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  • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    25 分钟前

    I’ve been touching a lot of grass recently and when I do game, it will be the same 3 games or so again so I’ll pass this one and probably subsequent sales

    • flamiera@kbin.melroy.org
      6·
      4 小时前

      They aren’t.

      You’ll maybe see a handful of games convince you that the prices are low because a select few of them have deep discounts. But I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen games retain their price point regardless of what event it is.

        • flamiera@kbin.melroy.org
          2·
          4 小时前

          I guess the sales are what you make of it. I mean, it’s easy for me to say that the sales suck because I and probably others, have been spoiled filthily with great sales of the past. Like 2010 - 2018 was the greatest time for video game sales with staggering discounts that have given the Steam Sale its reputation.

          Nowadays you have to really spread yourself out. IsThereAnyDeal shows me that GameBillet appears to have better sales than Steam’s in comparison.

  • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    16 小时前

    Anyone have any recommendations? I enjoy rpgs and strategy games. Anything that can be played with a controller is ideal.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 小时前

      I’ve been enjoying Tales of Maj’Eyal lately. It’s a roguelike, though you can set it to give several lives or infinite lives. But I’ve been enjoying just going until I die and then rolling a different build. You usually only die because you get overconfident and I’ll leave figuring out the specifics of that to you :)

      It also has over 1100 achievements if you like chasing those.

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        14 小时前

        That seems interesting.

        Is the story good? Are there chances to be really evil? And is it ever funny?

        • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          9 小时前

          It’s fairly solid. You get to divine status so you can be a swarm, necromancer, or demon as far as evil goes (technically there’s also devil but that one’s… weirder to get to) and I guess Archon kinda comes off “evil” in that it doesn’t give a shit about anything other than “law”

          Edit: forgot to mention the same studio also made WH40k: Rogue Trader and that’s also got plenty of evil options

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    501·
    1 天前

    My initial thoughts are these sales are somehow getting even less exciting every time. It is clear that games should only be purchased on sale now as prices don’t seem to drop otherwise.

  • Stupendous@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    1 天前

    After 16 years of sales, my library is filled to the brim with almost everything that goes 75%+ off that I would want. It’s like 3 games a year now that I don’t already have finally hitting the impulse buy range for me. Outside of that, fanatical and humble bundles round out my let’s buy a game id never otherwise buy and try

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      32 分钟前

      AC7 is great I must’ve dumped over a hundred hours trying to ace all the missions. You’ll be hard pressed to find better value.

      • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
        2·
        9 小时前

        I mean it is 6 years old. It is also possible that Project Aces’ licenses for the aircraft is expiring soon, so they may have to delist the game.

  • eli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    1 天前

    Just a heads up that you can browse and set filters on steamdb to see new historical lows for games(obviously based on steam pricing only).

    Some notable historical lows are Silksong, KCD2, Arc Raiders, Hades II, Megabonk…

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
    18·
    1 天前

    Baldurs Gate 3 is 25% off. I’ve been waiting for bigger sale but don’t think it’s coming soon.

    • flamiera@kbin.melroy.org
      13·
      1 天前

      That game is not going to reach 50% for another 2 - 3 years, I’m afraid.

      At worst, it may be one of those games where it could be 10 years old and still be 35% off.

      • addie@feddit.ukEnglish
        6·
        21 小时前

        Generally, companies are trying to maximise profit, which means that the price will be reduced only when it’s stopped selling at the previous and they want to make sales the next, more price-conscious, segment of the market. They might want some quick bucks if the company is in financial trouble, or to ‘make the news’ with a sale if they need some publicity.

        BG3 sold shedloads, is still selling shedloads, was on multiple games-of-the-year list and generally ranks amongst the best games of all time, often at the top; and Larian seem sufficiently flush with cash from the success of it. So like you say, don’t hold your breath waiting for a big sale, it doesn’t make sense for them to do that.

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        12 小时前

        It is not and as somebody who was patient with Civ VI and ultimately loved it after it was fleshed out, I don’t think it ever will be. The “play three different civs over the course of each game with a leader unrelated to any of them” thing they stole from humankind is not going away so if you’re not a fan of that you’re just going to have to skip this one.

        • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          11 小时前

          It’s still so weird to me that they did that. AFAIK Humankind did okay, wasn’t like a massive hit or anything, but the makers of Civ seem to have decided to drop everything and chase it around for some reason.

      • kopasu22@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        23 小时前

        It’s…aight. Not as good as VI yet.

        It hasn’t received any significant gameplay changing DLC yet, and usually Civ games don’t really come into their own until then.

      • bklyn@piefed.socialEnglish
        21·
        1 天前

        honestly, I don’t know. I’ve never played a civ game is didn’t get hopelessly addicted to, but I haven’t really had the money for it yet. plus it has some DRM bullshit on it, so pirating it isn’t an option (yet).

  • Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 天前

    I clicked on the link and it opened my steam app on the “enter payment details” page, because I added a load of shit to my basket earlier and aborted because I got a new bank card who’s number I don’t know by heart yet. Something about clicking a lemmy link about steam and it opening the credit card entry page just made me laugh a lot.

  • Sal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 天前

    For about one hour after it started I could not buy the games I wanted LOL

  • flamiera@kbin.melroy.org
    4·
    1 天前

    I think the only game I can see myself really grabbing is Nioh. It’s $5, between its file size and what type of game it is, I’m not sure.

    I’ve spent a good few minutes checking over the ‘Under $5’ section, which I see some impulses but I’ve been too spoiled from sales of years past where I only just shake my head at seeing some games go for prices I know in my mind just isn’t worth it. I’m having thoughts like “didn’t I buy you at $2.49 at one point?” over a game that’s now like the full 5.

    There is of course games I would want but I am financially sensitive and do abide by my own set budgets for things. So I know I’m not going to be completely happy if I go for games that’ll eat at said budget in like one or two purchases. I like the idea of bundles and that’s how I used to have bought games in the past. I’m remembering the glorious bundles I’d build up and come out spending $40 for like 12 games. Those were great times.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      3·
      1 天前

      Nioh1 was pretty okay. Never finished it. Nioh2 is one of my favorites in the genre, and I play it like once a year. It’s an improvement in every way.