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I've about $50 in my steam wallet and I'm wondering what this community would think are must-haves. I'm currently eyeing Satisfactory and Potion Craft and am worried I'm missing out on any great deals.

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[–] iusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Disco Elysium is 75% off.

Prey (and Mooncrash) are 75% off. Most other Arkane games are too, and they're all top notch (except Redfall :/)

Killer7 is 75% off.

Ace Combat 7 is 85% off.

Dying Light (and The Following expansion) are 80% off.

CONTROL is 75% off.

All the Deus Ex games are >80% off, really can't go wrong here.

Pillars of Eternity I and II are 75% off.

Lots of great deals on high-profile games this sale, and I highly recommend everything on this list.

[–] yads@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Isn't there something with disco elysium and whoever is profiting off of it now is not the original creators?

[–] Coelacanth@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's a clusterfuck really, but yeah the lead writer, designer and artist were all fired and lost the rights to the IP. Litigation is still ongoing I think, and hopefully Kurvitz, Hindpere and Rostov can regain the right to at least produce more work in the IP in the future. Heartbreaking for Kurvitz especially since he's built the IP with and for his friends from the age of 15.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, iirc the developers, who'd spent bloody ages developing the world for the game, we're effectively kicked out during a hostile publisher takeover. They're seeing none of the money from sales, nor do they hold the rights to their own property.

I might be misremembering some parts here, but the main point is that the devs were fucked over, aren't profiting off their property, can't do anything new with the property.

[–] TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGIGA8taN-M

Didn't watch it through. Please come back with summary if you do :)

[–] iusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The original developers were forced out of the studio, allegedly through fraudulent means, but I'm not sure whether they lost royalties from sales as well. I can't find anything confirming one way or the other, unfortunately.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I loved Discord Elysium! Going to pick up Pillars of Eternity because of your comment. Never heard of those games and looks cool.

Going to try these on my Steam Deck, not sure how the controls work with controller yet. ProtonDB gave both a platinum rating, yet Steam says playable lol. If it's anything like Divinity Original Sin 2 then I'm excited.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Disco Elysium is Verified. The only reason Pillars is Playable and not Verified is because the game doesn't always have the correct button prompts.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ProtonDB gave both a platinum rating, yet Steam says playable lol

Steam's checkmark rating is based on a very specific set of criteria, like if the game plays well on gamepad, if the UI elements work on small displays, if it requires keyboard input, etc. Yellow check means the game will play, green means it theoretically has an experience which is on par with native console games.

ProtonDB only cares how good the Linux compatibility is in general, not specifically on the Steam Deck.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

ProtonDB now has their top results specifically for the Deck, which is annoying since I only care about general Linux compatibility and would like to remove them. I can filter my results to show matching OS / graphics card, which is great, but only once I've scrolled passed a whole pile of stuff I don't care about.

[–] Arayvenn@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How does the original dying light hold up in 2023?

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Still the better Dying Light imo, but DL2 is catching up due to Techland actually giving a shit.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] StormTrooper626@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

All time favorite game. Cannot wait for AW2.

[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd recommend Pathfinder over Pillars Of Eternity, it has a massive sale too!

[–] kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I loaded up Pathfinder, got through the intro and got to the world map, thought, 'yep, I can see myself spending a lot of time on this game,' and haven't played it since lol. I really need to jump into it again.

Owlcat are also doing a Rogue Trader crpg set in the Warhammer 40000 universe. I've tried to swear off GW for being evil but it looks really cool from what I've seen.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit a wh40k crpg? Shut up and take my money!

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Honestly both are excellent. PF kingmaker has the beneath the stolen lands DLC which is dope, it's like an infinite dungeon crawl. Pure D&D-style combat in a roguelike!