• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    1 hour ago

    i always wait until the games are actually done (and priced reasonably), and that means nowadays that yeah, no 2024 games.

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    I want to get Still Wakes the Deep but for what is apparently a pretty short game I’ll be waiting for a better discount. that’s about the only 2024 game I’ve been interested in

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    5 hours ago

    I hope this article isn’t because the industry might consider shifting to a complete subscription model, I really can’t afford the rising cost of new games on release or overpriced subscription models.

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    8 hours ago

    Looking through the sale trying to find ANY game that holds an interest for me… Any suggestions? Seems like a lot of trash lately.

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      4 hours ago

      Great games that came out in 2024:

      • UFO 50
      • Peglin
      • ANIMAL WELL
      • Balatro

      2024 games that I haven’t tried yet but seem promising:

      • Pepper Grinder
      • Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
      • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
      • Rabbit and Steel
      • Another Crab’s Treasure
      • Felvidek

      All are in no particular order. Dunno if you’ll like those but these ones come to mind :)

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        Rabbit and Steel

        I haven’t had a chance to properly play it in coop, but I tried Rabbit and Steel and it is really fun.

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        Thanks! Bought and played a lot of UFO50 already, I liked it. Bought and loved Balatro as well! I’ll have to look into the others. Thanks again!

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          No worries! I’ve just realized you were asking for games on sale (reading is hard ugh…) so hopefully the ones you want will be discounted mb ^^’

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        Nine Sols is squarely in the “good but not fun” category for me. It is well executed but I did not enjoy most of it. Also the story is a bummer.

        I reinstalled Sekiro after finishing it to see if my memory was rose tinted. No, sekiro is still like music. Even cleared the “you should lose this fight” tutorial boss.

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      Same. Yesterday I searched through Switch, PS5, GoG and Steam to find something to play during the holidays.

      I think I’ll just track down the Wii game “The Last Story” I never got to play.

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    One sale just ended and there’s another… Where am I supposed to get time to play when I’m busy buying them?

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    11 hours ago

    Headline says ‘only’, but the article says that’s actually an increase from last year.

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        10 hours ago

        Well technically with early access games, it would be >0%. Although they didn’t know that back in 2023…

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          7 hours ago

          So we had time travel all this time huh? Excuse me, I’m gonna go play a game from 2723 >!Star Citizen!<

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      Hell, I’m surprised it is over 10% with how many of the most popular games have been around for years.

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        Even one of the biggest releases of this year was a DLC to Elden Ring, which means the actual game is still a few years old

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    Up from 9% last year tho…

    There’s a huge backlog of PC games and a lot that just play their favorites and that’s it.

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      I basically only have games that cost less than $5 on a sale. The prices for new games are ridiculous generally. $100 for something that will take a year to get the bugs fixed? Only suckers buy new games.

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        There are pros and cons to everything. You get to play before the game gets spoiled in GOTY podcasts. You can play a multiplayer game when the most people are playing, before the game has been “solved”.

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          Multiplayer games are the only ones I buy new, but as I grow up, I find myself turning to multiplayer games less and less in favor of good story and single player experience.

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    I don’t think I played any games from 2024. Scratch that, I have played a bit of rivals