Steam Summer Sale 2025 - My wallet is ready

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herefortheactualthreads said:
get the free version brother
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Shiiiieeettt
 
I don't know if I'm going to be splurging on anything this year, I want to save my money for the MGS3 remake (assuming it's good), or maybe HLX if Valve announces it before year's end.

harbringer883 said:
Battlefront II is on a 90% sale, is it any good?
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Oh hell yeah. Four bucks for it is a pretty damn good deal. The game hasn't been pay to win since 2017, all the progression is tied to actually playing the game. Still a strong playerbase.
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I think I heard that there's a bit of a problem with hackers in some modes or something? But I played a bunch of matches like last week and didn't ever run into one.
 
alright, give me some recommendations, im looking for boomer shooters, retro platformers, and western CRPG games. any suggestions are welcomed, but i do own most of the mainstream/well known games of each genre.
 
GI Robot said:
im looking for boomer shooters
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Hedon: Bloodrite and Cultic are two games that have managed to stand out among the deluge of boomer shooters.

Hedon is great - first episode is linear, though the levels are huge and varied, each with optional areas, unique gimmicks and sidequests to complete, while the second episode becomes "open world", with lots of places to explore and secrets to uncover. My recommendation is to play it with a mod that enables the radial menu for inventory items, since there's a lot of potions and other consumables, and trying to select one in the heat of battle is hard.

Cultic encourages sniping enemies from range and taking advantage of headshots. Thematically, it is similar to Blood, in the sense that you are fighting against a cult trying to summon an eldritch abomination. Throughout the game you can upgrade your arsenal. The standard color palette might not be for everyone, but you can turn it off in the options.

If we stretch the definition of boomer shooter to include immersive sims, then there's a few good ones in early access - Gloomwood (Thief and Resident Evil by way of System Shock), Fallen Aces (pulpy and with a great comic book aesthetic), Monomyth (spiritual successor or Arx Fatalis, making it a spiritual successor to a spiritual successor), Skin Deep (Die Hard in space, rescuing cats that pilot ships, built on the Doom 3 engine).

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Forgot about Boltgun - 40k inspired boomer shooter were you play as an ANGRY Ultramarine that singlehandedly bodies a whole planet awash in Chaos corruption, and beats the shit out of no less than 10 Tzeetch/Nurgle greater daemons. It has a dedicated button taunt button. Map design is iffy in places, and there's no ingame map, but the devs have added a handy compass that guides you towards objectives and I recommend you to use it.

GI Robot said:
western CRPG games
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Tough one, if you have most of the mainstream stuff.

Maybe Arx Fatalis if you haven't played that one already? Spiritual sequel to Ultima Underworld made by Arkane back when they weren't shit.

There's also the 5 Geneforge games. Graphics are monstrously ugly, but they're Vogel's best output, and offer a unique spin on the fantasy setting, with some great worldbuilding and reactivity.

Prince of Qin is the chink attempt to make their own Baldur's Gate, though in a lot of ways it plays like Diablo, but with the quest structure of an IW game. It's more precise to call the game alternative history fiction with some fantasy elements, since the titular prince you play as committed suicide IRL.

Translation is iffy, and I recommend hunting down the mod that replaces the English VA with the original Chinese so you don't get your ears raped.
 
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GI Robot said:
alright, give me some recommendations, im looking for boomer shooters, retro platformers, and western CRPG games. any suggestions are welcomed, but i do own most of the mainstream/well known games of each genre.
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In addition to what's been listed
Boomer shooters: Amid Evil, Project Warlock
CRPGs: Colony Ship
 
Shit, one more I forgot that was good, for anyone who likes excruciatingly difficult time trial games (this may also count as a retro platformer rec): Aureole. It's the Kirby wheel mechanic as a game, hard as balls and extremely satisfying when you figure out the perfect route through levels to nail the gold medal times.
 
Going to be honest, I never feel for the "waste money on games you will never play hype" meme, I might have bought a franchise bundle and only play the first games (like Far Cry or Civilization) and got tired of the concept itself after 100 h. Maybe I got some kike genes from mom or it's because as a kid I wasn't allowed to just buy shit online with my parents card without justifying it, so I always sorted the games I really wanted.

Explaining Microsoft Points was a rough one... thanks dad for educating 7-12 year olds about currency-credit/point scams.
 
Crysis is going for only 5 bucks right now, I fully recommend it
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Never mind, that's GOG, Steam recently de-listed it
 
thhrang said:
Oh hell yeah. Four bucks for it is a pretty damn good deal. The game hasn't been pay to win since 2017, all the progression is tied to actually playing the game. Still a strong playerbase.
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I think I heard that there's a bit of a problem with hackers in some modes or something? But I played a bunch of matches like last week and didn't ever run into one.
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I need a new a multiplayer shoot shoot gayme, so I'm going to try this out. If it is bad though, I will send Cad Bane to scalp you :)
 
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