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If you can wait another week before making the decision, there will be a free weekend from July 26 to July 30.

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/21963964

Edit: the free weekend will be on PC only.

I'm so glad you enjoyed Chart Mode, it's one of my favorite features.

And thanks for buying it. I'm investing the revenue back into improving the simulator. There's a full rewrite in the works with improved Chart Mode options and controls.

I created Universe Sandbox.

I'm the creator of Universe Sandbox. Thanks for your comments. It's good to hear criticism of the product as it helps me think about ways to improve the next version (which will ultimately be a free update for everyone). I'm so close to the project that it's hard for me to be objective anymore.

What else might you want to do with it or what you would you have liked help with from the simulator in doing?

Jade Empire Special Edition which is currently available for free on Origins is a great game, and a very dark villainous path.

As an example, I pissed off my romance choice and instead of letting her leave me I carved out her mind and turned her into a puppet beholden to my desires.

It's extremely easy to mod! Just download Vortex in nexusmods.com and there you go. Fallout 4 is not the greatest game ever but it's a very fun experience and it has a great modding community.

Factorio is a magnificent base building game, where the focus is on engineering processing systems. There is a free demo here, or the full version is US$20 here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/

The game is very much worth the price tag if you enjoy base building and engineering.

if you want to try out the factory building genre give the free factorio demo a try. in my opinion Satisfactory is still working out the Early Access kinks while factorio is a complete and well built game.

Here, I'll give you the quick answer:

FUCK YES, it's one of the most fun and most important games released this year. Don't get it from GoG, though. You missed the daily deal on it from a couple of days ago.

What you want to do instead is get it from ftlgame.com. It's at the same price there right now, you're getting it directly from the developer, and you have the option of getting it DRM-free and with a Steam key.

Edit: I just remembered that the Steam Winter Sale is starting in less than a week. You may be able to get it for cheaper when it's a daily deal. Do what I said above if you really want the game right now, though.

Sounds like you're looking for Project Zomboid. It's not first-person, but it's very immersive. There are multiplayer servers, although I've almost exclusively played singleplayer. I believe they aren't giant deathmatches like DayZ.

There's a demo on Steam you can try.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/

http://projectzomboid.com/

/r/projectzomboid

It could be worth checking out Factorio, a great game about gathering resources and building up an industry with more and more advanced stuff. It starts off a little bit like a survival game, alone on an alien planet with a pickaxe. From there you start building resource-extractors, smelters and assemblers gradually automating the processes.

Check out their website the game is still in alpha but it is on the same level as prison architect. they have a free demo to try out too.

Go get it, it's incredibly fun.

You can try the free flash version of the game. If I understand correctly, it's the same version which has been ported to iOS and pc. The mechanics shouldn't be really different.

1. I personally consider NV easier if you're playing on just the standard, normal difficulty. There is a hardcore mode as well as higher / lower difficulties if you get stuck.

2. The main story? I can't say for certain as what most people tend to do is run off and do a bunch of side quests before finishing it. I'd say if you just ONLY played the main story, maybe 8 hours? give or take a few I guess.

3. Fairly packed with stuff, broken buildings, vaults, collapsed structures. Some spots are just wondering through desert though, but it's pretty good.

4. It runs better than it would on a console i'd say. The console version was HORRID, atleast the PS3 version. If you gave me your specs I could further answer your question, alternatively you can get an idea for how it'd run if you go here > http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri?itemId=11035

I'd say get it personally, though I do honestly prefer fallout 3 over it. It does feel fairly different than fallout 3, and I don't like the story as much, but that's completely a matter of opinion. Objectively speaking, it is an improvement. More weapons, more stuff.

I'm not even going to pretend that it was a perfect game, but my wife started in a similar situation - the most gaming she'd done was Mario when she could get on the NES when her brother wasn't around, and that wasn't often, but she did enjoy Death Jr. on the Wii, which is co-op. I.. uh.. did have to get her through a couple of the swinging/jumping puzzles, but not too terribly many. While the writing is for the sophisticated 5th grader, it still relies on fart jokes from time to time, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea.

There's also the Lego series - Indiana Jones, Star Wars, you name it. Familiarity with the source material helps, but isn't required. Nor is having any experience in gaming. Co-Op death results in a loss of studs, not lives, and your stud count can be rock bottom with no negative side effects... other than being unable to purchase side characters or hats or whatever.

If you had a PS3, I'd suggest Little Big Planet like crazy. The fact that I know you don't have one yet I'm still mentioning it speaks to how good of a game it is - it's basically distilled platforming fun. Jump and grab are your only interactions, but it works for an easy yet challenging experience, and I know that makes no damned sense.

Portal 2 has Co-Op and is on the Mac... can't remember if it's cross platform, though.

I am addicted to Polytopia . Free on Android, it is literally a teeny tiny Civilization game. No pay to win, (Paying just unlocks new tribes which is just cosmetic). Each match lasts 20-40 min. real time, no idler mechanic nonsense.

ESO is $8.10 right now, comes with the base game and the Morrowind expansion, which is pretty good and you get some goodies off the bat.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/the-elder-scrolls-online-morrowind/

There is easily hundreds of hours of PVE content you can do completely solo, all dialogue is voiced and feels just as professional as the main games' dialogue.
On top of that, there's even more group-PVE content, and the PVP is pretty decent, too.

Warframe is free, but if you're a fan of Elder Scrolls, now is the time to try ESO. This sale is too good to pass up. It's come a looong way since its rocky launch.

Although I have yet to play the whole game through, Dishonoured is a pretty decent and zombieless (I think) game when it comes to stealth. Also Thief is another one that springs to mind, haven't played it but I have seen some gameplay and its in the latest humble bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/

• It has the best parkour of any game out at the moment, I'd say it refines what mirror's edge did a good bit.

• The combat is gory and visceral. It focuses on melee but the guns are fun and balanced as well.

• There's a lot to do and the zombies are challenging. A lot of the tools you might ignore in other games(firecrackers for distractions, Molotovs, shuriken and the like) are very useful and it's all mostly interesting as far as the side-activities go.

• Many of the side activities have multiple levels of completion, meaning there isn't too much in the way of auto-failing stuff.

Some of the negatives:

• The story and characters are pretty bland. It does have some interesting bits here and there but it's nothing to write home about.

• This game is pretty heavy on co-op. I've played both sp and mp and it's a lot more fun to have someone with you. Early on the missions and zed are pretty difficult to handle without someone watching your back.

• The pvp as the monster is very hard as you typically take on 4 players at a time and unless you've leveled a bit as the monster it generally means you get UVed in the face and die instantly to firearms or overpowered weapons.

https://www.g2a.com/dying-light-steam-cd-key-preorder-global.html

I'll be THAT guy. This question comes up at least once a week. So here is my answer. This game has a rating of 90 in Metacritic. Plus, a long list of positive reviews. If this is not enough, go to Gamestop, spend the under $20 for an used copy for the GOTY Edition. Play for 6 days. If you don't like it, return it. You might even find a copy of the game for under $10.

It's gorgeous, has great, motivating crafting, very interesting creatures and environments and the world is a joy to explore. I like the sci-fi aesthetic of the craftable vehicles, buildings and items, the soundtrack and sound effects. It's a scary, a fascinating game. The biggest downside at the moment is the game's uneven performance and poorly optimized streaming. Large chunks of the environment, especially more complex regions, can plop into view rather abruptly, especially while traveling in a faster vehicle.

Development is very transparent and happening at a good pace, so I wouldn't worry about the game not getting finished.

Since I really don't like acquiring food and water in a survival game, I believe it to be needless, tedious busywork, I'm especially happy about the mode that eliminates these two needs and lets me freely explore, collect resources and craft. There's also a sandbox mode without any predators or limited resources.

Keep in mind that there will be a free update for all players who have bought Universe Sandbox, called US3. It contains updated graphics and more awesomeness. http://universesandbox.com/forum/index.php/topic,6467.0.html

How were you hoping it would be like? How could the new version be improved to make you want to try it again?

I'm the creator of Universe Sandbox.

Witcher 3 is great, long, and has a fantastic story. Both of the DLC are also great, and its on sale right now on amazon. You can easily get over 100 hours with this game and even more with the amazing DLC

https://www.amazon.com/Witcher-3-Game-Year-PS4/dp/B01L0TXXBW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496375819&sr=8-3&keywords=witcher+3+complete+edition

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Hands down, one of the best RTS games I have ever played, and you don't need a high-end PC or Laptop to play it. Highly recommend it, man. Just be weary that there is no story mode whatsoever, but not a single person that I know that has the game ever turned the game down because of that. Plus, it is really cheap as well.

Well, you know what you're getting with FIFA, so that's up to you.

Like the other poster said, the answer lies in what your preferences are...those 2 FPS's are on different ends of the spectrum. What do you like?

If you're not sure, maybe grab some F2P FPS's that are like those two and find out? Obviously, TF2 gives you the class/team objective Overwatch type experience. I'm not sure about something free like BF1, I've never looked into it.

I can say that both are good for very different reasons. I own and enjoy both. Though, I can only take OW in small doses or I get very bored...but that's just me.

If it helps, both are on sale, but you only have one more day to grab Overwatch for ~$22 on the Taiwan store. There's a minor hoop or two to jump through, read the thread...it's no big deal. I just got it yesterday, it works fine.

• BF1 - $35. https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/battlefield/battlefield-1/standard-edition

• OW - $22. https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/5qtj2k/taiwan_battlenet_overwatch_17/

Honestly, I don't binge on any FPS's like I used to, they just don't keep me entertained for long periods. As I've gotten older, I enjoy more 4x or RPG stuff, but that's irrelevant to this discussion - just some context.

You can choose which phase you start at. If you've completed them before you can just choose when you start a game. If you've lost your saves or something you can unlock them using the console:

Here are details.

I've not tried this, but here is a summary:

• At the main menu press Ctrl + Shift + C to bring up the console.
• Type levels -unlock and press return.
• Probably type Ctrl + Shift + C again to close the console.
• Start a new game on your desired phase.

Anyway, here's a game I think might tickle your fancy in the future:

The Universim

This has just been funded, it looks really interesting, and I think is exactly at the sort of level you're interested in. I've just backed it this morning, they're asking for very little, and in the end I just couldn't resist. Plus it's my first kickstarter so it'll be interesting to be a part of it and see if they deliver.

EDIT: Words.

Got you covered, babe.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/urbansquall/battalion-nemesis

Don't be turned off by the fact that it's a flash game. It's basically Advance Wars on the PC.

Also, if you wanna do some games vs players

http://www.kongregate.com/games/urbansquall/battalion-skirmish

Did I mention free?

Looks like $5-6 is what you'd want to wait for, if you're looking for a deal.

As for the game, I'd definitely recommend it. While some people felt it was ham-handed, many found it powerful. There's a lot to talk about, but it's probably best to go into the game relatively blind so as not to spoil anything. If you need something to sell you on it, the game does a very good job of handling choices - it might present a couple of options, but it will happily let to come up with your own outside solutions to problems and handles them appropriately. If you need more convincing, here's Extra Credits' spoiler-free "you should play this game" video, which is what convinced me to play it in the first place.

It's hard to suggest something without knowing what you like or what you expect, but so far I've spent 163 hours in Kerbal Space Program -- and it's not even finished yet!

Very sandboxy, and if I understand your "just got a gaming PC" as "haven't played on a PC before", this is a game that shows how great a PC is for gaming -- lots of addons, uses the available resources for more than just nice graphics, and just can't be controlled with a gamepad.

But as /u/grey_lollipop suggested: Wait for sales. Put games you might like on your wishlist. Maybe register at http://isthereanydeal.com to get notified when an online-shop has a discount for a game on your wishlist.

Yes, you're right it seems.

However in this thread someone raises the point that you pretty much have to start the DLC as soon as you buy it to complete a quest to stop the raids; otherwise the vampires will eventually wipe out all the vendors which can't be overly convenient. In light of this I'd still recommend to delay buying the DLC until you are ready to give it your full attention.

If you enjoyed the first one, Grimrock 2 is bigger and better in my opinion. I would advise getting it from the developers site rather than Steam - Legend of Grimrock 2. If you do that you will get a Steam key as well as the DRM Free version, and the developers will get a bigger cut too. It is also cheaper there than Steam's current price.

A similar one would be Might and Magic X Legacy but isn't much cheaper and also requires Uplay. It has been cheaper in the past, so may be better to wait for a sale. I logged over 70 hours with the Deluxe Edition.

Cave Story 3D is a remake of the free PC indie game Cave Story, completely updating its graphics, remixing the soundtrack, and adding some changes to lower the difficulty, among other new features. There's also a paid remake on Steam that makes the graphics "HD" (but not completely overhauled like the 3DS version is), adds some of the newer features, includes the new soundtrack, and is much cheaper (you can wait for a Steam sale for as low as $2.50). In addition to that, there's a port of the regular old free version for sale on the eShop. Every version is the same in terms of gameplay and plot, though.

It's the general consensus that Cave Story 3D is inferior to the version with pixel graphics, with people making the arguments that it "loses its charm" or "doesn't feel right", but I think that's a load of bull, and also playing it without having ever played it before might be interesting coming from an unbiased point of view.

In my personal opinion, Cave Story is a straight-up masterpiece (though I'm sure this isn't the first time you've heard it), especially if you enjoy Metroidvania games. The gameplay and the storyline are timeless no matter how its presented. You should at the very least play the free version or the Steam version if not on the 3DS.

If you like old-school 2D platformers, get Shovel Knight. It's $15, has a badass soundtrack, and is a decent length(roughly 8 hours on first playthrough). Video Review- http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/06/26/shovel-knight-video-review

Furi is an awesome fast paced game where you can dodge, use your gun, move fastly. It's everything you're looking for. It's a boss fight game where you've got like 10 boss to beat with each their one attacks and patterns to learn. It's 20€ now but wait the next steam sale and you'll have a blast.

Left 4 dead, is the more solid game. Much more polished and IMHO more fun.

If you don't take my word for it look at metacritic

Left for dead 2 got a 89 with all positive reviews

Dead Island got a 71 with 38 Positive 36 Mixed and one Negative.

I'm not saying Dead Island is a horrible game, but L4D is a great one.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is on sale at GMG for $24. I've only gotten an hour or so into it but it's a pretty neat game.

wait for a sale for Doom and RE7 as their only gonna get cheaper from here on out. Spider-man is the only one that isn't gonna get cheaper any time soon, but you can get it for 6% off at GMG if you want it digitally.

It's currently in a bundle with 9 other games for $3.99 if you wanted to check it out with low-risk. I've owned it for awhile but never really gotten into it, and I have no idea what the current state is.

Guild Wars 2 could satisfy this. The base game is free right now, but an expansion called Path of Fire came out last month that is really great. I've been exploring the maps in the new expansion, and there has been so many cool areas that I just stumble upon. For example, I found a portal that one of the mounts can go through that led me to a chest full of loot. The loot wasn't the cool part, the cool part was looking up and seeing this.

There is an article that came out recently that touches on this too: http://www.mmorpg.com/guild-wars-2/columns/the-joys-of-exploring-1000012100

On the topic of gathering stuff, Guild Wars 2 has a pretty large collection system where you collect items from specific locations or in specific ways to complete a collection. Usually you get some sort of reward for completing the collection as well.

If you do choose to play, when you start don't treat leveling as a typical MMO. "Hearts" as the equivalent of quest hubs where you do quests, but bee-lining them can get pretty boring. Just take your time and explore the zone and you'll get plenty of XP while diversifying the leveling process.

Just to piggy back on your categories:

For pure tower defense, Kingdom Rush is a free flash game which is a lot of fun. I'm also a big fan of Plants vs Zombies. It's designed to be played by all skill levels, so it's not very hard but it's a well designed 2D tower defense game. It's also on the iPhone/Android, so if you're looking for some quick tower defense on the go, it's a good option.

Orcs Must Die II is out at the end of the month and it will have co-op. The OMD series is definitely the most similar game series to DD out right now sans loot. Here's a WTF is... video on the newer one to get an idea of what it's like. Actual gameplay starts about ten minutes in.

For single player item dropping, Torchlight is a great game. Torchlight II has co-op and comes with a copy of Torchlight I with a preorder ($20), so if OP is interested in the dungeon crawling/looting element of DD, definitely check that out.

Oh, very well. Since you don't have any specific queries or ideas, Metacritic should give you an indication of what's considered worthwhile.

KotOR and Mass Effect 1 were only 20-30 hours for me. Good games, just maybe not quite long enough.

Baldur's Gate 2 is certainly long enough.

I'm not sure / don't remember about the rest. Check howlongtobeat.com perhaps.

yeah, deponia is for a different age group but the humongous games are ideal. putt-putt and freddi fish, plus pajama sam and spy fox, but I don't like the latter two that much. there are arcade games that are not a big deal but the adventure games are great. there are also 3 edutainment titles, exploring the farm, the airport and the jungle with a different character. right now they're discounted at indiegala.

The Saboteur. It's an action-adventure open world game that can most easily be compared to GTA games. It was set in France during World War 2 which just seemed to work so well, I don't think any other similar games have ever had that setting so it was something different. The story was decent IMO, nothing great but it's definitely acceptable. I originally played through it on the 360 twice and picked it up on PC when I first got one capable of playing games, I've probably completed it at least another 3 times on PC and still occasionally hop on it.

The thing I really love about this game is the Assassin's Creed-esque climbing and free-running, and even some pretty good stealth mechanics. This combined with the encouragement to destroy everything and cause mayhem just makes it such a fun game to play. There's also quite a bit of humour in the main protagonist, being Irish, you know they would really over-do the stereotypes, but it's actually quite well done. It's £10 on Origin, and in a sale usually goes down to £2.50, so take a look at it as it's definitely worth the money!

https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=TaaZkpSNf5xB5kEP

https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=VDwht6qwHwXUXspn

Extra copies of games I already own. Top one is Giana Sisters, bottom one is Dust. If you take one please post saying that they're gone. Enjoy the games!

Make sure you watch bundle sites like Humble bundle, they're the best way to build up your library. The current main bundle features Civ5, a great, accessible, grand strategy game. The weekly has a bunch of double fine's games, which are all pretty good.

Other than that, the best thing about PC gaming is that everything will go on sale, subscribe to /r/GameDeals to watch for things you might have missed.

It's not a standard roguelike - it can be very punishing if you are not careful how much and when you are exploring. It's almost like a minesweeper RPG and I would recommend checking out the free version of the game first here. The retail version offers some progression between dungeon runs and is a nice little time waster.

It's mostly In-Browser and on Mobile but Bloons TD 5 is my favorite TD game. Used to play it at work all the time. Set up towers and watch them fight. Only action during the level is placing an emergency spike trap if your towers fail to pop all the Bloons, but I rarely use them. Can unlock tons of new towers, maps and upgrades.

I'd love to hear other suggestions if anyone knows of any TD games like that!

I think that's a fair summary.

I'd add that Solar 2 is played on a 2D plane while Universe Sandbox is in 3D.

And I've met the creator of Solar 2 at Pax Prime in Seattle in 2011. That was fun.

I created Universe Sandbox.

So you like roguelikes but you've already burned through FTL, The Binding of Isaac, Rogue Legacy and Spelunky? Well try Dungeons of Dredmor. This game is $5 not on sale and would be a steal for much more than that. There is so much content, so much to discover, and a wide variety of ways you can customize your character. There are dozens of skills and so there is a lot of replayability, playing with different builds.

However, beyond that, the game is funny. I don't want to spoil it for you, but this game is silly and fun, and there's just so much to discover within it. Also, it's $5 and gets way cheap on sales, so there's a small investment for a lot of fun.

If you like rhythm games but you are bored with something like Audiosurf, I'd give Symphony a shot. It's using your music library, but it's a top-down shooter, which makes it very different. I think it does a very good job of translating your music to game, so as a big music fan this game is a no brainer. (Plus it's also under $10 full price, so bonus?)

If you want something free (and who doesn't like free?) give Mu Complex a shot. It's a text-based (mostly) puzzle game that will make you feel like a hacker. It's short and fun.

Kingdom Rush is pretty fun. There's free versions on mobile and flash. You can purchase it on Steam if you don't want to deal with microtransactions, too.

One of my favorites is Bloons TD 5. There are microtransactions and stuff, but they're pretty easy to ignore.

• FO:NV for open world and rpg in a wasteland,
• Mirrors Edge if you like unique platformers.
• Dead Space: 3rd-person scifi-horror
• Splinter Cell Conviction: 3rd person stealth military
• Bastion: Indie rpg darling.
• Just Cause 2: open-world 3rd person destruction simulator.

I haven't played Orcs Must Die 2, but it's gotten good reviews.

I'd rate them in order: FO:NV, Dead Space, Splinter Cell, Mirrors Edge, Bastion, Just Cause 2.

I think you're looking for something 2D, honestly, what with the battery concerns, as well as lack of mouse room. I know how you feel about rogue lites, but if you were to change your mind, Spelunky is great, and I don't think you need a mouse for it.

There is also Rayman. Both Rayman Origins and Legends are great 2D games that, so long as you don't get too frustrated with them, are fun to play for days and days in actual playtime.

One that requires a mouse or a mousepad, at least, but is free, is 3kliksphilip's Destruction Darius. It's not pretty, but it's fun, is full of action, and generally a good idea for a game to play.

There's always Minecraft, as well, but I'm sure you're quite bored of that at this point. Game's been officially out of Beta for 6 years.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/651660/Halcyon_6_Starbase_Commander_LIGHTSPEED_EDITION/

Halcyon 6 I think might fit the bill. It actually even says it in part of the description. I'd say you should at least check out some gameplay videos of it.

'Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a passion project whose design is inspired by our years spent playing classic games like Star Control, Master of Orion, X-COM, Civilization and new classics like FTL.'

Yeah, youd probably have to take it downstairs. You could use a casting program on a laptop or something, (steam has one built in) but the latency isnt perfect tbh from my experience.

Just connect the tv up via HDMI and you should be good to go.

For the ps4 controller, connect it using the standard USB cable and download the programs from this website; http://ds4windows.com/

That'll allow you to connect your controller up. Honestly its super easy and works pretty flawlessly. Even if you dont get Mad Max on pc, check the program out if you wanna use your ps4 controller on your pc.

I should mention in regards to your decision, its probably gonna be chaeper to get it on PC too! ;)

For 10$ it's kind of fun. There's not a lot to it, so for any more than that I'd say it isn't worth it.

Go download Origin and use the 48 hour Game Time promo in their store, you can play it for 2 days to see if you still want to buy it.

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/game-time

There's lots of good potential games you might like here:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TrippyGames or

https://itch.io/c/164787/trippy-games

One specific is a game called Trip, which is in there.

Darkest Dungeon gets a lot of praise, but here's an interesting counterpoint. I love very hard games too, but that's actually the review that's made me hold off on buying DD.

According to the reviewer, the difficulty is mostly smoke and mirrors, and the best tactic is to ignore almost all of the options in the game, because pure damage output beats everything. People with "balanced" parties are effectively crippling themselves, which is why the game seems more difficult than it is.

I haven't played the game, so I don't know how accurate that review is, but I found it interesting and well-written, at least.

It's reasonably popular, but cheap and I find it very fun: Faster Than Light.

Space roguelike, great soundtrack, dirt cheap, and here's the subreddit for it.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I really like FTL for short gaming sessions.

Official Webpage

Steam

/r/ftlgame

The game itself can be relatively short, but it offers a lot of replay value, so even if you lose, or you do end up beating it, it is still fun to come back and play over and over.

I think you will really like Path of Exile. It's a free to play Diablo-esque action RPG with the best skill and build customization in any game I've ever played (take a look at the passive skill tree to get an idea about what customization is like). I'm on mobile right now so it's hard to type too much about it but if you're interested and don't want to browse wikis tell me and I'm happy to give you more information or help you get started.

If you love indie games, I just wanna recommend 2 games to pass the time in between the other huge games being suggested.

• The aptly-named Co-op is a hotseat space ship game where the two of you need to steer two ships to beat some aliens. The twist? You're both tied together by an elastic wire and you can't shoot. So the only way to beat the aliens is to clothesline them through slick manuevering and navigation. Hilarity will ensue.

• Cephalopods Cottage Defense is a 2-player co-op defense game where you must hold out for as long as possible from an endless legion of cthulhu knockoffs. The twist? Only one of you has a shotgun, the other one has a hammer. The latter's job is to repair the house as it is being torn piece by piece. His hammer can only stun the squids at best so the shotgun guy is needed. At the same time, the Shotgun guy walks really slow and will need an avid fixer to get some leg room to shoot. There is also an option to swap weapons mid-game ala action movie "CATCH!" style moments of tension. Hilarity will ensue. Note: Game link is below the web page.

It's on their tello

https://trello.com/c/kFBuD9x8/283-pc-steam-and-china-launch

The price increase was set for about a month before release but as soon as the price was increased, they delayed the game. This smells of dodgy.

Try the demo! It's a weird little game, but it's wonderfully creative and a lot of fun. IMO, Edmund McMillen deserves every cent he gets. It's worth buying, whether you want to wait to potentially save $2.50 is up to you.

Just a tip- don't preorder. LOU looks good, but even the most amazing looking games can crash and burn. Just look at Aliens: Colonial Marines. Heres the metacritic, and here's a preview from before it was released. The game was slammed in reviews, and all those who preordered it spent 60 bucks on a sub-par game.

Of the three you've mentioned - Stardew Valley is the only one beginning to approach an acceptable level of 'content completeness' in my opinion - it is unfortunate though that it is also of the three the one I have the least experience with otherwise so far! ;)

Astroneer would be my recommendation though if you're looking for something with Multiplayer.

Otherwise though it probably falls to the bottom of my recommendation pile out of these three as just not being ready yet.

Subnautica looks amazing and if you have a VR headset it is a great demo piece for that - if you're looking for a creative mode experience you'd probably enjoy it as it stands right now even, but if you're looking for the survival side of it, it isn't really there yet either.

If you decide SDV isn't your thing, then perhaps another point of consideration is the update cycle. Subnautica gets more meaningful updates but spaced roughly 1-2 months apart. At least currently Astroneer seems to be getting more frequent, but smaller releases.

If it helps, here are the respective public roadmaps for Astroneer and Subnautica respectively: https://trello.com/b/UoZgKrd3/astroneer-road-map-planning

https://trello.com/b/KbugnSRJ/subnautica-roadmap

Otherwise though - if you perhaps let us know what you like or are thinking about the three options, or games in general, may be able to make some more meaningful recommendations. :)

I use these and love them. They have an external sound card that produces surround sound so you can hear that some one is behind you, to the left of your position, and so on. Make sure to use all the options and promo code that make the deal cheaper.

Just get it where it's cheapest. Updates should always be free.
http://isthereanydeal.com
Currently, Green Man Gaming has the lowest price and it's for a GOG key so therefore DRM-free.
 
As for the limited internet, I don't know. Try it once and see? I remember games taking or week to download back when I was on 128k.

There are two ways to play Dishonored - high chaos (killing) and low chaos (stealth/incapacitating). The story and missions reflect the path you choose. If you want to sink hours into the game, then the low chaos style tends to take a lot longer and is equally enjoyable if you like stealth games.

The DLC is very good and I would highly recommend getting it. It is basically a second game where you play Daud who is a character from the main campaign.

$15 is a bit high though. If you can hold out for a sale you might be able to get GOTY for $10 or less if money is tight.

Overall, it is a great game with a good story and interesting setting. A high chaos play through will have about as many hours of game play as a typical FPS, while a low chaos play through will have substantially more hours of content.

I Am Alive has an apocalyptic city environment, but the game has mixed reviews. My experience from I Am Alive consists from only a demo, so I can't give an overall review. It seems to be a short game, as the main story average is a bit over 5 hours according to howlongtobeat.com. You might end up disappointed, especially if you're looking for another great experience after playing the Last of Us.

It goes repeatedly on sale for under $5/€5, so it's probably worth a try when it's cheap enough.

If you wait Jade Empire will be given for free on Origin. They are just cleaning up the remains of the last on the house game.

Here is the link to the game. Just give it an hour and try it then.

You tried the Game Time promotion? You can play it free for a week if you haven't tried it yet already, that'll be a better way to see if you want to buy it. I hear some people have an issue where Origin insists they've already used their free trial when they haven't, but it's worth a try. A week (from when you first boot the game) should be plenty of time to see if you want it.

But if you want my opinion, it's great and totally worth getting, especially since you never got to experience 64-player matches on the PS3 version of BF3. There's nothing quite like a huge 64-man conquest match, it's just complete chaos. See if you can do the free trial first, but I'd recommend it still.

Have you tried FTL? The game plays out in real time but gives you the option to pause and think over your next decision whenever you'd like just by hitting spacebar. This works out pretty great if you just have a touchpad since a mouse is generally quicker but not a necessity if you can pause time. It's also not super graphically intensive so the battery life shouldn't be a concern.

The game play is as follows: Sci-fi rogue like where your goal is get to the end of the galaxy to deliver plans of an enemy superweapon. You start out on one end of the galaxy and make multiple jumps point-to-point until you reach the end of the particular sector. (There are about 8 sectors per run) The catch however, is you are consistently being chased by an enemy fleet so you can't take all the time in the world to reach the end of your current sector. But at each point there may be an enemy ship encounter or trader or some other event that'll slowly provide you scrap and gear for your ship. The progression is great and a game can take maybe 2-3 hours. However there are tons of unlockable ships all with different playstyles and loadouts.

I believe I have like 200hrs on it so I'd check it out if it sounds interesting.

If you buy it from their site (http://www.ftlgame.com/) you can get a DRM free version but its also available on steam.

(edit: sorry I didn't read your last sentence about avoiding roguelites but I'd still check it out if it sounds interesting)

well your gonna love 76 then, the exploration is the best in the series imo, has many biomes and cool places and looks really good. and about the loot hunting, it's pretty good, pretty much everywhere you go it will have loot and the map is pretty huge and you can trade with other players with the vending machine. the stories are pretty cool if you sit down and read/listen to them, my personal favorite is the mistress of mystery questline. many cool ass weapons and returning weapons from old games like 10mm submachine guns. game has 2 endgame bosses which are both pretty hard. and also iirc its #15 on xbox most played list. and if haven't seen the roadmap here it is:

https://fallout.bethesda.net/en/article/7Lw6jVvhjzSNzuUMmKZgwn/fallout-76-100-days-roadmap-for-2019

absolutely get it but only if on sale. i got for a few bux on humble a long time ago and its worth every penny. its 1 of 3 good western games: red dead, gunslinger, and hard west. its not without issues tho, the campaign is short, it needs several fixes 2 get the best experience: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Call_of_Juarez:_Gunslinger once u got those fixes up n running, its a great little western fps.

• great voice acting. the narration and comic style art is awesome
• great audio. effects and music wise the game has great sound.
• fun gameplay. the gun fighting mechanix and the duel mode r awesome and feel great, on both keyboard and gamepad.
• arcade mode offers good replayability
• progression. 3 skill trees 2 develop n refine how u fight.
• its old. its a dx9 game and starting to get old. it still looks great but we benefit from it being very easy to run, even on low end hardware. i play it at 5k, maxed settings, and get over 100frames.

the pc versions r objectively superior to the console versions as far as the gaming experience delivered. r the ports without issues tho? no, as is the case with all ubisoft games. u seem new to pc so ill give u some help: always reference pcgamingwiki before u buy a game. always reference the isthereanydeal site and the gamedeals sub to ensure youre paying as little as possible. https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed

If you are looking for a single player only experience, you will probably spend more time with the Witcher 3. However, GTA V is the type of game I find myself coming back to now and then purely because its a great game for messing around with. The Multiplayer can add also a lot of replayability to GTA.

But going by singleplayer alone, If you are looking for the one which would last the longest, maybe these statistics will help you come to a decision:

Witcher 3 hours

GTAV Hours

It depends on what you like. There are a lot of good single player games that weigh in at less than 2 gigs. Just to name a few:

Terraria. Build-craft-explore. ~50MB

Bastion. Action-RPG with great story. ~800MB

Guacamelee. Sidescrolling beat-em-up. ~700MB

Binding of Isaac. Roguelike, top-down dungeon crawler. ~300MB

Dungeons of Dredmor. Roguelike, turn-based dungeon crawler. ~250MB

Don't Starve. Survival/exploration. ~400MB

Hotline Miami. Fast-paced action. ~600MB

SpaceChem. Puzzle game. ~250MB

That's just the start of it. Guacamelee is in the Humble Bundle right now, along with a bunch of other games under 2GB.

Apparently for what I read in /r/GameDeals it has been at 75% several times. And the summer sale is coming.

You can follow this link to see when there is a deal:
http://isthereanydeal.com/#/page:game/info?plain=torchlightii

Card Hunter is a pretty neat CCG/Tactical RPG.

You might want to check out Tabletop Simulator also, there's a lot of mods available for the game that incorporate different card games.

Check out Starmade. You build a spaceship, fight pirates, mine planets and travel through space. It's currently free during alpha, though it will cost in the future.

http://star-made.org/download

It should work to play, but you might want to avoid landing on large planets. Those are quite demanding

If you're interested in visual novels, Katawa Shoujo is a free game that has plenty of feels (and some silly stuff as well).
It's about a boy who learn that he has a serious heart condition, and needs to be transferred to a school for disabled persons.
Fair warning though, there is some nudity and sex in the game

A little daunting but a perfect summer game would be a DnD campaign! 5E is the easiest DnD has ever been with free rules online and entire campaigns on roll20 if you don't want to make your own.

https://roll20.net/

If nobody has played before I highly recommend the Mines of Phandelver starter pack. It's only 20 bucks so if everyone chips in it's dirt cheap. After you get the hang of things there are endless possibilities.

Don't know why you are being downvoted.

From their FAQ on their website:

Are you planning to participate in Steam sales or Bundles? No.

https://www.factorio.com/faq

And final release a year out or more.... No sales.

Plus they have a demo.

There's Factorio maybe? You build mines that transfer ore to smelters, then transport the refined good to assemblers to create, uh, produced goods I think it's called. Then you can automate the goods and resources to assemblers that produce research packets that are transferred to Labs, where you can research to make more buildings, gather and produce new materials and goods, new weapons and armor.

Work your way up from Coal powered production and gathering, to Steam Powered electricity grids, then Oil Refineries producing electricity and pollution.

There's hostile mobs too, colonies of them. They attack occasionally, however, as you start to produce more and more pollution, which adds up quickly as you get larger, the mobs start attacking more and more.

To the point where you'll need to research stone/metal walls to make a perimeter fence, with Turrets to protect you.

It focuses mostly on the gathering and refinement of resources, making those into goods that make other things, and also automate the whole process, where all you'd really have to do is run around grabbing the things out of chests. Of course, that level of automation where you don't need to craft anything takes a long time, and you'll need to craft yourself.

The mobs do attack somewhat often, increasing as the pollution increases, but if you wish you can make it where they never attack first.

You can explore a bit, making new mines, and when you research the proper tech's, have multiple bases/fortresses with Trains transporting goods to the necessary bases.

In terms of building up from nothing, I've just gotten Factorio and I'm already in love. You crash-land on a planet with nothing, and start by mining out resources. Ho hum, how dull, we've seen it all before...so then you build a machine to mine your resources for you. Then you build furnaces to smelt the materials. You build conveyor belts to transport your materials. You build machines to assemble the base materials into more complex objects. You generate science to research through a tech tree. Next thing you know, you have a beautiful automated factory that runs without you having to do anything.

The more you build, the more pollution you create, and pollution attracts enemies (though you can play a game without combat, if you like). Again, you can start out shooting them, but you can eventually upgrade to build walls and have automated turrets that are constantly fed by conveyor belts full of ammo.

There are also trains and robots! I haven't gotten that far yet, though. It's also moddable, and it has a fair number of mods already. The page is here, and the base game costs 12.5 euros. It is an early access game, though in my limited experience it already feels pretty complete, and I think it's doing the Minecraft pricing model where it gets more expensive as it gets closer to release.

First of all, this post is a PSA, not asking if OP should buy it. Second of all, there are many fixes for Windows 10, and it apparently works out of the box on GoG.com. If you want to try it again, try the GoG version and try some of the Windows 10 fixes.

Here's my suggestion to you. Get a copy of Madden 08 for PC for 9.99 at Amazon. This is the last Madden game made for PC, but don't fret because it's actually one of the best they made.

Now for the best part. Because 08 is the last PC release there's actually a very active modding community still going for it. That means that you can easily download up to date rosters so you aren't stuck with the 2008 ones. Here's a video of them in action with download links in the description. I've used these rosters personally and they are really good. They include the rookies from the draft last May which is pretty sweet.

You should get the ME bundle that is currently on sale at Amazon. ME1 is well worth playing regardless of slightly dated combat and ME3 is well worth playing despite questionable plot decisions/shitty ending. As a whole they are more than the sum of their parts. Make sure to pick up the DLC bundles for ME2/3 on Origin too while they're still on sale. You're also basically getting Andromeda for $3, lol.

I do think ME is much more worth than Oblivion regardless of whether you play the whole series or just 2 (but play the whole series).

Little secret about Steam and late UK/Euro releases... Fully download the pre-load files, completely exit Steam, run Hotspot Shield (makes you apparently American), restart Steam and play your game early.

Btw, XCOM is pretty awesome. I've heard Steam might ban you if you cheat the location system for financial gain (using a VPN in Russia to buy the game cheaper), but if you bought the game at UK/EU prices you should be ok.

XCOM:EU is the first game I've tried it with, but no problems so far.

DISCLAIMER: I am one of the developers of the game.

I recommend Piques (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MementoGames.Piques).

It's a pretty light and simple game, perfect for the idle time you have. If you have interest I can give you a code.

Downwell is a great roguelike that has a surprising amount of complexity. You can shoot enemies below you which also slows your descent and can either land or goomba stomp enemies to refill your ammo. On top of that you can pick up augments to your gun throughout each level as well as choosing between powerups between levels.

I just bought the game (downloading as I type), and the reason I bought the game was because I watched a youtuber play it called ConflictedDylan. From the videos, the answer is yes, you can still make games, and you can make console OS, audio software and tools that the game will use, if you make a multiplayer game you need to own server PCs to host servers, and you can make multiple games at once (I don't think this was in Game Dev Tycoon, not played MGT). It looks to be a lot more in depth version of GDT and I'm excited to play. You have to compete with other people releasing game engines, software and games, and you can buy and take over that company, and in the future the game seems to be getting a lot of updates, the developers Trello looks jampacked with ideas and content, and its one guy making it. I think I'll enjoy it and I'd recommend it already I think. If you have any more questions Ill try answer!

As /u/mynameisnurf said, it's a subscription for Origin, where you get access to the some of EA back catalog.

It's a really good deal, even just for Battlefield 4 premium

https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/origin-access

Download it from the site (just like you would League of Legends or something similar)

https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/

Base edition is cheapest and you can always upgrade later

Some excellent youtube creators to learn the game

Pestily (truly the grand daddy for Tarkov info) / AquaFPS (more funny than anything) / Deadly Slob / Karmakut / Jesse Kazaam

I decided "no" because it wasn't too cheap, and this Metacritic review put me off and I only play single player:

6 of 10

> The early levels are great, especially with friends manic, tricky and fun to negotiate. Unfortunately, it's one of those games where the developers didn't know how to ramp up the difficulty level without sapping the fun completely. In a multi-player, once one of you dies in the middle of one of the frequently occurring laser net death-traps, you essentially can't finish the level, since anyone attempting to restore the dead player is themselves killed. Absurdly, enemy guards can walk right through these laser fields without activating them, meaning that on occasions your entire team is forced to move excruciatingly slowly from safe square to safe square while enemies blithely converge on them from all sides.

> I know some people love challenges and rage against games being dumbed down, but for me, in the case of this game, the fun factor really comes down to dealing with the unexpected and surviving tremendous by the skin of your teeth. Once minor mistakes start getting your entire team wiped out, and once I'm having to repeat levels so often that I know every square inch off by heart, it loses much of its appeal. And that started happening for me and the people I play with at around the tenth mission.

As a fellow lover of the stealth genre, I would highly recommend both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has a lot of RPG aspects, but the stealth mechanics are excellent. Many people in this thread have already mentioned it, so I'll just leave it at this: If you liked Dishonored, you'll like Human Revolution.

Now, I'm going to take some time to gush about Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

In my opinion, Chaos Theory is one of the greatest video games ever made. I'm always surprised that it doesn't get more mention these days. Great stealth mechanics, incredible level design, a great story with excellent writing and dialogue, and easily the best soundtrack and sound design of any game I've ever played, period. If you like stealth and you haven't played Chaos Theory, do it as soon as you can. It's dirt cheap these days and still looks surprisingly good on PC. I replayed it a couple of years ago and it's aged surprisingly well.

EDIT: In case you need some more convincing, here are some reviews for you to peruse.

Cities XL 2012 doesn't use multi-core processing and will most likely become unplayable due to lag after your city grows to a substantial size http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl-2012

I don't know about any of the older versions

I would personally wait for the new 2013 Sim City even though it will most likely be origin only

Subscribe to /r/gamedeals and keep an eye on prices on IsThereAnyDeal. The latter lets you add games to a wishlist, and will notify you if any sites it aggregates has a game from your wishlist on sale.

Because it hasn't been a featured or flash title on Steam, I definitely expect the price there to drop to lower than 20% off. That said, you're not likely going to find it for less than 40% off given how new it is.

http://isthereanydeal.com/#/page:game/price?plain=middleearthshadowofmordor

The above link should allow you to view some historical pricing on the game. It looks like it bottomed out at $20 on Amazon a little while back, so that's at least some indication of a potential price we might see.

I was wondering the same thing. Judging by the reviews online, I think it's a decent game, especially for $5. I'm still waiting on what others in this subreddit (who has actually played the game) think of it.