It’s nice to see people talking about it. I caught a streamer I follow playing it like a month ago and it looked like a lot of fun.
I don’t have enough time to game to justify buying it at its most recent sale price, but I have my eye on it for the first time it gets a deeper discount or gets bundled.
Thanks for posting. I just watched review videos for all 5, and they all seem skippable, with better options available in their genres, all with some klunky mechanic or grindy/repetitive gameplay loop that frustrates.
Looks like I’ll likely skip this month, depending what the remaining 3 games are.
This one is a bit out there, but I feel like Backpack Battles is a series of self-generated puzzles.
It’s an autobattler where you shop between each round to buy items and bags, and items affect other items in specific positions around them. So, you’re constantly trying to react to what the shop is offering you to build a combo (and get balanced defenses), then rearrange your bag to try to maximize your item synergies.
It’s completely free to play in early access until its full release in April. And the global leaderboards are very active. Good luck getting to Master Rank, let alone Grandmaster! (I’ve plateaued in Diamond… I need to work on my early game.)
You could also try Twitch. Most smaller streamers are open to answering viewers’ questions (and bigger ones probably would be, too, but they just can’t because of volume.)
Was anyone else floored that Half-Life came out 25 years ago? I mean, of course I can do the math, but it hit me hard how long ago that was.
I remember reading a preview article in PC Gamer about the revolutionary AI in the game, how enemies would follow you if they could hear you and set up ambushes.
Then the first time I played it, having the story told right in the game with characters doing actions that you can look around and see and interact with … It was clear to everyone at the time that this was the future of storytelling in first-person games.
I’m definitely going to need to try this on my Deck when it arrives and see if the gameplay holds up.
I’ve heard D2R is really good on the Steam Deck, so I think I’ll start with that one. Or maybe PoE.
I’ve ordered an OLED Deck and I’m looking for games with fun gameplay loops that don’t take too much attention since I’ll most be playing while watching TV with my partner. ARPGs seem like a perfect match.
What is there to do in the end game? I’m at the point now where I can get 1000+ golden eggs and I don’t even know how much gold per run, if I want to, but the whole thing is just fairly easy and repetitive. No matter which character I get, I can use pretty much the same OP combo.
I guess I could just go back to making the game hard again by disabling eggs, the OP weapons, and other things, but then what’s the point since a lot of the fun is in unlocking things?
Or am I just “done” the game, now, and it’s time to move on to Soulstone Survivors or Brotato?
I think this business model is likely suitable only for a few types of games:
Games with a repetitive gameplay loop. Multiplayer or single player, but something where you want to start another run/match/game when you finish.
And sandbox games where there’s no limit to the gameplay.
But for games it’s suitable for, the free marketing you get from content creators is the best publicity you could hope for, and a great way to stand out in an increasingly overcrowded and competitive market.
I’m dealing with a thumb injury, so I can only play games that don’t require a gamepad, so I’ve been playing a lot of Vampire Survivors. I’ve unlocked almost everything, now, and the game’s become really easy with a zillion gold eggs upgrading everything and the ability to lock out all the “bad” weapons, so I was looking for something new to play.
I just started Spelunky again, but this time with keyboard controls on the home row only. It’s a bit of a mind bender and I’m constantly hitting the wrong keys, but I’m slowly getting it. I think this might be really good for me, in the long term; controlling games with HR only will greatly reduce fatigue and risk of RSIs.
This post falls to meet the only rule at Beehaw: Be(e) Kind.
You’re entitled to your opinion, and this is a great space to share your opinions on things so long as you do so constructively, in good faith. The title of this post is divisive ragebait, the original post has no depth or detail, and the edit only adds more complaints about bugs without adding any detail to explain your original claims.
I’ve enjoyed a few of them with my young kids The Lego one was fun, Dodo Peak is another nice introduction puzzle game, and Beyond Blue is educational and beautiful.
There are quite a few more that I might check out at some point. I slightly regret not jumping on the free games bandwagon earlier since I missed some great ones, but I have enough of a games library across many platforms that I never need to buy another game for the rest of my life and I won’t beat them all, so whatever.