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I haven’t really found anything, hence why I’m curious to what everyone else is picking up.

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Zero. I’ve too much already unplayed and unfortunately working now (sucks to be adult).

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22 points

Buying a steam deck significantly increased by gaming time. The ability to immediately suspend and resume my gameplay, and not have to go over to my desktop helped a lot. I’ve played more this past year than I have in the last 3 years combined.

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unfortunately working now

Try also have some kids

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7 points

No thanks

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3 points

I’m not a masochist, why would I do that?

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1 point

Good thinking, I love my kids but they suck your time/energy and money like a blackhole.

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Outer Wilds. For a few friends who don’t have it yet. I’ve already bought it a couple times.

I already own it… but it’s just that good. So good I vicariously try to relive the game by watching livestreams and Eelis’ recaps of other live-streamers.

It really is something you have to experience blind. Since the entire game progression is knowledge based and pulling threads on the mysteries until the mosaic of the story and experience unfolds is truly something you can experience once.

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I thought you meant The Outer Wilds, and spent a solid two minutes on a routine sanity check. Hadn’t heard of this game though, so we’ll call it even 😸

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13 points

If you are considering picking up Outer Wilds, by god, go in blind. It’s all about finding out.

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4 points

It was a bit of a slow burner on release so I’m not surprised you didn’t hear about it. People had access to the beta years before the official release, so when it came out essentially nothing really changed and there wasn’t this big announcement.

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How is the dlc? I had a tough time with outer wilds. At the time I played it, I found it to be very frustrating. I needed a spoiler to get past two or three major points. But in hindsight I think it’s really an impressive game. I’m thinking about picking up the dlc, but I’m not sure about it and I don’t want to search about it to avoid spoiler.

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7 points

It started off a little slow, but imo it was better than the main game. It’s both a little more streamlined and better story-wise. You probably should play the main game first

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2 points

It was too spooky for me, I couldn’t finish the DLC… :(

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5 points

It’s really good. Amazingly fits inside the first games story seamlessly.

It can be challenging sometimes too and I’m happy to help with soft hints if you ever find you need them

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36 points

Heaven’s Vault, Hardspace Shipbreaker, and both Subnautica games.

Heaven’s Vault is a puzzle game where you have to learn to translate an unknown language. Haven’t gotten too deep into the game yet, but I picked it up because I liked Chants of Sennaar, which has a similar premise. Chants is 25% off right now, so I think that’s a decent recommendation

Hardspace Shipbreaker is a casual game where you break down spaceships for parts. It seemed fun, and I wanted to have something casual to balance out my library, which currently has more intense games than I would like.

Subnautica is a survival game where you’re stuck on an ocean world. I’m honestly not too sure if I would like this one too much, since I’m not too much of a fan of survival games. It just seemed unique enough from the other survival games, and it had a decent deal, and it was in my wishlist for a while. So I acted a bit on impulse and bought both games (Subnautica and Subnautica Below Zero)

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20 points

Subnautica is a treasure. (Despite the bugs.) I recommend playing with a good sound setup and dim lights.

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4 points

Are you sure whatever it is you are doing is worth it?

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I’ve played Hardspace and Subnautica and love them both. Solid pics.

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4 points

For me subnautica is in my top 5. The survival elements aren’t very important, it’s more of an exploration game.

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Hardspace is really nice once you get into a good flow.

Or even just taking your time to break down the ships in ways you find satisfying is awesome.

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Subnautica

I’ve had this game for years but I thought it was a VR-only game. Got it in a Humble bundle for cheap.

Dunno why it’s so popular all of a sudden or why it’s still $30 normally. Maybe I should try playing it.

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27 points

Xcom 2 has been on my list for years… hit 97% in this sale, figured it’s finally time.

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I recommend getting the bundle with all the DLC, slightly more expensive but very worth it esp. for the big content expansion War of the chosen.

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11 points

That’s the one!

$3.88, only about $0.50 more than just the standalone game. If the reviews are any indication, this is a damn steal!

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3 points

Holy smokes what an incredible deal. I loved the first XCOM (which I believe is actually a remake). Gonna have to pull the trigger

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2 points

I would say that’s a steal. I love that game, it has tons of replay ability, and a huge modding community.

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I envy you greatly right now, you’re about to embark on a beautiful journey. Xcom2 is one of my favorites, especially once mods factor in, of which there are thousands covering so many franchises and ideas you can’t possibly play them all.

I wish you nothing but an excellent time and lots of dead aliens.

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5 points

If you don’t get War of the Chosen then you will be missing out on one of my most played games of all time.

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4 points

There is an XCom joke in there: 97% to hit… and you missed.

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Xenonauts 2 is 30% off also. It’s a modern version of classic X-COM, which is quite different from modern XCOM. It’s still in early access, but it’s very good. I’ve done one playthrough (to the end of what was available) and I’m waiting for release to do another. It’s much better than what XCOM has become in my opinion though.

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25 points

Nothing. My backlog is insane

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9 points

This is the way. Why would I hoard 5 more games just because there is a sale? The next one will come shortly. Only buy games you plan to play in the next 2 weeks.

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