Gaming deals, half price caplets
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It's currently got Mostly Negative (49) / Mixed (158) reviews - any thoughts on it?
Enter the Gungeon is currently 90% off - $1.49.
Steam tells me that I put 101 hours into it.
It's tough as all hell and doesn't pull any punches - you will have to get very good at dodging and fighting to make it down to the bottom. However, it's got a good sense of progression too - as long as you can at least beat the first boss, you'll earn credits to unlock new stuff, find quest givers and new shopkeepers, etc.
If I had to level any complaints at it, it would be that on an average run you don't get to see all the cool mixing of passive powers that you get in Isaac (since many of your rewards will be weapons, and the shops prices are high), and on truly horrid runs, you might be fighting a boss (or two!) with nothing but your starting weapon (which is doable, but difficult and boring) because you just never got anything useful.
Overall, well worth the purchase if you're a fan of the bullet hell/rogue-lite/Isaac-like game genres.
If I had to level any complaints at it, it would be that on an average run you don't get to see all the cool mixing of passive powers that you get in Isaac (since many of your rewards will be weapons, and the shops prices are high), and on truly horrid runs, you might be fighting a boss (or two!) with nothing but your starting weapon (which is doable, but difficult and boring) because you just never got anything useful.
Overall, well worth the purchase if you're a fan of the bullet hell/rogue-lite/Isaac-like game genres.
Thanks for that! I’d been waiting for a deep sale before picking it up. That’s deep enough, I think.
Fights in Tight Spaces is on sale for $10 (60% off), and that's a fantastic price. This is the game you wished John Wick Hex was.
macosandlinux
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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning (point'n'click) is currently free on Steam.
Party Club, launched today, free today only
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796010/Party_Club/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796010/Party_Club/
This week's free game at EGS is Jurassic World Evolution 2. I haven't played this one yet, but the first one was fun.
Got myself an HDR gaming monitor (no I didn't splurge on an OLED, but a VA panel with 336 dimming zones that didn't break the bank), and it takes a bit of fiddling to get it looking right but it's worth it. Great contrast, excellent maximum brightness. Some games' colors just pop.
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macosandlinux
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I would have missed this one, but for it being pointed out by @MichaelC :
This is kind of important, because Soul Reaver 1&2 remastered is recently out , but 2 leaves on a cliffhanger, and Defiance is a fantastic wrap-up to the trilogy, so it's good to have in your back pocket if you ever pick up the 1&2 remaster at some point in the future.
Do you like CRPGs?
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/dice-and-destiny
Includes:
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/dice-and-destiny
Includes:
- Disco Elysium Final Cut (reason I picked it up)
- Pillars of Eternity
- Pillars of Eternity II
- Roadwarden
- Broken Road
- Citizen Sleeper
- Coupon for 15% off Citizen Sleeper 2
And on the other side of the spectrum, apparently they've also got a huge Leisure Suit Larry collection - 1,2,3,5,6,7, Magna Cum Laude, Wet Dreams Don't Try, and Wet Dreams Dry Twice for $7.
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/leisure-suit-larry-complete-collection-bundle-2025
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/leisure-suit-larry-complete-collection-bundle-2025
macosandlinux
Ars Tribunus Militum
Three Sisters and Dreams of Aether are currently available for free on Steam.
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3463050/Dreams_of_Aether/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3584190/Three_Sisters/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3463050/Dreams_of_Aether/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3584190/Three_Sisters/
The Humble Choice bundle for April has some good games including Distant Worlds 2 and Aliens: Dark Descent, as well as the Tomb Raider I-II-IIII Remasters. There's some anime/emo-looking thing called 1000xResist, Dredge, Diplomacy is not an Option and a couple of cutesy art style games I can't recall.
Honestly it’s one of the best stories I’ve ever experienced in a game, even if there isn’t much “game” there. It’s somewhere between a walking simulator and a VN. It’s definitely not anime although I guess you could argue it’s emo.
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YMMV. Anything with that big-eyed, low texture art style looks "anime" enough to me* (like for instance that Cyberpunk 2077-themed show on Netflix), but maybe it doesn't fit into a strict definition of the term.
*and not being an 80's or 90's kid (more of a 60's and 70's one), with memories of watching the old Speed Racer animated series ca. 1971 when I was 10, but missing all the flood of anime stuff that came along much later, it really isn't my bag in games (although I stuck with the Cyberpunk series for a number of episodes).
Tactical Breach Wizards is on sale on Steam for $14.99 (25% off). By the same dev as Heat Signature and Gunpoint.
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
That game was a ton of fun. Super tight, super polished, often very funny. They worked on it for six years, and it shows.
It looks like a tactical combat game, but it's more of a puzzle game, because you have unlimited rewind and you always know the exact outcome of every turn you take; nothing is final until you hit End Turn, see what will happen, and then accept the results.
You can certainly get yourself into an unsalvageable position, but in general it's much more puzzle-y than fight-y.
It was a great time. I didn't do most of the extra stuff, I stayed with the main missions. I got 21.7 hours out of it, and could have gotten probably 30 if I'd done all the optional stuff.
Yeah, the guys on the strategy game podcast Three Moves Ahead wouldn't shut up about it, and it sounds and looks fantastic. At first I thought it might be by Klei because it kinda looked like Invisible, Inc.
It's pretty much never a good idea to outright post keys like that. Bots usually get them, because they can watch tirelessly for crap like that.
Instead, post its availability (in the correct thread) and then PM the key after someone asks for it. That way, it's certain that an actual human will get it.
Instead, post its availability (in the correct thread) and then PM the key after someone asks for it. That way, it's certain that an actual human will get it.
