Steam autumn sale...

Solid Snake · 11-25-2015, 10:43 PM

I've actually been unpleasantly surprised with my expenditures for the Autumn Sale (by which I mean, I spent more than I anticipated, given that Daily and Flash sales were eliminated from contention.) Instead of having to check on an hourly basis, I also was able to buy everything in one big bulk purchase, which is something I deeply prefer...it's improved the quality of the experience for me.

So far, I gobbled up Life Is Strange, If My Heart Had Wings, Magicka, Deadly Premonition (finally!), L.A. Noire and Renowned Explorers: International Society. L.A. Noire was probably the silliest purchase of the bunch...I've platinumed the game on PS3 but thought for such a low price it'd be nice to replay the full game with all DLC in chronological order.
I'm also really considering Sunless Sea, which I've heard great things about.

But I want to take a moment to strongly and unapologetically shill for Renowned Explorers, a really phenomenal Indie game that's just been buried with lack of sales. It's incredible and well worth your consideration if you enjoy strategy RPGs and want to try a strategy RPG which rewards diplomacy and cunning as well as traditional 'combat' approaches to problem-solving. You can basically play through the adventures without killing a single soul, which is great. My one social justice nitpick is that, because the game takes place in a romanticized version of the Victorian Era, it's shitty with racism -- for some reason it handles the sexism of the period just right (by pretending it doesn't exist, and elevating women to positions of equal stature) but your exploration in Africa involves running into villagers that fit all the objectionable and outdated 'primitive' stereotypes. Fortunately, you can basically avoid Africa entirely.

Also: If you haven't picked it up yet, I can't recommend Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) enough. It's an adorable platformer that celebrates Inuit culture and Inuits assisted in creating the game. It's short, but it's lovely and it's cheap now and it's another of those Indie titles that has criminally been swept under everyone's radars.

Anyone else have recommendations of games off the beaten path to check out?

11-25-2015, 10:43 PM	#11
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	I've actually been unpleasantly surprised with my expenditures for the Autumn Sale (by which I mean, I spent more than I anticipated, given that Daily and Flash sales were eliminated from contention.) Instead of having to check on an hourly basis, I also was able to buy everything in one big bulk purchase, which is something I deeply prefer...it's improved the quality of the experience for me. So far, I gobbled up Life Is Strange, If My Heart Had Wings, Magicka, Deadly Premonition (finally!), L.A. Noire and Renowned Explorers: International Society. L.A. Noire was probably the silliest purchase of the bunch...I've platinumed the game on PS3 but thought for such a low price it'd be nice to replay the full game with all DLC in chronological order. I'm also really considering Sunless Sea, which I've heard great things about. But I want to take a moment to strongly and unapologetically shill for Renowned Explorers, a really phenomenal Indie game that's just been buried with lack of sales. It's incredible and well worth your consideration if you enjoy strategy RPGs and want to try a strategy RPG which rewards diplomacy and cunning as well as traditional 'combat' approaches to problem-solving. You can basically play through the adventures without killing a single soul, which is great. My one social justice nitpick is that, because the game takes place in a romanticized version of the Victorian Era, it's shitty with racism -- for some reason it handles the sexism of the period just right (by pretending it doesn't exist, and elevating women to positions of equal stature) but your exploration in Africa involves running into villagers that fit all the objectionable and outdated 'primitive' stereotypes. Fortunately, you can basically avoid Africa entirely. Also: If you haven't picked it up yet, I can't recommend Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) enough. It's an adorable platformer that celebrates Inuit culture and Inuits assisted in creating the game. It's short, but it's lovely and it's cheap now and it's another of those Indie titles that has criminally been swept under everyone's radars. Anyone else have recommendations of games off the beaten path to check out? __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.