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How are the Sniper Elite games?

Shotgunnova posted...

I missed this because I already played it months ago on my Deck, but Deadly Premonition 2 is down to $4. I wouldn't say the story compares evenly with the gonzo Twin Peaks-inspired heart of the first game, but it's worth four smackers at least. Difficulty's probably a little easier, too, if that was somehow a barrier for someone.

i heard that the second takes more inspiration from True Detective than Twin Peaks this time. which sounds like something i'd like too, but yeah, i don't see how even that could compare to what the original game was.

Got Shadow Gambit, but from Gamersgate. $7 cheaper than the steam sale price.

Killmonger posted...

How are the Sniper Elite games?

Really good.

4 is the best one for single player. 3 and 5 are decent. 5 is a bit boring for single player but customizing your own weapons is a lot of fun. I've been playing survival mode in 5 lately and having a lot of fun. It's 4 person drop-in co-op against waves of enemies.

sfcalimari posted...

Really good.

4 is the best one for single player. 3 and 5 are decent. 5 is a bit boring for single player but customizing your own weapons is a lot of fun. I've been playing survival mode in 5 lately and having a lot of fun. It's 4 person drop-in co-op against waves of enemies.

Concur with this.

5's campaign felt like a step back after 4's, though the Invasion mode ( like Watch Dogs) was fun

Killmonger posted...

How are the Sniper Elite games?

I enjoyed them to mess around in.

DoesntMatter posted...

i heard that the second takes more inspiration from True Detective than Twin Peaks this time. which sounds like something i'd like too, but yeah, i don't see how even that could compare to what the original game was.

Yeah, the original is a perfect storm of imperfect podunk silliness and it somehow all works out. Well, I guess the PC port of DP1 is notoriously finnicky, but DP2 doesn't have those problems, thankfully.

Psychonauts 2 is on a deep sale and that is super cool.

Also the original Darkest Dungeon, which I think is a game super worth it at full price, is under 3 bucks right now. Get that if you don't have it!

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

Psychonauts 2 is on a deep sale and that is super cool.

Also the original Darkest Dungeon, which I think is a game super worth it at full price, is under 3 bucks right now. Get that if you don't have it!

Darkest Dungeon was stressful af lol

I got so close to the end of Darkest Dungeon and my lvl 6 team got wiped and I never played again

:(

So, I ended up buying Salt 2 and Fields of Mistria.

Salt 2 seems like a decent, single-player Sea of Thieves with a lot less polish I suppose, but it's also much easier on the file size, like 2GB vs SoT's 100GB+.

Fields of Mistria has a kind of, 80 - 90s anime vibe going for it, akin to Stardew conceptually, one of those cosy farming games.

If my washing machine hadn't broken down recently, I'd probably have picked up I Am Future, Planet Crafter & Littlewood as well, but it is what it is.

My only haul was Dungeons of Dreadrock.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896880/Dungeons_of_Dreadrock/

$1.50 for a six hour, cute little dungeon crawler. :)

For those who've played both, which is more fun:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2/

Shotgunnova posted...

For those who've played both, which is more fun:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2/

I think you'll get more out of location familiarity. Like "oh cool I know that place"

I approve of Euro Truck Simulator. It is very enjoyable

Shotgunnova posted...

For those who've played both, which is more fun:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2/

They're both the same games, just with two different continents (with different looking trucks). I suggest getting whichever has the locations you prefer to drive in. Or get both :D.

American Truck Simulator looks really cool and it's deck verified. I might have to get that

After a little digging, the Euro game has twelve countries available by default (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, UK; and small parts of France and Italy) while the American base game has a paltry three states (CA, NV, AZ).

Someone made a Google map to represent DLC packs in the Steam forums:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/227300/discussions/0/1777136225028155058/

Might have to pick some of this stuff up for Winter Sale.

Ugh I keep buying shit, got Yakuza 0 (never played the series) and Hogwarts Legacy

You can get AAAA game Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League for $3.50

Shotgunnova posted...

After a little digging, the Euro game has twelve countries available by default (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, UK; and small parts of France and Italy) while the American base game has a paltry three states (CA, NV, AZ).

Someone made a Google map to represent DLC packs in the Steam forums:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/227300/discussions/0/1777136225028155058/

Might have to pick some of this stuff up for Winter Sale.

damn, I was looking at that and hoping the Boston area was included in the US version. That way I could Storrow a truck without the real life consequences

Were I feeling charitable, I'd say certain states are bigger than entire European countries (especially Luxembourg), so maybe the semi-limited geography won't ruffle prospective buyers. I just didn't expect them to launch with three-fiftieths of the Union as the "base". No idea what they'd do with non-contiguous states, or if they'd put other places in the Americas in there eventually.

Shotgunnova posted...

For those who've played both, which is more fun:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2/

So imo...

Euro Truck Simulator gives you more in the vanilla game, whereas with ATS they only released one or two states at launch and the rest have been released as expansion packs. So you have to pay more to get more in ATS.

Also I don't know if they fixed it, but with Euro Truck Simulator there'd be clear indicators that a speed change was occurring and it was easier to avoid speeding fines. In ATS I felt like I would get fined because the speed limit would just jump from 55 to 45 with minimal warning and then bam I was tagged. Very obnoxious. TL;DR ETS was better in this regard.

Otherwise they're pretty similar games.

old world for $9.99, previous ATL was 19.99
https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/Old_World/

strange horticulture for 4.79 is a good deal

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574580/Strange_Horticulture/

solosnake posted...

strange horticulture for 4.79 is a good deal

WTF this game looks awesome

How's Potion Craft? There's a bundle with that and Strange Horticulture for like $10 and change

HighSeraph posted...

You can get AAAA game Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League for $3.50

I'm kind of tempted to buy it and play it in co-op in case it's funny bad and enjoyable in co-op, but I'm worried it's just bad bad. Also in-app purchases doesn't look promising.

I played a little suicide squad before refunding it on Xbox. It's not even like fun bad it's boring bad

RoosterGold posted...

How's Potion Craft? There's a bundle with that and Strange Horticulture for like $10 and change

i couldnt really get into potion craft

OK I'll ask here. How's FarCry 5? It's freaking five dollars. I know it's an Ubisoft game and they are EA bad at this point. But I considered trying a Far Cry game before in the past but just never decided to pull the lever on one. I wouldn't mind fumbling around in an open world with some quests if it's amusing somewhat and fun.

RoosterGold posted...

How's Potion Craft? There's a bundle with that and Strange Horticulture for like $10 and change

Good but it grinds after a while. The gameplay just doesn't change enough over the course of the game. Probably still worth it just to play it until you get bored at that price, as the game is very fun while it's fresh.

Kamil posted...

OK I'll ask here. How's FarCry 5? It's freaking five dollars. I know it's an Ubisoft game and they are EA bad at this point. But I considered trying a Far Cry game before in the past but just never decided to pull the lever on one. I wouldn't mind fumbling around in an open world with some quests if it's amusing somewhat and fun.

Still Ubisoft though

Kamil posted...

OK I'll ask here. How's FarCry 5? It's freaking five dollars. I know it's an Ubisoft game and they are EA bad at this point. But I considered trying a Far Cry game before in the past but just never decided to pull the lever on one. I wouldn't mind fumbling around in an open world with some quests if it's amusing somewhat and fun.

If your only requirement is "somewhat amusing and fun," then FC5 does fit the bill, sure.

Is there a better way of finding out what all bundles a game is part of? It only shows a few on the store page when there are more.

Shotgunnova posted...

If your only requirement is "somewhat amusing and fun," then FC5 does fit the bill, sure.

Haha thanks. Just people I think liked the first Assasin's Creed. I don't think I'll get it, but I should try some games on my laptop with WHOAH nice graphics. It coulda been the one. Back to science adventure visual novels or Omori it is.

One last shot for Far Cry 5. I thought 3 was universally liked and the cult shit for 5 does seem to have at surface value intrigue.

I see they got them spark the electric jester games on sale. I got part 1, so I might actually commit to part 2 and 3 this time.

Mass effect trilogy for 5 bucks 3 for 1 yes please.

Shiranui777 posted...

Mass effect trilogy for 5 bucks 3 for 1 yes please.

I hope it comes with the proper ending by now. Bioshock darn shucks fucked that up before.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0a6edd14.jpg
I did something really stupid, but in my defense, it's not as stupid as it could have been.

Why 400 Benjamins in DLC that well I did cheerfully spend money.

Kisai posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0a6edd14.jpg
I did something really stupid, but in my defense, it's not as stupid as it could have been.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/Train_Simulator_Classic_2024/

You know what must be done.

.........There is a Cities Skylines 2 it's not very good, well I wonder why. 400 dollars of previous content.

ellis123 posted...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/Train_Simulator_Classic_2024/

You know what must be done.

As cool of a flex that would be, even if all the DLC was $1 each, it would probably still come out to $761. The Skylines DLC came out to $100, which is a lot more reasonable.

Kamil posted...

OK I'll ask here. How's FarCry 5? It's freaking five dollars. I know it's an Ubisoft game and they are EA bad at this point. But I considered trying a Far Cry game before in the past but just never decided to pull the lever on one. I wouldn't mind fumbling around in an open world with some quests if it's amusing somewhat and fun.

Far Cry 5 is one of the best in the series. They streamlined a lot of the collectathon BS so you have more focused side missions. The world looks beautiful. There are good aircraft to use. There's a cool buddy for hire system where you can recruit people to fight with you (and there are unique ones who have special perks that complement certain playstyles). And the XP/skill progression is based on completing challenges.

Ultimately it's one of a few FPS games that actually made me WANT to experiment with different playstyles and have fun doing it and get rewarded for it.

Far Cry 4 is also a solid game. Far Cry 2, while older and more rough around the edges, has a lot more grit and interesting detail to it that was lost in the later games. Far Cry 3 hasn't aged well imo, and Far Cry 6 is trash.

edit: Only thing that moderately sucks about Far Cry 5 is forced story progression at a few points in the game, which I think was a universally hated mechanic but I think the effect was also very overrated.

Far Cry 5 is trash.

Well I am post drunk and it is still 5 dollars. I am getting mixed opinions. High Seraph, I need a better opinion! At least one more sentence.

Hexenherz posted...

Far Cry 5 is one of the best in the series. They streamlined a lot of the collectathon BS so you have more focused side missions. The world looks beautiful. There are good aircraft to use. There's a cool buddy for hire system where you can recruit people to fight with you (and there are unique ones who have special perks that complement certain playstyles). And the XP/skill progression is based on completing challenges.

Ultimately it's one of a few FPS games that actually made me WANT to experiment with different playstyles and have fun doing it and get rewarded for it.

Far Cry 4 is also a solid game. Far Cry 2, while older and more rough around the edges, has a lot more grit and interesting detail to it that was lost in the later games. Far Cry 3 hasn't aged well imo, and Far Cry 6 is trash.

edit: Only thing that moderately sucks about Far Cry 5 is forced story progression at a few points in the game, which I think was a universally hated mechanic but I think the effect was also very overrated.

HighSeraph posted...

Far Cry 5 is trash.

lmao these posts are quite the juxtaposition.

i've only ever played 3, 4, and Blood Dragon and i wasn't ever planning on playing any others, but the first post here made 5 seem like it'd be kinda fun. but then i respect Crim's taste in games a lot, so now i don't know lol.

Kamil posted...

Well I am post drunk and it is still 5 dollars. I am getting mixed opinions. High Seraph, I need a better opinion! At least one more sentence.

Most of the things wrong with it are plot related tbh

OK HS. Shutgunnanova did say if I just want to have fun it might be alright.

Not in a rush to buy it now, Hexenherz who I trust actually wrote a nice write up.

i tried farcry 5 on game pass and deleted it within half an hour.

I hated far cry 2, so i think this series just isnt for me