Normally the steam awards winners are real stinkers, but the voters had shockingly good taste this year.

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    4 days ago

    Damn, they did my boy The Alters dirty. Not a single win.

    Also, Arc Raiders most innovative? Isn’t it just an (admittedly improved) extraction shooter?

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      3 days ago

      My one issue with Alters was if you make certain decisions with what to produce or work on, at certain points, I had to roll back pretty far to undo them to just survive upcoming events. Really cool game otherwise.

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        3 days ago

        I love the story of that game, too, but being unable to progress at those points makes for a good strategy game while also being antithetical to its message, lol.

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        3 days ago

        It’s definitely flawed. But I found it to be original if nothing else and a breath of fresh air in a sea of extraction shooters, rogueliles and soulslikes. Rather reminded me of Death Stranding when it came out.

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      The arc are ectremely impressive enemies and feel like nothing I’ve ever fought in a game, and the matchmaking system puts you in matvhes with people that have the same level of aggression. So it’s not your regular extraction shooter where NPCs are a sidenote and everyone plays kill on sight and that’s extremely refreshing