Almost everything on my wishlist is on sale but I already have more games than I can play haha
The struggle of being an adult.
Can finally afford the games, but no time to play them
I hate that. I love new games but never fully play the old ones.
Same…
I am thoroughly whelmed.
Dredge. Should be a perfect Deck on the sofa after work kinda game.
It is!
I was a little skeptical given the darker parts of the game. However, it truly wasn’t an issue and I adapted to how the game worked. Now I just glide through the water and do my fishing and dredging. Such relaxation.
Probably buying Cult of the Lamb. Waiting to get my OLED Deck first though, still only at “packaged”. :/
My spouse loves that game, super cute art style and creative concept.
I got that game for ps form my local library and fell in love, will definitely be buying it.
I’m not thrilled by that developer, “unity is terrible, I’m de-listing my game on new years day” is now “that was a joke tweet”. I never had a problem with unity trying to monotize their problem, but the knee jerk reaction from the gaming community was reactionary and showed immaturity, that some developers (cult of the Lamb included) jumped onboard, and now are trying to play the “it was a joke” card, is pathetic and has made me decide to remove their product from my wish list, when I should be buying it. (Discovered this today when checking out the discussion board, apparently they’re planning dlc which has been delayed to next year, which is aftwr they were supposed to be de-listing)
I mean, it was also reactionary by Unity and they’ve since walked back their executable fee plan for legacy applications. If that didn’t happen I have no doubt Cult would have been pulled, because what indie can afford to pay PER INSTALL?
I fully blame unity for the debacle and fall out, and don’t think it’s right to blame devs for backtracking after unity put new conditions on the table.
Their Twitter page also clarified literally the next day that it wasn’t a serious tweet, and they weren’t expecting the media to run with it like they did.
https://twitter.com/cultofthelamb/status/1702091821273461176
Even if they did delist it, though, I fully understand. They sold over 1 million copies in their first week or something? They would behave been overwhelmingly affected by this pay-per-install issue.
Sure, but I don’t appreciate childish antics by devs, apparently for the sole purpose of catching a hype wave.
I’ve written them off and will not be purchasing their game, as every time there’s a slight inconvenience it seems they’ll throw their hands up and threaten to stop developing their game. It’s not the industry they should be in imo. (See also fez)
The industry backlash wasn’t about any hype wave. My game is nowhere near marketable yet, but I internally switched to using godot despite how much work I have to repeat because unity has declared hostile intent towards indie games. Even if they walked it back the threat of their whims is still there.
Not just the threat, unity clearly stated they are still moving forward with their plans, the fee just won’t apply retroactively. Of course, this is how it should have been from the initial announcement, but too little too late - it is the right decision to not use their tools for your future project.
Just bought Lil Gator Game, Just finished Lil Gator Game.
Was moved to tears multiple times.
In all seriousness, I recommend it as fuck. And it plays amazing on the deck too.
That game looks a bit like “a short hike” thanks for the tip, bought it
It is! I loved both, you’re in for a treat!
Okay, i’m instantly in
Ooh, I forgot Hat in Time was a thing, I guess I should play it even if a little late
Oh yeah you should! Cute, charming and i keep suspecting it was a bit of a love note to Calvin and Hobbes because the unnamed girl is just like the little girl version of Calvin 😆
Go blind if possible. Do have in mind that the platforming in most of the game isn’t too hard but there’s points where it does ramp up significantly.
Already not blind for the first half of the game because there was a wild Alpharad once.
Spoilers don’t hold power over my enjoyment generally though, so gonna I’m go check it out either way
Also I crave the difficult platforming.
I just got Tunic and Unpacking on sale.
You’re in for a treat with Tunic.
I found the intro to be really obtuse but dang if pushing through didn’t pay off. That game is great.
I really enjoyed it though I found some of the later puzzles to be so obscure and difficult that I ended up looking up a lot of answers.
Unpacking is so soothing.
I just got a 2nd hand Oculus Rift S for cheap, so I’m gonne take a look at the VR offers, as this is my first VR experience.
Oooh congrats, there’s so many phenomenal VR games. I have to recommend Pistol Whip, it’s essentially a John Wick music simulator. Shoot to the beat (or not) going down a hallway where enemies shoot at where you are. Move a bit, the bullet flies right by you. There are 38 official tracks after 4 years of completely free updates. They also have released a modding toolkit which has some pretty sick maps people have made - any song you want you can make!
I prefer it to Beat Saber quite a bit, but it’s really a preference thing. Synth Riders and Audio Surfers are also fun, there’s also Audio Shield and Electronauts - all basically variations on the same premise. Music and actions coordinated to rhythm. As I said, my favorite of them all is Pistol Whip, it always keeps me coming back.
I have so, soooo many more recommendations so I’ll just list a couple by genre.
Creative hobby: there’s a number of VR-space hobbies that work really well. First is Open Brush, which is an open sourced free version of the depreciated Tilt Brush by Google. It’s quite literally VR painting and there’s scenes you can enter made by other people. For regular painting in VR, there’s Vermillion which is super awesome all around. There’s SculptrVR for all your clay working desires. There’s also art-like experiences, Chroma Lab, DMT, Ayahuasca. They’re ok but worth looking at and deciding for yourself, Chroma Lab is my fav of those 3.
Music wise there’s SynthVR, which can be a full VR synth-rack that you build - much cheaper than buying them! There’s Paradiddle for VR drumming which has a lot of great features and pretty much full hardware support all around. Seriously great software. And finally, Vinyl Reality which is VR DJIng! It uses all your music files you have, I recommend using a software to get BPM data. I just used a plugin from my audio player Foobar2000 and it took about 30-40 minutes on 20k tracks so not bad.
I love the creative hobby programs because sometimes painting or sculpting can just be too much setup/cleanup and these make it so simple. No, they’re not real life but man do they come close enough. Since they’re much more relaxed, I also recommend VR tools - XS Overlay (or OVR Toolkit). They are overlay programs to bring panels from your computer into VR. Basically, you can have a floating panel for you desktop open, or a floating panel for Firefox or your media player. XS Overlay uses a newer standard, OVR Toolkit is good too but with more tools. There is also OVR Advanced Settings for adjusting some VR space - if your playspace is too tall or too short or too far back/Forward/left/right or rotated incorrectly then this program lets you adjust and fix that. Very necessary when you need it. Both of these programs can run in the background during your VR session with minimal performance loss. Anyway, I recommend XS Overlay (or OVR Toolkit) because if you have an android you can use SCRCPY (not on Steam) to bring your phone in VR. It works exceedingly well, it’s insane. SCRCPY mirrors your phone as a window, and you can set specific bitrates and FPS values to match the refresh rate of your VR headset. Once the window is open - XS Overlay to bring your phone screen in VR… It’s freaking awesome.
Okay, so all of that is just basically VR simulating real life but getting around some of the inconveniences of real life. Cleaning, not having access to your phone when gaming in VR or being able to have a video playing floating next to you. But how about actual games?
Simulators are popular and definitely check out the ones people have recommended already. In addition to those - Elite Dangerous and Star Wars Squadrons (on sale) if you have a HOTAS. There’s also the car simulators, although tbh I tried these and most of them were more effort to set up than most and the experience with a race wheel in VR didn’t seem as worthwhile as the HOTAS does. Personally I’ve been happy with flat-screen race wheel games. Other than these, I feel like seated sims are hit or miss.
VR FPS: Arizona Sunshine, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, ARK-ADE, Naked Sun, Pavlov VR are all very well done. Into the radius is pretty good too. I also recommend Duck Season, it’s VR Duck Hunt…! And of course, Half Life Alyx.
VR Action: Boneworks and then Bonelab, made by the same people who did Duck Season. Blade & Sorcery, GORN, Budget Cuts, Phasmophobia, and SuperhotVR are all worth looking into as well. There’s also Deadly Hunter which is worth a look.
VR Game: I dunno how else to categorize these other than legit game/mini game games? Hyper Psychic Gauntlets, Catlateral Damage, Chupa Chupa VR, King Kaiju, REZ, Moose Life, VR Noid, Holoball, Vertical Shift, Panoptic & Keep taking and nobody explodes. Finally, Accounting and The Cubicle which are free experiences.
I really recommend that last batch, they are very fun.
Enjoy!
This is very thorough, thanks! Though I’m missing one of the reasons I got this thing: the 7th Guest VR. It’s a VR remake of the old DOS FMV game!
Ooh if you like older games there’s Dolphin VR that has Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, and a couple others.
There’s also 3DNESVR For a few NES games in a VR-ized way. It’s nice :)
Cool! Thanks!
Half life Alyx is sitting at $20 right now just a friendly heads up
Thanks! I already bought that one. Jeez it’s immersive!
Get the mods for Half Life 2 + episodes as well. It’s almost as advanced as Alyx but with more challenge, which you may want after you get a handle on Alyx (and you get back the crowbar).
I wholeheartedly recommend Synth Riders if you’re into rhythm games!
Beat Saber & VTOL VR are my recommendations for VR games that can be more then a 30min ExpErIEncE.
You didn’t ask, I know… :-)
It’s appreciated anyway! Put beat saber on my wishlist!
If you’re a gun enthusiast or just would like to mess around with some of the most detailed weapons VR has to offer, I strongly recommend trying out H3VR (Hotdogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is the full name I believe). Yes, it has never been on sale since it came out, but it’s 100% worth the 20 bucks they’re asking for. There’s also an awesome multi-player mod for it called H3MP, as well as heaps of other content mods.
Skyrim VR is on sale, you NEEEEEEEEEEEEED to mod it to make it playable (it’s a dogshit port). I tried pirating it but the mods required to make it a good VR experience only work with a different version
Check out VRchat. It’s free and frankly what meta is trying to build…but it’s already here
I just got a Steam Deck and will be using it as a console with my wife & kids - in that light I’ve bought a lot of smaller co-op and local multiplayer games:
- Stick Fight: The Game
- Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
- Moving Out
- Broforce
- Cook, Serve, Delicious
- Portal 2
- Rubber Bandits
- HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED
- Horizon Chase Turbo
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Human Fall Flat
- CarX Drift Racing Online
- Nidhogg
- Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
We’ll see what else we’ll go for, but that should help us get started :)
Toybox turbo is a easy recommend. Short games with a fun mp mode
I recommend giving Plate Up a look!
I highly recommend Death Must Die. It is early access, as a fair warning. But it successfully mixes up Hades with Vampire Survivors and a few others. Runs great on Deck as well. The dialog can be cringe and the story is clearly under development. But if you want a fun gameplay loop–this is the game.
Got a bunch of Pinball FX tables.
Black Mesa, The Master Chief collection, Ori bundle and Sonic Superstars. 70€ ;_; (because that fucking new Sonic game is too expensive, even on 30% sale)
I am eyeing Dave the Diver and The Forgotten City. I am just waiting to get my OLED Deck and start playing them.
I don’t really need any new game as I have a substantial backlog and hopefully with the Deck I will start to clear it.
I am already looking forward to the holidays.
I went into The Forgotten City completely blind and found it to be very compelling and creative experience that I didn’t want to stop playing. I hope you enjoy it if you decide to buy it!
Dave the diver is a blast. The premise is simple and fun but it’s constantly evolving and building on what’s there with a charming cast of characters and events. Id highly recommend it.
Do not buy Dave the Diver as it is published by Nexon.
What’s wrong with that?
Some quick searches suggest Nexon having a pretty poor reputation on account of aggressive micro transactions/loot boxes. That is pretty shitty behavior for sure.
I wonder if purchasing a game like DtD, a game without such poison, is helpful to send a message that people like games without these predatory tactics.
Who am I kidding? It wouldn’t change anything.
Monster Hunter Rise + DLC for me and qt gf. 60% off and runs like a dream! 60 fps with default settings.
Is the coop system in monster hunter rise like it is in monster hunter world? Bc me and my so both enjoyed the game but the coop for world was so strange. Almost not even coop
Nothing! I’m going with a Sega Dreamcast/Gamecube classic, and jumping into Phantasy Star Online BB for the holiday weekend. Apparently private server even has a guide for getting it running on Steam Deck (or any Linux distro), but I’ll just be playing on PC.
I got Cassette Beasts specifically for my deck, though everything else I got should work, though the controls might be rough.
You’re in for a treat, Cassette Beasts is so underrated. I played it at release and I still listen to the music regularly.
