Snacks the sober sea lion
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Has anyone played Brigador? Mechs and synthwave seems neat, but I have a really hard time getting into roguelikes.
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Steam Summer Sale '17 Hidden Gems & Under-The-Radar Recommendations thread
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More_Badass
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It's not a roguelike. It has an extended campaign with different difficulties that put you in different vehicles, and then freelance missions where you experiment with your own builds to complete objectives
As for your first question
More_Badass
Member
The real question is what about those games makes them addicting for you? Since they're two very different games, even in how they're actually difficult, so it's hard to narrow down decent similar suggestions
baddvision
Member
no, the game i'm thinking of the graphics weren't polygonal, think they were sprites
Starcrawlers is structured like Darkest Dungeon in a lot of ways.
Its hard but maybe like Sinatar said.. its structure that I looking for.. its has gameplay package that structured into looping but manage to not get boring.
I'll look into starcrawler btw.
Handsome Mr Frog, such a fun little arcade romp. Kinda like Super Crate Box meets Bubble Bobble. It's like someone unearthed a lost Taito arcade rom.
Play it forever for less than a quarter, http://store.steampowered.com/app/508990/Handsome_Mr_Frog/
Got it because it looks fun and is super cheap. Thanks.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Handsome Mr Frog, such a fun little arcade romp. Kinda like Super Crate Box meets Bubble Bobble. It's like someone unearthed a lost Taito arcade rom.
Play it forever for less than a quarter, http://store.steampowered.com/app/508990/Handsome_Mr_Frog/
RaidersSphere 4th - $5 (75% off)
A story-based PS1/PS2 era-reminiscent Japanese arcade flight sim with copic marker art and a good soundtrack
Both of these look fantastic, thank you!
autoduelist
Member
Does it play well with a controller? Or is it mouse and keyboard? I'm tied to a trackpad, which destroys the fun of games.
nogoodnamesleft
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Hi Guys, was wondering if anyone knew what game this is?
https://youtu.be/qmMe71-EGtk?t=13
Speifically at that timestamp. I want to buy it it looks great and looks like a steam game!
https://youtu.be/qmMe71-EGtk?t=13
Speifically at that timestamp. I want to buy it it looks great and looks like a steam game!
I don't know but now I'm curious to know what's the game shown at 0:40sec to 0:45sec...
That one is the new Torment game.
closer013
Member
That is Celeste and is a Pico-8 game https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145.
The dev is making into a full fledged PC title and is made by the guy that made Towerfall.
More_Badass
Member
Ahhh right thanks
More_Badass
Member
Torment: Tides of Numenera. Far future science fantasy spiritual successor to Planescape Torment
Celeste
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
Wow thanks guys! That Celeste game looks FANTASTIC!!
Snakethesniper
Member
Don't know why, bust just bought it.
Now I have to choose between:
Alright, I stumbled upon this game during the sale and have had difficulty putting it down:
Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse ***60% off***
Emerge is a 4X-style game at its core, where you spent every turn improving securing your stronghold from the zombie threat and expanding the safe zone; capture enough tiles and you win. But the zombie threat is ever-expanding and improving, and will periodically infest tiles--move to conquer one and you will transition to a real-time line defense game, where you and whatever AI allies shoot at zombies before they destroy the barricade. The whole thing is also pretty RPG-like, with stats, experience, levels, loot, abilities, and events, that affect both sides of the game. It's just really cool, with a huge campaign (themed maps and challenges, basically), tons of unlockables and different ways to start, and an intense kill-or-be-killed kind of survival gameplay, where easy victories can balloon into long wars of attrition due to poor choices, or just a key loss.
It's a real hidden gem.
I recently came across Low Magic Age.
D&D styled, turn-based RPG. Currently in Early Access and only the Arena mode is available but combat looks fun and devs are working hard on a singleplayer campaign.
Low Magic Age icons, tiles and general feel reminds me of Tales of Maj'Eyal.
Which is one of the biggest and most complete Roguelike I ever played. It's also really hard but not stupid hard.
Bonus points for being 66% off right now.
Which is one of the biggest and most complete Roguelike I ever played. It's also really hard but not stupid hard.
Bonus points for being 66% off right now.
genesis collection
atari collection
mega man collection
disney collection
there are also a ton of neo geo games you can find.
Great - many thanks!
fluffydelusions
Member
Dead Cells that good?
Have you played XCOM?
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
Nuclear Throne is extremely addicting, "just one more try" type of stuff.
NEO Scavenger is tons of fun if you're into that type of game at all.
TerminalDogma
Member
Alright hidden gem/card game loving GAF. I'm probably only going to get one (possibly two) of these card games from this sale. Any rec's on which?
Faerie Solitaire
Solitairica
Monster Slayers
Guild of Dungeoneering
Ironclad Tactics
Card City Nights
I'll probably end up getting one of the two Solitaire games and one of the other four. As bad as this sounds, I'm slightly hesitant on getting Card City nights since I swear in past sales it's been as little as $0.99 and now it's like $3. something.
Faerie Solitaire
Solitairica
Monster Slayers
Guild of Dungeoneering
Ironclad Tactics
Card City Nights
I'll probably end up getting one of the two Solitaire games and one of the other four. As bad as this sounds, I'm slightly hesitant on getting Card City nights since I swear in past sales it's been as little as $0.99 and now it's like $3. something.
arts&crafts
Member
Faerie Solitaire is amazing.
Faeire Solitaire (along with Regency Solitaire and there's another one with a dragon on it) are all good, but kind of samey. Get one and skip the rest.
Solitairica is excellent
Guild of Dungeoneering is OK. You can probably skip it.
Haven't played the others, but I also recently picked up Freecell quest. It's OK. I don't recommend it over Faerie/Regency or Solitairica, despite the fact that regular-ass Freecell is a better game than any of the above.
More_Badass
Member
Also check out Dream Quest if you haven't
http://store.steampowered.com/app/557410/Dream_Quest/
Yes, it looks like ass (although it does grow on you)
But it's so good that the creator of Magic personally reached out to the developer to give him feedback and Blizzard hired him to work on Hearthstone as a senior game designer because the Hearthstone team liked Dream Quest so much
TerminalDogma
Member
What are you doing to me? I've already had trouble bringing the list down to that, c'mon man.
As for Dream Quest-I've heard it's very good but I REALLY can't seem to get over those graphics. It's why I listed Monster Slayers. It's apparently very reminiscent to Dream Quest but the graphics are more tolerable.
More_Badass
Member
Have you tried the demo? I was the same way and it took me a while to buy it because of the look. But after a few games, I just kind of got over the style and got hooked on the gameplay
autoduelist
Member
I actually quite like Guild of Dungeoneering.
You run a guild, and have limitless 'dungeoneers'. Each class has a different starting deck. As you explore a dungeon, you open chests and beat monsters and such which let you pick a new weapon / armor / etc [a helm, for example, might give you 2 cards... finding a new helm later will make you lose that first helm, but give you different/better cards].
Upgrades back at the guild between games unlocks new cards to find in chests on later runs. Another cool thing about equipping your dungeoneer during a run is that items with similar effects can 'stack'. For example, a helm with 'Fire +1' will give you the set of cards that represent Fire +1. If you then find a sword with 'Fire +2', and have that helm on, you get the set of cards for Fire +3.
You then have a hand and a deck, and can play any card from your hand [usually knowing what the enemy has played]. So a big boss might play a card that does 4 physical damage, and maybe you're lucky and have a 3 shield card, or maybe you're a mage and don't have that, so play a 'heal 2 + draw 2' card, or maybe you just go for a kill. Or an enemy might play a '2 magic damage + 2 magic shield' so you play a '2 physical damage plus 1 bleed damage per turn' card.
There is a lot of variety in monsters and character classes and what you might find in chests in any given run. I eventually burned out on it, but I LOVED It while I was playing and will likely go back.
Dungeons are pretty simple. You 'design' them yourself -- key places [like chests, or bosses] are already on the map in a grid... but you get a couple tiles to chose from every turn and place them on the map [say, a 4 way intersection, or a left turn, etc]. There may be time issues in a dungeon [in 12 turns the boss gets a bonus, etc]. Your dungeoneer moves following a ruleset [always towards treasure!, for example] dependent on their class priorities. Dungeon design is a fairly simple meta-game, but there is some strategy to be found there as you try to maximize your exp, equipment, and some other gameplay elements i won't get into.
I'd highly recommend it overall. It can be quite challenging at times [trying to get a foothold in a dungeon], but also fun if you get lucky and make your character OP.
Oh, and characters do have 'lives'. You have a different adventurer in each class, and they can get various 'permanent' characteristics [that even change over time]. So you generally want them to survive on to the next dungeon. And your guild has lots of things to buy for it, so there's that meta-game too.
The theme is intentionally goofy - you're not knights and samuraii and mages, but things like 'mime' [which iirc, has a deck which likes to mimic the enemy to some degree].
While that's Regency Solitaire, it's from the same people as Faerie Solitaire, and is in many ways basically the same game. So it's a good approximation of the gameplay, though the theme and art is different.
darkwing-buck
Member
NVM* wrong thread
BossLackey
Gold Member
I don't know why there's a rogue-like tag on it in Steam, but it's definitely not a rogue-like, and I love rogue-likes/lites.
The game is awesome. Fantastic soundtrack, great lore and fiction, and of course, the combat is stellar. I just about guarantee you'll like it if you like mechs and synthwave.
TerminalDogma
Member
Alright, I think I'll go ahead and pick up Faerie Solitaire (it's only $.99), Solitairica for sure. Gonna watch some quickplays of Dream Quest, Monster Slayers and Guild of Dungeoneering and decide between those three for the last game. I'll probably be back in this thread a little bit later as I finish up my cart for this sale outside of card games, haha.
Ittle Dew 2 is very good.
Oceanhorn maybe. I haven't played it myself, so I can't personally vouch for its quality.
Mr. Poolman
Member
RaidersSphere 4th - $5 (75% off)
A story-based PS1/PS2 era-reminiscent Japanese arcade flight sim with copic marker art and a good soundtrack
This reminds me of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere!
It looks awesome!
Thanks!
Fallout-NL
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Mackenzie 92
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Anodyne plays like Zelda. It was just OK for me, but I never got around to finishing it.
Non-indie you could go with Landstalker or Beyond Oasis. Both great games if you never played them back in the day.