality 40k game. Most of the popular (and good) Warhammer games take place in Age of Sigmar and not 40k. (Boltgun being a notable recent exception here)

But damn, Rogue Trader really hits the nail right on the head so far. I've never played Dark Heresy tabletop so the ruleset takes a little getting used to for someone primarily familiar with Pathfinder rules, but once you understand the basics the rest of the game falls right into place. The lore is spot on and the adventure is fun and interesting. Highly recommend to tabletop fans and Warhammer fans each separately, and if you're both like I am, it's a must buy.

Poopfeast420,
@Poopfeast420@kbin.social avatar

I know very little about 40k or Warhammer in general, but want to give Rogue Trader a shot. I've read a bunch of positive comments about the game, but since it's Owlcat, I'll wait some months for patches to fix the game.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@kbin.social avatar

I've only just recently gotten into Act 2 but so far I haven't come across a single bug, actually. Seems very polished. It does require a bit of a Warhammer primer before coming in if you want to know what's going on though. The game does a good enough job of explaining things that are important within the game but a lot of the context and fine details will escape you if you don't know at least a little about the 40k setting at large.

Poopfeast420,
@Poopfeast420@kbin.social avatar

I was recently "burned" with Pathfinder: Kingmaker, which is still in rough shape, after all this time (I think there's some fuckery going on with the publisher, where Owlcat can't update the game anymore), so I'll definitely give it some time. Rogue Trader might also be in a similar boat as BG3, where the later Acts have more bugs, since those weren't in any playtests or betas, but that's just what I read.

I'm also fine with not getting everything, so that isn't an issue. All I know of 40k is basically through various memes on the internet, throughout the years, so basically nothing.

skulblaka,
@skulblaka@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, I'm not sure what's up with Kingmaker. It got dropped like a hot potato in favor of Wrath of The Righteous, which is to this day still receiving updates and is, in my opinion, a stellar game. Kingmaker for sure got the short end of the stick though.

HarrySlaughter, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I already owned it, but Banished is on sale for $6.50. I have played so many hours of this game and can’t get enough! Once I get bored of my existing setup, I just start over with a new village.

eupraxia, do gaming w If you could gift a videogame to anyone, what would you give to whom? And why?

Outer Wilds, to my estranged family. I think they could use a new religion and that game’s probably a better place to start.

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